EU Cohesion Policies for Globalization
Tutorials/exercises - 4 pages - World geography
The European Union's cohesion policies aim to reduce socio-economic inequalities and promote sustainable development across its territories, ensuring a common prosperity and harmonized development.
Nutrition policy in South Korea - Hye-Kyung Park (2008); Kenya's push to promote traditional food is good for nutrition and cultural heritage - Patrick Maundu (2022); How Korean food philosophy can help us reconnect - WP Creative Group (2021) - Nutrition in South Korea and Kenya
Case study - 4 pages - Nutrition, alimentation and dietetic
I decided to take an interest in the all-important subject of nutrition and the innovative policies put in place to address this global problem. As obesity problems increasingly affect the whole population, we need to find keys to return to a healthier and more normal situation. This is the issue...
Sustainable Development Goals and Green Growth
Presentation - 37 pages - Ecology & environment
This PowerPoint is about sustainable development goals. It shows an understanding on what sustainable development means and how to take into account our current situation and move towards a green growth. We will see how limited it will be due to inequalities around the world. We will...
Laws, Customs, and Justice: Understanding the Role of Civil Disobedience
Essay - 4 pages - Philosophy
Explore the complex relationship between laws, customs, and justice. Understand how laws and customs play a crucial role in establishing just social relationships, but can also legitimize inequalities and discriminations. Discover the concept of civil disobedience as a moral duty in the...
Educational System: Meritocracy or Illusion?
Essay - 3 pages - Sociology & social sciences
The educational system is supposed to provide equal opportunities, but it often reproduces social inequalities. This text examines the mechanisms behind this phenomenon and proposes ways to create a more just system.
Decline of Class Consciousness in Contemporary Societies
Essay - 3 pages - Sociology & social sciences
This document examines the decline of class consciousness in contemporary societies, analyzing economic transformations, growing individualism, and the widening of social and economic inequalities.
GDP: Origins, Critiques, and Limitations
Presentation - 1 pages - Administrative law
Analysis of GDP's history, critiques, and limitations as an economic indicator, including its inability to measure well-being and inequalities.
Public Hospital Care Reform
Essay - 4 pages - Administrative law
Recent legislative progress improves public hospital care and reduces territorial inequalities, strengthening hospital directors' prerogatives and public health establishments' autonomy.
The challenges in Africa and the strategies to put in place
Presentation - 11 pages - Ecology & environment
The African continent offers a great diversity: country, climate, culture... wise. As a result, it is a challenge to identify issues and strategies to answer them for all the African countries. However, we can try to find important themes that can be found in most of these countries. It is also...
Examining the Social Construction of Ethnic Divisions in Global Conflicts
Case study - 5 pages - Sociology & social sciences
Ethnic conflicts have a long and tragic history, leaving societies all over the world deeply scarred. In Peru, the historical animosity between indigenous peoples and mestizos is played out so indelibly and painfully as it underlines the effect of historical grievances and entrenched disparities....
Examining Social Justice, Opportunity Disparities, and Policy Interventions on the ethical implications of income within free markets
Essay - 5 pages - Economy general
The problem of internal income inequality within the market system is very complex, urgent, and problematic regarding the ethics of the functioning of such an economy, raising the issue of social justice and equal opportunities in the U.S.A. The necessity of free markets that guarantee economic...
Unraveling Urban Transformation in Atlanta's West End - Gentrification, Policy Forces, and Inequities
Case study - 4 pages - Urban planning
The changes in the urban landscape display the complexity of economic, social, and policy factors that play a role in shaping the cities. Such complex interrelations befell the West End in Atlanta, once a lively, predominantly African-American neighborhood. Today, another case of gentrification,...
Socioeconomic status and educational achievement in impoverished communities in the United States
Case study - 4 pages - Sociology & social sciences
The purpose of the study is to assess the socioeconomic status and educational achievement in impoverished communities in the United States. The research will involve a non-experimental, qualitative approach to examining the multifaceted social dynamics underlying the unequal distribution of...
Reconstruction
Essay - 3 pages - Modern history
The postwar Civil War era, particularly Reconstruction, was a very changing period in American history. This paper considers the postwar period through a gendered lens that embraces the promise of Reconstruction, the failure of stubbornness, and how women's roles were articulated within the...
Presentation of Japanese educative system
Case study - 2 pages - Educational studies
I would like to present you the Japanese educative system, which is a bit different from ours. Nevertheless, the base is quite the same. As you can see, children can go to kindergarten until the age of six. Then, they enter in elementary schools for six years before going to middle school until...
A Cultural and Neurobiological Exploration of Understanding Chronic Pain Perception in Black Women
Dissertation - 7 pages - Medical studies
This essay explores the neurobiological mechanisms and cultural influences shaping chronic pain perception in Black women, with a focus on cancer survivors. It reviews theories of pain perception, highlighting disparities in prevalence and severity among diverse populations. Sociocultural...
What are the links between poverty and war? Are they unilateral or reciprocal?
Essay - 3 pages - International relations
War is a worldwide scourge that threatens humanity and devastates people's lives. It has serious social, economic and political consequences, and claims many victims, including the disabled, the wounded and orphans, without sparing their civilization. Poverty means not having enough money to...
Do the Right Thing - Spike Lee (1989) - Examining Race Relations in American Culture
Artwork commentary - 3 pages - Sociology & social sciences
As the sizzling heat of Brooklyn summer sets in, Lee's 1989 hit film, "Do the Right Thing," approaches simmering disputes and clashes of culture that arrived and were boiling. Floating in the background, it becomes a formidable formula that helps to see the race relationships of the late 80s...
Why did the Arab Spring take place in 2011?
Essay - 4 pages - International relations
The 'Arab Spring' describes the series of anti-government protests, uprisings, and armed rebellions that spread across much of the Arab world in 2011. Sparked by events in Tunisia and Egypt, mass public demonstrations erupted in countries including Libya, Yemen, Bahrain, Syria and...
Promoting Social Mixity in Schools: Strategies for Reducing Segregation and Enhancing Diversity
Book review - 14 pages - Sociology & social sciences
Explore the complexities of social mixity at school with "Social Mixity at School" by Choukri Ben Ayed. This insightful work examines the challenges of achieving mixity between and within educational establishments, and the policies that can promote or hinder it. Discover how the French education...
The idea of progress
Worksheets - 1 pages - Economy general
The notion I'm going to talk about is idea of progress. Idea of progress can be define as an advance, a development or a gradual betterment of technics or science. But we can also talk about the social progress. To illustrate this notion, we chose to study the Unit 11 “Higher, Stronger,...
What is race?
Essay - 3 pages - Social, moral & civic education
Through the many works done by different scholars in the field of racism, various scholars have come up with many ways to define what race is. Malik (1996) defines race as a group of people who have a difference in biological traits and society finds them to be socially significant. Race is a...
Measurement of Development
Course material - 11 pages - Economy general
There are at least four good reasons to measure development: - For policy making organizations (international organizations, governments, NGOs), we need to verify how the actions are making any progress. The point is to know is something if effective to change things. That requires tracking...
General Motors DE&I Challenges - Underrepresented women in leadership positions
Case study - 2 pages - Management
The automotive industry will change massively, by far more than ever, given the quickly proceeding innovations related to electric vehicles and autonomous driving technologies, with the current focus on sustainability (Lima Aranzaes et al., 2024). This management consulting project investigates...
Domestic Workers Among the Great Fortunes: Sociological Dynamics of Power Relationships
Text commentary - 3 pages - Sociology & social sciences
Discover the intricate dynamics of power relationships between domestic workers and their ultra-rich clients as explored in Alizée Delpierre's sociological investigation. This insightful study reveals the motivations behind becoming a domestic worker among the affluent, including the dream of...
Under the ribs of death - John Marilyn
Book review - 5 pages - Literature
Under the ribs of death is a novel written by John Marilyn that takes place in Winnipeg during the interwar period. It is the story of Sandor Hunyadi, a young boy from a Hungarian working-class family, who dreams of becoming rich and integrated in the Canadian society. The book shows...
Rise of Metropolises: Verticality and Horizontality
Essay - 4 pages - Modern history
This document explores the economic, social, and political factors driving the rise of metropolises, focusing on the interplay between verticality and horizontality in shaping urban centers globally.
Urban Analysis of Village Mozart QPV in Sarcelles
Case study - 5 pages - Geography
This document provides an urban analysis of the Village Mozart neighborhood in Sarcelles, classified as a Priority Neighborhood of the City (QPV) under France's urban policy, highlighting its socio-economic challenges and proposed improvements.
Socio-Economic Determinants of Health Impact
Tutorials/exercises - 3 pages - Economic politics
This document examines the influence of socio-economic factors on individual health, highlighting the role of income, education, and health insurance in shaping health outcomes.
EU Free Trade Agreements: Benefits and Criticisms
Essay - 4 pages - International economy
The European Union's free trade agreements have both positive and negative impacts on businesses and the environment. While they promote economic growth and development, they are criticized for their negative social and environmental effects.
