English Test Correction: Geopolitical Relations in Great Britain and Australia
Tutorials/exercises - 3 pages - Linguistics & languages
This document contains an English test including sentences and expressions to translate, as well as questions on geopolitical relations about Great Britain and Australia.
History of Great Britain
Course material - 8 pages - Medieval history
The period which goes from 1488 up to 1603 is often described as a Golden Age in the British history. Henry VIII, Shakespeare, the English Bible with the Anglican Church, the development of Parliament are among the numerous examples that are related to this period. The most important forces of...
Spaces and exchanges - To what extent have the Great Britain's changes influenced the whole world?
Essay - 2 pages - Sociology & social sciences
I am going to ponder over the notion 'spaces and exchanges'. So before all, let me introduce it. The beauty and the richness of our world is due to the multitude of countries and communities, with different cultures. Each area is special in its history, its language, its customs, and so...
Myths and heroes - To what extent are the sixties a mythical decade for Great Britain?
Essay - 2 pages - Modern history
I am going to ponder over the notion of myths and heroes. So, before all, let me introduce it. A myth is a very abstract thing: it can refer to a famous story, true or false, about a god, a hero, or someone special who makes a difference, who embodies an idea. To cut the story short, I would say...
Treaty of alliance and mutual assistance between his majesty with respect to that of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the President of the French Republic, signed at Dunkirk, on 4 March 1947
Essay - 13 pages - Political science
In March 1947, an historic alliance treaty was sealed between Britain and France. Indeed, it conveyed for the former a dramatic shift in its traditionally cautious and reserved foreign policy towards continental Europe in general and France in particular. The Entente Cordiale of 1904 had...
British Policy of Appeasement: Great Britain and the Second World War
Case study - 10 pages - Educational studies
The policy of appeasement pursued by Great Britain in the years leading up to the outbreak of World War Two is among the most controversial events studied by historians. Assessments of the policy of appeasement offered by historians include those who criticize the actions of the...
Great Britain during the Second World War
Essay - 3 pages - Modern history
Since 1933, the UK and France were not weren't ready economically and financially to wage war against Germany. In 1933, its leader Adolf Hitler, seized power lawfully, and wanted to take revenge after the humiliation of the Versailles Treaty. Indeed, after WWII, France, the UK and the USA decided...
Great Britain and the United States
Essay - 2 pages - International relations
On Wednesday, March 4th 2009, the British Prime Minister Gordon Brown declared in front of the American Congress that his country would be able to work without respite with the United States war against terrorism, peace in the Middle East and the Iranian nuclear issue. Thus, he promised to lend...
Direct investments flows between France and Great Britain
Dissertation - 38 pages - Finance
"We believe that working together, France and Britain can be an even greater force for good in the world of tomorrow and so, if you like, this will be an entente formidable as well?. -Gordon Brown, UK Prime Minister. This quotation illustrates the desire that France and Great...
Great Britain and Europe
Essay - 3 pages - European union
In 1950, the French Foreign Secretary Robert Schuman set out his idea of a Coal and Steel Community between France and Germany, which would be an organization open to some other European countries if they would accept the idea of a supra-national power. Great Britain refused to be...
Great Britain, the United States and the Commonwealth
Essay - 14 pages - Modern history
The aim of the lecture is to determine whether there is really a special relationship between Britain and the US. It was only in the aftermath of the Second World War that the term of special relationship came to be used to describe the partnership between Britain and America....
World War II: the United States and Great Britain
Case study - 5 pages - Political science
The period preceding the World War II in many respects defined the role of the USA in the pending war. It was crucial in a sense that the US had undergone one of the direst economic crises and was at the outset of industrial revolution. President Franklin Roosevelt proved himself to be quite...
Proceedings of the Symposium, "Strangeness from abroad: cultural representations of otherness in Great Britain (17th-20th centuries)"
Case study - 4 pages - Political science
After the French Revolution and the Independence of the United States of America, written constitutions became more numerous. In 1820, forty-eight constitutions had already been drafted. Thirty years later, eighty more written constitutions was counted in the world. At the end of the twentieth...
Relations between the executive and legislative branches in Great Britain
Essay - 3 pages - Political science
The power in Britain adopts a particular shape. The organization of this power is first formed by an unwritten constitution. It is separate from the Monarch, the Prime Minister and also the Parliament. This leads us to question the executive and legislative branches. The executive power...
Great Britain and the European Union
Thesis - 2 pages - European union
Great Britain because of its quality of being an Island, and it was always excluded from the continent's activities. Furthermore, the British take a real pride in their own culture which can explain their rather cold attitude in the matters of international relations. So, we can...
The state of regionalism in Great Britain
Essay - 2 pages - European union
For about three decades, Britain has launched itself on the path of devolution whose objective was originally to grant a fair amount of autonomy to Scotland and Wales. The problem of enabling England to benefit from devolution too is a case in point.
Sustainable development in the electricity sector - the examples of France and Great Britain
Market study - 24 pages - Ecology & environment
It has been put in evidence that 85 percent of the energy consumed by humans comes from fossil fuels. This statement pointed out one of the most important problems currently faced by humans. The generation of energy depends on the use of fossil fuels. The problem which appears is that these fuels...
Great Britain, the United States and the Commonwealth - published: 29/09/2010
Essay - 14 pages - Modern history
The aim of the lecture is to determine whether there is really a special relationship between Britain and the US. It was only in the aftermath of the Second World War that the term of special relationship came to be used to describe the partnership between Britain and America....
Great Britain during the Second World War - published: 29/09/2010
Essay - 3 pages - Modern history
Since 1933, the UK and France were not weren't ready economically and financially to wage war against Germany. In 1933, its leader Adolf Hitler, seized power lawfully, and wanted to take revenge after the humiliation of the Versailles Treaty. Indeed, after WWII, France, the UK and the USA decided...
Sustainable development in the electricity sector - the examples of France and Great Britain - publié le 29/09/2010
Market study - 24 pages - Ecology & environment
It has been put in evidence that 85 percent of the energy consumed by humans comes from fossil fuels. This statement pointed out one of the most important problems currently faced by humans. The generation of energy depends on the use of fossil fuels. The problem which appears is that these fuels...
Terrorist attacks and multiculturalism in Great Britain : commentary of "The vindication of Enoch Powell" by George Jonas (2005)
Text commentary - 3 pages - Political science
Multiculturalism has always been one of the characteristics of the United Kingdom. For ages, multiculturalism, immigration, aliens, have been crucial topics, source of debates and interrogations in this country. As foreigners have more or less been accepted, there was some legislation or some...
What did India mean to Great Britain in the Eighteenth century?
Thesis - 5 pages - Modern history
What began as an exercise of hubris, Great Britain's presence in India was strong and far-reaching. Via the East India Company, formally established in 1660, Indian trade patterns grew as the eighteenth century progressed. Through India, the British Empire expanded to become an...
Muslims and the State: A comparative study of Muslim religious needs in the educational domain in France and Great Britain - publié le 12/01/2009
Thesis - 5 pages - Journalism
Islam is one of the fastest growing religions in Europe today; it is already the second religion in Europe. There are at least thirteen million Muslims living in this area ranging from Portugal to Finland and from Ireland to Bulgaria. The sociological entity of these Muslims is very...
Legends and traditions in Great Britain
Thesis - 4 pages - Social, moral & civic education
One of the most fascinating legends in Irish explains the origin of Ulster's heraldic symbol, the Red Hand. The symbol is tied to a family called O'Neill. In the legend, there was a boat race between the chieftains of the O'Neill and the McDonnell families to conquer the Ulster area. Whom so...
The experience of the Indian and Pakistani immigrant communities in Great Britain from 1948 to 1971 - publié le 15/01/2009
Essay - 42 pages - Modern history
The history of Indian and Pakistani presence in Britain is long as it dates back to the seventeenth century. Yet the influence of the South Asian community was almost insignificant at that time, for its size remained very small. Only after the Second World War (1939-1945) did South Asian...
To what extent can we say Great Britain and the USA have a special relationship? What have the advantages and the disadvantages of the relationship been? - publié le 12/01/2009
Essay - 4 pages - International relations
Many signs in history show that the UK and the USA detain a privileged relation. As one of the first British colony to be liberated, the USA has always been related to Great Britain. These two countries share the same language, the same political tradition, the same religion. From...
Communatarism" in Great Britain and the "French Republican model" of integration: With which method should the public policies be controlled while dealing with a multicultural society - publié le 17/05/2009
Thesis - 4 pages - Political science
The issues of national identity, citizenship and multiculturalism are definitely in the middle of nowadays debates. In his work, John Rex develops the approach that the development of multiculturalism policies might diminish tensions between dominant and minority groups within a contemporary...
Healthcare in Great-Britain
Essay - 2 pages - Social, moral & civic education
I chose two articles published on the Telegraph's website. They deal with healthcare in Britain. One is entitled "Record numbers go abroad for health?, and the other one "Health-care failings make the poor relation within Europe?. The first one was published on the 29th October 2007...
Comment on "Unemployment in Great-Britain 1895-1995"
Essay - 2 pages - Economy general
At the beginning of the graph (year 1895), the British unemployment was at quite a high level, about 10% of the population. It was probably a consequence of the 'Great Depression' which took place between 1873 and 1895. Then, the unemployment rate dropped substantially to 2.5% in...
Great Britain and the Kyoto protocol: why is Britain so keen on the Kyoto protocol?
Essay - 4 pages - Ecology & environment
The Kyoto Protocol is a protocol related to the international Framework Convention on Climate Change with the objective of reducing the greenhouse gases that cause climate change. It was agreed upon, on 11 December 1997at the 3rd Conference of the Parties to the treaty, when they met in Kyoto,...
