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Global Poverty Reduction

International releases an annual Corruption Perception Index, which does not seek to measure actual levels of corruption present i...

The Politics of Social Security

system and the alternatives that politicians bring. First, a look at the history of Social Security and its design is appropriate....

Universal Prescription Drug Coverage

Foundation, 2006). In 2003, at least US$700 million was spent by Americans purchasing drugs from Canadian pharmacies (Kaiser Famil...

Mato Tilpali: Conflict in the Black Hills

Mato Tipila regularly as part of my religious observations, this is not only a political issue for me but also a personal issue. ...

Unequal Pay For Women In America: Income Disparity

social aspect and to help with the economics in forwarding their belief in their cause. The effectiveness of these groups are dep...

Sustainability, Economic Stability, and Regulation in International Fisheries

world society as though they were controlling the pieces on a chessboard, every individual in that great game of chess has the inn...

Will Cancelling Debts to Global Financial Institutions Help or Hurt Developing Nations?

and indirectly. Therefore the issue is not only the financial burden, but the conditions that were attached to the loans and the h...

The Good Ship "Lead Balloon"

aluminum alloy." One of the problems is that the Saturn 5 was built by a bunch of different contractors, and there is now no compl...

Risk Management Function in Corporate and Military Settings

Management 18 Lessons From Dow Chemical 22 Method of Analysis 23 Modeling Security Risk 24 Results of Analysis 26 Conclusion and R...

International Terrorism

As most people would well assume, it was not really until the powerful attacks of September 11, 2001, attacks on the United States...

The First Persian Gulf War

to it as the First Gulf War (Zwier and Weltig, 2004). It is also known as the First Persian Gulf War. In Kuwait it is referred t...

Japanese Values and Business Culture

means that the Japanese revere them greatly, and that they are important parts of current Japanese culture. Their cultural values...

American Imperialism

strategic outposts for expanding trade with Latin America and Asia, particularly China" (History of the United States, 1865-1918, ...

Industrialism: Impact Upon The United States Population

who effectively directed the masses. According to Perry M. Rogers, author of Aspects of Western Civilization: Problems and Source...

Comparative Politics; Influences on Policies for Female Healthcare in The African States

patriarchal, this may be argued as reflecting in the policies, specifically in the health policies that concerns a womans health. ...

The Rise and Fall of Civilizations Between 1500 and 1815

world population was only about 425 million and most of those people lived in Asia (Roberts 279). Hence, Asia had quite a lot of p...

Plato/Apology of Socrates

Clouds by Aristophanes. Reasonably, Socrates points out that the character in the play speaks nonsense and should not be confused...

Challenges to 20th Century Imperialism

excuse is often that the colonizers are there to "save" the natives by introducing them to Christianity, or to "educate" them; in ...

Slavery: From Ancient Times to the Modern Day

the following: In todays world, it seems that the people are turning a blind eye to what is really going on as it respects the top...

Terrorism/Comparing Countries

the threat of bio-terrorism (Dammer and Fairchild 304). France : France, also, has long had to cope with terrorism, as the Frenc...

Transnational Effects of Terrorism

groups or clandestine agents, usually intended to influence an audience (Dammer and Fairchild 294). Terrorism can occur within t...

Prison Industries

system is the easier it is to accomplish that goal. In some way, prison is a deterrent in and of itself, but that is debatable. If...

Nation-States and International Organizations

is probably the preeminent intergovernmental organization in the world. There are 192 member nations, and membership is open to "a...

Economy-Building with FDI

have required capital in their possession, they also are likely not to have a great deal of foreign exchange available for use. ...

Social Engineering and Predatory Crime

social engineering. Judging from the rampant crime rate that afflicts our nation today, however, additional criminal law is very ...

Twentieth Century Immigration in America

Spanish-language rhetoric on the radio and in the cafes" (29). In addition to conveying the flavor of Latin-American life, Tobar ...

AIDS: What is Means to Ohio

all susceptible to being infected with this devastating disease. Unfortunately, in fact, HIV infections are increasing among all ...

The Legitimacy of the War in Iraq

is hard to know exactly what occurred. Still, troops continue to try to effect peace in a nation ravaged by war. II. The War in ...

Quadagno: "One Nation, Uninsured"

believed were Communist inspired (Quadagno, 2005). The Communists established the Comintern, an organization dedicated to worldwid...

Guarding Against Terrorism

Osama Bin Ladin and others like him are. He and his terrorist network known as al-Qaeda (translated to mean "the base") is believ...