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A Historical World View of Female Genital Mutilation

an exclusively Islamic practice. FGM is a cross-cultural and cross-religious ritual and is in most cultures primarily a social pra...

Modern Trade Patterns and the Idea of Comparative Advantage

What is comparative advantage? This research report talks about just that and whether or not it is something hat is still relevant...

An Analysis of Frost's Poem, The Road Not Taken

This paper analyzes the poem and notes Frost's depiction of the depth of the common man. This five page paper has five sources li...

US Welfare Policies

In seven pages this paper examines the US welfare policies in a comparison to the Clinton administration's reforms to the UK syste...

Marxist notions on Change and Conflict

Society in general is discussed from a Marxist perspective. Change and conflict are two issues noted in this eight page report tha...

Conversation a Mother and Her Two Daughters

In twelve pages this report is based on a transcript of a restaurant conversation between an elderly mother and her two middle age...

Carol H. Weiss's Theoretical Contributions

as integral parts of the policy process (1977). By looking at policy and policy makers, Weiss blends the role of the social scient...

Business Ethics and Issues

architecture must be internal considerations. A SWOT (strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats) analysis must be done in...

Armstrong's Argument Compared with Descartes' Metaphysics

This research report looks at the ideas of both of these theorists. Armstrong's opposition to Descartes' ideas is duly noted. Thi...

Maya Angelou and I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

The writer presents a biographical sketch of this noted African American writer. An analysis of her 1970 book completes this seve...

Situations of Domestic Violence and Changing Responses

on the subject is that the woman is in danger, there are also cases in which the man is battered. In the O.J. Simpson case, for ex...

A Review of The Clerk's Tale and Traffic in Women

A 10 page exploration of the 1975 contentions of anthropologist Gayle Rubin. Her article, The Traffic in Women Notes on the Poli...

Choreographer Jerome Robbins

a disconnected collection of dialogue, songs, and dances, to an integrated dance drama which relies heavily on dance to express em...

Fort Lauderdale Water Theme Park Construction

This paper argues in favor of a water theme park construction in the Florida tourist city of Fort Lauderdale with other similar ci...

Comparative Analysis of Mohammed, Moses, and Jesus

In seven pages this paper attempts to determine the religious mythos' origins by examining these religious leaders in terms of the...

U.S. Racial and Cultural Divisions in the Film Alien Nation

In a paper consisting of four pages there are similarities noted between the divides of culture and race that exist in the United ...

Abraham Joshua Heschel's Writings

In seven pages this paper discusses Man is Not Alone A Philosophy of Religion by noted Jewish theologian Abraham Joshua Heschel i...

Free Trade, Comparative Advantages and Globalism

The World Trade Organization conference is discussed. Controversies surrounding the Seattle meeting are noted. This six page pape...

Anthony Lewis's Gideon's Trumpet

face of all odds endows Gideons Trumpet with all the elements that typically comprise an American bestseller. On the other ...

A Consideration of Romeo and Juliet as Tragic Heroes

This paper analyzes these classic characters, noting the traits that qualify them as tragic heroes. This paper has five pages and...

Legal Book Reviews as Norval Morris Might Perceive them

This paper discusses how noted legal scholar Noval Morris would review the texts Basic Concepts of Legal Thought by George P. Flet...

Competition for Christianity

In a paper consisting of 5 pages works such as 'Notes from the Underground' by Fyodor Dostoyevsky, 'Brave New World' by Aldous Hux...

Sugar Production in Colonial Cuba and its Effects on Slavery and Business

This paper presents an overview of sugar production in Cuba during the country's colonial era. The author notes the various impac...

Art of Ancient Greek Civilization

It is for this reason that Greek art conveyed abstract ideas such as "beautiful" concepts of the human body through a dichotomous ...

An Overview of Alfred Kinsey

- but his dominating persona was not very favorable to colleagues (though he could be friendly and helpful on certain occasions) (...

The Roman Shift from Republic to Empire

the will of the masses for personal gain...A citizens class was fixed by birth rather than by wealth. Patricians monopolized all o...

Evil in Alfred Hitchcock's Films Rope and North by Northwest

the most louche, laidback villains in screen history" (Brooke, 2005, PG) emphasises Thornhills naivety as far as espionage and mur...

Voting District Delineation in California

Some 46.7 percent are white, 34.4 percent are Hispanic, and 6.7 percent are black (Coleman, 2004). More and more of those citizen...

Sociopolitical Classes of Plato and Their Parallels

soul, as imaged by Plato, is made up of the qualities of reason, spirit and desire or appetite (Honderich, et al, 1995). The "reas...

Loss of Culture and Globalization: Fast Food Nation as Compared with the Lexus and the Olive Tree Globalization and the Loss of Culture

fast food industry, in his text, Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal. According to Thomas L. Friedman, globa...