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Human Rights in South Africa, 2003.
An overview of international human rights with an emphasis on South Africa.
1,025 words (approx. 4.1 pages), 15 sources, MLA, $ 36.95
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This paper takes a wide-ranging look at human rights around the world today, showing the key themes and issues currently affecting the international community. The introduction explains key terms necessary for the paper and gives a history of the development of human rights. The paper focuses on South Africa as a case-study (though numerous other examples are cited where applicable). South Africa is used as an example of a developing country whose human rights issues have been identified internally by the South African government as well as externally by the international community and then acted upon to some degree of success.
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"?Human rights? are rights that all humans are entitled to such as the right to live, the right to liberty, the right to freedom of expression and the right to equality within society. ?Civil rights? and ?civil liberties? refer to the guarantees that a state may make to its citizens and are offered in addition to one?s basic human rights. Perhaps the best quantification of human rights (and the mostly widely accepted) is the United Nations? Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Although the UN?s Declaration is over half a century old and has been savagely criticized at times it still serves as a useful guide to general ideals of human rights."
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Human Rights in South Africa, 2006.
A brief examination of the human rights now granted black South Africans after years of being ruled unjustly by a white government.
1,231 words (approx. 4.9 pages), 5 sources, MLA, $ 41.95
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This paper describes the basic human rights afforded black South Africans after the 1996 ratification of the African Charter on Human and People Rights. The paper outlines the struggle the nation underwent in order to achieve these rights that were so long denied to black South Africans and the role that Nelson Mandela played in bringing these rights to the people of South African and in abolishing apartheid for good.
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"Along with other human rights promised to South Africans today is the basic human right of equality. After years of being ruled by a white government--black South Africans are now promised racial equality. Prior to 1994, the fall of the apartheid society, blacks in South Africa were treated as inferior. It was accepted behavior for whites to be superior and rule their nation. They were told what to do, how to act, where to work, and what god to worship."
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Human Rights in Africa, 2005.
This paper discusses the universalism of human rights in Africa.
750 words (approx. 3.0 pages), 2 sources, MLA, $ 26.95
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This paper asks if, in a world characterized by diversity, especially as seen in Africa, can there be such a thing as universal human rights as defined by the post-WWII Universal Human Rights Declaration, or are human rights culturally specific. The author points out that cultural relativism against the imposition of the universal human rights in Africa often holds the view that society and tradition are unchanging and monolithic; scholars adhering to this view consider the universal human rights theory as a form of Western "cultural imperialism". This paper relates that workers for women and minority rights in many African states rely greatly on the universal human rights theory to espouse their cause for liberation against societal constraints.
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"Rather than concentrate on the origins of the universal human rights, scholars supporting this theory are more engaged with the meaning of universal human rights in Africa. They assert that universal human right laws should take precedence over customary laws because "it provides a higher set of standard by which the various cultural traditions can be judged". Professor Ibhawoh, points to the ability of dominant groups and individuals to control the interpretation of cultural norms and use them to their advantage, while dominated groups are the once more receptive to different perception that are helpful to their quest for self improvement and justice."
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Human Rights, 2003.
An overview of human rights around the world today and the issues currently affecting the international community.
2,355 words (approx. 9.4 pages), 25 sources, APA, $ 72.95
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This paper takes a wide-ranging look at human rights around the world today, showing the key themes and issues currently affecting the international community. The introduction explains key terms necessary for the paper and gives a history of the development of human rights. The paper focuses on two case-studies (though numerous other examples are cited where applicable): South Africa and Japan. South Africa is used as an example of a developing country whose human rights issues have been identified internally by the South African government as well as externally by the international community and then acted upon to some degree of success. The author of the paper goes undercover in Japan to show that, despite apparent ?successes? such as in South Africa, shocking human rights violations still occur today worldwide even in developed countries and need to be exposed and then dealt with.
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"The word ?apartheid? was used as the National Party?s political slogan in the 1940s but the policy of ?separate development? extends back to the beginning of white settlement in South Africa in 1652. When the Afrikaan Nationalists came to power in 1948, the social custom of apartheid became institutionalized under South African law. The 1950 Population Registration Act categorized all South Africans into three racial categories: Bantu (black African), white or Colored (if mixed race); with a fourth category, Asian, added later mainly for Indians and Pakistanis. The system of apartheid was developed by a series of laws in the 1950s. The 1950 Group Areas Act allotted races to different residential and business sections in cities. The Land Acts of 1954 and 1955 restricted nonwhite residence to specific areas and limited ownership of land."
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Human Rights in Japan, 2003.
An overview of international human rights with an emphasis on Japan.
1,823 words (approx. 7.3 pages), 22 sources, APA, $ 58.95
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The paper takes a wide-ranging look at human rights around the world today, showing the key themes and issues currently affecting the international community. The introduction explains key terms necessary for the paper and gives a history of the development of human rights. The paper focuses on Japan as a case-study (though numerous other examples are cited where applicable). The author of the paper goes undercover in Japan to show that, despite ?successes? in improving human rights in countries such as South Africa, shocking human rights violations still occur today worldwide even in developed countries and these need to be exposed and then dealt with.
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"At least the Japanese of Korean and Chinese ancestry blend in to the Japanese population at large but human rights violations can be far worse for those who do not. An unofficial but widely accepted racial-pyramid stereotyping exists amongst Japanese society at large. Japanese, naturally, are at the top of the ethnic groups. It could be argued that an inferiority complex with whites (particularly European and American) still exists but this has gradually eroded with Japan?s economic ascension and the increasing crime and disorder in Western cultures. After Westerners follow Asians (first Chinese, then Koreans and finally other Asians) who Japanese look down upon as inferiors and finally blacks (except, paradoxically, musically and athletically gifted blacks whom the Japanese detachedly admire)."
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The United Nation's Universal Declaration of Human Rights, 2001.
This paper critically analyzes the United Nation's Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
1,200 words (approx. 4.8 pages), 3 sources, $ 41.95
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The following paper critically analyzes the United Nation?s Universal Declaration of Human Rights with reference to two events, that of racial apartheid that was the official policy of South Africa and the systematic raping of Bosnian women during the conflict in that region.
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"According to the United Nation?s Universal Declaration of Human Rights, ?Everyone is entitled to all the rights and freedoms set forth in this Declaration, without distinction of any kind, such as race, color, sex, language, religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin, property, birth or other status. Furthermore, no distinction shall be made on the basis of the political, jurisdictional or international status of the country or territory to which a person belongs, whether it be independent, trust, non-self-governing or under any other limitation of sovereignty. (UN Website)"
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Protecting Civil Rights in South Dakota, 2002.
A memo form document about the importance of civil rights in South Dakota.
1,400 words (approx. 5.6 pages), 1 source, $ 53.95
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This six-page undergraduate-level paper is in the form of a memo to a civil rights organization director who is faced with the challenge of protecting the voting rights of the Native American community in South Dakota.
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Labor and Industrial Relations in South Africa, 2008.
A discussion of the impact of the unique political and socio-economic situation in South Africa on labor relations and human resource management.
771 words (approx. 3.1 pages), 8 sources, APA, $ 27.95
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This paper examines how South Africa's unique cultural, socio-economic, and political situation imposes difficult challenges for labor relations and human resource management. The paper explains that since the end of apartheid, the country has faced the problem of how to bring about substantive equality, including economic equality. The paper then looks at how the new South African government eschewed the redistribution approach, and instead opted to implement systematic and sometimes extreme forms of affirmative action. The paper also points out that a good example of the affirmative action policies the new South African government put in place is the Black Economic Empowerment initiative (BEE), which was established with the Broad Based Black Economic Empowerment Act in 2004. The writer believes that this initiative is a good one from a human rights perspective. However, from a human resources point of view, the challenge of this situation must be that artificially speeding up the promotion of people who have been systematically denied good education for so long, creates a danger that under-qualified people will be in management positions. The paper concludes that the problem of providing adequate training for people who have for so long been excluded from management positions is likely the biggest current problem facing human resources managers, as South Africa continues to change towards becoming a normal society.
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"However, despite such descriptions, this initiative does primarily aim to improve the economic lot of blacks - given that it is they who suffer most from inequality. It does this with measures such as legislation and regulation, which aim among other things to put more blacks in management. For example, there is the balanced scorecard, which assesses whether there is sufficient black ownership of companies, sufficient black senior management, sufficient black human resource development and employment equity, etc. These factors are imposed as codes on state bodies, public companies and foreign investment companies. How well companies do on the score card affects vital economic factors, such as whether they are awarded contracts (Alexander, 2004)."
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Struggles within South Africa, 2002.
This paper is an investigation into the effect of colonization on South Africa and the people of South Africa.
4,134 words (approx. 16.5 pages), 13 sources, MLA, $ 110.95
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This is an in-depth paper of what the country of South Africa went through during the years of Dutch and British colonization. Discusses issues such as segregation, apartheid and freedom fighting. It begins with the Dutch colonization in 1652 and how this impacted the life of the African and Khoi Khoi natives. It examines how these early relationships gave rise to the hundreds of years of oppression and discrimination of the ruling white colonialist over the black natives. Studies these complex relationships until the time of the release of Nelson Mandela.
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"Colonization is defined by Webster?s Dictionary as an act or instance of colonizing. To South Africa and the South African people colonization has a much deeper and much more complex meaning. Colonization began in South Africa with the entrance of the Dutch in1652 and again with the British in 1806. The colonization by the Dutch was brought on by the need for a supply port to help ships sailing around the southern tip of the African continent. The Dutch?s philosophy regarding the indigenous African people was one of separation and isolation. The Dutch urged their colonist to stay away from the native people and try to have little or no contact or interaction with them. One of the first conflicts between African and Dutch interest occurred between the Dutch and the KhoiKhoi. This conflict began when the indigenous KhoiKhoi realized that the Dutch settlers were in South Africa to stay. The KhoiKhoi believed that the Dutch intended to continue encroaching on the farmlands of their people. This tension between the Dutch and Africans broke out into a war, which last four years. The KhoiKhoi resistance was stopped by the Dutch due to the superior tactics and superior weapons used by the Dutch army. This conflict was one of many in which the native Africans attempted to take back their homelands, but fell short of their goals. In 1806 the British seized control of the South African colony in order to utilize its location and natural resources. "
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South Africa: A Country Divided, 2007.
This paper examines elements of apartheid that still exist in South Africa.
1,271 words (approx. 5.1 pages), 4 sources, APA, $ 43.95
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This paper explores South Africa's experience as a divided nation and its process of recovery in the past two decades. First, the paper considers the issue of affirmative action in South Africa. The author then acknowledges that elements of apartheid still exist. In order to overcome this divisiveness, the author examines the experiences of other divided nations, such as Germany and Korea. The author concludes that apartheid in South Africa has not ended, but has merely gone 'underground' so that it can still be active but not in the overt sense that it used to be.
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"The promotion of a collective or a group identity, therefore, necessarily involves subordinating the individuality that is seen within the group. Furthermore, being able to strengthen one's identity based on race, religion, language, or caste is also considered divisive and threatening to the equality and the freedom of the country (Gramby-Sobukwe, 2002). Quotas are then viewed as being a means to help achieve an equality of outcome by working to deny an equality of opportunity or a fundamental right of various individuals (Gramby-Sobukwe, 2002)."
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Apartheid in South Africa, 2005.
A discussion regarding the question of whether in the 1970s, General Motors should have opened a manufacturing plant in South Africa.
675 words (approx. 2.7 pages), 3 sources, $ 26.95
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This paper considers a plan by General Motors as to whether or not to build a plant in South Africa in the 1970s to take advantage of the access to cheap labor. F\The paper discusses how from a social point of view though there are good reasons why GM might not want to take this action. For one thing blacks are paid far less than whites in South Africa for doing the same job and whites in South Africa are paid far less than a laborer in the United States.
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"African history after the arrival of Europeans was a history of racial attitudes continuing after the end of the colonial era. In the modern era, apartheid was the major social structure affecting every aspect of South African society and South African relations with other parts of the world. Historians do not agree on the reason for the development of apartheid. What is clear is that more and more laws were passed to enforce a division of the races. Blacks were subject to searches, needed passes, were restricted in where they could live and work, and were generally treated differently than whites. Both races, however, were prevented from mixing. General Motors must decide whether or not to build a manufacturing facility in apartheid South Africa. From a business point of view, this could be justified on the basis of access to cheap labor."
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Media Policy in South Africa, 2007.
An analysis of media policy in South Africa and a comparison of media performance standards in Britain, Italy and Germany.
3,606 words (approx. 14.4 pages), 7 sources, MLA, $ 100.95
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This paper explains that one of the main roles of the press in any democracy is that of a public watchdog that is vigilant over government activities on behalf of the people that government serves. The paper focuses on South Africa as a point of reference and refers to the history of South African policy as well as certain European media policy counterparts, in order to gauge standards of media performance.
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Introduction
Media and Democracy
Media Policy in South Africa
External Media Policy
Policy Formulation Aspects
Internal Media Policy
Policy Formulation Aspects
The Gate keeping Function
European Media Policy
United Kingdom Media Policy
Italian Media Policy
German Media Policy
South African Media Policy History
Apartheid Era
After Apartheid
Comparison
Conclusion
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"One of the main roles that the press plays in any democracy is that of a public watchdog that is vigilant over government activities on behalf of the people that government serves (Krimsky, 2000). The media is a fundamental tool in the decision-making of the democratic government in any country. A democracy requires the people of the state to make choices and decisions on a daily basis. This therefore needs to be aided by a media and media environment that allows for objectivity through its content and the journalists and staff of the forms of media themselves. The media needs to inform, without judging (Krimsky, 2000)."
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Methodism in 20th Century South Africa, 2204.
A look at the missionary aspect of Christianity in South Africa and how the Christian church has operated there.
3,683 words (approx. 14.7 pages), 11 sources, MLA, $ 102.95
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This paper looks at evidence that would suggest that the Christian church and its missionary activities have had a more positive effect on South Africa than has typically been believed. The paper looks at the history of the church there and how it has been able to help South Africa in its efforts dealing with the AIDS epidemic, poverty, and social and racial injustices.
The Christian Institute
The Programme to Combat Racism
Educational Mission
Ecumenism
Out Migration of South African Ideas
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"Apartheid may be a thing of the past in South Africa, but some of its effects linger on, and repairing those societal, theological problems has created some new ones as well. Fortunately, it appears that the Church-by which is meant all Christian churches-seem to be seeing things in a slightly more Christ-like manner than they often have elsewhere, at least of a number of recent commentators on those issues can be believed. In fact, the relatively smooth transition to an integrated society may reasonably be laid at the feet of the Church and its conduct during the colonial era. A number of conferences, leading up to and at the time of the end of apartheid, shed light on what the Church has done, both good and less positive, to bring about the changes in South African society. Also revealed, through the conferences and the actions of individual churches, including the Methodist church, are insights into what theological, social and moral problems might still remain."
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Apartheid and the History of South Africa, 2006.
A study of the history of South Africa and the reign of apartheid.
7,200 words (approx. 28.8 pages), 5 sources, APA, $ 160.95
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This paper asserts that in order to understand the reasons and roots of apartheid, one must first understand the history of South Africa. The author therefore provides a detailed historical account of South Africa from the fifteenth century until today, including colonization, slavery, industrial development and the leadership of Hendrik French Verwoerd, the prime minister responsible for introducing apartheid. The second half of the paper is devoted to a study of the anti-apartheid movement, culminating in the election of Nelson Mandela.
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"Until the fifteenth century tribes in South Africa remained isolated from the rest of the world. However, late in the fifteenth century the Portuguese began to explore the western coastline of South Africa in search of an easier route to Asia. By1497, five years after Christopher Columbus had crossed the Atlantic under Portuguese patronage, Vasco da Gama led a Portuguese expedition that rounded the tip of South Africa, sailed along the east African coastline, and then crossed the Indian Ocean reaching Calicut, India."
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Economic Development in South Africa, 2005.
An analysis of economic strategy and development for poor countries, particularly South Africa.
1,575 words (approx. 6.3 pages), 4 sources, $ 62.95
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This paper considers the best economic strategy for poor countries to develop and applies this to South Africa. The paper notes the need for an infrastructure and for foreign investment from multinational enterprises in particular, with South Africa having to overcome the economic damage done by the long-term and now abandoned policy of apartheid, which contributed to the high unemployment and poverty facing the country.
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"Economic development is a subject of study in the West and a vital necessity for the poor countries of the world. Technology is identified as one of the four key elements for a country to generate a higher standard of living, along with natural resources, capital, and a skilled workforce. Emerging nations today can take full advantage of the technological developments that have been made by developed nations (Mobius 37). A country like South Africa has particular difficulty today because of the long neglect of proper development during the decades of apartheid, when racial divisions created a lopsided economic system where whites benefited and blacks did not."
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