International Trade and Growth
Essay - 3 pages - International economy
Now, in 2007, international exchanges in the world has become very frequent. Since 1945, we have seen a very strong growth of international exchanges, the world exports has progressed twice as quickly as world production. World trade accounted for 10% of the world wealth in 1960 whereas it...
Which style of leadership could favour the development of a country in a certain field?
Essay - 13 pages - Political life and election
Africa is the poorest and the most under-developed continent in the world. In 2005, the growth of the continent was estimated as 4.9% and 5.5% in 2006. We can suppose that the reasons for such a slow development are the numerous civil wars, corruption and we can even wonder about the consequences...
« The Weapon of the Weak » for a superpower. Multilateralism and the United States Foreign Policy
Essay - 8 pages - Economic politics
One reads a lot, especially in Europe, about American hegemony, unilateralism and even imperialism. For a lot of observers, that the current United States administration is pursuing an unilateralist foreign policy is obvious. On issues ranging from the Iraqi war to global warming to the...
A new era for women
Thesis - 3 pages - Social, moral & civic education
In the 1900's things were changing drastically in the United States. Business was booming, cities and industry were expanding and the American people were evolving. During the period of all this change, no social, economic, gender or racial group was quiet. Worker's fought for better wages and...
Human sexuality: Ed Wood's Personhood
Thesis - 4 pages - Social, moral & civic education
Tim Burton's 1994 film Ed Wood is a meaningful parody that brings to life the biography of Edward D. Wood Jr. (a struggling filmmaker, actor and writer who reveals his identity as a heterosexual transvestite) as he would have filmed it. Wood comes to terms with his fetishes and the comfort he...
Justice and Politics
Essay - 7 pages - Political life and election
Governing is about keeping the balances of justice equal for all'. These are the words of former American President Franklin Delano Roosevelt and it illustrates quite clearly a deep and indistinctable aspect of what Justice is supposed to be. Equal, fair and the same for everyone, no matter...
The causes of the rise in precarious and contingent employment
Presentation - 47 pages - Micro-economy, job-unemployment
Temporary agencies are responsible for the people who are unemployed, under-employed and the people who are struggling to find work. They are given job assignments based on contract work and are paid low wages.
French Revolution and religions: How has French Revolution structured the history and the debate about religions? From the cult of the Supreme Being to the separation between Church and State
Course material - 10 pages - Political science
Cuius regio, eius religio', here is the idea that has lead French politics for more than a thousand years. Indeed, before the Revolution in 1789, catholic religion was deeply involved in the political systems, whether it was at the level of royal power or at the level of high local powers....
The origins of the rise of precarious employment
Essay - 4 pages - International economy
Today, manpower is the largest employer in the US. This fact highlights the penetration of temp agencies into job markets in most of the capitalist countries. These companies essentially provide temporary, often part-time and low paid jobs with low protections, job insecurity and few carrier...
The environment, a new geographical paradigm
Essay - 4 pages - Ecology & environment
Many geographers still define geography as the study of human relationships, nature. At the end of the nineteenth century, Paul Vidal de la Blache distinguished physical geography and human geography. Geologists distinguish themselves by distinguishing physical features, while geographers study...
Is there still a "class voting" in European countries?
Essay - 15 pages - European union
Electoral sociology was born in the US after World War II. The survey of Paul Lazarsfeld and his team from the University of Columbia showed that the presidential campaign had little influence on voting. Political choices are not linked to perceptions of issues since few people change their...
Should the Kyoto Treaty be ratified?
Essay - 4 pages - Ecology & environment
Taking note of the reality of global warming in the 1990s, and of the human responsibility in this change, political leaders initiated a policy to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The Kyoto Protocol, which came into effect on February 2005, is an amendment of the United Nations Framework...
Regionalization and redistribution of permanent space
Essay - 6 pages - Economic politics
Regionalization is both an administrative procedure for creation of institutional areas and also the establishment of territories more or less defined boundaries, in response to the disintegration of the State-Nation. This corresponds to a permanent division of space over time. This process is...
The American constitution
Worksheets - 2 pages - Political science
First and foremost, the Constitution gives a clear definition of the three main powers described by Montesquieu in Spirit of Laws. Let's remember that the United States of America is a country where a presidential regime predominates. To put it differently, it's customary to say that...
Economic globalization: the return of territory in the economic area - published: 06/02/2010
Essay - 4 pages - Theories and economic notions
The return of the territory is highlighted by some economists who highlight certain areas of the economic structure today (metropolitan cities). The major economic centers are organized around specific areas: the new spatialization of economic polarization is the ‘activities around major...
The settlement of a French subsidiary in Benin
Market study - 7 pages - Foreign markets
Globalization is a process which implies the opening of all national economies on a worldwide market. In order to have an access to all the goods they need, people realized that they have to exchange goods. In the context of the globalization phenomenon, stakeholders meet every year during...
Statistical Discrimination: Towards a new conception of the French Nation
Essay - 13 pages - Political science
Yazid Sabeg, Commissioner on Diversity has announced that Nicolas Sarkozy will propose to submit to Parliament a bill 'to make a lawful measure of diversity' on the team at IFG actively working on the issue of segregation which is linked to that of the usefulness and legitimacy of such...
European Union and Federalism
Essay - 4 pages - European union
In 1948, federalists formulated a project of United States of Europe at a Congress in La Haye. But they were defeated by unionists who wanted mere intergovernmental cooperation between European states. Nowadays, this continues to be a recurrent debate: is the European Union (EU) a federal state?...
Environmentalism ("Green ideology") has been labelled an ideology by Ball, Dagger. Do you agree or disagree and why?
Essay - 5 pages - Ecology & environment
The Greens often refuse to call environmentalism an ideology and most of them prefer to talk about ethics, a respect towards all forms of life. Some people do not consider that environmentalism is an ideology since every party now includes green measures in their platform. In France, for...
School and immigration: a map of interculture
Course material - 4 pages - Social, moral & civic education
This document is an extract from the thesis of Elizabeth Pascut titled ''Schools and families. Immigration and reception''. It traces the immigrant presence across Italian schools. The question of intercultural dimension, as written by Silva (2002), covers all areas of culture and...
Statistical Dossier on Immigration 2007
Essay - 3 pages - Social, moral & civic education
On October 29, 2007, at the Teatro Orione in Rome, the presentation of the 2007 Immigration Statistics Dossier Caritas or Migrantes took place. The event, now at its seventeenth edition, was held in the presence of mainstream media, as well as numerous agencies and experts coming mainly from...
Comparative study of three texts: Ethics of war: paper
Text commentary - 3 pages - International relations
This document covers the following aspects: Thomas Aquinas, Summa Theologica, Michael Walzer, Just and unjust wars and the rules of war. All these sections are based on the Doctrine of double effect from the article from Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Considering that the Christian thought...
The World Trade Organization: Case DS 160, Music in bars
Case study - 5 pages - International relations
The WTO (World Trade Organization) succeeded the GATT (General Agreements on Tariffs and Trade) on January 1, 1994. The main purpose of the WTO is to supervise and liberalize the international trade. Countries have to become members of this international organization to take advantage of the...
Poland on the Speed and Scope of Transition - published: 26/01/2010
Essay - 12 pages - European union
Poland is a country in Central Europe, which has experienced a transition process. After World War II, the country was ruled by the workers' party, an emanation from USSR and communist party. During this period, Poland economy was centrally planned, which means that the Plan Office decided the...
Comparison of American, French and Russian presidencies
Essay - 3 pages - Political science
Presidential regimes are not the same through the world. People give their presidents certain powers but also enable other body to control or remove the president in case of need through a constitution and by the way of elections. We discuss about three presidential regimes in this document:...
Politics in UK
Presentation - 9 pages - Political life and election
The Houses of Parliament are based in Westminster in the center of London, on the North bank of the River Thames. Hence its other name is the Palace of Westminster. The House of Lords is the second chamber of the House of Parliament. The debating chamber of members of the House of Lords is known...
Racism, harm and hate crimes
Thesis - 4 pages - Social, moral & civic education
The term disproportionate harm refers to the idea that the impact of hate crime is different and more pronounced than other crimes. Unlike other crimes, hate crimes are personal. They are not a random act of violence, but a targeted act rooted in hatred towards a particular group's identity...
Humanitarian corridors - published: 23/01/2010
Worksheets - 5 pages - International relations
A humanitarian corridor aims at facilitating the transportation of charitable supplies like food, clothes, medicines, and hospital services such as ambulances that are directed to the local population in times of crisis in conflict zones. It is set on a specific route for a given time....
The Grand Paris: an adequate framework for Ile de France's new stakes?
Essay - 8 pages - Political science
Ile de France, the richest region of France and Europe, faces both advantages and drawbacks related to its 'metropolitanization'. While this expansion is the result of the region's attractiveness and dynamism, urban sprawl raises many difficulties for Ile de France. There is a major...
In what ways has the 'environment' become a global issue?
Essay - 2 pages - Ecology & environment
Since the 1970s, scientific research concerning the environment has been increasing. The vital concern is global warming. According to research, global warming is currently becoming worse and it affects a lot the hole in the ozone layer, making it bigger. The proof is the increase in the number...
