Are developing countries with abundant oil resources cursed? Are  their societal, economic, and political structures doomed to be  malformed and detrimental to their own populations? As Bradshaw M. (2014: pg. 174) stated, it is the greed of the elite  and not so much a curse that hinders the resource rich developing  countries. The political structuring of these countries is designed to  dictate societal well-being […]

This is a class discussion post that needs to be approximately 2-5 paragraphs in length.  ***Discussion Post should be followed accordingly each question asked needs to be answered. ********I will post the students response below.  With the Student response it should be 1 paragraph in length reply to the students disccusion. ALL QUESTIONS NEED TO BE ANSWERED!!!! ALL QUESTIONS NEED TO BE ANSWERED!!!! ALL QUESTIONS […]

POLI 312 Fall 2018 Capstone Assessment Assignment / Due Thursday Nov. 30 2018 11:59pm You are the head of a large city department serving a culturally and ethnically diverse population (including recently arrived immigrants).  Your agency has also recently begun initiatives with a few of the countries from which the new immigrants arrive from. As part of a mandatory 10 year review of your agency, […]

Prepare: Read Chapters 1 and 2 in Environmental Policies and all required resources as listed in the Student Course Guide. Reflect: The natural world provides us with an abundance of resources. Our food, drinking water, clean air, and all of the products we consume and use each day primarily come from resources supplied by nature. All of our natural resources have value but the values we […]

Prepare: Read Chapters 9 and 10 in Environmental Policies and all required resources as listed in the Student Course Guide. Reflect: The diversity of life on Earth is impressive and critical for maintaining ecosystem services and our survival. This diversity extends to millions of species, to thousands of unique ecosystems, and even to the microscopic level of genes and inheritable genetic material. Unfortunately, global biodiversity […]

Report Issue This is a class discussion post that needs to be approximately 2-5 paragraphs in length.  ***Discussion Post should be followed accordingly each question asked needs to be answered. ********I will post the students response below.  With the Student response it should be 1 paragraph in length reply to the students disccusion. ALL QUESTIONS NEED TO BE ANSWERED!!!! ALL QUESTIONS NEED TO BE ANSWERED!!!! […]

There were many causes of the First World War, but the most prominent was the assassination of Austria’s new leader, Franz Ferdinand by a Serbian Socialist. That is when Austria declared war on Serbia, according to Shubert & Goldstein (2012). Empire and Imperialism played huge roles in this war because each country was trying to gain power over other regions. It wasn’t until the Treaty […]

Directions : The purpose of this exercise is to become familiar with the workings of Congress.  It is an Article I (of  the U.S. Constitution) study tool.  Please follow these instructions carefully. 1. Visit either of the congressional websites:   www.senate.gov or  www.house.gov . 2. Select a  CURRENT Senator or Member of Congress from the website that is of interest to you.  It may be  […]

A major challenge in maintaining water quality was not even known until the 1970’s. The chemical pollution is leaking from landfills and toxic waste dumps into our aquifers which is where most of the population in the U.S. gets their fresh water from. A major challenge in maintaining water quantity is constant population growth. This is especially a challenge for cities that are already scarce […]

I have chosen film, cinema, in my work in order to theorize difficult questions regarding democracy and difference.  There are, however, many points of caution in choosing to use film.  Films often can reinforce and affirm stereotyped and demeaning images of others; that is, film is as effective a tool for installing as it is for challenging and overcoming oppression.  However, as I write in […]