Essays Tagged: "Displacement"

Case Study of Bill Clinton, Freudian Perspective

a do-gooder and peace keeper may have come from a repressed defense mechanism(Sdorow, 1995) such as displacement(Sdorow, 1995). When Clinton was young and his step-father, who was an alcoholic and som ... to help his mother but found himself to small to do so. Later on in life this defense mechanism of displacement may have unconsciously driven him to want to help others. His Rose Garden meeting with ...

(4 pages) 91 0 3.7 Nov/1996

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History > North American Presidents

The Kyoto Protocol

oding of low-lying areas; droughts and more severe weather that could cause food shortages; and the displacement of millions of people. When governments adopted the Convention, they knew that its comm ...

(2 pages) 123 0 4.0 Mar/2003

Subjects: Law & Government Essays

An applied environmental ethics 'case study on the Brazilian rainforest'.

ains (Case, K and Fair, R: 1989. p.881).Indonesia's "Transmigration" policy, which necessitated the displacement of 140 million people from the over-populated islands to the less-populated ones from 1 ... ains (Case, K and Fair, R: 1989. p.881).Indonesia's "Transmigration" policy, which necessitated the displacement of 140 million people from the over-populated islands to the less-populated ones from 1 ...

(23 pages) 267 1 4.7 Aug/2003

Subjects: Science Essays > Earth Sciences

HIV/AIDS epidemic - the major causes and possible correspondence.

as reported two decades ago, HIV/AIDS has spread to every corner of the world. Economic insecurity, displacement caused by conflicts and disasters, illiteracy, violence and abuse, and social exclusion ...

(3 pages) 109 0 4.0 Sep/2003

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Diseases

Analysis of Maya Angelou's "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings".

gue, Angelou states that, "If growing up is painful for the Southern Black girl, being aware of her displacement is the rust on the razor that threatens the throat." (4)The razor to the throat is symb ...

(4 pages) 97 0 4.0 Oct/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

Journeys end annotation.

ections suggest that Stanhope is anxious and nervous, he paces too and forth suggesting anxiety and displacement."he glances at his watch."He is worried for the time and is trying to plan the day ahea ...

(4 pages) 34 0 2.3 Nov/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Argument and reasons as to why legalization of prostitution will lead to a corrupt society

Roots of DisplacementAfter reading chapter 1, I realized how little I knew about Vietnamese culture and histo ...

(3 pages) 52 0 0.0 Jan/2004

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law > Issues

Commodity Fetishism.

, or a cell phone. The site also describes fetishism as an "excessive attachment or regard" or "the displacement of sexual arousal or gratification to a fetish." We can delve into the bonds between a ... in the big leagues with millions in our pockets.If we go into the psychological analyzation of the displacement of our sexual arousal to the products, we can easily find examples of this. In "the Mor ...

(3 pages) 90 0 3.8 Jan/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Economics

Women and poverty

able levels of external debt and structural adjustment program. In addition, all types of conflict, displacement of people and environmental degradation have undermined the capacity of Governments to ...

(7 pages) 238 0 4.3 Mar/2004

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Civil Rights > Women's Studies

A Bend In The River

hematic concern in thenovel. This thematic concern is structured around a dualism of rootedness and displacement, one thatNaipaul explores the identity and cultural formations of the diaspora. This th ...

(5 pages) 65 1 5.0 Mar/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays

Specialists and Generalists

ra of rapid social and technological change leading to increasing life complexity and psychological displacement, both positive and negative effects among persons in Western society call for a balance ... duals, but it guarantees a sense of loss of community, often followed by a feeling of psychological displacement and personal dissatisfaction.Without generalists, society becomes inward-looking and ev ...

(2 pages) 39 0 5.0 Apr/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Education

Description essay for English 101. Teacher wanted supportive words and clear thesis and restatement.

-50), is an amazing sight to be seen in the harbor of San Diego. At 2,513 tons of dead weight and a displacement of 9,909 tons, the Valley Forge is one of the largest cruisers in the world today. A sh ...

(3 pages) 46 0 4.7 Apr/2004

Subjects: Humanities Essays

Kinematics

motion graphs that describe the movements of an object as a function of time. These graphs are the displacement-time, velocity-time, and acceleration-time graphs. Three types of graphs can be used to ... on of an object; a curved line graph, horizontal line graph, and a diagonal line graph. In a displacement-time graph, a smooth curved line means that the object has a non-uniform velocity and a ...

(1 pages) 37 0 3.2 Apr/2004

Subjects: Science Essays > Physics

Factors affecting the stretching of springs and rubber bands

dicates that the direction of the spring force is in the direction opposite to the direction of the displacement. The value "k" is a constant for a given spring, but different springs have different " ... ate the spring constant leads to other uses of the spring constant. Once k is known, we can use the displacement of the spring to determine the force applied to it. Then the spring constant becomes us ...

(7 pages) 62 0 5.0 Jul/2004

Subjects: Science Essays > Physics

Under what circumstances can forcible external intervention in the affairs of states be justified? Did 'Operation Allied Force' in Kosovo meet the appropriate criteria?

ia destroyed jobs in America and the United Kingdom. With more relevance to the above question, the displacement of thousands of refugees in to Europe and North America during the Balkan conflict (in ... y 1998, large-scale fighting broke out in the southern Serbian province of Kosovo, resulting in the displacement of some 300,000 people. A cease-fire was agreed in October 1998 which enabled refugees ...

(7 pages) 84 1 4.7 Jul/2004

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Military & International Conflicts & Security

School certificate Australia Yr 10 2004 notes devised from the board of studies syllabus.

through the medium, particles vibrate around their mean or equilibrium positions but undergo no net displacementb) qualitatively describe features of wavesincluding frequency, wavelength andspeedWaves ... of propagation of the wave(ie. Distance between successive crests)·Amplitude is the maximum displacement of a particle from the mean or equilibrium position·Frequency is the number of w ...

(2 pages) 37 1 1.7 Nov/2004

Subjects: Science Essays

Psychoanalytic Theory: My perspective on Freudian Theory

fe. When I study for finals and become frustrated, I head to the gym to 'take out my frustrations" (displacement). Defense mechanisms, when used in a therapeutic way, help to deal with our stressors a ...

(3 pages) 195 0 3.9 Nov/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology > Psychological Theories & Authors

A synopsis with some discussion of the article entitled, "In Search of My Mother's Garden, I Found My Own: Mother-Love, Healing, and Identity in Toni Morrison's Jazz"

of Violet and Rose Dear, and Joe and Wild, as well as how the loss of the mother figure causes the displacement of the child's developing self. Both Joe and Violet sought to forget and find their los ...

(7 pages) 32 0 0.0 Nov/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

Explaining essay on the dB dragracing

the most costly. Forsubwoofers you want a sub with a strong motor structure, Kevlar cone, high Xmax(displacement), and the easiest to assume; be able to handle a lot of wattage. Second, youwant to sel ... ations and cabin volume into the program and the program willcalculate the perfect "real world" box displacement with dimension proportions. Onceyou have an idea of the box size you must design the po ...

(4 pages) 46 2 4.3 Jan/2005

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Supermarkets Challenge Introduction of Supermarkets to Italy

family basis, and they did not sell processed food or frozen products. Hence, there was a kind of "displacement" between the level of development enjoyed by the production industry and the backwardne ...

(7 pages) 59 0 4.8 Jan/2005

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Markets & Exchanges