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Cultural Anthropology and the Theories of Clifford Geertz

In a paper consisting of 9 pages this paper examines cultural development in an overview of the theories of Clifford Geertz....

Chaka by Mofolo

Chaka by Mofolo is analyzed from an African cultural perspective in 5 pages....

Northern Ireland's Human Rights Offenses

In twenty pages this paper considers Northern Ireland and its historical pattern of abusing human rights in a discussion of releva...

Shaku Zulu and Lilliputians

as an attractive rationally conducted people" but then "in chapter IV we learn of their violent internal factions, unceasing civil...

Human Rights and How They Have Evolved

may appear as a primary concept, it has been met with great hostility, with critics contending that dialogue apart from justice is...

Cultural Assimilation in From Out of the Shadows by Vicki L. Ruiz and Unbound Voices by Judy Yung

Ruiz would have been fully capable of portraying the various moods of Mexican-American and Asian-American culture in the facilitat...

Human Rights Violations and the 2001 United Kingdom Anti Terrorism, Crime and Security Act

2000 (Her Majestys Stationary Office, 2002). The Act is extensive there is no doubt, but several issues from within the Act are c...

Minority Shareholders' Rights and UK Law

This paper examines the limitations and rights of minority shareholders in the UK. This ten page paper has nine sources listed in...

Connection Between Democracy and Human Rights

certain intolerable regimes, then democracy might stand a chance. However, that is easier said than done. Kampelman (2002) asks:...

Social and Cultural Influence of 'The Storm' by Kate Chopin

of the elements made her laugh as she lay in his arms. She was a revelation in that dim, mysterious chamber; as white as the couch...

New Guinea, Nigeria, and Violations of Human Rights

won the national election (Jaffrey 36). But Muslin military forces from the North called for an annulment of the democratic proce...

How Arabian Women are Beginning to Overcome the Barriers Imposed by Tradition

In a paper consisting of six pages the ways in which Middle East women are at last transcending traditional cultural barriers and ...

China and the UN's Human Rights Policy

signed by individual nations as State parties. In order to assess their commitments under those covenants, committees meet regula...

1950s McCarthyism and 1960s' Civil Rights Movement

In four pages this essay discusses the McCarthyism period and the emergence of the civil rights movement thereafter....

Communicating Across Cultural Lines

With more diversity in industry every day, cultural issues come into play in addition to other barriers to smooth operation. This ...

Political and Economic Perspectives on Human Rights

In eight pages this research essay considers the UN's economic and political considerations regarding international human rights p...

Human Rights, Sovereignty of States, and the United Nations

1995). And now that the Cold War is over, the U.N. seems more rudderless than ever - charged with requests for peace-keeping f...

Human Rights Organizations and Colombia

In forty five pages this research study discusses Colombia in terms of the work of human rights organizations and its negative imp...

Problems and Solutions for Iraq's Human Rights Situation

In ten pages this research essay discusses Iraq's human rights problems since the war in the Gulf in a consideration of policies a...

'The Case for H.R. 1534: Equal Access to the Courts' Critiqued

In five pages the Private Property Rights Implementation Act of 1997 is examined in terms of implications....

Contemporary Law v. Pre 1700 Law

of settling a dispute. In fact, during King Henry IIs reign (1133-1189), "no other legal means was recognized for the settlement ...

Latin America, Human Rights, and the Catholic Church

In eleven pages this research paper discusses Latin American Human rights, and the liberation theology of the Catholic Church. Fi...

Basic Health Care as a Human Right

In ten pages this paper examines the issue of many individuals unable to afford health care in a consideration of various issues s...

Will the Dragon Rise Again? Reviewed

In three pages this paper discusses China's post Confucianism cultural and philosophical transitions within the context of this bo...

U.S. Society, Success, Human Social and Cultural Capital

In thirty pages American society is examined in terms of what it regards as success in a discussion of theories by Becker, Bourdie...

Church and State in the 1992 U.S. Supreme Court Case of Lee v. Weisman 505

In eight pages this paper discusses whether or not the First Amendment rights are being violated by a school function's religious ...

Florida and Women in Power

property holders voted from 1691 to 1780. The Continental Congress debated the woman-suffrage movement question at length, decidi...

Enlightenment Theories and Rights for Women

In five pages this paper assesses equal rights for women in an examination of the Enlightenment theories expressed by Gouges, Woll...

Sovereignty and Human Rights

In five pages the issue of sovereignty is examined in terms of when intervention by external forces is acceptable, which becomes n...

Human Rights Organizations and Globalization

In eight pages this paper examines how globalization has increased the power wielded by human rights organizations. Eight sources...