The impact of immigration flows on Welfare regimes of Western European countries from 1950's to nowadays.
Essay - 7 pages - Economic politics
It is generally agreed that the regimes of Welfare States are in crisis. Indeed, several factors of our modern societies led the Welfare State regimes into a general crisis which is more or less accentuated by internal reasons within each State. The link between immigration and welfare state...
National Parliaments and the European Union - publié le 18/03/2010
Essay - 5 pages - European union
The adoption of the Lisbon Treaty on December 1, 2009 puts into perspective new dimensions of the role of national parliaments into the decisional core of the European Union. Indeed, this Treaty offers to the national parliaments more power to intervene into European affairs but it also...
Le secteur des éoliennes résidentielles en Espagne
Market study - 16 pages - Ecology & environment
Renewable energies are playing an essential role regarding to crucial issues raised by the fossil fuels (scheduled exhaustion, pollution, global warming, energy dependence …) Various countries are working on this problem and switch more and more to sustainable development investments....
The entrance of Swiss Lindt & Sprungli on the Finnish market
Market study - 11 pages - Foreign markets
Chocolate was imported in Europe in 1494 by Christophe Colomb. It was considered a medicine and then as a sweet. However, this product was used since long time by the Aztec and Mayans to fight against tiredness. In fact, chocolate has been used since V century BC. Thus, this product has become...
What is meant by the term "civil society"? Which role does civil society play in a democracy?
Essay - 3 pages - Political science
According the European Commission, a Civil Society is the "community life which is exercised between the state and the market. The objectives of the participation of the Civil Society are to support the elaboration and the implementation of the policies using practical advices." This definition...
Development of a subsidiary Yoplait in Belgium (2009)
Market study - 4 pages - Foreign markets
Yoplait is a very famous company in the world. It has built its success on quality fresh products well received by consumers and has established a very strong international strategy based on different processes. The main idea is to offer fresh products that can be used in all continents and are...
Vietnam and Iraq - A study in comparison/contrast
Thesis - 2 pages - Social, moral & civic education
Aside from the short-lived Desert Storm conflict in the early 90's, the United States has been involved in two prolonged wars in the past fifty years, wars which bear striking resemblances. One has to wonder if our governmental leaders, with all of their touted experience, simply choose to...
Radio and regulation
Thesis - 2 pages - Social, moral & civic education
When Congress passed the Radio Act of 1927, it was striving to curtail the chaos that had overtaken the American radio industry. An explosion of stations competing for limited space on the airwaves had created an unstable situation. It also sought to put controls on what could be broadcast,...
Crime and Italian identity
Thesis - 3 pages - Social, moral & civic education
The story of the Italian American experience after World War Two has been one of paradox, the move towards assimilation with the mainstream, and dealing with the feeling of regret of the younger generations of having lost many of the visible markers of Italian American identity. As...
An essay on communication
Thesis - 2 pages - Social, moral & civic education
This 2004 conversation between American humorist P.J. O'Rourke and former Secretary of State Colin Powell (when he was still in the office), reveals how conversation is, as the book Bridges Not Walls puts it, “a process.” O'Rourke begins the conversation with the expectation that it is...
Capitalism, democracy and power
Thesis - 4 pages - Political science
Both James Madison and Karl Marx can be considered “democrats”; however both vastly differ on their theories and understanding of democracy and government on a wide spectrum of issues. If Karl Marx were to be asked his opinion of Madison's Federalist#10 in the post-Paris Commune time,...
The implementation of EU Policy within the third pillar in the Netherlands
Course material - 26 pages - European union
The treaty of Maastricht has established European Citizenship, increased the authority of the European Parliament and helped the European and Monetary Union to start. Than EEC changed to European Communities (EC). The Police and Judicial Co-operation in Criminal Matters correspond to the third...
Women and politics how gender impacts on representation? - The specific case of France's presidential campaign.
Essay - 5 pages - Political life and election
During some of the past presidential campaigns in France and the US, some candidates were women. Although it didn't make much news in the US, because the other candidate was a black man, in France people made much ado about Ségolène Royal's candidacy. We could hear some people saying,...
The alcohol consumption problem in Scotland
Essay - 1 pages - Social, moral & civic education
Industry sales figures suggest Scotland has the eighth highest alcohol consumption level in the world.' This result, based on a World Health Organization report, focuses on what Scotland's main alcohol related problems are. Both Scottish economy and people seem to depend on alcohol....
Synthesis: UK general election
Essay - 2 pages - Political life and election
While general elections are scheduled for May 2010, the three major candidates are ready to fight to win the elections. Moreover, the UK is facing difficult social and economic contexts. Besides, due to Thatcher's liberal politics which was very criticized in the 1980s and seeing the two last...
Has electoral behaviour changed? How does volatile voting effect democracy?
Essay - 3 pages - Political life and election
In the last few decades, the main changes in the electoral behaviour are the decline of the turnout and the development of volatile voting. Those two elements affect the political life of the countries because political parties have to adapt themselves to answer the expectations of the voters....
Foreign agricultural investments and human development in Africa
Essay - 2 pages - International economy
In a time where feeding the world has become an urgent problem, highly populated countries 'delocalize' their food production in order to feed their populations. Africa is one of the most attractive targets, a phenomenon enhanced by the fact that African countries are thirsty for foreign...
Politics, a minor form of show Business ?
Essay - 4 pages - Political science
Politics and politicians have an important place on the news and in the newspapers. And not only the core and serious political pieces of news are known, the attention is also focussed on all the politicians private life and scandals. So, politics has become a form of show business or TV show...
American Schools and school system in USA
Worksheets - 1 pages - Political science
Each state defines its own educational system, there are no national decisions or laws determining the syllabuses, the contents of the High School Diploma (HSS), or even the length of compulsory education. Some Americans argue that this lack of cohesion partly accounts for the very poor standarts...
Management of labor and job insecurity: the example of sorting postal employees (1946-1980)
Essay - 7 pages - Micro-economy, job-unemployment
The perception of job insecurity in a state administration, the Post Office, from 1946 to 1980, should help realize the nature of link between work organizations and the employment status of postal workers. Traditionally, this period of strong economic growth is regarded as a period marked by the...
Evaluate the impact of global recession on international trade and investment with respect to the country of your choice.
Essay - 6 pages - International economy
In the last few years, the International Business has been hit by a global recession. Economists were talking about the current situation of some countries, companies or economic issues more or less close to a situation of recession. These comments were relayed by lots of public media and it...
Explaining constitutional choices in post-communist transition countries: the actor-centered approach.
Essay - 12 pages - Political science
Among the most important of all constitutional choices that have to be made in democracies is the choice of relationship between the executive and the legislature, in particular presidential versus parliamentary government. Political scientists disagree about which of the alternatives are...
An examination of the movement's "structure-organization-leadership" nexus.
Essay - 14 pages - Political science
However it is a mental picture, Martin Luther King representing the black movement or Gandhi as the figurhead of the Indian non-violent independence movement, the 'leadership phenomenon' can not be reduced to a simple interaction between a leader and a social movement. Theoretically...
Lesbians and butch-femme relationships
Thesis - 3 pages - Social, moral & civic education
Homosexual relationships have existed since the beginning of time, however, acceptance of such relationships in the modern era has not been so forthcoming, as was the welcoming atmosphere in ancient Greece. Lesbianism appeared to be a somewhat accepted practice until Victorian social mores began...
Native American's in United States of America
Thesis - 3 pages - Social, moral & civic education
From the 1850's to the 1890's the Indian question became an issue of discord in America. The main query was what exactly was to be done with the Native Americans, whose time had far exceeded any time the new Americans had been in the United States. The Americans' qualm with the Native Americans...
The female minority
Thesis - 3 pages - Political science
The overarching issue to female representation in government lies in the lack of women running for public office. Most politically involved American women often face the inferior circumstances. There is a real disparity between male and female politicians. When women run, they win at similar...
The feminization of poverty & political programs
Thesis - 2 pages - Social, moral & civic education
In the United States (and the rest of the world) women have been faced with the phenomenon of the “feminization of poverty”. Starting in the 1960s and 70s, female headed households accounted for a growing proportion of those below the poverty line. A considerable majority of these women...
The power of power
Thesis - 2 pages - Political science
In The President, Miguel Angel Asturias depicts a society in which all aspects of life are manipulated by a ruthless, tyrannical President. In the book, the President has control over all facets of daily life through his employment of a corrupt secret police; “A network of invisible...
Time for change
Thesis - 2 pages - Political science
From its founding days, the American political system has been one plagued with the daunting process of electing a president every four years. To ease the uncertainties and difficulties inherent with the task, the political founders of the United States compromised to establish the Electoral...
I, Rigoberta Menchu
Thesis - 2 pages - Social, moral & civic education
I, Rigoberta Menchu, is a depiction of the socially and politically powerless indigenous population in Guatemala, presented from a female point of view. The book details the daily rituals, customs, and traditions of the Indian community. Menchu, speaks as the voice for her community. She...
