Compare and contrast essay: Apocalypse Now and Full Metal Jacket, two views on the Vietnam war
Case study - 4 pages - Educational studies
The First and mostly the Second World Wars have been often supported by Hollywood, which produced many propaganda movies. For instance even the classic Casablanca by Michael Curtiz had been shot in order to glorify the French Resistance and the US Army. But during the 1970s, we can observe...
Policing, a masculine institution
Case study - 3 pages - Other law subjects
Masculinity is the socially generated consensus of what it means to be a man, to be “manly” or to display such behavior at any one time (Prokos and Padavic 2002), and policing in the United States is absolutely a masculinist institution. As an organization, it utilizes a certain set of...
Adorno and Horkheimer, Arendt, and Marcuse
Case study - 4 pages - Literature
Throughout history, even the most abstract philosophers wrote the majority of their work about their daily life, surroundings, and society. As time, society and technology progressed, a similar progression became evident in the writing of modern philosophers. In the twentieth century, many of...
What role does civil society play in democratization?
Case study - 3 pages - Political science
With the progressive end of the Cold War in the 1980's and the fall of the Eastern Block coincided the multiplication of the number of countries adopting a democratic form of government, an event described as the “third wave” of democratization by Samuel Huntington in his eponymous 1991...
Timber use in the 21st century
Case study - 5 pages - Business strategy
The Use of Timber resources traces back to the era of early man, where they used wood to make fire. Since then, timber has become one of the important resources for development. Trees can be categorized into two types; hardwoods and softwoods. Due two the different characteristics of these trees,...
Capitalism's downfall
Case study - 5 pages - Political science
March 4th, 1883 is the date that Karl Heinrich Marx passed away, however his theories and legacy still live to this day. Post-mortem, his messaged was interpreted and criticized very differently between numerous political scientists, philosophers and theorists. Presently, the leftist movement,...
The White Rose Movement
Case study - 5 pages - Political science
Most Americans never have and hopefully never will experience living under a totalitarian government, and therefore cannot imagine the difficulties and the severe consequences that resulted from opposition. It was impossible to speak openly because one never knew who might be Nazi spies or...
Malfunction junction case study
Case study - 3 pages - Administrative law
A police agency should be organized to be able to know what will happen within the organization in terms of change when a new chief is sworn in. The organization should be able to know what they want to accomplish and how they will reach their goals. The program COPPS (community oriented policing...
The Physical Representation of Artificial Intelligence Within A.I. Artificial Intelligence, The Terminator and The Terminator 2: Judgment Day
Case study - 4 pages - Literature
An individual's external appearance serves as a basis for initial judgment. Pre-conceived notions regarding an individual's internal merit are predominately formed through the scrutiny of an individual's biologically driven physical features, as well as their attire. However, individuals are...
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...
The Role of Moira in "The Handmaids Tale"
Case study - 2 pages - Literature
In the novel “The Handmaids Tale” by Margaret Atwood, the character of Moira rarely appears in the main storyline, but rather, her character is brought out through the many flashbacks of the protagonist, Offred. She is shown to us to be a rebellious, intelligent and perseverant person...
Black life in US between 1865 and 1910
Case study - 3 pages - Educational studies
Reconstruction is a name which was given to the period between the end of the civil war in United States when federal troops were pulled out of the south. It was during the reconstruction period when the union army occupied the south. It was also during this time when the blacks voted and the...
Alexander the Great: Case study
Case study - 3 pages - Educational studies
Alexander 3 the Great is one of the greatest men in history. He boasts of single-handedly conquering the whole of the Mesopotamia and never losing a battle. All through history, Alexander served as an inspiration for many conquers like Hannibal, easer Pompey and Napoleon. He was born in 356 BC in...
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...
Reggae Music- Culture, tool for social change and communication
Case study - 4 pages - Educational studies
1960 commonly referred to as the sixties refers to the time denoting the complex interrelated cultural and political trends across the globe. It is referred to as the actual decade when decolonization took place in most parts of the world. In Africa, 32 countries gained independence from the...
Article on-steps in implementing a change: Case study of modeling as a facilitator of change
Case study - 3 pages - Educational studies
In today's world, new initiatives, projects, technologies and other life changing aspects come, improve or change within a limited time and changes the way people work or approach different scenarios. Changes come with new challenges and benefits too. People are often resistant to change,...
Pan's Labyrinth by Warner Bros: Film review
Case study - 5 pages - Film studies
“Pan's Labyrinth” is a film released by Warner Bros. Pictures International, Pan-Europeene and Telecino movie production companies. It is a property of Picturehouse Production Company, based in North America. The film is directed and written by Guillermo Del Toro who is also one of its...
El Pipila-Case Study of Mexican early liberty revolution
Case study - 4 pages - Social, moral & civic education
Almost the entire advancements in the contemporary society trace their roots from works of earlier populations inhabiting the earth. For instance, most scientific innovations today associated with founding fathers, provided the fundamentals which others have developed over the years. However, not...
Immigrants acculturation in occidental countries
Essay - 8 pages - Sociology & social sciences
John Berry, a Canadian social psychologist, has developed a theoretical framework about the psychological concept of acculturation. Two main acculturation processes exist in Cross Cultural Psychology: integration and assimilation. Berry argues that not only integration was the mode of...
Contrast and compare the political ideology, support base and political strategy of the Pakistani Jamaat-i-Islami and the Iranian Islamic Revolution
Essay - 8 pages - Political science
The events of this beginning of century have shown the resistance and the diversity of an Islamism, which certain had already buried. According to Bobby S. Sayyid, ‘Islamism is a discourse that attempts to centre Islam within the political order. Islamism can range from the assertion...
Does History "stop", "start", and "accelerate"?
Essay - 4 pages - Philosophy
The fall of the Berlin wall symbolised the end of communism, and the victory of liberal democracy. The suddenness with which the soviet empire collapsed, without any resistance, authorised the idea that democracy was going to triumph all over the globe. Fukuyama exposed in a very...
Psychological approaches to International Politics. The case of Cyprus
Essay - 11 pages - International relations
Located at a strategic position in the eastern Mediterranean sea, Cyprus, in the course of its history has frequently switched hands in-between powers which maintained an interest in the region. The list of its successive rulers includes the Egyptians, the Greeks, the Phoenicians, the Byzantines,...
"In sum, at night, young people seek excitement in cities, not safety": discuss the relationship between young people's leisure activities, crime and the fear of crime.
Essay - 8 pages - Criminal law
Young people's behaviours are seen in the society as a catalyser of change, a vector for social and moral evolution. Usually our societies, often driven by a sense of cautious conservatism, are prudent or even resistant towards youth's attitude. Contrary to the common thoughts youth delinquency...
Alatiel and Helen: War Caused by Beauty?
Thesis - 7 pages - Philosophy
Few storylines are more familiar than that of the woman so beautiful that men cannot resist her and will stop short of nothing, even murder or treachery, to possess her. The most famous of these women is of course, Helen, with “the face that launched a thousand ships,” many of which...
Freud's Misinterpretation of Emotions
Thesis - 2 pages - Social, moral & civic education
In the early 20th century Freud asserted revolutionary ideas: he normalized sexuality, and he spoke openly about sexuality with women. Before Freud, women were not viewed as sexual beings; they were mothers, daughters, and wives, but most people did not, or would not, acknowledge that women...
France's Lost Jewel
Essay - 2 pages - Film studies
Unlike Great Britain, France's colonial wars tended to involve a great deal of violence on the part of the colonizers. Britain generally extricated itself from its colonies with relatively little immediate violence involving British soldiers. The differing ways in which the two countries...
Mixed Messages
Essay - 3 pages - Social, moral & civic education
During the 1960's, the civil rights movement swept the nation as African Americans rallied to overcome segregation and bigotry. Although in the long run these activists furthered the constitution's promise of equality, they met strong resistance from the predominantly white majority....
The Bluest Eye
Essay - 2 pages - Literature
In “The Bluest Eye,” Toni Morrison explores racial tension in the town of Lorain, Ohio, immediately following the Great Depression. The novel follows the lives of a number of African Americans, including Claudia MacTeer, the narrator, Pecola Breedlove, the main character, and Pauline...
GABA Receptors
Essay - 5 pages - Psychology
GABAA Receptor The GABAA receptor is a member of the superfamily of ligand-activated ion channels in the cell membrane. GABA type A (GABAA) receptors are most closely related to strychnine-sensitive glycine receptors, more distantly related to acetylcholine nicotonic receptors and serotonin...
The CCR5-Delta 32 Genetic Mutation and Human Evolution - published: 27/11/2007
Essay - 2 pages - Biology
Genetic mutations are not uncommon. They can happen for a variety of reasons and have a variety of effects. Those with negative effects are weeded out by natural selection, and those with positive effects prevail and are accumulated due to natural selection. These mutations can be caused by a...
