Essays on Coerce

When it comes to the term coercion, there are usually negative connotations mentioned and covered. Indeed, to coerce someone is to be perhaps punitive and harsh when it comes to leveraging someone to comply with a preference or directive. However, there are some areas of concern and discussion where the usual shades of black and white when it comes to coercion instead fade to shades of gray. For example, if a person charged with a crime is clearly guilty but is not pleading to that effect, they can be offered a plea deal or told that the death penalty ...

The United States has seen a change in its security situation over the last three decades. Before the 9/11 attack, U.S. concentrated on preventing the attack of its citizens and property by jihadists who were mostly affiliated to Muslim countries. Still, U.S. authorities tracked the footsteps of all foreign-grown movements that posed a danger to the property and U.S. citizens working out the United States. After 9/11 attack, the U.S. began focusing on a more comprehensive and robust system to protect the United States from both domestic and international terrorism attacks. At this juncture, domestic and international groups carried ...

Methodological Paradigm

I will approach the study through the Critical Theorist lens. A critical theory paradigm focuses on a research through a political perspective, whereby various groups: politicians, men, rich people, capitalism in general influence and exert power over other groups. It is all about power and influence. In other words, the critical theory approaches issues through a historical lens. The objective of the paradigm is emancipation of the oppressed (Dantzker& Hunter, 2012).For that reason, I will rely on dialogue method, which is a combination of interviews and observations with approaches that prompt reflection and conversation for a qualitative research. ...

Abstract

The investigator examines ESPN first take and their coverage of black athletes. The intent is to compare the representation of black athletes opposed to their white counterparts. Research on this issue and aspire to extend and expand my findings by focusing primarily on the coverage that is done specifically by ESPN first take and how they use social media as the court of public opinion. Some of the issues that I will share will be similar, and others will be dissimilar, as the goal is to make a correlation in the treatment. Research material will be varied. (Key terms: ...

Apple Anti-trust Case

Facts to the case The publishers of the books were able to control the prices of e-books but with Amazon Company selling the books at a cheaper price, the publishers could not control or raise the prices at will. Amazon was using a discounted model strategy to sell the publishers' books, but the publishers could not keep up competition. This is because they considered the price to be very low and could not compete individually with Amazon. The publishers, therefore, ganged up and collaborated in order to alienate and force the Amazon to sell the books at the publishers ...

Introduction

The word terrorism does not have a universally accepted definition. The term has however been defined by a number of international instruments over time to denote the use of force, violence and intimidation to achieve political goals. Applied in the context, therefore, this definition will denote the use of armed violence by a terrorist group with the aim of intimidating a government and also to destabilize it. Terrorists use violence all over the world for their religious or political gains and in most of the times, such violence leaves scores of people dead and others injured. The U.S Code advances a number of ...

Introduction

There has been a steady growth in the number of charges related to unfair labor practices with the NLRB (National Relations Board) (Steenson, 2010). This article describes what Unfair Labor Practices are. It goes further to explain the fines assessed by the companies. It also discusses the rate of repeat offenders. It begins by giving the definition of unfair labor practices. It then explains the various interests potentially harmed by Unfair Labor Practices. The interests discussed include individual interests, collective interests and union interest. The paper then describes the available remedies for the wrongdoing. Remedies discussed have been categorized into ...

The term terrorism derives its meaning from terror; the latter comes from a Latin word terrere meaning to shake, tremble or terrify. Coupling terrere with the French suffix isme makes it a practice of terrifying. The word terrorism derived its meaning from the French Revolution’s Reign of Terror that happened from 1793 to 1794. This was violence that happened in France where at least 40,000 people were killed in less than a year. The term terrorism is not new, but although it has been in use for a long time, it is relatively hard to define. Terrorism is viewed as a ...

Abstract

Psychological Operations or PSYOP are tactics are used to convey selected propaganda and information to specific foreign audiences, especially an enemy front, to expedite the process of defeat of the enemy forces by destroying the will of the enemy to show resistance, undermining the credibility of enemy leadership, spurring civil unrest in enemy regions, persuading enemy forces to surrender, reducing the interference of civilians in military operations, opposing enemy propaganda and boosting up acceptance of friendly forces in occupied territory. The PSYOP propaganda is conveyed by a variety of mediums such as face-to-face communication, television, radio or loudspeaker, internet, leaflets, ...

Introduction

Man is a rational being endowed with mental ability to reason, make concrete decisions and engage in logical argument. This aspect makes man peculiar and unique compared to rest of the animals species found in the world. Unlike animals, man has failed to maintain social order without subscribing to laws and societal norms. Over the years, laws have been created with the aim of maintain status quo and social order. Laws play an integral role in deterring crime, deviant behaviour and other forms of crime related behaviour in the society. Different scholars from different school of thought have proposed sociological ...

In Joyce Oates' "Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?", mind control is a prevalent theme, insofar as it touches on influence and persuasion. The protagonist, a 15-year-old girl named Connie, is the perfect recipient of mind control - impressionable, eager to please, and desirous of better things than she is given, she is incredibly susceptible to influence. This influences comes at the hand of the mysterious, possibly demonic Arnold Friend, whose ability to persuade and coerce is no match for Connie's vulnerability. Furthermore, Connie has already been set up and influenced by the society around her, which has highly ...

The United States (U.S.) was attacked on 9/11 in such a way that even surpasses the attack on Pearl Harbor. At least during WWII the country knew who its enemies were. However, although the terrorist group(s) that attacked and caused the collapse of the Twin Towers are known, they are hidden. That leaves the U.S. Government scrambling to find these concealed enemies that are either still on U.S. soil or planning more attacks from abroad. It will be necessary to look at the ethical dilemmas involved with the USA PATRIOT Act (“Epic.org”, n.d.), in regards to authorization of ...

Outline I. Air on commercial airline cabins is a combination of circulated and outside air. 1. Low humidity, 2. The requirement for cabin pressurization, 3. Possible exposure to ordinary biological and chemical contaminants B. Perform a careful scientific survey to make sure that rules governing the quality of air in business aircraft cabins are sufficient to care for public health 1. Formulate a system that regularly checks the air in the cabin to ensure it is safe for the travelers. II. Number of air travelers has almost quadrupled in the last 3 decades.

A. Number of young and old passengers has risen

1. People ...

Introduction

According to Nye (p.52), the 21st century global power keeps on shifting from states all the way to the non-states participants, besides shifting east-west. These power changes can either be transition which is power change among the states and power diffusion which is change from either east or west states to non-state participants. Power has two divisions which are; hard power and soft power. Hard power is define as the act of changing people’s position towards an individual’s side by using financial coercion, threats or inducements (Bohorquez, “Soft Power”). Soft power is the ability to ...

Powdery Mildew-A Disease in Strawberry

Strawberries are dicotyledonous, herbaceous, non-deciduous, perennial plants (Sarah 2007). They are widely cultivated for their fruit that is valued for its juicy quality, sweetness, bright red color, and distinctive aroma. The plant can fall victim to various diseases in its life cycle. The following paper aims at discussing the causal organism of powdery mildew disease in strawberries, its impact on the host, and environmental conditions that are needed for the disease to develop. Moreover, the paper describes steps I have undertaken in the practice class to prove the causal organism was using Koch’s Postulate.

Powdery Mildew is caused ...

Introduction

The debate about using prisoner as test subjects in clinical researches has been in the public domain for a while now. This is especially disturbing given the fact that the use of these vulnerable members of the society as test subjects can be traced back to the pre-World War II era. However, it must be mentioned that the use of prisoners as test subjects was greatly fuelled by WWII. For instance in the year 1944, inmate affiliated to penal institutions in the state consented to being infected with malaria as part of clinical research to develop effective drugs to combat ...

When will it end?

According to The New Shorter Oxford English Dictionary the words ‘terrorist’ and ‘terrorism’ were first used in English in the late 18th century, which suggests that the problem of terrorism has existed for over 200 years, if not longer. The OED defines terrorism as “the systematic employment of violence and intimidation to coerce a government or community, especially into acceding to specific political demands.” (3258). Our current obsession with terrorism has come about because of 9/11, as Townsend makes clear: After September 11 we found ourselves in an apparently open-ended and permanent state of emergency, a “war against terror”, whose ...