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Security and Freedom in Present Day America, 2002.
A paper which explores the issues of security vs. freedom in post-September 11th America.
1,670 words (approx. 6.7 pages), 6 sources, MLA, $ 54.95
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The paper discusses the cry for ?doing whatever it takes? to guarantee American citizens' safety and security and to prevent a similar terrorist act from recurring in the United States in the highly emotional aftermath of September 11th. In the process, calls are being made for special exemptions and greater liberty for the government to interfere into the private affairs of the citizens in the name of stopping any future terrorist conspiracies. The author shows that what is too easily forgotten is that it is a much easier process to give away and lose ones individual liberty than it is to get it back once power has been transferred to the political authority, and that the freedoms that one may lose in the present emergency are likely to remain lost to a great degree for long after the urgency has past. The paper studies, in particular, the strengthened security in the aviation field.
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"In the months following the attacks, security was stepped up within flight schools, but the typical profile was that of an Arab national. This left the general aviation industry stunned when 15 year old Charles Bishop flew a Cessna 172 into a building, in an apparent copycat incident in January 2002. Bishop, who had taken flight lessons for two years, had gone to the private-plane section of the St. Petersburg-Clearwater International Airport, accompanied by his mother and grandmother. His instructor left him at the plane to perform a preflight inspection, authorities said. (3) Because he was under 16 (the legal age to fly solo) he had no authority to get in the plane alone, and was required to have an instructor with him. In the aftermath of this incident, the FAA has made recommendations to FBOs to help strengthen security. Of the 11 recommendations outlined by FAA on Jan. 9, nine are nothing more than common sense."
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Social Security's Hold on Freedom, 2002.
This paper discusses social security and the fundamental flaws of the system.
1,962 words (approx. 7.8 pages), 4 sources, MLA, $ 62.95
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This paper outlines the basic flaws of social security (in particular the Old Age Insurance clause) from a functional and fundamental viewpoint. The current problems are addressed first, followed by the theoretical problems of the system as it is set up. In terms of the fundamental problems, the flaw of forcing all workers in America to purchase annuities, from the government no less, in a pay-as-you-go system being a major violation of personal freedom, is addressed in detail. The paper concludes with the deceptive tactics the American government uses in order to promote Social Security. A small background on the system is provided as well.
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"On August 14, 1935 the Social Security Act, and more relevant to this particular concentration, the Old Age Social Insurance or Old Age and Survivor?s Insurance (OASI) system was established in order to provide for monthly benefits for retired workers. However, the use of the word insurance in OASI already hints to the enormous amount of economic contradiction and administrative problems inherent within the social security system. Social security is in fact not an insurance program, as the government would like many to believe. In reality the program is a pay as you go system created during the time of the Great Depression that is currently so archaic that either massive economic reforms within the system or a complete annihilation of the system altogether are the only viable options. Examining the current problems with the system as it stands, the theoretical or fundamental problems with any social security system that is government run, and also the deception used by the government to operate the system will provide concrete reasoning as to why social security reform is necessary."
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Protecting America and Homeland Security, 2007.
This essay considers issues surrounding the protection of the United States and that of homeland security.
873 words (approx. 3.5 pages), 4 sources, MLA, $ 31.95
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In this article, the writer explains that the question of how much freedom American citizens are prepared to concede in order to enable personal and national safety, sits at the heart of the current debate concerning the protection of America and homeland security. The writer notes that consequently, a vast range of new measures, which seek to encompass a variety of ways to prevent terrorist attacks, have been recently established. The writer points out that these new measures are presently being evaluated by concerned observers and policy makers on both their effectiveness in preventing terrorist attacks and the influence that such policies have on the well-being of the American public. This essay considers the issues that surround the protection of the United States, and that of homeland security, through reviewing the different ethical concerns and types of political factors involved.
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Introduction
Freedom v. Security
Conclusion
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"The need for effective homeland security measures has meant the government attempting to strike the status quo between enabling greater safety, while also allowing for civil liberty. America, a country that is renowned for its respect of individual freedom and human rights, is now facing the difficulties that have been raised by the introduction of increased measures that influence the majority of America's citizens. While it is a fact that no person can truly be free unless there is a reasonable degree of safety, it can also be said that no person can be truly free unless they are secure from unwarranted prying into their personal lives."
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Surveillance and Security in America, 2005.
This paper discusses sociological implications of Homeland Security and surveillance in the United States.
4,050 words (approx. 16.2 pages), 13 sources, $ 160.95
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This paper briefly explores some of the sociological implications swirling around the expansion of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). The writer also discusses the general increase in formal and informal surveillance after 11 September, 2001. The paper looks at the impact upon America in terms of civil liberties, the financial cost of surveillance, and the impact upon America's standing in the world.
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"This paper explores the wide-spread implications of the Homeland Security Act and greater surveillance upon America's civil liberties, personal rights and freedoms, its government size and spending, and upon its foreign relations. The significance of the research paper - theoretically and practically - can be answered in two parts. In a theoretical sense, the animating question of this paper is important because it forces us to re-evaluate our traditional American understanding of the relationship of the government to its citizens."
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Social Security in America, 2002.
A look at the influences and changing policies of American social security.
650 words (approx. 2.6 pages), 2 sources, $ 26.95
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This paper will discuss the Social Security Act of 1935 and display its policies to the fullest extent. Along with this, a comparison of influence of English law will explain how this was influenced by British policies for the poor, aka English Poor Laws. Also, a view of the social values of these social welfare policies that affect their status in law will be discussed.
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Social Security and the Future of America, 2005.
Baby boomers are the American children created after World War II that have been the most significant portion of the population for many years. This b...
900 words (approx. 3.6 pages), 2 sources, $ 35.95
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The paper discusses "Baby boomers', the American children born after World War II that have been the most significant portion of the population for many years. The paper describes how this baby-boomer generation has led the country, altered lives through technological advances, and inspired those that will follow in their footsteps to take the reigns of the most powerful nation in the world. The paper examines how, by the year 2035, the majority of baby-boomers will be elderly and dependant upon the system that they have supported to provide for them in their aging years. The paper focuses on the problem, that with the largest portion of the population in the country's history looking to Social Security to provide for them, what will be left in the social security budget to meet their needs.
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America's Security, 2006.
This paper looks at the The Patriot Act and the support and opposition to it.
900 words (approx. 3.6 pages), 2 sources, $ 35.95
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The paper discusses that the purpose of the United States Patriot Act is; "To deter and punish terrorist acts in the United States and around the world, to enhance law enforcement investigatory tools and for other purposes." This opening statement of the Patriot Act provides evidence of the support of the act with stipulations why the act was created in the best interests of the American public and the security of the country. The paper quotes arguments in support of the act, that there is the ability of law enforcement personnel to take immediate action when there is the possibility of a terrorist threat to the country. This provision is considered important because the threat of terrorist activities often is not known until action to prevent activities is immediately required.
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Globalization, State Security and Human Security in Asia, 2006.
An analysis of globalization and how it relates to state security.
3,997 words (approx. 16.0 pages), 54 sources, APA, $ 108.95
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This paper explores the relationship between globalization and security using the state and the individual as units of analysis. It argues that globalization has varying consequences on different actors. The paper challenges the assumption that globalization has a direct impact on state security. It shows that global processes challenge state security in an indirect manner but have direct effects on human security.
Table of Contents:
Introduction
Globalization And State Security In Asia
Asian Security in a Globalized Context
Responses to State Insecurity
Globalization And Human Security In Asia
From Development Economics to Human Development: A Focus on Peoples' Livelihoods
Poverty Reduction and Inequality in Comparative Perspectives
Water Crisis as a source of Human Insecurity
Conclusions
Appendix
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"Globalization can be seen both as a historical project and as a process that affects social relations of peoples, groups and states.(Bello, 1998) It is conceived as a historical conjuncture of the modernist project (McMichael 1996) that promotes the ideological framework of neoliberalism (Kinvall 2002: 5-6). The principles of free market economics constitute the policy package called the Washington Consensus - trade liberalization, financial deregulation, privatization, and inflation and currency exchange stability policies - which became the cornerstone of structural adjustment policies (SAPs) implemented in many economies. While Latin America and Africa have severely suffered from neoliberal globalization, Asia stands as an exceptional case of successful integration in the global economy (Dittmer 2002). Asia Pacific projected itself to the world as the most dynamic region characterized by growth with equity: rapid and sustained economic growth, equitable distribution of incomes, and dramatic improvements in human welfare (Rigg 2003: Table 1.3: 10; World Bank 1993)."
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Religious Freedom in Britain and America, 2002.
A comparison between America and Britain, where freedom of religion is guaranteed by the U.S. Constitution, while Britain has no written constitution and yet maintains freedom of religion in a number of ways.
1,467 words (approx. 5.9 pages), 2 sources, MLA, $ 48.95
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The writer looks at the levels of religious tolerance by the British government and subsequent formation of America's standard. The paper explains that while both the United States and Britain have long traditions of religious freedom, Britain had more bloody confrontations over religion in her history than America has had. The writer provides background information on religion in Britain and provides relative information for America.
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"Religious freedom in Britain was achieved gradually from the 17th century to the present. Laws that discriminated against minority religious groups were gradually administered less harshly and then finally repealed, and heresy ceased to be a legal offense with the passage of the Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction Act of 1677. The Toleration Act of 1688 granted freedom of worship to Protestant minority groups. The Test and Corporation Act was repealed in 1828 to give nonconformists full political rights, after which it was possible for them to be appointed to public office. Roman Catholics gained political rights with the Roman Catholic Relief Act of 1829."
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Religious Freedom and Democracy in America, 2007.
An analysis of whether the ideals of religious freedom and democracy that America was created on, are in fact, a reality today.
2,867 words (approx. 11.5 pages), 7 sources, MLA, $ 85.95
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This paper discusses the theory of religious freedom and democracy in the United States and analyzes whether the country has lived up to the ideals that it was created with. The paper suggests that religious freedom and democracy in America today are more imperiled than they have ever been in the nearly four hundred years of the land's history and it discusses some of the issues that are affecting the ideals of the country.
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"The interplay of individuals, each helping his or her fellow to achieve his dreams - with Divine Aid - that is so clearly depicted in A Prayer for Owen Meany is disturbingly absent from Rothko's work. Instead, it is the entrepreneur's America, a place in which the science that provided the know-how for invention and wealth has taken over our lives and reduced them to mere blocks of drab color. It is the industrial wasteland of the brooding Industrial Age philosopher, the deep thinker who has witnessed the carnage of two world wars, and America's battle to preserve its ideals in a world of violent ideologies and rampant technology."
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Religious Freedom in America, 2002.
This paper is a discussion of religious freedom and rights in America.
1,240 words (approx. 5.0 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 42.95
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This paper discusses religious freedom as a right guaranteed by the U.S. Constitution including historical background and current issues like religion in politics, polygamy, the Native American Church, and Seventh Day Adventists. This paper is about how the religious freedom that we cherish in the United States was established historically and discusses some of issues involved in maintaining religious freedom today.
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"The religious beliefs of a person are the most sacred and intense commitments of the individual self. Religious beliefs should not be assaulted or hindered by any outside force. These convictions are the most private and personal thoughts that a person cherishes. They should neither be affected by nor influenced by any law or government restriction in our society. The right to religious freedom is established in the First Amendment to the Constitution of the United States."
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Finding Freedom in America, 2004.
Argues that the USA PATRIOT Act denies American citizens their basic right to freedom.
1,417 words (approx. 5.7 pages), 7 sources, MLA, $ 47.95
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America responded to the 9/11 attacks by strengthening powers of government and, in the process, eroding personal freedoms. This paper argues that it is time to understand that the war on terror isn't a short-term war, and if we are to live governed by the Constitution, which our founding fathers put into place to ensure freedom for everyone, it's time to roll back some of the more recent legislation and work towards more sustainable methods of preventing terrorism. The paper refers, in particular, to the USA Patriot Act and the laissez-faire policy of the Department of Homeland Security. The paper argues that if we continue to give up our personal freedom, we have, in fact, let the terrorists win.
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"Section 215 of the USA PATRIOT Act also gives the FBI virtually unlimited power to search bookstore and library records and see what people are reading. Before PATRIOT, the government needed probable cause and a warrant from a neutral judge in order to obtain such records; now they can see what a person is reading without that person even knowing about it. The Fourth Amendment?s guarantee of ?[t]he right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable search an seizures? (The Bill of Rights) doesn?t prevent this new power granted to our government agencies. Lawrence Lessig, Professor of Law at Stanford University, argues that under the Cohen Theorem, reading anonymously is "so intimately connected with speech and freedom of thought that the First Amendment should be understood to guarantee such a right" (154)."
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The Definition of Freedom in America, 2001.
An in depth look at freedom in American society.
2,295 words (approx. 9.2 pages), 2 sources, $ 70.95
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An in-depth discussion of the meaning of freedom in American society. The author argues that freedom can only be obtained and can only have meaning on an individual level. He then supports this by examining the extent of which we are actually 'free' in American society arguing that complete freedom is still not evident.
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"Freedom is a nonentity, an abstract illusion that represents human wanting and desire for an ideal society. It is not on paper or in a word, freedom exits only in dreams or on the wings of a bird. American identity, as in the works of Douglass and Chopin, was founded on a belief in freedom but is better described by its slavery and repression. Freedom has always belonged to select groups and peoples. Every group and people to come to America, since it became America, has suffered great injustices and repression regardless of their background. America made a great industry of black slavery and black exploitation, women are still struggling to break the bounds of their slavery days and there are always new groups that are targeted every day."
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Religious Freedom and Liberty, 2002.
A look at the issues of religious freedom in present day America
1,650 words (approx. 6.6 pages), 7 sources, $ 62.95
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This seven page paper discusses the liberty and freedom of religion with the United States of America, looking at how the founding father looked upon religion and liberty, comparing present day legal cases and ethics then looking at issues relating to the September 11th New York disaster.
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"Let America Be America Again", 2006.
A review of Langston Hughes's "Let America Be America Again".
1,150 words (approx. 4.6 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 39.95
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This paper considers Langston Hughes's experience of living as a minority in America as conveyed in the poem "Let America Be America Again." It also looks at the historical context of the poem.
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"In Let America be America Again, Langston Hughes relates the unique experience of being a minority in America. More specifically Hughes uses the poem to explore what it means to be an African-American in the United States and given the time period during which ..."
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