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Why States Fail

State capacity is a reflection of a states strengths and weaknesses. Very simply, state capacity can be defined as "the ability...

BALANCING STATE BUDGETS

several occasions. Though other states arent quite as on the brink as the Golden State, they arent in very good shape, either. New...

LEGAL ISSUES, TRUCK HITCHES AND LAW SUITS

Examines a hypothetical case concerning transportation law, supremacy and states' rights. There are 2 sources listed in the biblio...

Social Welfare and Poverty in Michigan

social welfare policy is as follows: "The Michigan Program on Poverty and Social Welfare Policy is jointly managed by the Schools...

E-Commerce, Tax Revenues and Physical Stores

Internet sales would result in decreased sales at traditional brick-and-mortar stores (1999). That seems to make logical sense if ...

New York State Constitution Creation

Boston Tea Party well and was suspicious of the federal governments plan for taxation. Still, when all is said and done, the bril...

Cumberland County, New Jersey, and Crime

rather rural or suburban, the state has its share of problems. In fact, in addition to boasting beautiful suburban areas, and vaca...

New York State's Covered Bridges

little strange, but they are picturesque and sentimental (2002). They are sometimes called "kissing bridges" and they prompt one t...

Pennsylvania's Cigarette Taxes

They want this because of traffic congestion in cities in addition to the problem of pollution. Raising taxes on gas promotes car ...

Mental States' Presence and Artificial Intelligence

In five pages this paper considers a person with an electronic brain and whether that can be regarded as possessing a mental state...

Connecticut's Welfare and Food Stamps Programs Administration

will help the future of the nation. At the same time, the programs take a financial toll on both federal and state governments. Wh...

European Court and Social Policy of the European Union

such policies is bound to suffer discrepancies and setbacks: it is difficult to establish a level playing field across such a broa...

Individual States and Construction Law

much smaller geographic region. Requirements in Washington In Washington, the states Department of Labor and Industries Construct...

Wallerstein's Theory of World Systems

most developed are powerful and this allows them to determine the type of governance that fosters their continued power (Martin, 2...

BP and the Gulf of Mexico

at which time the oil had been spilling for 50 days. He said that the federal government had taken aggressive actions but admitted...

Chuang Tzu and Socrates on State Obedience versus Self Interest

own life? Not all philosophers would agree with the path he ultimately chose. First, it is important to keep in mind that practi...

Careers in the US State Department- IT Security

It seeks an Information Technology Specialist to design and implement functional goals and protocols "for the rapid sharing and st...

Graham E. Fuller's Article on Nation State Weaknesses

as he feels this will cause "endless subdivision of states," possibly doubling, or even tripling the membership of the UN (1997, p...

Proposition 184

drug. Said former Drug Enforcement Agency Administrator Robert Bonner, "A very, very large percentage of those dealing in crack c...

Individual Rights v. States Rights

This research paper investigates literature that examines the inherent tension between the rights of individuals and states rights...

The Election Division of the Secretary of State

In a paper of four pages, the author considers the nature of the Elections Division of the Secretary of State of the State of Main...

Michigan Educational Assessment Program

The Michigan Educational Assessment Program is the assessment program for several subject areas in certain grade levels. This is t...

U.S., Standardized Laws, and Gun Control

do so in Florida without having to meet state permit requirements, according to the Miami Herald" (Anonymous NA). The tourist tha...

Costa Rica's Banking Crisis

of trust and confidence, while in possession of material, nonpublic information about the security" (Savage D1). Violations may in...

Proposed 'Class Size Reduction and Teacher Quality Program of 1999' Legislation Analyzed

In five pages this research paper represents congressional subcommittee testimony that argues in favor of the bill as supported by...

U.S. Constitution and the Rights of States

In six pages this paper discusses the Constitution's awarding of states' rights but how the Civil War, Franklin D. Roosevelt's New...

Chechnya The Tombstone of Russian Power by Anatol Lieven

The Russian state's decline is the focus of Lieven's text and of this paper that consists of five pages in which Lieven argues tha...

Conflicted Nationalism and the New Russian State

In six pages this paper discusses globalization and its impacts upon the new Russian state's ethnic problems and nationalism issue...

The State's Role in World Politics

This research paper investigates the part played by the state within the context of world politics. Specifically, the writer exami...