A closer examination of the phenomenon of globalization and its affect on India
Tutorials/exercises - 117 pages - Economy general
The term "globalization" has acquired considerable emotive force. Some view it as a process that is beneficiala key to future world economic developmentand also inevitable and irreversible. Others regard it with hostility, even fear, believing that it increases inequality within and...
The Darfur Crisis
Essay - 12 pages - International relations
Since February 2003, Sudan's western province of Darfur has been the site of an extremely violent conflict between the province's nomadic Arab tribes, supported by the government in Khartoum, and the native African settled peasant tribes. Fighting among various factions has killed...
How has globalization affected power relations among states?
Essay - 2 pages - International relations
Globalization has affected the political world system. Power relations amongst states have been altered due to a number of social, economic and political developments. Contemporary globalization is associated with a transformation of state power as the roles and functions of states are...
The Black And White Revolution
Essay - 11 pages - International relations
My heart is with our village people, and as I think of their future I believe I see a magnificent vista lying ahead. Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, Mission For My Country (1960) In the twenty years leading up to Islamic Revolution, the landscape of Iran underwent significant change. This...
Democracy for the few (chap. 15), Michael Parenti
Book review - 4 pages - Political science
Michael Parenti is a professor of political science at several American universities. He has a PhD in political science from Yale University. He is known for being a progressive activist and a provocative thinker. As such, he wrote numerous books that focused on the American nation, the role of...
The SKF group
Tutorials/exercises - 110 pages - Business strategy
The SKF Group is the leading global supplier of products, customer solutions, and services in the business of rolling bearings and seals. SKF Group's main competencies include technical support, maintenance services, condition monitoring and training. The Group also holds an increasingly...
The Islamic development bank
Thesis - 5 pages - Finance
The development of a consistent banking system with adequate funding for a population appears to be a prerequisite for the economic development of a country. However the ethics of Fundamentalist Islam have long led a strong resistance to the development of modern financial tools in many parts of...
China's rise to power
Thesis - 5 pages - Social sciences
Most outside analysts believe that China is experiencing the most secure and threat-free period in its post-1949 history. But, China's military leaders appear to perceive the international environment as dangerous and threatening. Since the end of World War II, China has had an...
Conflicts in Africa
Essay - 9 pages - International relations
Ever since 50 years Africa is the continent with highest concentration of conflicts in its territory. Marginalized within the international system because of its small economic size, Africa still remains a subject of interest to study International Relations. At a time when maOver the past 50...
International political sociology
Essay - 10 pages - Political science
Political sociology is an interdisciplinary field of inquiry developed by sociologists and political scientists to study the dynamic relationship between society (a complex web of social institutions and social behavior) and politics. Much of the impetus for the development of the field grew out...
European integration theories
Essay - 4 pages - European union
There is an increasingly accepted agreement that the EU and the process of European integration are just too complex to be captured by a single theoretical approach. Hix holds to this point: We do not have a general theory of American or German politics so why should there be a general...
Critically examine the factors that ultimately led to the enlargement of the EU in 2004. What are the stages and debates?
Essay - 5 pages - European union
According to the article 43 of the European Community treaty, 'any European State may apply to become a member of the Union[...]the conditions of admission and the adjustments to the Treaties on which the Union is founded which such admission entails shall be the subject of an agreement...
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 dynasties...
UN peacekeeping operations
Essay - 4 pages - Journalism
Peacekeeping operations (PKOs) illustrate both the successes and the difficulties of the United Nations in the fulfillment of their primary goal: "the maintenance of international peace and security." They symbolize the ambitions of the organization but also its adaptation: it is thus interesting...
A study on E-Commerce
Case study - 16 pages - Business strategy
E-business is what happens when you combine the broad reach of the Internet with vast resources of traditional information technology system. It uses the Web connect together customers, vendors, suppliers and employees in a way never before possible. They do business on the Web, and consequently...
Outline de Gaulle's vision of France's international role and discuss the ways in which his foreign policy sought to realise this vision
Essay - 13 pages - International relations
The immediate cause of Charles de Gaulle's resumption of power (1958-1969) was the Algerian War, which had brought France to the brink of civil war and destroyed the Fourth Republic. By ending the war, de Gaulle had the chance to resurrect his proposal, first elaborated at Bayeux in 1946, of a...
The ethics in advertising
Thesis - 26 pages - Services marketing
The field of advertising is extremely broad and diverse. In general terms, of course, an advertisement is simply a public notice meant to convey information and invite patronage or some other response. As that suggests, advertising has two basic purposes: to inform and to persuade, and ...
Products Liability Research Paper
Case study - 4 pages - Educational studies
Product liability is one of the sections in the law whereby the manufacturers who make products to the public must be responsible for the injuries the products might cause to the customers. The claims which are commonly associated with product liability include the following; strict liability,...
The democratic deficit of the EU and the European political integration from a French perspective
Thesis - 14 pages - European union
The European construction has always evolved through crisis and this is probably due to its ambitious project and nature. However, it worked successfully until today because it has been occurring through a step by step process, to quote the Schuman Declaration. This neo-functionalist...
RFID based destination announcing system inside the railway bogie (India)
Thesis - 4 pages - Computer science
The local railway system forms a backbone of major cities in India. According to the statistics 43 % of the city's population uses this method to commute on a regular basis. The railway routes cover vast area and many stations, stoppage time for each station being approximately 30 seconds. The...
US banks - Strategic project
Thesis - 5 pages - Finance
U.S. banks have traditionally been considered leaders in the global banking sector. They produce regularly high profitability, more than their international competitors. They have been pioneers in many spheres, and banking products, and are known for their constant innovation. Several factors...
How Convincing Are Neorealism & Neoliberal Institutionalism To Understand Environmental Cooperation?
Tutorials/exercises - 12 pages - International relations
International cooperation is a radically different prospect with regard to positivist theories of international relations. According to each approach, states live in a specific international system, are motivated by diverse factors and possess various resources. Each theory then offers a...
"Why has the common foreign and security policy been so much more difficult to organise than economic cooperation?"
Essay - 5 pages - International relations
One of the most important discussions in the modern-day European Union concerns the lack of effectiveness of common foreign and security policy. As the Union moves towards integration, creating such a policy has become one of its most pressing concerns. I shall consider this question in detail...
Is cooperation possible?
Thesis - 5 pages - International relations
2001 saw the world united in indignation, and the emergence of a tacit promise to cooperate in the war to annihilate the flaw of terrorism. 2002 saw the same world divided and torn in the debate over a war carried out by those considering it as vital, and opposed as inconsiderate and unwise by...
Theory of International Cooperation: Possibility, reasons and conditions of International Cooperation
Thesis - 3 pages - International relations
The two main theories have very different views on cooperation. The first, and the dominant theory of neorealism, is that cooperation is not likely to occur, while on the other hand, neoliberalism focuses on the possibility for cooperation to take place. According to...
Evolution of Jeans and the study of the brand: Lee Cooper
Case study - 6 pages - Services marketing
Introduction Over time, jeans have almost become an essential part of the wardrobes of the general population. The life cycle of the jeans market has naturally, changed with accordance to the economic and social factors of the last century and also according to the trends in the world of...
Lee Cooper: Internal and external recommendations for changing its image
Case study - 8 pages - Services marketing
For the last hundred years or so, the jeans market occupies one of the most important places in the apparel and textile industry. It has never stopped evolving. Lee Cooper is the oldest company (1908) in this market as it has been in existence since jeans were invented, and now seeks to give a...
Irresistible - Jon Stewart (2020)
Dissertation - 2 pages - Film studies
Irresistible is an American political comedy film written and directed by Jon Stewart and released in June 2020 in the US with as main characters: Steve Carell, Chris Cooper, Mackenzie Davis, Topher Grace, Natasha Lyonne, and Rose Byrne. This movie speaks about the political world specially in...
Digital society
Course material - 33 pages - Sociology
ICT is a major technological change whose effects have only begun to be measured for about ten years. Beyond the appearance of new activities related to ICT, such as start-ups, online shops for example, digital technologies have considerably facilitated the production and exchange of information....
Management and cultural aspects
Course material - 25 pages - Management
Human beings have needs in order to survive and the purpose of economic activity is to satisfy these needs by providing people with what they need. Such needs will vary from person to person because each person seeks different things at different times. Those who are poor would like to satisfy...