History according to the Slave narratives
Essay - 8 pages - Social, moral & civic education
The historical account given firsthand by former enslaved peoples has been called into question on many occasions. It has been suggested that because the narratives of these former slaves are so inconsistent with one another, the resulting history was flawed. The allegations are not without a...
Africville: The destruction of a community in the name of urban renewal
Essay - 4 pages - Social, moral & civic education
Africville was a black community located on the outskirts of Halifax, built by Loyalist descendants, and destroyed for the sake of urban renewal in the late 1960s. Canada has always prided itself on its race relations, often comparing its own history with that of the United States. However, this...
Asian business culture
Essay - 9 pages - Foreign markets
Since the last decade the Northeast Asian economies such as Japan, South Korean and Taiwan have had a remarkable growth and an important development into world-class economic powers. They have emerged from an “array of political and social challenges such as world and civil wars, massive...
The United Nations Organization in Kosovo
Essay - 4 pages - International relations
Last September, Serbia officially asked the UN for authorization to use the IJC (International Justice Court) as a judge, in order to know if the Kosovo Declaration of Independence was legal. So far, 50 of the 192 member-countries of the UN have recognized Kosovo as an independent State. In order...
Bush's preventive war: Doctrine of mass confusion (Broadening or contortion of the concept of pre-emptive self-defense?)
Dissertation - 34 pages - International relations
The debate triggered by the new Bush Doctrine of pre-emptive action lies in the amalgamation between pre-emptive (i.e. anticipatory) and preventive self-defense. While the former finds legal and political basis, the latter is, so far, hardly distinguished from outright aggression. The Bush...
Total and its corporate social responsibility
Case study - 7 pages - Ecology & environment
TOTAL, the international group known worldwide, works above all, in the energy industries and also a little bit in the chemical industry. TOTAL group was created in 2003, after several mergers but it has some origin from 1923. It is a limited company. Today TOTAL is not only a multinational...
Exporting products from United Kingdom to Russian market
Case study - 6 pages - Foreign markets
We are a British company specialized in luxurious umbrellas. Our turnover was of £845,000 in 2007. Nowadays we export our products in all of Western Europe; our biggest customers are France and Italy. Our firm is now a big company and it is carrying on to growth. We wish to extend our market and...
Failures and benefits of free trade and the role of World Trade Organization (WTO)
Essay - 10 pages - International economy
The free flow of international trade gained significance after the Second World War when the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) was tabled. The GATT was followed by the formation of the World Trade Organization (WTO) in 1995. The WTO was formed to establish rules for international...
The roadmap of 'The Republic'
Book review - 6 pages - Political science
When tackling a text of great literary merit, it is important to remember to approach it in the right way. For instance, if we look to the New Testament of the Bible, while masterfully written, it is not a verbatim moral or ethical code of human behavior. Likewise The Analects of Confucius,...
The Baghdad crucible
Essay - 5 pages - International relations
What is going on in Iraq since the 2003 invasion and, by extension, since long before during Operation Desert Storm is in many ways a paradigm—an ever-evolving view into a society that has, for internal and external reasons, become one of the most turbulent areas in the Middle East and in...
A more perfect union: Utopian communities in Tennessee
Essay - 5 pages - Social, moral & civic education
Tennessee has long been regarded by historians as a crossroads of different ideas and people, its unique geographic position separating it from being overly dominated by established traditions for much of its history. It is this unique situation that makes Tennessee a favored home for idealists...
A study of the beginnings and effects of country clubs in American society
Essay - 6 pages - Social, moral & civic education
In today's current society, there is an aspect of social life that is experienced by a portion of those in America's middle and upper classes. This aspect is the country club, which is major part of some American's lives. In present times, such institutions are viewed as places where people are...
Primate seed dispersal: Implications for conservation tactics
Essay - 5 pages - Ecology & environment
Many frugivorous primates act in an important ecosystem role as seed dispersers for local flora. The importance of this relationship is apparent through the realization that there is variation in the species of plant seeds dispersed by primates and non-primates, with primates often serving as the...
The mysterious history of Scientology
Essay - 6 pages - Social, moral & civic education
What is Scientology? The answer is as simple or as complex as the one asking and the one answering wants to make it. Since its creation in 1952, Scientology has been seen by some as a religion, others as a cult, still others as a joke. Is it, as its creator L. Rob Hubbard asserted, a philosophy?...
The effect of USSR on Cuba
Essay - 6 pages - International relations
The second half of the 20th century saw a great deal of USSR involvement in Cuba economically, politically, and militarily. The USSR contributed large amounts of money, weapons, subsidized goods, and other aid to the Cuban government lead by Fidel Castro. Cuba underwent a great many changes...
Cultural and material remains of the Chiricahua Apache
Essay - 12 pages - Social, moral & civic education
The Chiricahua Apache, prior to forced displacement, occupied a broad swath of land surrounding the modern nexus of New Mexico, Arizona, Sonora, and Chihuahua. This traditional territory offered a spectrum of natural environments that varied from mountainous regions to desert environments to...
Cultural analysis: The Maury Povich show
Essay - 4 pages - Social, moral & civic education
The Maury Povich show is a television programmed that has been syndicated to networks since 1991, hosted by Maury Povich (IMDB). His most popular “theme” of his series is paternity tests for woman, or their man who is involved in a dispute surrounding the baby's father (Wikipedia). It...
What were the drivers of US economic growth in the long run?
Essay - 4 pages - International economy
The economic history of the United States is a story of impressive economic growth and development. The USA, as we know it today, is the result of major alterations, among which is the successful transformation of high levels of economic growth and major improvements in the well-being of its...
Does the EU need a European Identity? Why? Why not? Use concrete examples to support your line of argument
Essay - 5 pages - European union
In a European Union under construction, speaking about European Identity is essential. If it exists, it should be the expression of a dynamic link between Europeans. This identity is or would therefore be the creator of art and culture, a common political ethic, European citizenship, and common...
Religious ambivalence: Geology and the Victorian crisis of faith
Essay - 5 pages - Social, moral & civic education
Edmund Burke wrote, “There is nothing so fatal to religion as indifference.” If religion were the driving force in pre- and early Victorian society, indifference and confusion would have been the contenders of its power. Religion, a societal stabilizer, political voice, and moral...
Families make a difference
Essay - 5 pages - Social, moral & civic education
Research suggests that adolescent delinquent substance abuse is one of the more prevalent social problems in the United States. I chose this topic because I have seen it among my own peers. Substance abuse is a problem regardless of race, class, ethnicity or gender among adolescents. In a study...
The origins and functions of religion
Essay - 9 pages - Social, moral & civic education
Religion is a subject that has been of constant interest to anthropologists. Before discussing origins, functions and examples of religion however, it is first necessary that we develop a proper definition. For the purpose of this paper I will define religion as a group of beliefs concerning the...
To what extent may Sarkozy be considered a gaullist ?
Essay - 4 pages - Political science
Exactly 50 years after the birth of the 5th Republic, the influence of its founder is still omnipresent in the organization of French politics. De Gaulle was not only the leader of French resistance during WWII and the leader of the "la France libre", solution to the Algerian crisis; he was also...
Economy of Vietnam
Essay - 4 pages - Economy general
In order to have an overall understanding of a given economy, one must take into effect numerous elements and factors. It starts with a general economic framework for the particular country or region, as it gives the necessary background figures to analyze the economy as a whole. Predicting the...
Religious belief and religious identity as separate forces in politics in the Middle East
Essay - 7 pages - Social, moral & civic education
In the debate over slavery that took place in America in the nineteenth century, apologists for both sides appealed to Christianity, the Union's dominant religion, to justify their respective cases. George Armstrong, in his 1857 book The Christian Doctrine of Slavery, stated that, “[I]t...
Economic and political transition in Bahrain: Strong Rentier States and Strong Rentier Societies
Essay - 18 pages - Political science
Bahrain, often overlooked in both academic and media analyses of the Middle East, has a strategic importance hidden by its small size. As home of the American Fifth Fleet, Bahrain hosts a deterrent against Iran from blockading the Straits of Hormuz as it has recently threatened to do. As such...
Conflicting Zionisms in the context of George Orwell's "Notes on Nationalism"
Essay - 6 pages - Political science
I begin this essay with an anecdote: when I read the headline announcing the resignation of Fidel Castro, I asked several American friends their instinctive reaction to Castro, regardless of their views on his forty-nine year rule. While the reactions were not as visceral as one might expect...
Islamic finance and the gates of Ijtihad
Essay - 11 pages - Social, moral & civic education
If the sharia comes from God, then how can it change? This question, quite reasonable in itself, misses a large point about the sharia. When the Quran and the Sunna—the sources of the sharia—were compiled soon after Mohammad's death, there was no assumption on the part of Muslim...
The developmental state in pre-revolutionary Iran
Essay - 8 pages - Political science
The oft-repeated maxim of Italian politics, that when Mussolini was in power, “at least the trains ran on time,” while probably inaccurate, summarizes well the widely popular belief that authoritarianism serves for (sometimes brutal) efficiency in government. Indeed the opposite saying...
How Jazz Musicians inspired a political re-imagining of America
Essay - 5 pages - Social, moral & civic education
The concept of jazz music being truly American art form is both sadly ironic and inspiringly beautiful. Being that the music itself is a direct product of the black experience in America, it is a national symbol that while challenging the nation has come to define it. As Eric Porter describes...
