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Robert Jervis in his paper “Realism, Neoliberalism and Cooperation: Understanding the Debate” provides discussion of cooperation and conflict stressing that it is rather enduring task to distinguish among neoliberal institutionalists and realists. Jervis argues that nowadays many scholars believe that realists define international policy as great conflict in which the smallest role is performed by…

“I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all”. Who would have thought that a paragraph such as this would change the nation’s view on religion and the way religion is recognized in…

Texas “The Lone Star State” went through a lot before it became the gun-slinging, cowboy riding state that we know it to be today. In the 19th century Texas went through events that would inevitably lead to its annexation to The Union. Texas declaring itself independent from Mexico would cause conflict between the formerly united…

A criminal justice system is bestowed with the responsibility of enforcing the criminal law in accordance with the set of procedural rules and limitations that are well defined and is therefore composed of a set of legal and social institutions which makes this mandate workable. The criminal justice system in the United States is made…

Letters from the Inside is a fiction novel written by Australian author John Marsden published in 1991. The novel follows letters exchanged by two fifteen-year-old girls Mandy and Tracey who begin writing after Tracey places an add in a magazine. Mandy soon discovers that Tracey has been lying to her whilst writing about her ‘perfect…

In the eponymous Hrafnkel’s Saga, Hrafnkel would definitely be classified as a merciless killer according to today’s standards. Nevertheless, it is crucial to take the time period and culture of this historic Scandinavian saga into account. The entire population of Iceland was unable to read and write, therefore the justice system established in 10th century…

The Great Depression of the 1930s shook the entire world. Capitalism all but failed and millions were left to deal with the consequences. Unemployment reached 25%, and people began to turn their anger towards the government. While some may have been concerned about a rise in Communism in the United States, there was never any…

The social transformation of European societies in the 19th century resulted from a number of revolutionary changes. Sociology is seen as a reaction to these revolutionary developments which occurred in Europe. The key revolutionary developments were the Scientific Revolution, the Enlightenment, the French Revolution, and the Industrial Revolution. Sociology is seen as a reaction to…

Folsteins Mini Mental State Examination (MMSE) was first described by Marshall F. Folstein, Suzan Folstein, & Paul R. McHugh (as cited in International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 2009). Marshall Folstein, a neuropsychiatrist, created the MMSE overnight because he was not happy with a patients’ cognitive report written by wife Suzan Folstein, a psychiatrist. He presented…

Critically examine the pros and cons of the Direct Subsidy Scheme in primary and secondary education in Hong Kong. Take two well-known schools as case examples (one D. S. S. and the other non-D. S. S. ) to illustrate your answer. Content I. Introduction II. Background III. Direct Subsidy Scheme (DSS) IV. Advantages of DSS…