Essays Tagged: "private ownership"

The Use of The Second Amendment In The American Home

sons for gun control fall under the flag of public safety. Though there are many safety reasons why private ownership of firearms should be banned, these arguments are outweighed not only by the need ... f a situation in a small South Carolina town. some outside labor organizers threatened to take over private property. The next morning a group of local farmers arrived in town with their shotguns. The ...

(9 pages) 130 0 3.3 Nov/1996

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law

Management techniques for the red-cocked woodpecker

s inhabits pine forests in the southeastern United States where the majority of prime timberland is privately owned. Private ownership of preferred habitat and historically destructive silvicultural p ... nd variability (Jackson, 1986). The opportunity to establish or preserve these habitat qualities on private timberland is largely lost due to historical harvest practices and development, and research ...

(9 pages) 47 0 4.3 Feb/1997

Subjects: Science Essays > Environmental Science

Ban on Hand Guns

d not ban the people's right to own handguns at all. I personally believe handguns should be banned.Private ownership of hand guns should not be allowed. Hand guns are very dangerous firearms, they ar ... pable of countinously firing a large number of rounds without reloading and are therefore unsafe in private hands.Critics of handgun control clam that if we limit access to guns it will have little af ...

(2 pages) 142 1 3.5 Nov/2002

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law

Stalin's rise to power as a result of Lenin's fall.

the dictator. The new governments first acts were to make an armistice with Germany and to abolish private ownership of land, and to divide it up between the peasants. Lenin fulfilled his promise of ... n an attempt to boost the economy, Lenin launched the New Economic Policy, (NEP) which allowed some private enterprise.By 1922, Lenin had eliminated all organized opposition and had silenced hostile f ...

(2 pages) 82 1 3.0 Mar/2003

Subjects: History Term Papers > European History

The collectivism and individualism.

e for investment in financial or industrial enterprises).Capitalism is the social system based upon private ownership of the means of production, which entails a completely uncontrolled and unregulate ... ns of production, which entails a completely uncontrolled and unregulated economy where all land is privately owned. But the separation of the state and the economy is not a primary, it is only an asp ...

(2 pages) 112 1 2.0 Oct/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Society and community

Territoriality in Public Spaces

es territorial behaviour can occur in a public place.Territorial behaviour often occurs in areas of private ownership, such as a person's home. Ruback and Barash (1977) describe the cost-benefit analy ... itory then the occupant will not resist the intrusion.Territorial behaviour that occurs in areas of private ownership is accepted and almost expected. The area of interest to psychologists, however, i ...

(3 pages) 91 1 3.0 Dec/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology

Do the achievements of the Soviet state, 1945-65, demonstrate the effectiveness of a centrally planned economy?

lly planned economy "is one in which all economic decisions are taken by a central authority" where private ownership is minimal. This is opposed to the western market economy, which encourages privat ...

(4 pages) 58 0 3.7 Jan/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers > European History

"Private Property rights protect the freedom of some people by denying freedom to others." Do you agree?

Capitalism is defined by the Collins English Dictionary as an "economic system based on private ownership of industry". It has come to be viewed widely by the democratic western world as a ... ased on individuality and freedom of rights. Or more specifically, that everyone has a right to own private property regardless of his or her background or social situation. The division of labour cre ... the best quality. However, Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels argue otherwise, claiming that bourgeois private property is the 'final and most complete expression of the system of producing and appropria ...

(8 pages) 236 9 3.0 Apr/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays

Guns Cause Crime Like Flies Cause Garbage My teacher mainly had problems with details. He wanted more specifics. I do not have the graded essay. This was one that I had on my computer.

otection of a gun (Gale 9). This increase in gun ownership has divided the country in a debate over private gun ownership. Some people believe it is our constitutional right to own a gun. Others belie ... ebate. One of the biggest arguments is whether guns contribute to crime, or hinder it. The truth is private ownership of firearms helps reduce crime. Handguns took years to develop to the safe, ...

(8 pages) 142 4 4.7 May/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays

Blimpie Subs

ges the failure rate of opening a new store dropped dramatically. Although Conza still ran a private ownership with 150 franchises, he still needed to do something to add more capital. In 1983, ...

(2 pages) 47 0 3.0 May/2004

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management

Capitilism and Socialism Briefly Explained

natural resources and property, this however is where the similarities end.Capitalism involves the private ownership of property, pursuit of personal profit and the free competition and consumer sove ... ective ownership of property, pursuit of collective goals and the government control of the economy.Private ownership of property allows for individuals to own virtually anything where as the socialis ...

(1 pages) 52 2 2.2 Aug/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Sociology

Laissez- Faire Capitalism vs. Modified Market Capitalism Which has Biblical support?

n of capitalism itself would be helpful. Capitalism is defined as being an economic system based on private ownership of capital. With this definition it is easier to proceed to the definitions of Lai ...

(3 pages) 55 0 5.0 Feb/2005

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History

To what extent should the government intervene in the economy to protect the public interest?

t solution when it comes to scarcity. Capitalism is based on an approach to economics that promotes private enterprise. In a private enterprise system, you will see profit, initiative, competition, in ... ism is an economic philosophy that stresses public ownership of the means of production rather than private ownership. Underlying this philosophy is the belief that this system is morally better becau ...

(6 pages) 94 0 5.0 Feb/2005

Subjects: Social Science Essays

Essay - Lexus and the Olive Tree - Developments in Kazakhstan

et a country must either adopt, or be seen as moving toward, the following golden rules: making the private sector the primary engine of its economic growth, maintaining a low rate of inflation and pr ... subsidies and kickbacks as much as possible, opening its banking and telecommunications systems to private ownership and competition and allowing its citizen to choose from array of competing pension ...

(6 pages) 37 0 0.0 Feb/2005

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers

Capitalism - A Grossly Glorified Economic System.

th century . In the Capitalist system, the production and distribution of goods depends on invested private capital and profit making. The function of regulating the economy is achieved largely throug ... depicting that Capitalism's contribution to society has been more negative rather than positive.The private ownership and free enterprise in Capitalism is supposed to lead to more efficiency, lower pr ...

(7 pages) 86 0 4.3 Jul/2005

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues

Fascism and the Nazi Party: How was Fascism the key ideology behind the success of the Nazi Party?

economic factors. Fascism has been said to be similar to communism, however the difference is that private ownership still remains. Fascism has occurred throughout the world in countries such as Ital ...

(6 pages) 33 0 5.0 Jul/2005

Subjects: History Term Papers > European History > German History

The main features of Communism and how far these principles were put into practise by one Communist ruler between 1900 and 1990.

ideology of Karl Marx. It is a way of leading a country completely opposing the capitalist view of private ownership and free market. In Communism, the State owns everything and controls markets stri ...

(3 pages) 41 0 5.0 Dec/2005

Subjects: History Term Papers > European History

Assess Marx's claim that Communism would be superior to Capitalism

o capitalism.Based on a system of economics, capitalism is an ideology in which 'wealth is owned by private individuals or businesses and goods are produced for exchange, according to the dictates of ... o the dictates of the market' (Heywood 1998:327) while communism stresses the opposite. Rather than private ownership, communism endorses 'the principle of the common ownership of wealth'(Heywood 1998 ...

(9 pages) 107 0 5.0 Mar/2006

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Political Science > Political Theory

The Economy of China.

ve years--and responsibility system (see Glossary) of production introduced in agricultural sector. Private ownership of production assets legal, although major nonagricultural and industrial faciliti ...

(3 pages) 71 0 1.0 Apr/2006

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Economics > Foreign & International Economics

Franz Fanon's Work as compared with Karl Marx, and Utopia. The various advantages and disadantages of each of the societies.

doesn't exist.Thomas More, the author of "Utopia" talks about one of the biggest societal problems, private ownership of land (which doesn't exist in Utopia, when he states, "they are generally set on ... uld have such advantages. He talks about the contentness and productivity a society can posses when private property is abolished and all the people work together. More discusses the misery people hav ...

(5 pages) 12 0 0.0 Nov/2006

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature