Essays Tagged: "Coercion"

Stalin's Years Of Terror

mploying police repression against opposition elements within the Communist Party. The machinery of coercion had previously been used only against opponents of Bolshevism, not against party members th ...

(10 pages) 267 0 4.4 Jan/1996

Subjects: History Term Papers > European History

Community Policing

case of insanity. Legal minors are also relieved of criminal liability, as are persons subjected to coercion or duress to such a degree as to render the commission of criminal acts involuntary. In mos ...

(5 pages) 231 0 3.7 Dec/1996

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Society and community

Managing people in the new century

the larger employers to make them aware of alternative ways of managing their workforce, other than coercion, sanctions, or monetary reward. Theorists also suggest that the ways in which organisations ...

(19 pages) 1194 2 3.7 Mar/2003

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management

The Triumph of the Free Market

Based on the strongest foundations of reason, logic, and non-coercion, the principles of the free-market are just as applicable to proper government and social c ... cate the redistribution or equalizing of wealth and property, but this always comes at the price of coercion against another--an inconvenient detail too often left out. Thus, they remove most, if not ... ncept of the free-market is the concept of non-aggression, where every individual is protected from coercion, fraud, and theft, governments that forsake the market turn towards tyranny. What begins wi ...

(4 pages) 128 0 5.0 Mar/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Economics

Manifest destiny.

d to either backfire or get overcome by the people's drive toward war, for example President Polk's coercion for westward expansion (doc 3). He called it Manifest Destiny; our destiny to be a country ...

(2 pages) 51 0 3.0 May/2003

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History

Free will & Determinism - The debate.

ng degree. The exercise of free will consists of making choices from a genuine selection, free from coercion. As Hobbes suggests freedom means choice. It is only at the actual point of action that the ... ion is also considered as free if there have been alternatives available and that there has been no coercion involved.With the rise of science this has led to a greater understanding of what factors m ...

(7 pages) 358 0 3.0 Nov/2003

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy

The need for new approach to the management of people in order to reflect the way in which organisations are evolving at the start of the 21st century.

the larger employers to make them aware of alternative ways of managing their workforce, other than coercion, sanctions, or monetary reward. Theorists also suggest that the ways in which organisations ...

(20 pages) 758 0 3.3 Jan/2004

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers

Terrorism today.

ociety today.To clarify things, the scientific definition of terrorism is "the use of intimidation, coercion, threats, and violent attacks to achieve the objectives of an individual or of a group" (Pa ...

(6 pages) 265 0 4.2 Jan/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues

"Torture" by: Michael Levin and Cesare Bonesana Comparison of two opposing perceptions of torture in society.

Torture is defined as "infliction of severe physical pain as a means of punishment or coercion." Michael Levin and Cesare Bonesana both discuss this controversial issue in their essays. ...

(2 pages) 98 0 2.6 Feb/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

One,Last,Time abortion speech

lnikov complain that 'Men can get used to anything, the beast!'The fact that we have been gagged by coercion, the fact that we have let society become superior to the morality of compassion, the fact ...

(2 pages) 38 1 4.3 Feb/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues

What do you understand by the term 'totalitarian state'? Illustrate your answer with reference to Germany under Hitler

d by strong central rule that attempts to control and direct all aspects of individual life through coercion, repression and propaganda. The state achieves popularity through a strong, charismatic lea ... d by strong central rule that attempts to control and direct all aspects of individual life through coercion and repression. The state achieves popularity through a strong, charismatic leader.' In con ...

(13 pages) 83 0 0.0 Mar/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers > World History > World War II

Profiles In Courage By John F. Kennedy

pressure.These eight men persevered in their pursuit of justice and the right path, in spite of the coercion and vilification of the majority. These heroes include Mississippi's Lucius Quintus Cincinn ...

(7 pages) 62 1 5.0 Mar/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers

Is Heart of Darkness a text which criticises or endorses imperialism?

political theory of the acquisition and maintenance of large, multi-ethnic states held together by coercion. This model is typified by the ancient empires of Rome and Greece. Subject states were conq ...

(8 pages) 143 0 4.3 Apr/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature

The Hurricane

words take on a sinister form - dominance, domination, rule, superiority, submission, forcefulness, coercion, violence and vehemence. "The Hurricane" is a movie that deals with 'power' in both ...

(4 pages) 48 0 3.0 May/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Reformation and Counter-Reformation and examples

result of the Council's recommendations, humanistic thinking was replaced by violent reaction, with coercion and persuasion being used as twin prongs to ensure conformity to the teachings of the Churc ...

(4 pages) 109 1 4.5 Jun/2004

Subjects: Art Essays

Domestic Violence and the Ripple Effect

sical stability. The emotional effects of the female involve verbal abuse, isolation, intimidation, coercion and threats that are only compounded when physical abuse is added to the component. The abu ...

(5 pages) 177 1 5.0 Jun/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology

Managing people

the larger employers to make them aware of alternative ways of managing their workforce, other than coercion, sanctions, or monetary reward. Theorists also suggest that the ways in which organisations ...

(19 pages) 457 1 4.6 Sep/2004

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management

Debt, Development and the Biosphere

back. 'Sovereign' external debt in our current international system is a political creation and by coercion it is unforgivable and has broken the social fabric of the society within the debt afflicte ...

(21 pages) 112 0 4.3 Oct/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Political Science > Specific Policies

Why there is terrorism in the U.S.

e Webster's New American Dictionary is defined as "the systematic use of intense fear as a means of coercion." In this day and age, the term terrorism is more than just the use of intense fear as a me ... port and also as a means of suppression. While the dictionaries definitions says that it is the use coercion to promote certain ideologies, some of the most cleverly hidden terrorism today is the terr ...

(6 pages) 86 0 4.0 Oct/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Current Issues

There are some aspects of human behavior and mental processes that would not be ethical to study even if the participants freely consented to be studied.

xt lists 5 key ethical issuesrevolving around human psychological research, including: Freedom from coercion,informed consent, limited deception, adequate debriefing, and confidentiality (Lahay, pg.48 ...

(2 pages) 56 0 5.0 Nov/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology