To what degree does the evidence of contemporary cross-strait relations support the view that Taiwan and Mainland China are experiencing not only economic but also political convergence? - publié le 15/01/2009
Essay - 5 pages - International relations
In 1949, after having lost the Chinese Civil War against the CPC, the Kuomintang retreated from Mainland China and established a government in Taipei, the largest city of the Taiwan Island, while continuing to claim its sovereignty over the whole China. At the same time, the People's Republic of...
Australia, Britain and the EU - publié le 15/01/2009
Essay - 4 pages - International relations
The relationship between Australia and the European Union does not seem to attract much attention. Few books had been written on it, and the general impression is that this relationship is not put forward by neither Australia nor the EU. While many scholars focus today on the importance of Asia...
How does Fox News cover Africa? - publié le 15/01/2009
Essay - 3 pages - International relations
Fox News is the top rated channel in the United States (U.S.) but it is also broadcasted internationally in 40 countries. It can stand for an American point of view about news but also for a more global one. Fox News has an obvious impact on Americans. That is why, in order to monitor the way...
"Why has the common foreign and security policy been so much more difficult to organise than economic cooperation?" - publié le 15/01/2009
Essay - 5 pages - International relations
One of the most important discussions in the modern-day European Union concerns the lack of effectiveness of common foreign and security policy. As the Union moves towards integration, creating such a policy has become one of its most pressing concerns. I shall consider this question in detail...
The Gender Gap in voting behaviours - publié le 15/01/2009
Essay - 5 pages - Social, moral & civic education
European women first acquired the right to vote in 1906 in Finland. After the First World War, women were given the right to vote in a certain number of European countries. In the UK, it was gained in two stages: first in 1918, it was initially given to married women, women householders and women...
The Quality Concept - published: 15/01/2009
Essay - 5 pages - Economy general
The quality concept in an industrial sense was first seen in Japan after WW2. In a ruined country, American economists settled an action plan to rebuild the entire economy system. Their first task was to define this notion. For Juran, "quality is the aptitude to employ" and For Crosby, "the...
Why has the Franco German partnership played such a pivotal role throughout the development of the European Community - publié le 15/01/2009
Essay - 5 pages - International relations
After the end of the World War Two, France and Germany experienced hostile relations. Indeed, from 1945 to 1950, the two countries were both traumatized by the souvenir of their mutual occupation. On the French side, the Nazi's occupation had created a feeling of revenge, and on the German's one,...
The Monterrey Consensus The Conference on Financing for Development - publié le 15/01/2009
Essay - 3 pages - Economy general
The International Conference on Financing for Development (FfD) took place between the 18 and 22 of March 2002 in Monterrey, Mexico. More than 170 countries adopted a commitment designed to “eradicate poverty, achieve sustained economic growth and promote sustainable development” in the...
"The national influence on the European integration" - publié le 15/01/2009
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 consensus; and...
"What accounts for the success of Silvio Berlusconi in Italian politics since the political crisis of the early 1990's?" - publié le 15/01/2009
Essay - 8 pages - Political science
As the most dominant Italian politician of his time, Silvio Berlusconi has introduced important innovations in many fields of Italian politics: new ideological approaches, new coalition strategies, new campaign methods and a new leadership style and language. All of these innovations have had a...
The historical specificity and contemporary relevance of the concept of race - publié le 15/01/2009
Essay - 6 pages - Social, moral & civic education
According to Rousseau, there are ‘two sorts of inequality': one is ‘natural or physical'; the other is between social groups. In order to understand an historical specificity of the concept of race, we will study how the second type of inequality was reduced to the first. In other...
What are the most important features of contemporary Irish political culture? Has this political culture really change significantly since 1960? If so, why has this not had a greater impact on the political party system?
Essay - 2 pages - Political science
Irish political culture is often seen as a peculiar one compared to western European countries. The political culture might be considered as a psychological part of political system: the set of values and attitudes of a political community. According to J. Coakley, it can be divided in tree...
Discuss de Gaulle's handling of the Algerian War and consider some of the ways in which he exploited the crisis to political ends - publié le 15/01/2009
Essay - 3 pages - Political science
In 1954, the discontent displayed by Algerian rebels, the Front de Libération National, demanding independence, turned into war and was not settled until 1962, with the involvement of the French national hero, General de Gaulle. The situation in Algeria was different to that in Tunisia or even...
"How should we define globalization?" - publié le 15/01/2009
Essay - 4 pages - Economy general
Defining the concept of globalization is very controversial and much disputed among economists, sociologists and political observers. There is no single concept of globalization, and commentators are unable to agree on the empirical evidence for its extent. These divisions are, however,...
Republic of China in Taiwan - publié le 15/01/2009
Essay - 4 pages - International relations
Small country of North-East Asia, Taiwan has experienced numerous developments throughout its history, founding over the centuries its own political identity, from the beginnings as a Ch'ing prefecture and province, to the half-century of Japanese possession and to the last fifty years as the...
The impact of television advertisement on children - publié le 15/01/2009
Essay - 4 pages - Social, moral & civic education
The average child is exposed to more than 40,000 television commercials a year. My focus is devoted primarily to the examination of television advertising for three reasons. Firstly, marketers who seek children for commercial purposes rely primarily on television because it is the easiest and...
Institutional Failures of the Global Environmental Governance - publié le 15/01/2009
Essay - 42 pages - Ecology & environment
Despite a great awareness of environmental questions from developed and developing countries, there is a degradation of environmental issues and an appearance of new environmental problems. This aggravation of environmental matters is due to the inefficient state of the global environmental...
Energy policy - publié le 15/01/2009
Essay - 5 pages - Social, moral & civic education
While Malthus was already painting a negative picture of the worldwide situation in 1798, he was also drawing up his famous prediction that population would outrun food supply, leading to a decrease in food per person. Indeed, there is a mathematic distortion between human reproduction rate and...
What do you consider to be the major differences between Adam Smith's and David Ricardo's theories of international trade? - publié le 15/01/2009
Essay - 4 pages - Economy general
The basic concept underlying all international transactions is that foreign markets are extensions of domestic markets, in the sense that goods and services produced domestically, and whose quality is reflected in the strengths of the supply and demand curves, can also be sold internationally....
Critically assess available explanations of the rise of the National Front, and assess and explain its impact on French politics - publié le 15/01/2009
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 10%. The presidential...
Community festivals and events - Their role in raising awareness, generating pride and fostering a sense of belonging within socially isolated areas - published: 15/01/2009
Essay - 5 pages - Social, moral & civic education
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...
To what extent has Europe benefited from a "peace dividend" through the European Union and its budget? - publié le 15/01/2009
Essay - 4 pages - European union
The notion of “peace dividend” was forged in the 1980s to convey an idea that had already been analysed before: the link between security/peace, and economic growth. Without going into further details, one may wonder if this economic theory can be applied to the European Union, which...
Is social capital a useful tool for explaining the politics of public health in the twentieth century city? - publié le 15/01/2009
Essay - 5 pages - Political science
The development of “politics of public health” is historically dated. As Foucault noted, it appeared with the broader emergence of the idea of “population” which provides, in the modern era, the conceptual framework of health policies. The existence of a common concept,...
How Convincing Are Neorealism & Neoliberal Institutionalism To Understand Environmental Cooperation? - publié le 15/01/2009
Tutorials/exercises - 12 pages - International relations
International cooperation is a radically different prospect with regard to positivist theories of international relations. According to each approach, states live in a specific international system, are motivated by diverse factors and possess various resources. Each theory then offers a...
Elites in the United States - publié le 15/01/2009
Essay - 6 pages - Political science
One of the arguments that have been laid down to explain the defeat of John F. Kerry on the US-Presidential elections in 2004 was his elitist side. Being a White Anglo-Saxon from the North-East, Kerry really corresponded to the image of a politician who would run the country in a technocratic...
What is meant by the French party system, and what has produced its changing form in the period since 1958? - publié le 15/01/2009
Essay - 5 pages - Political science
The French party system emerged in the form of parliamentary factions in the Third Republic. Soon enough, these factions were no longer only evident at the parliamentary level, but were organising the nation. From 1958, there is a considerable change in the organisation of the political parties...
The European Central Bank (ECB) and the Federal Reserve System (FED)
Presentation - 25 pages - Economic politics
This document is a presentation of the European Central Bank (ECB). The national central banks (NCB) make part of the ESCB Headquarters based in Frankfurt Presentation of the FED, which was created in 1913 by the enactment of the Federal Reserve Act and headquartered in Washington D.C. The...
McDonald's in India: a glocal strategy
Case study - 12 pages - Foreign markets
India is an assimilation of several ethnic groups. Its geographic origin, language, religion, dress, food, habits differ from one state to another. There are 22 different languages that are recognized, and there are hundreds of dialects. Nonetheless, people have the same temperament all over the...
Is Capitalism here to stay or is another vision of economics possible and viable?
Essay - 2 pages - Economy general
For many centuries, Capitalism has been the only economic system in the industrialized world. In the present world, this system is in crisis. Billions of people live below the poverty line without any access to food, health care or housing. By capitalism, we mean a system of production that...
EU decision-making - publié le 13/01/2009
Essay - 3 pages - European union
France is administratively divided in “communes”, the smallest territorial division of the country, usually corresponding to a city or a village. The number of communes in France, including overseas territories, is 36 782. This high number leads to huge disparities in terms of...
