SPolitical Science 3074 US-EU Citizenship Review and Summary for the Midterm Examination Summary: Main points 1.Why study issues of citizenship? If we are born (or naturalized)in the US territory‚ we are by law citizens. This is a legal requirement ‚ and involuntary in the sense that we have no choice. (Check section 1 of the 14th Amendment of the US Constitution) 2. But that is the case in most countries‚ and not unique to democracies. So what is essential for democratic citizenship? In modern
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Admittedly‚ English is also an important and official language of Hong Kong‚ whereas its use in daily life is limited and the education in English has also been criticized and limited (Chan 247). Furthermore‚ English also plays as a symbol of “cosmopolitanism” and helps to “distinguish Hong Kong from the rest of China” (Chan 273)‚ especially before the Reform and Opening up‚ so that also enhances the boundaries of the
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Scattered throughout India are approximately 500‚000 villages. The Census of India regards most settlements of fewer than 5‚000 as a village. These settlements range from tiny hamlets of thatched huts to larger settlements of tile-roofed stone and brick houses. Most Indian villages are small; nearly 80 percent have fewer than 1‚000 inhabitants‚ according to the 1991 census. Most are nucleated settlements‚ while others are more dispersed. It is in villages that India’s most basic business--agriculture--takes
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Cross-cultural studies in the social sciences[edit] Main article: cross-cultural studies The term "cross-cultural" emerged in the social sciences in the 1930s‚ largely as a result of the Cross-Cultural Survey undertaken by George Peter Murdock‚ a Yale anthropologist. Initially referring to comparative studies based on statistical compilations of cultural data‚ the term gradually acquired a secondary sense of cultural interactivity. The comparative sense is implied in phrases such as "a cross-cultural
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When considering issues relating to the concept of identity one should always bear in mind the ever-changing and dynamical character of such a notion. The ways in which we see ourselves as well as those in which others see us are both historically and culturally constructed. Yet every historical period sees its own understanding of identity as unchanging‚ permanent‚ immutable. As Nikolas Rose explains in the introduction to his collection of essays on the self “If there is one value that seems beyond
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Cited: Denard‚ Carolyn. "Studies in the Literary Imagination."Studies in the Literary Imagination. XXXI.2 (1998): n. page. Web. 25 Nov. 2012. Gates‚ Henry Louis‚ and Anthony Appiah. Toni Morrison: Critical Perspectives Past and Present . New York: Penguin USA‚ 1993. Print. Harding‚ Wendy‚ and Jacky Martin. A World of Difference: An Inter-Cultural Study of Toni Morrison ’s Novels. Westport‚ CT: Greenwood Press‚ 1994. Print. Morrison
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Assignment V- McIntyre vs. Balentine‚ 833 S.W.2d 52 (Tenn. 1992) Prof Lindsey Appiah Tort Law December 16‚ 2012 Actions that gave rise to suit The McIntyre v Balentine law suit was the result of a vehicular accident that occurred on November 2‚ 1986. The plaintiff‚ Harry McIntyre‚ was exiting Smith’s Truck Stop in Savannah Tennessee onto Southbound Highway 69. The defendant‚ Clifford Balentine was already traveling Southbound on Highway 69. Moments after Mr. McIntyre entered Highway 69
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E. M. Forster’s short story The Machine Stops‚ published in 1909‚ was ahead of its time and predicted many of the technologies we possess now such as instant messaging and the internet. The story takes place in a future society where humans live underground in isolation and rely on a machine for all their needs. Most of their communication is done through screens that are able to show video. The people hardly have face to face contact and when confronting each other‚ avoid touching (Forster). This
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Describe the portrayal of setting in Chapter 2 and the juxtaposition of Wilson and his wife. What do they reveal about the place? Unlike the other settings in the book‚ the valley of ashes is a picture of absolute desolation and poverty. It lacks a glamorous surface and lays fallow and grey halfway between West Egg and New York. The valley of ashes symbolises the moral decay hidden by the beautiful facades of the Eggs‚ and suggests that beneath the adornment of West Egg and the mannered charm
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the reconceptualization of peacekeeping evolved in a manner to integrate soft and hard power poles of activity. This suggest‚ peacekeeping forces are able to use force to protect populations from imminent danger. The authors coined the term cosmopolitanism peacekeeping. According to the authors‚ cosmopolitan peacekeeping is the best set of ideas Africa should follow. The idea of cosmopolitan peacekeeping directs to international politics and the duty to protect civilians. The authors focus on Africa’s
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