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Misinterpretation of 'Que Viva Mexico!', 2007.
This paper discusses whether the film, 'Que Viva Mexico!', by Sergei Eisenstein was misinterpreted.
9,293 words (approx. 37.2 pages), 24 sources, APA, $ 191.95
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This study examines Eisenstein's unfinished film, 'Que Viva Mexico!' The writer aims to establish its so far misinterpreted history, as well as its importance in the wider discussion of Eisenstein's work. The writer notes that the study contains evidence exposing Soviet politics, responsible for the unfinished nature of the film. Furthermore, the study explores artistic influences, particularly the Mexican Muralist movement, which have so far been neglected. In addition, changes in Eisenstein's theoretical thought are investigated in an examination about extant scenarios and through close textual analysis. The writer argues that Eisenstein moved away from montage of attractions to pay close attention to the single shot: its composition, potential, aesthetics and meaning. Additionally, the film shot is particularly surprising in that it contains a continual linking of a man and his natural environment, the release of the female, local traditions and rituals on life, death and immorality, as well as elements of excessive over indulgence.
Table of Contents:
Introduction
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Conclusion
Bibliography
Appendix
Glossary of People
Glossary of terms and names in Que Viva Mexico!
Chronology
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"Sandunga and Maguey do not reflect Eisenstein's understanding of the opposition between Rivera and Orozco on a visual level. The stories also express the difference in character. Sandunga is a romantic vision, set in the harmony of the unspoiled natural surroundings of the tropics, where as Maguey is governed by male violence. It contains the most brutal scene of the entire film, where under the pre-Revolutionary system; we see Mexican labourers die being crushed by horse hooves. This scene was to be the only scene that Mexican censorship decreed as inappropriate and damaging towards their country and that it was not to be shown. But, the scene does embody some futurist aspects with close ups of the peons being crushed by the horse hooves as they cross to form a triangular movement . The faces of the peons are in focus, while the dust and horses are out of focus and blurred, appearing as triangular cubic shadows."
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Misinterpretation of The Bible, 2005.
A review of Geertz and Bourdieu on the challenges of misinterpretation of the Bible or its teachings.
675 words (approx. 2.7 pages), 2 sources, $ 26.95
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This paper is a review of Geertz and Bourdieu who discuss the potential for misinterpretation in terms of the intentions of the scripture or a sermon. The paper discusses the ways it is possible for misinterpretation to occur, such as through small distinctive behaviours, such as a wink or twitch being misunderstood or due to distinctive cultural interpretations. It also discusses the possible results of these differences in understanding.
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"A Review of Geertz & Bourdieu In the study of religion, challenges have frequently occurred where the intentions of the scripture or the context of the sermon are transformed through distinctive cultural interpretations. There is no universal mode of communication; small distinctive behaviors can be interpreted as a result of a twitch or the result of a wink, with absolutely no difference between them save for the context in which they were viewed; the gesture of winking is only significant because "the winker is communicating, and indeed communicating in a quite precise and special way: 10 deliberately, 2) to someone in particular, 3) to impart a particular message, 4) according to a socially established code, and 5) without cognizance of the rest of the company" (6). The use of such a gesture is only significant as a form of communication through the cultural influences in which it resides."
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Mexico City: 2012 Olympics, 2002.
Overview of Mexico City's and Mexico's economic condition and how the economic conditions make Mexico City a viable choice for the 2012 Olympic Games.
1,438 words (approx. 5.8 pages), 6 sources, MLA, $ 47.95
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This paper analyzes a report, prepared by Mexico City's Olympic Economics Committee, that was written with the intention of showing that Mexico City should indeed be a candidate to host the 2012 Summer Olympic Games. The paper presents evidence of Mexico City's robust and growing economy by looking at such economic factors as GDP, jobs and industries, economic outlook, and the Olympic budget.
Economic Overview
GDP
What are primary jobs and industries?
How developed is Mexico City?
What about available workers, total population, etc.?
Currency
Economic Outlook
Infrastructure
Olympic Budget
Benefits for Mexico City
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"Mexico City has come a long way from its colonial economy that was based mostly on mining, particularly silver. Today it boasts an economy that is diverse. The economy today includes strong agriculture, petroleum and industry sectors. With this diversification, Mexico City is not only the largest city in the world, with approximately 20 million inhabitants, but the city is considered the second strongest economy in all of Latin America (Mexico: Mexico City)."
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"Mexico Profundo", 2004.
An examination of Bonfil Batalla's "Mexico Profundo: Reclaiming a Civilization" in relation to issues of gender and power in Mexico.
3,058 words (approx. 12.2 pages), 8 sources, MLA, $ 89.95
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This paper discusses how Bonfil Batalla writes passionately about the abuses of power within Mexico in his "Mexico Profundo: Reclaiming a Civilization". It looks at how beginning with the colonization by Spain and enduring until the present, the disempowerment of the group that came to be identified as Indian has lead to an internal struggle between the imaginary Mexico and the Mexico Profundo. It explores how the misuse of power physically and psychologically has been utilized to subjugate the Mexico Profundo and to attempt to destroy what is uniquely theirs. It also shows how Batalla writes that now at the time of the collapse of the civilization project envisioned by the imaginary Mexico, an opening exists for readjusting the power balances and forging ahead with the tremendous resources available within Mexico.
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"Within the Mayan community of the Chamulas explored by Rosenbaum (1993), they have decided to have the elders of the community elect officials for their own council from those who have had positions on religious cargos and although the state?s council has final authority the Chamula?s council is able to make decisions in alignment with their value system. The Chamulas have developed a very strong cargo system and have found a way to empower themselves regarding civic politics and, thereby, have been able to feel the penetration of imaginary Mexico less than other Indian communities. Their cargo system is well structured, so although most of the people cannot afford a cargo, they can participate as assistants expanding those participating to about a thousand and, thereby, confirming the communal activity that reaffirms the Mesoamerican culture."
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"Exports and Local Development: Mexico?s New Maquiladoras", 2006.
This paper discusses Patricia Wilson's "Exports and Local Development: Mexico's New Maquiladoras", which studies the intensely debated assembly industry in Mexico, called the maquiladoras.
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This paper explains that Patricia Wilson in her book "Exports and Local Development: Mexico's New Maquiladoras", which she based on extensive field study of more than seventy maquiladora plants, compares Mexican industry with the more successful Asian industry to evaluate how policy initiatives could help Mexico utilize local linkages to draw on the local and foreign-owned assembly plants. The author stresses that Mexico needs to attract investors in the high-tech, high value-added industries equivalent with the "new" maquiladoras just as the governments in South Korea, Singapore and Taiwan are actively discouraging investments in labor-intensive industries in order to promote the industrial upgrading of their economies. The paper stress that subcontracting is an untapped source of great promise as demonstrated by the East Asian export processing zones, which create overflow effects in the domestic economy, increasing the level of integration between the industrial activity of the enclave economy and foreign companies.
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"Wilson states that this obligates malleable production regularity and the promotion of programmable technology. It would permit a diversity of products to be constructed without costly retooling or exorbitant downtime. The work structure needs to be altered, as well as the connections between firms. A pliable work organization entails circulating the workers and attempting a diversity of chores. Commonly a group at a work station would be more efficient, instead of single people on an assembly line and implies that labor in descriptive rings focused on forecast issues and answers. Wilson adds that it is very important to establish and sustain an immediate connection with the suppliers and fusing computer guidance for the material flows and lower inventories."
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Health Care in Mexico, 2006.
This paper examines the extreme inequality of the health care system in Mexico.
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This paper details the escalating health care crisis in Mexico. While the wealthy in Mexico enjoy the best health care with modern facilities where many of the doctors are graduates of U.S. and European universities, those who live near or below poverty levels the health care system is at a distinctly lower level. This paper discusses the cases of improper medicine doses that have been documented in places such as the National Hospital for Children at San Jose as well as the conditions doctors are expected to cope with, such as providing their own medical equipment. The writer of this paper also explores the recent financial crisis Mexico has seen which results in clinics and hospitals operating dangerously low levels of safety.
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"The Doctors of the World organization has sent medical volunteers to help the understaffed San Carlos Hospital. This is the only hospital facility in the Altamarino area that covers a population of around 60,000 people in 600 communities and these people are in great need of health care reforms.This organization has recently started a new program in Altamarino to train and instruct the indigenous young women to serve as hospital aids and community health promoters to perform health outreach and help to educate people in their rural villages."
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Mexico's Economy, 2002.
A brief insight into Mexico's economic system.
1,870 words (approx. 7.5 pages), 6 sources, MLA, $ 59.95
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This paper provides facts about Mexico in particular its economic setup, industries, imports, exports etc. It discusses how since World War II, Mexico has enjoyed considerable economic growth particularly in agriculture and how cotton, coffee, sugar and tomatoes are the country?s major export crops. Since Mexico is a country rich in minerals and petroleum reserves, industries manufacture iron and steel and other products. It examines how Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) plays a huge role in Mexico?s economy as does tourism and how these economic factors have all contributed to the growth of Mexico over the last several decades. It analyzes Mexican trade policy and government intervention in policy planning.
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"Mexico has substantial mineral resources, including immense petroleum reserves and zinc, sulfur, silver, antimony, copper, and manganese (OECD Paris, 1999). Leading industries, which are usually found in Mexico?s larger cities, manufacture iron and steel, motor vehicles, engines, processed foods, beverages, tobacco, refined petroleum and petrochemicals, chemical fertilizers, and other products.. The country is also known for its handicrafts, including pottery, woven goods, and silverwork. Mexico's chief ports are Veracruz, Tampico, Coatzacoalcos , Mazatl?n, and Ensenada."
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Legal Migration from Mexico, 2005.
A discussion of the pros and cons of allowing legal migration from Mexico into the United States.
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This paper introduces, discusses, and analyzes the topic of legal migration. Specifically, it discusses the benefits of allowing legal migration from Mexico to the U.S. and the damaging effects of not allowing legal migration. In addition, it analyzes the problems and dangers that have come from the increased border patrols. Allowing more legal migration from Mexico into the United States is a controversial issue that has been addressed by many, but never acted upon. The writer points out that the flow of illegal immigrants from Mexico into the U.S. takes its toll in many forms; allowing more legal immigrants to enter the U.S. would solve many problems, including death in the deserts, smugglers trafficking in human lives, and reuniting families separated by time and borders. It argues that legal immigration from Mexico must be addressed and increased for the benefit of so many Mexican citizens who want to better their lives.
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"The history of legal and illegal immigration into the country from Mexico has not always been fraught with problems. In the 1940s, the "bracero" program allowed Mexican farm workers to immigrate to the United States to work primarily in the farmlands of California and Texas. The program was temporary, and allowed workers to come into the country because of a labor shortage in the US caused by World War II. It continued rather sporadically until 1964, when the US ended the program, feeling it artificially lowered the wages for American farm workers. When the program ended, the Border Patrol, the enforcement division of the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS), (now called the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, USCIS), apprehended perhaps 42,000 illegal workers attempting to enter the country along the Mexican border. By 1974, that number had skyrocketed to at least 710,000 illegal immigrants apprehended attempting to enter the country, and in 1986, the peak year, 1.7 million people were apprehended. Today, at least 1,000,000 workers are apprehended each year (Borjas and Fisher 626). In 1986, President Reagan and the Congress enacted the Immigration Reform and Control Act (IRCA), a form of amnesty that allowed many illegal aliens already in the country to remain in the country legally. It also created many sanctions against employers who hire illegal aliens."
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Mexico'S Political System, 2003.
Discusses the future of Mexico in terms of its politics.
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The paper discusses the democratization process of Mexico. It examines Mexico's political awakening and the ending of the 71-year, one-party rule. It also looks at the increased awareness of the need for institutional and democratic reforms with increased citizen participation.
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"MEXICO'S POLITICAL SYSTEM
The purpose of this paper is to discuss the future of Mexico's political system and to provide an account of the country's path to democracy. Various source materials that provide a divergence of opinions are analyzed in order ..."
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The Market Environment of Mexico, 2007.
This paper describes the market environment of Mexico, which ranks as the second highest middle income country in Latin America in terms of its gross domestic product.
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This paper explains that Mexico has been struggling with a policy of economic structural reform. The author points out that this country has a low inflation rate, which contributes to the increase in middle class credit consumption and to the stabilization of the economy. The paper relates that Mexico is facing an inequality distribution of income with about 50% of the country population living in the area of poverty. The author states that Mexico is a partner to the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and belongs to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Economic Development (OECD). The paper reports that, compared to the U.S. culture, the culture of Mexico rates higher on power distance, uncertainty avoidance and masculinity scales but lower on the individualism scale. The paper includes tables.
Table of Contents:
Executive Summary
Economic Environment
Population
Economic System
Stage of Economic Development
Market Characteristics
Income
GDP
Income Distribution
Power Distance
Uncertainty Avoidance
Individualism
Masculinity
Consumption Pattern
Inflation, Debt Problems
Balance of Payments
Infrastructure
Cultural Analysis
Elements of Culture
Mexican Culture
Language/Non-verbal Language
Social institutions
Religion
Education
Cross Cultural Comparison
The Product
Adapting to Cultures
Political and Legal Environment
Political-Legal Constraints
Other Types of Legal/Regulatory Activities
Types of Legal Systems
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"Since December 1, 2000, Vicente Fox (National Action Party) has won the landslide victory when it was inaugurated as the President of Mexico. It was a historical movement of power from the Revolutionary Institutional Party (PRI) to Vicente Fox (National Action Party). The Revolutionary Institutional Party has held for 71 years with taking the presidency. The current political party NAP has policy toward expanding trade, promoting economic reform, and reducing corruption.
The political environment has been tensed since the presidential election in 2006. "
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The U.S. and Mexico, 2002.
This paper explores the current realationship between the United States and Mexico, focusing on the role of NAFTA (North American Free Trade Agreement).
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The paper begins by presenting a synopsis of U.S./Mexico relations, focusing on the two major issues of trade and immigration. It then turns to the NAFTA organization, claiming that its main goals were intended to be the bolstering of the Mexican economy by creating more manufacturing jobs south of the border, and the opening up of trade from the US to Mexico. The paper studies the beneficial effect of NAFTA on the U.S., Canada and Mexico; looking, in particular, at U.S. import crops. The paper explores the viewpoint of opponents of NAFTA as well as U.S. public opinion about the agreement. The issue of fluidity of the U.S./ Mexican border is discussed as is the impact of 9/11 on the Americans? feelings about border control. The paper concludes with a discussion on the Mexican image of Bush with and recommendations on what the president can do to enhance U.S. relations with Mexico.
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"At present, although the United States and Mexico are embraced in an atmosphere of cooperation that is unprecedented, there are still potential areas of conflict that could chill relations between the two countries if they are not handled with great diplomacy. The tricky part here for President Bush, Mexican President Fox and other leaders is that these issues are more about perception than they are based on reality. The two major issues that come up the most are directly related to one another. These two issues, trade and immigration also touch on other politically sensitive issues which include environmental concerns, worker conditions, economic parity, political freedom, and governmental control."
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Exporting Pesticides to Mexico, 2002.
A discussion of the pros and cons of exporting pesticides to Mexico.
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This paper examines the multitude of issues related to exporting pesticides to Mexico from the U.S.. It considers the economic, social and political conditions in Mexico such as its economic stability, transportation considerations, cultural issues, including language, affinity for American products and the political environment, including relations between Mexico and the United States. It also evaluates the strengths and weaknesses of exporting pesticides to Mexico and discusses the problems that may be expected to be encountered as well as risks.
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"There are various strengths and weaknesses associated with exporting pesticides to Mexico. First, exporting pesticides to Mexico would provide the United States with an additional source of income as well as strengthen the long-standing economic link between Mexico and the United States. Next, exporting pesticides to Mexico would allow companies to reap profits from pesticides that are formulated in the United States yet have no use to United States agricultural needs. Third, exporting pesticides to Mexico will save United States companies money in terms of costs, enabling such companies to pass the savings on to consumers."
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The Globalization of Mexico, 2007.
This paper discusses the effects of globalization on the United Mexican States (Mexico).
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This paper explains that intense collaboration between the Mexican companies and government and foreign investors has led to an extension of Mexico's international relationships, a more liberalized free market and a sustained process of globalization. The author stresses that Mexico's highly industrialized regions have enjoyed the attraction of a wide range of foreign investors, which significantly improved the quality of work and life in these regions; however, those regions, which are not industrialized and do not attract investors, have been left behind. The paper stresses that the most severe criticism brought against globalization is that it contributes to a uneven income distribution and the deepening gap between northern and southern Mexico, problems that existed long before NAFTA and globalization.
Table of Contents:
Introduction
Economic Background
Globalization in Mexico
Economic Effects
Beneficial Effects
Creation of Jobs
Profit Distribution
Increased Living Standards
Investments
Negative Effects
Conclusion
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"Prior to the elections of 1994, soon to be former Mexico President, Carlos Salinas, implemented economic policies that were meant to drive the Mexican economy towards neo-liberalism and globalization. But a large part of the population disagreed with the new policies and, represented by the ELZN (Zapatista Army of National Liberalization), organized both violent and non-violent rebellions against the government. These rebellions, the already declining Mexican economy, investors' decreased interest and trust in an unstable economic climate, high levels of corruption and financial authorities' refusal to devalue the national currency peso threw the country in an economic crisis."
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Mexico in 1908, 2004.
This paper discusses Mexico in 1908, culturally and politically from a business consultant?s perspective.
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This paper explains that, while Mexico City in 1908 may have been a great place to have fun, it was not a country in which a business consultant would recommend investments. The author points out that Porfirio Diaz, who had been in power since 1876, brought wealth to the elite in Mexico through foreign concessions in mining, railroads, and other sectors of the economy. However, that wealth did not trickle down to the middle and lower classes. The paper relates that a political system under a repressive dictator in any country is nearly always corrupt, and Mexico during the early 20th century was no exception.
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"Meantime, what a business consultant would see, in terms of the social and popular climate in Mexico City, was quite different. As for the general social climate, which of course has an effect on business, the Mexican people were deeply steeped in the Spanish-inspired bullfighting rituals. Mexicans were also in love with the American game of baseball, horseracing was a growing attraction, and boxing exhibitions were becoming popular too was a horse of a different color. Roller skating was popular (on wooden rollers). So many people were roller skating that in 1907, the police put a stop to roller skating on sidewalks."
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