Economic advantages and disadvantages of immigration into the U.S
Case study - 3 pages - Political science
Immigrants to the United States have historically elicited passionate debates on whether they are of economic benefit or an economic burden to the country. Those who hold the view that immigrants are of economic benefit have advanced views including that with the coming of immigrants into the...
War and Crime
Case study - 2 pages - Political science
Throughout history, the idea of crime has developed worldwide. What someone 100 years ago thought of as crime is very different from what we consider crime today. When we think of a criminal, we have the image of a convict in stripes to entertain us. Over time, our experiences and the example of...
A clash of civilizations in France?
Case study - 10 pages - Political science
Huntington's influence in international relations (Graham 2004) necessitates a deconstruction of his, and question whether it is still applicable today. However, it is essential to define Huntington's civilization: the “...highest cultural grouping of people and the broadest level of...
Is France a racist country? Explain in relation to colonial and post-colonial history
Case study - 5 pages - Political science
Racism is a topic which has influenced world history in immeasurable ways. From apartheid in South Africa to the 2005 Cronulla riots, race and racism affects us all, so it is with little wonder that many have questioned in hindsight, the actions and policies of countries globally. This essay...
Rethinking the Cold War by Natalia Narotchnitskaïa
Case study - 3 pages - Political science
Natalia Alekseïevna Narotchnitskaïa, born in 1948, is Alexeï Leontievitch Narotchnitskii's daughter; a historian specialized in Russian history during the 19th century. Natalia Alekseïevna Narotchnitskaïa, who has a doctorate in history from the State Institute of international relations in...
Only by knowing the internal domestic politics of states, can one understand how they behave in international politics?
Case study - 3 pages - Political science
Studying international relations through political science is a way to understand the real incentives of the interactions states have to each other, and also to show the normative constraints, which are inherent in each state, for countries to bind together, to work with each other, or to go to...
Rethinking the Cold War- The intellectuals during the Cold War
Case study - 4 pages - Political science
After the Second World War, the Liberation unifies the intellectual world in the devastated vectoring Europe countries. The few intellectuals who had collaborated or had published about the beneficial effects of the arrests against Jews had been sentenced, such as Robert Brasillach, shot on the...
Racial Differences in Albany, New York
Case study - 3 pages - Political science
The ever growing population in Albany, New York is now approximately 19,306,183 residents. Of the 19,306,183 people residing in Albany, New York more than half, 67.9% make up my race. Albany, New York has 15.9% average of African American, 15.1% of Hispanic or Latino, 0.4% of Native American or...
The White Rose Movement
Case study - 5 pages - Political science
Most Americans never have and hopefully never will experience living under a totalitarian government, and therefore cannot imagine the difficulties and the severe consequences that resulted from opposition. It was impossible to speak openly because one never knew who might be Nazi spies or...
A critical review of Downs, A. (1957) 'An Economic Theory of Political Action in a Democracy', Journal of Political Economy, 65(2): 135-150
Case study - 3 pages - Political science
In his seminal work “An economic Theory of Political Action in Democracy” Anthony Downs suggests that traditional economic theory is united in its exclusion of the impact of government as an economic agent. He sets out to address this issue by creating a model that sets key conditions...
Questions regarding Imperialism in Southeast Asia
Case study - 2 pages - Political science
The concept of Southeast Asia first appeared in the 1920s. It was seen as an intermediary region between India and China and was at that time essentially a trade region, because of the size of its coast and because of the many rivers that went through it. It was the “land below the...
Compare and contrast western and eastern methods of converting non-Christian peoples during the tenth century
Case study - 9 pages - Political science
In the 10th century, Byzantium and the East Frankish Empire led by a German family were the two most powerful states. The Carolingians had been crowned Emperors of the Romans since 800. Byzantium had never fully recognized the creation of this rival Empire since this title was their possession,...
Late nineteenth century imperialism can best be understood in terms of concerns over national weakness rather than as an assertion of national strength. Discuss.
Case study - 5 pages - Political science
The last quarter of the nineteenth century saw European Great Powers, including Great Britain, France and Germany, engaged in an active colonial policy, or what historians may term New Imperialism. This era was marked by the formalisation of colonies and empire through treaties, as well as an...
Cold war: More often than not, superpowers, rather than causing regional conflicts, were reluctantly drawn into them
Essay - 7 pages - Political science
The Cold War, besides being fought initially against an European-dominated background, was also extended to the Third World later. This globalization of the Cold War is inextricably linked to the entanglement of the two superpowers, the United States (US) and the Soviet Union, in several proxy...
How far do you agree that the crisis experienced by China in the late 1980s was due to "the inevitable consequences of the policies of economic liberalization by Deng Xiaoping"?
Case study - 5 pages - Political science
Shortly after the death of Mao Zedong in 1976 came the rehabilitation of Deng Xiaoping. During the latter's reign, China experienced a crisis in the late 1980s, the 1989 Tiananmen Crisis, during which the army attacked students who held a demonstration demanding political liberalisation. This...
The turning point at which Europe failed to turn. How accurately does this describe the impact of the 1848 revolutions in either Italy or Germany?
Case study - 4 pages - Political science
In January 1848, popular discontent towards the situation on the Italian peninsula manifested itself in the outbreak of revolution, which continued throughout the year and into 1849. This, known as the 1848 revolutions, was provoked by socio-economic factors like unemployment and poor harvests,...
The shame of India
Case study - 2 pages - Political science
The shame of India is an article from the Guardian Weekly, a famous British Sunday newspaper. The columnist is Liz Stuart. It dates back to January the 10th of 2002. It's a fairly recent article. It raises the issue of the Caste System and in particular the shameful / disgraceful status of the...
To what extent was the 1979 Sino-Vietnamese border war about the situation in Cambodia? - publié le 28/06/2013
Case study - 5 pages - Political science
On the 17th February 1979 the People's Republic of China (PRC) launched a large-scale attack into Vietnam in order « to teach Vietnam a lesson » , according to the words of Deng Xiao Ping, general secretary of the Chinese Communist Party since Mao Zedong's death. Vietnam answered to the attack...
To what extent was the 1979 Sino-Vietnamese border war about the situation in Cambodia?
Case study - 5 pages - Political science
On the 17th February 1979 the People's Republic of China (PRC) launched a large-scale attack into Vietnam in order « to teach Vietnam a lesson » , according to the words of Deng Xiao Ping, general secretary of the Chinese Communist Party since Mao Zedong's death. Vietnam answered to the attack...
How far was Charles I responsible for the wars of the three kingdoms?
Case study - 4 pages - Political science
According to E.H Carr, “The study of history is the study of causes”, and in order to understand the wars of the three Kingdoms that occurred in England, Scotland and Ireland during the reign of Charles I and that ended in the trial and execution of the King in 1649, various debates...
Sufism is occasionally accused of being outside the realm of Shari'a. Discuss this issue, referring to changes in the attitude towards Sufism at different times in early / medieval Islamic History - publié le 28/06/2013
Case study - 5 pages - Political science
Sufism is a trend of Islam that puts the stress on experiencing God, by trying to find direct and intimate knowledge of God. The etymology of the Arabic word “suf” which means “wool” because of the garments worn by the first Sufis, is a good illustration of the ascetism they...
Sufism is occasionally accused of being outside the realm of Shari'a. Discuss this issue, referring to changes in the attitude towards Sufism at different times in early / medieval Islamic History
Case study - 5 pages - Political science
Sufism is a trend of Islam that puts the stress on experiencing God, by trying to find direct and intimate knowledge of God. The etymology of the Arabic word “suf” which means “wool” because of the garments worn by the first Sufis, is a good illustration of the ascetism they...
Right to vote in Britain before 1832
Case study - 7 pages - Political science
There was for long a consensus among scholars to depict the electoral system of the Hanoverian period as corrupted. Most of historians agreed on the fact that the system was not only deficient quantitatively because of the low number of enfranchised people, but also qualitatively because of the...
"The movement fell apart from within" - Is that an adequate explanation for the decline of Chartism?
Case study - 8 pages - Political science
Chartism was the most important popular mass movement of the 19th century and aimed at ending working-class misery by gaining political rights. These political aims were specified in the 1838 People's Charter from which the movement takes its name. Three petitions were brought to the Parliament...
Assess and discuss the role and influence of Europe in Balkans
Case study - 4 pages - Political science
The Balkans are located at the crossroad of Europe and Orient and have undergone several influences. They have been under the Byzantium, Ottoman and Communist Yugoslavia's rules and all these legacies have influenced the region's identity. Europe influenced it as well, even if the region has...
The Native American Right to Sovereignty
Case study - 5 pages - Political science
The arrival of Christopher Columbus in 1492 caused a marked change in the course of Native American history. From the 16th to the 19th centuries, subsequent European invaders justified removal of Natives based on beliefs of religious and cultural superiority. After American independence and the...
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...
Freedom to comment
Case study - 1 pages - Political science
We live in a nation where we have freedom of speech, but do we always feel we are free to speak our minds? I think the answer to this is no. There are times when we are part of a group and afraid to speak up because our opinion is different from those around us. When this group is other people we...
The first Macedonian War, flawed alliances and mistakes
Case study - 4 pages - Political science
The first Macedonian War between Philip V of Macedon and the Roman Republic took place between 214 - 205 BC. This war was one of three that led to the division and the eventual end of Macedonia. Prior to the beginning of any known physical conflict between the nations of Rome and Macedonia, an...
Turkmenistan and benefits for the US
Case study - 25 pages - Political science
Turkmenistan is a country full of promises and potential for a brighter future to the world. Throughout history, the country of Turkmenistan has provided an abundance of archeological finds as well as an advance dwelling civilization. This civilization has been through many epochs and...
