Cover Letter for an Internship at the French Embassy
Sample letter - 1 pages - International relations
This document provides a sample cover letter for an internship at the French Embassy in Guinea.
The growing involvement of the European Union in the control of foreign investment in its territory
Essay - 6 pages - European union
This is what the European Commission said on March 25th, 2020 for the Member States concerning foreign direct investment and free movement of capital from third countries, and the protection of Europe's strategic assets. From this quotation, we can see that the European Union (EU) expressed...
The State of the Questions Regarding Human Rights and Development in Chile, a Developing Country
Case study - 8 pages - International economy
As part of our research, we undertook an in-depth study of a specific subject that captivated us and aroused our keen interest. This research turned out to be an exciting exploration, as it enabled us to deepen our knowledge and develop expertise in a Chilean particular field. Chile represents...
Clinton Impeached - Peter Baker, Juliet Eilperin (1998) - How does the lie become the main factor of accusation?
Text commentary - 2 pages - International relations
Despite his relative frequency in the last couple of years, an impeachment procedure remains a rare event in American political history, as it requires the members of Congress to be ready to vote for the deposition of an elected president - meaning first that the president has been guilty of a...
Toward the African Revolution - Frantz Fanon (1964) - What was his Influence on the Process of Liberation of Algeria and the Price of Conscience of Peoples under Foreign Domination?
Text commentary - 8 pages - Political science
The work of Frantz FANON imposes itself with a particular relief in the intellectual currents, which underlines what is called "the awakening of the Third World". More than the passionate and lucid description of a situation, it constitutes a vast attempt to synthesize the historical experience...
The rise of White Nationalism in America
Presentation - 3 pages - Social, moral & civic education
"Proud Boys, stay back and stand by". With these words, spoken by the President of the United States of America Donald Trump during the first debate on the sidelines of the presidential elections of 2020, the president wanted to show his support for a small group of extreme right-wing Americans...
How did Brexit impact British politics?
Essay - 2 pages - Political science
The issue of Brexit has been at the centre of European politics for years now. Since we cannot tackle it as a whole, we are going to look at the social aspects that led to such a decision and the implications that Brexit has had not on the European Union, but on the United Kingdom itself. How did...
The Multiple Terms in Finance, Business, and Economy
Worksheets - 3 pages - Economy general
This document is a vocabulary worksheet on the different terms used in finance, business, and economy.
Federal and States restrictions on abortion, with a focus on Oklahoma
Essay - 8 pages - Social, moral & civic education
The year 2023 will mark half a century of legal abortion in the United States. However, Roe v Wade, the landmark abortion decision, may not survive as the Supreme Court might soon overturn it and enable states to criminalize abortion. The term "abortion" in this essay will refer to the...
Chinese Immigration In The United Kingdom
Essay - 9 pages - International relations
Chinese migrants were often overlooked because they were never one of the largest immigrant groups in the United Kingdom. But their presence has been and is still significant. There are many reasons for Chinese people to consider migrating to the UK. In the study of migration, push factors...
To what extent did Brexit reignite tensions in Northern Ireland, and how is it bringing a new problem about the place of Northern Ireland within the Union and the Irish-British relations?
Essay - 5 pages - International relations
Just after the draft EU-UK agreement, former UK Independence Party leader Nigel Farage was asked if he had ever considered Northern Ireland during the referendum campaign in 2016. He admitted he never gave it a moment's thought, and I quote: "No, no, no... what's the problem? There is no...
The Indian political situation - Clement Attlee (1942) - To what extent does India's independence impose itself on the British political powers?
Text commentary - 2 pages - International relations
Clement Richard Attlee, a member of the Labour Party, was a British statesman who served as British Prime Minister at the end of the Second World War and subsequently from 1945 to 1951. Attlee held a number of posts, including First Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom - after joining...
Is violence the best way to protest? - published: 13/10/2023
Essay - 1 pages - Social, moral & civic education
We are currently witnessing a surge in popular unrest all across the world. In that regard, 2019 has been a very busy year. Protests that sometimes turned violent have happened in many countries, including but not limited to France, Hong Kong, Lebanon, and Spain... 2020 will probably be no...
The American Dream - Letter Writing
Creative writing - 1 pages - Social, moral & civic education
I am an immigrant to the United States and I have to write a letter to my parents, describing my new life and experience in the United States, while exploring the existence of the American dream for illegal immigrants.
Telling a journey to America in the early 20th century
Tutorials/exercises - 1 pages - Social, moral & civic education
Today, it's been a month I arrived in New York. Time flies really fast, and at the same time it feels like I've been here for a very long time... With the threat of war in Europe, and nothing to keep me in England, the opportunities offered by America were very appealing.
Places and forms of power: the gun issue in America
Presentation - 1 pages - Social, moral & civic education
Power is the possibility to choose one's life as well as to influence that of others. More than physical strength, it is mostly found in society and politics, but it can also take the form of gun violence. Nothing is more threatening than a fireweapon and it has become a constant fight...
A Multigenerational Working World
Essay - 1 pages - Social, moral & civic education
Today's workplace is multigenerational. Indeed, for some decades, we can identify 5 generations who have to work side by side within a single workplace. This co-living isn't only due to the put off of retirement age, but also to the fact that younger generations start working later....
Development GAP and its Multiple Dimensions
Course material - 9 pages - Economy general
Most of those people hate to leave their country, but they are moving because they realized that these dimensions are essentials for their lives. In a way they are searching for a better condition in different dimensions: education, health, security, economically, etc. These are different...
Measurement of Development
Course material - 11 pages - Economy general
There are at least four good reasons to measure development: - For policy making organizations (international organizations, governments, NGOs), we need to verify how the actions are making any progress. The point is to know is something if effective to change things. That requires tracking...
Development as Growth: Macro Theories of Economic Growth
Course material - 10 pages - Economy general
Why do some countries have much higher levels of income per capita than others? Why do some countries grow (in terms of their output or income per capita) faster than others? From a public policy perspective: what are optimal policies to promote growth? Growth depends on two processes: the...
The Spirit of Development: Dreams and Projects
Course material - 7 pages - Economy general
A framework frames the vision of an environment, and in the case of development, the framework also has implications on what to do about what we are seeing. The word development has multiple meanings and understandings and there are different theories about how we bring development about. We need...
Impact evaluation
Course material - 10 pages - Economy general
When you really do database business of development policy making, it makes it sound very idealistic to, for example, providing easy access to health, which means you intervening when someone is sick. In this case, you are intervening at the earliest stage (for example, providing clean water to...
What are the main institutions and actors that decide on, influence, and implement EU foreign policymaking vis-à-vis Morocco?
Essay - 7 pages - Political science
The main priorities of the European Union's external relations concern its extension to the countries of Central and Eastern Europe and its relations with the countries of the Mediterranean region which are not members of the European Union in the will to pursue a coherent action. As far as...
Applied Microeconomics - Bunching in the Classroom
Case study - 4 pages - Economy general
Bunching grades suggest that instructors do not really grade on a curve, nor do students' distribution of grades fit the Gaussian distribution. Nevertheless, it is quite possible to assume for instance that bunching may be accounted for by the fact that most students in higher education and...
Deforestation
Speech - 1 pages - Ecology & environment
As according to Gandhi «What we're doing to the forests of the world, is what we're doing to ourselves and to one another», we cannot be indifferent to the mass phenomenon of deforestation. As 13 millions hectares of forests is either cut down or simply burnt each year, it means to be a...
Paying for a Green New Deal with Modern Monetary Theory - Dean Baker (2019) ; Mixed Economies Today, Compared to Those of Antiquity - Michael Hudson (2019) ; The Green New Deal, Capitalism and the State - Rob Urie (2019) ; The Great Austerity Shell Game - Richard Wolff (2013) ; The crisis of globalization: interview with Mark Blyth (2019)
Case study - 5 pages - Economy general
Dean Baker offers in this column a critique of the Green New Deal (GND), a set of legislative proposals put forward by progressive (left-wing) members of the Democratic Party in the United States. The GND is an ambitious set of policies designed to revamp the entire American by making it less...
Public spaces and private palces : Work Sweet Work
Tutorials/exercises - 3 pages - Urban planning
On the left-hand side we can see, working stations with slight to no separation between them. This indicates that we are in an open space work environment. This setting is the go-to for pretty much all organizations. Such setting presents many advantages. It is characterized by the collaborative...
Understanding Brexit
Course material - 9 pages - European union
Since 1998, there has been no physical border between Ireland and Northern Ireland = this has been a condition for peace between the two. When Brexit happens, this border will reappear, but people from both sides of the border are against it. The EU proposed a "backstop" = if the UK leaves...
Crises of Capitalism: 1847, a 19th-century crisis heralds the future
Essay - 4 pages - Economy general
Between slave societies, characterized not only by exploitation but by the possession of man by man, and capitalist society, where man is free in law but where the labour of those who have only their arms exploited by the owners of the means of production. While capitalism, as the dominant mode...
Anglo-German relations in the European Union, 1945-2019
Presentation - 10 pages - International relations
History showed that Germany and the United Kingdom were often enemies, even if they were also strongly dependent and linked on many levels. Indeed, they were commercial and industrial rivals before 1914, and then they fought against each other during the two World Wars. But more recently, they...
