The role of media in modern society and business
Thesis - 5 pages - Social, moral & civic education
It has been said that “…mainstream media have evolved into the defining characteristic of contemporary culture and society.” This essay will discuss how the media construct social reality and are themselves socially constructed and will argue in favor of this statement. Social...
Anti-terrorism legislation and the case of Abousfian Abdelrazik
Thesis - 6 pages - Social, moral & civic education
In the wake of the 9/1 terrorist attacks, anti-terrorism legislation has proven to have far reaching implications for the way the western world has come to understand the relationship between society and the law. Indeed, as the focal point of this course, the relationship between society and the...
Cultural politics in modern China
Thesis - 5 pages - Political science
In 1966, 72 year old Mao Tse-tung staged a revolutionary drama, stimulating a cataclysmic upheaval that he termed “The Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution”. Decades after the fact and controversies over the nature and results of the Cultural Revolution continue to rage today....
Does the capital punishment fit the crime?
Thesis - 2 pages - Social, moral & civic education
Over the thousands of years humanity has existed in a civilized society, one of the constants in every society has been the preservation of law and order. Rules have been accepted as have consequences for breaking these rules. Often times these consequences were rather harsh and fit the...
An inconvenient truth about an inconvenient truth
Thesis - 3 pages - Social, moral & civic education
Catastrophe! Disaster! The Apocalypse! These may not be the first ideas that come to mind when a person thinks of global warming, however these are the ideas many leading scientists and environmentalists would have everyone believe. The theory of global warming has been around for some time....
Child development and intergenerational linkages, Anna Cristina d'Addio
Book review - 1 pages - Social, moral & civic education
This text was published in March 2007 in the "OECD Social, Employment, and Migration Working Papers", and was written by Anna Cristina d'Addio. The aim of this paper is to analyze intergenerational mobility in OECD countries and especially the factors affecting it. Intergenerational mobility...
The role of education in national development
Thesis - 6 pages - Social, moral & civic education
There are various diseases in the world today, which include the Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS), Cancer, Gonorrhea, Syphilis, Poliomyelitis, Smallpox, Measles and others. The diseases are known by the damages they inflict on their victims. They are also curable using relevant drugs...
Caring or working: a matter of choice for lone mothers? Possibility to choose versus structural constraints
Essay - 7 pages - Social, moral & civic education
This paper will deal with lone mothers and their labor market participation. Lone motherhood, that we will define, implies to be worker and care giver at the same time. It is thus interesting to see if the Welfare States help them by giving them the choice to be care givers or workers or if they...
Nuclear power in China
Case study - 24 pages - Economy general
Actual Chinese policy towards nuclear proliferation can be summed up in one figure: China wants to double its nuclear power capacity by 2020. Admittedly it will stands for "only" 5% of its energy mix, even though there are 24 reactors under construction in China at the beginning July 2009. When...
Multiculturalism in Canada
Thesis - 6 pages - Social, moral & civic education
Despite the ostensible commitment which Canada has made to multiculturalism via making it an official policy as well as in the sense that it has become enshrined as a Canadian value, Canada has nonetheless failed in an overall sense to bring these notions to fruition. This is highly problematic...
Changes in Toronto over the past ten years
Thesis - 2 pages - Social, moral & civic education
Toronto is known, the world over, as a haven for multiculturalism, a true ethnic and social melting pot. The city is often called the most ethnically diverse city in the world. While this remains a source of identification for the city, the face of this multiculturalism has visibly changed over...
Foreign direct investment (FDI) as an attractive option for companies
Thesis - 4 pages - Economy general
Companies choose to venture into international markets since they want to maximize returns for their shareholders. Entry in foreign markets could prove to be a risky proposition. Foreign direct investment has many benefits. It enables the parent company to establish its operations in foreign...
The world according to Monsanto
Book review - 18 pages - Ecology & environment
This movie is the result of a two years work on the American company Monsanto by Marie-Monique Robin. At the beginning, in the twentieth century, Monsanto was one of the biggest chemical industries in the world who sold substances used by the US Army in Vietnam in order to destroy forests. The...
Theory of International Cooperation: Possibility, reasons and conditions of International Cooperation - publié le 29/10/2009
Essay - 3 pages - International relations
The two main theories have very different views on cooperation. The first, and the dominant theory of neorealism, is that cooperation is not likely to occur, while on the other hand, neoliberalism focuses on the possibility for cooperation to take place. According to neorealism,...
National Security as an ambiguous symbol, by Arnold Wolfers - publié le 29/10/2009
Book review - 2 pages - Political science
In this text written in 1952, Arnold Wolfers tries to point out the scope of the concept of national security, its meaning and its various implications as well as the way the states deal, and should deal, with it. We will first clarify the evolution of the notion of national interest, which...
Film Review : Hamas : Behind the Mask
Essay - 2 pages - Political science
As indicated in the title of the movie, this documentary strives to unveil to us the depths of the Islamic Resistance Movement, the Hamas, which is considered a terrorist organization by the European Union, the United States, Israel and the Canada. It has been shot during the years 2004-2005 and...
Integration of Turkey in Europe
Case study - 4 pages - European union
The return to democracy in 1983, and the freedom of political protest that followed have caused economic abuse. The democratization and decentralization of political power led to the dominance of populism that the Turkish system was unable to control or to curb. The economic objective has now...
Hinnesbush & Ehteshami - The foreign policy of Middle Eastern States, Iran and Turkey
Text commentary - 1 pages - International relations
Iran's decision to capture British soldiers may endanger its economic and political links with the European Union and discourage the foreign investments the country needs for the modernization of its economy. Iran's attempt to get the nuclear weapon combined with its declaration about...
Stephen Martin Walt ? The ties that fray. Why Europe and America are drifting apart
Book review - 1 pages - International relations
This text has been written by Stephen Martin Walt, a professor of international affairs at Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of government. According to him the security community between the United States and Europe comes to an end, in spite of the misleading good health of the...
The politics of regional economics (Halliday chapter 9, Owen chapter 7)
Text commentary - 1 pages - Political science
In Halliday's text I distinguished three main points of interest, with respect to the interactions between politics and economy. His approach underlines that the Middle East crisis lies in the political economy is all the more interesting, since in France the mainstream popular view considers...
European security : The role of the OSCE in the Transnistrian conflict in the Copenhagen school perspective
Essay - 4 pages - International relations
Along with entities such as Abkhazie or South Ossetia, Transnistria is one the non internationally-recognized states of Europe. Transnistria is widely seen as a hub for a spectrum of illegal activities and as a matter of concern in term of security for many countries. Before going any further, it...
John J. Mearsheimer & Stephen M. Walt - Can Saddam be contained? History says yes - publié le 28/10/2009
Text commentary - 1 pages - International relations
This text was written in November 2002 by John J. Mearsheimer, a professor of political science at the University of Chicago, and Stephen M. Walt, professor of international affairs at Harvard University. It takes part in the aftermath of 9/11, and the debate over the necessity of a war in Iraq,...
Obama's speech
Essay - 3 pages - Political science
The presence of the Illinois senator at the presidency of the USA could be considered like Providence for all Americans who expected that the civil rights would become effective. In fact, if Obama seems to be the man of the situation for some people, it is because he knows how to stir up the...
Has neo-functionalism become obsolete?
Thesis - 5 pages - Political science
Neo-functionalism, a theory of European integration, fell into disuse after events in the 1960s: ‘Neo-functionalism is frequently represented as a theory of European Union past with comparatively little to say to European Union studies present.' However, after the acceleration of the...
Globalization: Its impact on economies
Thesis - 7 pages - Economy general
Globalization has made the world smaller. Trade barriers have fallen yet the full effects of globalization are yet to be visible especially in the developing countries. Globalization has also increased the risk appetite which has resulted in financial meltdown in previous decades. With the...
Title: Impact of oil price rise on economy: A case study of Europe
Thesis - 3 pages - Economy general
The economies of Western Europe faced teething problems which was further aggravated by the price rise in oil in 1973. Europe, which experienced decline in economic growth throughout 1960s, had barely recovered when the oil price started to rise. The steps taken by government proved ineffective...
The U.S. economic crisis and possible solutions
Thesis - 10 pages - Economy general
The U.S. economic cycle was due to many factors that had roots for over a decade. Much of what has been seen was due to the high levels of confidence built over the years as a result of healthy and fast growing economy, and to the improper steps taken by many of the financial institutions as...
A study on the slowdown in the US real estates and its impact
Thesis - 6 pages - Economy general
Recession in US has affected the other countries also along with it. US is the leading trader with many countries. Hence if the us economy slows down it would ultimately affect the other countries also. To get in further details it's important to know the meaning of recession. Recession is the...
Invest in China
Case study - 3 pages - Foreign markets
In the last three decades, China has known a fundamental shift. Indeed, China turned its socialist planned economy into a market economy. The government, through a lot of reforms, is gradually opening its doors to the free market. The entry of China in the WTO in 2001 has forced the government to...
Scotland and Independence
Essay - 12 pages - International relations
The issue of independence in Scotland has raised the crowd for many centuries. It has been advocated by many political movements that desire the secession of Scotland from the United Kingdom. I chose this topic as it has been hotly debated over the last few months in Scotland because of the...
