a possible solution to end the ongoing ethnic conflict in The Philippines. The Muslim Filipinos of Mindanao and the Christian Filipinos have been fighting the second oldest internal ethnic dispute in the world. Over 120‚000 people have died and 2 million have been displaced in this four decades long battle.1 For many years‚ the central government’s attempts at peace‚ institutional restructuring‚ and regional autonomy have failed. It is clear that this ethnic conflict must be resolved in order for
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to discuss‚ first is the AMS (Additional Member System) and second is FPTP (First-Past-The-Post System). In general‚ there has been a view that considers AMS as the greater choice as an electoral system. The first point is‚ AMS is more responsible to the will of the people due to its hybrid system. A proportion of seats in the legislative assembly are elected using FPTP while a small number of representatives—additional member—are elected in multi-member constituencies. For example‚ in the 2011 Scottish
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Racial and socioeconomic factors‚ however‚ are not independent of each other‚ as we have seen. Minorities‚ and in this paper I discuss African Americans mostly‚ have less access to jobs and education‚ thereby reducing their access to adequate or good health insurance‚ which then limits the type and amount of health care they can receive. Additionally‚ as we discussed in class‚ individuals classified as minorities have less opportunities than the White majority in part‚ at the very least‚ due to racial
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Emad Abdallah BLAW 4344.900 February 3‚ 2013 Assignment 2 Questions and Cases‚ Part 4‚ Chapter 17 1. How important is the role of the U.S. Government Agency in this transaction in relation to the DOJ’s decision? I believe the role of the U.S. Government Agency in the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act Review Opinion Procedure Release 10-01‚ may be somewhat critical. In the case assignment‚ the facts and circumstances‚ as represented by the Requestor are legal and the Department’s conclusion
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Since its birth‚ Pakistan has been home to various multi-ethnic societies and groups in all its provinces. The activities of these groups have had varying impact on the political history of Pakistan. This paper analyses the impact of the Sindhi ethnic society (also known as the "Jeeya Sindh movement") on the political history of Pakistan during the 1970s. I then provide a critique of the government’s response to the demands of these movements and then suggest my opinion as to how the government should
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Rong Gao Gao #1 Elizabeth Kim English 9 am - 10:30 am Date: July 12th‚ 2012 Summary of Racial Formation (By: Omi and Winant) In "Racial Formation". The author stated that Race is a racial formation. In 1982‚ a hypo-descent called Susie Guillory Phipps sued the Louisiana Bureau of Vital Records to change her racial classification from black to white. Unfortunately she lost‚ base on the 1970 state law‚ anyone with at least on-thirty-second "Negro blood" are consider black
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Percentage of Minority Inmates There are over millions of people incarcerated but African Americans and Latinos make up most of the prison population. To attempt to stop certain problems‚ the criminal justice system just put people behind bars and expects that everything will be fine‚ when in reality it isn’t because now the jails are becoming overcrowded. Dealing with the drug war‚ racial profiling‚ and people growing up in low-income neighborhoods and high-poverty rates‚ minorities have a higher
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Living with Juvenile Diabetes Diabetes medically known as diabetes mellitus is the name given to disorders in which the body has trouble regulating its blood glucose‚ or blood sugar‚ levels. Diabetes is due to one of two mechanisms inadequate production of insulin (which is made by the pancreas and lowers blood glucose) or inadequate sensitivity of cells to the action of insulin. (Definition). There are two different forms of diabetes: Type 1 and Type 2. Type 1 diabetes is known
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Juevenile Crime is a very real threat we have today in the United States. Every year‚ juvenile crime rates increase. I understand that our community wants to institue a night-time curfew for teenagers under the age of seventeen. However‚ I do not believe that the proposed curfew for youths is the most efficeient or even legal way of handling juvenile crime in our community. Although a teenage curfew sounds like an appealing solution to juveinle crime‚ i think that it achieves very little. The first
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Juvenile Justice in Today’s Day and Age Abstract This paper contains many articles containing information gathered from a psychological aspect and a criminal justice aspect. There are multiple ways that society has impacted our juveniles. The economy has also had an affect on the way our juveniles are raised‚ behave‚ and their personal outcomes that have had an impact on today’s society. The importance of communities banning together to help keep an eye on one another’s children can have a
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