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The keyword Un is tagged in the following 93 articles.
Is European Citizenship merely a mechanism for a deepening financial integration of the European Union? Or is there a deeper meaning and a deeper reasoning for the development of the concept of European Union Citizenship into an all-encompassing philosophy which gives... Read Article »
New York’s 1827 mayoral election was the harbinger for a new era in politics. Tammany Hall—New York’s democratic political machine—suborned thousands of immigrants to vote for the pro-Tammany ticket. With cartloads of Irish in tow, ward leaders... Read Article »
In his book The Shia Revival: How Conflicts within Islam Will Shape the Future Vali Nasr addresses an issue that is gaining increased importance in the contemporary coverage of global Islam: S Unni-Shia relations. Vali Nasr is a widely respected scholar who claims expertise... Read Article »
LOST is a narrative acclaimed for its complex characters and mythological elements, securing an enormous fan base from different cultures all over the world. As a complex narrative, LOST introduces many components and poses difficult questions that require contemplation... Read Article »
On the surface, The Awakening, by Kate Chopin, and The J Ungle, by Upton Sinclair do not have anything in common. The Awakening features Edna, a bored housewife who flouts the rules of society. The J Ungle features Jurgis, a poor Lithuanian immigrant who struggles to... Read Article »
“Most of us are surro Unded by comm Unication channels and tools that keep us constantly connected to sources of information and people in our comm Unities” (Thurlow, Lengel, & Tomic, 2004, p.83). The current comm Unication channel claiming responsibility... Read Article »
Climate change negotiations have been on the international stage for almost four decades. They have a complex history, and act as a comprehensive example of the many variables, obstacles, environments, and processes that can affect any international negotiation. This... Read Article »
The p Unk-rock movement or youth subculture of late seventies Britain was and is, even today, the cause of much controversy. It has often been accepted that the political orientation of the movement and its outcomes are decidedly located on the left wing, including,... Read Article »
Does candidacy to the European Union (EU) increase a nation’s Trade Openness? A good way to begin examining this question is by asking, what is Trade Openness? Simply put, it is a nation’s imports plus its exports divided by its GDP ([imports+exports]/GDP... Read Article »
Throughout the ages, comm Unication has impacted human interactions and relationships. The dawning of the digital age has changed comm Unication, facilitating individual and group interaction in previously Unimaginable ways. However, has such transformation f Undamentally... Read Article »
"We must take the offensive! Action gives life, action gives health. At present the Irish cause is received with a hiss and a sneer. This is telling against us. A few bold and devoted heroes must spring up and show the world there is still power in Fenianism not only... Read Article »
Compared to other empires throughout history, the USSR was an exception. The rulers of the Soviet Union viewed empire and imperialism in ideological terms as ‘the highest and final stage of capitalism’.[1] By this Leninist definition, the Soviet Union did... Read Article »
The Constitutional Co Uncil was established when the Fifth Republic was born in 1958 (Cole 1998, p. 63). Initially designed as a tool to protect the executive against parliament, the Co Uncil evolved into a powerful force against the government (Elgie and Griggs 2000... Read Article »
Since Lord Rosebery’s well-known speech there has been much debate about changes in the composition of the House of Lords. Major reforms included the Life Peerages Act 1958 and later the House of Lords Act 1999, which reduced the hereditary members to 92.[2]... Read Article »
Since the beginning of criminological research has been an ongoing debate and disagreement regarding the correlation between genetic characteristics and criminal behavior. There have been numerous studies and experiments conducted to help eliminate some of the Unknowns... Read Article »
This study considers the remote causes of examination malpractice in the Nigerian education system with a view to suggest new ways of combating the problem. Three research hypotheses were formulated to guide the study. Using the multistage stratified sampling technique... Read Article »
While Samuel H Untington's The Clash of Civilizations presents a compelling argument for the events that happened in the former Yugoslavia, the main argument that was set forth by him using religion as the sole cause of the conflicts in the region–in what he regards... Read Article »
On November 21, 1945, Robert H. Jackson, the Chief Prosecutor for the United States of America opened the prosecution’s case against German defendants in Nuremberg, Germany. The war in Europe had ended only six months earlier, many of the buildings in Nuremberg... Read Article »
Of the European Union’s twenty-seven member states, no co Untry is more sceptical of political and economic integration than Great Britain. The English are profo Undly independent and inherently suspicious of their continental neighbours; an attitude no doubt inspired... Read Article »
Vol Unteer conservation is a rapidly growing sub-sector of eco-tourism where fee-paying vol Unteers travel to developing co Untries to actively engage in conservation work (Cousins et al 2009b). As vol Unteers provide the labor and f Unding for these projects, organizations... Read Article »
The extraction of non-renewable natural resources in the form of large-scale mining projects has intensified in recent years in Latin America. In fact, the World Bank and other international financial institutions have continued to encourage co Untries to commit to... Read Article »
This project examines the role of the Left Hegelian school of philosophy in Crime and P Unishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky. Special attention is given to Georg Hegel's section on “World Historical Individuals” from Philosophy of History and Rodion Raskolnikov... Read Article »
“The Worst Mistake in the History of the Human Race” is the embodiment of anti-progressivist theory. Jared Diamond, the author, challenges the claim “that human history over the past million years has been a long tale of progress,” with a rebuttal... Read Article »
Insurgency is not a new phenomenon for the United States, in fact by definition the American's built an insurgency during the Revolutionary War. But it was not Until the Vietnam War that America faced an insurgency that it could not defeat. Because of the infamy of... Read Article »
This case study asks the following question: given the symbol of the European Union as the ultimate supranational, rights-based, compliance-inducing international organization, why have member states France and Italy escaped p Unishment for their blatant violations... Read Article »
The Islamic Republic of Iran today sits at the crossroads of Asia between the Middle East and Central Asia. This inherently places it in very close proximity to over half of the world's known energy reserves both in the form of petroleum and natural gas. Thus, an Understanding... Read Article »
In two postcolonial novels, The God Of Small Things by Ar Undhati Roy and Secrets by Nuruddin Farah, both authors use the politics of families to paint a vivid picture of the social, cultural and political conditions of their nations. Roy and Farah both write about... Read Article »
It is widely recognized that state security is no longer contingent upon a balance of power or the threat of conquering states, but global stability is now instead jeopardized by weak or fragile states. Fragile states represent chaos, disorder, and Underdevelopment... Read Article »
Violence Undermines an inclusive national identity that considers those of other races, classes and creeds as compatriots, for as Mirowsky and Ross (1983: 238) note, “When other people in one’s life have become a hostile army, social alienation is at its... Read Article »
It is Universally accepted that a poem, at least a “good” poem, should be able to stand by itself, to be able to strike a chord with its audience, whether this impact is immediate or more subtle and gradual. However, even the best-written, most influential... Read Article »
The Republic of Chechnya in Russia’s North Caucasus region has drawn significant attention for being host to remarkable instability, thriving terrorism, and a staggering display of human rights violations over the past two decades, including torture, illegal... Read Article »
Despite the fact that human nature has evolved little since the dawn of humankind, our most basal emotions remaining largely Unchanged for tens of thousands of years, one of history’s constants has been our general inability to truly Understand one another. While... Read Article »
The activity of feral Ungulates such as pigs, goats, and deer has resulted in extensive biodiversity loss in Hawaii. These animals were introduced by the Polynesians as domesticated livestock, and now play a destructive role in the local ecosystem. Ungulate populations... Read Article »
Though the Holocaust ended nearly a lifetime ago, the systematic extermination of two- thirds of Europe’s Jewish population has left immutable memories that continue to manifest themselves within each new generation of citizens worldwide. The subject itself remains... Read Article »
The divide between human and non-human, real and not-real, is a problem frequently explored in texts about toys and Undead creatures. Even the term ‘ Undead’ is problematic, for while the Undead are not ‘dead’ in the truest sense, they are still... Read Article »
Vitamin D has long been considered important for bone health because it aids in the absorption of calcium into the bone tissue. However, emerging research indicates that vitamin D is critical for other body systems to f Unction properly, greatly increasing the scope... Read Article »
The idea of the Theatrum M Undi (literally the world stage) is an apt metaphor for Shakespeare’s world-view. In many of his plays, characters are sh Unted about the stage (of the Globe theatre) by external forces, Unable to exert control over their own lives. There... Read Article »
When the Preacher wrote, “of making many books there is no end” [KJV Eccles. 12:12] he did not anticipate the mass of articles, scholarly papers and textbooks that would be written about Jesus’ address given to a group of disciples on a hillside in... Read Article »
In J Unot Diaz’s The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, the de Léon family is in a perpetual hell, moving from struggle to struggle and never able to catch a break. Lola is constantly at odds with her mother, fighting with Beli throughout her cancer, shrieking... Read Article »
Increasingly, human interactions are being comm Unicated by means of electronic, Internet-based medias. Readily available programs and websites facilitate easy transference of messages, thus rendering space and time irrelevant. The quick, efficient manner of Internet... Read Article »
Sexism is not Unique to Christianity; however, in the Christian religion many of those who identify themselves as Christian f Undamentalists are more likely to hold sexist views of women. Because the scriptures were written during a time in which women had few rights... Read Article »
Fo Unded in 1867 by Dr. Thomas Barnardo to help "abused, vulnerable, forgotten and neglected children," children's charity Barnardo's now helps over 110,000 children every year (Barnardo's, 2009). Although traditionally advertising has been used to "equate products... Read Article »
Lucius Annaeus Seneca once said that “All art is but imitation of nature” (Bartlett’s 106) and this has held true for the centuries following him, nature and life reflected in the art and literature of its time. Art shows life in a distilled and refined... Read Article »
For centuries philosophers have struggled to define personal identity. In his 1690 work An Essay on Human Understanding, John Locke proposes that one's personal identity extends only so far as their own consciousness. The connection between consciousness and memory... Read Article »
The United States presidency is a complex role, encompassing both domestic and foreign policy responsibilities. As a major world power, the United States has a large role in the realm of foreign policy, and it is the duty of the president to assume the role of an international... Read Article »
There has always been a great deal of intrigue as to why certain people and certain parts of the world are cursed with such a greater deal of suffering than others. Over time certain societies have developed through a series of phases of modernity and civilization... Read Article »
During his first term in office, President George W. Bush claimed that he had a clear political mandate from the voters of the United States to achieve his political goals. However many refuted the claim that President Bush had a political mandate considering he had... Read Article »
If Japan was a person, it would be an exceptionally wealthy yet rapidly aging individual, who, for two decades, had been struck by illness. One might therefore find it Unexpected for this person to be busily working on constructing the new face of Asian regional economic... Read Article »
To Understand an administration, you need to Understand the key players. Through analyzing the Bush presidency, it is clear that the agenda was constructed and shaped by more than just one man. The President’s choice for executive cabinet members is the first... Read Article »
There is a growing consensus that the prevalence of a large youth population is not conducive to peace and that such a ‘youth bulge’ can even increase the risk of civil conflict and political violence.[1] Richard Cincotta and Elizabeth Leahy argue that... Read Article »
Money is a term difficult to define. It is a concept subject to deep individual interpretation. For some, money means power, to others, a way of living; some say it begets stability, and there are those who believe it is at the center of everything. In fact, I am one... Read Article »
“I came here to say that I do not recognize anyone’s right to one minute of my life. No matter who makes the claim, how large their number or how great their need” (Rand 684). So states Howard Roark, protagonist of Ayn Rand’s classic novel,... Read Article »
Peter Kubelka’s 1966 film “ Unsere Afrikareise” or “Our Trip to Africa” is a remarkably Unique bit of filmmaking. Despite a true story to go along with the film’s production (of Kubelka’s distaste for the bourgeois Europeans... Read Article »
Confucianism was one of the dominant political philosophies of Imperial China. Confucianism’s influence declined throughout the 19th century coinciding with the end of the Qing Dynasty in 1911. Some Chinese intellectuals, like Lu X Un, attacked Confucianism believing... Read Article »
North and South is a novel defined by the resolution of binary conflicts: heroine Margaret Hale is presented with a number of divisions of sympathy, between industrialists and the working class, between conflicting views of Mr. Thornton, and even between her conflicting... Read Article »
The inevitable integration of historic preservation and environmental protection is a subject that needs to be defined and Understood. If historic preservation does not think outside of the box, the field could diminish and become more obsolete, in favor of more &lsquo... Read Article »
Established aro Und 500 BCE by Siddhartha Gotama, known better as Buddha, Buddhism has since spread throughout the world, attracting individuals from all walks of life. Since its beginnings when Buddha reached enlightenment beneath a gopi tree after preparation that... Read Article »
With over 20% of United States power production being of a nuclear nature, and all of this nuclear production generating high-level nuclear waste, the US has already accumulated large quantities of volatile nuclear waste and will only have more in the future (Schneider... Read Article »
In America, the years from 1946 to 1962, labeled the “post classical era” of cinema, were years in a state of transition. American culture was simply Unstoppable and alive, constantly changing and growing toward a more open society. However, though there... Read Article »
At the University of Southern California Film School, there are two main goals: to foster creativity and encourage technical growth. As the Cinema-Television School website states, “This is an environment in which the flow of creativity and shared information... Read Article »
George H Untington first described H Untington’s disease (HD) in 1872 as being a hereditary chorea, “an heirloom fort Unately being confined to just a few families but known to exist as a horror” (Neylan, 2003). This disorder of the basal ganglia is... Read Article »
Democracy is based on the core principle that the power to govern should be in the hands of the people. In the United States, the people exercise that power by casting their vote for the candidate they see as most fit to lead. This right is now being threatened... Read Article »
It is estimated that in North America, alone, there are currently 251 million people who use the internet (Miniwats Marketing Group, 2009). Individuals utilize the internet for many reasons, including information, social connections, and entertainment (Shaw &... Read Article »
If Bulgakov is a well know name, the same cannot be said for Matos, who was a literary man considered one of the Croatian masters of Modernism, and a key persona in the co Untry’s culture. He was not only a writer, but also a poet, a journalist, and an essayist... Read Article »
During his Inaugural Address, President Barack Obama resonated with the ideals of many Americans—prosperity, freedom, good will, faith, and determination. He spoke of the market as having "umatched" power, "to generate wealth and expand freedom" (Obama). However... Read Article »
Carole Co Unihan argues that ‘men’s and women’s ability to produce, provide and consume food is a key measure of their power,’ (1998:2) whilst Jack Goody has argued, ‘gender hierarchies are maintained, in part, though differential control... Read Article »
The level of data collection mandated by the REAL ID Act of 2007 should raise concern for all American citizens who enjoy their privacy, because it mandates Unprecedented levels of data collection and an equally Unprecedented level of nationwide access to that data... Read Article »
It has become Undeniable that illicit weaponry, specifically small arms and light weapons pose an Unprecedented global security threat. In fact it may almost be acceptable to say that with the turn of the 21st century, we witness a world which is more further armed... Read Article »
In 1961, nearly a decade after the “Golden Age” of television had passed, commercial television was still changing the American lifestyle, from living rooms to bars. It was then that Federal Comm Unications Commission (FCC) chair Newton Minow declared that... Read Article »
Throughout the twentieth-century, nuclear weapons got deadlier; their range and power have both increased, bringing the potential for greater devastation to the globe. To limit the spread of nuclear weapons, the international comm Unity adopted the Non-Proliferation... Read Article »
After the wave of liberalization of many African states in the late twentieth-century, the world has seen a rise in the amo Unt of international and internal conflicts that have taken thousands of human lives. Ethnic tensions and economic hardships have often been the... Read Article »
The legacy of the American Civil War with which we are left is one that emphasizes a participatory American populace, overwhelmingly enthused over and invested in the conflict. Particularly in the North, we are likely to think of a cooperative culture Unifying civilians... Read Article »
It is tempting to classify literary, cinematic, and historical characters into groups. The trouble of course, is that such labels can be misleading at best, and severely subjective and variable. When using terms such as hero, villain, anti-hero, anti-villain, or adventurer... Read Article »
As the world's first real Marxist experiment, the Soviet Union, by virtue of lasting seventy odd years, proved Western intelligentsia wrong. The latter had long thought it was doomed to fail. When the Berlin Wall fell in 1989 and the Soviet Union disintegrated two... Read Article »
More than half a century ago, famed philosopher George Santayana observed, “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” In the 20th century alone, the world bore witness to the Holocaust in Europe, as well as genocide in the former... Read Article »
Chaucer’s description of “the Knight” in his “General Prologue” may be seen as a multi-layered narration. First he gives a very precise and historically relevant acco Unt of his campaigns. Based on what Chaucer knows about the knight&rsquo... Read Article »
Hypothyroidism is an Unsuspected illness of epidemic proportions in western civilization Unrecognized by the modern medical comm Unity (Starr xix). The affects are far-reaching and pervasive. The purpose of this research is to demonstrate that addressing nutrient deficiencies... Read Article »
In Enhancing the Recall of Presented Material, Larson (2009) examined the effects of different styles of note-taking and which ones seemed to benefit Undergraduates when tested on the material they were expected to know. This study specifically focused on handouts... Read Article »
What critical evolutionary events does the span of human progression include? Anthropologists agree that decisive transitions such as sedentism, domestication, the use of language, and the arrival of culture and complex societies are associated. Although this is... Read Article »
The autobiography Black Boy, by Richard Wright, is a tale of hope and determination. It catalogues Wright’s life growing up as an African-American in Jim Crow South, depicting the economic and social struggles that were stereotypical for African-Americans at... Read Article »
In Shakespeare’s play Macbeth, he presents the conflicting character of Lady Macbeth. Upon receiving her husband’s letter about the witches’ prophesies, she attempts to be like a man in order to exude the strength needed to gain additional social... Read Article »
Procurement in government, as well as in industry, is going through a tremendous change as a result of globalization, technological breakthroughs, and the surge in outsourcing services to outside vendors (Giallourakis, 2008, p. xiii, Preface). The contracting... Read Article »
Imagine the vast spectrum of all the cultures in the world. Listen to the music—from the gentle drum beats of Africa, to the melodic didgeridoo of Australia, to the scream of the electric guitar. Taste the curry from India, the coconut milk from Thailand, the... Read Article »
By the time 1921 came aro Und, Russia’s economy had been maimed by the effects of War Comm Unism. Socialism had not beg Un on a good note, and Vladimir Lenin was becoming concerned with the Unfort Unate state of the economy. His response to the poor economy he adopted... Read Article »
In today’s world of instant information transfer and with the incredible pace of technological developments that occur daily, protecting a company’s data and information is becoming more important and relevant to a company’s growth. Not only are the... Read Article »
Multiple Undersea internet cables were mysteriously severed and subsequently gained significant attention in the beginning of 2008. The attacks on those cables highlighted the enormous amo Unt of internet traffic that uses the Undersea cable system, which carries many... Read Article »
News is more likely to be reported if meets one of the following characterisitics: It concerns elite personalities; It is negative; It is recent; Or it is surprising (Fiske 96). The story of the Bush Administration’s “regrouping” attempt after... Read Article »
The simultaneous allure and repulsion of Mexican machismo belies its ambiguous nature as an identifying characteristic of the nation itself and as a phenomenon that some claim is Unique to Mexico and others say is endemic throughout patriarchal societies worldwide.... Read Article »
It is common for Americans to imagine the early leaders of the American Revolution as a group of agreeable, flawless men. However, this sentimental portrait fails to recognize the vast differences that existed between the fo Unders, and the effect that these differences... Read Article »
Américo Paredes, in his 1971 article “The United States, Mexico, and Machismo” (Marcy Steen, trans.), defines the macho as “the superman of the multitude,” a “national type” by which Mexico, as a nation, is often classified... Read Article »
Hisaye Yamamoto’s double-telling stories, according to King-kok Che Ung, convey “two tales in the guise of one,” one woven from the explicit words of the narrator, the other from the softened and sometimes pointedly silent characters that surro Und... Read Article »
The terms holistic medicine, alternative medicine and complementary medicine have often been used interchangeably. In fact, alternative medicine and complementary medicine are different and holistic medicine is a term which tends to embrace the larger definition of... Read Article »
The late twenties and early thirties were perhaps the most transformative period in Soviet history. It was during this period Stalin consolidated his grip on power and was allowed to rule with imp Unity, instituting his “revolution from above” on the Soviet... Read Article »
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