The government has dealt with domestic issues in America
Thesis - 6 pages - Political science
As a young child, my political issues were few and far between in my daytime play ground issues, however, eventually, the news took over much of the talk when Bill Clinton and Bob Dole were running for President during the campaign of 1996. I wanted to know why my parents where so into...
Breakdown of election 2004: Bush v. Kerry
Thesis - 5 pages - Political science
On November 2, 2004 almost 120 million voters cast ballots for President of the United States. Just fewer than 60% of the population let their voices be heard in one of the most controversial and closest elections in history (Electoral Results). The phrase characterizing this election,...
The New Deal: Response to FDR's Folly by Jim Powell
Essay - 6 pages - Modern history
What Can We Learn from FDR's Mistakes? The title and content of the last chapter of the book FDR's Folly illustrate the real purpose of Jim Powell through this book. It defended a laissez faire approach to today's economic problems. This aim led him to emphasize the downside of the...
Pinochet - A man both loved and hated
Thesis - 4 pages - Journalism
On December 10, 2006, Augusto Pinochet, former President of Chile died in Santiago due to heart complications (Gatica 1). He was a man both loved and hated during his 17 years as head of state. Pinochet was loved for overthrowing socialist President Salvador Allende in the United...
Corn Ethanol: How realistic is this source?
Essay - 8 pages - Ecology & environment
While the price of gasoline has dropped precipitously since the summer, the memory of $3.80 - $4.00/gallon of gasoline is still fresh in the minds of most Americans. In fact, gasoline is at its lowest price in almost 10 years; however, the American population is still looking to...
American Foreign Policy Regarding Israel and Palestine: From 1998-2002
Thesis - 5 pages - International relations
Since the founding of Israel, over 50 years ago, America has taken the fledgling country under its wing . The sympathy of the American people towards Israel has wavered little despite the ups-and-downs Israel has been through in its short history . Especially throughout the Clinton...
Democracy in Nigeria at the dawn of the 21st century
Thesis - 6 pages - Political science
“« Democracy is good, » says Godwin Eweye, a video-store owner, « but Nigeria is not yet fully democratic. »” A few days only after Nigeria's 2003 parliamentary elections, this local comment illustrates the enduring difficulties that the country faces in its attempt to consolidate its...
The United States and the World - Transnational problems today as seen from Washington
Course material - 12 pages - Political science
In the document issued in September 2002, "The National Security Strategy of the USA", two essential goals of US national policy were stressed: the defeat of "Global terrorism" and "to prevent our enemies from threatening us, our allies, and our friends with weapons of mass destruction". Those...
What tough economic times may mean for NASA
Essay - 8 pages - Services marketing
The recent economic downturn has put pressure on our government to decrease unnecessary spending. NASA is a vulnerable organization with discretionary funding that could possibly be slashed to save funds. The newly elected administration will decide NASA's future fate. President-elect...
An overview of the World Bank
Thesis - 6 pages - Economy general
In April 2007, a scandal broke out around the president of the World Bank, Paul Wolfowitz. He had granted a salary increase of nearly 50% in 2005 to his girlfriend, Shaha Ali Riza. This salary hike was double the amount allowed under the employee guidelines. Beyond the depravity of the...
China in Africa: Political or Economic Interest?
Essay - 4 pages - International relations
China's growing involvement in Africa has been actively commented upon over the last few months. In 1996, President Jiang Zemin stated he wanted 'a new relationship' with Africa, based on five points: reliable friendship, sovereignty equality, non-intervention, mutual...
How the Georgian and the financial crisis stress the main difficulties and changes that the European Union is facing nowadays?
Essay - 9 pages - European union
The financial crisis that we are facing in the present scenario is said to be the worst since World War two or even since the great depression. We can't compare our situation to the one in 1929 but we have to be realistic that the crisis is a global issue. We are now far away from the German...
US entry into foreign wars in 1898 and 1914: Realistic or idealistic reasons?
Dissertation - 4 pages - International relations
On examining US presence in foreign wars during the years 1898 and 1917, can we say that the decisions were based on “idealistic” or “realist” reasons? Or would some other term or category better describe the most important considerations? On April 25, 1898, following several...
The marriage: New Indonesian Law
Thesis - 9 pages - Political science
The place of Sharia in institutions is a recurring issue in Indonesian politics, and has seen the adoption and rejection, respectively in June and August 1945. It was subsequently named the Jakarta Charter. This charter represents an agreement between nationalist leaders and leaders of political...
Differences between the United States Constitution and the Confederate Constitution
Thesis - 2 pages - Constitutional law
Two significant differences between the United States Constitution and the Confederate Constitution were the line-item veto the latter granted to the President and the combined measures the Confederate Constitution instituted to guarantee the survival of slavery. The line-item veto...
Larry Sabato's 'A more perfect constitution'
Essay - 3 pages - Constitutional law
I agree with Sabato's proposal of a presidential line-item veto. This would allow the President to veto only select parts of a bill--eliminating unnecessary attachments and thereby reducing wasteful spending. Members of Congress are unashamedly out for themselves—they represent their...
Understanding military downsizing
Case study - 4 pages - Educational studies
On October 21st, 2011, President Obama held a press conference, one of many actually, where he stated “virtually all U.S. troops will come home from Iraq by the end of the year -- at which point he can declare an end to America's long and costly war in that Middle Eastern...
General trend in the way american movies portrayed american leadership in the last seven decades
Essay - 2 pages - Film studies
Leaders are generated in small numbers. Some are born to be leaders, while others work so hard that they eventually assume the role of leadership. Nevertheless, most leaders share similar characteristics. Over the last seven decades, several films have revealed the identity of leaders in America....
Guns save lives
Case study - 2 pages - Educational studies
There are an estimated 275 million firearms in the United States capable of arming every working age citizen (Engler). There is recent legislation proposed by President Obama to try and ban some of these firearms as well as restrict access to certain accessories to these guns like high...
The United States and the end of the Cold War (1989-1990)
Course material - 4 pages - Modern history
President George H. Bush was elected in November 1988. He had to steer the end of the Cold War, 1989-1990. His team was different from Reagan's, although he had been his vice-president: there were no neo-conservatives; the new Administration was more adept of Kissinger's prudent...
Is there a "Bolivarian" alternative to free market integration?
Essay - 6 pages - International law
Since 1998, voters have elected Hugo Chavez to the presidency three times with increasing margin each time and on August 15, 2004, voters returned to polls to decide whether to remove him from office or not. 59% of voters confirmed the President's mandate and defeated the recall...
Abraham Lincoln
Essay - 3 pages - Modern history
Abraham Lincoln is considered to be one of the greatest American presidents who expressed himself as not simply a forceful war while demonstrating the vast power inherent in the presidency, but as a dictator, albeit in many accounts a benevolent and constitutional dictator. Lincoln, it is...
Rocking the boat: How NBC's 30 Rock is subtly stirring things up
Thesis - 15 pages - Film studies
In the summer of 2006, Tina Fey announced her departure from Saturday Night Live after six seasons as the head-writer of the legendary late night sketch show. She had decided to pursue a new ambition, a primetime sitcom based in part on her experiences working at SNL. That show would become 30...
Administrative agency: In action
Thesis - 8 pages - Administrative law
In 1969 shortly after being sworn in, President Nixon turned to Roy L. Ash, founder of Litton Industries, to chair an Advisory Council on Executive Organization and submit recommendations for structural reform within the federal government. President Nixon was in part reacting to a...
The Stability Pact
Essay - 5 pages - Constitutional law
“The Stability Pact is stupid, like all decisions that are rigid […]” this declaration made by Romano Prodi in an interview for the French newspaper: Le Monde in October 2002 had given a nasty turn to the economical and political European scene. This quotation of the former...
Overview of management in Mars and Co. consulting firm
Thesis - 9 pages - Management
Mars & Co is a consulting firm specializing in strategic management. The company was established in 1979 by Dominique Mars who is the current president. Mars & Company is a limited liability company (LLC) which started in France with a capital of $17,600. Dominique Mars was born in...
The High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy
Worksheets - 3 pages - European law
It is only with the European Council acting by qualified majority and the concurrence of the President of the European Commission that the High Representative is appointed. Art 18 TEU states that the High Representative shall implement the common foreign and security policy of the Union....
Occidental intelligences facing Middle East's quest for nuclear weapons: the case of Israel Vs. the case of Iran
Essay - 10 pages - International relations
The nuclear bomb is much more than a common weapon, it can determine the balance of the powers, it is a crucial point for understanding the international strategic relations: the nuclear bomb represents the possibility for a country to be wiped off the map. Between 1950 and 1990, it is important...
Reagan and the end of the Cold War: help or hindrance
Case study - 6 pages - Social sciences
The ending of the cold war is recorded in history as a period where moral, economic and ethical consideration overruled ideological and cultural inheritance and thus saved the world from another world war. In history and international studies, the end of the cold war is believed to be the year...
The complicated reasons for Lincoln's first emancipation proclamation
Thesis - 6 pages - Constitutional law
On the eve of the American Civil War, the key issue in the run up to the election was whether or not slavery would be extended into the new expanding territories and states opening in the West. (McPherson, 1988) This same issue sparked the misguided attack upon the South by John Brown and a few...
