996 Search Results for Issues of Social Importance
Does Corporal Punishment Increase the Likelihood of Criminal Activity?NameInstitutionDateDoes Corporal Punishment Increase the Likelihood of Criminal Activity?Corporal punishment, is the use of physical force to inflict pain as a means of discipline, Continue Reading...
Throughout the inter-war period, Arab labor activists were among the most prominent and important advocates for anti-colonial struggle and national independence. Why then were the Arab revolutionary regimes that ultimately emerged in the 1950s and 19 Continue Reading...
Fiscal Policy in the Global Environment: Case Study on Ireland Economic Policy
The objective of this work is to examine the key aims of fiscal policy and to determine what the appropriate fiscal policy stance is for the Irish economy at the present Continue Reading...
Tolkien and the Canon
Is J.R.R. Tolkien a canonical writer? This depends, of course, on how we define canonical status -- or indeed who we acknowledge as our arbiter of canonicity. I will begin by noting the whiff of sanctimony in the very idea of a Continue Reading...
Educational Inequity
Culture and education are inherently linked (Adams, 1992; Gay, 2000, Jones 2004; Wlodkcowski & Ginsberg, 1995 in: Guo and Jamal, 2007) In order to understand impact of diversity in the educational setting, Guo and Jamal writ Continue Reading...
Today, even the local gas station and supermarket use computer technology and applications that are much more advanced in their capability than the computer systems used to launch and recover the first generation of spacecraft (Evans, 2004; Kaku, 19 Continue Reading...
During the 1960's and 1970's, violent contact with the police, resulting in force occurred during anti-war, labor and civil rights demonstrations, during a politically tumultuous time. It is safe to conclude that excessive force was used during the Continue Reading...
Taken together, the foregoing factors confirm that organizational change can be difficult or even impossible to achieve unless certain steps are followed. In this regard, in her book, When Giants Learn to Dance, Kanter recommends using the followin Continue Reading...
The anger that eventually and inevitably spills out is far more hurtful than any truth I could have told before, and the damage I have done to my self-esteem is too great. My opinions, right or wrong, are part of who I am.
Honesty does not mean tac Continue Reading...
Pletcher puts forth the point that many wished to overtake Texas, for example, from Mexican control because of a certain level of hatred on the part of Americans for their neighbors south of the border. Perhaps, as well, there was a certain level of Continue Reading...
This made the legal attempt to gain reparation for those who were imprisoned and lost so much very difficult. The acceptance of a plan for reparation was not achieved until 1988, and the completion of a memorial in honor of those Japanese-Americans Continue Reading...
National Association of Regional Councils: History And Evolution
NARC's History and Purpose: furthering the cause of regionalism
The National Association of Regional Councils (NARC) has been an independent entity for over thirty-five years. "The Na Continue Reading...
History and Development of International Conflict Management: Israel-Arab ConflictToday, the 22 member-states of the Arab League are scattered across the Middle East and North Africa where the lands have long been the source of conflict. Indeed, sinc Continue Reading...
Morris, Smith and Altus (2005)
The work of Morris, Smith, and Altus (2005) entitled "B.F. Skinner's Contributions of Applied Behavior Analysis" states that the contributions made by B.F. Skinner were both "profound and practical." (p. 99) The behav Continue Reading...
Disaster in Franklin County
Emergency Management is the organizational protocol that prepares for disaster response, supporting and rebuilding systems and society after natural of human disasters occur, and a continuous process in which groups from Continue Reading...
The idea that the easy availability of guns does not have anything to do with high homicide rates in the United States is a myth and a propaganda campaign of the National Rifle Association and others who support its ideology.
Let me illustrate the Continue Reading...
West Side Story
Like all musical films, the West Side Story relates to a production where the characters sing songs and sometimes dance too, all with the view of developing the characters and advancing the plot of the film
However, the movie brings Continue Reading...
By remaining exclusive, the company has been able to offer high quality services at lower costs than competitors without traditional fears of growth, market loss, or marketing costs. At the same time, this exclusivity as limited the company's growth Continue Reading...
Still, they published their theory in a coauthored work and there were not large differences in the overall theory at this point (Hart & Gregor 2005).
As the two scholars' careers diverged, however, they continued to develop their thinking on g Continue Reading...
In other words, with respect to the dilemma between IFRS and U.S. GAAP, the view provided by the article is that recent changes have actually manifested a far more intensive process of oversight in the latter than is proposed by the former.
To the Continue Reading...
This in turn reflects badly upon me. There is no valid way in which I can adjust my teaching methods to relate to the narrowly focused test material without severely harming my or my students' goals towards excellence and future success.
Having spo Continue Reading...
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One of the largest issues between the two nations is the issue of truck passage. In the past trucks carrying goods or cargo had enjoyed a cursory glance as they crossed into the other nation however, after the World Trade Towers came down border a Continue Reading...
Incorporating issues such as corporate governance, migration of companies, competition policy, social policy, tax policy and doing business with the public sector, EU commercial law examines each from the perspective of cross-border corporate manage Continue Reading...
Religious Studies
The things that Orthodox Judaism and Jewish Renewal have in common appear to originate from the foundations of the Jewish faith. Both make use of the Jewish scriptures such as the Talmud, and both adhere to Jewish traditions in ter Continue Reading...
Social, cultural, economic, legal and political differences among nations have had an important impact on the international business activities of Africa. While many in the international business community feel that Africa is a potentially huge emerg Continue Reading...
Social Work Statement of Purpose
While some people may be able to point to a distinct time or place in their lives when they knew how they wanted to make their livelihood, for others, the path to a profession cannot be mapped so precisely. My motiva Continue Reading...
Social science researchers can use either qualitative or quantitative strategies to develop informed and timely answers to their research questions, but these two approaches involve analyzing fundamentally different data sets. On the one hand, qualit Continue Reading...
.....social injustice and inequality. First, literature related to the fundamentals of discrimination and descriptions of gender discrimination are discussed in the literature. Following a detailed discussion of what the literature says about gender Continue Reading...
Social Media Use by Minors, Teens and Youths
Benefits of children and adolescents using social media
Socialization and Communication
Enhanced Learning Opportunities
Accessing Health Information
Risks of youth using social media
Cyberbullying an Continue Reading...
Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Ethics
Abstract/Introduction -- No one can argue that the international business community is becoming more and more complex as a result of globalism. In turn, this complexity is driven by an increas Continue Reading...
However, in contrast to others, I do not agree with the assessment methods of the FCAT. The FCAT is the statewide educational assessment for the state of Florida and is intended to measure a student's prior and current knowledge of given subject mat Continue Reading...
Today, even teens that have access to birth control do not use it all the time. One reporter notes that a National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy study shows, "Nearly nine out of 10 teens say it's important to use birth control every time they h Continue Reading...
Black Colleges Homosexuality
In order to create more egalitarian, prosocial, and productive campus environments, it is necessary to understand attitudes toward homosexuality and homosexual students. Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) stu Continue Reading...
Symbolic Interactionism
Healthcare sociological theory
Symbolic interaction theory: Healthcare (Obesity prevention)
Symbolic interaction theory "focuses attention on the way that people interact through symbols: words, gestures, rules, and roles" Continue Reading...
"The second step is to develop a touch-point chain and gauge those with the greatest impact. The third step is to turn findings into project priorities. The final step is to implement and monitor." (Atwal and Williams, 2009 P. 343).
Uche (2009) pro Continue Reading...
Abortion to Poverty
Poverty and Abortion
The Relation of Poverty to Abortion
Advancements in globalization in the current century, and the technological advancements, the globe has experienced drastic changes in terms of the culture and social re Continue Reading...