The economic policies of the ghetto - published: 29/09/2010
Essay - 5 pages - Economy general
Ghetto poverty is still the problem of 7 million of people, among the 30 million poor in the United States. It is a pressing issue, above all when we take into account media coverage that is given to these areas of social and spatial segregation. A mistake would be to consider only Black ghetto...
Political governance and corporate governance
Essay - 18 pages - Political science
The 20th century was viewed as the age of management; the early 21st century is predicted to be more focused on governance. There is a distinction between politics and governance, where the former is regarded as cooperation between people with different points of view in order to improve the...
"Cracking the weasel code of politicians"- Newspeak as a form of political language manipulation
Thesis - 59 pages - Communication
In this thesis the phenomenon under examination is newspeak -a highly manipulative form of political language. The proposed research, conducted from the perspective of political language, attempts to account for mechanisms that govern the use of newspeak in Anglo-Saxon countries,...
Youth political participation in the United States
Essay - 19 pages - Political science
Statistical analysis of voting trends in the United States show that after reaching stable levels in 1950, voter participation has decreased significantly throughout the last half of the twentieth century. This trend has been especially noted among youthful voters between the ages of 18 and 34....
Economics of prostitution
Essay - 6 pages - Economy general
The market that buys and sells prostitution is very similar to other types of human interaction. It has deep roots in history and society, and has survived through the ages; resisting legal and economic uncertainties. It has become apart of Western culture just as much as much as...
"Cracking the weasel code of politicians"- Newspeak as a form of political language manipulation - published: 29/09/2010
Essay - 59 pages - Management
In this thesis the phenomenon under examination is newspeak -a highly manipulative form of political language. The proposed research, conducted from the perspective of political language, attempts to account for mechanisms that govern the use of newspeak in Anglo-Saxon countries,...
Torture as political terror: analysis of a phenomenon over time and space
Essay - 4 pages - Political science
The word "terrorism" appeared during the French Revolution and was associated with the Reign of Terror. Since Antiquity, human beings have used torture to extract information. However, an "organ of political authority" may also adopt a "policy of torture" to control and terrorize any given...
Foundations of Economics and Sociology Foundations of Economics
Course material - 25 pages - Economy general
It is within the multiple and different enterprises, which together define to a large extent a national economy, that the observation of economic and social facts is the most extensive and undoubtedly the most visible. The company is a reality that weaves its way through our daily lives...
The economic impact of the movie making industry in the United States
Case study - 18 pages - Film studies
Along with the main industries of the United States, such as the automobile or the pharmaceuticals industry, the American film industry emerged during the twentieth century as an industrialized mass entertainment activity. Every year, billions of movie tickets were sold in the US, and all over...
Psychological science: Content, methodology, history and profession
Essay - 6 pages - Psychology
People have always had to study each other's behavior closely, but it was only in the nineteenth century that psychology emerged as an academic and scientific discipline, and only in the twentieth century that it also became a major field of professional activity. References to the human mind and...
Social science methodology and ethnicity without the group
Essay - 4 pages - Social, moral & civic education
In the realm of social science methodology and race studies, there is a short list of concepts that would appear to be as simple, and even as necessary as the idea of a group. The concept of the group is one that has relevance in a multi-disciplinary framework as it is a core concept for...
Can the military be a-political? Should it be? - publié le 16/01/2009
Essay - 3 pages - Political science
The world has been stunned since 1989 by the speed with which the countries of Eastern Europe abandoned four decades of Marxist-Leninist rule and moved into Western-style democracy and capitalism. Although the process of transition was, of course, delicate, it seems that very often...
Marijuana legalization- Source of value creation and economic growth
Case study - 24 pages - Educational studies
Marijuana legalization may seem as a very unconventional theme for economic research. It really is, but the current economic crisis demands unconventional solutions for conventional problems. This research tries to prove many positive effects of marijuana legalization, both from...
What tough economic times may mean for NASA
Essay - 8 pages - Services marketing
The recent economic downturn has put pressure on our government to decrease unnecessary spending. NASA is a vulnerable organization with discretionary funding that could possibly be slashed to save funds. The newly elected administration will decide NASA's future fate. President-elect...
Can the military be a-political? Should it be?
Essay - 4 pages - Political science
The world has been stunned since 1989 by the speed with which the countries of Eastern Europe abandoned four decades of Marxist-Leninist rule and moved into Western-style democracy and capitalism. Although the process of transition was, of course, delicate, it seems that very often...
Economic Unrest in France: A Twentieth-Century analysis
Thesis - 10 pages - Economy general
The French Revolution of 1789 is perhaps one of the most well-known and significant revolutions in modern history. The Revolution was not only influential in its establishment of a new regime in France, but, to quote Scott W. Haine, “Not only did the French Revolution produce modern...
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....
Japan and the European Union: from political ties to the birth of a political relationship
Essay - 10 pages - Political science
In 1989, President of the European Commission, Jacques Delors, complained, when visiting Prime Minister Kaifu Toshiki, about the lack of political visibility in their relationship. Traditionally, EU-Japan relationship has always been based on economic grounds, mainly trade and...
Impact of the economic boom on Irish society (2006) - publié le 29/09/2010
Case study - 16 pages - Economy general
"To be Irish in 2006 is to be living through an unprecedented social experiment" (Holmquist 2006). This statement exemplifies the Irish economic performance in the 1990s. It puts an end to the years of high spending and taxes, an increasing inflation, low growth and soaring unemployment....
Economic consequences of the last European union enlargement - publié le 17/05/2009
Thesis - 20 pages - Economy general
The idea of a united Europe was once just a dream in the minds of philosophers and visionaries. Already in 1620, the Duke of Sully imagined "a body politics of all the States of Europe which could produce between its members an unalterable peace and a perpetual trade". In The 19th Century, Victor...
Impact of the economic boom on Irish society (2006)
Case study - 16 pages - International economy
"To be Irish in 2006 is to be living through an unprecedented social experiment" (Holmquist 2006). This statement exemplifies the Irish economic performance in the 1990s. It puts an end to the years of high spending and taxes, an increasing inflation, low growth and soaring unemployment....
Economic consequences of the last European union enlargement
Essay - 27 pages - Economy general
The idea of a united Europe was once just a dream in the minds of philosophers and visionaries. Already in 1620, the Duke of Sully imagined "a body politics of all the States of Europe which could produce between its members an unalterable peace and a perpetual trade". In The 19th Century, Victor...
Implications of the European economic integration on the centrally-planned economies
Essay - 7 pages - Economy general
Former Communist countries joined the EU in 2004 and in 2007. Having different features in their surrounding region as compared to the older EU members, centrally-planned economies were - and still are - challenged to alter their political and economic environment in order to align...
What is a gift? What are the political, economic, religious, and social implications of the gift? - publié le 23/04/2013
Case study - 5 pages - Political science
Supposedly, a gift is the free act of willingly donating to someone something that was yours without expecting anything in exchange. It is a thus doubly a free act for it is up to the giver to decide whether he wants to make a gift or not and the receiver has no obligation to reciprocate. The...
The economic results of the 2004 enlargement of the European Union - publié le 21/08/2006
Essay - 15 pages - Economy general
Two years ago, the European Union was joined by 10 new members whose 8 were former communist countries (plus Malta and Cyprus). The fifth enlargement has been the most ambitious in the history of the European Union. It was the largest ever in terms of number of countries (10) and population (75...
What is a gift? What are the political, economic, religious, and social implications of the gift?
Case study - 5 pages - Political science
Supposedly, a gift is the free act of willingly donating to someone something that was yours without expecting anything in exchange. It is a thus doubly a free act for it is up to the giver to decide whether he wants to make a gift or not and the receiver has no obligation to reciprocate. The...
The economic results of the 2004 enlargement of the European Union
Essay - 15 pages - Economy general
Two years ago, ten new members joined the European Union out of whom eight were former communist countries. Malta and Cyprus joined the EU in 2004. The fifth enlargement has been the most ambitious in the history of the European Union. It was the largest ever in terms of number of countries (10)...
The political influence on organization decision making towards corporate social responsability: a socio economic approach
Essay - 30 pages - Economy general
This research will look at the political influence on organization decision making towards social responsibility. To do so, a combination of social and economic theories will be used. In chapter three, the political field and the political actors in this research...
The impact and the economic consequences of the one-child family policy on the age structure of China's population
Essay - 10 pages - Social, moral & civic education
The world population is increasing at a rapid rate and aging fast in developed areas, soon the planet won't be able to satisfy needs of all humans living on it, however China did find a way to slow down the speed of population increase: The One Child Policy. It is a policy that some people...
The impact and the economic consequences of the one-child family policy on the age structure of China's population - published: 12/03/2012
Essay - 10 pages - Social, moral & civic education
The world population is increasing at a rapid rate and aging fast in developed areas, soon the planet won't be able to satisfy needs of all humans living on it, however China did find a way to slow down the speed of population increase: The One Child Policy. It is a policy that some people...
