United Kingdom: In and out of Europe
Essay - 10 pages - Journalism
The United Kingdom has always been in and out of Europe. Such posturing is in keeping with a series of mantras [religious beliefs] upon which Britain's policy towards Europe is predicated. The latter have never been really challenged in the last century. Britain's Europe is a paradoxical...
Assess the claim that Thatcherism decisively recast political and economic relationships in the 1980s
Essay - 7 pages - Political science
Thatcherism is a political thought applied by the 3 successive governments led by Margaret Thatcher, from 1979 to 1990. It quickly evolved as a doctrine. Thatcherism came at a time when the post-war consensus was collapsing, and aimed at checking the decline of the British economy, suffering...
The British Parliament
Course material - 24 pages - Political science
This document is a lesson on the British Parliament, explaining how it is constituted and how it works.
Blame in the Walkerton water tragedy - A systemic problem
Thesis - 5 pages - Social sciences
This paper will present a case study of the Walkerton, Ontario water tragedy. In particular the paper is concerned to analyze what happened to determine guilt. Who is responsible for what was ultimately a preventable toxic contamination of a town's water supply? What does this tell us about the...
What was the significance of the Thatcher years?
Thesis - 3 pages - Political science
Although the Thatcher years marked a significant break from the post-war political settlement, ‘Thatcherism did not cause a single, abrupt caesura appearing out of the blues'. Truly, Thatcher's success during her years has mostly depended on a range of circumstances and political commitments...
The Beveridge report: Political and intellectual origins
Thesis - 32 pages - Political science
The historiography of the political and intellectual origins of the Report on Social Insurance and Allied Services - or Beveridge Report, named after William Beveridge, the Chairman of the Commission- was chiefly displayed in the document itself. Published in 1942 and highly edited, the white...
Lupus erythematosus and respiratory
Thesis - 5 pages - Medical studies
Most patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) have, during their illness, respiratory reached the most frequent is the pleurisy (one of the eleven diagnostic criteria recognized by the American Rheumatism Association). The respiratory events that found in the LED cover both the lung...
Hypertension: The silent killer
Thesis - 8 pages - Medical studies
In the U.S., according to the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHNES III); at least 30% of patients with hypertension are not aware of their condition, and only 31% of patients treated achieve target blood pressure below 140/90 desired mmHg.3 In Indonesia, with level of awareness...
Colonial American history: 1763-1789
Thesis - 2 pages - Modern history
When studying history, two aspects of the subject are considered, the historical narrative and historiography. The historical narrative is simply the description of the events that occurred, and the historiography consists of the opinions and theories of historians about why certain events...
Organization development
Essay - 24 pages - Management
During the year 2006, around 28,000 mergers and takeovers have been registered. It is 9,000 more than in 2003, and reflects well the fact that to keep growing, companies need sometimes an external support. This phenomena concern all private and public companies, and is a major strategic point in...
Group Project - Oakland Food Connection
Case study - 7 pages - Services marketing
Much of Oakland is considered a "food desert" as the entire community area lacks access to supermarkets and access to affordable, fresh healthy food. Instead, low income communities in west and east Oakland are filled with fast food restaurants and liquor stores that disempowered the community,...
Case study: Hugo Boss
Case study - 40 pages - Business strategy
Hugo Boss, which offers products ranging from women's wear, children's and men's wear to accessories for casual and formal wear, has over 287 shops and 5,700 points of sale worldwide. The company is currently planning a joint venture with Chinese fashion retailer Rainbow Group to increase growth...
Estee Lauder Companies, Inc. -Creating Fashion for the world
Market study - 7 pages - Business strategy
"The Estee Lauder Companies Inc. (Estee Lauder) is one of the leading manufacturers and marketers of fragrance, skin care, makeup and hair care products in the world. The group employs more than 31000 professionals in the fields of R&D, marketing, finance, retailing, etc. The group is headed by...
"Strange fruit": Billie Holiday and the civil rights movement
Case study - 8 pages - Social sciences
Eleanor Fagan, better known as Billie Holiday, is one of the most prominent jazz vocalists of the 20th century. Among her most outstanding works is the song “Strange Fruit”, which took Billie Holiday from the realm of love songs and lighter entertainment to a status of symbol of...
The limits of mankind's understanding: a comparison of Franklin and Swift
Case study - 4 pages - Literature
To compare Gulliver's Travels and Benjamin Franklin's Autobiography is to compare two definitive insights into the nature of humanity and humanity's role in the world. Perhaps due to the various and differing social movements of the times and places in which they lived, or perhaps as a result of...
To evaluate the success of the two high end, British high street stores Cos and Reiss's day dress ranges for Autumn/Winter 2011
Case study - 50 pages - Services marketing
There is an increasing importance in attracting consumers in a softening retail climate through offering and reflecting what consumers want and need through the brand and their product range, ensuring they are able to maintain a loyal customer while also attracting future consumers and staying...
