Term papers and essays in Social Studies, literature, Social Sciences and Business Strategy

Democracy in Nigeria at the dawn of the 21st century

Document abstract : «"« Democracy is good, » says Godwin Eweye, a video-store owner, « but Nigeria is not yet fully democratic. »" A few days only after Nigeria's 2003 parliamentary elections, this local comment illustrates the enduring difficulties that the country...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. Mr Obasanjo's efforts to transform the most populous country in Africa into a consolidated democracy.. Plan for the assessment of democratic prospects in Nigeria.. Nigerian politics: A new civilian era?. Rapid transition toward...»

View abstract / summary Similar documents Summary Add to cart $ 12.95

Industrial relations in the United States: A way from confrontation to cooperation

Document abstract : «The industrial relations characterize the employee-employers relation in a company. In the United States, the term "industrial relation" really appeared with the creation of the Commission on Industrial relations in 1912 after two leaders of the...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. Confrontation.. The origins of the employer-employee conflicts (1770-1800).. The industrial revolution and the first unions (1800-1870).. The violent era (1870-1900).. Cooperation.. Beginning of the 19th century: An...»

View abstract / summary Similar documents Summary Add to cart $ 12.95

Dell's case: the build-to-order business model

Document abstract : «Michael Dell founded the company in 1984 while he was at the University of Texas at Austin. He began by selling improvements of IBM-compatible PCs and started to sell his own brand of PCs one year later (the Turbo). The concept was very simple: from...»

Synopsis abstract : «Company background.. Dell and the technology complex: The build-to-order business model.. The role of IT and Internet in coordinating Dell's value chain: Dell as an e-commerce company.. Direct PC value chain: Dell'™s hardware delivery...»

View abstract / summary Similar documents Summary Add to cart $ 10.95

Discuss the origins of the French Revolution - economically, politically, socially, and ideologically

Document abstract : «"Great revolutions which succeed make the causes which produced them disappear, and thus become incomprehensible because of their own success" (1), wrote Alexis de Tocqueville one hundred and fifty years ago. Yet, we will try all the same to...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. Financial crisis of the kingdom.. Public deficit .. Expenditure in huge participation in the American war of independence.. Political crisis.. Instability of French administration.. Social crisis.. Lack of uniformity and inequality in...»

View abstract / summary Similar documents Summary Add to cart $ 5.95

What is the function of representation in Hobbes conception of political power as presented in the Leviathan?

Document abstract : «The notion of Representation is a key feature in democratic regimes. More stable than the direct participation of the people into political life, it supposes that the institutions of the State reflect the composition and the wishes of the people. A...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. The Leviathan and its representation.. Why is representation necessary to protect the individuals' lives?. The covenant as the foundation of the sovereign's authority.. Who is this mortal God? The representation (as depiction) of the...»

View abstract / summary Similar documents Summary Add to cart $ 10.95

Why has the European Court of Justice been so central to the process of integration?

Document abstract : «"Law is often still treated as if it were a separate field, clearly distinct from the economic or political spheres" . As the European Court of Justice (ECJ) has never been given a lot of media coverage, most of the time, its role in the...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. 1951-1965: The solid foundations of the ECJ.. The European Community a legal entity.. The Treaties of Paris and Rome empowering the ECJ.. The judges' expansive methods.. 1965-1986: The ECJ as the driving force behind integration.. The...»

View abstract / summary Similar documents Summary Add to cart $ 19.95

The reasons for Britain's slow economic growth in the 1970s

Document abstract : «Britain already had experienced economic difficulties in the 1960s, but the concerns did not grow since the overall standard of living was keeping on rising. On the contrary, the 1970s proved to be much more worrying economically, as they presented...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. Britain's slow growth in the 1970's and the burden of inflation.. Unstable environment and short run policies.. Mounting unemployment and mounting inflation.. Role of Britain's poor industrial performance in the relative economic...»

View abstract / summary Similar documents Summary Add to cart $ 10.95

International organisations and sovereignty

Document abstract : «The French campaign for the referendum on the European Constitution has perfectly shown the fear of a loss of state sovereignty due to the European Union within the political elite as well as within the society. With the increase of international...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. Sacrificing sovereignity with the creation of international organisation in relation to the European Union.. Increase in international organisations.. Meaning and understanding of sovereignity.. Sovereignty as political...»

View abstract / summary Similar documents Summary Add to cart $ 5.95

To what extent is Belgium a sui generis federation?

Document abstract : «Only 25 countries out of the 193 world-wide existing operate with a federal political system . If we look at the ones situated in Europe, there are very few: Austria, Belgium, Germany, Spain , and Switzerland. I am here interested in the newest one:...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. Defining federalism.. Belgium's federalisation process.. Analyzing the characteristics of a federal state.. Traditional way of solving the problem.. Possessing mechanisms and institution(s) that guarantee the stability of the system....»

View abstract / summary Similar documents Summary Add to cart $ 12.95

Comparison between Confucianism and Islam in terms of Knowledge of the Sacred

Document abstract : «Confucianism, the second major religion in China, is a religion that really caught my attention among all the religions studied in the comparative religion class. It is exceptional for the reason that it emphasizes on a single man, Confucius, who...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. The rise of Confucianism and alternatively Islam.. Explanation on Confucianism.. Confucianism in the Chinese society.. Principles of Confucius.. Explanation on Islam.. The existence of God not being questioned.. Principles of...»

View abstract / summary Similar documents Summary Add to cart $ 5.95

NGOs: Representing civil society at the WTO?

Document abstract : «In 1994, the Marrakech Agreement established the World Trade Organization (WTO), one of many suprastate institutions that were created all along the 20th century. The purpose of this organization is to regulate all trade activities between its...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. The legal framework for participation.. Vagueness of Article V 2 of the Marrakech Agreement.. The guidelines for WTO-NGO interaction created two years later.. Active participation of NGOs in WTO activities: Is it not enough.. A call...»

View abstract / summary Similar documents Summary Add to cart $ 14.95

The "Memorial Laws"

Document abstract : «In the first part of this paper, I give an account of a recent controversy that arose in France and in which historians played a significant role. This controversy involves a number of actors: the French government, which passed the so-called...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. An account of the controversy.. Analysis.. Drawing distinctions.. A cost/benefit assessment.. Conclusion.. Bibliography.....»

View abstract / summary Similar documents Summary Add to cart $ 19.95

How to reform the UN security council and why?

Document abstract : «The Security Council is usually considered as the most important organ of the UNO. Primarily "responsible for the maintenance of international peace and security" , the Security Council has huge responsibilities and thus needs legitimacy to fulfill...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. Why should we reform the UN Security Council?. Only one reform of the UN Security 1965.. The entrance of Germany and of Japan within the Security Council as permanent members.. What are the solutions proposed?. A long era of...»

View abstract / summary Similar documents Summary Add to cart $ 5.95

Are the four P's of international marketing of equal importance to all firms? What factors might cause some to be more or less important than others?

Document abstract : «The term "Marketing Mix" became popular when Neil H. Borden published his article "The concept of the Marketing Mix", in 1964. Today, this expression is one of the most employed in international marketing. The Marketing Mix is also called "The Four...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction. The Four P's.. Factors which cause differences.. The market.. The segmentation.. The targeting.. The product.. The product life cycle.. Conclusion.. Bibliography.....»

View abstract / summary Similar documents Summary Add to cart $ 10.95

The evolution of the closer relationship between the United States and India

Document abstract : «Since its independence and the end of the cold war, India has evolved considerably. Nowadays, India's power is rising like its influence on the international scene and the emergence of India as a major Asian power is a matter of fact. Indeed, thanks...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. The rise of India.. India and China: Ties between two Asian giants.. India-United States closer relationship.. India: A nuclear power sponsored by the United States.. India: An American ally to balance...»

View abstract / summary Similar documents Summary Add to cart $ 19.95

Civil - military relations in Israel

Document abstract : «Israel is a democratic republic and operates under the parliamentary system. Executive power is exercised by the prime minister and the government. It was founded in 1948.The Israeli defence forces, Tsahal, were also created in 1948, with the...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. Civil military relations: The role of Tsahalis in politics and society as an example of Huntington's subjective control.. The 'parachutage' phenomenon: The pre-eminence of military elites in politics.. A strong link between the armed...»

View abstract / summary Similar documents Summary Add to cart $ 10.95

The relationship between the different types of suffrage and the creation (or construction) of democratic institutions in France from 1789 to 1870

Document abstract : «From 1789 to 1870 in France, not less than eight constitutions and twelve regimes followed one after another. France also experienced all types of suffrages, from the most restricted one of the Ancient Regime, to the universal manhood suffrage. This...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. 1789- 1814: From the revolution to the first empire.. The French Revolution.. Sovereignty.. Napoleon Bonaparte.. 1814-1870: From the 'restoration' to the 2nd Empire.. The July monarchy amends.. The new power owners and a common set of...»

View abstract / summary Similar documents Summary Add to cart $ 10.95

What are the main milestones in the emergence of the Palestinian problem and the Arab-Israeli conflict?

Document abstract : «"In a higher phase of communist society after labour has become not only a means of life but life's prime want only then can society inscribe on its banners: from each according to his ability to each according to his needs!" ('Critique...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. The book Critique of the Gotha Programme.. Different stages of communism.. Evolution of the crude communist society.. Higher phase of communism.. Labor as a means of life and a prime want.. Enabling people to consume whatever they...»

View abstract / summary Similar documents Summary Add to cart $ 10.95

Japan and China in the 1930's

Document abstract : «At the end of the XIXth century, the dominant position of European powers and of the United States in the Far East remained unmistakable. In fact, the European powers occupied Indochina and shared the occupation of China. Asia remained a stifled...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. 1931-1935: Reasons, motivations and the first foot of Japanese expansion in China.. The expansion: Economical necessity for Japanese ambitions.. Japanese Imperialism on the march: The policy of aggressive conquests...»

View abstract / summary Similar documents Summary Add to cart $ 19.95

Thomas Hobbes

Document abstract : «Thomas Hobbes was born in England, in 1588, prematurely because of the fear created by the approaching Spanish Armada. He studied at the Magdalen College, Oxford until the age of nineteen, and then he became connected to the Cavendish family,...»

Synopsis abstract : «Outline.. State of nature.. Sovereignty has to be absolute.. The efficiency constraint of sovereignty. . The attributes of sovereignty according to Hobbes.. The Leviathan and its historical context.. Reference.....»

View abstract / summary Similar documents Summary Add to cart $ 5.95

US policy towards the Taliban since the end of the cold war

Document abstract : «The withdrawal of Soviet troops in 1989 did not provoke the fall of Najibullah's communist regime, but rather the beginning of Civil war between the different factions and ethnics. The US was officially not interested anymore in that part of the...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. US policies towards Afghanistan between 1989 and 2001.. The reasons of the evolution of this policy.. What could Washington have done differently regarding the Taliban to promote U.S. interests in Afghanistan....»

View abstract / summary Similar documents Summary Add to cart $ 4.95

Assess the significance of the Watergate scandal

Document abstract : «Born in 1913 in California, Richard Nixon became the 37th president of the United States in 1968, after being governor of California in 1950, then vice-president at the side of Eisenhower. This republican president earned a big success at the...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. The scandal of Watergate.. Begining.. The obstruction to justice.. An abuse of power.. Nixon's position.. Illegal financing and immoral behaviour.. The re-election of Richard Nixon and the trial.. The President according to the...»

View abstract / summary Similar documents Summary Add to cart $ 6.95

The structure of the Terror locally and nationally

Document abstract : «The terror is often depicted as the most violent period of the French Revolution, and maybe of the French history. The terror is a regime set up by Robespierre and the Committee of public safety in the aftermath of the fall of the Girondins on the...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. Coming of public safety into power.. Victory of the Jacobins over the Girondins.. Dictatorship of the Committee of public safety.. Economic policy of the Committee.. Conclusion.. Bibliography.....»

View abstract / summary Similar documents Summary Add to cart $ 5.95

Japan since 1945-left Asia to join the West?

Document abstract : «In 1639, the rule of Tokugawa Iemitsu officially stated the edict of separation of Japan, establishing a long period of isolationism for the Nippon archipelago. During this period, every contact between Japan and the outside world was forbidden, and...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. 1945: The American Occupation accelerates the idea of Japan 'leaving Asia to join the West'.. The political point of view.. The economic point of view.. The social point of view.. Japan decides to focus again on Asia 1970's.. The...»

View abstract / summary Similar documents Summary Add to cart $ 14.95

Feminist perspectives : The contribution of ann ticker to the revision of the concept of security

Document abstract : «As a searcher in international relations, Ann Tickner was firstly stroke by the law number of women working in the field. She then realised that not only were women excluded as researchers, but also as subjects of study. That was the first step of...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. Ann Tickner and realism.. Defining realism.. A security dilemma.. The critics toward realism.. Security after the end of the Cold War.. Questioning the study of security.. Emphasis put on 'structural violence'.. Putting the individual...»

View abstract / summary Similar documents Summary Add to cart $ 10.95

Regulations: Direct applicability and Direct effect

Document abstract : «Article 249 of the European Community Treaty provides that Regulations shall be directly applicable in all Member States. Does this mean that they are also necessarily directly effective? As notices Josephine Steiner , this question is of paramount...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. The concept of regulation as stated in article 249 of the EC Treaty.. Article 249 of the European Community Treaty.. The characteristics of a regulation according to article 249.. The concept of direct applicability.. Definition of...»

View abstract / summary Similar documents Summary Add to cart $ 16.95

To what extent can we say Great Britain and the USA have a special relationship? What have the advantages and the disadvantages of the relationship been?

Document abstract : «Many signs in history show that the UK and the USA detain a privileged relation. As one of the first British colony to be liberated, the USA has always been related to Great Britain. These two countries share the same language, the same political...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. A special relationship in the diplomatic and military field.. The case of the nuclear cooperation: An illustration of a solid cooperation.. A special relationship between the elites and the politicians.. Churchill and...»

View abstract / summary Similar documents Summary Add to cart $ 6.95

The Constituent Assembly (1789-1791) and its major reforms during the French Revolution

Document abstract : «The Constituent Assembly is the Assembly in power in France between July, 9th 1789 and September, 30th 1791. On July 9th 1789, the National Assembly (created on 17th June) proclaims itself the Constituent National Assembly. This means its primary...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. Important reforms of the Constituent Assembly and vote of the abolition of all privileges.. The Assembly's vote on the Fundamental Principles of Government.. The decree confiscating Church property as another important reform.. The...»

View abstract / summary Similar documents Summary Add to cart $ 4.95

The European North: Historical Geopolitics and International Institutional Dynamics

Document abstract : «A "brave political experiment" calling for "unconventional decisions" promoting sub-regional cooperation that ultimately might develop into "a common European social and economic space" : this is how the Russian Deputy Prime Minister, Viktor...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. The European Union's Northern Dimension Initiative.. Concerns in the Nort European area.. The Environmental Partnership as an innovative venture.. The European Union's leading role in the environmental issues in the region.. The...»

View abstract / summary Similar documents Summary Add to cart $ 16.95

Discuss the role of classification, measurement and inscription in techniques of recruitment and selection

Document abstract : «Recruitment and selection in organizations have not always played a significant role. Indeed, some firms had no Human resources department twenty years ago. This fad for human resources management depends on many factors, either external ones or...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. Recruitment and selection.. The use of classification, measurement and inscription.. Christopher Lewis view on the two words in the book Employee selection.. Personality measurement.. 'Explicit rules' to rate the...»

View abstract / summary Similar documents Summary Add to cart $ 6.95

Change Currency

Our guarantee :

How it works? Quality guaranteed Refunds Secure payment Who are we ?

All our documents can be downloaded immediately after payment