Essays on Border

Introduction

International convergence of the accounting standards isn’t really a new idea. Convergence idea first arose in late 1950s in reaction to the post WWII economic integration as well as the related increases in the cross border capital flows. For almost 40 years, IASB and its predecessor, IASC have essentially been working so as to develop a set of understandable, enforceable, and high quality IFRS to serve lenders, creditors, equity investors, among the others in the globalized capital markets.

In 2000, the IOSCO endorsed IFRS for the cross border security offerings in capital markets throughout the world. In 2002, ...

Puerto Rico is an isolated United States territory within the Latin America. It is located west of the United Stated Virgin lands. It is a former colony of Spain which dominated it for a very long period of time. It was delivered from the Spanish rule by intervention of the United States troops during the 1898 Hispano-cubano-americana war. Outside observers view Puerto Rico as a dependent state that does not have her sovereignty or autonomy. This country shares citizenship with the United States which accords her citizens freedom of movement and can cross this country’s borders.

Currently, outside ...

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Abstract Luxor Temple in Egypt rose into prominence as the abode of various royal Egyptian dynasties. The kings honored the so-called god Amon. It became the main city of the kingdom. The Temple was managed by high military priests. This research report summarizes the key events and historical background of Luxor Temple. It also sheds light on the building, the civilization and the culture prevalent in that period as well as the built environment. Moreover, it gives a comparison with the modern city of Luxor.

Luxor Temple in Egypt: An Introduction

The Luxor Temple was mainly constructed ...

Introduction

The state of Texas, just north of the United States-Mexico border, shares a 1,200 mile border with the neighboring country of Mexico. For years, numerous people who are not citizens of the United States have tried and often succeeded in entering the United States illegally through this vast border. Some of the people who enter through the border illegally are trying to relocate to the United States of America in an attempt to find what they hope to be a better life. Others are exploiting the border in the hopes of profiting from committing crimes such as drug ...

There are many symbols is the short story by Leo Tolstoy The death of Ivan Ilyich. The most significant symbols are the black sack and the border around the death notice. In this essay, I will try to outline several other symbols in the short story and analyze them. The border is the first symbol that appears when reading the story. Ivan Ilyich’s friends notice an obituary in the newspaper, which was framed with a black border. The border symbolizes how small and insignificant a person’s life may be. Everything that a correspondent need was a black ...

Introduction

Immigration into the country is on the rise. Rising number of both legal and illegal immigrants are moving into the country at an alarming rate. Illegal immigrants are significantly on the increase. In the year 2009, illegal immigration was on a record high of 11.9 million people. 6.5 million Of these illegal immigrants were from Mexico while 5.4 million were from other parts of the world (Popkin 282). Lack of efficient and strict immigration policies is behind the successful entrance of the illegal immigrants into US. The current provision of immigration policy allows only visa card holders to move ...

The Engineers without Borders (EWB) is a conglomeration of international nongovernmental organizations that purpose to offer engineering solutions to problems that the people in developing countries experience. Most of the national organizations are academic related and student led as well. The Engineers without Borders movement started in France. Canada has the largest organization in the world. EWB Canada facilitated the formation of a similar organization in the United Kingdom. Professor Armadei from the University of Colorado formed the Engineers Without borders International.

EWB’s intended audience

EWB seeks to combat with the problems of water shortages, inadequate sanitation and illiteracy in the developing ...

It is a great honor working together with your department in conducting this research and coming up with solutions, and strategies that fit to be put in place in improving border security. Upon completion of the research, I made a detailed report containing the findings and recommendations. The report contains information on the findings as well as recommendations on the measures that need to be put in place in improving border security. There are two key recommendations made in the report which are; increasing the number of security personnel on the border points as well as increasing the border ...

The job of improving our border protection should be that of the national security to keep away non-desirables and undocumented Individuals from gaining access to the United States. Through the National Security we have the Customs and Border Protection Agency tasked with maintaining security along our borders and ensuring none of the unwanted aliens enter our country.

THE PROBLEM

However, with the increased cases of Terrorism being witnessed in the country and the more drug trafficking cases today, it is the responsibility of every citizen to ensure our borders are safer than before. We are witnessing more issues related to human ...

Critical Review

Thesis This is a critical review on research paper Case Studies on Successful M&A Practices in Acer & Lenovo: A Dynamic Capabilities Perspective. The first section of this paper will discuss the purpose, rationale and related literature of this research paper. The second section will discuss the research methodology and design used in this paper. The final section will discuss the main findings and the implication related to this study.

Introduction

Historical information shows that about 70% of the M&A (merger & acquisitions) have led to value destruction and only 30% of the M&A lead to value creation. This case of empirical ...

INTRODUCTION

Toofa Beauty Salon is a business enterprise offering beauty services and solutions. In a bid to expand more in the beauty industry, the store desires to establish a website where it can interact with its users more rewardingly. This paper details the development of the website of the company. The website puts in place the best industry wide practices for availability, access, navigation and usability. Specifically, this specification report explores the accessibility techniques employed in the development of the website, website description, design and implementation. It also includes evaluation mechanisms and validation and testing Aspects. Finally, it will provide ...

Research studies indicate that, undocumented immigrants, in everyday life, are perpetually affianced in social relations with the migrants who are legal as well as the citizens. They live in a close juxtaposition to various documented persons categories. Their illegality may be immaterial on a day to day basis to most of their activities and only becomes an issue in some context. Sudden legal reality is superimposed on their daily life even though they are unidentified from those around them much of the time. Illegal migrants are primarily labor migrants. As revealed by the various resources, the implementation deepened as ...

Introduction

Today, we are living in an age of mobility where the movement of people has been more extensive than before. About 2.5% of the world population has always moved for the last couple of decades. Asia is home to about 57% of the world’s population and is the main source of skilled migrants for several other developed nations. Nations like Hong Kong, Singapore, Japan offer wages and conditions that are similar to those in OECD countries, and carry lower fertility rates and aging workforces (Migration: A Global Phenomenon). Hong Kong looks for skilled temporary migrants and has introduced ...

Central America citizens have recorded the highest rate of crossing an international border in history by sneaking into the United States of America in their thousands over the years. With a financial crisis and hope of recovery in most of the Central American nations such as Honduras, Guatemala and Mexico, the immigrants make the deadly decision to illegally relocate to America. The immigrants can no longer rely on their national governments for providing them with employment opportunities and security to manage their families comfortably. It is therefore, not the citizens' responsibility to improve their respective nation's economy but to ...

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Immigration Policy The United States more than any other country welcomes in its arms more immigrants and Texas, than any other state, lets in more foreign and domestic migrants. It’s almost half of all the newly arrived migrants residing in the mentioned state are born foreign. Amounting to over four million migrants, Texas has been considered as one of the top three states that has the most number of born foreign migrants living within its parameters. Texas immigration has been considered as both a consequence and a cause of fast state growth. The strength of the economy ...

Analysis of Thomas King’s Borders” and “A Coyote Columbus Story

Thomas King has written many stories that derive their premise from the Native American culture. Two of his most famous stories are “Borders” and “A Coyote Columbus Story”. Borders tells the story of a young adolescent boy who makes plans to visit his sister who lives in Salt Lake City with his mother. The sister’s name is Letitia. This name is perhaps very significant because it is the only name from this family that is mentioned as the boy and his mothers are never mentioned by King in this story. In the curse of their journey, the boy, ...

Introduction

Immigration has and remains to be a topic of concern across various United States context. The influx of illegal immigrants into the United States has resulted in the creation of various immigration laws and policies. Despite the existence of these laws, immigration remains to be a crucial concern in the United States. Overall, various laws that have been implemented to curb immigration have had different short and long-term implications.

Enhanced Boarder Security and Visa Entry Reform Act of 2002

Also referred to as Public Law 107-173, Enhanced Border Security and Visa Entry Reform Act of 2002 occurs as one of the various laws enacted in the United States with ...

Introduction

The First World War or the Great War was a remarkable event in the history of the humanity. It influenced and shaped our modern world to an extent like none else, and the reflections of today’s development traces its route back to the decisions taken during and post-World War I. No one had any idea about the huge armies that would be involved, the amount of ammunition that will be expended, and how many people would die. However, the role of Canada in the war is noteworthy, considering the fact that the nation decided to stand by the ...

Psychology 101

The seemingly picture perfect early 19th century western community comes into turmoil when the villagers are falling ill, but cannot go beyond their borders for they have a truce with frightening creatures that everyone from the village should stay inside and the creatures would stay outside their community. Towards the end, the blind character Ivy went outside the borders to get medicine for her betrothed, and the twist was revealed that the village was in fact amidst the modern day society, but was hidden from the public in the guise of a wildlife park. It is under this light ...

As per the Ning & Liu (2012), security is characterized as a condition of being insured or sheltered from damage; opportunity from peril. Security overall has gotten to be more sufficient because of the way of times that people live in today. One could investigate a few streets as to the security. Physical security, mental security, and mechanical security are classes that fit under security guidelines. All however one classification may be more satisfactory than the following, physical security will be talked about in this paper. Additionally the paramount segments of physical security, for example, building security, ground security, access ...

The institutional affiliation

Good mission statement not only gives an idea of what a nonprofit organization does and what goals it aims to achieve but is a tool which makes it stand out among other similar projects. Moreover, it is crucial to have a good mission statement in order to make people remember and recognize the nonprofit. Let’s take a closer look at the Doctors without Borders (Medecins Sans Frontieres) which belongs to America’s top 100 nonprofits, in particular, its mission statement: Doctors without Borders (Medecins Sans Frontieres) works in nearly 70 countries providing medical aid to those most in ...

Security invasion has gone beyond borders, making countries establish specialized agencies in order to deal with such threats. These agencies depend on technology to help them respond to such threats. On the other hand, security management has gone beyond the placement of guards at specific positions, to the deployment of intelligent and self-propelled vehicles known as unmanned aerial vehicles. This utilizes an unmanned aerial systems technology. The unmanned aerial vehicle is a technology that assists in monitoring in order control an issue (Valvanis, 2010). These vehicles come in different configurations, either as fixed wing or rotary wing type vehicles. ...

- A. This is the North Atlantic Drift. Why is it there and why should we care? The North Atlantic Drift is there because it warms Europe. We should care because the North Atlantic Drift keeps the climate temperate despite its high northern latitude. The North Atlantic Drift is thought of as the boundary between the cold, sub polar region and the warm, subtropical gyre of the Northeastern Atlantic. The current is unique in that it transports warm waters to latitudes higher than in any other ocean, thereby producing the moderate climate of Europe and western Scandinavia. Because of the ...

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Management works on information and strategizing on the future. This paper will synthesize and reconcile the works of finance experts with the aim of combining what is helpful in the management of future business. The primary works are thesis by Dr. Gemawat and McKinsey work “Management Intuition for the next 50 years”1 According to Mckinsey, the future strategy, decision making and management will be dependent upon the three factors. These are technological disruption, aging and emerging markets.1 On the other hand, Dr.Gemawat observes that, globalization do not depend on cross-border integration and how the division between pro-globalizers and ...

For quite a long time, the problem of illegal immigration into the United States from Mexico is one of the biggest problems. Every night, the border between the United States and Mexico crosses the hundreds intruders. Most of them, of course, will be caught, however, a few months later, they will be in the United States again. The length of the border between Mexico and the United States is about 2000 miles and the number of crosses of the border is the biggest in the world. Thus, it is the busiest border in the world. Partly along the border ...

Lesson Title: The Illegal Migration of Central American Children into the U.S

Lesson Type: Current Event Lesson NCSS Themes: (multiple) - Time, Continuity, Change: This theme will be incorporated in the lesson for students to understand the history of Central American countries. Even decades after their independence, many Central and South American countries continue to suffer from political, social and economic crisis. Students will also be told what changes have been taken to stop the entry of illegal immigrants into the U.S. - Individuals, Groups, and Institutions: This theme will also include the plight of individuals and groups from hostile environments in their respective countries. Students will also see how the ...

The issue of illegal immigration has long been a complex and nuanced one, particularly in relation to the border between the American South and Mexico. Texas has been especially vocal both politically and legislatively against the allowance of illegal immigrants into the country on their borders. This is particularly true of late, given the Texas GOP legislature’s problems with unaccompanied children crossing the border into America from Mexico. Because of the comparative lack of infrastructure and inability to address the immigration problem, immigration reform is cited as a particularly urgent need in Texas. Texas’s immigration policy has ...

Walls are often built to divide, serve as a foundation or hide. A wall has been used metaphorically to describe many characteristics. But when it comes to the issue surrounding the border between America and Mexico, is there a necessity to create a ‘great wall?’ The growing problem of illegal immigrants has caused alarm to the US authorities’ even decades ago, people from Mexico crossing the border in hopes for a better life. According to Dan Stein in 2007, the true solution to illegal immigration was to secure the border. However, is there truly a strong need to create ...

Factors affecting logistics in international borders

Companies working across international borders have many things to take into account before embarking on such a move. Some of the factors affecting logistics across international borders include financial matters like exchange rates that play a key role in logistics. These include factors like suppliers, transport means and in other cases inventories that directly influence variables in logistics. Culture is also an important factor to take into consideration if any business hopes to make it in international business. Different countries have different cultures and one gesture from one person may be gross to the locals. It is therefore, important ...

ARTICLE REVIEW

Steel Walls and Picket Fences: Rematerializing the U.S. Mexican Border in Ambos Nogales Steel Walls and Picket Fences: Rematerializing the U.S. Mexican Border in Ambos Nogales In the article “Steel Walls and Picket Fences: Rematerializing the U.S. Mexican Border in Ambos Nogales”, McGuire (2013) looks at the reason for the borders separating the United States and Mexico and the feelings of the Mexican in both sections of Nogales. McGuire is an authority on the thoughts and feelings of these people, as visits across the borders started from as early as 1972. He started off as a visitor to the ...

Article Response

In the article Haitians Face Persecution Across Dominican Border, Jacob Kushner examines the open discrimination perpetrated by the Dominican Republic against Haitian immigrants. It is important to note that the article is written just two years after Haiti suffered a devastating earthquake that killed thousands and displaced millions more Haitians. One key point to note is the warmth that the Dominican Republic showed to Haiti and Haitians after the earthquake struck. According to Kushner (50), the Republic’s response to the quake was the immediate sending of rescue teams, doctors, and about $34 million in emergency aid. Also, the ...

Costa Rica is a Latin American country with a unique topography and geography. The country is relatively small yet it has geographical features similar to large countries. Costa Rica has a blend of coastal plains where the sandy beaches are and the mountainous highly forested regions in the central of the country running northwest to southeast of the country. The highlands are hilly almost throughout apart from the Meseta central, which is fertile relatively flat region where majority of the Costa Rica’s population lives. Meseta Central elevation ranges from 900 to 1200 meters above sea level and covers ...

The issue of border security has been a polarizing political and international relation issue with conflicting arguments for and against its imposition and the manner of imposition of the regulations. While the proponents argue that the United States has not seriously tried to enforce the laws against aliens, and that recommend that illegal populations should be shrunk through consistent and equitable law enforcement, opponents argue that enforcement only approach ignores the fact that the nation has increasingly integrated labor market with other regions. Therefore, the latter argument recommends that a comprehensive approach, which combines border control with expanded legal ...

The United States and Mexico have long been partners in both political and economic fronts since the early times due to its geographical closeness and shared conflicts. As the years progressed, both nations have agreed in mutual agreement to cement their partnership that would boost their political, economic and social ties. Recently, President Obama visited and met with President Enrique Pena of Mexico to discuss economic and security issues such as the improvement of trade policies, immigration agreements and strategies to aid in the war on drugs. However, the war on drugs had been the focal point of the ...

The future of Anglo- American Relations has been under threat recently with open disagreements being witnessed between the leaders of these two great nations. Several questions have been asked about the future of these relations that have been existent for the longest time that we can remember. What can be done to rectify the deficiencies exposed in recent years? This question has been asked severally from different quarters on how both the United States and Britain can ensure their relations that has been existent for centuries is not under threat. The U.S. on its part needs to understand the ...

For the past couple of months, several news organizations are reporting China’s astounding economic growth and subsequent mobilization in the Asian region which is both alarming and impressive for many experts. Their economic growth is astounding for the very fact it proves China is still an economic powerhouse even in today’s world given their history as the world’s first traders. On the other hand, however, the mobilization of its forces around its “claimed” territories is alarming because of the possible implications that China is now getting ready to overthrow the United States as the dominant force ...

US Immigration Bill: Pros and Cons

Immigration reforms is a political terms used while discussing the immigration policy of a nation. In the United States, immigration reforms are used to promote guest worker legal immigration while taking steps to eliminate illegal immigration. It was during the year 1986, when the Immigration Reform and Control Act made it illegal for the organizations in US to recruit or hire illegal immigrants but the act never worked on existing non-immigrant visa system programme for low skilled work force which allowed around 12 million undocumented work force to enter United States. Since then there has been demand for a ...

Cultural imperialism comes about when superior nations and in this case the western nations promoting their more superior cultures over other cultures which are least known. For very many years now there are nations of the world that have imposed their practices on other nations and the result has been that these inferior cultures are almost disappearing in favor of the superior cultures. In as much as this is the case, there have been efforts to challenge this phenomenon. There are various people and groups of persons who have stood firm to challenge this trend lest people from other ...

The United States of America continues to face unprecedented challenges even with the tightening of its immigration laws and policies. Ideally, while the better part of the laws are intended to create order and ensure the homeland is secure, a lot still needs to be done in order to contain the arising developments. One such threat that has recently surfaced relates to unruly crowds. Early last week, scores of people coming in from the Mexican border attacked the border control agents. The former had a spirited intention to veer through the agents’ containment and enter the United States of ...

Introduction

Border Patrol is considered to be America’s first line of defense in opposition to illegal intrusions. United States border patrol has a long history of guarding America’s border and today the force is determined to foil terrorists from entering on American soil, prevent illegal destructive weapons and drugs on American territory. The US border patrol was founded by a congressional provision on 28 may 1924 in order to watch American international borders. The agency used to be a part of Immigration and naturalization service till the year 2002 but after that it was made a part of ...

Inntroduction

Texas is the second largest American state in respect of population and area. Texas is one of biggest producers of gas as well as oil among American states and also has several gas and oil reserves. The state GDP is more than one trillion dollar which is larger than the GDP of several rich countries. Texas is a flourishing state but still there are some policy related issues that requires attention of policy makers. This paper intends to discuss several issues that Texas faces today and also suggests some steps in order to resolve them along with discussing several ...

Thesis

This paper is on the risks faced by illegal immigrants in their attempts of crossing border. We will uncover through trend who are the most common offenders in illegal immigration. Reasons why immigrants attempt to cross the border and how new reforms will affect life of those who have been deported.

Article: How Immigration Reform Will Put Migrants' Lives at Risk (Olsen & Gaffney).

For past 2 decades, border between Mexico and United States has become home for migrant death crisis. In this time, close to 6,000 immigrants have lost their life in attempt to enter United States with many more missing and never to be seen or heard from again. ...

The introduction draws the reader into the topic effectively. It clearly shows what the writer is going to discuss by giving a general outline yet leaving the suspense to read and find out what the writing expands more. The introduction can be improved by replacing the opening sentence with a more capturing statement that directly states the topic of discussion which in this case, is the U.S – Mexico border. The writer is neutral. From the beginning to the end, he/ she do not give her stand but that of the public. She has maintained that stand to the end. ...

Introduction

I define my place as the area where I live and perform my daily activities. This definition allows me to extend my place from West Bellevue, where I reside, to Bothell, where I school as shown in Figure 7. The interstate 405 acts as the Eastern border of my place, stretching from the intersection with interstate 90 (Figure 8: intersection) to Cedar Grove Park (Figure 9: log boom park). The southern border is the interstate 90 while Lake Washington borders on the West. The western border stretches to Abbey View Memorial Park situated northwest of Cascadia Community College in ...

AMR Corporation

- AMR Corporation is a conglomerate airline company incorporated in Delaware, October 1982. AMR’s principal subsidiary is American Airlines, founded in 1934. - The name of AMR’s external auditing firm was Ernst & Young LLP, Dallas Texas office. - The main reason for the bankruptcy filing was to restructure the debt and costs that had become a competitive disadvantage to AMR. Labor costs, volatile fuel prices, and economic uncertainty were the main drivers in this cost disadvantage. Furthermore, AMR’s competitors had previously filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in order to accomplish the same goals through restructuring. - ...

Introduction

In the instant aftermath of September 11 terrorist attacks, boarder security concept took on an unfamiliar and new meaning for Canada. The Canadians were for a long time used to the notion of a demilitarized and undefended boarder. Simultaneously, the need for a monitored and protected boarder has for a long time been obvious when it comes to issues like illegal immigration, gun trafficking, transnational crime and even mundanities of generation of revenue through Canada Customs. For that reason, this paper centers on Canadian Border Policy and more particularly on the concept of Fortress North America, or the Perimeter ...

The first American police was established in Boston in 1838. Its objective was to provide security on the streets. By 1860, most U.S. cities have also established their own police force - in 1844, the police had been established in New York in 1854, in Philadelphia. Local politicians are often controlled the first police units, responsible for hiring and promotion. Corruption and violence were commonplace. Training and supervision of officers were minimal. A number of factors and specific events led to a reform of the police. One of these events was the court case Miranda v. Arizona. The solution ...

1890s marked a change of American perception on World Affairs. Three decades before 1890, the country was in oblivion of what went on beyond North American boarders. Citizens and the government were indifferent to world affairs. This stance would change abruptly and the country would go into wars and acquire territorial possessions. The period marked the beginning of world influence of American presidents. They began playing core roles in the world stage. This work seeks to unearth the possible reasons for such a dramatic change of stage play. It dissects the American history of the moment to reveal the ...

Graeme Burton gave some specific models of the mass media and theoretical approaches and in general for the study of television. He has said in his book and in his papers that television is a part of society and culture. As such it should not be considered as a separate entity. It does not exist outside of the realm of society and is, in essence, one with it. According to the approach stated by him, this concept is also applicable to those people who are a part of the television industry and the system i.e. they too are an ...

Turkey is a country wants to join the European Union. The picture is from the Newsweek Journal cover with a title showing how Turkey is eager to join the EU. Two people working on a large Turkish flag. It is a very tidy picture which is kind of expressing their passion. The two guys are concentrated on what they are doing. The flag is given with a sky background. The flag is consisting of many bricks. It makes you feel like there is a pavement, you need to walk straight and you will reach the sky. The workers are ...

1.0 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 1.1 Mission Statement The Border Southerners, a State of California “Y” Corporation, spotlights unconventional music, entertainment typically overshadowed by mainstream ideologies. It seeks to satisfy the shared experience of The Urban Trendsetter and Generation Y. it compensates its employee fairly, a fair return to shareholders, and a fair royalty to artists. 1.2 Goals - Realize a steady flow of revenue from record sales, merchandising, digital sales, licensing and live performances 1.3 Key to Success - Emphasis on creating a constant flow of high products related to quality songs and music - Ensure prompt delivery of products ...

Design Elements and Principles

Design elements help us assess a visual place in terms of aesthetic evaluation of a place. They are given as follows: Line, Color, Shape, Texture, Space, and Form. Addition to these elements, we need some principles showing how elements are applied to this place to assess aesthetic of a place: Unity, Balance, Hierarchy, Scale/Proportion, Dominance, and Similarity/Contrast.

Assessment of ALDO

In this paper, I will assess a store of ALD at Fifth Avenue in terms of design elements and principles one by one.

Design Elements

Line ALDO store has many rectangle boxes in it next to each other. The rectangle shaped shelves on the ...

Abstract

Currently, cross border mega mergers and acquisitions have become the order of the day. Firms are seeking to expand their operation through acquiring smaller firms or joining other firms in the same industry. The key question that has triggered a heated debate about the formation of mergers and acquisitions is whether the formation of cross border mergers and acquisitions form the best way to expand one’s business? Most critics have argued that mergers and acquisition cannot be termed as a smart route towards globalization and business expansion. They argue that such undertakings are carried out for the wrong ...

Introduction

This essay entails about domestic unification and national sectionalism in the early 1800s. Significant domestic and international implications will also be discussed. The research will be discussed primarily in accordance of both subjects and explanatory evidences. Towards the end of the essay, portrays the value it has added in our history.

Domestic Unification and National Sectionalism

The lack of significant political divisions, following the War of 1812 helped build an impression of national unity. Presidential elect, James Monroe, a Republican candidate won the election in 1816. Despite the fact that the Federalist Party had nearly vanished, several of its programs obtained support. James Madison ...

The Issue of Illegal Immigration of Mexicans to the United States (US) Vis-à-vis Borderlands/La Frontera: The New Mestiza by Gloria Anzaldua

Introduction

In contemporary times, many view borders between nations as simply political divisions on territorial definitions. In that sense, it is natural for nations to have borders defining their natural territories because of the fact that governments of each nation are entitled to know the extent to which their sovereignty lies. However, beyond the formal impressions projected by maps, globes and atlases lay very divisive controversies between borders. Historically defined, borders have become subjects of multiple disputes between ...

Police Issues: Drug Control in Central Asia

Drug Control in Central Asia Introduction Law enforcement around the world is faced with several issues concerning public security and crime prevention. Among the most prominent and widely regarded police issue is the prevalence of illegal drug trade. This is the focus of the video entitled “Drug Control in Central Asia” discussing the issue of illegal drug trade in five central Asian countries namely Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, and Uzbekistan. These countries are said to have insufficient preventive mechanism to fight a war against drugs that not even wealthy Western countries could not contain. It is apparent that the ...

Jennifer’s situation is one that is faced by many people every day, in a wide variety of scenarios. Persuasion is a symbolic process that the communicators employ in order to try to change others attitudes or behaviours regarding an issue in an environment of free choice. The art of persuasion is a process that involves the interaction between the advertiser and the individual. The process of persuasion involves the employment of symbols laid out in a careful arrangement with a dedicated course in mind. Persuasion cannot force a person to do something that they don’t want to ...

Leon Baradat discusses the concept of nationalism as a political ideaology. He argues that it emanates from the idea of a nation, which he defines as a community of people with a common ethnicity, culture, language, and or descent (Baradat, 2008). According to him, it is not necessary that a nation has physical borders, though having borders does not preclude a territory being considered as a nation. It is on such basis that he defines nationalism in the context of territoriality. He opines that in its simplest form, it refers to a sort of territoriality or property value (Baradat, ...

Introduction

The Mexican-American war of 1846-1848 was a continuous bloody conflict that was the result of Mexican resentment to the USA, and is still considered to be one of the most essential moments in the US history, being the first war to be fought on an international soil. The importance of this military act for the America is impossible to be overestimated, the country’s territory being stretched from the Atlantic to the Pacific as the result.

Causes of war

The act of annexation created uproar in Mexico, who had not accepted the independence. Multiple efforts to avoid war were made by the ...

The ‘gang of eight’ unveiled a comprehensive immigration reform in April 2013 aimed at dealing with the 11 million illegal immigrants living in the United States and putting a halt to illegal immigration. The proposed bill by the group included the DREAM act principles to give assistance to immigrants who entered the US illegally when young, provisions for enhancement of border security and a path to citizenship for the 11 million illegal immigrants. The effort of these eight members should indeed present a political desire of solving the immigration menace in the US, though this reform should take into ...