Discrimination against women
Essay - 2 pages - Social, moral & civic education
Discrimination may be defined as the “treatment or consideration of, or making a distinction in favor or against a person or thing based on the group, class, or category to which that person or thing belongs rather than on individual merit.” (Landrine and Klonoff) It is not limited to...
How we should think of homelessness
Essay - 2 pages - Social, moral & civic education
Our nation is plagued with an array of issues. Some problems are foreign, but many are domestic issues. With domestic issues come the possibility for domestic solutions. In other words, you and I can help solve these problems. Homelessness illustrates the potential we have of solving domestic...
The European Human Rights model
Essay - 6 pages - Political science
The interpretation as well as the application of international human rights conventions has never been an easy task. Even though the international courts have been tasked with the responsibility of interpreting the international human right conventions, the function of trying to protect the human...
Che Guevara, success or failure
Essay - 3 pages - Political science
Failure is an inevitable part of life. In the same breath, success is not necessarily foreseeable. In order to attain success, one must fail and learn from that failure. One of the greatest cases of this is illustrated by the Revolution that took place in Cuba. Fidel Castro, in cooperation with...
Does fundamentalist Islam present a dangerous form of radical utopianism?
Essay - 1 pages - Political science
To be misunderstood is a critical misstep in today's society. Once something or someone is misunderstood they become a target for hate. This is evident in multiple aspects of daily living. Several issues we deal with are caused by a misunderstanding. The Islamic group is one favorable example of...
Estimation of the cost of equity capital using Gordon's dividend discount model
Case study - 5 pages - Economy general
Mishkin and Eakins, (2006) defines expected rate of return on equity as “the amount of net income returned as a percentage of shareholders' equity.” The return on equity is used to estimate the profitability of a company by establishing the amount of income generated using investor...
Comparing prohibition, the Great Depression and the recession
Essay - 1 pages - Economy general
Our country has the keen ability to solve issues in an unbiased fashion. The skill to overcome obstacles through democracy has allowed our nation to thrive. Over the past century we have found solutions to two problems that seem to be a recurring issue. Our nation's economy has suffered once...
The world hunger
Essay - 2 pages - Social, moral & civic education
Everyone human being experiences with some form of struggle. It is an inevitable part of life. However, some struggles are a bit more serious in nature than others. Hunger provides an example of this. Hunger is a world issue that has yet to be resolved. The issue has been evident for several...
The Texas Revolution
Essay - 1 pages - Political science
The Texas Revolution was a rebellion against the centralist Mexican government. The rebellion took place between October 2, 1835 and April 21, 1836. The primary participants were the occupants of the Mexican province of Texas. Political and cultural differences prior to the beginning of the Texas...
Effectiveness of Churchill's written and spoken words
Book review - 1 pages - Political science
Messages and intent are often tough to convey through words. Despite the issues some face when pairing words, there are a few gifted individuals that illustrate their point flawlessly through words. Winston Churchill provides an example through his written and spoken words. His most memorable...
Canada and the United States government
Essay - 2 pages - Political science
Canada and the United States have one primary similarity. They are both established as democracies. Additionally, they are both declared as federal states. However, there are numerous differences between the two. The primary difference is in the way the two conduct their government. Canada and...
The 2014 race for Texas governor
Essay - 2 pages - Political science
The 2014 race for Texas governor was a key battle in the Red state. This race served as a preview of what's to come in the 2016 election. The governor's race would allow a democrat to potentially hold the seat after years of republican domination. The primary candidates were Greg Abbot,...
Industrialization in Germany
Essay - 3 pages - Economy general
This research paper analyzes various aspects of the German economy, tracing its development from the early nineties to the present. The country is an economic powerhouse which has spurred over the years to advance from its financial troubles to become one of the worlds' best-performing...
Greek law
Case study - 4 pages - Social, moral & civic education
The Larissis and Others against Greece in 1998 shows an evolution of the case law on proselytism. Facts: three officers of the Greek army, a member of the Pentecostal Church and are convicted by a court of proselytizing the army. The Court takes the term "improper proselytism". Thus in paragraph...
Tunisian government
Case study - 4 pages - Social, moral & civic education
According to Stefan Prins Sottiaux and Dajo, "it might have been better to make the first condition less strictly, so that only callers political parties systematically make use of illegal means can be prohibited." The Court E.D.H. talking serious violent offenses and refers to jihad. In...
Libyan human rights
Case study - 3 pages - Political science
Libya has been plagued by various issues that have been repugnant to the attainment of the required levels of democracy. Traditions and norms applicable in the region have affected the nation in such a manner that the majority of the people has turned out to be less receptive to the attempts to...
The American psychologist journal
Case study - 3 pages - Social, moral & civic education
Discourse communities are groups of people that use the same language to communicate. This language is usually specialist and thus leaves the other members of the general community out. For example, while reading an engineering paper, the reader has to have a dictionary if they are not a member...
Religion and Health: Does Religion Improve Health
Essay - 3 pages - Economy general
The word “Religion” refers to a body of belief and value systems, practices, affiliations and moral values, unique to a particular group of people, which define their understanding of life, relations and humanity. There are many world religions, but the common ones include...
First Amendment Right for Anti- Muslim Video by Nakoula Basseley Nakoula
Case study - 3 pages - Social, moral & civic education
The-infamous film that allegedly insults and ridicules the Prophet Muhammad-Anti-Muslim video presumed to have been produced by and Egyptian-born Coptic Christian known as Nakoula Basseley Nakoula, sparked violent protests targeted at Western embassies across the Muslim and Arab world. The video...
US Role in the Middle East
Case study - 2 pages - Social, moral & civic education
According to the Collins World Dictionary, stability refers to the quality or state of being stable, especially in resistance to deterioration, displacement, or change. It is the constancy of purpose, order, or character. Due to the vastness of energy resources, especially oil, in the Middle East...
Social class - does it affect understanding of people's relationship with food and/or drink
Case study - 8 pages - Social, moral & civic education
A multi-national company is a company that has been formed to operate across known international physical boundaries (Cooke, 2003). These companies are often located to other international countries apart from the parent country in which it was originally founded. These multinational companies...
Critique - Virgin Group
Case study - 5 pages - Economy general
The Stanford encyclopedia of philosophy describes business ethics as an applied discipline in which the moral attributes of commercial activities are addressed within the fabric of the firm. Recently academic business ethics are founded particularly on the concept of corporate social...
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 conflict reemerges....
The Better Face of Unpreparedness
Case study - 2 pages - Social, moral & civic education
Cheryl Strayed' memoir “Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail” reveals her extraordinary experience regarding her trek through the Pacific Crest Trail (PCT) when she was twenty-six years old. All this was to rediscover herself from the self-destructive life that had...
Adopting the Surname after Marriage: Let Women Make Their Own Choices
Case study - 5 pages - Social, moral & civic education
The issue of changing names is a century old tradition. According to Sarah Rainey, this tradition has existed for many years. In many cultures, women were considered responsibilities of men (Rainey, 2013). For example, a woman surname was a sure indication of the man who ‘owned' her. After...
Is Violence an American Tradition?
Case study - 2 pages - Social, moral & civic education
Thio, Taylor, and Schwartz (2012) considers violence to be of types which include assault, serial and mass murder, terrorism, genocide, hate-motivated violence, school violence. The authors argue that the poor are the most likely persons in the world to engage in violence, specifically homicide....
Humanities and contemporary issues: cheerfulness, wealth, and the material World
Case study - 2 pages - Social, moral & civic education
More research work has been done in the recent past to ascertain whether more money results in more happiness. This question has been an omnipresent one throughout the timeline of human history; however, not satisfactory answer is yet to be arrived. Societal researchers have unearthed a...
Social inequality, democracy, capitalism
Case study - 6 pages - Social, moral & civic education
In Latin America, social inequality can lead to the strengthening of anti-democratic convictions and further develop the "apartheid" prevailing social. The intervention of the political in the definition and implementation of economic and social policies is becoming more necessary, and the State...
The essence of apartheid
Case study - 4 pages - Social, moral & civic education
Apartheid in South Africa is seen as something so common that it is in the Constitution. It is the only nation in the world that skin color determines the conditions of life and survival of people, despite the many historical justifications, the Apartheid violates all the conditions of human...
Apartheid on the Africans
Case study - 4 pages - Social, moral & civic education
In the history of humanity, has been witnessed by many the exploitation of man by man, for several reasons: political ideology, religious and economic. South Africa lived many years in this system of economic exploitation, emphasizing a difference to other regions dominated, there was this...
