The goddess and Mary the mother of Jesus
Thesis - 7 pages - Social, moral & civic education
Syncretism means the merging of different forms of belief or practice. The word comes from the description of the fusion of Cretan cities, and is often used in the religious context to describe how new religious and spiritual ideas moving into a culture merge with the ideas that already exist in...
The Anti-Christ in the Bible
Thesis - 6 pages - Social, moral & civic education
There are many figures in history, legend, and myth that tend to capture the imagination of people from different times and places. One such figure is the Antichrist. There is a general belief that the Antichrist is clearly identified in the Bible as a figure who will return, be identified, and...
Adam and Eve: A historical perspective
Thesis - 6 pages - Social, moral & civic education
All human cultures have sought to explain how the world as we know it came into being by developing creation myths. These myths tell us a lot about the cultures that create them. For example, sometimes a Goddess gives birth to creation, and sometimes a male God creates it out of violence....
Safeguarding of the intangible cultural heritage: Protecting languages as a vehicle of the intangible cultural heritage
Thesis - 6 pages - Social, moral & civic education
The 2003 Convention for the safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage defines the intangible cultural heritage as “the practices, representations, expressions, knowledge, skills - as well as the instruments, objects, artifacts and cultural spaces associated therewith - that...
The micro foundations of the Romer model
Thesis - 4 pages - Economy general
The technological progress is stated as the engine of economic growth in the neoclassical growth model, but some models like Solow model, always set the technological progress as an exogenous variable with a constant rate g. Romer model indigences the technological progress, and also shows the...
Immigrant performance in the UK and Germany
Thesis - 20 pages - International relations
This paper reviews the existing literature on ethnic inequality and discrimination in the labor market, to then analyze the economic performance of various ethnic groups in Germany and the UK. Main findings are that in the UK the immigrant population as a whole performs similarly to the natives;...
The Confederate flag
Thesis - 3 pages - International relations
Southern symbols, particularly the Confederate flag, have grown very controversial since the end of the Civil war. Indeed, the Confederate flag has been associated with numerous racist groups such as the Ku Klux Klan, or with racist acts, such as the lynching of black people since the...
To what extent does realism naturalize war?
Market study - 5 pages - International relations
In 1991 a US-led coalition launched, with the agreement of UN, a wide military operation against the rogue regime of Saddam Hussein that had attempted to invade Kuwait in order to take over its staggering oil resources. George Herbert Bush, at the head of the coalition that was to rescue Kuwait,...
Education in the UK
Thesis - 26 pages - Social, moral & civic education
The complicated nature of the current education system has its rules in school history. Until the end of the XIXth century, most children went to school intended church schools or private school established by rich benefactors. But such schools were largely confined to the sons of rich...
Has the 'war on terror' influenced Latin America and its relationship with the U.S.? What are the implications of this process for the region?
Thesis - 6 pages - International relations
War on Terror was launched by the George Bush administration in respond to the attacks on September 11, 2001 on the US soil. The official term used by the US military, Global war on Terrorism refers to the various military, political, and legal action taken to curb the spread of terrorism. So, to...
Economic forecasts on French economy 2008
Thesis - 11 pages - Economy general
Today, France stands at one of its lowest confidence rate since a decade. On a global scale, world trade contracted in 2007 with only 5.5% growth compared to 8.5% in 2006. The sub primes crisis is directly hitting the global financial markets and disturbing the world economy. If we have a glance...
Discuss the disincentives on work effort induced by the tax and benefit system, and how the theory of labor supply offers alternative systems to minimize these disincentives
Thesis - 7 pages - Economy general
In the UK, USA or in France, Government is seen from different angles. A State has duties and functions. In order to look after the welfare of their citizens, it tries to improve the reputation through taxation and benefit system. The main problem for most countries is the unemployment. Few...
Political representation in American thought
Thesis - 8 pages - Political science
Modern democracies are definitely linked to the concept of representation. We do not have any democracy which operates without resorting to representative governance. This principle is solely the fact of our modern times, it seems to have been necessary every time human being tried to implement a...
Conceptions of the relationship between mind and body vary across cultures: Discuss with detailed reference to ethnographic examples
Thesis - 4 pages - Social, moral & civic education
Having an insight on our personal perception of the body and mind, relationship is often revealing. Since I was a child, I strongly felt ‘something' in my body. While practicing dance, I had the feeling that 'I' controlled my body, that 'I' decided the movements 'I'...
Why does a solution to the conflict in Darfur seem so intractable?
Thesis - 6 pages - International relations
In September 2004, one year after the beginning of the civil war in Sudan, Colin Powell said it was ''genocide''. Since the beginning of the war, many associations were created in order to 'Save Darfur'. Darfur has recently been one of the most publicized wars in Africa, however, the...
Examining the violence associated with the programme and actions of the Red Army Faction
Thesis - 7 pages - Social, moral & civic education
While every species has the capability to act violently towards other creatures; no other organism on the planet does so with such frequency or intensity as human beings. Throughout humanities history violence has targeted people for their beliefs, their ethnicity, and their resources and...
Business ethics, my dilemma: Cosmetic testing on animals
Thesis - 7 pages - Social, moral & civic education
Cosmetics are used daily by millions of people, and include a vast range of products such as shampoo, makeup, moisturizer, perfume, etc. Approximately 38,000 animals are used every year across the EU to test new ingredients and products. And in the world, cosmetics companies kill millions of...
French economy - Forecast 2008
Thesis - 9 pages - Economy general
Present-day world economy appears to be facing some serious challenges in sustaining its past robust growth. The credit crunch in the United States of America, as well as the United States dollar decline and high oil prices represent massive threats for the world economic equilibrium. With this...
Does culture need to be protected from the effects of globalization? An essay with the French example
Thesis - 25 pages - Social, moral & civic education
Today the word « Globalization » is on everybody's lips. From the company who goes abroad because of cheaper costs to the “junky food” that we like to eat, Globalization seems to be the perfect scapegoat for every international phenomenon. Globalization seems to be THE trendy word that...
Martin's case
Thesis - 2 pages - Social, moral & civic education
It was Sunday afternoon, Martin and his best friend Jonathan was on their way to watch their favorite rugby team, Leeds Rhinos play in the Super League Final. Unfortunately, Martin lost his ticket and was not allowed into the stadium. So, Martin went to the local pub, about 500 meters away to...
China and the Western media
Thesis - 4 pages - Social, moral & civic education
It's an open secret that the western media will always reflect in negative light what is regarded as unfriendly or threatening by the Western world. It appears that China finds itself in this position. But while it's true that China's media sources are routinely censored and notoriously...
The limits of the European neighborhood policy
Thesis - 6 pages - European union
After the last European enlargement on 1st May 2004, the European Union got new neighbors, mainly in the East but a few also in the Middle East. But the neighbors do not all have the same juridical status. For some of them inclusion is already on its way, like for Romania and Bulgaria who signed...
The European employment strategy - published: 11/05/2009
Thesis - 21 pages - European union
The European Union is the most accomplished multinational organization in the world. Since it's beginning in 1950, with the European Coal and Steel Community, the European Union has been integrating more and more, becoming a unique. The European Union was at first, based on economic performances....
Do Porter's ideas on national competitive advantage: Which specific nations have achieved economic success?
Thesis - 5 pages - Economy general
National competitiveness is one of the most important economic concepts as it outlines as to how a nation can grow and succeed by utilizing its competitiveness. Competitiveness, therefore refers to the concept of how a nation produces its goods and services- the relative efficiency of producing...
A discussion and analysis of the financial crisis
Thesis - 5 pages - Economy general
September 2008 was the month when financial news became front page news. In September of 2008, American financial centers were hit with a series of bankruptcies and closings that seemed to take most experts by surprise. However, anyone paying attention to the financial world could see that these...
Examining crime and its potential causal factors within the United States
Thesis - 10 pages - Social, moral & civic education
For centuries, individuals have been attempting to reveal universal trends which universally present themselves in human nature. While much attention has been given to revealing positive human characteristics, even more attention has been given to attempting to remedy its negative elements....
A closer examination of the phenomenon of globalization and its affect on India
Tutorials/exercises - 117 pages - Economy general
The term "globalization" has acquired considerable emotive force. Some view it as a process that is beneficial—a key to future world economic development—and also inevitable and irreversible. Others regard it with hostility, even fear, believing that it increases inequality within and...
A comparison between Edgar Degas and Edward Hopper in their approaches to nudity
Thesis - 4 pages - Social, moral & civic education
20th century American art is richer than one assumes. The Ash can school cubism, precionism, biomorphism etc. One of the big movements was regionalism lead by Edward Hopper. But people often forget that Hopper didn't only paint landscapes, street scenes and light but also nudes. Naked women were...
Discuss the view of education as sophisticated opium for the masses
Thesis - 4 pages - Social, moral & civic education
We will discuss the education under the early Third Republic, and we cannot move away from the context. In 1881 and 1882, when the Ferry's Law was promulgated, the Republic was not comfortably established in France. Monarchists and Bonarpatists were very much present in the country and the...
The city and the stake of sustainable development
Thesis - 8 pages - Social, moral & civic education
I chose this subject mainly because I am very interested in urbanism. Indeed, I'd like to start a master called ISUR in French, which means: “Ingénieurie des systèmes urbains en réseaux”. It is a special program that allows to work in the urbanism sector in developing countries. It...
