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Politics and Hinduism

untouchables are clamoring for their own rights and recognition. But during 1999, the Indian Union government, which is Hindu-run ...

Starving Latin American Peasants Scenario

in power, but not money or food for those working the land. As an interesting and enlightening look at just some of the figures, w...

Italian and Greek Bond Markets and the Effects of the Euro's Introduction

be seen clearly if we look to countries such as Italy and Greece. When we look at the many advantages that were seen, these were ...

America's Civil War, Literature, and Art

North and the more rural, ante-bellum Old South. Most historians agree that, in addition to the concept of slavery, vast d...

Gross Domestic Product and Gross National Product

takes into account only the final product: for example, the revenue gained from selling raw materials to a manufacturer is not inc...

Former Soviet Union and Japan National Systems of Innovation

Japan. It was often thought that money was needed in terms of research and development, however, the case of the USSR shows us tha...

Go West on the Transcontinental Railroad

voyages or three-month-long overland treks, both equally dangerous, as well as prohibitively expensive for most people. When the ...

Japanese Effects of Pearl Harbor

Harbor" (Sageous, 2002). The fact that they went ahead with the attack was based on their assumption that the attack would elimin...

School Violence, Poverty, Racism and the Nation's Schools

as a whole, or toward an individual because he (or she) is a member of that group" (Spencer, 1998, p. 25). By and large, schools ...

Civil Disobedience and Civil Rights Leaders

Malcolm X who had such ideas, and his concept had nothing to do with changing class problems, but with race. The notion that soci...

Personal Political Perspectives

original American colonies. In that case a federal system would undoubtedly be best and should be patterned after United States,...

Global Business Ethics

of competency. McDonalds Corporation has found that in expanding to other countries not all relationships are dealt with in the s...

Freedom Quest of Vietnam

earth. It was this antagonistic attitude that only served to fuel Ho Chi Minhs desire to ward off foreign domination and American...

Debt Impact of Globalization

them forward" (Africa News Service, 1999). This acts as a timely reminder that were there is opportunity there is also risk....

Stock Market Characteristics and Emerging Markets

the market process. When we consider that emerging markets make up 44% of the global economy, but in the 1990s accounted for a tot...

Drug Offenses and High School Undercover Law Enforcement

however, an easy demonstration to make. Indeed, drugs in our schools have resulted in the formation of its own subculture and tha...

Hypothetical Debate Between Presidential Candidates Socrates and Henry David Thoreau

best and brightest citizens." After the candidates shake hands, the moderator presented the first topic for debate, that of taxat...

London Corporate Expansion to Jamaica

not easy to market to Jamaicans. In fact, Kingston is earmarked for redevelopment (Cope, 2001). Companies who are successful build...

Colonial Missions in Sierra Leone

Sierra Leone, at the current site of the city of Freetown. The newly-freed slaves did not fare well in Freetown; they suffered fr...

Citizenship Understanding and Naturalization Laws

Citizenship is a responsibility, and different countries regard that responsibility differently, depending upon the core values of...

Economics of Politics and The Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith

that there should be a collectivism. This idea basically put meant that the government legislated everything including the factors...

Pros and Cons of International Accounting Standards

* Better integrate pricing, financial reporting, earnings analysis, forecasting, and risk management (Duran et al., 2003). From...

U.S. vs. the Middle East Dictatorship Perceptions

this in mind, then, it is not surprising that there is such turmoil in that region. Interestingly enough, both democracy and dic...

'Where I Lived & What I Lived For' by Henry David Thoreau

that he was "in haste" to buy it before the owner finished making any more "improvements," i.e. changes that Thoreau implies he hi...

Taiwan, Economic Policies, and Types of Regimes

1972 to 1988 who political governance could best be described as "semi-democracy". The third regime phase of "democratic transitio...

Overview of Egypt

mention, Egypt has become a moderate Arab nation. In recent history of the last ten to twenty years, Mubarak, the president of Egy...

Fiction Writing and Philosophy of the Romantic Era

truly fulfilled, and in fact he likens this fulfillment to a nearly spiritual ideal. On the other hand, there was...

Soviet Union Work Assignment Policy

there were both positive and negative aspects. In terms of the positive, the most important was that each person was guaranteed a...

Sudan, Turkey, and the UK and Marketing

the market and also the wide range of demands and communication methods. With 84.5 million radios owned and 219 AM radio stations ...

The Dragon's Village by Yuan tsung Chen

aunt and uncle reluctantly agree. Chen commits that they did not oppose this plan "too vigorously" because they were "apprehensive...