Significance of Balance of Power- International Relations
Case study - 4 pages - Educational studies
Balance of power is the most influential theoretical idea in international relations. Balance of power theory in the world wars came from the multipolar world. According to Waltz's (2000: 55-6), friends and enemies tend to react to threats or predominance among themselves by working...
Essay on the separation of powers in Europe - A comparative study
Case study - 16 pages - Constitutional law
“Each country must find a solution which is sensitive to its domestic culture” …this is the position of Lord Irvine of Lairg on the separation of powers. This can be regarded as a politically correct position on a very discussed topic in that it does not take part in the...
A study of the power press
Thesis - 17 pages - Physics
Press is a tool used to work on sheet metal to convert its shape to the required item. Power presses are used for producing large quantities of components quickly, accurately and economically from the cold working of mild steel and other ductile materials. The components produced range...
"Cracking the weasel code of politicians"- Newspeak as a form of political language manipulation
Essay - 59 pages - Management
In this thesis the phenomenon under examination is newspeak -a highly manipulative form of political language. The proposed research, conducted from the perspective of political language, attempts to account for mechanisms that govern the use of newspeak in Anglo-Saxon countries, including...
Marxism-Leninism: Historical forms of human community and the political organization of society
Thesis - 8 pages - Political science
The humble aim of this paper is to attempt to make an exposition of the Marxists-Leninist thoughts on the historical forms of human community and the political organization of the society. The necessity of attempting this exposition can never be looked down upon especially when we consider...
Is internationalization a form of survival for large distribution?
Dissertation - 59 pages - Management
In the early 1960s, the Fordist economic system emerged in France, especially through takeovers of U.S. multinationals in French companies and the reconstruction effort after the war. The market is huge and the development of the supermarket is inseparable from the rise of consumer society. The...
Is retributive justice form of human nature?
Case study - 5 pages - Philosophy
What is the concept of human nature? This is a hard concept to define, but if I had to define this concept, human nature would be something all humans have in common with whether it is emotions, or an act, and it is natural for humans to feel or act certain way. Emotions such as anger and fear...
The emergence of new forms of nationalism between 1848 and 1914
Essay - 9 pages - Modern history
Defining nationalism before considering its development and emergence in the second half of the 19th century and the early 20th is useful because it offers us a good base for a greater comprehension of the phenomenon during this period of time. As Michael Hughes correctly points out in...
The hand that files the cradle (on Form 1040) A proposal to emulate paid parental leave through the tax code
Case study - 20 pages - Educational studies
“Sarah O. had no paid maternity leave from her college teaching jobs after her first two children were born. She had only about three weeks off, once from a semester break and once by arranging for a substitute. She could not afford to take the unpaid leave to which she was entitled with her...
Disgrace, Desire, and Degradation: The Experience of Intrapersonal Reconciliation and Power Relations in Post Apartheid South Africa
Essay - 6 pages - Modern history
J.M. Coetzee uses the third person omniscient point of view to tell the story of the unraveling of David Lurie's career and the proceeding time he spends with his daughter, Lucy, in the rural areas of the Eastern Cape of South Africa. Through this point of view, Coetzee creates a voice that is...
Trans formative Exile: Coriolanus' Lack of Evolution During his Banishment from Rome
Essay - 4 pages - Literature
When the people of Rome exile Coriolanus, he seeks refuge in Antium, throwing himself before his longtime enemy, Tullus Aufidius, and offering himself as a weapon against Rome. Although he has fought countless times for Rome, bringing himself to the brink of death time and time again, the Roman...
The logic methods and the power structure of speeches
Case study - 5 pages - Biology
Several called social discourse, that is, speeches whose recipient is a public. The scientific discourse, legal discourse, political discourse, media discourse, the advertising discourse, religious discourse, the artistic discourse, pedagogic discourse, among others, are all examples of speeches...
China and India- the most powerful success stories of this century
Market study - 9 pages - Economy general
Indians have woke up: The birth of a giant: As everybody speaks about China and about its growth, India is now giving a good economic potential, maybe better than China for the long term. India, like China, is accumulating performances. India is following China's way according to what the...
Memorize your timetables: The rational world and the power of prediction in Tabucchi's La Testa Perduta di Damasceno Monteiro
Tutorials/exercises - 4 pages - Philosophy
In Antonio Tabucchi's La Testa Perduta di Damasceno Monteiro, the reader is pulled into a detective murder-mystery dealing with decapitation, murder suspects named il Grillo Verde, and tripe. Of particular interest, however, is the character of Don Fernando, a lawyer whose mind flies from topic...
The role played by power in professional relationships
Thesis - 5 pages - Social, moral & civic education
All humans are created equal and have the ability of agency according to Locke. The experimentalist perspective also advocates an extensive degree of personal agency and responsibility to sustain equality throughout life (Steven's, 1996a, p.195-201). However, the social constructionists...
Finding truth in the documentary - an analysis of the form and ethics of born into brothels
Thesis - 4 pages - Film studies
Born into Brothels explores the lives of several children raised in India's notorious red-light district. Directed by photojournalist Zana Briski, the film chronicles the filmmaker's attempts to enroll the children into various boarding schools, all the while depicting their efforts at...
The power of nutrition in child and adolescent
Thesis - 9 pages - Biology
Childhood and adolescence are critical stages in the life of an individual, and feeding them is important. As for adults, nutrient intakes for children should cover the energy needs, but they must also ensure growth. The quantitative and qualitative aspect of their food is taken into account....
What development in the luxury sector? The case of China
Dissertation - 8 pages - Luxury marketing
Luxury has been part of society for thousands of years. It has always been present at all times and in all cultures. This is a concept that has different definitions depending on the country and, of course, especially among consumers, who do not all understand it in the same way. From this...
What Happened to Our Constitution: Executive Agreements
Course material - 3 pages - Constitutional law
The US Constitution creates a system of checks and balances between the three branches of the government. Thus, no branch would have a chance of becoming too powerful. Nevertheless, in the last several years, questions have been raised, especially with regard to the surrender of legislative...
Illustrating the power of information in life science research
Essay - 4 pages - Computer science
The ironic proverbial saying that “a month in the lab can save you an hour in the library” is proving itself repeatedly and at a huge cost to both academic and commercial institutions alike. Missed information in the literature costs time, money, and quality. Both the quality of...
Why has class conflict not occurred in the form expected by Marxist thinkers and why has history not developed in the way Marx predicted?
Thesis - 4 pages - Philosophy
Karl Marx (1818 - 83) was responsible for one of the first and most influential theories of class within the sociological discipline. For Marx, classes can be seen as basic social groups divided by their specific position within the division of labor, and distributed within society according to...
The Cold War (1947-1991)
Course material - 3 pages - Modern history
The expression used for the first time in 1947 and popularized by the journalist Walter Lippmann is the name given to the international relationships between 1947 and 1991. It was a military and ideological conflict concerning every aspect (economy, ideology, propaganda, science, conquest of...
The Destructive Power of Material Wealth in Rome: Luxury and Avarice as Negative Values in Sallust and Livy
Thesis - 7 pages - Ancient history
The Roman conquest of foreign nations in the East resulted in a dramatic increase of material wealth in Rome, brought back as the spoils of war from the conquered nations. This increase in wealth had a corruptive influence on Roman society, as it signified the advent of luxury, or extravagance,...
A study on the kinds of departments that form a hotel
Tutorials/exercises - 33 pages - Business strategy
The past, present and perhaps the future of the hospitality industry are closely linked. Today's lodgings are a result of many centuries of social and cultural evolution. Comfortable, sanitary and lodging once was considered the exclusive privilege of the wealthy, but with the rise of industry...
Academic knowledge and power and the social sciences
Essay - 4 pages - Social, moral & civic education
Social science knowledge informs the way in which people interpret their experiences, and can be empowering, as in the case of political and feminist discourses. However, knowledge, employed as discourse, can also be employed in ways that disempower, and this is the focus of much of...
Capitalism, democracy and power
Thesis - 4 pages - Political science
Both James Madison and Karl Marx can be considered “democrats”; however both vastly differ on their theories and understanding of democracy and government on a wide spectrum of issues. If Karl Marx were to be asked his opinion of Madison's Federalist#10 in the post-Paris Commune time,...
Renaissance Literature is indebted more to emblematic and allegorical modes, than to modern forms of realism
Thesis - 6 pages - Literature
The aftermath of reformation, mid 16th.Century, left the art and literary world in upheaval. The former art of Catholicism which had been figurative and vivid, depicting the saints in all their glory, was redundant and even despised. Many reformers believed that to idolize the saints and to...
Human Resources - Comparison Between Two Countries, Japan and United States of America
Case study - 6 pages - Human resources
In this paper, I will be comparing two countries, which are the United States and Japan. I will be discussing all forms of similarities and differences. I chose those two countries because the large geographical distance and strong language barrier between them also plays a role in the...
The right of veto in the US Constitution
Essay - 5 pages - Constitutional law
In 1787 the US Constitution established a special political regime that has no equivalent elsewhere. This observation stems from the will of the Founding Fathers, who wanted to build a characteristic and unique system of balance of power. In addition to the implemented separation of...
Renewable Energy Sources in the United Kingdom
Course material - 3 pages - Ecology & environment
Carbon dioxide has some negative effects which include the greenhouse effect, which creates a ground-level ozone layer that prevents the earth from cooling, hence adverse temperatures. Also, it causes climate change and due to the earth overheating, the water levels in the oceans have increased,...
