Essays Tagged: "economic power"
The relevancy of the heartland - hinterland distinction in Canada's economic geography
egion known as the 'hinterland'. The 'heartland-hinterland' concept in Canada describes patterns of economic power, namely, where economic power and control resides within the nation. Thus, the heartl ... ationship between hinterland and heartland is one of intimate mutual dependency. In modern Canadian economics, neither region can exist without each other, and the well-being of one directly affects t ...
Subjects: Science Essays > Earth Sciences > Geography
This is a wonderful research paper about a train ride into the wonderful mountains of West Virginia.
Cass was invented andnamed as a State Park to preserve an old logging railroad. Once a symbol of theeconomic power that drove this valley, the mill building has been victim of two majorfires in 1978 a ...
Subjects: Area & Country Studies Essays > Travel Descriptions
The japanese economy and where it gets its capital from.
Japan is one of the world's economic giants. Only that of the United States exceeds its economic output. The Japanese manufactur ... s factories have some of the most highly developed equipment in the world. Japan has become a major economic power even though it has few natural resources. Japan imports many of the raw materials nee ... the agricultural sector employed 45 percent of the labor force. But as Japan's industries grew, the economic importance of agriculture declined.In many ways, the driving force of Japan's economy is in ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Economics > Foreign & International Economics
Aging population and how it is effecting Australia.
land. Economists argue that our country's underpopulation is hampering Australia's becoming a major economic power in the global market.A significantly large population can benefit a country in a vari ... a better chance of being successful.However, the major demographic issues pertinent to Australia's economic development are quite specific. These are its ageing population and the decentralisation of ...
Subjects: Area & Country Studies Essays
Absolute Monarchy.
heir independence and moved to towns. They then joined the middle class townspeople, who gained the economic power because of the development of capitalism and the Commercial Revolution. The middle cl ...
Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Government
Rise of Superpowers After WWII.
the causes of the war. The United Statesgained its strength in world affairs from its status as an economicpower. In the years before the war, America was the world's largestproducer. In the USSR at ... achieve such a feat. Britain and France were inimperial decline, and more concerned about colonial economics than thestability of Europe. Both imperial powers assumed that empire-buildingwould necess ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > World History > World War II
Drugs in society.
g movements were set in motion as far back as the early nineteenth century, dealing more with socio-economic power struggles and maintaining the status quo with minorities at the bottom rung of the ec ... form of drug use engaged in by a disreputable group that had come to be seen as threatening in lean economic times...the focus of attention were dens where it was suspected that whites came into intim ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Sociology
PLA as a World Power
China in the late 20th century has made a major turn around in the economic sector. China has made the transformation from an authoritarian regime where millions of pe ... m an authoritarian regime where millions of people died of starvation to a huge and relatively free economic powerhouse. Home to a quarter of the world's population, China is unquestionably a major pl ... nably a major player in the world economy. But the leaders of China do not just want China to be an economic power, like all countries, China seeks the status and influences of a Great power . "It has ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Political Science
Era of the cold war points
f nonrenewable energy resourcesII.Rich Nations and Poor Nations Competing in a Global EconomyA.U.S. Economic Dominance1.The leading manufacturer and economic power was the U.S.2.Free trade and the for ... ic power was the U.S.2.Free trade and the formation of IMF, World Bank, and GATTB.The Rise of other Economic Centers1.1973-1986 China , Taiwan, South Korea, and Hong Kong economies tripled the U.S. ra ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > Middle Eastern History
Alice Walkers a woman is not a potted plant
to change; women began to wake up.Women started noticing their rights and positions, with their new economic power. Is a woman a potted plant? No, she is a human being just as a man. In "a woman is no ...
Subjects: Area & Country Studies Essays > Travel Descriptions
"The Microsoft monopoly should be broken up." Evaluate this claim using economic theory and evidence on the welfare effects of monopoly and competition.
arly not a new concept in America. In the early 20th century this law was called upon to reduce the economic power wielded by so-called "robber barons," such as JP Morgan and John D. Rockefeller, who ... soft and beat them to vendors.There are economists who have argued that a monopoly is not always an economic bad. In the 1980's, such theories were released from the Chicago School of Economics. These ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Economics
Marxist framework applied to theories of media and culture today
as the ideas behind the British Cultural Studies. With Marxism it is easy to see that his idea that economic power is the root of all power is essentially true. People with the money are essentially a ... an make a difference alone. They would need the backing of someone who supports them that can cause economic damage if there demands are not taken seriously. Examples and situations like that are why ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Communication Studies > The Media
Technological development often ends up increasing the gap between the rich and the poor. Do you agree? Provide clear arguments to support your position.
down side, it always expands the gap between rich and poor.This is because technology needs strong economic power to develop it, and highly trained people who are the result of an expensive education ...
Subjects: Science Essays
Women in the Renaissance
role of women in society throughout the Renaissance was greatly affected by their social class and economic power. Although women within the upper class had increased opportunities in education durin ... ar and women were seen as either the seductive and manipulative Eve, or the chaste virgin Mary. The economic aspects of sexuality also began to emerge. Since many children put excess financial strain ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > European History
A Critical Look at Marxism in Literature
A Critical Look at MarxismMarxism is a political and economic philosophy originating with one, Karl Marx. Karl Marx was a German philosopher who lived in ... arx was a German philosopher who lived in the nineteenth century. Marx outlined that the capitalist economic system is designed to keep the upper classes (the bourgeoisie) wealthy, while at the same t ... r situation. Marx believed that the bourgeoisie would eventually be stripped of their political and economic power by the proletariat and all property would be placed in the hands of the government wh ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American
Rise of Superpowers After WWII
the causes of the war. The United Statesgained its strength in world affairs from its status as an economicpower. In the years before the war, America was the world's largestproducer. In the USSR at ... achieve such a feat. Britain and France were inimperial decline, and more concerned about colonial economics than thestability of Europe. Both imperial powers assumed that empire-buildingwould necess ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > World History > World War II
All programs that are aimed at women and are affirmative in orientation should be abolished because they provide for unfair discrimination in favour of women.
ble progress towards equal employment opportunity. Affirmative action is an attempt to redistribute economic power by forcing employers to give preference to women. As with all schemes of distributing ... nd women. More importantly, it has hindered the institution that has done the most to benefit women economically the free market.Equal Opportunity (EO) means that all employees have equal access to th ...
Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management
Globalization: The False Imagery.
ral of which can be viewed as rather exploitive. The main supporters huge sums of money and to gain economic power anywhere they possibly can all over the world. So, globalization in the sense that we ... ony, that threatens to create a homogenized world." For this reason, globalization can be viewed as economically, culturally, and as a domineering corporation, especially to those nations of less pres ...
Subjects: Law & Government Essays
Robber Barons or Industrial Statesmen?
Late nineteenth century industrial leaders have been called "industrial statesmen" for the great economic power they helped America become. They have also been called "robber barons" because they b ... the hurt it caused the workers. The industrialists, even though they helped America become a great economic power, sacrificed morals, in order to achieve their wealth. That was what established them ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History
THE ANTITRUST CASE AGAINST MICROSOFT Should Microsoft prevail for hard work or fall?
arly not a new concept in America. In the early 20th century this law was called upon to reduce the economic power wielded by so-called "robber barons," such as JP Morgan and John D. Rockefeller, who ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Economics