History Essays

According to Bercovitch (1996), conflicts deprives fundamental rights from the victims especially those that pertains to liberty, life and safety. In schools, concern about violence has been on the rise and in relation to that, conflict resolution and peer mediation training programs have been growing.

It shows how Brazil turned out to be the first country among developing countries to make ARVs accessible universally. This was an initiative that made a breakthrough propelled by a group of activists, development agencies, government reformers and pharmaceutical industries.

Women’s Stone Age. Women’s distinct nature in the Euripides is accustomed to their acclaimed character and this explores the attributes of the Heroic age. This principally defines the Greek mythology and the ancient archeological Bronze Age of Ancient Greece.

?…………………………………………12 Bibliography………………………………………………………………. 14 Introduction Southeast Asian nations confront cold tension as Chinese government used military and political pressures in a struggle to monopolize control over Southeast Asian seas and the resources within this region.

Michael Psellus was a prominent figure in the Byzantine history, being a philosopher as well as being a politician. In Psellus’ own account, he portrays himself as being highly educated and having had the attribute of being among the learned persons of his time.

However, what the gist of these two theories are, with regards to the subject at hand, is that intentionalism is basically imposing an ideology of an individual, and this ideology is what affects the structures of the country or environment around him or her.

According to our opinions, the truth is that the revolution of Iran was a worker’s revolution. If it had not been for the mobilisation of the labour class, Ayatollah and his companions would have stayed in France until better times. On February 1979, Ayatollah Khomeini was welcomed by his people on his return to Iran.

Unexpectedly, the 2011 incident at the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant awoke fear among the American citizens that radiation would linger on for years and affect them as well (Krupa). Likewise, the fear of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) still lingers among the world population.

Russia and Germany were some of the main parties involved in the Second World War. The war between the Russians and the Germans brought great carnage and destruction to the entire Eastern front of Europe. Both countries had different ideologies that were irreconcilable and this made the war a matter of life and death.

The African American women had to endure pain and alienation during the civil rights movement.The white people were violent and terrorized the black people, women especially. The African American women were discriminated in terms of education. Other forms of discrimination included employment and demoralization through verbal abuses.

As intimation to the readers, this is a research paper, being written with a view point to provide a detailed and extensive description regarding the marginalized people of the Atlantic world. This paper comprehensively states the reasons and circumstances due to which the marginalized people opt for piracy as their source of income.

This particular term finds its use being increased a result of the political rift going on many countries around the globe. The concept is itself diversified and can be classified into following the categories. We have refugees, internally displaced persons, and asylum seekers, persons who have illegally smuggled or trafficked.

Racism against African-Americans ran deep in the period after the American civil war, where African-Americans were viewed as a plague in the American society. White supremacist spread their ideologies and propaganda against them leading to widespread segregation, seclusion, and subordination through slavery, lynching, economic sabotage.

This illustrates that the political situation of Tibet following the Chinese annexation in the 1950s has been a delicate one. Tibet has had a history of violence since March 1959 during the abortive rebellion that led to the exile of Dalai Lama. There was an armed crackdown in 1989 during the Lhasa revolt that was overseen by President Hu Jintao.

Fordism is defined as a mass production of related products using a rigid mode of technology of production line with particular machines and work routines, which leads to increased productivity through intensification of labor, homogenization of the labor force and the economies of scale.

Political and Cultural Consequences of Neo-Liberalism. The word neo-liberalism can be rooted from globalisation. The term neo-liberalism could also imply fundamentalism, and these two terms are in most cases interchangeably used. Neo-liberalism can be defined as a conjecture of political economics, which holds that the ultimate wellbeing of people can only be improved through liberating their individual entrepreneurial skills.

But there have been a lot of debates on the question whether Marxism offers a coherent account of the modern international political system. But a modern historical and political analysis of Marxism will necessarily reveal that though Marxism quite effectively can explain the heart of capitalist exploitation, it, as a political system, fails to provide a coherent account of modern political system.

Over the past two or so decades, the most heated debate has been revolving around an erudite predisposition by and large referred to as intentionalist and an antagonistic functionalist explanation.

Its provision also helps children develop the ability to analyze and judge issues that are related to family, social, personal, national or global, at different developmental stages. The willingness to make contribution and commitment is also enhanced (EDB - Moral, Civic and National Education 2001).

But how this revolution took place and what were the basic philosophical and ideological foundations which actually resulted into the revolution of the country. Gordon Wood in his essay “ideology and the origins of liberal America” argues that American Independence was the result of greater need for liberty and ideology for liberalism.

Changes in the Nature of War and Diplomacy after 1989: An International Relations Perspective.The Second World War ended with an alliance between the Soviet Union, USA, Britain, France and China. In terms of ideologies, the Chinese and the Soviets supported a Communist system of totalitarian state controlled governance whilst the Americans, British and French supported a Capitalist system where individuals had the right to control wealth.

American Failure in Vietnam War and British Success in Malayan Emergency. The Vietnam War was a long running combat between the nationalist forces and the United States with the alliance of South Vietnam. While the nationalist forces tried to fulfill their objective of unifying the independent country of Vietnam under a communist government, the purpose of the United States was to thwart the proliferation of communism.

What holes has the financial crisis revealed in the G8? Will the G20 fill such holes? The 2007/2009 recession has caused huge financial crisis across the word. Not only the poor and developing countries, but also the developed world faced severe financial problems as a result of it.

Genocide, in this case, refers to the structural and systematic destruction of innocent individuals by a state bureaucratic apparatus and may also mean expulsion or evacuation of individuals from one place to another. Genocide remains a controversial topic among nationalists, historians, politicians.

Approximately one million soldiers from African colonies served for the purpose of allied forces. In the World War II, two million African soldiers (one million African Americans and one million African) confronted the enemies of those who fought against the oppression and violence.

This study will includes the major timeline of UN post cold war, however it will also project the background of its establishment and how it came in to form, with what objectives and goals. The paper will highlight its credibility and how successful and effective; its policies have been in recent times as well as in history.

Initially, it was related to the interest of people who were the political activist or in any way involve in politics. The study of this field was thus, limited to things occurring and evolving in a society that can be considered from a political point of view, to attract more people by understanding their political needs (Adcock & Bevir, 2005).

Anti-Europeans and pro-Europeans first articulated the interests about a democratic deficit in the European Union in a similar way in mid 1980s. These interests were previously expressed by politicians, policy makers, and political scientists who debated that solitary Euopean Act had passed essential authority up to the European level stature without adequate legislative or judicial regulation upon these powers.

For the present paper the main focus on the historical development of the Second amendment and its relevance to the gun control in USA. A chronological development of the second amendments and a changing nature of right to fire arms have been taken into consideration in this paper.

The dramatization of the events and the corresponding battles bring to mind epic battles led by the greatest generals in the history of the United States. Although everyone knows that the North won the war, not everyone clearly understands how they managed to topple the better equipped and financed Confederate armies.

Historical events brought forth the present human rights violations. For a period of more than two decades Sri Lanka has been consistently entangled in a civil war. A substantial number of people have been murdered and more people displaced since 1980 when conflict ensued

The war between Cyprus and Turkey. Cyprus embodies a state that has endured problematic ethnic conflicts. Cyprus gained independence from Great Britain in 1960 and since then the inhabitants, the Greek Cypriots and Turkish Cypriots have been clashing frequently.

The Relationship between the United States and Venezuela. Recently, new issues started to influence relations between Venezuela and the United States. The bilateral disposition of their relationship becomes more and more subjected to the demands of international policymaking.

South Africa’s geographical area is seen to extend from the Limpopo River which marks its northern most point to the southernmost tip of the continent of Africa. This vast region is estimated to be approximately a sixth of the size of the United States (Heath, 2009).

The paper investigates how Shah's White Revolution (comprising of modernization and westernization efforts) and how the widespread reforms, in particular, land reform, generated the foundation for the revolution of 1979. Indeed, the premise of matching his increase in power with reforms did not yield more favor from Iranian but discontentment.

The spectacular economic growth had made possible not only an increasing median income for Afro-Americans but also their entry into industries and labour unions previously closed to them2. That, in turn, brought about a gain in occupational status, which did not have to come at the expense of white Americans3.

The Meiji Restoration. The Meiji Restoration is arguably the most significant event in the history of Japan. This is because it brought about major changes in both political and social circles, which culminated in the modernization of Japan. As a result, the events of Meiji Restoration, is widely regarded as a social and political revolution that helped in defining the aspirations of the Japanese people1.

‘Haiti’ was renamed after the indigenous Arak name. The Haitian Revolution is the only revolution that leads to the founding of a state. Animosity grew between the African people and the whites due to racism (Geggus 45). In those years, the Haitian Revolution established Haiti as the first republic ruled by the blacks and therefore the only successful slave revolt in the history.

Though the conflict never led to the declaration of a full-blown ‘Hot War’ but the animosity between the two nations kept on brewing and led to many proxy wars. The tension disrupted the international accord and the evidence of its existence was quite ostensible through subsequent wars that took place between other countries.

During this time, many wars were fought, struggles lost, and domestic reforms implemented. Through it all, Egypt has remained largely a poor and densely populated country, with a strong central government that allows for little input from the people. Leaders, such as Muhammad Ali Pasha, ruled as they saw fit, with minimal interference, for centuries.

The political and the administrative organization of Brazil consist of the federal government, states, federals, and the municipalities. The federal government is the one that controls the central government and it is divided into three independent branches: legislative, executive, and judicial.

Countries in Central and Eastern Europe have some of the most elaborate and well developed political systems in the world. These old democracies have citizens with a very high appreciation for the values of democracy1.

Factor behind the fall of communism in Eastern Europe. By definition offered by (Lorimer, 1997, p.3), communism is a world community in which all classes and class distinctions have been overcome and all systems and relations of exploitation abolished as opposed to capitalism that is an economic system based on private ownership of capital goods and acquiring instruments to establish and expand private businesses and companies for income generation and self-gains.

If the yield spread between a high-risk and a risk-free bond are low, capitalists would invest on the high-risk bond since it is stable in comparison with a risk-free debt measurement, with less risks of losing investments or not earning interest.

Specifically, countries from the Eurasia region, which were former states of the Soviet Union, such as Bulgarian, Romania and Estonia have joined the EU (Brydon, 2008, 159). Among these new members, Bulgaria is the biggest in terms of the area, and this has an implication of the environment (Carius et al, 2011).

The United States came to the rescue of Kuwait and, under the authorization of the United Nations, drove the Iraqis back to their domestic border. This Gulf War, as it is called, affected Kuwait’s previously thriving economy. It caused heavy damage to Kuwait’s oil industry, incurred several war debts and reconstruction costs, and caused the loss of essential foreign workers.

This is evidenced by the critical changes made by the respective governments with regard to political structure and context (Avila and Henriquez 4). The changes have seen the establishment of electoral management bodies that have played significant roles towards democratisation of the region.

Their agitation for racial equality espoused one of the contemporary fundamentals of the independence wars in the Atlantic world and Spanish America. However, matters pertaining to race have been historically placed as secondary despite of famous declarations of Mexican, Colombian, and Venezuelan patriots concerning humanity’s equality regardless of origin or color1.

Risky aspects of the economic growth of China Introduction China’s economic meltdown is predicted by various economics researchers both within China and across the world. The slow-down of China’s economy has begun. The problem of debt crisis in Wenzhou is being compared to the Bear Stearns’s collapse in March 2008 that served as a trailer for the even bigger financial collapse that happened in the following September (Hays).

According to the study done by Mayo clinic in US, it is evident that one of the serious medical conditions affecting adolescent and children is childhood obesity (Metcalf, & Metcalf, 2008.). Childhood obesity is a weight condition that surpasses the normal weigh of a child corresponding to his or her height and age.