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Essays 1411 - 1440

Tourism and the Beneficial 'Public Good'

The same principle applies to any such public good. There are toll roads of course, but they represent only a small fraction of t...

Is Islam Compatible With Democracy?

political values," which are necessary in order for representative democracy to flourish, values such as "separation of religious ...

Haiti and Intervention Politics

that the United States and United Nations simply have not had very good records in terms of nation building. While the U.S. inter...

The Core Model and Comprehensive School Restructuring (CSR)

such finding the state demands stability and predictability, non-manipulability, responsiveness, ease of administration, feasibili...

Effects of the Global Economy on the US Economy

growth of the global economy" (Levy 130). Levy (2005) reviews several theories of international trade, including "David Ricardos ...

AIDS, Morality, and 'Cheap' Drugs for Africa

result in drugs no being developed. Conversely, where the drugs are required, and profits are being made in the developed ...

OPEC's Influence, Nation States, and Power

seen as having its routes in economic rather than military force. It is the power of trade embargos that have aided in seeking to ...

Progressive Era and Modern Issues

the sentiments of the time very well when he said that political leaders had to use Hamiltonian means to ensure Jeffersonian ends ...

Basque Country and Kurdistan Synchronic Comparison

region does have some sort of self-governance, in the form of the Basque Parliament, which was set up in 1975 after the Franco dic...

'Emergency' and Indira Gandhi

that one might readily argue how this particular occurrence was almost predicable. Upon her 1971 election, Gandhis campaign cente...

Discussion of Bacterial Meningitis

past three decades (Freeman, 1997), the idea of one vaccine to address three strains of meningitis is nothing short of phenomenal....

Military's Peacekeeping Role

Article 42 (Cox, 1999, p. 239). Peacekeeping operations take the form of one of two models" 1. Unarmed observer missions (Cox, 19...

Biography of Elijah Muhammad

and in 1923 he ended up settling and working in Detroit on the General Motors automotive assembly line. Elijah met and married Cla...

International Environmental Treaties and the Effects on Countries At War

primary importance of effective sanctions, which serve to control appropriate activity between and among all participating nations...

UN Influence of the United States

broader social spectrum. Creating a useable value system with regard to natural rights has long been - and continues to be - huma...

The Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction in respect to Pakistan and India

in the area. If any discussion is going to focus on this area then there has to be a consideration of the historical development ...

Single Euro Currency

control, with the total amount of government borrowing not exceeding 60% of the GDP, the government deficit needs to be no more th...

Nation States and Global Economy's Impact

of the world. However, while many politicians use the term liberally, the use and impact of the "international community" is consi...

Alan Wolfe's One Nation, After All

this is only one of 200 interviews which presents us with the knowledge that a lot of information will be discussed by these middl...

John Hutchinson and Anthony D. Smith's Nationalism and Defining 'Nation'

he believed that nations only come into existence when "several elements have come together, especially economic life, language an...

International Inequalities and the 'Digital Divide'

part of the ocean -- the Mariana Trench -- or of a yawning abyss on land such as the Grand Canyon. And yet, a much larger chasm is...

Concept of Building Nations

likely yield a yes or no answer, but rather, the quest is to find out when it works. Where has it worked? Where will it work? Alth...

Contemporary Political Strategy and the Theories of Adam Smith

who unwittingly contributes to the good outcome is not at fault. Perhaps he is propelled by greed but that is of no matter. Rather...

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...

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 ...

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...

Quadagno: "One Nation, Uninsured"

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

Bowling for Columbine

emotions and sympathy for the Columbine victims and families. For example, it is difficult not to agree with Moore that the decisi...