Scottish Masculinity: Football Fans
Thesis - 6 pages - Social, moral & civic education
“Before the Forty-five, ‘every man was a soldier, who partook of national confidence, and interested himself in national honour. To lose this spirit, is to lose what no small advantage will compensate'” (qtd. in Herman 153). This comment from Samuel Johnson sums up a worry that...
Divided Against The Self :The ego-dystonic individual as illustrated in Stephen Frear's "Prick up Your Ears" An essay On Erotic Identity, Homosexuality and the Cinema
Essay - 6 pages - Social, moral & civic education
Stephen Frear's Prick Up Your Ears (1987) is based upon the life of England's notorious playwright Joe Orton. The film focuses primarily on Joe's 16 year unconventional relationship with Kenneth Halliwell. This relationship shall be used in the analysis that follows as an...
The Gender Gap: A Brief Overview of the Theoretical Perspectives On Gender-Related Cognitive Differences
Thesis - 6 pages - Social, moral & civic education
In the fields of mathematics, engineering, and science a gender gap exists. Men still hold the vast majority of professional careers rooted in math and science in industrial countries. In the United States, for example, men account for more than three-quarters of all medical doctors, 90.3...
Is France ready for the smoking ban?
Essay - 31 pages - Social, moral & civic education
On 29th March 2004, Ireland became the first country to protect non-smokers with the prohibition of smoking in the majority of workplaces, including bars and restaurants. The Irish have traditionally a worldwide image of drinkers and smokers but in general, they respect the ban and the population...
Welfare and Ideology by Vic George and Paul Wilding - publié le 28/02/2007
Book review - 5 pages - Social, moral & civic education
Political debates are often driven by what is called ideology. Nowadays we refer to ideology as a set of values and beliefs which influence individuals, politics, groups or even societies as a whole. The "critique of existing socio-economic systems, a view of the world, a vision of the future,...
The Health Care System in the UK
Essay - 4 pages - Social, moral & civic education
The first national strike in the NHS for nearly 20 years took place in London in September last year. This seems to be of bad omen for the British Health Care system. Before we go further into the subject, let us remember how health care used to be before any protection system existed in the UK....
Welfare and Ideology by Vic George and Paul Wilding
Book review - 5 pages - Social, moral & civic education
Political debates are often driven by what we call ideology. Nowadays we refer to ideology as a set of values and beliefs which influence individuals, politics, groups or even societies as a whole. The “critique of existing socio-economic systems, […] a view of the world, […] a...
Violence in South Africa
Dissertation - 41 pages - Social, moral & civic education
While South Africa is one of the richest countries of Africa, why is there so much violence? 25 of the biggest African firms are South African, and its economy is the largest and the most developed on the continent. It grows by 5% every year. Yet, South Africa has a high rate of unemployment and...
Why did Clinton Health Security Act of 1993 failed despite the opportunity to reform? - publié le 07/02/2007
Essay - 6 pages - Social, moral & civic education
Reforming the US health care system was one of the top priorities of the presidential battle in 1992 and William Jefferson Clinton managed to appear as the most competent candidate to deliver a comprehensive plan to solve this problem. Since the late 1970's, the country was facing problems...
Roma Housing in the Czech Republic
Essay - 4 pages - Social, moral & civic education
The English documentary “Gypsies, tramps and thieves?” realised by Kate Blewett and Bryan Woods in 1999 notably shows a Roma young mother who lives in revolting conditions in a single room shared with twenty-three other Roma. We can see them piled up in a very small space. The toilettes...
Do generous Welfare benefits lead to dependence and laziness?
Essay - 3 pages - Social, moral & civic education
Before 1945, the fight against poverty and social exclusion was organized around the concept of charity. Initially, the Church used to take care of the most destitute on the basis of donations. The institution succeeded in building some refuges in order to help people in need. Hence, poorest...
To what extent has the N.H.S. fulfilled its commitment to equal health care for all?
Essay - 6 pages - Social, moral & civic education
Health affects every aspect of life, and it not surprising that health care is a major focus for social concern. Governments have been aware of the importance of the population's access to health care for a very long time and began to intervene in this sense even before 1900, in helping the poor...
What place does the Maori culture hold New Zealand today?
Essay - 19 pages - Social, moral & civic education
New Zealand, made with several small islands and two main ones, is located between the Pacific Ocean and the Tasman Sea, around 2,000 kilometres far from Australia, New Caledonia and Fiji Islands. It is 270,000 km² large, with three million people living in the northern island and one...
Pornography in the Finnish context
Essay - 3 pages - Social, moral & civic education
Since 1970s, some changes have been made in the Swedish and Finnish pornography market. The consumption of pornography has increased in terms of supply, variability, and accessibility. Pornography and pornographic material for a variety of tastes can be obtained in convenience stores, (sex)...
Social welfare system in transition: The reform of the pension system - publié le 17/11/2006
Essay - 10 pages - Social, moral & civic education
The transition from a centrally planned economy to a market economy, from communism to democracy, and from unitary to a federal state had extreme consequences for the overall welfare of Russian population: including health services, social protection, and pension system. The Plan for Social and...
What are the main causes of social exclusion?
Essay - 4 pages - Social, moral & civic education
Shot in black and white cinema verity style, Hate (La Haine) follows a day in the life of three aimless, violence-prone, ethnically-diverse young men who hail from the same decaying housing project in Paris. Mathieu Kassovitz won the Best Director prize for this realistic movie at the Cannes Film...
The impact of multiculturalism on the Australian society
Essay - 31 pages - Social, moral & civic education
The continent of Australia is divided into six States and two Territories. Sydney, the capital of New South Wales, is the biggest Australian city and by far the oldest place where Europeans first settled. The bridge of Sydney, "Harbor Bridge" and its Opera are the symbols of this beautiful city....
The impact of multiculturalism on the Australian society - publié le 31/10/2006
Essay - 31 pages - Social, moral & civic education
The Austral continent is divided into six States and two Territories. Sydney, the capital of New South Wales is the oldest place where Europeans settled and the biggest Australian city. The bridge of Sydney, “Harbour Bridge” and its Opera are the symbols of the city. In 1911, Canberra...
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...
Lone parent families in the UK
Dissertation - 6 pages - Social, moral & civic education
In Britain, one child in four now lives in a single parent family, it is estimated that about one half to one third of the remaining children will find themselves a part of a single parent family at some time in their lives. In the UK alone, there are 1.7 million lone parents caring for 2.9...
Are protestants better capitalists ? - published: 07/10/2004
Thesis - 6 pages - Social, moral & civic education
First, we will see that if protestant theology has undoubtedly influenced the early expansion of capitalism in America, it is probably no longer the main factor explaining the important commitment of Protestants to modern capitalism. As an illustration of this fact, we will show that even among...
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...
The welfare sate - cleavages between Germany and the United Kingdom - published: 22/01/2004
Thesis - 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...
