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Presidential and Congressional Influences

Reform Act of 2002 ("LEGISLATION RELATED TO THE ATTACK OF SEPTEMBER 11, 2001," 2002). The purpose of this law is to beef up securi...

Strategic Partnerships

dangers, such as the loss of competitive advantage though the transfer of knowledge or costs that can increase beyond the benefits...

Studies in Public Administration

to meet the "major goals of society" (Stillman, 2000, p. 1). For instance, he says, if a state agency proposes to build a new high...

Free Will Or Determinism? Absolving Responsibility

the guidance of peripheral forces. When one looks more closely at the nature of these two arguments, it becomes easy to see how f...

Reforming Executive Compensation

Large companies typically provide an annual salary of $1 million or less paid in cash, with bonuses provided for short- and long-t...

FDR and Change

programs, unemployment insurance, disability insurance, environmental laws, child labor laws, farm (and other) subsidies, forest p...

Internal Migrations

own language. "Indian" is the name Christopher Columbus gave to the natives he met when he came to the New World, believing he was...

The Evolution of Punishment in Criminal Justice

The evolution of punishment strategy has gone hand in hand with the evolution of society as a whole. Harris (1996), for example, ...

Healthcare Economic Implications for the Aging Population

of twenty and sixty-four for every individual in that aged category (Bernanke, 2006). The significance of this ratio is that the ...

Will Cancelling Debts to Global Financial Institutions Help or Hurt Developing Nations?

and indirectly. Therefore the issue is not only the financial burden, but the conditions that were attached to the loans and the h...

Atwood & Bradbury/Best Dystopian Tale

his needs" (Atwood 8). Atwood obviously feared the emerging strength of the religious far-right and saw in its rejection of rights...

Bio-fuels; An Economic Perspective

industry may be seen as an oligopoly with the concerted effort of suppliers to work in order to control the supply The need for ...

NASA's Effect on the U.S. Economy

the areas in which it operates sites (Reddy, 2006). NASA Langley was the object of one of the investigations seeking to identify ...

When Keynes Believes Markets Fail to Function Properly in Laissez Faire Capitalism

(Nellis and Parker, 1996, Keynes, 1963, 1997, Leontief, 1936). There are different market considerations where there should be int...

Economic Development in Singapore and Other Small Nations

intervention is often detrimental. The country culture is such that censors have to some extent hurt business, but things are chan...

Hong Kong (An Overview)

on its own and its political and governmental system is unique as well. The region has attracted tourists and business professiona...

Bahrain; Women’s Rights

all elections and public referenda and [be] eligible for election to all publicly elected bodies" (quoted Sakr, 2000). Therefore, ...

Unemployment in the United States

A "job loser" is classified as "an unemployed person who has been involuntarily terminated or laid off from a job" (Unemployment r...

Drowning in Debt

debt than they do in savings, which means that a great many people are on the edge: one serious illness or accident and they will ...

The Shakedown (Case Study Analysis)

business to get off the ground, Zhuk and Hnatyuk and others would have to pay a lot of money. In the context of the case study, ...

Sprawl and Chapter Eleven of Duany et al’s Suburban Nation

on a gaping wound (221). Second, regulations must be rewritten (221). Out with old, outdated, and inadequate zoning ordinances a...

Changes in the Egyptian Economy

declined" (Rivlin, 1997). Then in 1956 the Suez Canal company was nationalized, along with "other foreign assets--including banks ...

Relations between the U.S. and the Islamic Republic of Iran

oil, so the United States claims that any move on Irans part to threaten the oil supply will not be tolerated (Sadri). Since the U...

Problems Facing China

A 7 page research paper in which the writer, first of all, lists three serious problems facing China and, then, gives the criteria...

The Impact Of Hurricane Andrew

scholarly catalogs; journals will include - but not be limited to - Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, Journal of En...

Japan, National Goals/1868-1890 & 1890-1912

63). Through incremental decrees, the Meiji government moved toward creating a highly centralized, bureaucratic government. Duri...

The President's Cabinet

("President Bushs Cabinet," 2007). Gutierrez is first and foremost a businessman. He was CEO of the Kellogg Company, and had been ...

California: Police Organization And Trends

as both judge and jury as they physically assault alleged perpetrators and prematurely fire upon suspects. What comes from the re...

Security and Secrecy Issues Following the Cases of Wen Ho Lee and Robert Hanssen

on both morale and confidence (Meek, 2001). Mole hunting measure need to be in place. These measures can include the use of random...

Political Action Committees (PACs) and Their Influence

or political parties" (Longley, 2008). "Ideological" or "nonconnected" PACs are not connected with a specific party, corporation ...