Poverty Article Reviews Samples For Students

The quality of communication is good in article two because we can clearly see why Melvin’s has been able to attract and keep customers for a long time. Communication quality is relatively poor in the first and third article. In the first article, there is poor sentence construction leading to some level of communication breakdown. The third article has too much dialogue in between the article creating lack of flow in the story. The writing styles of the three articles are poor. Paragraphing is poor as the paragraphs in all the three articles are too short with some being ...

“Facing Poverty with a Rich Girl’s Habits” was written by Suki Kim in 2004 and is an extract from a wider publication by Roen, Glau and Maid, (2010). In her work, Kim noted how difficult it was for her as a young girl to adjust to a completely different lifestyle following the bankruptcy of her previously wealthy father and a subsequent escape to America. This is her most important point because it is the most repeated theme in the article. Other main points in the work are summarized in the ensuing paragraphs.
Kim stressed on the mishaps she faced regarding racism. ...

According to these two articles, Gregory Mantsios and the presentation show that the gap between the wealthiest and the poor members of the society is very huge. These two articles also show that most of the people in the western world, especially in America have got used to the Great divergence and do not wish to talk about the class bias. Both articles also consider the past situation, the current situations and predict the future in relation to social class. From these articles, it is evident that the people from the middle class have higher income that the lower ...

1) What will happen as a result of these cuts?
If the House of Representatives go ahead and approve the bill which seeks to cut the budget allocated to food stamps, the empirical effect will be very visible. First, benefits to the poor will reduce by about 90 dollars a month. This is likely to affect over 850,000 households that depend on these benefits, most of which are in California. Another effect is the fact that the people who are homeless and without any source of income will suffer. These people are usually given about $176 allotment of food ...

One of the key processes of the world economy on the brink of the XX-XXI centuries is progressing globalization, i.e. a qualitatively new stage in the development of the internationalization of economic life.
These days, globalization is being discussed very often; it is a buzzword, which quickly turned into some kind of a slogan, a key, which can open the door to any existing and future mysteries. For someone “globalization” is all that he needs for happiness, for others—the cause of all the misfortunes. However, for all of us, globalization is an inevitable fatality of our world, irreversible process, the process, ...

Reframing the Framework of the Eradication of Global Poverty

St. Claire’s paper entitled “Global Poverty: Development Ethics Meets Global Justice” claims that in the current development framework which is the neoliberal globalization, it is only the global elite who are benefitting from it. The writer mentioned that the free trade has pushed the rural poor in desolation because of the dominance of the agriculture business where the big agrochemical businesses lord. The free trade also killed most of the local business as the products of mass production reigns in every market all over the world. The paper mentioned that the current indicators of global poverty tend to ...

While it remains debatable that money cannot buy happiness, money certainly can buy quality mental health medications and services. It also may buy a sense of feeling good about one’s self – or at least feeling better in comparison to poorer people. Living in poverty and living with a mental health issue are often comorbidities. Common mental disorders (CMD) such as major depression and anxiety are treatable only if a person suffering from these disorders is able to get access to mental health care. Sadly, this is not often the case for those living at the poverty level or homelessness, no matter ...

Analysis of Articles

Analysis of Articles

The article is about the application of social psychology to motivate and lobby for social and political participation in anti-poverty campaigns and measures. The application of social psychology is from a social identity approach that entails group efficacy, group emotion as well as meaningful social identity. All these factors are important in advocating and promoting a collective effort towards the eradication of poverty in the developing nations and the achievement of any set millennium development goals (MDGs).
The social identity approach highlights the significance psychological reality that lies with social groups and their collective behavior. Group-based emotion ...

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The article on Microfinance as a possible means of alleviating poverty in the developing world is an interesting piece that provides information on how micro-lending initiatives like Grameen Bank are helping the poor improve their domestic economic condition. Grameen Bank’s work over 30 years brought its founder Mohammad Yunus the Nobel Peace prize in 2006 for helping alleviate poverty (38). The author Susanna Khavul provides a lucid outline of microfinancing as it exists. Several micro-financing initiatives around the world have been created by the international banks, institutional investors, and foundations (38) besides individual investors. The micro-lending initiatives which ...

Article Summary and Reflection

Article Summary
Andy Pazstor of the Wall Street Journal reports in his article "Pilots Rely Too Much on Automation, Panel Says" that the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) commissioned a study which determined two hazards to airline passengers. The first is that commercial airline pilots have become too dependent on automation, or the so-called autopilot. As a consequence, pilots are said to have "poor manual flying skills" or poor decision-making and are unable to adjust to changes in cockpit technology. The second hazard is "inadequate training" by commercial airliners that the FAA believes impede the pilot's capacity to fully master advanced ...

Let us see some of the key points of the article from microeconomic point since governmental influence and entrepreneurship activity have a big impact on household level. We cannot agree more to the point that poor countries have higher intention for entrepreneurship activity because for them it is an option to earn some income because lack of education, social position and other factors leave people no chances to find a well paid job in a big company. Such household start ups in poor countries create a thick net of vendors and suppliers so they are active contributors to supply-demand factor. Even if demand ...

According to the Sachs’ three-tier model, the world of innovators is divided into high innovators (so-called “core” economies), technological diffusers and the excluded poor. High innovators, such as U.S.A and Sweden, for instance, are known as creators and sellers of original knowledge. Within 5 to 20 years this knowledge is adopted by technological diffusers as local firms purchase sophisticated machines to lower their production costs, FDI in high-tech industries is established and consumers buy innovative goods for personal use. Costa Rica, Mexico and Taiwan can be named among these. The excluded poor are naturally the most disadvantaged countries with ...

There many forms of poverty that corrupts a nation. Among the widely recognize form of poverty is the scarcity of food. In an article written by Dr. Satyabrata Rai Chowdhuri, he narrates that the poverty is a man-made catastrophe . This statement is quite intriguing and at the same time rational in a sense that while there seemingly exist the availability of resources for mass enjoyment, it is surprising that there are a lot people suffering from an impoverish state. The author made a good analysis of the status of many countries belonging the Third World nation. These include countries in Asia, Africa and Latin ...

The story is about the Mexican immigrant family travel “the circuit” of crop harvesting jobs around California. The story reflects the extreme poverty and poor living conditions which the immigrant’s family was experiencing. The oldest son narrates the story explaining the disappointments they pass throughout to the hard work, constant movement, and seasonality of the job as well as the children having to skip school to work.
The theme of the story is the survival of the immigrant family in a foreign land. Use of imagery paints the theme. The speaker describes the structures and life in a dramatic ...

1. The ACA (Affordable Care Act) provides 100 percent funding for the increased state portion of Medicaid, but only from 2014 to 2016. Paraphrase: The Affordable Care Act, also known as ACA, will guarantee 100% funding for the state portion of Medicaid, which had increased, through 2014-2016.
2.. Direct quote: To add to that, according to McLaughlin (2011), “Although increased levels of income eligibility are a key way the ACA increases insurance coverage in the United States, state pressure may change this policy” (p. 106).
3. Summary: This paragraph informs that through the 2014-2016 the Affordable Care act ...

The concern for poverty is always present in every society. Since a few decades ago, it is studied that the rise of poverty rates, particularly in the United States of America, can be traced to the socioeconomic status of female-headed families with children. Results of studies show that the risk of poverty for female-headed households is higher compared to male-headed household. Thus, the matter concerning female-headed homes continues to become a major concern to policymakers (Gabe, 2011). There are various elements associated with this issue: inequality, discrimination, family structure, labor force participation, welfare programs and so on. This will be the ...

Children are undoubtedly the next movers and future success of our nation. They play a vital role to the continuously and the existence of an admirable world if well brought up and adequately vested in them a conducive environment favorable to their up being. They pose enormous benefits that the nation stands to gain if it chooses a working and efficient structural platform to the above challenge.
However, the problem has always been a challenge for many countries and nations for many centuries. Many researchers have continuously indicated and pressed on to concerning activities, conditions and nature that children faces at the ...

Poverty is one of the debatable issues in the world. As a matter of fact, this is brought about by the fact that there are many people in the world who are poor. There are various approaches that have been used to measure and define poverty. Based on my understanding of poverty, it means that being in a position not able to meet the basic human wants. Poverty also goes beyond meeting the basis needs to touching on issues such as happiness and other values of life. I believe that poor people have no capabilities to meet what life demands. It ...

- In order to be able to answer the quiz questions one should know that the speaker should employ attention grabbers (attention materials) in the introduction of the speech as a tactic of gaining the listeners attention. Some of the attention materials include the storytelling (factual or hypothetical illustrations), asking questions (rhetorical or overt-response), provocative statements, quotations, arousing curiosity, using demonstrations, and using incentives to listen (Gregory 220-223). A poor introduction fails to capture the interest and attention of the audience while a poor conclusion would reduce the effectiveness of a good speech (Gregory 218).
After garnering the attention of the ...

- What is the writer's claim or thesis? Ask yourself:
The writer claims that the people are poor because the government has a hand in it. In this article, Cove is surprised that though people are blind folded that there is a fight against poverty in the society, almost all the activists and other interested groups rejoice and benefit from the expanding number of the people who receive public assistance.
2. What claim is being asserted?
Cove says that only work will do away with poverty. He says that work expands an individual’s capacity to economic self ...

- What are the potential benefits and problems associated with providing foreign aid to countries? How might foreign aid be helpful or harmful according to the two theories discussed in the paper? What does the evidence suggest?
It is a common assumption of Benign Dollar Hypothesis that when poor countries are supplied by financial aid from rich countries, they grow economically and alleviate the living conditions of their people. However, the assumption has been falsified by Bauer (1972, 2000) as in his view, foreign aid does not contribute towards economic alleviation of any poor country; rather it prevents any ...

Reply to articles

The first article focuses on the basic legal rights stipulated in the civil rights section of the AFL-CIO website. These rights assure workers of healthy and safe environmental conditions at their workplace. However, these civil rights have been violated often as companies seek to maximize profits rather than care about their employees. The example of A.E. Staley is proof of how employees are mistreated by managers who are only focused on profit making.
The article also focuses on the plight of workers of African American and Latino descent. These employees have faced mistreatment ad discrimination ever since. African ...

George E. Curry reported in The Scanner on November 12, 2012, in his article entitled “No Surprise – Income Inequality Growing” about the divide between the have and the have-nots in the United States, and how the rift is just getting larger. Curry analyzed a government report which was issued by the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities and the Economic Policy Institute, entitled, “Pulling Apart: A State-by-State Analysis of Income Trends,” studied the incomes of all levels of households in the United States.
The report divided the income levels into three categories: high-income, middle-income, and lower-income households. Much of ...

Introduction
Huey Long was a Senator of the United States (US). At the time when he delivered his speech “Every Man a King” on radio, the US was in the midst of the Great Depression, characterized by a nationwide financial crisis triggered by the crashing of the stock market that sent the national economy plummeting to historically low levels. Long, a popular figure in the US Senate, has gained immense fame due to his policies and proposals aimed at solving the Great Depression. It is in said speech wherein he embodied his thoughts on the ...

Article Review: How the Other Half Lives by Jacob Riis
Summary
Jacob Riis, a journalist who worked on social documentaries, worked to expose the sordid conditions of the poor quarters of New York City in his photojournalistic publication “How the Other Half Lives”. The title itself is a reference to the side of the city different to that known to the upper class, starting his narrative with the police raid on the stale-beer dives – joints where people from the lower class serve unlicensed and improvised beer that is potentially harmful to one’s health (Riis 118).
Riis joined ...

Singer’s Goal and Argument
The goal of Peter Singer in his article Famine, Affluence and Morality centers on the use of utilitarianism, but in an approach that tackles the implications of doing a morally just act through committing an act that is not morally good in itself. He notes that there are several people in different parts of the world suffering, most notably from poverty. In order to provide a solution to those problems, it is important for a person to do something about it. If the person possesses the ability to prevent a bad ...

The link between poverty and overpopulation has caused numerous debates for many years. Arguments have emerged that poverty facilitates population growth. Poor communities have little access to quality education; therefore, they lack the exposure to family planning practices. Overpopulation has been attributed to poverty with the argument that high population growth increases competition for the limited job opportunities and overexploitation of resources. This can be explained further by the neo-Malthusian theory-the available resources on the earth become scarce when the population growth is not controlled. The growth of food production is slightly slower than the growth of population. Population ...

The article ‘Examining the push for three year bachelor’s degree’ tries to examine whether the implementation of three year degree courses can be effective and favorable to the people. The article evaluates the benefits and the problems that can result to the various stakeholders in the education sector if the decision is implemented.
In the first place, implementing the program will not work immediately since adjusting the current system will be difficult. According to the article, the change needs additional resources in form of more instructors. In addition, some courses will require more than three years to ...

I would like to agree with most of the findings and opinions expressed by the writer of this invaluable article. Since we are in a competitively diverse society, it is inevitable that we have to embrace comparison as one of our traits. However, in doing this, we should be in a position of to understand its two fold consequences (Adamic, L., 2007).

Similarly, I also accept the fact that it is good because it can help people to improve their performance. As she argues, it does this through motivating individuals and eventually boosting their self esteem. Actually, a motivated fellow will be ...

Marketing has often been considered as a practice which consists of manipulating, and also deceiving the targeted audience. Apart from this, it is also accused of focusing too much on the consumer products only; giving a competitive edge to large companies; such as Coca-cola, Nike, and the likes (Quelch, 2009). The extent to which such allegations are true is certainly worth pondering. The success of marketing has seen its most successful stance primarily in the United States compared to the rest of the world. Primarily attributable to the intense level of marketing activities; American companies have enjoyed tremendous benefits from their ...

Luxury good

Research has shown that many people in the United States are not ready to marry due to the economic situations facing the citizens. As a result, many young people have children before their marriage since they are not able to raise a family. It is not that the people do not wish to marry but the cost associated with marriage is not affordable to many.
A luxury good is a product that is expensive to many and hence not affordable. It is therefore left to the rich people who can afford. The consumption of this good is not meant for the ...

Swift’s A Modest Proposal is a successful piece of writing which addresses the problem of poverty in Ireland at the time. The use of satire is entirely appropriate and effective, and the piece is still popular centuries after it was written. Swift’s use of rhetoric successfully evokes in the reader a sense of outrage at the speaker and a sympathy towards the Irish.
On reading A Modest Proposal, the reader realises it isn’t a straight forward essay by the second paragraph in which he speaks of making small children useful members of society (Swift, 1729). However, it is only ...

The writer of this article Kwame Anthony Appiah is a philosopher and currently teaches at Princeton University. The author is remembering the culture and history of the Ghana and remembering several aspects of the Ghanaian society. In this article author is discussing a festival that took place in Kumasi and also describes the historical derivation of the festival and the city. The article focuses on the broad spectrum of cultural, economic and other differences between the rich and poor countries. The author analyses the relation of western and native countries and also the relation of rich and poor in the same ...

Reading about the Philippine president’s State of the Nation Address or SONA will make people realize especially the international community that the Philippines and its leader is serious about cutting down the abuse of authority of its government officials. One thing that I am very much interested with in relation to my area of interest is Politics and prevailing common policies. The state of the nation address is like a general status report of the president to its people regarding the things that the government has accomplished within the year of office as well as future initiatives. In the ...

Article Review

Introduction
The article reappraises the significance of quality and reliable communication among married couples. Similarly, it highlights the causes of poor marriage, attributing the core cause to poor or lack of proficient communication among married couples. On the other hand, this paper reviews, other indispensable facets that are extremely essential in building relationships and long lasting marriages, and they encompass, aspects like self-disclosure, and gender similarities in communication.

Article Summary

The article emphasizes on a research work, done by Orbuch, a research scientist at the University of Michigan, who insists on a consistent and quality communication, but not quantity of communication. In tandem ...

Article Analysis: World Poverty

Introduction
In 2015, the United Nations is working with the World Bank’s ambitious plan to end extreme global poverty by the year 2030. This means that for the first time, every person in the world would afford common items and food to make their life easier. Many experts would debate on the main cause of poverty as it could be the changing trends in a certain country’s economy. Other factors would also include the lack of education, overpopulation, the presence of epidemic diseases like AIDS and malaria and even environmental problems like drought. Extreme weather can cause ...

The summary of ‘America can be a full-employment economy once again’ article

The article focuses on the lack of full employment among the people in the United States as the main cause of poverty. It shows the connection between employment and the economy. When the levels of unemployment are too high, the economy becomes poor because the purchasing power of the people is low. Some factors that have led firms to hire few employees include high rates of taxation and unfavorable government policies. According to the article, the labor market has reduced the number of employees, which has created a big challenge because individuals need jobs to earn a living (Komlos ...

Poverty and Gender

The article “Gender is just one of many inequalities that generate poverty and exclusion” by Claire Melamed represents the author’s vision of the global gender inequality problems and its impact on poverty occurrence around the world. When discussing the evidence of dividing and uniting people around the world, the author emphasizes the inequality issues consideration within the millennium development goals (MDG) maintaining. The global political, economy and social leaders’ plans aimed at finding solutions regarding poverty, shortage and social inequality overcoming. However, despite the post-2015 debates, gender inequality and its direct impact on poverty are apart from the ...

Invisible Poverty

The central idea of Cohen's article is the debate within researchers and policymakers about the relationship between poverty and culture. Several different views about the roots of poverty are presented in the article. The idea with more weight, supported by several types of research, is that poverty is a consequence of culture.
Poor people are not poor because they are lazy but because they are victims of the culture (4). Within the culture, community values and morality or ethics play a significant role. According to what people within a community interpret, or accept as their cultural norms and value, ...

We are now in the year 2016. However, there have been changes that were promised to be made in 2016, but a problem is that we have not really seen many of those changes yet. The article that was read is from March of 2015, and it talks about the changes that it looks forward to see not only in the rest of 2015, but the future as well. Some economic terms within the article itself include poverty, which defines the lack of necessary resources required for living, and epidemic, which describes an issue (usually health-related) of global proportions. ...

In our society, crime is viewed as an act for which the criminal is solely responsible. In our modern justice system, the punishment meted out for criminal acts may correspond to the crime, but there are a number of significant, overlapping societal factors that cause the criminal behavior that results in punishment. The main cause of crime is the environmental background that had a powerful influence on the transition of law-abiding children to young adult offenders. Certainly, growing up in an environment of impoverished circumstances contributes to the high rate of criminal offenses in America. Race is another highly-significant factor that ...

A Summary of

The reviews on Africa’s solar based enterprises are quite recent and cover a majority of related topics. He has reviewed the factors that provided an impetus to solar power based enterprises and the existing opportunities. However, the need for some more reviews on the reasons addressing slow development in the field is evident. Nevertheless, it is successful in drawing the readers’ attention on the gaps existing in the current review of scholarly works.
The three basic research questions raised in the study clearly underline its problems and the purpose. Through these questions the author seeks to address the ...

This article discusses the mechanism of poverty reduction that entails giving the disadvantaged money provided by Paul Niehaus and Michael Faye in their excerpt. The authors address the prominent issue in the international community of how to alleviate the suffering of the poor. The globe has held on to the perceptions that giving the disadvantaged persons money will only make them lazy. The individuals will not learn how to work for the income and end up being drunkards. Faye and Niehaus do not believe that assisting the poor with money will result in the negative impacts. Contrastingly, the writers ...

Household food insecurity and food banks among low income Toronto

The article has sort to find out the relationship between Food banks and household food insecurity among the low income Toronto residents. The article is considered important since it is among the first research papers on the topic of household food insecurity and food banks in Toronto. Through an intensive research, the article has shown numerous reasons for the escalating issue in Toronto. The reasons in the findings are categorized as barriers to the food banks and choosing not to use food bank willingly due to personal reasons (Loopstra & Tarasuk, 2012).
Based on barriers to the food banks, the ...

The article opens with definitions. “Community Economic Development” is presented as “a strategy that includes a wide range of economic activities and programs for developing low-income communities such as affordable housing and small business development.” A focus on job creation whether working with neighborhood businesses or industrial parks is central to the programs.
Economic development was a response to perceived problems of poverty. Associated with poverty is poor housing, lack of access to health care, a lack of jobs and a generally poor quality of life. Efforts to address these problems are very local. Community Development Corporations have developed ...

Section One

Wyandotte County is situated in the US and is bordered by Johnson on the shores of river Missouri. The county has an average of 156 miles and is one of the smallest counties in the city, and this reason has forced residents to work or reside in the neighboring areas. As indicated by the county's population statistics, it is evident that the county had a steady growth but later declined during the ‘80's and ‘90's. However, it is worth noting that the decline in population growth negatively affected the economy of the county, but its revival in early 2000 ...

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This is an interview between Miller and Stephen Mosher about the impacts of population growth in a given country. Miller asks a question while Mosher answers the questions asked. In the first question, Miller is asking Mosher the reason why the imminent population have not materialised and where the mistakes could have come from. However, Mosher says that the consequences of overpopulation in some instances from Malthus and Paul Ehrlich’s are deliberately exaggerated in attempt to frighten individuals into having not more than one or two children.
The second question Miller asked was if the projections about ...

1. In the article, “Why Private Donations Aren't Helping America's Poor”, Charles Kenny, tells why social protection cannot be completely trusted to charity, and why charity cannot replace government safety net in America. America holds 10th position globally, with respect to income equality. More than 50% of the country’s wealth is owned by just 3% of the American population. Though rich American make donations to charities, these donations tend to fall during the recession, when the need for support is at the highest. In addition, only 12% of the total charity amount is spent on human services. Though ...

Reflection Paper on ‘The Character Factory’

David Brooks’ article ‘The Character Factory’, talks about the conflicting assumptions that parents and governments make about children when it comes to decision making about their life outcomes. Brooks says that nearly every parent want their children to develop character to make it in life while the governments be it republican or democratic focus mainly on the economic aspects of the child development. He says that the democrats address the issue of material deprivation of the poor while the republicans adjust the economic incentives or regulatory barriers. Brooks quotes from Reeves’ article, ‘The New Politics of Character’ to further ...

The present literature aims to review a few articles that study the economic development in the Western Europe in terms of factors such as achievement of Million Development Goals, the growth of Gross National Income, Education and Health, Financial resources and population growth. The idea is to acquire an idea of the status, progress and prospects of the economic development in the Western Europe.
For the purpose, numerous literatures were reviewed such as articles, government reports and reports prepared by the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe that concentrated on the different factors as listed above. While some literature ...

Article Summation

Burns et al., (2014), in their research work, offer a critical appraisal on the uptake of health care services for childless low income adults who have just been enrolled into a public health insurance scheme. Eligibility for Medicaid (the U.S a governments’ insurance program) witnessed an expansion for eligible adults to include adults who fall below the federal poverty level (FPL) of 138%. However, the Supreme Court’s ruling which made this cap an option for states rather than an obligation meant that states could now extend the limit for persons to be covered under Medicaid Insurance. Among these ...

Financial and economic gaps result in social anomie of the middle-class which dissolves primarily into the lower with but a few stragglers making it to the ruling elite.  Larger cities throughout the world experience and contain economic and housing segregation because of the economic system and necessities that modern globalism. Unions have been a part of the Western world since the first few decades of the 20th Century. Growing out of central-Europe political perspectives, unions have historically represented a counter-balance to the pure, profit-driven corporations that both built wonders, and brutalized employees and that have grown in tandem with ...

Jonathan Swift, well-known for his satirical writing, suggests in his Modest Proposal some very extreme measures that he considers to be necessary in order to alleviate Ireland's many troubles. He presents his work in the form of a political pamphlet, presumably written by a ruling class persona of Protestant denomination. There are many surprises throughout pamphlet that are intended to shock the reader in such a way as to make him think and reflect about the problems Swift is addressing. These little surprises culminate in a plot-twist in the final few paragraphs of the work.
Swift starts off this ...

A. Brief Overview of “Is Hooking Up bad for Young Women?”

Several authors look at the sex culture in today’s youths in comparison to the baby boomers. Jessica Valenti(2010) for instance argues that the problem with America today is not the casual sex as it is not new but the moral panic that exists. The mass media has driven sociologists and psychologists to investigate young hookups even more closely. Statistics by CDC and the NHSLS show that young adults today are having far less sex than the baby boomers. Hookups are not free for all as portrayed by the media but is rather a safe manoeuvre by young adults ...

Part 1. Differences between quantitative and qualitative research

Research is the parlance used to refer to the search of knowledge. It is described by Kothari (2004) as both a scientific and systematic search for information and an art of scientific investigation. There are two approaches used in research, namely quantitative and qualitative research and they vary greatly on how the research is done. Quantitative research only uses measurable data to analyze while the qualitative research approach mainly uses data that are narrative and subjective. The goal or research objective of quantitative data is to use statistical models using a systematic procedure. This approach uses various steps to progress logically ...

In the article “Self-Enforcing Democracy” Adam Przeworski argues that a democracy can only survive if it is self-enforcing. He notes that for a democracy to have any good effects, it needs to enforce itself. For example, those people who are in control of the government must be willing to hold regular, competitive, free and fair elections and all parties must be willing to comply with the results. Przeworski states that all the political forces that may be responsible for the overthrow of a democracy must be maintained at equilibrium at all times. There are certain conditions that have to be met to ...

The issue of poverty is a reality based on the information from the article. The well-being of children and child poverty goes beyond the concept of household income. It is in record those approximately eight million children who are under the age of five die due to preventable causes; this statistics is based on developing nations. The approach used by human rights in measuring child wellbeing seems to be realistic. As a matter of fact, child well-being is determined by the aspect to eliminate deprivation from various aspects of child life (Gordon et al 6). The essence of suing the income ...

Economy

Economically, Mexico is emerging from a ‘rock bottom’ situation. After the signing of the North American Free-Trade Agreement (NAFTA) 1993, nearly 10 million farmers were left bankrupt (The Economist). This because cheap food stuff was imported into Mexico from other neighboring countries making farmers in northern Mexico unable to continues with farming.

Experts further assert that the economy worsened during the financial crisis suffered the United States, the biggest trading partner of Mexico. Recession in United State’s economy reduced exports from Mexico by about 25%. This decline in exports pushed the economy of the country into deep recession. Mexicans ...

Bose, S. (2016). Xerox (XRX) Misses on Q1 Earnings, Split Likely in 2016. Zacks. Web. 21 July 2016.
Supriyo Bose (2016) discusses financial results of Xerox Corporation in first-quarter of 2016. Despite a little decline in earnings some years ago and a challenging macroeconomic environment, a company has improved its positions and productivity that resulted in adjusted earnings. The author informs about the current economic environment, financial result of Xerox, and provides points of view of experts on how to increase earnings.

Areas of Agreement

Supriyo Bose (2016) proclaims that Xerox has adopted a decision to provide a three-year strategic transformation program ...

There are numerous affirmative action claims mentioned in the article presented for discussion. The article makes the claim that race-base affirmative action still faces strong opposition from the public. To support this claim, a warrant has been applied as follows; the claim that race-based affirmative action still faces strong opposition from the public is supported by the fact. It is true that American support aid for the disadvantaged, however, racial preferences receive less support (Katel 843). This claim is further supported by the fact that many American have chosen to eliminate race as a selection criterion and replace it ...