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Individualism in India, 2007.
An analysis of the rising influence of individualism in India.
1,056 words (approx. 4.2 pages), 5 sources, MLA, $ 37.95
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This paper discusses the concept of individualism within a society and how it differs between countries. Next, the paper examines the culture in India and focuses on describing the lack of individualism that appears to be in their culture. It then shows how there is, however, a rising culture of individualism in India through the influence of individual mobility and information access.
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"Some ways that we could expect to see the rising influence of individualism in India are in individual mobility and information access. Access to information separate from the influence of the extended family network--such as through digital networks--undermines the authority of the group by placing unprecedented power to make informed decisions in the hands of the individual. The spread of information access and usage throughout India could well be indicative of a new trend toward individualist values. Similarly, personal mobility, both the freedom to do so as well as the willingness, will be affected by individualist values. Greater mobility means more freedom of movement and a greater need to take personal responsibility for personal and professional decision that cannot always include the social group or extended family. Information access and mobility represent two of the ways in which individualist values could be asserting themselves in India."
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India and Its Independence, 2007.
An analysis of India's position regarding World War II and their desire for independence.
2,549 words (approx. 10.2 pages), 8 sources, MLA, $ 77.95
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This paper discusses the independence of India. It looks at India's political situation during the World War II and whether India was a country with beliefs that agreed with the War. It discusses why India wanted to be free from the British. The paper analyzes why India became involved in the war, the part Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi and Chandra Bose had in the war and the position India held concerning the war. Finally, the paper discusses how Bose believed it was better to fight with the Japanese against the British to win independence while Ghandi believed it was better to fight on the side of the British with the hope of gaining independence.
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Abstract
India and Politics
The History of British Rule in India
India and Its Position at the Beginning of World War II
Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose
Mahatma Gandhi and India
Independence for India
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"Many of the leaders in India did not want to actively participate in World War II. History shows that Gandhi and Nehru wanted to tie any participation of their country in the war with independence for them. First, consider some facts about Mahatma Gandhi. This is explained in the article, "Mahatma Gandhi", (2006), Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi's birth was in a small town called Porbander on October 1, 1869 (p. 1). He went to school in Rahkot due to the fact that his father was the prime minister of this area. Gandhi was actively involved in keeping peace between the Hindu and Muslims. One of Gandhi's problems was that he refused to see the two separate elements the Hindu and Muslims had (Mahatma Gandhi 2006). Gandhi wanted peace and independence for his country."
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Asian-American Literature, 2007.
This paper compares Theresa Cha's "Dictee" with Maxine Hong Kingston's "The Woman Warrior".
1,286 words (approx. 5.1 pages), 2 sources, MLA, $ 43.95
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The paper explains that despite differences in national origin and individual detail, both Theresa Cha's "Dictee" and Maxine Hong Kingston's "The Woman Warrior" illustrate similar experiences common to Asian-Americans. The paper describes how both authors depict similar experiences of Asian-Americans as they adapt to their minority status in the United States. The paper shows how both authors portray the hardships of Asian-born Americans and their children as they grapple with what it means to be American.
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"Both The Woman Warrior and Dictee show the authors' attempts at relating search for identity and heritage with connecting to the past. This is clear from beginning to end in The Woman Warrior. The novel begins with the young main character remembering the story of her unknown aunt who committed suicide in China. Searching for connection between herself and her long-dead aunt, the young girl says, "Unless I see her life branching into mine, she give me no ancestral help" (Kingston 8). This reaching out occurs because the young narrator is trying to find out how her family, including her parents, became who they were. To do this, she must look into where they come from and how things were for them in China."
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Environmental Issues in India, 2007.
This paper discusses India's excessive water pollution and the species in that country facing extinction.
1,656 words (approx. 6.6 pages), 8 sources, MLA, $ 53.95
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The paper relates that many freshwater sources in India are becoming excessively poisoned with pollutants because of industrialized development. The paper explains that this increased water pollution threatens species that cannot live under polluted conditions. The paper notes the obstacles facing efforts to combat these issues and concludes that ultimate improvements in water quality and biodiversity will only emerge when the short-term benefits of economic development are carefully weighed against the long-term threat of environmental destruction.
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"India, like much of the developing world, faces significant environmental issues. In particular, we must consider the twin threats of excessive pollution in water sources as well as innumerable species threatened with extinction. These may seem to be widely different environmental concerns. After all, the loss of biodiversity isn't necessarily related to water pollution--though it doesn't take much to see how it could be. Consider marine life that would be highly sensitive to water-borne pollutants. Equally, extinction rates could climb if fresh water sources were contaminated to the point that they were killing off wildlife. However, there is a more significant manner in which these two environmental issues are connected, and that is through their requisite root cause. I am referring, of course, to industrialization and economic development."
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Google's China Strategy, 2007.
An analysis of Google's China market entry strategy.
1,832 words (approx. 7.3 pages), 10 sources, MLA, $ 58.95
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The paper discusses Google's China market entry plans. The paper examines a proposed budget and the financial cost-basis for market entry. The paper discusses the organizational structure design and examines the various exit strategies. The paper provides a strategic analysis that clarifies the primary trends that are driving Google's rationale for entering the China market.
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Situational Overview
Economic Rationale
Project Budget
Alternate Funding Sources
External Governance
Organizational Structure
Organizational Chart
Exit Strategies
Recommendations
Trend Influence
Conclusion
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"Google is primarily an internet search engine that receives the majority of its revenues from sponsored search results or, essentially, through advertising revenues. However, over the past several years Google has begun diversifying its services to include other web-based enterprises such as GoogleEarth, Froogle, and GoogleDesktop designed to capture more of the user's time and attention online. China is a growing market with the potential to overtake the United States as the leading market for internet users based on quantity or number of users."
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Asian Population Growth, 2007.
This paper focuses on South Asia and its population control problems.
2,566 words (approx. 10.3 pages), 15 sources, MLA, $ 77.95
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The paper explores the impact that rapid population growth is having upon the cultural, political and economic geography of South Asia. The paper looks at India, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Afghanistan and Bhutan and evaluates which regions are dealing most effectively with the perceived demographic crisis. The paper discusses the political and social consequences of their failures.
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"To start with, our course readings inform us that south Asia is afflicted with grinding poverty and with all the health, nutritional, and poor educational attainment problems associated with poverty. At the same time, the region is crowded, with 22 percent of the planet's population crammed into 3 percent of the planet's land area (de Blij & Muller 2001). As one can well imagine, social maladies like unrest, resentment and criminal activity can quickly ensue and grow to tragic dimensions if something is not done to first stop the population growth and, secondly, the ugly social problems besetting the geographic region."
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Labor Choices of Immigrant Women, 2007.
This paper explores women immigrants and labor choices in the USA and Sweden.
1,769 words (approx. 7.1 pages), 5 sources, MLA, $ 57.95
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The paper discusses the theory of Naila Kabeer who researched Bangladeshi women home workers and maintained that these women did not exercise their own preference in their work choice. Kabeer explains that they were influenced by male domination, which in turn was impacted by societal discrimination. The paper shows that the patterns of employment and labor of immigrant women in the USA and in Sweden lend corroboration to this theory. The paper demonstrates how immigrant women face multiple levels of discrimination, most notably sexist and racist prejudice.
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"As noted above, Kabeer has pointed out that most Bangladeshi woman in London work in the clothing industry from home, while their husbands mainly work in the clothing industry in sweatshops and factories. Kabeer researched the reason for this, and found that the Bangladeshi women's "choice" to work at home is only partly their own preference, and that it is greatly influenced by male domination and other factors. She situates this domination within the context of the racist situation in which the entire family lives."
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Interactions with Divine Forces, 2007.
This paper analyzes "Angels in America" by Tony Kushner and "Oedipus Rex" by Sophocles.
1,045 words (approx. 4.2 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 36.95
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The paper discusses how "Angels in America" and "Oedipus Rex" both present a reflection of the troublesome relationship between human and deity in the form of drama. The paper shows how the human characters attempt to gain control over their lives through fighting with forces that could not be controlled. The paper looks at the Tao Te Ching, the principles of Chinese philosophy and uses these principles to explain how it would have been possible for the characters in these stories to gain power over what controlled them.
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"The Tao Te Ching is a document that describes many of the core principles of Chinese philosophy. It presents a pathway that the reader can follow, and through doing so the reader can begin to reconcile himself with many of the unique problems of life. Foremost among these is the nature of contradiction, wherein concepts that should not be able to function simultaneously are nevertheless quite abundant. Of note are the concepts of being, where the Tao Te Ching emphasizes the qualities of nothingness and non-existence and the nature of being and existence as two parts of the whole; things both exist and do not exist at the same time, and while it is not in the capacity of the human observer to affect these, it is within the capacity of the human observer to change these."
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The Falun Gong of China, 2007.
This paper discusses the puzzle of the complex role of the Falun Gong religious movement in contemporary China.
3,595 words (approx. 14.4 pages), 10 sources, MLA, $ 100.95
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This paper explores the rise of Falun Gong, its history, fundamental principles and practices and its situation with respect to older Chinese religious traditions, such as Taoism and Buddhism. The author points out that the Falun Gong, which is little over a decade old, was founded in 1992 by Li Hongzhi, a minor provincial bureaucrat who began practicing a variation of traditional Chinese qigong exercises in the 1980s and rapidly rose to prominence. The paper concludes that, although it appears clear that religious violence in the form of martyrdom is a component of the Falun Gong movement's protests against the Chinese government, the nature of the Falun Gong's political threat is more ambiguous.
Table of Contents:
Introduction
The Rise of Falun Gong
Spirituality and Religious Synthesis in Falun Gong
Religious Violence and Nonviolence: The Problem of Falun Gong
Conclusion
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"By 1996 Li's books, spreading these ideas about the powers that Falun Gong offered its adherents, were selling millions of copies in China. This year also marked the beginning of the Chinese state crackdown on Falun Gong - and all qigong movements - with the banning of Li's works and tight controls on public displays of qigong. In 1998 Li emigrated to the United States in order to practise his system more freely. A year later, President Jiang Zemin outlaws Falun Gong and orders it "smashed" in China."
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East Asian Financial Crisis, 2007.
This paper examines the role of the IMF (International Monetary Fund) in South Korea during the East Asian economic crisis.
3,649 words (approx. 14.6 pages), 10 sources, MLA, $ 101.95
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The paper discusses the 1997 East Asian financial crisis, also termed the IMF crisis locally within the region, that saw the downturn of many East Asian and Southeast Asian economies. The paper explains that the International Monetary Fund (IMF) received much of the blame due to its handling of the crisis. The paper focuses on the IMF efforts in South Korea and reveals that the IMF today is moving toward a less restrictive and more realistic system.
Outline:
Introduction
The East Asian Economic Crisis
South Korea
Conclusion
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"The South Korean Central Bank was forced to expand its open market operations (OMO) in order to attempt to stabilize its currency. By elevating the amount of OMO in terms of their own securities, Central Banks attempt to control extreme devaluation in times of stress or manage exchange rates in a more stable fashion (Guille 57). For South Korea, contracting the amount of currency through sales of securities was extremely important in controlling the free-fall of the Won during the extent of the crisis."
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