Essays Tagged: "criticised"

The Nuclear Power Debate

er, as people became aware of the long term dangers involved in storing nuclear waste, it's use was criticised. Two accidents, at Three Mile Island and Chernobyl, demonstrated to the world the enormou ...

(3 pages) 210 0 4.3 Jan/1996

Subjects: Science Essays > Physics

Why is monopoly 'harmful? How can regulation ameliorate these harmful effects? What problems confront the regulators?

nce the consumers are not receiving the maximum possible utility for their purchases.Monopolies are criticised for their high prices, high profits and insensitivity to the public. Some governments the ...

(3 pages) 288 2 4.2 Jan/1996

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Economics

Macbeth

This is very ironic in that they have both become what the other was and what they feared to be and criticised in each other.In act one Macbeth is portrayed as a good, noble and valiant warrior. He me ...

(5 pages) 60 0 4.6 Mar/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors > Shakespeare > Macbeth

Critically evaluate the impact Behaviourism has had on Psychology

hod of psychology dealt only with the conscious mind. The experiments carried out at this time were criticised for their lack of objectivity and by the 1920's a new brand of psychology emerged in the ...

(6 pages) 169 0 4.1 Apr/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology

How justified are hostile criticisms of the Versailles Treaty?

ounded Weimar Republic. Many countries, statesmen and certainly not least the population of Germany criticised the agreement for it's unfair terms. Not only this but it is still widely regarded as a m ...

(5 pages) 74 0 3.0 May/2003

Subjects: History Term Papers > European History

Did Hawke-Keating government (1983-1996) represent a fundamental break with Labour Tradition?

tional basis of Australian politics. Furthermore, the ALP government of this period has been highly criticised for its addressing of some issues, such as privatisation, deregulation of labour and fina ... oured public over private enterprise, and consequently, the Hawke and Keating government was highly criticised for apparently representing a fundamental break from tradition, particularly in their pri ...

(8 pages) 46 0 4.5 May/2003

Subjects: History Term Papers > Australian History

The increasingly dominant role of women in film and television: a social or economic reform?

ation that masculinity is just a socially constructed performance- the archetypal male is now often criticised rather than celebrated. While society's stance on the function of women in the media has ...

(10 pages) 172 0 3.7 Jun/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Communication Studies

The Electoral College.

iscussing its strengths, weaknesses and attempts to reform it.The Electoral College system has been criticised many times since its establishment. It is seen to contain weaknesses for not fullyserving ...

(4 pages) 122 0 2.0 Aug/2003

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law

A Functionalist View of Stratification.

ystem they are a prime contributor to the maintenance of a society. The functionalist view has been criticised, this essay seeks to explore some of these criticisms and give sufficient evidence to sup ... e most highly qualified. (Davis and Moore 1998) Of course this 'blase' view of inequality is highly criticised. Melvin Tumin (Davis and Moore 1998) opposes the functionalist view of stratification by ...

(5 pages) 169 1 5.0 Oct/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays

Moral right and wrong are just a matter of opinion.

different moral frameworks, none of which are any more correct than the others. Relativism has been criticised quite heavily because it implies the validity even of the view that relativism is false, ...

(6 pages) 355 1 4.5 Dec/2003

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy > Comparative Philosophy & Ethics

Critically evaluate the impact behaviourism has had on psychology.

hod of psychology dealt only with the conscious mind. The experiments carried out at this time were criticised for their lack of objectivity and by the 1920's a new brand of psychology emerged in the ...

(6 pages) 134 0 4.4 Dec/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays

'To what extent are the female characters represented in 'Tess of the D'Urbervilles ' stereotypical to women living in rural England in the mid 19th century?'

novel. Tess, which was first serialised in magazines was highly successful due to the fact that it criticised practices at the time and focused on important and topical issues of the period especiall ...

(18 pages) 86 0 4.7 Dec/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature

What did the Normans ever do for us? [i.e., the British]

e brutal, barbaric, and 'filthy'. The English could be equally unpopular with others, and were also criticised by their own: 'the English are noted among foreigners for their persistent drinking' wrot ...

(6 pages) 42 0 5.0 Jan/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers

Essay on Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde About language. Morales. Very good essay

.' In this book, he was trying to symbolise that all people had an evil side to them. This book was criticised by lots of wealthy people when it was published as it defied the stereotype for wealthy p ...

(8 pages) 96 1 4.7 Feb/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature

Perspective in Psychology - Sex & Gender

five middle class "mad" women, and because of these limited methods Freud's theory has been highly criticised for not being representative, for being too over generalised and also as he was developin ...

(5 pages) 203 0 4.0 Feb/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays

Explain what coroprate social responsibility is and its effect on globalisation

king the lowest labour costs and highest profits. Firms operating in developing countries are often criticised for failing to be socially responsible in their operations (e.g. Nike & Gap were expo ...

(4 pages) 371 0 4.6 Feb/2004

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers

Compare and contrast the assumptions, if any, which classical elitists, pluralists and rational choice theorists bring to the analysis and explanation of politics.

to the main assumptions involved in the application of the theories. All three disciplines will be criticised and compared on any assumptions that seem to differ or oppose each other. A conclusion wi ... ed that many different groups, with equal power and influence, ruled the political system.A heavily criticised assumption that pluralists tend to make is that the state is neutral; therefore all group ...

(8 pages) 206 0 4.3 Mar/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Political Science > Political Theory

Discuss role of attachment in childhood emotional development.

ds-she provided food, warmth, physical protection and relief from pain.The cupboard theory has been criticised on several grounds, one being the fact that babies often show great interest in people ot ...

(4 pages) 283 3 4.0 Apr/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays

Critically analyse the opening sequence of Mike Nichols "The Graduate"(1968)

e this period the classical narrative that served Hollywood filmmaking for almost 60 years had been criticised for being too basic. However by 1967, techniques favoured by the French filmmakers of the ...

(6 pages) 67 0 4.6 Apr/2004

Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies

The 2004 Federal Budget Report

ailability. As with the presentation of any federal budget of the past decade there are areas to be criticised and areas to be praised. There have been some noticeable improvements in: health care, ed ... is said to go towards investments for new environmental technologies. This decision has been highly criticised by a handful of interest groups, the point being that the public will be pleased to see m ...

(5 pages) 58 0 3.0 May/2004

Subjects: Law & Government Essays