POL 215Y Assignment 1 Why are some countries in the East and Southeast Asia persistently authoritarian while so few are democratic? Compare and contrast two or more cases. Student Name: Xin Zhang Student #: 999620771 Instructor: Jacques Bertrand TA: Wayne Zhu Democracy is a political system that makes sure that all eligible citizens have the right to participate in making the decisions that affect them either in a direct or indirect way. President Lincoln addressed that in
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Cambodia in 2006‚ from there I had learned many historical events during my time. One event that I remember was July 2006‚ Ta Mok who was one of the leaders of the Khmer Rouge died at age 80. I learned that Cambodian court was keeping hostage of the Khmer Rouge leaders to sentence them for their crime. There were always fights between Cambodia and neighboring countries for the land of Cambodia referring to 2008 event when Thailand wanted to claim Preah Vihear temple for their own. In July 2008 PM
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Film review: East is East The film “East is East” is a British comedy-drama film written by Ayub Khan-Din‚ directed by Damien O’Donnell and released in 1999. The story is set in a British household with a pious Muslim father and an English mother in Salford in 1971. George Khan‚ the father‚ forces his family to follow the Pakistani lifestyle‚ but his seven children‚ who were born in Britain‚ see themselves as British and reject the traditions. This results in many tensions and conflicts
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Assess the impact of the war on civilians in territories occupied by Japan in South-East Asia. There was a significant detrimental impact of the war upon the civilians of occupied territories in South East Asia. The Japanese intended the Greater East Asian Co Prosperity Sphere (GEACPS) to be a united zone of mutual co-operation promoting economic development‚ social and political freedom from western imperial domination. However‚ the reality of the GEACPS was really a facade and a mere justification
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BUREAU OF LABOR RELATIONS Registration of Collective Bargaining Agreement Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) Registration It is the State policy to promote and emphasize the primacy of collective bargaining in setting working conditions or the creation of a mechanism by which employers and recognized and certified labor unions bargain collectively. The registration of Collective Bargaining Agreement refers to the process of determining whether the application for registration
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SWAHILI COAST AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE EAST AFRICAN CITY-STATES IntroductionIntroductionThe eastern coast of Africa changed profoundly around the beginning of Christian era‚ first‚ Bantu speaking population from the interior migrated and settled along the coast from Kenya to South Africa. Second‚ merchants and traders from Europe (Greeks and Romans) and Asia realized the strategic importance of the east coast of Africa for commercial purposes. These commercial links are mentioned by the Greek
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East is East We’ve been looking at East is East; it’s a film about a Muslim family (although the mother is English) living in Manchester. The Khan family are an untypical of a Muslim family because Ella‚ the mother‚ I white and an atheist. George the father tries to arrange marriages for his three sons but they rebel against his strict Muslim upbringing preferring Ella’s non-religious way of life. George is the boss in their relationship; he makes all their decisions. He controls the family
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3 British English Can one tame a tiger? - The extensive growth of South East Asian Economies - Introduction A tiger economy is a name given to a region or country which undergoes a heavy and fast economic growth. This usually also leads to rising living standards. This term was first applied to South Korea‚ Singapore‚ Hong Kong and Taiwan. Since the 1960’s‚ these four countries are known as the East Asian Tigers. Later on more Tiger Economies emerged‚ but this essay will focus
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Federal Bureau of Investigation The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is a governmental agency belonging to the United States Department of Justice that serves as both a federal criminal investigative body and an internal intelligence agency (counterintelligence). Also‚ it is the government agency responsible for investigating crimes on Native American reservations in the United States[2] under the Major Crimes Act. The FBI has investigative jurisdiction over violations of more than 200 categories
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