Nation Article Reviews Samples For Students

In December 2013; the Japanese parliament approved a state secrets law. The leading party, The Liberal Democratic party, tabled the law in parliament. This is the party of the ruling Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. The new law was established to protect state secrets. Despite a lot of criticism and stalling attempts from the opposition, the bill was finally approved into law. The upper house, whose majority members are from the ruling party, approved the bill by 130 to 82. This law gives mandate to heads of ministries and agencies to classify 23 types of information related to diplomacy, counterintelligence, counterterrorism and ...

I. Andrew Higson, “The Concept of National Cinema” (written 1989)
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According to Andrew Higson, the author of “The Concept of National Cinema” (written in 1989), four criteria can be defined to measure a country’s production of its “national cinema”, such as following:
- Economic based criterion. It is related to “defining cinema in economic terms” (132) concerning dominating and expanding film products to the domestic and international market.
- Content based criterion. It is related to regarding the concept through its content (texts, characters, scripts, etc.)
- Consumption based criterion. It is related ...

The article reported on the upward trend in health spending growth in 2011. In 2011, per capita and total spending on health care increased. For instance, between 2010 and 2011 estimated per capita expenditure for claims filed under employer-sponsored health insurance rose up to 4.6 percent (Roehrig, 2011). Based on age group, health spending increased significantly for children reaching 7.7 percent increase over 2010. Based on the region the HCCI report indicates that the Northeast had both the highest dollars spent per capita and the highest growth in spending. According to the producer price index, Medicare prices increased by ...

The 1960s was a period of optimism for integration. This was marked by the pressure exerted by the European Economic Community, which demanded rapid integration. According to Hoffman, integration is “a vindication of the nation-state as the basic unit” (Hoffman, 1966, p. 157). The integration process involves a series of bargains between sovereign states, which pursue the national interests. This view is often labeled as intergovernmentalism. For every student of world order the critical issue is usually the fate of the nation-state.
Considering the nuclear age, it is evident that the fragmentation of the world in to a multitude of units, which ...

An excerpt on the captivation of the Jews by the Babylonians from the Christian Bible relates the fears of the Jews to that of the Red Indians after the extraction of the two races from their homes. Thus begins the author’s tale of the sufferings of the people exiled from their homes and land by a ruthless nation anxious to possess their fruitful farms and acquire their properties. Dubbed the “Trail of Tears”, the article traces the events and in some cases, mentions important people in the Indian tribes’ 800-mile trek to their new homes in the West (190). ...

America is a unique country in many aspects of life from the economy, military strength, political maturity, social connections/mobility, security and the divergent of races/ethnic groups. It has acted as an example to many nations around the world. Each nation from Europe, Asia to Africa, wants to be like the United States. Due to its superiority in major aspects of the nation as it has been a focal point where major decisions affecting the globe emanate. However, this does not mean America is different from other countries in the world. America can be same with other countries in terms governors, religion ...

The impact of colonialism can be seen in major processes like political structures of countries in North Africa. This is experienced through various forms such as political fragility and instability. The idea of forming the state came about when movements were formed for identification between people and ruling bodies. Democratic ideals have led to rifts dealing with identity. Lack of known common identity weakens bonds leading to disunity. This results to failure of structures used in solving domestic and foreign problems. Also, the right to self-determination between rulers and the ones being ruled in some situations is wanting. Due ...

Summary

The article, ‘Special Education’ by Schroeder Ken is essential in understanding national perceptions of individuals on the reform efforts that have and are being made for the disabled students globally. This article mainly gives the findings from (NCEO) which is a National Center on Education Outcomes. It is evident that most of the states have given priority for students with disabilities as this is part of the legislation of educational reforms required by the NCEO. According to a survey carried out, there were thirty two states that had information based on students having disabilities and at the same time same students ...

Coproduction involves engaging the citizens of a country in service production through allocating them passive roles that utilize technology in service delivery. The government does this by providing information through call centers like 311. Such information is useful in alerting the public of services which they may receive from the government and how important their participation is. Citizen participation in service delivery is important since it ensures that they understand how the government functions. This way, citizens, will not just complain about service delivery as they see the process clearly. Instead, they can contribute to the kind of service delivery ...

Introduction

In every democratic society, a country cannot survive on its own .It requires its neighboring countries to enhance its economic growth and development. To avoid conflict, all neighboring countries demarcate their borders to safeguard their resources and self-interest. Foreign policy relations enable countries to interact with each other especially in trading affairs and international policy discussions. To enhance a country’s external economies of scale dominance, it is necessary to observe the policies of other nations. Some countries advance their relations further to form a single union with common interests. For instance, United States of America was formed as a resolution of harmonious ...

Children are undoubtedly the next movers and future success of our nation. They play a vital role to the continuously and the existence of an admirable world if well brought up and adequately vested in them a conducive environment favorable to their up being. They pose enormous benefits that the nation stands to gain if it chooses a working and efficient structural platform to the above challenge.
However, the problem has always been a challenge for many countries and nations for many centuries. Many researchers have continuously indicated and pressed on to concerning activities, conditions and nature that children faces at the ...

M. Revlon Alice, Systematic thinking of social action. (1971)
Thesis: The chapter deals with appropriate techniques that should be utilized to offer social services such as health services and education. It talks about the methods used to resolve the issue of incentives and reduce the task of trying to discover new efficient ways to offer social services. It emphasizes that the models stated cannot resolve all service production but proper implementation and newer viable methods should be introduced.
“The second cause is “positive failure’-the failure to build into federal programs a positive set of incentives to channel ...

Martin Landau, Redundancy, Rationality, and the Problem of Duplication and Overlap, 1969

THESIS: The main focus of the article is redundancy. Today the reformers are striving to achieve the goal of creating a smooth, efficient government with the exclusion of duplicative expenditures. The definition of redundancy is used by different authors with different perception. Landau explored the definition to get the right meaning by using it in government or political system context. The term redundancy generally has a negative implication. Landau gives his perception and considers redundancy a necessity when it will be used in the context government agencies and political system. Landau justified his perception by supporting its argument with some examples that ...

Article Review

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In this article What Makes a Rubber Stamp?, the author examines China’s legislature which is commonly referred to as the National People’s Congress. The author notes that this once-a-year session takes place in early march in Beijing, and “thousands of out-of-tow delegates dexcend on the capital for the full session of the NPC which is China’s version of a national legislature” (T, 2012). The article also comments on the manner in which these proceedings take place by noting that they are orderly and outcomes are pre-arranged and predictable. According to T (2012), media outlets, many of ...

FOR GERMAN SOCCER, A LYRIC DEBATE: ARTICLE REVIEW

Introduction/Summary
In this article, the Germany football team kicked up a controversy after some of its members refused to sing the country’s national anthem, The Song of Germans. The public, including football officials and former players thought that the team ought to sing to the anthem, despite the manager insisting that the players did identify with the team and their heritage was important. This occurred at a time when Germany had began re-asserting its national identity since World War II, which has however not been reflected in sports, with national teams losing players with foreign roots to other nations. ...

The fourth chapter of the book: Introduction to Homeland security: Principles of All-Hazards Response, is interesting in that it deals with homeland security. Homeland security is a general term used to refer to the efforts by the U.S. to avert terrorist attacks within its borders, minimize its susceptibility to terrorism and reduce the damage resulting from the attacks which do occur. This concept emerged as a consequence of the reorganization of several US government institutions in 2003 to establish the United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS). This reorganization was informed by the September 11, 2001 attacks; with the goal of ...

Constitutional Law

The terrorist attack that took place on September 11, 2001 in America initiated intensive security measures taken by the government to protect the people and the state. The lack of security policy prior to 9/11 had made an impact on the country’s approach to terrorism since personal liberties and freedom of the people that used to be guaranteed under the Constitution had been compromised. The enforcement of terrorism policies of the country violated the right to privacy of the people through warrantless wiretapping. This involves the creation of the National Security Agency (NSA) Warrantless Wiretapping Program that was ...

National health insurance by the current American regime is actually a good indication that the country has decided to avoid bad health. This may seem clear except for the fact that the insurance system is meant to reduce the expenses of a nation without necessarily making the person lose track of other expenses. This may be the case of America if the citizens did not have to have a rigid system of healthcare insurance. I must commend the idea of having a live insurance plan for the citizens but for the need to pay heavily for it. Currently, Americans tend to be the ...

The main thesis of Hixson’s article is that researching the relationship between popular culture and national security policy will help historians understand the processes through which society “absorbs and perpetuates predominant themes of national security discourse. Specifically, novels by authors such as Tom Clancy, le Carre, or Fleming, reflect perceptions of Russian and American behavior and perpetuate American myths, symbols, and images.
Tom Clancy is cited as reflecting American policy during the Reagan administration, and authors such as Spillane reflect an earlier era (1950s). By the 60s and 70s, the literature had become more ‘morally ambiguous,’ and ...

Introduction

In this article titled “Five Expected Outcomes from Global Business Cultural Analysis on Argentina’’, the author presents a series of expected outcomes from an analytical process of global business culture in Argentina that he conducted when he was back in school. The author states that this was particularly a very demanding project but that by the end of the paper, he was able a lot about Argentina and globalization.
The first thing that article explores is how countries such as Argentina that are already in possession of vast natural resources can leverage some of those resources to encourage business growth and ...

Business

All three news stations have same comment and reporting. However, the difference lies in the manner they present evidence and arguments.For MSNBC, it has the ability to draw reactions to news events and use angles that can affect the audience in terms of delivering major national stories or the tragedies that occur in the community (Rich 5). It seeks to look at the local angle by presenting facts and evidence to prove the truthfulness of the story to convince the audience. This network can back up their story by providing credible and trustworthy witnesses to make their reporting more ...

English Composition

In Michael Moore’s essay, “The Idiot Nation”, he contradicts the general assumption of the American population that every person needs to access free education, and that high school graduates are urged to continue to college and subsequently help the country reach the goal of becoming a smarter nation. According to Michael Moore, this whole assumption makes America become a nation full of idiots. He argues that most Americans spend much of their time in things that are of less importance compared to those that they should actually put sufficient interests. For instance, he uses the example that an average adult ...

Summary of an Essay

The essay was written by Neil Maher in the year 2002. It mainly revolves on issues to do with the conservation of nature, from the reclamation of bare land to the preservation of the existing vegetation cover. He opens his writing with the story of young man in April 1963, who climbs without a shirt on a tall tree at the George Washington National forest. The young man prunes the branches of the tree from the top and then he uses the plant as mast to host the United States flag. This event and many more were at Camp Roosevelt (Neil ...

This paper gives a reader’s guide for the course work. It gives an analysis of the political influences on the conservation of national parks and building of dams. For a very long time, the United Stats of America (USA) has faced a lot of problems as far as its environmental conservation is concerned.
First and foremost, it is important to agree with the presenter for arguing that the National Parks and the designated wildernesses are some of the most important preservationist class of land in the country. Whereas some National Parks are located within the designated wildernesses, some designated wildernesses ...

Article critique

The article critically analyzes the diseases by pointing out some of their characteristics giving readers more information regarding them. These diseases are initially treated in the ED; they are common and associated with significant mortality and morbidity. They have evidence based time sensitive therapies which affect mortality. The objectives of this article is
The objective is clearly pointed out in the abstract and introduction of the article where the authors explain their mission to concentrate on establishing how the health care system has lagged in handling AMI and PNA, specifically in the hospital EDs. The hypothesis of the ...

Introduction
Huey Long was a Senator of the United States (US). At the time when he delivered his speech “Every Man a King” on radio, the US was in the midst of the Great Depression, characterized by a nationwide financial crisis triggered by the crashing of the stock market that sent the national economy plummeting to historically low levels. Long, a popular figure in the US Senate, has gained immense fame due to his policies and proposals aimed at solving the Great Depression. It is in said speech wherein he embodied his thoughts on the ...

Entrepreneurship is paramount for any country that wants to achieve economic growth and development. It is the main driver of economic development of many developed countries like USA, Japan and Germany. Entrepreneurship has valuable attributes required for the development of developing countries. Based on this, the intent of the paper is to identify the impact of entrepreneurship on developing countries like Egypt.
Entrepreneurship involves efficient utilization of the available resources or opportunities hence providing the market with new goods and services. This helps in mobilizing the country’s idle resources creating an opportunity for economic structural changes. These ...

This paper intends to discuss the article, “Egypt after Mubarak”. The article is authored by Paul Amar who is working as an associate professor at global and international studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara. Prof. Paul is a well known name in the arena of comparative politics, global ethnography, international political study, theories of gender and race. A number of books, research works, articles and other scholarly items are written by Prof. Amar.
The article that we are going to discuss in this paper was published in a magazine, ‘The Nation’ on 23 may, 2011. The nation is a ...

1. What is the "fiscal cliff"?
The fiscal cliff is the conundrum likely to face the United States government towards the end of the year if the terms that are in the act of budget control becomes implemented (Thurm, 2012).
2. What was the fiscal cliff supposed to produce? Why do you think it has failed so far?
The fiscal cliff is supposed to bring to an end the temporary cuts on payrolls which is supposed to increase tax for the workers by 2%. It is supposed to end some business tax breaks, cause shifts ...

Article Review

The article has been written in order to find out the ethical procedures and systems adapted by organizations in developed nations and to determine whether one of the important factors responsible for explaining discrepancies in the ethical policies in various nations is culture. For this purpose, the writers carried out an extensive research which spans 2700 organizations across 24 nations and spanning across 35 diverse industries. The writers carried out a survey of these various companies over six diverse fields like governance, environment, human rights, ethical concerns, stakeholder problems and favourable services and products (Scholtens & Dam, 2007).
In order ...

This topical article written by Matthew Chance and Oliver Joy – two London-based British CNN journalists – covers one of the latest manifestations of the extensive unrest and disquiet evidenced in more than one European country. This is because of the uncertainty surrounding the future of the Eurozone, which comprizes those European countries having the Euro as their currency. Greece is the worst affected, with the most critical national debt situation, although other countries such as Italy and Spain also have a major debt problem, and may – like Greece – have to request a “bailout”.
The article reads as though the readership is ...

1. What is the role of private brands in a product portfolio dominated by national brands? Should a retailer like Migros attempts to change customer preferences in the direction of private brands, or simply stock what customers prefer to purchase?

Private brands in a product portfolio play several roles. Firstly, they help retailers to maximize profits, since private brands usually yield higher margins than national brands. Secondly, since they are offered only in specific stores, private brands help to differentiate product offering, to build customer loyalty and to attract more clients, thus increasing both the sales of private and national brands. The ...

Alexis de Tocqueville had seen the various attempts his country of France had failed in putting in place a democratic government. He thus became curious and wanted to study the existent prosperous, democratic governments of the time and know their operations. The results of his studies made him conclude that although the move towards democracy had gained much ground in America, it was a global trend that would slowly become a permanent phenomenon that could not be interfered with. This is what Craiutu and Jennings concluded as being the motivation for his tour to America.
Gustave de Beaumont and Alexis de ...

The article The Nation State and the Globalization of the Economy by Gritsch lay the foundation of the fundamental impact that globalization has on the sovereignty of the state. The emergence of an international organization such as the World Bank, European Union, and International Monitory Fund characterize the trajectory of global economies through regional integration. The debate raised in The Nation State and the Globalization of the Economy holds the view the relationship between the global economic, through the lens of Marxist theory and the functional theory of international organization, shapes the reduced ability and sovereignty of the state ...

PSYC101 Journal Article ReviewAssignment - Part 2Article Analysis, Connection, and ReflectionDue: 11:55pm ETSunday at the end ofWeek 6of the 8-week course termYou may work on this assignment ahead of its deadline but may not submit it prior to Week 6.Points Possible: 140
OVERVIEW: For Part I of this two-part assignment you identified and summarized elements of a published scholarly article selected from the classroom Resources Folder. For Part 2, which is due by the end of Week 6, you will analyze, connect, and reflect on aspects of your selected article. Note that the words “succinct” and “thorough” repeat regularly ...

The present literature aims to review a few articles that study the economic development in the Western Europe in terms of factors such as achievement of Million Development Goals, the growth of Gross National Income, Education and Health, Financial resources and population growth. The idea is to acquire an idea of the status, progress and prospects of the economic development in the Western Europe.
For the purpose, numerous literatures were reviewed such as articles, government reports and reports prepared by the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe that concentrated on the different factors as listed above. While some literature ...

The analysis of the relationship between a state and a country is an essential component to understanding the nature of human security with respect to international relations. The evaluation also assists in contrasting views between state-centric and traditional mechanisms of national security. The traditional approach is a referent of the ability of a nation to protect itself from external threats. Therefore, interests involving sub-national groups and individuals are subordinate to those of the state. National interests help in affirming the “other” as a significant element of understanding the self and foreign aspects. David Campbell in his article Writing Security: ...

Ray WA, Chung CP, Murray KT, Hall K, Stein C. Prescription of Long-Acting Opioids and Mortality in Patients With Chronic Noncancer Pain. JAMA. 2016;315(22):2415-2423. doi:10.1001/jama.2016.7789.

Prescription of Long-Acting Opioids and Mortality in Patients With Chronic Noncancer Pain
Wayne A. Ray, PhD1; Cecilia P. Chung, MD, MPH2; Katherine T. Murray, MD2,3; Kathi Hall, BS1; C. Michael Stein, MB, ChB2,3
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JAMA. 2016;315(22):2415-2423. doi:10.1001/jama.2016.7789.

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Importance  Long-acting opioids increase the risk of unintentional overdose deaths but also may increase ...

Chimpanzees are genetically very close to human beings. As a result, these animals are very useful when conducting human biomedical and behavioral research (National Academies of Science). Plenty of research have been done using these animals leading to great developments in public health. Although these primates have helped researchers to make plenty of contribution to public health, some people feel that other alternatives should be considered.
It is true that chimpanzees have played a vital role in medical research. However, their use as animal models is no longer appealing as technology provides alternatives. Complete discontinuation of chimpanzees in laboratories ...

CBO.GOV

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H.R 308 is a bill introduced into the 114th Congress on March 01, 2015 by Congressman Trent Franks. The aim of the bill is to prohibit gambling on property near Glendale, Arizona owned by the Tohono O’odham Nation and held in trust by the United States. The Congressional Budget Office estimates that should the Bill be passed into law, the Tohono O’odham Nation would pursue litigation. Should the federal government have to pay compensation, it might have to pay in excess of $1billion. The CBO has based its estimate of the likely compensation on the fact ...

Reducing Problem Behaviour

Functional communication training, referred to as FCT, is among the most trusted procedures for dealing with severe behaviour problems. Carr and Durand described the treatment process in the publication, which has helped in evaluating and developing new treatment methods. The paper will review and tackle the procedures used in the treatment process and determine the credibility of each step. In essence, the paper will discuss and review the research methods employed by Carr and Durand will be considered and determine how the use of these methods can produce likely results.
The study design in this experiment meets the standards ...

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The current paper presents a summary of the article “The Cold War on Ice: Constructivism and Politics of Olympic Figure Skating Judging” by Sala, Scott and Spriggs II. The article addresses the issues of the international political rivalries that took place at the time of the Cold War as well as the inherent rivalries after the Cold War was over. The rivalry between different nations seemed unusual depending on the data obtained by the researchers. Particularly, the authors of the article present a quantitative analysis of constructivist approach allied to international relations. It is worth noting that the researchers ...

Equatorial Guinea’s national cuisine is presented to the world as tasty, delicious and sumptuous. Like many other African countries, Equatorial Guinea treasures its cuisine with great enthusiasm. Also, to things that a region or country adopts like language, literature, and art, food is essential in the definition of a group of people (Cusack 48). Food is an integral and critical element in any culture. National cuisine or national cuisine as may be described by others is the subsistence meals that people of a particular region identify with.
It defines the tastes, creativity and style of any tradition. Therefore, ...

Article Research

Introduction
In the late 1820’s, the Northern Carolina became more industrialized as the Southern remained non-developed. The Congress had passed a high protective tariff in 1828 that made the southern states more furious because they thought the tariff only benefited the northern states. The southern claimed that high tariff on imports were imposed to them leading to increased costs of importing products. Bradley Hays saw the Southern states sympathy to South Carolina’s position on the tariff rejected as the cause of federalism (Hays 221). Eventually, the doctrine of nullification was introduced that provided an insight to the ...

Forrest, A. A. (1993). View from outside the wale: The treatment of women and unions in industrial relations. In Women challenging unions: feminism, democracy and militancy. Linda Briskin and Patricia McDermott, eds. Toronto, ON: University of Toronto Press.
This chapter explains how industrial relations as a female discipline suppressed women activism to almost invisible levels. Without doubt, this chapter delves on issues of gender, labor, work, and changes that have occurred in both academic cycles and policy in that period. The authors successfully make women activism visible while giving a brief history of involvement of women in unions. Unsuccessful visibility ...

Climate change is one of the debatable issues in the world today. It is worth noting that climate change is a big threat to humanity and sustainability. Climate change refers to a lasting and significant change in the distribution of weather patterns in a period of time. The causes of climate change are many, and there is need to mitigate them in various ways. Both the developing and developed countries are part of the causes and effect of climate change; hence, every country is part of the issues concerning climate change. The problem of climate change begins when the greenhouse gases are ...

The article in National Geographic Magazine was entitled “Ocean Acidification”. It was written by Elizabeth Kolbert and the photographs were taken by David Liittschwager. The article discusses the acidity of the sea and how carbon dioxide and harmful greenhouse gases are seeping into the ocean and affecting life in the water. The study takes place in two locations, the first is in Castello Aragones, which is west of Naples, and the second location is in Australia, by the sea in the Great Barrier Reef of Queensland.
The article first explains why the locations were chosen and what was ...

That there was genocide in Rwanda culminating to the death of close to 1 million people is no secret. It has been 19 years since the world watched in disbelief as a nation descended upon itself in a move to exterminate one another. In order to bring justice to the victims, the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) was formed to prosecute the core perpetrators. This court was established in November 1994 by the United Nation Security Council to try those responsible for the genocide and other violation of international law in Rwanda. These crimes ranged from planned exterminations of the ...

Summary

The clash of civilizations is a treatise in which Samuel Huntington radically argues for a shift in the geopolitical landscape of the world. According to the author, the world societies are likely to differ not based on the ideal nation state. Rather, the ground of differentiation lies in the civilization orchestrated by the religious, ideological and idealistic forces that determine nation states. However, Huntington is cautious not to presuppose the death of nationalism. He outlines a reasonable ground for ideological clashes of civilizations. He insists that the western set of reasoning would always be in competition with Asian, African and other regional ...

Computer networks and the internet have drastically changed the way we live and conduct business. In the current business environment and governmental authorities, integrated information systems based on vast networks make the core of operation from E-commerce to interstate communication. Governments such as the United States hold sensitive information about its citizens in such computer networks. Businesses rely on networks in order to perform business transactions that use electronic transfer of money. Currently, nearly all businesses and government operations are electronic and are controlled different kinds of servers and technologies. However, as these systems are efficient and effective in ...

Reading about the Philippine president’s State of the Nation Address or SONA will make people realize especially the international community that the Philippines and its leader is serious about cutting down the abuse of authority of its government officials. One thing that I am very much interested with in relation to my area of interest is Politics and prevailing common policies. The state of the nation address is like a general status report of the president to its people regarding the things that the government has accomplished within the year of office as well as future initiatives. In the ...

Great Law of Peace

The one aspect that stands out is the use of the great tree to symbolize strength and peace. Its roots spread out in four directions like a compass. People who wanted to maintain peace in the Five Nations were required to trace the roots of the tree to come together and enjoy the shelter of the big tree (Wampum par. 4).

Declaration of Independence

The article outlines the principles of the U.S. Government as well as the constituents of the American identity one of the being mentioned at the beginning of the text that all men are equal and deserve happiness, liberty, ...

Basis of opinions

The presented case was argued on 13th October, 2004 where the constitutionality of capital punishments for juveniles was challenged through an appeal. The basis of the argument of the Eighth Amendment as it is related to unusual and cruel punishments for crimes committed by individuals (Lane, 2005). The decision of the Supreme Court in 1988 under Thompson v. Oklahoma was to bar the execution of offenders who are below 16 years. Another case was heard in 1989; Stanford v. Kentucky, which indicated the possibility of having capital punishments rendered to individuals below 17 years.
Based on the evolving standards ...

International Business - Republic of Iran

In the submitted draft, the following points are worth retaining; firstly, the demographic data and its relationship to the national economy. Such factors include population, governance styles, national values, people’s contribution to national growth, the bedrock and economic driving forces, and trading partners and patterns among others. Again, a comparison of a particular currency versus the major trading currencies is essential in evaluating specific business environments. Factors which hinder business progressions such as sanctions and a weak relationship with corporate business stakeholders such as the private sector, trade organizations, regional political influences and taxation policies are key areas ...

RACE-MAKING AND THE NATION-STATE

Anthony W. Marx article looks into the phenomenon of race-making and the nation-state using three nations that were most involved in the slave trade that occurred in the earliest part of the European colonization into new territories. These countries included the United States, South Africa, and Brazil. The focus of Marx’s article emphasizes the difference in how Brazil had less issues of racial divide than the United States and South Africa. What appears to be the problem in the way that each nation handled racial segregation and division had to do with the policies of the nation-states. Marx ...

In an international context, the United States carries a long-standing reputation for boasting some of the highest quality health care and medical services available anywhere in the world. Despite appearances, however, health care in the United States remains imperfect. Not all medical services and hospital organizations attain the highest quality, despite what many think. The concern of this paper, therefore, is firmly grasp the core elements of quality and to assess their presence or lack thereof by analyzing two United States hospitals. Using available data via the Hospital Compare site from Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services(CMS), two hospitals ...

Introduction

The article ‘IR-Theory and Transformation in the Greater Middle East: the Role of the United States’ written by Koninklijke Brill NV explains the failure US military in accomplishing their goals and objectives during the cold war of the middle east. The article is an analysis of the war’s aftermath and information is collected from several liberal and realist theories and ascertains that US failed in achieving the aim of hitting Iraq. International relationship theory involves collecting theoretical data about how countries relate and how internal policies of a government can be influenced by those of other nations. The author ...

The clash of civilizations is an interesting article that attempts to change the conventional way of interpreting and discussing issues in International Relations. The author, Samuel Huntington, is of the opinion that the traditional approach to international relations no longer holds water and has been proved wrong and inadequate by the test of time.
Samuel Huntington has divided the article in nine main parts beginning from the introduction to what he considers as implications of this clash of civilizations to the west and maybe, specifically the United States of America (Huntington 02).
Huntington divides the world civilization ...

Abstract

In this paper, I will cover the issues of treating patients with dual diagnosis. Dual diagnosis is a condition when patients develop two disorders, and most healthcare professionals are not able to assist those patients in treating their conditions. A literature review reveals that lack of proper regulations and specialized treatment models are considered the main causes of low recovery rates among patients with comorbid disorders. Other issues include lack of patient motivation, education, compliance with treatments, etc. The available literature mainly criticizes the contemporary situation in healthcare when it comes to treating patients with comorbid disorders, but some approaches ...

Berk, ML, Schur, CL, & Cantor, JC. (1995). Ability to obtain health care: recent estimates from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation National Access to Care Survey. Health Affairs 14(3): 139-146.

In Berk et al. (1995), the researchers investigate Americans' ability to access health care. The findings hypothesize that a more concrete definition of health care needs, including supplementary services like dental and mental health care, among others, is needed to find ways to improve access to needed services. The data set examined in this study included findings from the 1994 National Access of Care Survey, which included 75% ...