Bowling Alone: The Collapse and Revival of American Community
Book review - 2 pages - Sociology & social sciences
Putnam is observing the decline of organization membership since the 1970s, with a sharp fall in the 1990s. Old volunteers are dying, and kids are not joining. He proves the decline of participation and trust in the American society by using polls. He concludes that social capital increased...
The early years of the Chinese diaspora (1840 - 1945): From a disorganized migration to an organized community - publié le 25/11/2014
Case study - 14 pages - Philosophy
For centuries, many Chinese migrations have been identified in South-East Asia. It was mostly the initiative of particular elites: economic, like wealthy merchants or political and military, with envoys like Zheng He. The exchanged volume of merchandise traded steadily increased: pepper, clove,...
Clearance Rate within Community Policing
Case study - 2 pages - Criminal law
There is an encouraging trend within the criminal justice system that raises acknowledgement and praises with regard to how law enforcement carries out its roles in our society. Community policing has many aspects and the encouraging trend is seen from the narrowed gap in the relation to...
Equality in Church in the Quaker Community
Essay - 9 pages - Culture, religion & civilization
Just as spiritual warriors had dismantled the contemporary conception of women's social position and rights, Quaker women set out to take the divine by storm. Indeed the Quaker concept of equality also applied to women in church. It was thus considered that they had the same right as their...
Knowledge in organizations: What is a community of practice?
Essay - 6 pages - Management
This report presents you the concept of a community of practice. Normally the term community of practice in reduced to CoP and this term was created by Jean Lave and Etienne Wenger in 1991. Now to understand this notion, we should understand the fathers of this notion. Jean Lave is...
Critical critique of a paper on community development in social work
Case study - 2 pages - Philosophy
In this article, the author, Rebecca Filliponi explains the similarities and differences in community work and social work, and how they affect the community by examining how they both integrate by using research tools, case studies and interviews. The author suggests that by doing...
Effects of intensive policing tactics (like writing lots of UF-250s and summonses) on the community
Case study - 2 pages - Medical studies
According to researches, evidences consistently showing that, in the minds of police officers, as well as civilians, being black and male is inextricably accompanied with beliefs of criminality and dreadfulness leading to a habituated reaction of distrust and alarm that then results into...
"Paradise", Toni Morrisson (1999) - Ruby, an evil paradise: construction of community identity
Book review - 2 pages - Sociology & social sciences
No white masters, no black oppressed slaves but a freed black people community. In Toni Morrison's Paradise, Blacks create a small town called Ruby far from white people and their fake society. Several miles away is a convent in which five women live. Ruby was to be a paradise but...
The legacy and effects of racism on the black community
Case study - 3 pages - Educational studies
Rabbit Proof fences movie depicts different policies that Australian government enforced in 1970's. The government took aborigine children from their mothers forcefully and then raised them in training schools. These schools trained them to work as domestic servants and factory workers. The...
United States Intelligence Community
Case study - 3 pages - Educational studies
President Truman in collaboration with the Congress did find out that the United States could not meet their security needs without a defined structure for decision making. They had to find a way to deal with intelligence issues in the country. On this note, the president, in 1947 , did sign the...
The United Kingdom's relationship with the European Community
Essay - 3 pages - European union
The United Kingdom's relationship with the European Community has always raised controversies, both on the British political scene and on the international stage. Not only has Britain refused to be one of the founding members of the ECSC in the 1950s, it has also confronted many...
Community festivals and events - Their role in raising awareness, generating pride and fostering a sense of belonging within socially isolated areas
Essay - 5 pages - Tourism marketing
Phillip Kotler's traditional definition of a product (1997) includes anything that can be offered to a market that might satisfy a demand. This large definition embraces goods, services, retail stores, persons, ideas and also places. Place marketing usually concerns countries, regions and big...
Race and my community
Case study - 3 pages - Educational studies
I have seen much change as the years pass by. I have lived in Lima most of my life and grew up here. I would saying I know this community very well. I am White and have lived mostly in the same place. I have moved out of the house my parents owned several times, but I always seem to come...
Organizational transformation, models restructure, traditional police agencies into community policing: Exploratory case study of three police departments in Norway
Case study - 20 pages - Political science
When organizational transformation succeeds, say the corporate change experts, employees feel they are working for a different company. Transformation is a radical change process, undertaken to respond to a crisis or to take advantage of a great opportunity. It has a much more profound effect...
Why international agreements are necessary to protect environmental health and community health?
Case study - 4 pages - Educational studies
Environmental health refers to the elements present in the environment that affect and influence human public health. As established by the WHO Regional Office for Europe, the United Nations health agency, Environmental health refers to both direct pathological effect of different elements...
The early years of the Chinese diaspora (1840 - 1945): From a disorganized migration to an organized community
Dissertation - 8 pages - Medieval history
For centuries, many Chinese migrations have been identified in South-East Asia. It was mostly the initiative of particular elites: economic, like wealthy merchants or political and military, with envoys like Zheng He. The exchanged volume of merchandise traded...
Money laundering in the financial community: one of the dark sides of globalization
Essay - 9 pages - Finance
Economically, globalization may appear beneficial in that it enhances trade between men and generates growth. Many of its adverse effects are, however, the game of criminal organizations. Indeed, with the rise of movements of people, goods and capital, globalization tends to increase the capacity...
Right of establishment in the European Community
Thesis - 6 pages - European union
Article 43 states that restrictions on freedom of establishment of citizens of a Member State shall be prohibited. The community should eliminate domestic measures that were likely to impede the free movement of its citizens. It was done gradually. The Council enabled the effectiveness of...
Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District 393 U.S. 503 (1969)
Essay - 1 pages - Other law subjects
John and Mary Beth Tinker, high school students, decided with their friend, Christopher Eckhardt, to wear black armbands to school in protest of the Vietnam War. The armbands included a peace sign and were meant to support President Kennedy's call for a Christmastime truce. The school board...
The Yuan under the pressure of the International Community Should we revaluate the Yuan? - published: 29/09/2010
Essay - 65 pages - Economy general
In three decades, China has transformed from an economy based upon agriculture (low effective and auto centered) to an economy based upon mass industry and export. The wish of Xiaoping to open the country is completely reached (on an economy level) but his wish to develop China from the inside by...
Is the EU successful in its attempt to create a 'security community' with its neighbors through the elaboration of the European Neighborhood Policy?
Thesis - 6 pages - European union
The aim of this paper is to assess whether or not the EU is efficient in its attempt to build a security community with its neighbors through the implementation of the European Neighborhood Policy (ENP). In order to do so, I will first demonstrate that the EU and its neighbors share, to a...
Achieving improved funding of universal basic education in Nigeria through community efforts
Thesis - 5 pages - Educational studies
Universal Basic Education (UBE) program was launched in Nigeria in 1999, to increase the access of the children of school age to basic education. There is no doubt that adequate funding of the program is germane in view of the experiences of the past, particularly with regards to the collapse of...
Marxism-Leninism: Historical forms of human community and the political organization of society
Thesis - 8 pages - Political science
The humble aim of this paper is to attempt to make an exposition of the Marxists-Leninist thoughts on the historical forms of human community and the political organization of the society. The necessity of attempting this exposition can never be looked down upon especially when we consider...
The evolution of the European Community / Union over the last 50 years
Thesis - 5 pages - European union
Fifty years after the Treaties of Rome (1957), the European Union has deeply evolved. From a regional economic cooperation, it has become a major international actor looking for re-launching its Constitutional process. If the European cooperation was a revolutionary concept after more than a...
Primacy / Supremacy of European Community Law against Sovereignty of the Member States
Essay - 25 pages - European law
Today the European Union (EU) consists of 27 Member States; it reaches from the Atlantic coast of Western Europe all the way to the Black Sea of Eastern Europe. In the European Union, the most important and closest collaboration between the Member States happens via the European Community...
Community food security in North Minneapolis: Barriers and solutions
Essay - 11 pages - Geography
Despite an overwhelming amount of facts, studies, and annual reports proving the contrary, many people today continue to deny the existence of hunger in the United States. Middle-aged Americans will recall hearing their parents demanding them to “finish your dinner because there are people...
Business community and automation of business processes
Tutorials/exercises - 36 pages - Business strategy
The goal of this study was to understand the needs of business community for the automation/computerization of business processes and the level of automation that exists in business. The data was collected using a structured questionnaire through a direct interview method. One hundred...
How women perceive one another across the religious divide from the secular to Judeo-Christian to the Muslim community
Thesis - 8 pages - Philosophy
Beginning with a macro question, my research is defined by a more nuanced context. Through reflecting on the different positions and sensitivities around how we define ‘others', an examination of how women perceive each other across the religious divide from the secular to Judeo-Christian to...
The cultural identity and the assimilation of the Jewish Community in the Global Cities - publié le 16/01/2009
Essay - 21 pages - Sociology & social sciences
My name is Charles Terdjman, I am a 3rd year student in Sciences Po Paris, and I would like to present my comparative research about the Jewish Community in the Global Cities. Sincerely interested in the social and political studies, I wanted to analyze a social or religious minority for...
A discussion and analysis of community health in Manchester
Thesis - 5 pages - Social, moral & civic education
The aim of this essay is to show an understanding of community health. For the purpose of this essay the community, which will be discussed, will be Priory ward in Sale, which is part of Trafford in Manchester. The role and function of agencies and professionals in the delivery of...
