TWA We tend to think of labor unions as a thing of the past. Not, of course, that workers no longer need protection. But since the beginning of the first Reagan administration, we have become used to workers' rights being chipped - and sometimes hac Continue Reading...
Zoning and Land Use Property Development and Zoning in New York In most of the United States' cities, property development is the main economic growth strategy. Dating back to the 1950s through 1970s, local governments facing decentralization and l Continue Reading...
Freed Slaves and Land Ownership What did freed slaves received after the Civil War and Emancipation? What were the realities for freed slaves when it came to wanting their own land to cultivate? These and other questions will be addressed in this pa Continue Reading...
Poor Leadership Effective leadership is hardly a matter of chance or luck. It constitutes some sound competencies and traits which every leader must either possess naturally or acquire during his career. Leaders are expected to have major essential Continue Reading...
African-American loyalty to the Democratic Party has rarely been called into question since the early 20th century. As of 2008, "voting demographics for African-Americans suggest an overwhelming propensity to cast ballots in favor of Democratic cand Continue Reading...
The technological and otherwise evolutions of the 1970s decade are linked to the Cold War "fought" between the United States of America and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. But by 1980, the vision of an American nation united by the same po Continue Reading...
Evolution of the Two-Party System in America Most of the founding fathers of the United States were opposed to the formation of political parties considering them as "quarreling factions" that would foster corruption and hinder the public from freel Continue Reading...
FDR: The New Deal Years 1933-1937: A History, Kenneth S. Davis presents a meticulous account of Franklin Delano Roosevelt's first term. This book is the third volume in Davis' much-lauded biography series of the 32nd president. In this volume, Davis Continue Reading...
Information Technology in the Era of WikiLeaks Introduction The protection of America’s secrets, military information, data obtained through surveillance, and so on has been a top priority since Edward Snowden, Chelsea Manning and WikiLeaks cam Continue Reading...
Canada Politics & Governance Politically, Canada has been dramatically reshaped by globalization. The country's political system was developed to reflect the proverbial two solitudes -- English and French -- but overhaul has been necessitated b Continue Reading...
1972 Watergate Break in Nixon's Connection to the Watergate Break In Richard Nixon (the 37th president of the United States), in 1974, went into America's books of history as the first and the only president to resign from office. Nixon would evide Continue Reading...
Election The results of nearly every American presidential election in the past century have reverberated around the world. The same is true for this election, the 2012 presidential race between President Barack Obama, Mitt Romney, and a handful of Continue Reading...
79), probably as succinct an explanation for the fear, loathing, and bloodletting as there is in his book. Civil conflict also grew out of "personal emotions," the author explains. Nearly everyone it seems got into the act, including those who "set Continue Reading...
In this encouragement, American would help to touch off something perhaps all the more miraculous given the proximity to its oppression to the European peasantry at large. First in the doctrines which would be formulated in the wake of French indepe Continue Reading...
Freedom, Liberty, And Authority Thomas Jefferson is attributed as saying "the price for freedom is constant vigilance." Only those who are willing to stake there reputation, their personal well being, their fortunes and their futures on the pursuit Continue Reading...
Market-State Both Phillip Bobbit and Richard Robison offer accounts of what a market-state is. Bobbit contends that the core features of the market-state are a crisis of the nation-state, a transformation of core state functions, relations of nation Continue Reading...
One can be certain that many millions of dollars will flow through the hands of right wing fundraisers like Karl Rove into attack ads against Obama's reform legislation, called "Obamacare" by many who oppose it and even by some who have embraced it. Continue Reading...
However, they are not sufficiently topical. By engaging in a review of more current literature (especially grassroots efforts), it would be possible to engage in longitudinal research of what has transpired since 2004 and 2005. The author should arg Continue Reading...
The author explains that is the case because it would lead to complete chaos (Ikenberry 2005). In addition a neo-imperial system of American rule is too expensive and burdened with inconsistencies, and based on an exaggerated accounting of American Continue Reading...
Merit System The principle underlying the merit system is that recruitment and promotion should be based on ability rather than an affiliation. However, in both public and private organizations this has not always been the case. Instead, nepotism to Continue Reading...
American Orwellian Tyranny Although the apocalyptic vision of the future that Orwell presented in 1984 has not yet occurred, some of the most chilling concepts he described are gradually becoming doctrinal pillars of law in the United States. An ana Continue Reading...
Bureaucracy Today's organizations, regardless of their business focus, possess qualities of a bureaucratic nature, including excessive paperwork, red tape, and other challenging bottlenecks that can hinder productivity and performance. Consequently Continue Reading...
Introduction The 911 attacks in New York City triggered a paradigm shift in how acts of violence as well as catastrophes were viewed in the US. It became apparent that dealing with these vices is relevant and should not be taken lightly. One year fol Continue Reading...
balance of power between institutions such as the Executive, Bureaucracy, Legislature, and the courts? The state selected for this essay is the State of Washington. The State of Washington is made of three branches that are contextualized after the Continue Reading...
role of African philosophy/philosopher in the anti-Colonial struggle in Africa Anti-Colonial Struggle and African Philosophers In spite of moving into a post-colonial modern world, there continue to be issues about developed nations' engagement wi Continue Reading...
Many different types of governments have operated with this goal in mind, with varying degrees of success. Often, the most stable regimes are also the most repressive ones. Until the modern age, when our perspective if not the facts themselves have Continue Reading...
Electoral College: Should the U.S. Push for Reform or Elimination? When citizens of the United States vote in a presidential election, many believe that they are taking part in a direct election of the president (Sutin 2003). However, because of the Continue Reading...
Australia Have a Bill of Rights? Australia is the last remaining Common Law country without a Bill or Rights or Human Rights Bill. It is important to note that the Australian variant of liberalism differs from the Anglo-American model in two import Continue Reading...
Conservative Republican and Democrat Ideologies In America, Republicans and Democrats are largely divided between a host of different issues. Part of the reason for this is based on political ideology, as balancing the needs of business and protecti Continue Reading...
Flax was a major industry because of the ease of production. The prosaic nature of the homespun ideal led it to be the symbol of the revolution. It also induced progress. Benjamin Franklin referred to it as the "first Ages of the world." But this wa Continue Reading...
Reduction of Energy Consumption Among Corporations The following are suitable ways to lower energy consumption Encouraging reuse and recycling of waste materials. Installing solar systems to provide alternative source of energy. Having in place e Continue Reading...
She attempts to take a balanced, historical view and place both the hysteria and the views of the movement in an appropriate historical context. Then, no one knew that the Soviet Union would eventually be defeated, as we do today -- but nor did lef Continue Reading...
Types of BudgetsExecutive SummaryThe budgetary process is a key part of any organizations financial planning. This paper examines the impact of structural and procedural changes of public budgeting reforms, specifically by identifying the advantages Continue Reading...
organization's lobbyist, what would you like to see done by the Federal government that would be of help to your organization? This could be what the government could do or what they could stop doing. It can be all fiscal, all monetary, or a mix of Continue Reading...
Individual Freedom When the English Parliament and Crown enclosed their views with undue fiscal and theoretical restrictions upon the citizens of the North American colonies, the men who would become known as America's Founding Fathers rejoined wit Continue Reading...
Hurrah by Edwin O'Connor. Specifically, it will review the book, discussing the relevancy of a 50-year-old book to modern political affairs. "The Last Hurrah" is a half-century old, and some of its political ideas seem archaic, but many of them stil Continue Reading...
American Studies Civil Disobedience in American Historical Life and Literature There can be no deep disappointment where there is not deep love," writes Martin Luther King Junior in his "Letter from Birmingham Jail" from his civil rights era protes Continue Reading...
Citizen Groups Shaping Environmental Policy The environmental issues have of late been a subject of concern to many people and many organizations. Governments all over the world have been under persistent pressure to implement policies and also enac Continue Reading...
This is just as important as having a president who is equally representative of the interests of each state. The Founding Fathers succeeded admirably in the area of state-based election of the president, but did they succeed in also ensuring we hav Continue Reading...
Anticommunism and McCarthyism For a modern audience, the ideas of anticommunism and McCarthyism may be difficult to distinguish because they are frequently discussed in the same context. However, it is inappropriate to view the two ideologies as syn Continue Reading...
