Analyse : Animal experiments
Essay - 11 pages - Social, moral & civic education
As a case study, the subject of animal experiments has been chosen. Nowadays, industries utilize modern modes of production. New technologies have been developed to enhance the modernization emblem. Inspite of this development in science and technology, the use of traditional means which requires...
Is there room, and how much, for immigrants in the European social model? - publié le 31/08/2006
Essay - 11 pages - Social, moral & civic education
Immigration is deeply rooted in the European history. In the post-war times several West European governments - especially in big and devastated countries - resorted to immigration to cope with important needs for labour force the after-reconstruction economic boom. Immigrants, mostly from...
Is there room, and how much, for immigrants in the European social model?
Essay - 11 pages - Social, moral & civic education
Immigration is deeply rooted in the European history. In the post-war era, several West European governments, especially in large devastated countries, resorted to immigration to cope with important needs for labor force in the event of the post-war efforts to reconstruct the economy....
Should illegal immigrants be legalised in the USA?
Essay - 3 pages - Social, moral & civic education
While the Spanish government legalised 600,000 undocumented workers in May 2005 and the French Minister of the Interior Nicolas Sarkozy is currently trying to get his bill reinforcing control over illegal immigrants passed through the French National Assembly, the United States, traditionally...
Is heterosexuality "natural"?
Essay - 3 pages - Social, moral & civic education
The most common definition of heterosexuality is that of a sexual identity of somebody who is sexually attracted to the opposite sex. According to Richardson, “[Heterosexuality] is constructed as a coherent, natural, fixed and stable category; as universal and monolithic.” But what does...
The Stephen Lawrence affair
Essay - 9 pages - Social, moral & civic education
Stephen Lawrence was born in 1974; he was the first child of Doreen and Neville who emigrated from Jamaica in the 1960s. He had one brother Stuart and one sister Georgina. By the age of seven he had already resolved to become an architect. He lived at Plumstead, south-east London, which is a...
The gay community in the USA: from marginal to mainstream?
Essay - 20 pages - Social, moral & civic education
Today, the concern of minorities' rights is crucial in the United States of America. The rights of the homosexual community represent a wedge issue. The homosexuals, indeed, acquire more and more rights in the United States and this acquirement causes a great debate in the entire country. It...
Abortion and the Supreme Court
Essay - 5 pages - Social, moral & civic education
Abortion is one of the most controversial topics of the American society. Even after Roe v Wade, a 1973 ruling of the Supreme Court permitting abortion, the debate has always been of topical interest. In this feature of The Economist published on the 4th of March 2006, a South Dakota's bill that...
The welfare sate - cleavages between Germany and the United Kingdom
Essay - 8 pages - Social, moral & civic education
Since the comfortable mixture of economic growth and welfare state expansion has come to an end the welfare state has been subjected to a crisis discussion. Its integrative capacity and its ability to compromise different class interests have been doubted. It was assumed that the higher status...
Immigration and the acquisition of citizenship in Canada
Essay - 7 pages - Social, moral & civic education
In the first part, we will focus on the potential and historical goals of the Canadian immigration policy. We will focus on humanitarian goals such as helping refugees and reuniting families in Canada, social goals such as altering the nature of the Canadian society and goals related to foreign...
How long can last the 'Pay As You Go' pensions ? (followed by the case-study of France)
Essay - 8 pages - Social, moral & civic education
Most countries do provide retirement pension schemes within the framework of Pay As You Go pensions. This system however encounters today some unprecedented drawbacks, mainly due to the burden of an ageing population. The future of the retirement system is a real economic concern, not simply a...
