Refugee resettlement is a very important and debated issue in Australia today. A refugee is a person who has fled their country of origin and is unable or unwilling to return because of a well-founded fear of being persecuted because of their race‚ religion‚ nationality‚ membership of a particular social group or political opinion. (Amnesty 2012). This is an issue that is extremely relevant‚ especially with large outflows of refugees from countries such as Syria‚ Afghanistan and Somalia (UNHCR 2015
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On the surface level‚ Dawkins’s Selfish Gene‚ Small’s Our babies‚ Ourselves‚ and Sapolsky’s Why Zebras Don’t Get Ulcers appear to have little in common. However‚ while the three books are incredibly different from each other due to the subjects they discuss and the manner in which the books approach the topics of parenting and babies‚ genetics and evolution‚ as well as stress--both acute and chronic‚ they also share similarities‚ one of which is over the topic of breastfeeding. Although breastfeeding
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Examine the economic prosperity of the United States after World War I. Why was the US prosperous‚ and in what areas? Was this prosperity a global phenomenon? Did everyone in the country experience prosperity? Why or why not? Were dark clouds of economic catastrophe looming by the end of the 1920s? What were they? The Roaring Twenties I. Prosperity A. Technology and consumerism B. Conformity II. Pain A. Economic Sufferings B. Morality Defined It takes time to transition from a wartime economy
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“You say you want a revolution/Well‚ you know/ We all want to change the world.” Revolution by the Beatles spoke to an entire world audience in 1968; an American audience. Forty-three years later‚ two generations are metaphorically speaking the same tune. The Tea Party movement began in the summer of 2009.The Occupy Wall Street movement was motioned by the Canadian activist group‚ Adbusters‚ and officially began on September 17‚ 2011. Protesting of these groups are the result
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Reflect on Benedict Anderson’s (1991) concept of an ‘imagined community’. How does this concept apply to the UK? This essay deals with the concept of an ‘Imagined Community’ given by Benedict Anderson in 1991‚ according to him ‘A nation is imagined because the members of even the smallest nation will never know most of their fellow-members‚ meet them‚ or even hear of them‚ yet in the minds of each lives the image of their communion’. There are different factors in society that help to define the
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What are the potential risks and benefits of migration for European states and societies? Migration has been in existence since humans appeared in the world. However our forbearers had different purposes for moving from one location to another than the contemporary humans. Their reasons for leaving a territory were changing climate or infertile soil1. The motivational factors for modern migration differ from that. They are in tight correspondence with globalization. Through this phenomenon there
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EAST 2325 Japan population decline and the challenges of decreasing productivity xxxxxxxx Student no. xxxxxx Department of East Asian Studies University of Leeds EAST 2325 Assessment In a special report on Japan‚ published on 20 November 2011‚ The Economist noted that Japan would be ‘a test case of how big countries across the world should handle ageing and population decline.’ What makes Japan so special in this regard
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Immigration Policy in Japan in the 21st Century Course Title: International Migration Course Code: BE 22 421 Name: Onyejelem Prince Daniel O. STUDENT ID: 201118001 Major: Sociology School of Social and International Studies‚ G30 program Introduction The rapid increase in the number of immigrants to Japan during the Heisei era has raised anxieties among Japanese about the future of their country‚ national identity‚ and how to manage the influx. There is a muted public discourse about this
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The term “national culture” is too expansive to define because it absorbs and crosses many dimensions that cannot be specifically tagged to. In a broad sense‚ “national culture” may stand for a sense of attachment to things‚ lands‚ buildings (architecture) and landscaping that can construct a sense of belonging to a country commonly known as national identity or nationhood. In his article‚ Zubrzycki (2010) feels that nationalist scholars often referred the term “national culture” to signify language
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The Boxer Uprising China during the late nineteenth century was in turmoil from external and internal forces. The underlining internal pressures were exacerbated by the thrust of western imperialism and exploitation. Imperialism and the west were the catalyst for the Boxer Uprising. The ingredients of descent and conflict were always present in the late nineteenth century. China had its difficulties without the west’s intrusion. The Boxer Uprising was a reaction against the West‚ not a rebellion
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