Issues in and around Liberal Theory: What is Liberalism?
Essay - 7 pages - Philosophy
“In this essay I shall propose a theory about what liberalism is”. Dworkin's project is here clearly exposed. And, as most political thinkers when they try to define a coherent theory at the fundaments of actual political movements, “I face an immediate problem. My project supposes...
China and the Chairman
Essay - 4 pages - Modern history
On September 9th 1976 came the death of perhaps the most influential and feared leader in the history of the modern world. As visionary and well regarded as any Pope, and as reviled and hated as much as Hitler, there is no questioning the enormous influence that Chairman Mao has had on China....
Economics of prostitution
Essay - 6 pages - Economy general
The market that buys and sells prostitution is very similar to other types of human interaction. It has deep roots in history and society, and has survived through the ages; resisting legal and economic uncertainties. It has become apart of Western culture just as much as much as fast-food and...
Basing the analysis on the period 1945-1990, what judgment can be made of the Welfare State in Britain?
Essay - 2 pages - Political science
If many people, like the American political commentator Monica Crowley do consider that « Healthcare is the cornerstone of the socialist state. It is the crown jewel of the welfare state », the Welfare State embodying indeed a full part of the British history forging also its culture, the Brits...
The revival of the small business sector in the UK
Thesis - 11 pages - Economy general
According to data from Labour Market Trends in 1999, enterprises with fewer than 50 employees provide 45% of UK non-government employment and account for 38% of turnover, the employment figure includes the self-employed who employ no one and comprise 2.3 Million out of a total of 3.7...
Trade unions in Northern Europe
Essay - 11 pages - Economy general
Among the five countries where the unionization density is currently the highest in the world, four are Nordic European ones. Sweden (78%), Finland (74.1%) and Denmark (70.4%) constitute the group of the most unionized countries, far beyond Belgium (55.4%) and Norway (53.3%). Austria is ranked...
United Kingdom: In and out of Europe
Essay - 10 pages - Journalism
The United Kingdom has always been in and out of Europe. Such posturing is in keeping with a series of mantras [religious beliefs] upon which Britain's policy towards Europe is predicated. The latter have never been really challenged in the last century. Britain's Europe is a paradoxical...
The Beveridge report: Political and intellectual origins
Thesis - 32 pages - Political science
The historiography of the political and intellectual origins of the Report on Social Insurance and Allied Services - or Beveridge Report, named after William Beveridge, the Chairman of the Commission- was chiefly displayed in the document itself. Published in 1942 and highly edited, the white...
The impact of multiculturalism on the Australian society
Essay - 31 pages - Social, moral & civic education
The Austral continent is divided into six States and two Territories. Sydney, the capital of New South Wales is the oldest place where Europeans settled and the biggest Australian city. The bridge of Sydney, “Harbour Bridge” and its Opera are the symbols of the city. In 1911, Canberra...
How adequate is the question of sovereignty in the political disputes within Britain about the desirability of joining the European communities? (1945-1973)
Essay - 7 pages - Political science
Britain was one of the first countries to imagine a European grouping after the Second World War. In Zurich, on 19 September 1946, Churchill called for a 'United States of Europe', which would be based on cooperation between France and Germany. Yet he saw no place for Britain in this...
Introduction to British Civilization
Course material - 9 pages - Modern history
In this lecture, we'll be looking at some of the key dates in the history of the UK and looking at recent events that have illustrated the fragility of British nationhood and identity and the very real possibility of the UK as we know it today no longer existing in its present state.
The British Parliament
Course material - 24 pages - Political science
This document is a lesson on the British Parliament, explaining how it is constituted and how it works.
In order to promote the wealth of nations, what should be the relationship between the visible hand of the state and the invisible hand of the market?
Essay - 8 pages - Economy general
The decline of social democracy in Europe during the last decade is one of the examples which seem to show that there is no other global alternative for a state regulation under the market in the globalisation context. The predominance of the market in a political economy is not recent. Adam...
How Clarins and its "Body Lift" can be a total success in Brazil?
Essay - 27 pages - Business strategy
After three centuries under the rule of Portugal, Brazil became an independent nation in 1822. Exploiting vast natural resources, it is today South America's leading economic power and a regional leader. Meanwhile Brazil continues to develop its interior with an industrial and agricultural...
Britain is widely regarded as the « awkward partner » in Europe. How accurate is this assessment? - published: 27/03/2007
Thesis - 4 pages - International relations
“We have our own dream and our own task. We are with Europe, but not of it. We are linked, but not combined. We are interested and associated, but not absorbed.” Winston Churchill's famous quote aptly describes Britain's approach to European integration since the inception of the EU in...
Devolution
Essay - 8 pages - Sociology & social sciences
Devolution is “a form of subsidiary passing power back to the people “ ; “ it is the transfer to a subordinate elected body , on a geographical basis, of functions at present being exercised by Ministers and Parliament.“ (“Definitely British, Absolutely American!”,...
Multiculturalism in the UK or the end of a Utopia?
Essay - 4 pages - Social, moral & civic education
Have you ever tried to fill in a job application form in the UK? If so, you may have been surprised, as a foreigner, to be asked the colour of your skin (white British, white West European, white East European, black, etc.). In France such a thing has long been unfeasible, even if today, the...
The development of the welfare state and the National health service in Britain
Thesis - 12 pages - Labor law
The Poor Law of 1601 was introduced as a response by the Government to rising levels of concern over how 'the poor' should be supported. As a result of several poor harvests, and soldiers returning from war there was increased vagrancy, which concerned the Government who were...
British Policy
Case study - 6 pages - International relations
Mixing Peter Oborne and “Controversial” in the same sentence is simply a pleonasm. If this statement can appear as particularly shocking, the author is used to attack politics or journalists directly and publicly, that's also why he has been nicknamed, sarcasticly, Peter “O'Bore'...
The welfare sate - cleavages between Germany and the United Kingdom
Thesis - 8 pages - Social, moral & civic education
Since the comfortable mixture of economic growth and welfare state expansion has come to an end the welfare state has been subjected to a crisis discussion. Its integrative capacity and its ability to compromise different class interests have been doubted. It was assumed that the higher status...
Bob Marley: A Little Island, A Big Voice
Thesis - 6 pages - Social, moral & civic education
Bob Marley was a Jamaican singer, musician, and activist born February 6, 1945. He died on May 11, 1981 and during his short tenure of life he composed and focused his energy on his ability to communicate to the masses, through music, his ideology of non-violence and peaceful resistance to the...
"History of Capitalism" (part 4 to part 7) by Michel Beaud (2000)
Book review - 35 pages - Economy general
Capitalism is a logic based on the production of goods. It became prominent in Britain along with Europe and the United States during the "early industrial" era from 1770 to 1860: Textiles, machinery, railways and arms. But capitalism in its historical movement, also concerns the capitalist...
Assess the claim that Thatcherism decisively recast political and economic relationships in the 1980s
Essay - 7 pages - Political science
Thatcherism is a political thought applied by the 3 successive governments led by Margaret Thatcher, from 1979 to 1990. It quickly evolved as a doctrine. Thatcherism came at a time when the post-war consensus was collapsing, and aimed at checking the decline of the British economy, suffering...
'Prime ministers are already 'presidential', and are becoming more presidential': examples of United Kingdom, Italy and France
Thesis - 4 pages - Political science
In most European countries, Prime ministers are the major figure of the political game. They have a wide interface, with the media (both at a national and international level), and with their population, even if they are never called the “head of states”. Many political scientists have...
Structure and effects of the 1970 EEC-Malta Association Agreement
Case study - 7 pages - Social, moral & civic education
The Maltese culture is adorned with influences which somehow over time managed to constitute the definition of a Mediterranean Country. Be it Arabic influences in our language, the Mediterranean diet or the European influences on the way we think, this small island is a fragment of a mixture of...
Sir William Beveridge - social insurance and allied services, 1942
Essay - 4 pages - Political science
This text is the introduction of the Beveridge Report, called Social Insurance and Allied Services. This report was presented to the British Parliament in November 1942 and was published the on 1st of December 1942. He was commissioned by Arthur Greenwood, in June 1941. William Beveridge...
The impact of the Suez crisis on Britain, Egypt and Israel
Essay - 5 pages - Modern history
The Suez Crisis of 1956 has been commonly seen as a turning point in post war world history, the moment when Britain's pretension to world power status was stripped away, and when Egypt became the leader of the Arab world, an event which triggered a radical change in the relations between...
"Does the United Kingdom Still Have a Constitution?" by Anthony King
Book review - 5 pages - Political science
"Does the United Kingdom Still Have a Constitution?" is a book written by Anthony King. It is composed of four chapters based on the Hamly Lectures delivered at the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies in 2000. The book also contains a short chapter written by John Bridge about the Hamlyn Trust...
Economic and political transition in Bahrain: Strong Rentier States and Strong Rentier Societies
Essay - 18 pages - Political science
Bahrain, often overlooked in both academic and media analyses of the Middle East, has a strategic importance hidden by its small size. As home of the American Fifth Fleet, Bahrain hosts a deterrent against Iran from blockading the Straits of Hormuz as it has recently threatened to do. As such...
Bulgaria: Transition towards democracy
Essay - 22 pages - Political science
Bulgaria is due for accession to the European Union in 2007. According to most international reporting mechanisms the country has reached the final stages of democracy, and is ready to proceed with accession. While on many levels, such as economically and politically, Bulgaria may have achieved...
