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  • Economic and Political History: A Comparison

    Economic and Political History: A Comparison

    Conal Fury and Micahel J. Salevouris define historiography as "the study of the way history has been and is written-the history of historical writing". When one studies historiography one studies the changing interpretations of events in the works of individual historians more than historical occurrences. The study of forms of historical writing has led to the identification of various schools of historical thought but mainly it has led to the evolution of sub-branches of history

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    Submitted: November 25, 2009 By: regina
  • A Critical Analysis of Polygamy in Islam, and Muhammad Regarding the Same

    A Critical Analysis of Polygamy in Islam, and Muhammad Regarding the Same

    A CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF POLYGAMY IN ISLAM, AND MUHAMMAD REGARDING THE SAME. ARGUMENTS POSED IN DEFENSE OF ISLAM: Polygamy means a system of marriage whereby one person has more than one spouse. Polygamy can be of two types. One is polygyny where a man marries more than one woman, and the other is polyandry, where a woman marries more than one man. In Islam, limited polygyny (up till four wives) is permitted; whereas polyandry is

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    Submitted: November 25, 2009 By: Artur
  • Christianity, Judism, and Islam

    Christianity, Judism, and Islam

    Christianity, Islam, and Judaism Introduction of Religions Christianity most widely distributed of the world religions, having substantial representation in all the populated continents of the globe. Its total membership may exceed 1.7 billion people. Islam, a major world religion, founded in Arabia and based on the teachings of Muhammad, who is called the Prophet. One who practices Islam is a Muslim. Muslims follow the Koran, the written revelation brought by Muhammad. The Muslim world population

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    Essay Length: 1,762 Words / 8 Pages
    Submitted: November 26, 2009 By: Jessica
  • President Machiavelli Bush

    President Machiavelli Bush

    President Machiavelli Bush George W. Bush, our current President, must keep a copy of Machiavelli’s most celebrated work, “The Prince “(1513), on his desk in the Oval Office. In my opinion, Bush and his administration’s actions mimic Machiavelli’s advice to the Prince on the tactics that he should use to stay in power. I am going to discuss how President Bush uses Machiavellian principles. My first example is of Bush’s “War on Terror”. In 2001,

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    Submitted: November 26, 2009 By: regina
  • How Would You Account for Changes in Political Cleavage Structures and How Does This Impact on Party Systems?

    How Would You Account for Changes in Political Cleavage Structures and How Does This Impact on Party Systems?

    How would you account for changes in political cleavage structures and how does this impact on party systems? The fundamental nature of this essay is to look at the different explanations of the emergence and development of political cleavage structures and its impact on party systems in Western Europe. The party systems of the Western European states reflect both common lines of development of Western European history and country-specific characteristics of the progress of state

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    Submitted: November 27, 2009 By: Artur
  • Universal Healthcare: Political and Socialobsticals

    Universal Healthcare: Political and Socialobsticals

    Universal Healthcare: Political and Social Obstacles Many Americans are under the impression that the United States has the best health care system in the world. That may be true at many top medical centers but the disturbing truth is that this country, as a whole, lags well behind other advanced nations in delivering timely, effective, and affordable health care. This next presidential election might take the country in a new direction in terms of how

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    Essay Length: 1,853 Words / 8 Pages
    Submitted: November 27, 2009 By: Jessica
  • The Political Me

    The Political Me

    “The Political Me” In this country, there are several different types of people who think the government should be controlled different ways. They are the Liberals, Conservatives, and several others. I consider myself a conservative on the amount of information that i know about these types of groups. The American system of government today is an excellent government but it definitely needs some major work done to it. I feel that there is not enough

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    Submitted: November 27, 2009 By: Mike
  • Modern Political Thoery and Liberalism

    Modern Political Thoery and Liberalism

    The subject given for this paper was to “assess the alienation from liberalism found in modern and contemporary political theory.” To be honest, I don’t see a correlation with alienating liberalism and modern political thought through the time line of political theory in the 18th and19th century and through the 20th century. So, for this paper, I will prove the opposite. I will show, in my opinion, how the rise of liberalism has kept

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    Submitted: November 27, 2009 By: Andrew
  • A Critical Review of the Ways in Which Marketing Thought Is Evolving in Response to Current Trends in the Services Marketing Environment.

    A Critical Review of the Ways in Which Marketing Thought Is Evolving in Response to Current Trends in the Services Marketing Environment.

    A critical review of the ways in which marketing thought is evolving in response to current trends in the services marketing environment. ' There is a growing realization that services marketing management not only requires new theories and approaches but that these perspectives are changing the whole paradigm of marketing'. Introduction: Over the past three decades services marketing has emerged as a well established area in its own right. However, the original boundaries that existed

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    Essay Length: 2,776 Words / 12 Pages
    Submitted: November 27, 2009 By: Top
  • Islamic Science

    Islamic Science

    Over the last decade growing numbers of Muslims have declared the Qur'an to be a book filled with alleged scientific miracles. Numerous web sites, books and videos have been produced that proclaim Islam to be truly a religion of divine origin, citing "scientifically accurate" statements in the Qur'an and Hadiths. Many of these productions introduce their claims with a statement like this: One of the most remarkable things in the Quran is how it deals

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    Submitted: November 28, 2009 By: Monika
  • Compare and Contrast the Social, Political, and Economical Histories

    Compare and Contrast the Social, Political, and Economical Histories

    For centuries the African-American has been thought to be inferior due in part to the color of their skin. In fact “Environmentalists, attributing black skin to the effects of the tropical sun, assumed each race was peculiarly to its geography and climate.” (Rogoff, 1997) Most of the issues that African-Americans were faced with in southern states were that they not only considered inferior but also considered a piece of property that a white man would

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    Submitted: November 28, 2009 By: Anna
  • Political Reform

    Political Reform

    It was predicted that economic liberalization is the first step towards political reform and hence to democratization. The fact that all the rich countries in the world are somehow democratic is to be taken as evidence to the validity of this predicament. The process works as follows: economic growth leads to urbanization and improvements in technology and infrastructure. These improvements facilitate communication and recruitment by new political groups. Growth also tends to lead to increased

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    Submitted: November 28, 2009 By: Jack
  • Machiavelli’s the Prince

    Machiavelli’s the Prince

    In chapter 21 Machiavelli writes about how a leader should bear himself so as to acquire reputation. He gives an example of a Spanish king who in the beginning of his reign attacked Granada. The king was able to keep his barons occupied with the war abroad while he built his reputation at home, leading to increased influence over his subjects. Machiavelli also asserts it is important for leaders to make their allegiances know in

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    Submitted: November 28, 2009 By: Vika
  • Islam

    Islam

    The Arabs keep such pledges more religiously than almost any other people. They plight faith with the forms following. When two men would swear a friendship, they stand on each side of a third: he with a sharp stone makes a cut on the inside of the hand of each near the middle finger, and, taking a piece from their dress, dips it in the blood of each, and moistens therewith seven stones lying in

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    Submitted: November 30, 2009 By: Tommy
  • Method Acting and 1950’s American Politics and Culture

    Method Acting and 1950’s American Politics and Culture

    Method Acting and 1950’s American Politics and Culture Throughout the twentieth century, method acting had been experimented with and practiced in the United States. The method had derived from Stanislavski’s “system” at the Moscow Art Theatre and was then given its own identity by method pioneers in the Group Theatre, Lee Strasberg, Stella Adler and Elia Kazan. Through the early 1900’s, the method had begun to gain recognition in American theatre, but swiftly attained considerable

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    Submitted: November 30, 2009 By: Yan
  • Thoughts on Hume

    Thoughts on Hume

    Hume- Impressions = experiences perception of self. Many people have presupposed perceptions of self. Many consider Hume to be archaic. 17th century worldview presupposes science and science's worldview of understanding nature. Wood has a view of nature as mechanistic, Hume shares Wood's view. With Hume it's presupposed. People often jump to Wood's presuppositions without questioning his initial reasoning. Science is essentially mathematics applied to nature. Ledger Wood says everything is mechanistic; man is just a

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    Submitted: November 30, 2009 By: Tommy
  • Thoughts on Animal Rights by Tom Regan

    Thoughts on Animal Rights by Tom Regan

    I regard myself as an advocate of animal rights -- as a part of the animal rights movement. That movement, as I conceive it, is committed to a number of goals, including: the total abolition of the use of animals in science; the total dissolution of commercial animal agriculture; the total elimination of commercial and sport hunting and trapping. There are, I know, people who profess to believe in animal rights but do not avow

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    Submitted: December 1, 2009 By: Fatih
  • The Negative Side of Politics with the Military

    The Negative Side of Politics with the Military

    The Negative Side of Politics with the military. Other soldiers and my self do not agree with being placed under U.N. Commanders. I will explain here in detail why we do not want or need this type of assignments. Firstly we shall cover the facts and background of this topic. What happens is say SGT. Reynolds and his squad maybe even a platoon or more is sent overseas and assigned to a U.N. a

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    Submitted: December 1, 2009 By: Mike
  • How Successful Were Progressive Reforms During the Period 1890-1915 with Respect to the Following? Industrial Conditions, Urban Life, and Politics

    How Successful Were Progressive Reforms During the Period 1890-1915 with Respect to the Following? Industrial Conditions, Urban Life, and Politics

    Between 1890 and 1915, progressive reforms swept the nation, with some leading to improvements for society. Although some of these reforms led to radical behavior, either for the reform or against it, most were civil. The areas of most concern for the reforms were industrial conditions, urban life, and politics. Industrial conditions were atrocious during the early 1900’s. There were many difficult aspects to being a factory worker. The first was unfair wages. Workers could

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    Essay Length: 519 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: December 1, 2009 By: Janna
  • Cold War Politics

    Cold War Politics

    This article examines the post Cold War political landscape in America, and explains the various points of view of the government and public attitude. As experienced after other shocking events such as the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor and the Vietnam war, political ideology becomes divided between internationalists, who believe in multilateral cooperation and effective international organizations and isolationists who are against international involvement, thus “at the water’s edge.” The interesting aspect of this study

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    Submitted: December 1, 2009 By: Venidikt
  • Interest Groups Impact on Politics

    Interest Groups Impact on Politics

    Interest Group is defined as "an organized body of individuals who try to influence public policy." This system is designed so that interest groups would be an instrument of public influence on politics to create changes, but would not threaten the government much. Whether this is still the case or not is an important question that we must find out. Interest groups play many different roles in the American political system, such as representation,

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    Submitted: December 2, 2009 By: Steve
  • Al-Hisbah in Islamic Economics

    Al-Hisbah in Islamic Economics

    Islamic Economics Term Paper Al-Hisbah in Islamic Economics Table of Contents: What is the Al-Hisbah Institution? Al-Hisbah objectives Who are Rijal-al-Hisbah? Qualifications of a Hisbah Official How Al-Hisbah differs than Anti-corruption Procedures of Al-Hisbah References I- What is the Al-Hisbah Institution? The Hisbah is a religious institution under the authority of the state that appoints people to carry out the responsibility of enjoining what is right, whenever people start to neglect it, and forbidding what

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    Submitted: December 2, 2009 By: Mike
  • Contemporary Issues in Global Politics

    Contemporary Issues in Global Politics

    Contemporary Issues in Global Politics Poli 215 Paper 1 A question of perspective ? By: Alexandre Gingras 3947173 For: Dr. Peter Stoett, Phil Ricard Concordia University Friday February 9th, 2007 Is it better to expect the best out of life and humanity and be a dreamer or is it better to be pragmatic and face the realities of the harsh world we live in? It all depends on the way you choose to see

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    Submitted: December 2, 2009 By: Mike
  • Political Correctness Has Gone Too Far

    Political Correctness Has Gone Too Far

    Political correctness has gone too far The “Politically Correct” movement’s purpose is to bring historically condescending terms, offensive music and art, and controversial educational content to an end and replace them with more positive and less-offending references. Offensive and demoralizing efforts are wrong, but the censorship and deletion of words and phrases that do not contain the intention to demoralize are taking political correctness too far. Politically correct (or “PC”) antics have created a social

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    Submitted: December 2, 2009 By: Jon
  • Political Economy

    Political Economy

    Political Economy Our society is strongly influenced by all sources of media. The media shows us what is going on in the world news, fashion and much more. The media is our connection to the world and what goes on all around us. The political economy approach looks at the influence that ownership control, advertising and audience spending has over the mass media and the mediated messages we receive on a daily basis. Political economy

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    Submitted: December 3, 2009 By: Janna

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