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U.S. Black Political Power

grouped under the loose heading of "Jim Crow," not only forbade blacks from voting, but also segregated them from white citizens i...

Davy Crockett's Frontier Life

married to Polly Finley, and as he would later wryly comment, he had proven himself "better at increasing my family than my fortun...

Thirty Sixth U.S. President Lyndon Baines Johnson

is tenacious. Although it may be largely a leadership characteristic in politics, there is also the sense of the showman, or a to...

Richard J. Payne's Getting Beyond Race

In five pages this text is the subject of a book review that considers global cultural prejudice through the manipulation of race ...

Watergate Scandal's 'Saturday Night Massacre'

In 6 pages this paper examines the impact of the Watergate scandal's 'Saturday Night Massacre' in terms of how the American public...

Actor and California Governor Ronald Reagan

components of leadership are vast and varied; not every person who finds himself in such a position automatically exhibits the nec...

Man and Presidency of Richard M. Nixon

In six pages this essay takes a look at Richard Nixon, his career as a politician, and presidency in a consideration that focuses ...

Black Politics and Deracialization

In five pages campaigns of black politicians are examined in terms of the use of deracialization as a political strategy that incr...

Social Movements of the 1960s and Their Impact

In four pages this essay examines how the 1960s social movements had a predominantly positive impact upon attitudes regarding wome...

Arguing Against Tabloid Press and Media Compromise

In sixteen pages this research paper charges the media with compromising its position with manipulating the public trust by reinfo...

John Hume's Public Administration Achievement

The career and personal background of Nobel Peace prize winner and Northern Ireland politician John Hume are presented in this six...

U.S. Crime

publication from the University of Maryland, the authors note that one of the reasons for discrepancies in crime statistics is tha...

Brazil's Democratization Process and the 'Rational Choice Model'

is wise for us not to make a judgment about this action, bur rather make an effort to view it as reality, instead of being influe...

Cesar Chavez and Bella Abzug

a force generated by a small group of people who are passionate in their beliefs. Through this groups passion and efforts, changes...

1939 Film Mr. Smith Goes to Washington by Director Frank Capra

MGM and Warner Brothers, it had to rely on a limited group of performers. One of the most appealing was a tall, gangly young acto...

Corruption and George Washington Plunkitt

places of Assemblyman, Alderman, Police Magistrate and County Supervisor and drew three salaries at once -- a record unexampled in...

Does the Human Rights Act Protect Civil Liberties?

in law. Article 8 may be seen as balanced with Article 29 which is the right of expression. Article 8 states that "Everyone has th...

Plato/Apology of Socrates

Clouds by Aristophanes. Reasonably, Socrates points out that the character in the play speaks nonsense and should not be confused...

America’s Mayor, Rudy Giuliani

it seemed that civilization was merely an illusion, one man stood up to lead a terrified city and frightened nation back to some s...

Business Issues in sub-Saharan Africa

Sub-Saharan Africa has some of the poorest countries in the world. They also have some of the most corrupt politicians and busines...

Changing Behavior

This essay explains what classical and operant conditioning are. It discusses how politicians, moviemakers, and advertisers use cl...

William Wilberforce and the Definition of Statesmanship

This paper concludes that the life story of Wilberforce might prompt one to examine personal motivation and the need for objectivi...

Correctional Institutions Stakeholders

Institutional facility is a good example. California found that violence was reduced if they separated Hispanic and Black prisons ...

Should America Adopt a Universal Healthcare System?

with only 13% of white non Hispanic citizens being uninsured compared with 17% of Asians/Pacific Islanders, 22% of blacks and 36%...

The Use of Rhetoric in Stereotyping Groups

image to all persons" must be interpreted to mean that "all persons" means "everyone in the world." Since its not possible to cont...

Current Financial Crisis/A Political Challenge

A 4 page research paper/essay in which the writer addresses the challenge facing politicians and public administrators in regards ...

Turth And Impact Of Stereotypes

tattooed persons is geared at a specific subset of this group whose antisocial actions (i.e. criminality) have created such a bias...

Stereotypes

also stereotyped in contemporary culture. These societal assumptions typically associate liberal political aspirations on the part...

Tammany Hall and Political Impropriety

The perks are a part of the deal. He gives an example by saying that if he knew a bridge was being built, he should buy land aroun...

Franklin, Emerson and Whitman

means, in turn, there "are no Prisons, no Officers to compel Obedience, or inflict Punishment. Hence they generally study Oratory,...