Fez and Acre: The Modernisation of Medieval Towns
Case study - 2 pages - Social, moral & civic education
What sets them apart from other medieval cities is that while other cities' old towns have changed and evolved, in Fez and Acre the old, medieval, walled city still stands as it always had. With the advent of gunpowder, changes in defensive strategy and the need to modernize and grow, many cities...
Public administration defined within the context of its four frames and pros and cons to privatization
Case study - 4 pages - Social, moral & civic education
How is public administration defined within the context of its four frames? Before answering this question, first think about how public administration is defined in general. Public administration is a system of public servants managing an array of services, programs, and other related actions...
Racism in the US
Case study - 4 pages - Social, moral & civic education
America is usually considered as the country of «melting pot». This word is used to indicate the American assimilation of immigrate population in one homogeneous society. The initial differences disappear to gather in one nation. But one may wonder if this idealistic vision of the American...
Political Perspectives
Case study - 3 pages - Social, moral & civic education
Erna Paris, in the book The Sun Climbs Slow: Justice in the Age of Imperial America investigates the refusal by the United States of America to comply with the international law. More specifically, the book looks into the elaborate history of global justice and the politics played in order for...
Reagan and the end of the Cold War: help or hindrance
Case study - 6 pages - Social, moral & civic education
The ending of the cold war is recorded in history as a period where moral, economic and ethical consideration overruled ideological and cultural inheritance and thus saved the world from another world war. In history and international studies, the end of the cold war is believed to be the year...
Structure and effects of the 1970 EEC-Malta Association Agreement
Case study - 7 pages - Social, moral & civic education
The Maltese culture is adorned with influences which somehow over time managed to constitute the definition of a Mediterranean Country. Be it Arabic influences in our language, the Mediterranean diet or the European influences on the way we think, this small island is a fragment of a mixture of...
Adjusting to Terrorism: Internet crime, response
Case study - 1 pages - Social, moral & civic education
U.S. citizens live in a world today, which is obsessed with terrorism. This is because of recent activities that have taken place on our own soil, and the events that have been taking place over the world. The attention on terrorism is at an all-time high and with daily coverage on the...
Reconsidering the Samurai Image
Case study - 4 pages - Social, moral & civic education
In modern culture, samurai have become the epitome of a model warrior. Across both the Western and Eastern world, popular culture portrays samurai as heroic, wise, loyal, and decisive. Japanese movies glorify the samurai life, whereas Hollywood creates an exotic hero from a far away land. This...
Questions regarding Southeast Asia and Imperialism
Case study - 2 pages - Social, moral & civic education
In pre-modern Southeast Asian states the control of people mattered more than the control of territory. There was no central administration, centralized power, but rather a network of elites managing the people. The states were indirectly governed by vassals, the sovereignty wasn't unified....
The Lisbon treaty - publié le 12/07/2013
Case study - 7 pages - Social, moral & civic education
After the abandonment of the project of European Constitution, the idea of a simplified treaty was held by Member states to boost the institutional reform of the European Union. The treaty of Lisbon has to allow in particular Europe Twenty seven to work in a more effective and more democratic...
Shuar warrior head shrinking and its applications to modern day society
Case study - 2 pages - Social, moral & civic education
Throughout pop culture there are scenes and images depicting shrunken heads in voodoo rituals. However, throughout history there has only been one set of tribes to ever make such an act a part of their daily life and rituals. In the indigenous jungle tribes of the Amazon, along the Ecuador...
Why did the Tsarist regime in Russia fall in 1917 in spite of the reforms introduced from 1906?
Case study - 4 pages - Social, moral & civic education
After the 1905 revolution in Russia, a number of reforms were introduced from 1906: four Dumas were established from 1906-1914 as proposed in the October Manifesto of October 1905, and Peter Stolypin initiated agrarian reforms targeted at the farming peasants of the countryside. However, despite...
Challenge of the tribunal chairman in Forezienne SA v Shunxi Coal and Commodities Trading Company Inc
Case study - 3 pages - Social, moral & civic education
We should not challenge the chairman because a challenge now effectively constitutes a waiver of annulment and refusal of recognition and enforcement on the grounds of lack of independence of the chairman later on, should we lose the case. However, this is only to the extent that the e-mail from...
Air pollution: The case of China
Case study - 6 pages - Social, moral & civic education
According to Vallero, air pollution is “the presence of contaminants or pollutant substances in the air that interfere with human health or welfare, or produce other harmful environmental effects.”(3) The above statement is indeed true in case of China. The presence of harmful particles...
Ecclesiastes
Case study - 4 pages - Social, moral & civic education
The Ecclesiastes, or “Qohelet” in Hebrew, is a text of the Hebrew Bible whose content, including some reflexions and maxims about the human existence, is unique in the Hebrew Bible and has left many scholars perplex. Most authors agree that it belongs to the Wisdom literature but it is...
Mill: How do induction and colligation differ? And which best characterizes Keplers analysis of planetary orbits?
Case study - 2 pages - Social, moral & civic education
Inductive reasoning constructs or evaluates general propositions derived from specific, real world examples. The premise of an inductive logical argument will indicate a level of support, or inductive probability, for a conclusion, however, it does not necessarily ensure or entail the truth value...
John M. Regan, The Politics of Reaction; The Dynamics of Treatyite Government and Policy (1922-1933
Case study - 2 pages - Social, moral & civic education
W.T. Cosgrave led the first independent government which won the Civil War. Nevertheless, its party, the Cumman na nGaedheal (later named Fine Gael, in 1933) never managed to secure popular support, and was on the decline until 1944 and the retirement of Cosgrave. The Treaty needed the vote of...
Why child soldiering is an injustice?
Case study - 1 pages - Social, moral & civic education
Child soldiering has become a very large injustice in today's society. “There is currently an estimated 250,000 children in the world working as child soldiers right now” (“Child Soldiers”). Child soldiering is a human rights issue. It is also a development issue for the kids....
Imperialism and Europe
Case study - 2 pages - Social, moral & civic education
In 1914, Europe was at the head of its power. It represented 25% of global population and held a large share of wealth (e.g. coal production). London was the central financial place. America was in debt to Europe. 80% of foreign investments were carried out in Europe. Holland had an Empire 60...
Concept analysis of similarity
Case study - 2 pages - Social, moral & civic education
According to The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language similarity is the (a) “equivalence,” (b) “resemblance” and (c) corresponding “features” or characteristics” (2009). There are various ways of defining similarity the most common term shared is...
Meanings and attitudes attached to cohabitation in Poland: Quantitative analyses of the slow diffusion of cohabitation among the young generation
Case study - 2 pages - Social, moral & civic education
The text we have is an article written a few years ago by Monika Mynarska and Laura Bernardi. This article is about cohabiting behaviors in Poland, especially its diffusion among the young generation, in terms of attitudes (what people think about it) and behaviors (what they do). Frist, the...
The rise of anti-foreigner sentiment in European societies, 1988-2000 - Semyonov, Raijman and Gorodzeisky
Case study - 2 pages - Social, moral & civic education
This text is an article written by three scholars about the rise of anti-foreign sentiment in European Societies (especially 12 countries). Their analysis is based on both theories and the compilation of data, in order to understand why some places are more likely to be concerned with the rise of...
Why shareholder voting is not a duty but a right
Case study - 7 pages - Social, moral & civic education
Paradoxically, we daresay, most part of the contemporary continental literature on company law refers to the shareholder's right to vote, but treats vote as a duty. Perhaps a reminiscence of the traditional approach to companies, voting is instinctively placed near such other corporate rights as...
The diversification of Oman's economy to oil alternative sources of income
Case study - 3 pages - Social, moral & civic education
Oman relies heavily on oil for its economy which contributes a large proportion of the GDP of this country although it's not a large producer like its neighbors who heavily rely on oil in their economies. To reduce the gap left by oil in the GDP, agriculture and fishing play a major role in...
Critically assess the role of (ethnic/racial/religious) discrimination in explaining immigrants and ethnic minorities' education and the labour market disadvantage in Western Europe
Case study - 4 pages - Social, moral & civic education
After World War II and the process of decolonization, European countries were regarded as egalitarian and peaceful societies (Wacquant 2008, p. 15). In a context of economic expansion, the integration of migrants was easier and their aspirations of social mobility were achievable. However, times...
Ireland in the twentieth century: The role of the Catholic church
Case study - 2 pages - Social, moral & civic education
The first document we have is the Pastoral letter written on 10 October 1922 by Catholic Bishops of Ireland. This letter was published in the Irish times the next day. This letter denounces the anti-treaty campaign led by the IRA which is very violent. To understand such reaction on the part of...
How is migration contributing to and reflecting the challenges of globalization? - publié le 01/04/2013
Case study - 5 pages - Social, moral & civic education
During the last presidential campaign in France, many debates occurred about the immigration and the globalization. Indeed, some of the candidates denounced the danger that the migration was for the employment and the good economic health of the country, because of the globalization which tends...
How is migration contributing to and reflecting the challenges of globalization?
Case study - 5 pages - Social, moral & civic education
During the last presidential campaign in France, many debates occurred about the immigration and the globalization. Indeed, some of the candidates denounced the danger that the migration was for the employment and the good economic health of the country, because of the globalization which tends...
Explain the theoretical basis of Locke's theory of the limitations on legitimate government - publié le 01/04/2013
Case study - 3 pages - Social, moral & civic education
John Locke, a philosopher and doctor of the 17th century is seen as the father of the liberal theory in political science. His theories about the State have to be understood in an historical revolutionary background. Indeed, all his reflections about state's birth and goals have been made around...
Anarchy and the limits of cooperation: A realist critique of the newest liberal institutionalism - Joseph M. Grieco
Case study - 1 pages - Social, moral & civic education
In this research article, the author, Joseph M. Grieco, tries to critic the institutionalist theory through the realist prism. First, he describes the main statements of those two doctrines, emphasizing the differences between them. This compared approach is very interesting, as we can easily...
