Post communist transition - Paper 3
Essay - 3 pages - Political science
After the collapse of the Soviet system, corruption in post-communist countries surged. Some of the post-communist nations were more successful in dealing with corruption than others. Do you believe that corruption was and still is a big obstacle to the development of these nations? Please...
Statistics tell stories' by using as statistics and processes as possible, tell the story of 3 or 4 countries (according to Eurostat website)
Case study - 11 pages - Ecology & environment
We are going to study two countries: Sweden and United Kingdom. Thanks to the website EUROSTATS, we have gathered information and statistics about these two countries and are going to make a comparison between them. The subject we are going to study is the environment impact on daily life. For...
Commentary on Margaret Thatcher's memoirs
Text commentary - 3 pages - Political life and election
Margaret Thatcher became the UK's first woman Prime Minister, and she won two further general elections. However, she became the most unpopular Prime Minister in British history. This text is extracted from 'The Downing Street Years', by Margaret Thatcher in 1995. In this extract she...
Evaluate the impact of global recession on international trade and investment with respect to the country of your choice. Support your arguments with the use of relevant examples whenever possible
Essay - 6 pages - International economy
We assume that prosperity is indivisible and that growth to be sustainable must be shared. We believe that the only sure foundation for a sustainable globalization and increasing prosperity for all, is an open economy based on market principles, effective regulation and stronger global...
The United Kingdom Energy Policy
Worksheets - 2 pages - Economic politics
The United Kingdom energy policy is quite interesting to analyze. Indeed, its model is in crisis. As most of the European countries, the United Kingdom faces many challenges. Talking about the United Kingdom is also an opportunity to wonder whether the privatization of markets on which the State...
Environmental issues in business
Essay - 7 pages - Ecology & environment
Sustainable development does not focus solely on environmental issues. Sustainable development can be defined by different ways. We find four main approaches which are economic considerations, ethical considerations, socio-cultural considerations and political and legal considerations. As regards...
Effects of terrorism on global trade
Thesis - 6 pages - Social, moral & civic education
Terrorism is becoming a threat to every country and today the world is experiencing a global reawakening of terrorist attacks. Terrorism is the creation of fear and panic among people and the society which adversely affects the everyday lifestyle of an ordinary man. The act of terrorism is...
The establishment of a council of regional networks
Thesis - 12 pages - Social, moral & civic education
Where are the care networks? Fruits of individual and local initiatives in the 80s, formalized as an experiment from 1996, this new way of organizing care are sentencing. Recently Dr. Menard, president of the CNR (National Coordination Network), castigated a dual discourse on the part of...
Racism exists
Essay - 4 pages - Political science
Racism exists everywhere you go. During the last fifty years, since the adoption in 1948 of the Universal Declaration of human rights, the international community has made some important advances in the fight against racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance. A treaty to...
A review on fall of communism in Europe
Thesis - 4 pages - European union
The year 1989 saw the demise of communism in Europe. This impacted the world politics to a great extent. Prior to 1989 there had always been much speculation concerning the future of the communist states, but it had always been misleading. Through all these predictions however, two stood out. In...
How technology is responsible for digital divide in the society
Thesis - 8 pages - Social, moral & civic education
Digital divide refers to the technology gap between the poor and the middle and upper classes. The so-called “haves” and “have-nots” also have a race-ethnic constituent. Because a larger proportion of minorities are poor, compared with whites, a smaller percentage of...
A critical review of how technological advancements have made individual more isolated
Thesis - 11 pages - Social, moral & civic education
Our lives are closely influenced by the technology around us. Technology has become such an integral part of our life that even if they want to escape it would be difficult to do so. So much so that even the basic profession like carpentry has been influenced by the technological developments....
How US domestic policy influenced the Cuban missile crisis?
Thesis - 6 pages - International relations
It is a well known fact that United States and Soviet Union came close to nuclear war due to the Cuban Missile Crisis. President John Kennedy's diplomatic efforts helped to resolve the crisis in the peaceful manner for which he received international acclaim. President Kennedy's popularity soared...
An analysis of United States foreign policy towards Cuba
Thesis - 5 pages - International relations
The United State's initial stance on Cuba was one of tolerance towards the Castro regime in order to provide this government a chance to establish a reasonable relationship with the U.S. While the radical and anti-American background of the Castro family was well documented, such as their...
Media criticism and theory
Tutorials/exercises - 3 pages - Social, moral & civic education
The concept of auteurism has been around for more than half a century, and has been used as a tool for studying both film, and the people behind these films. But in 1971, this concept was applied to the field of music by Dave Laing: The musical equivalent of the metteur en sc?ne is the performer...
Constructivism and intervention: The case of Kosovo
Thesis - 5 pages - International relations
Constructivism is one of the “newer” theories of International Relations (IR) that attempts to build bridges between the existing theories of IR, most notably neo-realism and neo-liberalism. Constructivism has its roots in the pre-World War II (WWII) Utopian era, which then intermixed...
Discrimination in the United Kingdom
Text commentary - 2 pages - Social, moral & civic education
Asians, and more specifically people from India, Pakistan or Bengladesh, make up the largest ethnic minority in the United Kingdom (UK). Their integration into the British society as well as into the job market and specific sectors like the police forces, has been at the core of many a debates....
To fight against any sort of discrimination, could and should all workers be treated equally?
Essay - 2 pages - Social, moral & civic education
Over the last few years, the issue of discrimination has become central in our society and has extended to a whole lot of areas, among which are sex, race, disability, religion and age, and the issues that were not addressed a few years ago, such as physical appearance or change of sex....
The return of History and the end of dreams
Book review - 5 pages - Political science
In the early 1990s, Fukuyama predicted the End of History. One is witnessing a shift in geopolitics, moving from a unipolar world to a multipolar one, or even bipolar according to Chinese scholars like Jin Carong, special advisor in foreign policy for the Government . As Kagan wrote in his book,...
In your view could the collapse of socialism/ communism have been avoided or postponed in Central and Eastern Europe?
Essay - 3 pages - Political science
The main issue is indeed to know whether the system of the Soviet Union could have been reformed in order to last longer. Some reforms could have been conceivable but they were so deep, so huge that it would have led to a complete transformation of the whole system with, for example, redefining...
News media : is the "fourth estate a power?
Essay - 7 pages - Political science
Today, the permanent and instantaneous flow of information pass through a wide range of channels, called 'the media'. There are two types of channels: print media (e.g. newspapers) and broadcast media (e.g. television, radio). It is precisely the capacity to create information, that is at...
Foreign Aid, the non-aligned move-ment: how to make aid work
Text commentary - 2 pages - International relations
It seems that ever since foreign aid existed, there have been voices calling for its increase. Nowadays, everyone, from the world leaders of the G81 to the economists, seem to agree on the quite unclear target of doubling aid to Africa. But there are, at the same time growing doubts about aid...
Language, women's magazines and socialization of women
Thesis - 5 pages - Social, moral & civic education
Throughout the years women's magazines have proved to be a profitable market. In general, these magazines are known as moral guides, shopping guides, and texts of stories and advice columns that can serve as an inspiration for different kinds of women. The numbers of sales of most of these...
Job offer letter for Production Manager position
Sample letter - 2 pages - Micro-economy, job-unemployment
Dear Ms XXXXX, Thank you very much for coming to the interview to discuss the Production Manager position at International Media, Zurich. I found the interview both interesting and informative, observing that your background and skills totally coincide with our needs. I also felt a wonderful...
Global warming - publié le 24/11/2009
Worksheets - 1 pages - Ecology & environment
The fourth assessment report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) was published in Paris on February 2nd, 2007. This report makes it clear that the currently observed global warming is not natural. The IPCC is the body set up under the auspices of the United Nations. 2500...
China and foreign direct investments: policies and strategies
Case study - 8 pages - International economy
China experimented 25 years of soviet dogma leading to its isolation from global trade. The turn-around initiated in 1978, along the strategies of four modernisations, introduces a set of policies to attract FDI, but also to control, monitor, and manage them. FDI has been used as a vehicle of...
A study on Kinsey's reports
Thesis - 4 pages - Social, moral & civic education
The Kinsey Reports were two innovative books on human sexual behavior that was very controversial and sensational. The findings caused much controversy due to the graphic nature of the findings. They served to challenge conventional beliefs about sexuality and they addressed topics that were,...
Polygamy, society and culture
Thesis - 3 pages - Social, moral & civic education
The subject of ethics and whether there are objective moral standards is a difficult one. One of the biggest problems in considering this conundrum is how to decide what is right independent of a person's culture. To do this, criticisms have to be leveled from one group at another. The problem...
A critical examination of European Union's economic policy
Thesis - 12 pages - European union
The EU's trading policy towards the rest of the world is called the Common Commercial Policy and is established under Articles 100-116 of the Treaty of Rome (Title IX Articles 131-134 of the Consolidated Treaty). “By establishing a customs union between themselves Member States aim to...
Threats and opportunities for Russia after the establishment of WTO
Thesis - 6 pages - International relations
As Russia was the heart of Soviet Union and it used to have economic relations only inside USSR, this isolation from the rest of the world has weakened the economy of Russia and other member countries of USSR. Today Russia is an independent country, but it still does not have many contacts with...
