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"Terrorism and U.S. Foreign Policy", 2002.
Focuses on Paul P. Pillar's famous writing against terrorism, "Terrorism and U.S. Foreign Policy".
1,484 words (approx. 5.9 pages), 2 sources, APA, $ 49.95
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This paper puts forward Pillar?s analyses about terrorism and how it can be eliminated. It also outlines certain evidence that Pillar gives in his work to support his claim.
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"Terrorism and U.S. Foreign Policy by Paul Pillar focuses all of its attention on terrorists attacks on the United States and the approach used by the United States in combating these attacks in the right and meaningful way. Recently the Chicago Council conducted a census on Foreign affairs and discovered that the most captious threat to the United States was International Terrorism. America being a super power is under a continuous danger of being threatened of its security. Of course the government and the United States President takes this issue very seriously in order to safeguard the well being of the country?s citizens but the question is are they doing it in the right manner?"
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T. R.Berger's "Northern Frontier, Northern Homeland", 2007.
This paper applies the critical-emancipatory paradigm and the constructivist-interpretive paradigm to T. R.Berger's 1988 book "Northern Frontier, Northern Homeland: The Report of the Mackenzie Valley Pipeline Inquiry".
1,615 words (approx. 6.5 pages), 1 source, APA, $ 52.95
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This paper explains that the critical paradigm recognizes that reality is the product of history and analyzes it accordingly through social, political, cultural, economic, ethnic and gender values developed over time. The author states that, when applying the critical-emancipatory approach to T. R. Berger's "Northern Frontier, Northern Homeland", the observer understands that the whole issue surrounding the Mackenzie Valley Pipeline Inquiry involves a strong reaction to historical reality issues especially the importance of the First Nation people and the environmental supporters in deciding against the pipeline project. The paper relates that the constructivist-interpretive paradigm assumes that to understand the world and its meaning, one must interpret it. The author underscores that the constructivist-interpretive paradigm can be applied to Berger's work in that his assessment of the Mackenzie Valley pipeline is heavily subjective and based upon interpretation of multiple realities.
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The Strengths and Weakness of the Critical Paradigm
Application of the Critical-Emancipatory Approach to "Northern Frontier, Northern Homeland"
The Strength and Weakness of the Constructivist-Interpretive Paradigm
Application of the Critical Constructivist- Interpretive Paradigm to "Northern Frontier, Northern Homeland"
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"It is easy to analyze the Northern Frontier, Northern Homeland document in terms of the critical-emancipatory approach. Indeed, the whole issue surrounding the Mackenzie Valley Pipeline Inquiry involves a strong reaction of social, political, cultural, economic and ethnic issues derived from processes over history. The writer, Berger, has assessed the contentious issue of the pipeline development firstly in terms of economic issues: that is, that it will be good for the Canadian economy, particularly the northern Canadians who will be brought now into the "mainstream of the Canadian economy" (Berger, 1988, p. 3). Ultimately, however, Berger has acknowledged the role of ethnicity in appraising the pipeline project and assessing its worth. His final position assumes the First Nation Canadians are correct; environmentally-speaking, the project should not go on). The role of acknowledging the importance of the First Nation people and the environment in deciding against the pipeline project display evidence of cultural, social, political and ethnic values in evaluating the situation.
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John Updike?s ?A&P?, 2004.
An analysis of the character of Larry in John Updike?s ?A&P?.
1,175 words (approx. 4.7 pages), 0 sources, $ 40.95
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This paper analyzes John Updike?s ?A&P?, which is a character-driven short story told in first person by the protagonist, Larry. A nineteen-year-old store clerk in a small New England town, Larry quits his job over an issue of principle, an action that changes and defines his character. It explains how the incident regarding the skimpily dressed girls is like a rite of passage for Larry, who perhaps makes a moral judgment and decision on his own for the first time in his life.
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"Whether he realizes it or not, Larry acts with a strong sense of morality. When the three girls walk into the store dressed in revealing outfits and bathing suits, the male clerks can?t help but stare. The girls? provocative dress and demeanor causes a moral conflict in Stokesie, Larry?s married co-worker, and later in Lengel, his boss. However, Larry is not bothered by the girls. In fact, he is naturally curious and interested in them. He finds their bodies beautiful, as much of the narrative describes his reaction to their movements. Larry does not find their dress inappropriate or immoral, only shocking and daring. This parallels his decision to quit his job: quitting was not an inappropriate or immoral act, but it was a courageous and surprising one. Therefore, Larry?s code of morals is based not on a puritanical notion of how young women should dress in a convenience store, but rather on the way people are treated. Larry realizes that no matter how they are dressed, the girls did not deserve to be insulted. Quitting his job made a bold statement to his boss that morality has more to do with superficial notions of decency."
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John Updike?s "A & P"., 2004.
An analysis of the themes of women's empowerment and modern vs. traditional American society in John Updike?s "A & P".
788 words (approx. 3.2 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 28.95
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This paper examines how the short story, "A & P" by John Updike, chronicles contemporary American society and how it treats issues of social stratification among members of the society. It looks at how, written in the 1960s, "A & P" provides an insightful look at the dynamics of gender and socio-economic differences of people in American society. It also explores how it discusses issues on social stratification from the viewpoint of Sammy, a young man who works at the store, "A & P". In particular, it shows how Sammy?s character is an interesting and essential factor for the issue of social stratification because he serves as Updike?s ?commentator? on sensitive issues, such as gender discrimination on women and the snobbish and oppressive nature of the elite class in the society.
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"The first theme discussed in the short story is the issue of gender discrimination among women. In the story, Sammy serves as the ?male chauvinist? character, providing an explicit description of the three young women he encounters in the convenience store. Initially, audiences would react at the seemingly sexist comments of Sammy, wherein he looks at the young women?s physical attributes only and making unpleasant remarks at them (through his narration to the reader)."
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The U.S. Civil Service, 2007.
This paper presents a historical overview of the U.S. civil service as an example of human resource management in public administration (PA).
3,540 words (approx. 14.2 pages), 31 sources, APA, $ 99.95
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This paper explains that the 1871 Civil Service Commission report on the spoils system, which stated its moral debase, led to the
Pendleton Act of 1883, which created a merit-based system of employment for federal employees. The author points out that, in an environment where Americans remain unenthusiastic about government service because of low pay and a cultural anti-government feeling, the challenges to the civil service system include finding quality employees, increasing accountability and promoting a more democratic bureaucracy in which citizen involvement is the norm. The author emphasizes that the values of public administration are the quest for efficiency, increased accountability, social equity, empowering citizens during the discourse phase and ethics with honest and open government.
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Introduction
Pre-Pendleton
Pendleton and the Growth of P.A.
Expanding Opportunity in Public Service
Now What
The Conservative Era and Civil Service
Civil Service in the 21st Century
Civil Service 2025
Conclusions
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"NPR was one part of a larger organizational thrust by the Clinton administration. In 1993, Clinton/Gore passed the Government Performance and Results (GPR) Act. Clearly, the framing of the issues is indicative of the tenor of the times. The GPR mandated that each federal agency introduce a strategic plan by 1997. The effect of this measure was to limit organizations from being funded from year to year without accountability. Instead, each federal agency had to list outcomes and time lines in order to validate its existence."
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John Updike?s ?A&P?, 2002.
This paper looks at the short story ?A&P? by John Updike, focusing on the main character, Sammy,a young man struggling with adolescence.
1,098 words (approx. 4.4 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 38.95
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Throughout ?A&P,? Sammy?s most outstanding trait is his vivid imagination. The paper examines Sammy descriptions and argues that his imagination helps him get through his otherwise mundane job. However, the paper also asserts that this imagination leads Sammy into a trap of disillusionment.
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"Some of Sammy?s descriptiveness discloses a deep resentment of authority. For example, he scoffs that the cash-register-watching old lady would have been burned as a witch in Salem had she lived then, yet the reader knows that Sammy begrudges her careful scrutiny as he checks out her groceries because he believes she is trying to trip him up as he is working. More importantly, she is distracting him from watching the three girls. Sammy?s rancor can be interpreted in a deeper sense when viewed with his interaction with Lengel, the manager of the A&P who ?doesn?t miss that much? (457). Behind his bitterness toward the old witch?s glare and Lengel?s knowledge of everything that happens in the store lies Sammy?s fear of becoming a hated ?watcher? himself when he is older. What he fails to realize is that he is already a watcher, as proved by his keen observations about people around him. Until he overcomes his lack of introspection, Sammy will continue to resent the watchers of the world, unaware that he is guilty of the very thing he despises."
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P. Wehr?s ?Conflict Regulation?, 2004.
This paper is a case study of a conflict resolution, using the Wehr?s Mapping Model from P. Wehr?s ?Conflict Regulation?.
1,580 words (approx. 6.3 pages), 1 source, APA, $ 51.95
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This paper explains that Wehr?s ?Conflict Regulation? provides a mapping guide, which outlines the origins, nature, dynamics, and possibilities for resolution of a conflict, whether interpersonal or related to other factors. The author selected a conflict, the separation between John, age 42,and his wife Loretta, age 53, married for 13 years, but currently in the process of finalizing a separation and divorce. The paper stresses that conflict resolution in the best of circumstances requires that both parties go into a resolution situation with an open mind and with the desire to realize a positive outcome; this is not the case with Loretta and John.
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Summary Description
Conflict History
Conflict Context
Conflict Parties
Primary
Secondary
Issues
Dynamics
Alternative Routes to Solutions of Problems
Recommendations
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"There are many barriers that exist preventing a successful relationship. One major obstacle is that Loretta attempts to disguise her true personality and age in the relationship. Being ten years older than her husband, there are obvious signs that she is insecure with her age, including her wishes that John grow a beard to appear older. Loretta also attempts to dress ?younger? to feel more comfortable I the relationship. A lack of communication is also prevalent. Loretta works as a hairdresser, and as such seems to share a large majority of private information regarding her relationship with her clients rather than with her husband. This magnifies the tension that currently exists among the couple."
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Militarization and the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell Policy", 2005.
Argues that the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy in the U.S. military is highly prejudiced and wrong, as well as ineffective.
4,000 words (approx. 16.0 pages), 15 sources, MLA, $ 108.95
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Examines the history and current state of the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy, which allows military officials to fire service members for revealing their homosexuality. The paper shows how the policy is ineffective and unjust by looking at personal accounts, spending policies of the military, and a wide array of research.
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"The exclusion of openly homosexual individuals from military service reveals homophobic undercurrents to society, as well as raises questions about militarism being above the law. During the Clinton administration, President Bill Clinton attempted to overthrow the ban restricting gay and lesbian members from joining the army and allow them to serve openly. However, after "having promised in his campaign to extend this civil right to gays and lesbians, Clinton faced a difficult challenge when he attempted to fulfill his pledge, opposed as he was by the Joint Chiefs of Staff and prominent members of Congress" (Belkin 1). Instead, in 1993 Clinton passed the "National Defense Authorization Act" (Belkin 1), better known as the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell, Don't Pursue" policy, which allows homosexual people to serve in the army as long as they do not reveal their queer sexual orientation or engage in so-called "homosexual conduct.""
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The U.S. and the U.N. Rights of the Child Convention, 2002.
This paper discusses why the U.S. hasn't signed the treaty on the U.N. Convention on the Rights of the Child.
5,060 words (approx. 20.2 pages), 8 sources, MLA, $ 127.95
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This paper presents a detailed examination, written from a legal standpoint, of the treaty on the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Children. The paper concludes the U. S. is willing to intervene in other international problems, such as oil; and therefore, it should make a public statement to protect the world?s most precious commodity, children, by supporting the treaty.
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Introduction
What Is It
What It Protects
What about the Legal Standpoint
Why Is Treaty Needed
Why Won't the U.S. Sign?
Reasons for Signing the Treaty
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"While there are many political reasons that the US may refuse to sign the treaty, one of the chief causes for concern might be the establishment of an International Criminal Court. Many UN delegates support the idea of an International Criminal Court but the United States has been steadfast in its refusal to agree. An international criminal court might begin the slippery slope of descent to the power of individual nations when it comes to many issues including the treaty.If the international criminal court gains favor and power in the future it is feasible that the court could be used to enforce the treaty."
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Don't Ask Don't Tell, 2002.
This paper examines the policy adopted by the U.S. military regarding gays - that if they do not openly announce their sexual orientation, they can not be dismissed.
2,054 words (approx. 8.2 pages), 9 sources, MLA, $ 64.95
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This paper argues for the 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' policy claiming that even though it may be considered an infringement on human rights and freedom of expression, it protects the rights of the rest of the military and opens a loophole for gay men to serve in the armed forces. It discusses how other countries have successfully integrated gay men into their militaries and compares the treatment of other "minority" groups in the military.
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"Under the terms of the Don?t Ask, Don?t Tell policy, military personnel are not asked about their sexual orientation and are not discharged because they are gay. However, gays can be discharged if they either acknowledge their homosexuality by word or deed or if they engage in sexual conduct with a member of the same sex. Gay advocates believe that this policy fosters discrimination against gays in the military. While the policy is by no means an ideal, it does represent the best option for the military at this point in time. The military isn?t noted for facilitating rapid policy change, rather it takes place gradually over time. This coupled with strong anti-gay prejudices and the military?s lack of knowledge and resources for coping with the problem make the Don?t Ask, Don?t Tell policy a suitable foundation for facilitating further change in the future."
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Multiculturalism in the U.S. and U.K., 2005.
This paper presents an analysis regarding the doctrine of multiculturalism.
904 words (approx. 3.6 pages), 4 sources, MLA, $ 31.95
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In this article, the writer discusses the doctrine of multiculturalism. The writer offers an analysis of why such a doctrine is problematic. In order to examine the issue of multiculturalism, the writer uses examples from the public education systems in the U.S. and Great Britain to show the difficulties in treating all cultures as equal.
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"Multiculturalism is defined by the Ayn Rand institute as the view that all cultures are equal. While this doctrine is often adopted in spirit if not in principle in the U.S. and Great Britain, multiculturalism is problematic as a term. For if all cultures are equal we cannot say that there is one superior way of being, one superior set of values or one superior method of educating individuals. However societies like America and Great Britain often adopt such methods values ... "
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It Ain?t Standard So it Ain?t No Good, 2002.
A study of the deconstruction of standard English, and a debate on whether or not such a standard is effective.
1,000 words (approx. 4.0 pages), 4 sources, MLA, $ 35.95
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This paper debates the existence of a standard grammatically correct English language. It describes that English, like all languages, is continually and constantly changing. The author argues that language is constantly changing, because it is as alive and organic as the people speaking it. The paper does establish that written English has a more established set of rules that is taught in academic institutions than the spoken language.
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"A debate rages across the worlds of lexicographers, authors, professors and creators of dictionaries alike: what is ?standard English?? The question is, of course, oversimplified. The standardization of any language involves ??a uniformity of orthographic, typographic, grammatical and lexical practices,? and so one might research the subject of language standardization for years to no conclusion specific or accepted enough to answer the posed question (Davis 69). Some have attempted ambiguous conclusions, including linguist Peter Trudgill who said, ?Standard English is that variety of English which is usually used in print, and which is normally taught in schools and to non-native speakers learning the language."
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"Dogeaters" ( Jessica Hagedorn ) & "Rolling the R's" ( R Zamora Linmark ), 1999.
Reviews of works on Filipino experience in Manila & Hawaii. Discusses issues of class & generational conflict, assimilation and language.
1,350 words (approx. 5.4 pages), 2 sources, $ 47.95
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"Two recent novels--Dogeaters by Jessica Hagedorn and Rolling the R's by R. Zamora Linmark--illuminate different aspects of the Filipino experience, the first set in Manila and so in the Filipino homeland, the second in Hawaii and so a reflection of the immigrant experience in America. Both works reflect the difficulty faced in the conflict between the old culture and the new. In both books, the older generation is tied to the culture of the Philippines while the younger generation is seduced by American popular culture. In Dogeaters, this conflict takes place in the Philippines as the powerhouse of American popular culture beckons to the young. In Rolling the R's, the conflict takes place in Hawaii as people who have immigrated form the Philippines are exposed even more directly to American life and culture. The themes of class conflicts, assimilation, and the.."
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U.S. & US.S.R in Serbia, 1996.
Examines Soviet & American influences in the Kosovo Province of Serbia after disintegration of Yugoslavia. History, ethnic factions, politics, nationalism, human rights.
2,250 words (approx. 9.0 pages), 8 sources, $ 79.95
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"This research examines Soviet and American influences on events in Kosovo Province, Serbia subsequent to the disintegration of Yugoslavia. As the Former Soviet Union (FSU) itself disintegrated in the winter of 1991-1992, successor states to the FSU, particularly Russia and Ukraine, also have influenced outcomes in Kosovo, and these influences are addressed in this research when appropriate.
Kosovo is a rugged area four-fifths the size of Connecticut. The region?s population of almost two million is 90 percent ethnic Albanian, and an additional one million ethnic Albania..."
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Booker T. Washington by Louis R Harlan, 1996.
Critical review of biography of conservative black leader's role in politics & race relations from 1901 to 1915.
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"Louis R. Harlan (1983). Booker T. Washington: The Wizard of Tuskegee, 1901-1915. New York: Oxford University.
Time has not dealt kindly with Booker T. Washington. At the beginning of this century he was perhaps the most famous black man in the world. Certainly he was by far the most influential in American public life. In 1901 he was the first African-American to be invited to dinner at the White House, by Theodore Roosevelt--an act that provoked intense controversy at the time (pp. 3-4). Today, little more is remembered of him than his name, and a hazy association with the Tuskegee Institute. That there was once a "Tuskegee Machine" with nationwide influence in the Republican Party has been quite forgotten.
The decline of Booker T. Washington's public reputation is largely due to the evolution of racial politics and consciousness..."
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