Examining the Social Construction of Ethnic Divisions in Global Conflicts
Case study - 5 pages - Sociology & social sciences
Ethnic conflicts have a long and tragic history, leaving societies all over the world deeply scarred. In Peru, the historical animosity between indigenous peoples and mestizos is played out so indelibly and painfully as it underlines the effect of historical grievances and entrenched...
Understanding the Impact of Group Dynamics on Violent Conflict: A Case Study of the Rwandan War and Genocide, War, and Violent Conflict
Case study - 4 pages - Modern history
The research paper will specifically explore the complicated relationships between groups and social identity, in a setting of exogenous violent conflict with the Rwandan war and genocide of 1994 as an example. A literature review and critical analysis are carried out on how the old,...
Cooperation and Conflict: Barack Obama's Relationship with Congress
Dissertation - 15 pages - Political science
In our quest to uncover the complex relationship between Barack Obama and Congress, we will find ourselves on a fantastic journey through one of the most dramatic periods in United States political history. Obama's presidency, from 2008 to 2016, is an example of how a leader can overcome...
Description of a Cultural Conflict
Tutorials/exercises - 2 pages - Culture, religion & civilization
The document is an English assignment that helps you prepare a description of a cultural conflict in the form of writing. Cultural conflicts mostly emerge when the values and rules of a cultural group substantially vary, but the cultural members keep coming into contact with one...
How Effective Have Peace Operations Become in Resolving Conflicts?
Essay - 4 pages - International relations
Peace operations have become one of the most paramount foreign policy instruments the international community relies on to establish lasting peace and stability worldwide. These multipurpose actions, taken by an organization composed of the United Nations (UN), have been changed significantly in...
The conflict in Northern Ireland
Essay - 8 pages - Political science
Nowadays, the country or province of Northern Ireland is a peaceful part of Europe, and nobody coming to visit Belfast could even imagine that one of the most recent conflicts in Europe - apparently - ended there only two decades ago - even if, of course, the memories of the elder remain....
Can culture be the principal source of intercultural conflicts in organizations?
Dissertation - 28 pages - Human resources
It is true that intercultural conflicts happen frequently in all fields and industries and should not be seen as a dramatic phenomenon because it simply reflects divergences of opinion, experiences, beliefs and interpretations. However, can culture really be the principal source of...
The Syrian Conflict: Effectiveness and Ethics of the Bombing by the United States, Britain, and France
Essay - 2 pages - Linguistics & languages
An alliance led by the US, Britain, and France has been bombarding targets in Syria since 2015. Nevertheless, different events must be distinguished. On the first hand, some bombings took place in order to fight against Daesh. Iraq asked for the help of other countries in order to wipe out...
Conflict Over Leadership and Succession in a Successful Family Business: The Lakkard Leather Company - Richard Ivey School of Business Foundation (2011) - Case Review
Case study - 2 pages - Economy general
This document contains the review of the case study: Conflict Over Leadership and Succession in a Successful Family Business: The Lakkard Leather Company. The case study, determines: • The situation. • Background information: industry, organization, products, history,...
Analytical Report on a Conflict and Conflict Management: The War of the Sands
Tutorials/exercises - 15 pages - International relations
In 1956, Morocco claimed sovereignty over parts of the Sahara which were under Moroccan influence, “the Greater Morocco”. Interested in Algerian Sahara because of recently discovered resources, France tried to trade these territories against a common organization responsible for...
Persepolis - Marjane Satrapi and Vincent Paronnaud (2007) - The Internal Conflict of the Main Character
Artwork commentary - 1 pages - Film studies
Based on Marjane Satrapi's famous autobiographical comic books, Persepolis is a condensed movie of the four volumes of this saga. Co-directed by Marjane Satrapi and Vincent Paronnaud and released in 2007, Persepolis is the journey of Marjane herself, an eight-year-old girl living in Tehran in...
In what ways conflicts between political entities in the Middle East have been shaped by the history of state formation in the area?
Essay - 6 pages - Political science
The key terms to understand such situations are "political entities" and "state formation". Speaking of political entities rather than states shows the diversity of actors that make up the political life of the Middle East and can change the configuration of the borders, ranging from paramilitary...
Violence from a gender perspective and feminist perspectives in peacebuilding and conflict resolution
Case study - 8 pages - Sociology & social sciences
There are 2 cases and concepts discussed in this document : a. Define and discuss the concept of the continuum of violence and illustrate how it is relevant in understanding violence from a gender perspective. Use an example of your choice. b. Present and discuss at least three major contemporary...
How has game theory contributed to our understanding of human co-operation and conflict?
Essay - 4 pages - Economy general
Humans come into conflict for many reasons. Conflict can arise due to disagreement, difference in opinion, methodology and values, ownership struggles, and the list goes on. During conflict, individuals or groups of individuals work against each other to achieve separately...
African Conflicts in International Relations - China in Africa : Political or Economic interests ?
Essay - 5 pages - International relations
China's involvement in Africa cannot be reduced to only one dimension. It would be an oversimplification to label the Chinese interests on the continent as either political or economic solely: these two aspects often constitute two faces of the same coin. China's increasing engagement in...
The Northern Ireland Conflict and paths to Peace - How was a peace settlement to end the Troubles achieved in April 1998?
Essay - 6 pages - Modern history
The peace settlement that was achieved in April 1998 results from a long period of negotiations, doubts and violent attacks from all communities. The inter-communal conflict of The Troubles had lasted for more than thirty years leaving a city and a country deeply broken. Historians agreed...
Conflict between Israel and Palestine
Case study - 2 pages - Social, moral & civic education
The conflicts between Jews and Arabs are wells published. These conflicts have historical roots and seem to never end. Though there have been efforts to mediate between the two parties, these efforts have often produced limited results and after a short duration of peace, the...
Relationship between conflict and migration
Essay - 10 pages - Geography
This essay discusses the relationship between conflict and migration. It focuses on IDPs (internally displaced persons) and refugees, mostly leaving out the motives of economic or social migration. The first chapter states factors that cause displacement, followed by a discussion about the...
How to get over the differences and conflicts between cultures?
Case study - 3 pages - Educational studies
Culture is a specific set of attitudes and perception that direct the way a community lives. There are very many cultural groups and orientations in the world today. These groups are based on specific homogenous attitudes or values shared by a community. From the definition, the factors may...
Israel and Palestine Conflict Essay - Based on Oz and David Grossman Readings
Case study - 2 pages - Educational studies
Understanding the Israel-Palestinian conflict has been one of the most difficult things in the world. However, after reading the books, In the Land of Israel and The Yellow Wind by Amos Oz and David Grossman respectively, one starts to get some insights onto why the conflict began...
Partnership Confliction
Case study - 2 pages - Educational studies
There are actually 3 partners that held vital role in the company, one of the partners, his name is Alex, and whereby holding a big share in the small business company he shows bossy, his own ego and being assertive and never listen to his partner and disobey the rules of partnership agreement,...
African conflict and resources
Case study - 3 pages - Educational studies
The history of South Africa mainly revolves around communication and the conflict of the numerous varied ethnic groups in South Africa. Just like other historical accounts of various countries, South Africa is not any different. The themes of race, gender, and the socio-economy are the...
Theme of Conflict in The Lullaby, by Leslie Marmon Silko
Case study - 2 pages - Educational studies
Leslie Marmon Silko is an iconic writer and one of the most prolific Native American literary figures. Her short story Lullaby focuses on the story telling tradition of the Native American culture. Ayah the main character is an old woman retracing tragic occurrences in her life in a pattern of...
The Kashmir conflict
Case study - 6 pages - Educational studies
When we speak about Kashmir, we think at first of this multitude of conflicts which concerns the history of this country. This territory situated in South Asia is a junction point of India, Pakistan and China. It always generated enormous desire. Without dwell upon the long lineage of...
Global litigation and conflict of laws
Case study - 5 pages - Other law subjects
As clarified in the Tatry case, “It should be noted at the outset that the English version […] does not expressly distinguish between the concepts of ‘object' and ‘cause' of action. That language version must however be construed in the same manner as the majority of the other...
Water: The real perpetrator of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict?
Case study - 17 pages - International relations
The vast majority of literature around the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has been expressly focused on negotiating a peace treaty that satisfies the nationalistic urges of both parties in the conflict. Many prominent authors have simply designated the “right to exist” as an...
Economics is the study of the allocation of scarce resources amongst unlimited and conflicting end uses
Case study - 2 pages - Economy general
In this world that we live in, there exists a problem due to the conflict between the scarcity of resources and the unlimited wants of the people. Economics is concerned with dealing with this problem, as efficiently as possible. Why, then, are resources scarce? The problem of scarcity...
Conflict identification and resolution
Case study - 3 pages - Human resources
Every individual perceives and identifies situations differently. A situation that may not necessarily affect one may be more significant to another. Conflict arises in every organization because of differing opinions that generally lead to arguments and will most likely lead to...
Balancing work-family conflicts
Case study - 2 pages - Educational studies
At some point in our careers, we have all experienced something that is referred to as a “Work-Family Conflict.” The best way to describe this, and in the simplest terms, is that issues at home are taking a person's attention away from work or situations at work are taking a...
Cold war: More often than not, superpowers, rather than causing regional conflicts, were reluctantly drawn into them
Essay - 7 pages - Political science
The Cold War, besides being fought initially against an European-dominated background, was also extended to the Third World later. This globalization of the Cold War is inextricably linked to the entanglement of the two superpowers, the United States (US) and the Soviet Union, in several proxy...
