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"The European Dream", 2008.
An review of Jeremy Rifkin's "The European Dream".
2,387 words (approx. 9.5 pages), 8 sources, MLA, $ 73.95
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This paper discusses how "The European Dream" is considered to be a reference work in the context of the 21st century and its tendencies. It examines how the book practically presents a new vision of the future of the world, a world in which the main superpower will be considered to be the European Union, despite the recent failure to adopt a Constitution and despite the differences, visible at one moment or another, among the member states.
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"Another feature of the American civil society, which has also been adopted by the Europeans, is the cultural diversity. If in the past foreigners were considered to be an impediment to the progress and were treated as such by the European natives, nowadays things seem to have changed and the racist views have been replaced by multicultural ones. Under these circumstances, the attention has been moved in Europe from the possession and distribution of the capital and the maintenance of the private property to the preservation of cultural values and identity."
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Health Care, 2008.
This paper compares the healthcare system in the United States to the British system.
2,846 words (approx. 11.4 pages), 13 sources, MLA, $ 84.95
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In this article, the writer notes that the healthcare system in the United States is perceived as in crisis as costs rise and as more and more people do not have health insurance. The problem is a political issue in the current presidential campaign. The writer points out that the issue was raised before and met with the first Clinton health care plan in the early 1990s, leading to claims that the sort of fix proposed was a form of socialized medicine like the British system. The writer maintains that the British system was also depicted as a failure that leaves patients waiting for care that they may never get and that is too costly, which were reasons why opponents did not want the same sort of single-payer system for the United States. The two systems as they stand now are different. The writer concludes that both face some crises, though not of the same order, and the British system or a modified version of it has many proponents.
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"A proposal for a National Health Service was made in 1944, describing a system of administration with the central responsibility vested in the Ministry of Health. This would be the guide for the service created in 1948, which presented a radical change in the relationship between the individual citizen and the state and which established a firm government commitment to the development and improvement of the nation's system of health care. There was a hierarchy established with different levels of responsibility. There were fourteen Regional Hospital Boards (later increased to fifteen), and each focused on a university and a medical school. Hospital Management Committees were appointed to operate the non-teaching hospitals. Local health authorities were made up of county councils and borough councils, and through their health committees they provided community and environmental health services including maternal and child welfare, health visiting, home nurses, vaccination and immunization, care and after-care for mental illness, and the maintenance of health centers."
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Globalization of Manufacturing, 2008.
This paper discusses perception versus the reality of globalization in manufacturing.
2,600 words (approx. 10.4 pages), 7 sources, MLA, $ 78.95
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The intent of this paper is to provide an overview of both the perception versus the realities of global manufacturing. The writer points out that the reality of outsourcing is that it is a global business dynamic that reflects a company's need to follow the lowest cost of manufacturing, service and support around the globe. In addition, the writer notes that the Internet has forced the responsibility of global competition on previously parochial, regionalized businesses. The writer concludes that that the Internet and globalization has forever changed the face of global competition, and that offshore outsourcing is going to continue and grow due to cost advantages.
Outline:
Summary
Financial Implications for the U.S. Regarding Outsourcing
Offshore Outsourcing Has Become the Political Football of Choice
Conclusion
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"The key take-away from the debate at the CEO Forum was not necessarily how key economic indicators are defining varying degrees of growth or lack thereof in the American economy. Rather, the discussion made one very glaring and uncomfortable fact true; unions and their usefulness are quickly losing relevancy, and in a globally competitive arena, labor costs will make or break the long-term competitive strength of any nation. Artificially inflated labor rates, as Ford Motor Company has done for example, are a strategy that no longer works as the auto company's recent financial performance proves. Jobs and professions that require brains over brawn and muscle dominate high growth professions, and while Democratic party officials worry about the loss of their constituents from unions, the broader fear that needs to be confronted is equipping the next generation of American workers with the intellectual tools to compete, not simply an attitude of entitlement that tends to pervade households where multiple generations have been in unions."
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Law Enforcement, 2008.
This paper discusses the importance of a well-defined classification system within the field of law enforcement.
986 words (approx. 3.9 pages), 1 source, APA, $ 35.95
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In this article, the writer notes that classifications serve many purposes for different agencies and organizations and fields, including law enforcement. Classification is a tool that, when used correctly, can help agencies devote time to critical matters efficiently. Classification provides agencies the ability to assign cases or problems to specific classes and people that provide expert advice and direction within those fields. The writer points out that this is an important consideration, especially with regard to the fields of law and law enforcement. The writer maintains that without a well-defined classification system within the field of law enforcement, too many cases might be overlooked or lumped into inappropriate categories, resulting in improper investigation or lack of follow up. The writer concludes that because there is so much potential for proper and efficient law enforcement when categories and sub-categories are specialized, it is critical that law enforcement agencies consider and review their classification system regularly.
Outline:
Classification Overview
Classification in Law Enforcement
Purposes of Classes & Sub-Classes in Law Enforcement
Reasons for Classification in Law Enforcement
Classification by System
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"The role of the researcher in a law enforcement sub-category of social services may serve as a lecturer, offering information to organizations or companies about fields of interest in social work. The role of the head of the department may include supervising the work of field experts and monitoring progress, as well as assigning cases to specific experts in the social work sub-category of the classification of Social Work under law enforcement. Professional staff may also serve in the social work classification field under direction of one of the researchers or the head of the law enforcement agency; the role of this staff member may be administrative. This suggests an administrative officer working under the social work classification in law enforcement will help the department manage family law cases, including reports of abuse or recommendations regarding incarceration of related family or other information."
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European Union Common Foreign and Security Policy, 2008.
An examination of the European Union's common foreign and security policy (CFSP) established during 1993.
2,950 words (approx. 11.8 pages), 2 sources, APA, $ 87.95
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This paper examines the foreign policy established by the European Union during 1993. The paper explains that the aims of the policy include issues such as safeguarding common values and fundamental interests shared by all Member States as well as strengthening the security and co-operation between Member States. The paper points out that the European Union functions as part of a larger conglomerate of countries that foster relationships to the advantage of all partners involved. The paper also looks at how the EU is exemplary of the amiable collaboration between countries to find common ground rather than points of conflict. In conclusion, the paper shows that the relationship between Russia and the EU promotes the mutual trust and respect necessary for countries to function well together. By collaborating, these countries then become more than the sum of their parts, and become beacons of excellence and an example for the rest of the world to follow.
Outline:
Introduction: Foreign Policy
History of EU/Russia Relations
The Way Forward: Common Spaces
- The Common Economic Space
- The Common Space of Freedom, Security and Justice
- The Common Space of External Security
- The Common Space on Research, Education, and Culture
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"A common European Security and Defense Policy (ESDP) was established in 1999 in order to streamline security operations such as peacekeeping and conflict prevention. This has been applied successfully in locations such as Bosnia and the Republic of Congo. On the domestic front security and peace are two issues that enjoy top priority in the European Union. Indeed securing peace in Europe as a whole is one of the reasons behind the integration of the continent into a single entity. As such the EU has followed a paradigm of expansion inviting all to share in its collective paradigms of democracy and peace across the European continent. Countries are invited to join the Union under its European Neighborhood Policy. Under this policy, the EU is also collaborating with countries such as Russia in order to create mutually beneficial paradigms that will eventually extend beyond the borders of these alliances in order to benefit the earth as a whole."
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Ways of Coping with Pain, 2008.
This paper looks at ways of coping with pain as raised in Jonathan Safran Foer's novel, 'Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close'.
1,722 words (approx. 6.9 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 55.95
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In this article, the writer notes that the book 'Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close' is the New York odyssey of the nine-year old genius Oskar Schell who begins a detective-like quest in his attempt to make sense of the death of his father, which occurred at World Trade Center on September 11, 2001. The writer points out that the main theme of the book is thus the effort to cope with the losses that came after the greatest terrorist attack in human history. The writer maintains that it is not accidental that Foer chooses a nine-year old child as the main hero and narrator of this story. Rather, Foer intentionally avoids social realism and direct psychological interpretation, seeking to coat the bitter and unthinkably sad events in the imaginative and playful discourse of a child. The writer also notes that Foer's novel revolves around the issues of coping with pain. The writer concludes that the child character who is the hero of the book makes the novel seem a fairytale more than a realist story, but his imaginative way of looking at things is in fact the main source of emotion in the text.
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"Thus, Oskar's obsession with inventing an alternative universe becomes coherent in the book's narrative structure. The child attempts to create an imaginary world where people would be safer, where nothing is impossible, and where everything has a reason. It is his way of compensating for the loss he cannot fully grip. The novel even starts up abruptly with one of Oskar's invention: a teakettle that would be able to sing, to recite Shakespeare or to imitate his father's voice. Even from these first lines thus, the boy's struggle to atone for his loss through imaginative 'tricks', is evident. Throughout the novel, there follow many other similar inventions, all having the same function. A good number of them are symbolically connected with the idea of falling or with the force of gravity. This is an obvious hint to the dreadful images of people falling off the windows of the great towers, as were seen by eye-witnesses of the attack on September 11."
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The Complexities of War, 2008.
A study of war, its origins and possible methods of prevention.
3,015 words (approx. 12.1 pages), 17 sources, MLA, $ 88.95
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This paper explores the origins of war, its causes, social and humanitarian interventions and, finally, the prevention of war. It points out that historians generally agree that at the heart of the origins of all war are certain prevailing social, economic, and political conditions that serve as the passion needed to raise the masses to the level of war. The paper holds that personal accounts of war experiences depict scenes of such horror as cannot be imagined by those of us who have not experienced war, and amongst whom the fear of war is seemingly never far from mind in modern society. The paper concludes that modern technology and mass communications, resulting in a growing sense of world community, may help in the prevention of future war.
Contents:
The Origins of War
Causes of War
Use of Force in International Politics
Humanitarian Intervention
Prevention of War
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"The aftermath of war always leads to the recount of personal experiences that are heart wrenching and are filled with deep physical and emotional pain. That man continues to pursue war as a means to resolve his differences remains a mystery in lieu of the universal suffering it brings about. However, the origins of war, as will be shortly discussed, go back to the history of man and remain a constant in human history as is recorded by evidence of remains, artifacts, architecture, art, and written records. Even though we understand the conditions that are most commonly associated with onset of war, the prevention of war has, thus far, eluded mankind even in the modern world today when we have so many global mechanisms and people in place intended to prevent the event of war."
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Pork Barrel Projects and the National Debt, 2008.
An analysis of the correlation between pork barrel projects and the American national debt.
1,809 words (approx. 7.2 pages), 12 sources, MLA, $ 58.95
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This paper defines pork barrel spending, analyzes its origins and evolution in the national debate and suggests reasons why it is a constant topic when government spending is discussed. The paper also discusses how pork barrel spending is used by the party in charge and how the party out of power accuses their opponents of pursuing wasteful or partisan spending.
Table of Contents:
Introduction
Major Concepts and Variables
Origins and Definitions of Pork Barrel Spending
Hypothesis
Research Methodology: Data Collection Steps and Procedures
Testing the Hypothesis
Literature Review
Research Findings Summary and Conclusion
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"Farm Bills are notorious for under-spending their allocation. That is because the price supports sections, which are a significant part of the bills, generally fall below that which is allocated. For this reason, the author chose to analyze actual amounts spent each year on agriculture (totaling for every 5 years) rather than the amounts of the Farm Bills in question. The one exception to this is the 2007 Farm Bill, which at $290 billion is more than twice the previous five-year period, and an increase from 6% to 13% of the Federal budget. While the Farm Bill actual expenses could be higher , the expected continuation of high farm commodity prices suggests that much of that portion of the bill will not be spent in the upcoming period. Since the Federal deficit in 2007 is historically low (1.0%, as compared to 2.6% over the past 50 years), that means that the Farm Bill's correlation as compared with previous 5-year periods is fairly low. Even a reduction to 8-10%, however, would show a low correlation with Federal deficits, as the pork barrel spending is increasing as the deficit is decreasing."
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Pennsylvania Universal Healthcare, 2008.
This paper looks at the merits of the Pennsylvania Balanced and Comprehensive Health Care Reform Act of 2005.
1,466 words (approx. 5.9 pages), 5 sources, APA, $ 48.95
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In this article, the writer notes that health care in America has been under a strain for some time, and people more and more believe that reform is needed and that major changes are required to reduce rising costs and increase affordability. In addition, the writer points out that many patients feel that the system is not responsive to their needs and that they do not have sufficient control over their own health care. Various reforms have been suggested, and one way of experimenting with reforms has also been suggested by leaving health care to the states so that each state can try an approach that may prove valuable and then be emulated by other states, in lieu of a federal system that would impose one answer on everyone. The writer discusses that Pennsylvania is one state that has developed its particular solution to the health care problem, developing a single-payer system known as the Pennsylvania Balanced and Comprehensive Health Care Reform Act of 2005.
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"The history of efforts to institute some form of universal health care in the United States extend back more than a century, a form of coverage that is found in many other countries in varying degrees. In the United States, such efforts have generally met considerable opposition from business interests. The one exception has been Medicare, which is a single-payer system for the elderly. The private insurance industry is generally seen as not providing the coverage needed for all Americans, yet this industry has also been the leader in opposing any reform that would create a single-payer system with coverage provided by the government. Still, more stats are turning to a variation on a single-payer approach, and the current system in Pennsylvania was formed in imitation of the same sort of system in Massachusetts. In spite of the fact that this is a state effort and that it supports the idea of letting the stats experiment and then decide, conservatives and business interests have opposed it."
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Consumer Satisfaction with In-Home Supportive Services, 2008.
This paper presents a research proposal to determine consumer satisfaction among Russian immigrants with providers of In-Home Supportive Services.
2,082 words (approx. 8.3 pages), 10 sources, APA, $ 65.95
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The aim of this study is to assess the level of consumer satisfaction among a cohort of Russian immigrants that receive in-home supportive services. The writer explains that In-Home Supportive Services is a publicly funded program in California that provides personal assistance services to low-income persons suffering from chronic and/or disabling conditions that would otherwise prevent them from remaining safely in their homes. The writer notes that due to political and economic hardships in the former Soviet Union, many immigrants left in order to find better opportunities in the United States. This has resulted in the Russian immigrant population experiencing more rapid growth than any other population in the San Francisco Bay area. The proposed study will assess the perception of the quality of care that Russian immigrants receive from In-Home Supportive Services.
Outline:
Study Aim Background and Design
Participant Population
Study Procedures
Research Risks
Confidentiality
Benefits
Compensation
Costs
Alternative
Consent/Assent Process and Documentation of Consent/Assent
Investigator Qualifications
Funding Sources
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"The recruiting process will begin approximately one month prior to conduct of the survey and interviews. Permission will be obtained from In-Home Supportive Services to obtain their assistance with the study. A letter will be mailed to potential participants in the IHSS database. The database allows the researcher to obtain the primary language of consumers prior to initial contact. The letter will announce the study and inform the consumers that they may be randomly selected to participate in a phone survey/interview. A letter of support from In-Home Supportive Services will be included that highlights the value and importance of the study, as well as their support of it. These letters will be in the primary language of the participant selected. "
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