Major Issues Regarding Race, Sexual Violence, Religion, and Corporate Control of the Media
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This 10 page report discusses five separate issues : the social construction of race; sexual violence against women as well as the marginalization of those with “alternative” lifestyles; what religion is; the role of religion in the conflict between Tibet-China and Israel-Palestine; and, the corporate domination of the media. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
Filename: BWmajor.wps

Comparative Health Care / 4 Countries
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A 15 page comparison of health care systems in Mexico, China, Saudi Arabia, and South Africa. Discussed are various programs, statistics, funding, etc; Bibliography lists 12 sources.
Filename: Healcare.wps

OPEC and its Effect on Oil Prices
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This 6 page paper examines the impact of globalization on the distribution of wealth as regards Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC). Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: JGAopecs.wps

Gorbachev vs. Castro
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6 pages comparing Cuba's Castro and the former Soviet Union's Gorbachev-- Two Communist leaders who ruled their respective countries quite differently. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: Gorbcast.wps

Political Conflict in Kosovo
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A 5 page paper which discusses a journal article and defines 5 arguments within the text. The arguments are presented and analyzed. This is followed by a section which discusses the use of evidence and lack of evidence within the article. The article is titled 'Not-So-Sacred Borders. (national sovereignty and Kosovo conflict)' and is written by James Kitfield. It appeared in the November, 1999 edition of the National Journal. No additional sources cited.
Filename: RAkosovo.wps

Clash of Nations
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This 8 page paper considers the controversial article written in 1993 that predicted that conflicts in the twenty-first century will be between different civilisations, most notably between the Muslim and non Muslim civilisations. The bibliography cites 1 source.
Filename: TEclashn.rtf

Dealing with Problematic Legalities in the European Union
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This 26 page paper looks at the potential problems of legislation in the European community. In a union where all countries retain their sovereignty, but are required to operate under standard sets of rules, there are many potential problems. This is further emphasised by the increasing number of countries which wish to join the community. There legal problems will be at both the individual nations level as well as the European level. This paper looks at this potential and how it is dealt with, paying special attention to the principles of subsidiarity and proportionality. The bibliography cites 25 sources.
Filename: TEeurola.wps

The Greatest Challenges Facing the European Union
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This 9 page report discusses a number of the issues being dealt with by the leaders of the European Union. With an admittedly shared but still distinct history, the nations of Europe have faced and will continue to face a significant number of obstacles blocking the utopian state that some imagine as the future of Europe. New regulatory frameworks, the creation of the Euro, post-nationalism, economic and social expansion, as well as the growing sense of alienation on the part citizens of EU member-nations must all be considered as important challenges of the 21st century. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
Filename: BWeuchal.wps

Politics in the Enlightenment
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This 8 page paper explores politics during the Age of Enlightenment (the 18th C) which changed the feudal system of rule to a more centralized thoughtful government. Montesquieu, Locke, Kant, and Wollstonecraft are discussed. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
Filename: BBenpol.doc.

“Earthquakes in Salvador and Seattle”
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A six page paper which compares the recent earthquakes in Salvador and Seattle, in terms of the resultant damage, collateral effects on the economy, and the measures which the respective countries had previously taken to alleviate the potential impact of natural disasters. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: JLearthquakes.wps

“Melvyn Dubofsky and Labour and Capital”
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A paper which looks at Melvyn’s Dubofsky’s theories regarding the interrelationship between labour and capital, and the way in which government intervention in the movement of capital and the development of the welfare state can be seen to have parallels in the socio-economic situation of the present day, both in the US and in other areas of the world.
Filename: JLdubofsky.wps

“The transition from feudalism to capitalism”
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A five page paper which looks at different theories of the way in which the transition from feudalism to capitalism was initiated and maintained, with reference to the importance of external market forces, the control of the means of production, and the extent to which local economic factors could be seen as more significant than the wider market. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: JLfeud.wps

“Waging Peace: Israel and the Arabs, 1948-2003” by Itamar Rabinovich
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A 5 page review of “Waging Peace: Israel and the Arabs, 1948-2003” by Itamar Rabinovich. No additional sources cited.
Filename: RAwgp.rtf

"Communist Manifesto" – Marx & Engels
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3 pages in length. The social classes Marx and Engels identify in 19th century society include the ruling class, whose primary concern was material in nature; the bourgeois middle class, who would ultimately become squeezed out of the caste system if capitalism were to secure a foothold; and the lower working class, whose daily struggle to survive was routinely thwarted by the oppressive desires of the ruling class. No additional sources cited.
Filename: TLCComManMrx.rtf