Political Inaction
Essay - 1 pages - Political science
Democracy allows people to make choices. We can see it for instance nowadays with the choice of being vaccinated against coronavirus. In France, there is the possibility for a group of citizens supported by senators to make a referendum. Hugo Clement, a journalist, decided to use this possibility...
Foreign policies of Jimmy Carter and Ronald Reagan
Essay - 3 pages - Political science
James Earl “Jimmy” Carter was the thirty-ninth President of the United States from 1977 to 1981. Before becoming president, he was the Governor of Georgia, and served two terms at the senate. He was regarded as an outcast to traditional party politics. The start of his presidency...
Should illegal immigrants be legalised in the USA?
Thesis - 3 pages - Political science
While the Spanish government legalised 600,000 undocumented workers in May 2005 and the French Minister of the Interior Nicolas Sarkozy is currently trying to get his bill reinforcing control over illegal immigrants passed through the French National Assembly, the United States, traditionally...
The US and Guantanamo Bay
Essay - 7 pages - International relations
In 1898, the United States intervened in the Caribbean and Pacific to fight against Spanish imperialism. In the aftermath of the Spanish-American War, the United States occupied Cuba from January 1899 to May 1902. On February 25, 1901, Senator Orville H. Platt introduced in Congress “the...
The Gender Gap in voting behaviours
Essay - 5 pages - Social sciences
European women first acquired the right to vote in 1906 in Finland. After the First World War, women were given the right to vote in a certain number of European countries. In the UK, it was gained in two stages: first in 1918, it was initially given to married women, women householders and women...
Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)
Tutorials/exercises - 19 pages - Business strategy
The history of corporate social responsibility is as old as trade and business itself. Business-related operations, for example, along with laws to protect forests, can be traced back to almost 5,000 years ago. When we look at history, we can see that in Ancient Mesopotamia around 1700 BC, King...
States and Federalism: Who should have more power - the state or federal government?
Essay - 2 pages - Political science
The states and federalism discussion examines whether or not the federal government wields too much power over the state government. This argument has been going on since the creation of the United States in the 1700s. It started when the states were attempting to replace the Articles of...
Examine Shakespeare's presentation of Iago in Act 1 Scene 3, relating this scene to the play as a whole
Tutorials/exercises - 4 pages - Literature
Act 1 Scene 3 can be split into three main sections. The first contains the Duke and Senators discussing eventualities of the Turkish fleet and the war. The second, Brabantio followed by other characters interrupts the court to complain about Othello's courting of Desdemona, his daughter. It is...
The Reagan Revolution through Obama
Case study - 2 pages - Educational studies
Barrack Obama is becoming one of the most celebrated American Presidents of all time. In recent years, America has faced major issues including war, a crippled economy, and high unemployment rates. Americans settled on Barrack Obama in the 2008 Presidential election. He overcame many challengers...
The Sarbanes-Oxley Act
Essay - 2 pages - Finance
The Sarbanes-Oxley Act is one of the most important pieces of legislation affecting corporate governance and the practice of public accounting since the US securities laws of the early 1930s. The Act is relatively recent in the history of American accountancy. It was signed into law on 30 July...
Cover letter for the position of Director of Channel Management and Product Management Sales
Sample letter - 1 pages - Management
I am writing to express my interest obtaining the position of Director of Channel Management and Product Management Sales at Titan Global Services. After conducting extensive research on Titan GS, I have been very impressed by the firm's outstanding reputation and culture. I am native to the...
Race, sectionalism, and gender in America
Case study - 3 pages - Educational studies
John C. Calhoun and George Fitzhugh had very little in common especially regarding where they came from; Calhoun was a leading statesman in the south and managed to reach the helm of the senate and vice presidency while Fitzhugh was a lawyer. They, however, shared the same views about...
The global financial crisis (2007/2008)
Case study - 6 pages - Business strategy
During the 2007/2008 period, the world experienced a financial crisis that rivaled the great depression experienced in the late 1920's. According to Turner, the total cost of the crisis undoubtedly exceeds trillions using any of the major currencies . The crisis resulted in the collapses of...
Cause of Fannie Mae's Conservatorship
Thesis - 18 pages - Social sciences
Everyone should have a home despite their economic struggles. Fannie Mae was founded on this premise during the Great Depression in 1938. The issue evolving from this seemingly beneficial and civil service sponsored by the government is the risk involved with lending to subprime borrowers. The...
The Canadian democratic deficit
Thesis - 6 pages - Political science
The last five federal elections in Canada have seen an average of voter turnout in the 60% range: a clear drop from the usual 70% seen throughout electoral history . The issue, largely ignored by Prime Minister Jean Chretien until the rise of Paul Martin, has raised the question of the existence...
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 President-elect...
The portrait of John F. Kennedy
Essay - 8 pages - Modern history
John Fitzgerald Kennedy (1917-1963), often referred to by his initials JFK, was the 35th President of the United States, serving from 1961 until his assassination in 1963. The youngest ever elected to the presidency and the first of the Roman Catholic faith, John F. Kennedy won the election of...
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...
Uruguay Geography
Essay - 30 pages - Geography
Uruguay is a country in South America, which is economically, politically, as well as socially stable country not forgetting its mild climate that is free of hurricanes and earthquakes. It is among south Americas, smallest countries covering 170,000 km total area. It is the smallest nation,...
To what extent is Belgium a sui generis federation?
Thesis - 6 pages - Political science
Only 25 countries out of the 193 world-wide existing operate with a federal political system . If we look at the ones situated in Europe, there are very few: Austria, Belgium, Germany, Spain , and Switzerland. I am here interested in the newest one: Belgium. The reforms starting the...
American Cultural Aspects for Business
Course material - 11 pages - Modern history
America has been created from the East to the West. The West is a concept in history, for an American it is often associated with the idea of frontier. In the 19th century St-Louis (Missouri) was considered as the gate way to the West, when people went to the West they went directly to Oregon or...
Assessment of the invasive species legislation for the Great Lakes
Essay - 14 pages - Ecology & environment
In 1959, the Great Lakes opened to deep draft navigation, and since then these waters have transported an estimated two billion tonnes of cargo from the United States to Canada (Seaway 2008). The lakes have 47 deep draft ports and 55 shallow draft harbors, because “waterborne commerce is...
How and to what extent do domestic factors affect the nature of U.S. relations with other democratic states?
Thesis - 3 pages - International relations
The manifestation of the American hegemony since the end of the Cold War and the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1989 has created a new pattern for international relations in which the United States is the ‘hyper power' everyone has to take into consideration before acting. France, once one...
Federal Baseball Club v. National League and the precedent for MLB antitrust exemption
Essay - 11 pages - Sports
Few aspects of American life generate the sense of national identity associated with baseball. Through its development in the late eighteenth and nineteenth centuries and its dominance of the national cultural landscape over much of the past one hundred years, it has established a uniquely...
Lyndon B. Johnson and the Model Cities Act: A case study in working Congress
Thesis - 7 pages - Political science
Cast into the Presidency on the heels of the Kennedy assassination, Lyndon Baines Johnson was affirmed in office in 1964 by a landslide electoral victory. The Vietnam War was not yet the incendiary quagmire it would become later in his term, and Johnson was free to put his energies and his...
Political Parties, Pressure Groups, and Voting Behavior
Tutorials/exercises - 5 pages - Political science
The National Rifle Association is among both the most effective and most controversial lobbying groups in the United States today. While their initial intention is to preserve people's right to bear arms, they have done so by staunchly opposing any piece of legislation specifically targeting any...
Suitable area for Paris to get a French global city region
Thesis - 9 pages - Journalism
As Saskia Sassen well defined it, a global city region is a region that “overlaps the global city” . Today, it can be admitted that Paris has a lot features that make this city close to a “global city”, such as the central corporate functions, and the “highly specialized...
Arkansas state government: Political environment, institutions, and legislation
Thesis - 5 pages - Political science
The state of Arkansas' distinct political environment requires a well planned policy initiative in order to drastically change policy, such as to increase the state's income tax. With a number of costly initiatives currently being implemented, particularly in infrastructure and education, an...
The Voting Rights Act of 1965 for African Americans
Thesis - 3 pages - Constitutional law
The Voting Rights Act of 1965 helped solidify the rights minorities fought for throughout the Civil Rights Movement. The guarantee of equal voting ensures that everyone's vote can be cast without a predisposed bias against it rooted in race. The act encountered controversy at the time of its...
Broadcasting Board of Governors in 2008
Essay - 9 pages - Sociology
The Broadcasting Board of Governors has been in operation for just under a decade. Formerly a Cold War-era media arm of the US government tasked with spreading American media, news, and propaganda messages behind the Iron Curtain, the BBG was repurposed to deal with the new international...
