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Local Government and Its Importance

In a paper of five pages, the writer looks at local government. Different forms of historical local government structure are analy...

Government Contract Issues

In a paper of four pages, the author reflects on the FAR and the regulatory controls on contracts with government agencies. The a...

Government Subsidies and the Nation’s Newspapers

took steroids the game would still not be even, however, comes into mind. Much of the intent of government subsidies is to give t...

Evolution of Social Welfare Policy in the United States

insurance approach to public welfare" (Historical development). That is, these public programs would "ensure that protection was a...

Government and The Economy

influence on the American economy, exceeding that of the federal government (Mandel and Dunham, 2006). Just a decade ago, the U.S....

Federal and State Government Roles

This 20 page paper gives an overview of how government branches influence public policy, and how outside groups influence local ad...

Government Out of Operation

Can the American Government just shut down? Yes, it is legal to do so but why? This essay brings in the concepts of justice and la...

Media Issues

This paper covers three media issues. The first discusses the manipulative nature of ads, the second discusses a medical procedure...

DO WE NEED MORE GUN CONTROL?

Discusses pros and cons of gun control in the U.S. while pointing out that the current solutions aren't particularly effective...

Inadequacies in U.S. Antiterrorism Provisions Prior to 9-11

report illuminates the fact that our government is geared to addressing the threat of one large enemy (such as that that existed d...

INTERNATIONAL ACCOUNTING STANDARDS AND GAAP

IFRS guidance pertaining to revenue recognition tends to be less extensive than that of GAAPs. Nor does the IRFS contain industry-...

Accrual Accounting in the Public Sector

and practices does not mean the movement to accrual accounting is not favorable for a public body (Chan, 2003; 14). The issue, as ...

The Current Vietnamese Government

(Vietnam, 2008). The President is elected from among the members of the National Assembly once every five years; the next presiden...

Falun Gong

falun, a spinning body of energy said to be located at the lower abdomen" (What is Falun Gong?, 2007). Followers of this disciplin...

Airbus Case Study

has been the dominant supplier of aircraft. It was only in 1970 when Airbus was formed that a potential long-term competitor becam...

Trading and Trade Sanctions

or selective sanctions. There is little doubt that one of the impacts seen in any economy that is suffering the impact of broad tr...

The Anti-Gun Campaign in the UK

into a specific behaviour pattern. During elections may be are biased views of the electorate to favour the government, however wi...

Is Outsourcing Leading to an Economic Decline in the U.S.?

thousands of new jobs in the United States" (Outsourcing creates jobs, study says, 2004-hereafter "Outsourcing, 2004"). Global Ins...

Augustine, Aquinas and Luther/Role of Government

those who would do evil. Augustine couched his ideas on government within his concept of two cities, an earthly city and a city o...

The Role of Political Parties in American National Government

range of voters as possible, which inevitably brings both parties to the center; it also means that the parties and their candidat...

Health Care Pricing and Costs

The actual cost of production of the 100th package of Microsoft Word(r) certainly was not the $500 it sold for at retail in the ea...

Is the Future Predictable after the 2016 Presidential Election?

This paper attempts to answer three specific questions regarding the government's role in promoting cross-cultural understanding, ...

Immigration Issues/Teaching Social Studies

the era who states that it appeared that the U.S. government intentionally sent an expeditionary force into Mexico with the expres...

Anatomy of the AIG Bonuses

on current national debt by 2018 will be two-thirds of current income, which will mean that the US will have to operate on one-thi...

John Okada/No-No Boy

in an internment camp and two years in prison. It charts his efforts at reintegration into American society. From this perspective...

Reparations for Slavery

track of who, precisely, in the American population is descended from slaves, and identification of race for government statistics...

'Fur Trade History as an Aspect of Native History' by Arthur J. Ray Summarized and Critiqued

(Ray, 2000). Upon initial investigation, Ray had found that most references to Indian involvement in the fur trade were of "shadow...

Assimilation of History's Lessons with Thatcherism

In nine pages theoretical comparisons are made between Look Back in Anger, a play by John Osborne, Anthony Burgess' A Clockwork Or...

History's 'Longest War'

to shift his ground until he agreed with the allies (McCollum, 2003). Germany would be made to pay. "Unfortunately, rather than ...

Ancient History's Contemporary Social Influence

writing was the mainstay of civilised life. A seated scribe holding a papyrus roll was one of the most popular subjects in their e...