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Totalitarian Model Testing

be found in existence in each. These conditions include: * Domination by a single political party; * Consistent deference to one ...

Case Study on Making Ethical Decisions

hospital quite naturally is concerned about the cost of continuing to provide care for Andrew, but it can be assured that there is...

New York and Hosting the 2012 Summer Olympics

in Colorado Springs lobbying for New York City (Brennan, 2002). Olympian Bob Beamon, who broke the long-jump record in the 1969 G...

Understanding How Crime is Experienced by Senior Citizens Research Proposal

The National Crime Victimization Survey reports that the rate of violent crime victimization of persons ages 65 or older was about...

Gregg Toland's Contributions the Film Citizen Kane

a woman from his past perhaps. But, those familiar with the film know better. This opening scene is also one, instilled by the w...

The State and Virtue According to Alexis de Tocqueville and Aristotle

Virtuous action was defined by Aristotle as what a person with practical wisdom would choose. The golden mean, as defined by Ari...

Philosophical Comparison of Benjamin Franklin and Henry David Thoreau

challenged mankinds very conscience. He retreated to Walden Pond in order to refresh his own character and to effectively remove ...

Position Paper on Opposing Gun Control

is so irresponsible as to use firearms in violent assaults, being that there is no such connection with the average Americans abil...

Democracy Problems of Zimbabwe and Zambia

original named Northern Rhodesia while it was administered by the South Africa Company from 1891 until it was taken over by the Un...

U.S. Citizenship Rights and Homelessness

that often blames the homeless persons as the reason they have landed in this situation -- can, for the most part, be blamed upon ...

Nursing Homes and Abuse of the Elderly

over the age of 60 years in 1995, and that number will probably increase to about 1.2 billion (2002, p.1094) in 2025. Informatio...

Roles and Government

taxes (MacNeil-Lehrer, 2001). however, the law, which is called the "Economic Growth And Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of ...

French Revolution and Documents' Historical Importance

Enlightenment era and one where fruitful writing came about. In exploring revolutionary France, one can say that certain writings ...

Comparing Putnam and Volgy

general are a group of hardworking and honest people with our good in mind. The focus of Volgys book is local government since it...

Connection Between Democracy and Human Rights

certain intolerable regimes, then democracy might stand a chance. However, that is easier said than done. Kampelman (2002) asks:...

A Privacy Issue

policy of individual rights. However, those rights, it would seem, are the very ones that are being used against the United States...

Democracy and Indonesia

is not as simple as having elected officials in office. Many of these officials while elected by the people, are not supported by ...

The Government According to Aristotle

that when things were fully developed, and had naturally reached their conclusion - or ending - they were simply following their n...

Community Concept

by any number of characteristics used for grouping individuals. These characteristics can include geography, relationships, cultu...

United Kingdom and Applicability of European Union Directives

as enacted in the various Directives is to establish coherent and common policies across the Community. Given the cultural and eco...

Questions on Aggregate Health and Community

more personal, incorporating "personal health behavior change" (Anderson, Palombo and Earl, 1998; p. 205) as well. 2. What...

Senior Citizens and Substance Abuse

the prevalence of substance abuse among the elderly as it often goes unrecognized (Irons and Rosen, 2002). However, alcoholism do...

Social Change Promoted by Empowerment

through empowerment can have. One of the most interesting of these, however, can be found in regard to labor issues in the early ...

EU and Democracy Increasing

are handed down from the parliament are compulsory on all member countries, therefore, it is important that the countries which ar...

Democracy Transition of Paraguay

affairs and national affairs of state. This was clearly outside of his parameters, but he was ambitious and stubborn and determine...

Democratization is Not Encouraged by Neoliberalism

has covered the globe in recent years as globalisation has increased throughout the world. Neoliberalism is the trend in the worl...

Democracy According to the Social Contract of Jean Jacques Rousseau

in embracing a direct democracy. It is not feasible, even in Rousseaus time and place. Rousseau writes: "In every real democracy, ...

Interrogation Rooms and the Mandatory Presence of Cameras

it mandatory for video and audio recorders to be in the interrogation rooms. This would aid in preventing excessive coercive pract...

Latin America's Military Uses and Democratization

example, leadership style is important (14). Thus, that is a changeable factor as leadership can often be a surprise. In fact, l...

Senior Citizens and Health Care Legislation

time will tell if these bills will eventually be passed into national law. The purpose of this paper is to introduce five...