West African Anglophone Literary Productions
Course material - 21 pages - Literature
By and large, the objective of this course is to get students in the humanities to cast a meaningful glance at the landscape of the aesthetico-social and political realities which have affected the continent, ever since slavery days through colonization up to the contemporary stage, in the prism...
Big Tech Biopower: Influence on Social Behavior
Text commentary - 5 pages - Brand management
Analysis of the growing influence of Big Tech companies on global governance and social behavior, drawing on Michel Foucault's concept of biopower.
How education reproduces inequalities and social difference
Essay - 5 pages - Sociology & social sciences
Inequalities in the society have historically been based on stratification and the creation of classes within the society. The struggle for achievement and the existence of the society based on the individual achievements has led to the differences between different classes in the society. Class...
Spaces and exchanges - publié le 27/05/2023
Essay - 2 pages - World geography
In this notion, we talk about Spaces and Exchanges. It is first about the immigration in Ellis Island between 1892 and 1954, it's the legal immigration. To continue with legal immigration, we talk about the Green Card Lottery. Then we can talk about the illegal immigration with the example of...
Comparison of Macroeconomic Structure of the US and China
Case study - 2 pages - Economy general
The macroeconomic structures of the United States and China are fundamentally different due to their historical, political, and economic contexts. The U.S. operates under a capitalist framework characterized by free markets, while China has a socialist market economy that incorporates significant...
How the global financial crisis of 2007-2009 affected different banking systems in the world?
Essay - 6 pages - International economy
Subject: Following the global financial crisis, many commentators suggested that global financial integration would reverse and that the banking system would have to change. Although the collapse of capital flows and the signs of financial fragmentation are well documented, the evolution of the...
King Kong Theory by Virginie Despentes
Text commentary - 6 pages - Sociology & social sciences
Feminist autobiographical essay exploring rape, prostitution, and societal constraints on women.
Theador Adorno and the modern expression of art
Essay - 1 pages - Arts and art history
Theador Adorno held complicated theories about the meaning of art, and he was very critical about art's expression in popular culture. Unlike many of his contemporaries, Adorno took pop culture very seriously and believed that much can be understood about human psychology by analyzing what we see...
The United States and the World - Russia and China
Course material - 7 pages - Modern history
At the beginning of his first term, President Bush neglected Russia and considered China as the next major geopolitical adversary. At the same time, American analysts were quite confident that Washington would be able to manage the "Geostrategic Triad" between Washington, Moscow and Beijing to...
Post-Colonial Management Approaches
Dissertation - 32 pages - Management
This document explores the relevance of post-colonial approaches to management, highlighting the need for adaptive management models in a globalized economy and the influence of Western management practices on multinationals in former colonies.
Hayek on Economic Planning and Democracy
Text commentary - 7 pages - Politic philosophy
Friedrich A. Hayek's critique of economic planning and its impact on individual liberty and democracy in 'The Road to Serfdom'.
Religion and Socio-Economic Status
Litterature review - 2 pages - Sociology & social sciences
This document explores the complex relationship between religion and socio-economic status, examining how religious beliefs and practices influence economic outcomes and social behaviors.
Industrial Revolutions and Digital Transformation
Worksheets - 3 pages - ICT marketing
The document discusses the different industrial revolutions, from the 1st to the 4th, and their impact on the economy and society, with a focus on the role of digital technologies.
Critical Analysis of Cosmopolitan Conceptions: IVF Sojourns in Global Dubai
Book review - 10 pages - Sociology & social sciences
This critical analysis examines Marcia Inhorn's book Cosmopolitan Conceptions, exploring the complex dynamics of medically assisted reproduction in Dubai and the globalized world.
Sources of Economic Growth and Sustainable Stimulation
Essay - 2 pages - Economy general
This document discusses the sources of economic growth, its social and environmental limits, and the need for sustainable stimulation in a globalized world.
Bac anglais : Progrès - publié le 18/04/2020
Presentation - 2 pages - Linguistics & languages
Oral pour le bac d'anglais sur le thème du Progrès. Problématique : to what extent has the Capitalism proven to be a form of progress? Contient une introduction (phrase d'accroche, problématique et plan), un développement (en trois parties) et une conclusion (bilan du...
Bac anglais : Progrès
Presentation - 2 pages - Linguistics & languages
Bac anglais sur le progrès qui a pour problématique : to what extent has the Capitalism proven to be a form of progress? Contient une introduction (phrase d'accroche, problématique, plan) avec un développement en trois parties et une conclusion (bilan, réponse à la problématique et...
Is sustainable business compatible with the capitalist economy ?
Essay - 15 pages - Management
Sustainable development, fair trade, ecology and environment, ethics, ecological footprint; all these terms are nowadays taken up by the media. Over two hundred years, we went through four different approaches towards the environment: exploitation, simply seeking profit from it; preservation,...
A discussion and evaluation of Marx and Weber's views on capitalist society
Thesis - 5 pages - Sociology & social sciences
Capitalism is defined as an economic "system of wage-labour and commodity production for sale, exchange, and profit, rather than for the immediate need of the producers" (Marshall, 1998: 53). As observed by Karl Marx, capitalism transformed a small proportion of a society's...
Communitarianism: An overview
Essay - 4 pages - Political science
To the disbelief of many Americans, capitalism is not, in fact, the only successful system of economics in our world today. Though capitalism has effectively overridden the majority of other forms of economics, there still remain a number of communities that function off of...
The Marxist Theory of the State and the African State
Essay - 4 pages - Theories and economic notions
After they became independent, the new African states had to adopt a specific political and economical orientation; they had the choice either to follow the system inherited from the European colonizers, mainly liberalism and capitalism, or to oppose the colonial politics by adopting...
The "Marx Brothers":Wallerstein, Chakrabarty, and Appadurai in Conversation
Essay - 8 pages - Philosophy
The anthropological study of capitalism is rendered difficult by the inaccessibility of capitalist subjects as informants, the political legacy of Marxist and socialist movements, and the continuing disagreement over the origins and productions of capitalism, among other things....
Are protestants better capitalists ? - published: 07/10/2004
Thesis - 6 pages - Social, moral & civic education
First, we will see that if protestant theology has undoubtedly influenced the early expansion of capitalism in America, it is probably no longer the main factor explaining the important commitment of Protestants to modern capitalism. As an illustration of this fact, we will show...
Social theory
Thesis - 5 pages - Social, moral & civic education
Marx says that capitalism emerged when humans began to produce subsistence. Life was insecure back then as there was no way to accumulate social surplus. It was the agricultural revolution that established the framework needed for class divisions. These divisions were separated into...
Explain the potentials and limits of Esping-Andersen's three models of welfare state
Case study - 6 pages - Political science
In the period following the Second World War, providing welfare to citizens became an essential feature of Western states. Immediately after the war, a new social spirit dominated Europe. Social expenditures grew rapidly and the traditional relief systems that provided assistance only to the most...
Are protestants better capitalists ?
Essay - 6 pages - Philosophy
First, we will see that if protestant theology has undoubtedly influenced the early expansion of capitalism in America, it is probably no longer the main factor explaining the important commitment of Protestants to modern capitalism. As an illustration of this fact, we will show...
Enron: the story of a symbolic financial scandal - publié le 29/09/2010
Case study - 12 pages - Finance
The death of Kenneth Lay last spring and the recent 24-year sentence of Jeffrey Skilling have put an end to the darkest story of modern finance: the Enron case. Actually, this firm turned from a success model into a paradigm of all the problems of finance capitalism. With the giving up of...
Civilization - publié le 01/10/2024
Course material - 47 pages - Culture, religion & civilization
No empire other than Great Britain brought to its colonies the technological tools (railroads, modern medicine) and the political ideals (capitalism, the rule of law) that made possible the development of stable and egalitarian societies. This explains why 54 nations, most of them former...
Explain the historical specificity and contemporary relevance of culture - publié le 14/05/2009
Thesis - 4 pages - Social, moral & civic education
Today, we can buy a book from a vending machine, like soft drinks and snacks. Germinal and an Ice-Tea have the same value. Culture, in a wider sense, has been taken over by the “spectacular-merchandizing-society”, for which everything, from a book to an iPod, has a trade value. The...
What accounts for differences in the ownership structures among advanced industrialized countries? What are the leading theoretical perspectives? What are their strengths and shortcomings?
Thesis - 8 pages - Economy general
Corporate governance is a topic which is becoming more and more discussed in international business academia; there is still intense debate amongst leading theorists about the key issues concerning ownership structuring differences . Corporate governance and ownership structures are two separate...
