The Soviet Union formally collapsed on December 26th‚ 1991. The dissolution of the world’s first and largest Communist state also marked the end of the Cold War. Mikhail Gorbachev (in office from May 25th‚ 1989- December 25th‚ 1991) was the leader of the Soviet Union mainly credited in driving the Soviet Union into near disaster. This collapse has been debated by many historians‚ whether it was inevitable or it was pressured into collapse. I focused my research on the causes of the collapse
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reading John Pinder’s book‚ “The European Union‚ A Very Short Introduction‚” it provides a brief and concise summary of the history of the European Union. It covers events dealing with politics‚ the environment‚ agriculture‚ policies and the Euro‚ dating from its beginnings in 1940’s until 2000‚ when the book was published. Although Pinder appears to be pro EU‚ he does an exceptional job of overviewing the institutions and policies of the European Union that helps his audience of average citizens
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year 11s WHAT IS A TRADE UNION? Trade unions are organizations that represent people at work. They consist of workers and union leaders‚ united to promote and protect their interests. Trade unions exist because an individual worker has very little power to influence decisions that are made about his or her job. By joining together with other workers‚ there is more chance of having a voice and influence. THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF TRADE UNIONS. * CRAFT UNION: A union representing workers who
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The african union in short its known as the AU.İt was founded in 1960s by kwame nkrumah.İts subsequent objective was to unite africa and help it in many ways.The only all african non member is morocco.The other parties were organization of african unity(OAU) established on 25 may 1963 and the African Economic community(AEC) in 1981.İn the process of it rummors came up and argued that OAU in particular did little to protect the rights and liberties of African citizens from their own political leaders
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First Names: Harry Charles Title: Mr Tutor group: 10-10 Personal Statement You should consider me to be a prefect‚ as I am a very hardworking‚ enthusiastic‚ organised and punctual student who is honest and mature and would love the position of representing the school. I think that all of my achievements which I have received throughout my time at King John‚ outlines what sort of student I am. I believe that my academic achievements and extra-curricular awards will give me great success
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Trade unions are organisations that represent people at work. Their purpose is to protect and improve people’s pay and conditions of employment. They also campaign for laws and policies which will benefit working people. Trade unions exist because an individual worker has very little power to influence decisions that are made about his or her job. By joining together with other workers‚ there is more chance of having a voice and influence. Functions of Trade Unions :- It has already been stated
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Topic: The position of women in society has changed markedly in the last twenty years. Many of the problems young people now experience‚ such as juvenile delinquency‚ arise from the fact that many married women now work and are not at home to care for their children. To what extent do you agree or disagree? It is certainly true that the status of women has undergone a dramatic change over the past twenty years. This is obvious from the great increase in the number of women especially married
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working in an organization to have and be part of a union. I have an experience of working as an estimator for mechanical construction company both with union and non-union. I would say being in a union has many advantages. If you were to take a look at history‚ a lot has changed and much has been developed in the area of wages‚ job security‚ employee benefits and workplace safety. In that two years of experience what I had learn in a non-union workplace the worker has no voice‚ the employer makes
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The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (Russian: Сою́з Сове́тских Социалисти́ческих Респу́блик‚ tr. Soyuz Sovetskikh Sotsialisticheskikh Respublik) abbreviated to USSR (Russian: СССР‚ tr. SSSR) or the Soviet Union (Russian: Советский Союз‚ tr. Sovetsky Soyuz)‚ was a constitutionally socialist state that existed between 1922 and 1991‚ ruled as a single-party state by the Communist Party with its capital as Moscow.[3] A union of 15 subnational Soviet republics‚ its government and economy were highly
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THE Malayan Union‚ which the British Labour Government inaugurated in post-war Malaya on April 1‚ 1945‚ lasted slightly more than two years. Although it was a shortlived constitutional experiment‚ it led to dramatic political developments. In present-day Malaysian history textbooks‚ the Malayan Union is regarded as having awakened political activity‚ and heightened ethnic consciousness and nationalism among the peninsula’s different ethnic groups. For the Malays‚ their opposition to the Malayan
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