Pakistan: what is national identity?
Essay - 12 pages - Political science
With around 140 million people, Pakistan gained the status of a nuclear power in 1998, but also came to be known as a rogue state ('rogue stat') in the eyes of the United States. Under the international spotlight since the Afghan crisis of autumn 2001, and following the attacks of September...
Late nineteenth century imperialism can best be understood in terms of concerns over national weakness rather than as an assertion of national strength. Discuss.
Case study - 5 pages - Political science
The last quarter of the nineteenth century saw European Great Powers, including Great Britain, France and Germany, engaged in an active colonial policy, or what historians may term New Imperialism. This era was marked by the formalisation of colonies and empire through treaties, as well as an...
Impact of the Media on National Identity
Case study - 5 pages - Educational studies
The media plays several roles in a country, its key role being to disseminate, compile, record and store information on current and past events in the country. The media is also responsible for the entertainment, enlightenment and education of its people. This role being crucial to the...
"The national influence on the European integration"
Essay - 7 pages - International relations
EU is regulated by a supranational institutional system, which still takes into account the national sensitiveness. Nevertheless, there is not a traditional strong supranational authority. Indeed, there is neither army nor police, and the decision making process is mainly based on...
Islam and National identity in Indonesia
Thesis - 6 pages - Social, moral & civic education
Because Indonesia's culture is strongly linked to the Islamic religion - Indonesia is the world's largest Muslim population, with today about 200 million Muslims out of 230 million Indonesians , in other words 86% Indonesians are Muslim - both the official definition of Indonesian...
Critically assess available explanations of the rise of the National Front, and assess and explain its impact on French politics
Essay - 5 pages - Political science
The National Front was founded in 1972 by Jean-Marie Le Pen and since the 1980s has managed to enter French political life. The European elections of 1984 saw the National Front gain 11% of votes, and in the parliamentary elections of 1986 and 1988, the National Front won...
Robert Oppenheimer and the FBI security clearance hearings
Essay - 5 pages - Other law subjects
Nobody can definitively say whether Oppenheimer truly deserved to lose his security clearance. He made several mistakes of great import. However, he loyally served the United States throughout his life and was instrumental in creating the weapon that ultimately ended the war (whether that...
Social Security
Tutorials/exercises - 2 pages - Government finance
While the United States was still establishing itself and public debates rage over what the role and duties of their new government should be other countries were fleshing out their own social security legislature. In 1880 the Chancellor of Germany, Otto von Bismarck pressured his...
Security analysis and portfolio management in Collabo Interactive Solutions
Case study - 45 pages - Business strategy
Portfolio management is both an art and a science. It is a dynamic decision making process, one that is continuous and systematic but also requires a great deal of judgment. The objective of this project is to blend theory and practice to achieve a consistent portfolio management process. This...
Evaluation of the security transaction, the consistency of the portfolio construction and management with client's profile
Thesis - 6 pages - Finance
This year, Pro Fund is very proud to have a new client, Mr Lucent who is 47 years old. He sold his firm during the summer and received 1,000,000€ for it. He doesn't really need this money but he wanted to have a new challenge in another sector. He wants to keep the money for the future...
An absolute security system with a password for sending secret data files
Dissertation - 52 pages - Electronics, mechanics, engineering & technology
This is a work done on “cryptography”. Conventionally, data is protected from unauthorized interception or eavesdropping by analog techniques. In a digital data security system, when you press a button in the DTMF generator set keypad for data send a connection is made that...
The Conference on Security and Co-operation in Europe (CSCE) in the post cold-war Europe
Essay - 5 pages - International relations
The CSCE (Conference on Security and Co-operation in Europe) was born with the Helsinki final act in 1975, as the territorial statu quo seemed definitely taken for granted by both the communist block and western countries. On the 1st of August 1975, 35 heads of states from Europe, the US...
The High Representative of Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy
Essay - 5 pages - European union
This paper will examine the new role of The High Representative of Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy (‘High Representative') that came into force in 2009 following the Lisbon Treaty signed in 2007. First, the historical background will be discussed followed by the...
Analysis of National Geographic's sales strategies in London
Case study - 6 pages - Services marketing
Today, we are seeing more innovative store concepts that are developing in order to cope with the high competition and meet the increasingly sophisticated expectations of the consumers. These stores also hope to full fill the company's corporate communication strategies as it is a unique and...
European Court of Human Rights, Hirst vs United Kingdom (No. 2) [2005] ECHR 74025/01 - The mechanism to promote judicial and national dialogue
Law case study - 3 pages - International law
This document critically examines the impact of the judgment of the European Court of Human Rights in Hirst v United Kingdom (No. 2) [2005] ECHR 74025/01 as a mechanism to promote judicial and national dialogue. In Hirst v United Kingdom, the country faced the European Court of Human...
The impact of FIIs on Indian National stock exchange and how effective the Government is in Liberalizing and controlling the National Stock exchange?
Dissertation - 40 pages - Finance
The intention of this research was to examine the impact of Foreign Institutional Investors (FII) on the Indian National Stock Exchange (NSE). To achieve the aims, the following objectives have been determined to study how FII plays an important role in National stock exchange; to...
SWOT Analysis - National Society of the Prevention Cruelty to Children's Online Program
Thesis - 4 pages - Social, moral & civic education
The National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NSPCC) is one of Great Britain's largest and most financially successful charities. In many ways, when the NSPCC decided to launch a program for its donors to bank online, it was simultaneously offering too much and asking...
Debate and critique the relative importance of cultural differences and national business systems on the development of HRM. What are the implications of your conclusions for convergence and divergence? Use examples of HRM across the globe to illustrate y
Case study - 10 pages - Human resources
Over time, groups and civilizations have evolved differently; what can be seen as a perfectly normal conduct in one country for example is not necessarily the same in a country at the other side of the globe or even in for its neighbouring country. This is more visible today with globalization...
Do Porter's ideas on national competitive advantage: Which specific nations have achieved economic success?
Thesis - 5 pages - Economy general
National competitiveness is one of the most important economic concepts as it outlines as to how a nation can grow and succeed by utilizing its competitiveness. Competitiveness, therefore refers to the concept of how a nation produces its goods and services- the relative efficiency of...
Big Bend National Park - Like a good neighbor, Big Bend is There
Essay - 4 pages - Geography
One of our nation's least appreciated national parks is Big Bend National Park, located in a remote region of southwest Texas, situated on 118 miles of the Rio Grande and Mexican border. Since its inception over 60 years ago, Big Bend has welcomed visitors to explore its stunning...
Federal Baseball Club v. National League and the precedent for MLB antitrust exemption
Essay - 11 pages - Sports
Few aspects of American life generate the sense of national identity associated with baseball. Through its development in the late eighteenth and nineteenth centuries and its dominance of the national cultural landscape over much of the past one hundred years, it has established a...
First Steps Towards Success: The First National Convention
Essay - 3 pages - Economy general
Following the Revolution, drastic measures needed to be taken to insure America's survival and success if it was to truly become a rich and orderly nation after departure from British rule. The Articles of Confederation had been formulated and processed, yet proved not wholly productive,...
National cinema and tropes of horror: Guillermo del Toro's "The Devil's Backbone" - Representing fascism through hauntology
Thesis - 5 pages - Film studies
Horror films, rich in texture, are capable of interpretatively referencing specific national contexts. Using the supernatural, these stories can aid in understanding national themes by correlating particular social ills or historical periods with the uncanny: the film's...
Youth substance abuse: A comprehensive overview and proposal for National Education Campaign
Essay - 15 pages - Social, moral & civic education
The following document represents a comprehensive overview of one of the main societal problems in America today: youth substance abuse. Drug and substance abuse among teenagers is substantial. Among youth age 12 to 17, about 1.1 million meet the diagnostic criteria for dependence on drugs, and...
The national minority of Finland
Thesis - 9 pages - Social, moral & civic education
From a foreigner's point of view it was so interesting to learn about the minorities in a country which is not your motherland. Since immigration it is such a touchy issue in France we wanted to know a bit about how Finland copes with it? Thus, we wanted first to deal with that...
National organization for the reform of Marijuana laws
Thesis - 6 pages - Civil law
Many people complain that the United States government is unresponsive to their issues. In order to assist all of the underrepresented people, and to educate legislators we have formulated many interest groups in our nation. NORML, the National Organization for the reform of marijuana...
Explain the reasons for the durability of the National Front
Essay - 5 pages - Political science
Even though it is not the biggest extreme-right party in Europe, the French National Front finds a particular resonance internationally, considering its long-lasting influence on the national political field. Often wrongly considered as a simple heir of Poujadism, it can no longer...
The persistence of the National Front in French politics: It's impact beyond the 2002 presidential elections
Case study - 12 pages - International relations
Spring 2002, after living through the empowerment of the far right party FPPO led by Jorg Haider in Austria, the European community sees the first important action of the extremist right wing in a big European country, France. It is on the 21st of April that Jean-Marie Le Pen, leader of the...
Why is it particularly necessary for HR managers in national companies in China to focus on protecting female employees. working rights? - published: 31/10/2013
Case study - 5 pages - Human resources
Gender inequality is a problem among the workplace globally, female employees tend to be paid fifteen to fifty percent less than male employees when they are working the same job. (Burnett,2010) In terms of the situation in China, although the Constitution in 1982 has reinforced laws and...
Why is it particularly necessary for HR managers in national companies in China to focus on protecting female employees. working rights?
Case study - 5 pages - Educational studies
Gender inequality is a problem among the workplace globally, female employees tend to be paid fifteen to fifty percent less than male employees when they are working the same job. (Burnett,2010) In terms of the situation in China, although the Constitution in 1982 has reinforced laws and...
