Current Issues Essays, Research Papers & Term Papers (849) essays
Current Issues essays:
Causes for Violent Crimes.
... Violent Crimes The political right believes that the root cause of violent crime is bad genes or bad morals. Not so, says the left. The root cause of violent crime is bad housing or dead-end jobs. I believe that while doing something about the causes of violence surely requires a political ideology ...
To what extent has racism been a part of English football?
... and Chelsea Ron Atkinson was working as a pundit for ITV. Ron Atkinson has been involved in football for over 40 years. After his playing career was over he went on to become a successful manager for such prestigious clubs as Manchester United, Aston Villa and West ...
East Timor Oil Crisis Synopsis
... The Story So Far: In the 16th century the island of Timor was owned in the west by the Netherlands and in the east by Portugal. When Indonesia became independent, the western half of Timor became part of Indonesia. In 1971-72, Indonesia and Australia began negotiations, concerning the ...
Online Casinos
... controlled because it promotes addiction, presents great potential for criminal abuse, and has become a growing problem on college campuses. Compulsive gambling is a serious addiction that affects many people. While it may seem abrasive to consider it a serious disease, one must realize that the ...
It is widely accepted that the climate is changing, and that the changes are a threat. How – if at all – can business make a positive contribution to the fight against climate change?
... In 2005 in the United Kingdom for example, the government launched its strategy of sustainable development, called "Securing the Future". It aims at collaborating and assisting businesses in more sustainable ways of production and consumption. For instance, the government ...
Problems with Washington State at a local and state wide level.
... and discussing today's political issues. Is it so hard to realize that many people are upset with the way that the government is run at the local and national levels? Everything seems that it can be solved if government ...
Smoking Ban in Colorado
... the new law that smoking in public restaurants and bars are no longer acceptable in the state of Colorado? There are a number of people who think that this is the correct way to go about smoking habits and others feel the smoking ban is unnecessary in public places. People all over the state ...
What is the impact of globalization on the sovereignty and autonomy of the nation-state?
... politics, that national boundaries of nation states are becoming insignificant. They see the emergence of a new global structure that will control and determine how countries, organizations and people operate, as inevitable. They do not see any opportunity for nation states to exercise agency in the ...
Israel's Policies are creating Peace
... governments, non-governmental organizations, and international institutions have pledged to help the Palestinians build a functioning government there." This policy has also been supported by the UN. Ibrahim Gambari, Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs for the United Nations, told the ...
The September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks
... and store the information in order that the government could examine information on persons. The terrorist attacks of 9/11 were a complete success against the US, and left the people of the United States stunned and afraid to realize that ...