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Ethics in Foreign Policy: China in Darfur, 2008.
A case study analysis of the role of ethics in the foreign policy of China with regards to Darfur.
11,369 words (approx. 45.5 pages), 35 sources, APA, $ 223.95
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This paper discusses the roles of ethics in foreign policy. It specifically focuses on the case of China with regards to Darfur. The paper discusses the advantages of China vetoing the resolution against Darfur and then looks at the disadvantages. Specifically, the paper questions whether China will support the crisis in Darfur in order to advance its own economy.
Table of Contents:
Objective
Research Question
Introduction
Literature Review
The Issue
Ethics in Foreign Policy School of Thought
Case Study and the Case of Darfur
Conclusion
From the Paper
"In the present study of China and the case of Darfur, it is clear that in the beginning of this issue that China was determined to stay removed and aloof from the crisis occurring in Darfur and this is for several reasons. The first reason is that China has traditionally and historically stayed aloof from such international events and crises and therefore was following the tradition in the country for addressing such problems. The second reason is obviously economic and political reasons due to their close friendship and business relationship with the country of Sudan in which the Darfur region is located. China is greatly dependent upon petroleum purchases that the country of China makes from the country of Sudan and as well China has a great deal of investment tied up in the country of Sudan in energy projects such as the investment that China has made in Sudan's energy producing dams. The fact is that China in actuality has watered down each attempt made by UN resolutions to address this problem in Sudan and has quite emphatically insisted that the permission of the Sudanese government must be gained prior to introducing UN peace keeping forces into the country. Because of this insistence on the part of China, many of the UN resolutions made to deal with the problem in Darfur were rendered null and void. However, pressure from the international community and most specifically as related to the upcoming 2008 Olympics has forced China to remove itself from its traditional stance in this situation and China stepped out and attempted to persuade the government of Sudan to allow peace keeping forces from the United Nations to enter their country, but to no avail. While economic interest had indeed played a great role in the stance of China on the situation in Darfur, simultaneously the country of China has attempted to gratuitously adhere to the wishes of the public throughout the international world."
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The Impact of Joint Ventures on China's Auto Industry, 2008.
This paper looks at the Chinese history of joint ventures and looks at their relevance to changes in the global automobile industry.
17,564 words (approx. 70.3 pages), 105 sources, APA, $ 249.95
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This paper demonstrates the role that joint ventures have played and will play in China's automobile industry. In particular, the paper demonstrates the several phases of joint ventures in China's automobile industry and suggests how previous joint venture phases have prepared for China's current burgeoning strength in automobile production. This paper primarily relies on inductive methods in order to understand three major movements in China's burgeoning auto industry: the changes in the global auto industry, the concomitant changes in the Chinese joint venture landscape, and the almost unnoticed growth in the Chinese auto industry. The writer concludes that China's emergence as a major market and global manufacturing competitor can be traced to its success in attracting and learning from, global competitors.
Outline:
Synopsis
Introduction
Literature Review
General Industry Trends
Attitude Phases in Views of the Chinese Auto Market
Strategic Groundwork for Joint Ventures
International Changes in the Automobile Industry
Industry Growth: Comparison with Other Countries
Strategic Imperatives in the Automobile Industry: Historical Evolution
Changing Structure of the Auto Industry
Implications of Strategic Evolution for the Chinese Auto Industry
Early Start of the Chinese Automobile Industry
1911 to 1949
1949 to 1977
1977 to 1985
Early Joint Venture Experience
The Legal Underpinnings for Joint Ventures
Beijing Jeep: Success and Failure of a Joint Venture
FAW-Volkswagen, Better Long-Term Goal Congruence
Additional Entrants During the Period
Dearth of Japanese JV Assemblers
1985 to 1997
1997 to 2006
Pressures for Reform: 2000 to 2006
Current Determinants of Growth in the Chinese Auto Industry
Chinese Joint Venture Evolution: the Future
Chinese Auto Parts Joint Ventures
The Case of Bosch
Push for Fuel Economy
Conclusion
Bibliography
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"China, in short, has evolved economically at a time when the global automobile industry has never needed it more. China is both an attractive market for automobiles, and an attractive supplier of parts, subassemblies and, soon, completely-assembled automobiles and other vehicles. From 1977, when China lacked even the vocabulary to negotiate joint venture agreements, to today, when every major automobile manufacturer in the world is working alongside Chinese companies, China's bargaining power with and expectations of joint venture partners has increased exponentially.
"Since automobile parts are integrally tied in to the automobile industry, their evolution, joint-venture participation and growing role in the future will also be discussed in connection to joint ventures. More importantly, most of the profits generated in today's global automobile business are being made in the parts industry, rather than final assembly. Parts companies' progress in consolidation, in R&D and emerging brand strength make them highly sought-after as joint venture partners in China and elsewhere in the world."
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"Journey of Crazy Horse", 2008.
This paper provides a critical book review of "The Journey of Crazy Horse" by Marshall, Joseph III.
1,015 words (approx. 4.1 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 35.95
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In this article, the writer notes that the Native-American historian and anthropologist Joseph Marshall III is the author of many previous books on Lakota culture. But the warrior Crazy Horse is more than an important part of Lakota history in Marshall's estimation. Crazy Horse was also Marshall's boyhood hero. The writer discusses that with the value of adult wisdom and respect, Marshall attempts to craft a biography of Crazy Horse that presents the life of the proud Lakota warrior and leader that transcends the myths Crazy Horse's life spawned in both the tales of Native Americans and white historians. The writer notes that Marshall admits his subjectivity, and states that it is impossible to gain a full portrait of Crazy Horse in an objective fashion, given that the symbol of Crazy Horse has transcended the man who walked the earth. The writer points out that Marshall, instead, offers clarifications about the facts pertaining to Crazy Horse's most famous victory and muses upon what Crazy Horse means to whites and to native peoples today. The writer maintains that this is, given the imperfect nature of history, as clear a portrait as one can access of Crazy Horse.
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"Marshall attempts to provide a historical context to the battle, to Crazy Horse's entire life and military career. He persuasively demonstrates that Little Big Horn was not an anomaly, or simply the result of a desire for violence or a violation of the rules of combat. For example, another of this warrior's great feats was winning Battle of the Rosebud also near Buffalo, Wyoming, in which Crazy Horse and his men fought General George Crook only eight days prior to the glorious days of Little Bighorn. There, Crazy Horse established a critical advantage over the federal forces by preventing Crook's men from joining Custer.
"Despite his skill in battle, however, Crazy Horse was not crazy. In fact, no one could be 'crazy' and show the calculated, tactical success he did in the field. Crazy Horse put his people before his own needs. He later surrendered rather at Fort Robinson because he wanted to ensure survival of his Lakota people. But this did not besmirch his reputation in Native American history."
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Athens: Modernity versus Historical Preservation, 2008.
This essay looks at Athens, Greece as a city stuck between modern development and historical preservation.
4,722 words (approx. 18.9 pages), 15 sources, APA, $ 121.95
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This paper discusses how, with the pressures of growth, Athens has made some unfortunate development decisions that have altered the landscape of the historic city. Ultimately, the pressures of residential development, economic growth and the 2004 Olympics have forced Athens to engage in a losing battle over the past century to preserve its historic and cultural beauty.This paper asserts that the city will need to make difficult planning and aesthetic decisions in order to reverse this course.
Outline:
Introduction
Residential development
Economic development
Impact of the 2004 Olympics
Conclusion: Lingering Problems and Solutions
Residential development
Economic development
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"While the polykatoikias did their part to alter for the worse the post-war Athenian skyline, there were many buildings constructed to facilitate Greek economic development that had the same effect. In truth, it is impossible to separate the polykatoikias from Greek economic development, because they were a big part of Greek industry in the decades immediately following the end of World War II. The polykatoikias were constructed by private enterprises, contractors who were receiving free land in return for constructing the buildings. But there were certainly many buildings constructed during the middle and latter portions of the 20th century that significantly modified the look and feel of Athens."
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North Korea and Nuclear Proliferation, 2008.
An analysis of the impact of nuclear proliferation in the Korean Peninsula.
7,681 words (approx. 30.7 pages), 10 sources, APA, $ 167.95
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This paper serves as a Lockwood Analytical Method for Prediction (LAMP) analysis of the question of nuclear proliferation in the Korean Peninsula. It describes the history and development of North Korea andr then discusses how North Korea's emergence as a nuclear power will affect nuclear proliferation in the Korean Peninsula and surrounding nations or national interests.
Table of Contents:
Introduction
Issue Identification
National Actors
Possible Courses of Action
Major Scenarios
Scenario 1
Scenario 2
Scenario 3
Total Number of Permutations
Pair-wise Comparison Results, Ranking and Analysis
Conclusion and Focal Events
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"To many, North Korea is emerging as a noticeable player in the world, owing almost entirely to its bid to create and manufacture a nuclear arsenal. In the summer of 2006, in fact on July 4th, not coincidentally the US national independence day holiday, North Korea tested at least seven nuclear missiles. ("The Real WMDs; by," 2006, p. 14) This event was a slap in the face to the current international players in the arms race, and especially the US who chose, for ease of conviction, post 9/11 to strike Iraq, rather than N. Korea, as its first step in the "war on terror." This event also marks the beginning of a show of power on the part of N. Korea, to not only deploy weapons for testing, a kind of shooting into the air, but to continue to develop and employ them as part of their own security strategy, despite international pressure to cease and desist. There is no real question that current event could begin the process of one of the eventual scenarios, outline by the LAMP method analysis above. Each primary and secondary player will likely have a political, economic and popular response to the events. Increased fear in each nation, both primary and secondary as well as furtherance of reports of total economic and humanitarian breakdown in N. Korea will also likely continue to feed the potential for conflict and hopefully eventual resolution, of some kind. Ideally such a resolution would involve peaceful aspects rather than militaristic ones but given the show of force this is extremely improbable at this time."
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The Panama Canal, 2008.
A descriptive account of the involvement of America in securing the rights to complete the Panama Canal.
1,810 words (approx. 7.2 pages), 4 sources, MLA, $ 58.95
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The paper speaks about the engineering marvel of the Panama Canal which was the culmination of one of modern history's great negotiating processes. The paper describes how America deliberated with the French and the Columbians to secure the rights to complete the project.
Outline:
Executive Summary
Introduction to the Problem
Identify and Define the Problem
Types of Interest
Alternative Solutions
Common Goals and Objectives
Commitment to Work Together
Building Trust
Conclusion
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"The Americans also had to build trust with the workers who would ultimately dig the canal. Many workers for the French dig had died from the poor conditions, and the Americans needed to avoid a repeat in order to keep work moving. Unfortunately, the project got off to a poor start in 1904, when project leader John Findlay Wallace duplicated many of the French mistakes ("TR's legacy," No date). Conditions were unsanitary, the food supply was terrible, and disease began to spread again, prompting many workers to leave the project. When Wallace was replaced by John Stevens, Stevens' first priorities were to build better facilities for workers, improve sanitation efforts on the project, and to make sure the workers were well fed. These steps built trust with the disenfranchised workers, and historians widely believe that the canal would not have been completed without Stevens' intervention."
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The Ideology of Film Dubbing in Spain, 2008.
A review of the history, philosophy and importance of the film dubbing industry in Spain.
14,157 words (approx. 56.6 pages), 58 sources, MLA, $ 249.95
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This paper discusses the history of film dubbing in Spain since globalization of the film industry. It analyzes the intricacies of how film dubbing works and discusses the philosophy behind the process of exchanging dialogue in one language for dialogue in another. The paper also analyzes why translations in film are so important to the interpretation of culture and how it is portrayed.
Table of Contents:
Introduction
Political History
Ideologies
Ideological Analysis
Thick Description
Text Analysis
Translation
Application of Theory to Practice
Conclusion
Addendum
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"If these three films are conceived of as "inwardly directed," this conception would be wrong, for they are composing non-conversational, progressively threaded scenes in sequences that are meant to instruct, reach a dramatic goal or demonstrate an idea. They are taking a thousand scenes and, with them, are moving toward one goal. This film is not trying to say a thousand things, even if it uses a thousand scenes.
"Secondly, these three films are unalike. The campaign film is unlike the lecture film and the entertaining film is not going to try to convert or instruct the viewer. One does not entertain people by campaigning or lecturing. One is trying to entertain, move the audience to emotion, to remind them of something, or to amuse them. When the film is finished, it will not make any difference to what people have already decided, politically, spiritually or any other way. The film is not meant to teach, but to entertain."
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Intelligence Failures, 2008.
A look at events in history that have been influenced by intelligence failures.
1,089 words (approx. 4.4 pages), 4 sources, APA, $ 37.95
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The paper discusses how intelligence operations are essential for the conduct of foreign policy as well as the protection of the national territory and the preservation of homeland security. The paper explains that since gathering intelligence involves people and is difficult to control, there is always the possibility of failure, as in the Cuban Missile crisis, World War II events that took place at Pearl Harbor and the 9//11 attacks on the World Trade Center.
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"One of the moments in contemporary history which is considered to have been influenced by intelligence failure was the Cuban Missile crisis during the Kennedy Administration. More precisely, reports following the actual crisis underlined the lack of proper interpretation of the information on the deployment of the soviet missiles in Cuba which spurred the crisis.
"I chose this particular example because I consider it to be a milestone in the information gathering process seeing the evolution from the pre World War II era (Rohwer, 1999) and, at the same time, it marked an important event in the Cold War era. Following the World War, policies modernized, due to the influx of technology and the increase in the operability of the staff engaged in secret data gathering."
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The Northridge Earthquake, 2008.
An analysis of the economic and psychological impact and aftermath of the Northridge Earthquake in Los Angles in 1994.
2,189 words (approx. 8.8 pages), 16 sources, MLA, $ 68.95
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This paper discusses the Northridge earthquake that hit the San Fernando Valley area of Greater Los Angeles on January 17, 1994. The paper specifically reviews the economic impact of the earthquake, as well as the psychological aftermath for the residents of the area. It also discusses the news coverage of the earthquake and general related information.
Table of Contents:
Introduction
Economic Impact
Northridge Earthquake General Information
Northridge Earthquake News Coverage
Suicides Due to the Northridge Earthquake
Psychological Distress Following the Northridge Quake
From the Paper
"While the earthquake itself didn't result in an increased rate of suicides, the same publication (Prehospital and Disaster Medicine) with mostly the same authors (Bourque, Shoaf, et al, 2002) shows that there was additional psychological distress on the day of the quake. On an average day in LA County there are an estimated 60-80 deaths associated with "cardiovascular events" (IHD, "ischemic heart disease" - heart attacks - and atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease ACD). Meanwhile, in the 16 days preceding the January 17 Northridge quake deaths associated with IHD and ACD averaged 73 per day; on the day of the quake, 125 IHD / ACD death occurred. But for the rest of the month of January following the 17th, the average dropped to 57 deaths per day attributed to IHD and ACD."
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Qualitative Coding Scheme for Discussion Forum, 2008.
Describes a qualitative coding scheme for an online discussion forum on Chinese history.
2,813 words (approx. 11.3 pages), 6 sources, MLA, $ 83.95
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This paper provides a coding scheme for an online discussion forum of Chinese history that would be concerned with the strengths and weaknesses of emperors and leaders of that nation and their use of strategies to enforce ideological views during their reigns.
Outline:
Background
Foundations for Defining a Coding Scheme
Coding Scheme Definition
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"Typically when students on online discussion forums are argumentative and pervasive, the level of rationality of arguments is shown. In devising a coding scheme specifically on this dimension, authors Habermas and Cohen both state that the best approach to coding this attribute is to devise this variable into two states, that of reasoning and logic of the specific argumentative or persuasive component, and for the second, the reasons that the persuasive arguments are framed and presented from the standpoint of the current good. In the context of the current discussion forums being evaluated, there are many debates as to who is the best ruler of China from historical analysis, in addition to an elite-level status of a select group of rulers. This specific variable as part of the coding scheme, rationality, captures the logic and reason of how the collective group of students is first defining this "elite" level class to begin with, and second, defining how history will ultimately view their contributions to Chinese society."
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"The Great Gatsby", 2008.
This paper focuses on F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel, "The Great Gatsby" in order to demonstrate that this classic American novel was representative of themes particularly prevalent during the 1920s.
915 words (approx. 3.7 pages), 3 sources, APA, $ 32.95
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This paper discusses the history of the United States during the 20th century as being one of upheaval, desperation, affluence, and wars. According to the essay, one of the most fascinating eras during this stormy century is the 1920s, also known as the Roaring Twenties or the Jazz Age. This is the focus of F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel, "The Great Gatsby". In this novel, the character of Daisy represents the spirit of this wild decade. As the socialite of the novel, she attends all the parties she can and acts as Gatsby's constant companion. However, she is also representative of how unhappy even the rich could be when finally realizing that the meaning of life could not be found only by partying. In this, Fitzgerald created the classic American novel that addresses the particular themes that were prevalent during the 1920s. Indeed, Fitzgerald's own life could be seen as a case study serving as a model for the novel.
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"The affluence during this time also led to a boost in consumerism (Wright, 2000). Competition between manufacturers increased, with radio and print advertising reaching new heights. Automobiles became important elements of family life and also of Fitzgerald's novels. As such, they were symbols of the prosperity of the time. Perhaps the basic shallowness of the lifestyle during this time with its fleeting pleasures serves a prophetic function in terms of the Great Depression to come. This initial excitement and later disillusion can be seen in the parallels between of the era with both Gatsby's story and Fitzgerald's life. The characters at the beginning of the novel are optimistic and happy, enjoying their wealth and free time. As they move through the novel, their disillusionment with the inadequacy and shallowness of their lifestyle becomes increasingly obvious. The same happens for Fitzgerald himself.
"According to Matthew J. Bruccoli's brief biography (1994), Fitzgerald began his career as writer by submitting stories to mass-circulation magazines in 1919. There is a poetic significance in this beginning. His career begins with a sense of optimism and success, like the 1920s, and like Gatsby's story. During this time, The Saturday Evening Post was his best market, for which Fitzgerald's stories often featured the character of an independent, determined young American woman. This was a suitable preliminary to Fitzgerald's sudden success during 1920."
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The Anglican and Orthodox Churches, 2008.
Compares the multiple jurisdictions and lack of unity plaguing both Anglicanism and Orthodoxy in America.
4,180 words (approx. 16.7 pages), 12 sources, MLA, $ 111.95
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This paper describes the origins, core values and doctrines of the Anglican Church and of the Orthodox Church, which comprise several denominations. The paper explains that while the Anglicans and Orthodoxy view each other as being dissimilar, they can never deny that they are of the same faith and belief since these are all centered on the belief of the Risen Christ and the love He preached. The paper also reports on the achievements of the Lambeth Conference, which attempted to pave the way for a future possible unification of the divided churches especially on the American continent.
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"The Orthodox Church traces its beginnings to "the one, undivided Church, said to have begun on the day of Pentecost, 50 days after the Resurrection of Christ. Already by the 4th century the term 'Orthodox Christian' was used to designate those Christians who remained faithful to the totality of the teaching of Jesus Christ and the apostles, as opposed to those who were known as 'heretics' who promoted false doctrines and beliefs. The term 'orthodox' means 'correct believing' or 'correct, true glory.'"
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