Chapter 33: Postcolonialism and Beyond: Latin America‚ Africa‚ Asia‚ and the Middle East 1. Beyond the Postcolonial era i. Postcolonial societies experienced four stages in the relationship to the industrial European and Europeanized nations: the influence of Cold War rivalries on the new states‚ the economic effects of globalization‚ progress in the spread of the ideals of civil society and participatory government‚ resurgence of cultural and religious traditions. 2. Latin America since 1945
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as the Arabian-American Oil Company? Does the American company still own shares? Are they part of management? * Standard oil of California * No shares or management since the 80s What did U.S. firms gain for supporting Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi? * 40% share in Iranian Oil and right to maintain military bases in Iran Who is hurt by free trade? Who benefits? * Small farmers‚ small businesses‚ laborers‚ citizens * Big businesses‚ capitalists. What is economic growth directly
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Western World vs. Islamic World 3 Characteristics of Islam: They study the Quran Non-secular Head-wraps for women Conservative Strict Quran Conflict-driven Muslim Ruled Faith is everything Constant war with other countries surrounding them 3 Characteristics of Western: Obesity Fast paced society Freedom for women Capitalist Society Ethnocentric Religious Beliefs Vary Allies with the US Samuel Huntington’s “Clash of Civilizations” (1993) Professor at Harvard Wasn’t first to put
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International Journal of UbiComp (IJU)‚ Vol.1‚ No.4‚ October 2010 MOBILE BASED SECURE DIGITAL WALLET FOR PEER TO PEER PAYMENT SYSTEM Majid Taghiloo1‚ Mohammad Ali Agheli 2‚ and Mohammad Reza Rezaeinezhad3 1 Amnafzar Department of Pishgaman Kavir Yazd‚ Tehran‚ Iran mtaghiloo@amnafzar.net 2 Amnafzar Department of Pishgaman Kavir Yazd‚ Yazd‚ Iran agheli@amnafzar.net 3 Pishgaman Kavir Yazd‚ Yazd‚ Iran rezaei@pishgaman.com ABSTRACT E-commerce in today’s conditions has the highest dependence on network
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The Cold War (continued) Chapter 27 to page 837‚ plus 863-64 in Chapter 28 The Eisenhower Presidency 1. Eisenhower - What type of chief executive was he? He gave peace and stability. He gave a sense of unity‚ inspired confidence and even Democratic liberalism and republican like him .With McCarthyism and desegregation of schools‚ he had a hand off approach. 2. “Dynamic Conservatism” - How did it differ from conventional conservatism? - Reduce taxes‚ contain inflation‚ and govern efficiently
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deception‚ abuse of power and bloodshed is no way to go about it. To fully understand Iran-Contra‚ you must know the history behind it. Draper explains to us that the Iranian Revolution of 1978-1979 brought the fall of the tyrant Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi and gave rise to Ayatollah Khomeini. Khomeini led the Shiite clerics‚ whose goal was to establish an Islamic state. In July 1979‚ the Nicaraguan Revolution overthrew the dictator Somoza and replaced the dynasty with the Sandinistas. The Sandinistas
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At one of the lower social standing in Middle Eastern culture‚ the Iranian government uses many methods to keep women from climbing up the proverbial social ‘ladder’. The degradation of women through the entirety of Persepolis is seen when the author highlights how the rights of women are slowly taken away and the obvious superfluous reasoning behind it. Early on in the novel‚ it is decreed that all women must wear veils in order to‚ “protect women from all the potential rapists” (Satrapi 74). The
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Education A Model for Evaluating Financial Performance of Companies by Data Envelopment Analysis A Case Study of 36 Corporations Affiliated with a Private Organization Reza Tehrani1‚ Mohammad Reza Mehragan1 & Mohammad Reza Golkani1 1 School of Management‚ University of Tehran‚ Tehran‚ Iran Correspondence: Mohammad Reza Golkani‚ School of Management‚ University of Tehran‚ Tehran‚ Iran. Tel: 98-915-518-0130. E-mail: rezagolkani@ut.ac.ir Received: May 15‚ 2012 doi:10.5539/ibr.v5n8p8 Abstract
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Should force be used if necessary to prevent Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons? Already Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi had ambitious goals back then: he wanted to build twenty nuclear reactors. But four years after this announcement he made a mistake: he let his responsible official for nuclear energy declare that no nation has the right to determine another nation’s – in this case Iran’s - nuclear policy. He also said that Persia is going to have nuclear weapons‚ without a doubt and faster than one
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