From the Great Powers to the European Union: assess and discuss the role and impact of the European influence in the Balkans
Essay - 4 pages - International relations
On the 21st of July 1774, the town of Kuchuk Kainarji in Bulgaria was the scene to the signing of the treaty that would end the Russo-Turkish War. From then on, the history of the Balkan peninsula would coincide with the receding of the Ottoman empire and the expansion of European influence....
Britain is widely regarded as the 'awkward partner' in europe: how accurate is this assessment? - published: 29/09/2010
Essay - 4 pages - International relations
“We have our own dreams and our own tasks. We are in Europe, but not part of it. We are linked, but not combined. We are interested and associated, but not integrated.” Winston Churchill's famous quote aptly describes Britain's approach to European integration since the...
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...
To what extent can we say that "Ireland fared well from the Great War"?
Case study - 3 pages - Political science
“Few countries were more decisively affected by the Great War than Ireland”. By these words, John Horne wanted to assert that the Great War was a crucial event in Irish history and that Ireland played an important role which is increasingly acknowledged by historians....
The impact of the Suez crisis on Britain, Egypt and Israel
Essay - 5 pages - Modern history
The Suez Crisis of 1956 has been commonly seen as a turning point in post war world history, the moment when Britain's pretension to world power status was stripped away, and when Egypt became the leader of the Arab world, an event which triggered a radical change in the relations...
Why did Britain not become a leading member of the European Union and why is it sometimes considered as an ?awkward partner' ?
Essay - 26 pages - European union
A wise man once said that a nation which did not know its own history would be condemned to repeat its mistakes. The History of Britain accession and membership to the EC and EU has singled out the country, compared to the other members. The recent events in Britain European...
Britain is widely regarded as the « awkward partner » in Europe. How accurate is this assessment? - published: 27/03/2007
Thesis - 4 pages - International relations
“We have our own dream and our own task. We are with Europe, but not of it. We are linked, but not combined. We are interested and associated, but not absorbed.” Winston Churchill's famous quote aptly describes Britain's approach to European integration since the inception of the...
Britain is widely regarded as the ' awkward partner ' in Europe. How accurate is this assessment? - publié le 27/03/2007
Essay - 4 pages - International relations
“We have our own dreams and our own tasks. We are in Europe, but not part of it. We are linked, but not combined. We are interested and associated, but not integrated.” Winston Churchill's famous quote aptly describes Britain's approach to European integration since the...
Was the Great Famine of greater significance for the histories of subsequent generations than for those of the period 1845 - 50? - publié le 15/01/2009
Essay - 4 pages - Modern history
Ireland in the beginning of the 1840's had a population of eight million inhabitants of whom more than four-fifths lived on the land and it was one of the most densely populated countries in Europe. The prosperous phase which prevailed in Ireland at the beginning of the 1840's was unfortunately...
Introduction to Irish History: The Great Famine and the Irish Diaspora
Thesis - 3 pages - Medieval history
A very simple question could be raised through this established fact: today, Ireland has a population of approximately 4 million while the the number of Irish Americans figure between 20 million and 40 million according to different sources. We all know that at the very beginning of the...
Was the Great Famine of greater significance for the histories of subsequent generations than for those of the period 1845 - 50?
Essay - 5 pages - Modern history
Ireland in the beginning of the 1840's had a population of eight million inhabitants of whom more than four-fifths lived on the land and it was one of the most densely populated countries in Europe. The prosperous phase which prevailed in Ireland at the beginning of the 1840's was unfortunately...
Cause of the great famine and its place in the demographic and migration history - publié le 15/01/2009
Essay - 5 pages - Modern history
In the 1800s, Ireland was essentially a rural country. Its economy depended only on agriculture, and its industrial system was very weak. Therefore, Ireland was very poor compared with its neighbour, England. It is considered most of all as an island belonging to England and integrated by this...
Clive Ponting's 'A Green History of the World: The Environment and the Collapse of Great Civilizations'
Book review - 10 pages - Literature
"In state affairs, by foreseeing [problems] at a distance, which is only done by men of talents, the evils which might arise from them are soon cured ; but when, from want of foreseight, they are suffered to increase to such a height that they are perceptible to everyone, there is no longer any...
What were the main factors of the collapse of " Social Democracy " in Britain? - publié le 29/09/2010
Essay - 11 pages - Modern history
After the Second World War, the British political and economic landscape underwent a radical transformation in its own foundations. Indeed, the previous economic orthodoxy that had characterized the governing of Britain was substituted by a Keynesian form of welfare state. It was the...
What factors have led to the notion that Britain is an 'awkward partner' in Europe?
Essay - 3 pages - European union
The brightest manifestation of the various innovations in Europe was the emergence and the development of the different European communities, later to be merged in the European Union. The history of this process is a complex one. Each State is motivated and implicated in the integration process...
Britain and the EU. The long path towards Britain accession to the EU. 1961-1992
Essay - 10 pages - Modern history
In 1961, the 6-founding members of the EEC were confronted with the issue of expansion of the European Union (previously called as EEC). Prime Minister Harold Mac Millan announced that his government wished to join the Community and triggered the application of several other European countries....
Basing the analysis on the period 1945-1990, what judgment can be made of the Welfare State in Britain?
Essay - 2 pages - Political science
If many people, like the American political commentator Monica Crowley do consider that « Healthcare is the cornerstone of the socialist state. It is the crown jewel of the welfare state », the Welfare State embodying indeed a full part of the British history forging also its culture, the Brits...
Cause of the great famine and its place in the demographic and migration history
Essay - 4 pages - Modern history
In the 1800s, Ireland was essentially a rural country. Its economy depended only on agriculture, and its industrial system was very weak. Therefore, Ireland was very poor compared with its neighbour, England. It is considered most of all as an island belonging to England and integrated by this...
Britain and the euro: not for yesterday, not for today, not for ever...? - publié le 13/01/2009
Essay - 14 pages - Finance
The EMS's Exchange Rate Mechanism (ERM) has long been a source of political controversy, playing for instance a relevant part in the final drama of Margaret Thatcher's resignation as a serving Prime Minister. Britain entered the ERM in 1990 to exit from it in 1992 and afterward, the new...
Britain and the euro: not for yesterday, not for today, not for ever...?
Essay - 13 pages - Political science
The EMS's Exchange Rate Mechanism (ERM) has long been a source of political controversy, playing for instance a relevant part in the final drama of Margaret Thatcher's resignation as a serving Prime Minister. Britain entered the ERM in 1990 to exit from it in 1992 and afterward, the new...
What lessons can Britain learn from health care systems in other countries?
Thesis - 5 pages - Social, moral & civic education
The market for health presents a number of market failures and equity issues which advocate a role for government in its provision. What role this is however, how precisely the government should attempt to tackle these problems is debatable. There exist a spectrum of approaches to both the...
What were the main factors of the collapse of " Social Democracy " in Britain?
Essay - 11 pages - Modern history
After the Second World War, the British political and economic landscape underwent a radical transformation in its own foundations. Indeed, the previous economic orthodoxy that had characterized the governing of Britain was substituted by a Keynesian form of welfare state. It was the...
Impact of globalization on young people in Britain and the developing world
Case study - 6 pages - Business strategy
Globalization can be defined as a system of interaction or increasing global relationships between cultures, people, and economic activities among the countries of the world. Globalization in its simpler form refers to conglomerate exchange of languages, ideas, and cultures. Behavior or impacts...
How adequate is the question of sovereignty in the political disputes within Britain about the desirability of joining the European communities? (1945-1973) - publié le 13/01/2009
Essay - 7 pages - Political science
Britain was one of the first countries to imagine a European grouping after the Second World War. In Zurich, on 19 September 1946, Churchill called for a 'United States of Europe', which would be based on cooperation between France and Germany. Yet he saw no place for...
History of Britain before Shakespeare
Internship report - 7 pages - Modern history
Before 450 AD: Celtic Originally the populations of England were mixed, partly Neolithic and Celtic, Celts of Britonnic variety (the Britons), hence the first name of the island, Britannia when it was conquered by the Romans who only were stopped by the Scots up north. Between 450 and 650 AD:...
How adequate is the question of sovereignty in the political disputes within Britain about the desirability of joining the European communities? (1945-1973)
Essay - 6 pages - Political science
Britain was one of the first countries to imagine a European grouping after the Second World War. In Zurich, on 19 September 1946, Churchill called for a 'United States of Europe', which would be based on cooperation between France and Germany. Yet he saw no place for...
What are the determinants of social class in Britain at the beginning of the new millennium?
Essay - 4 pages - Sociology & social sciences
Most surveys depict that the majority of British people recognize the existence of social classes and categorize themselves into one such class. The word ?class' describes "broad groupings within a national population that are seen as forming a set of layers" (R. Crompton, 2000, p.1). A...
"Dancing with Dogma. Britain under Thatcherism" by Ian Gilmour
Essay - 4 pages - Political science
The document under study here is extracted from Dancing with Dogma. Britain under Thatcherism, a book by Ian Gilmour, a Scottish leading figure on the liberal, or "wet", left-wing of the Conservative party, essentially under the governments of Heath and Thatcher. The piece of writing...
"Dancing with Dogma. Britain under Thatcherism" by Ian Gilmour - publié le 21/11/2007
Book review - 4 pages - Literature
The document under study here is extracted from Dancing with Dogma. Britain under Thatcherism, a book by Ian Gilmour, a Scottish leading figure on the liberal, or "wet", left-wing of the Conservative party, essentially under the governments of Heath and Thatcher. The piece of writing...
The Magazine Press in Britain
Tutorials/exercises - 4 pages - Literature
The British are often imagined as newspaper addicts impatiently waiting for the postman to deliver their paper on Sunday morning. Yet, it would be wrong to believe that they do not share a similar interest for the booming world of the magazine press. As we will see, the magazines sector in...
