Essays on Demographic Group

Introduction

The equality of rights is one of major principles, constituted by both international and national sources of human rights law. The equality of persons’ rights and opportunities can also be viewed as a major prerequisite of the establishment of democracy and classical liberalism. In broad terms this principle means that all the people should have equal rights, regardless of their nationality, colour of skin, political views, state of health and sexual orientation. At the same time international law recognizes that family plays an essential role in the life of a person and human society as a whole. The right to marriage can ...

Abstract

The project deals with the problem of divorce among African American families. The opening paragraphs induct into the overall state of affairs in the African American demographic group. Further sections of the research give insight into the reasons and the outcomes of family breakups for all family members. The research reflects the opinions of leading family planning, divorce, and psychology experts. Keywords: divorce, family, cause, effect, African, American Marriage is the formal unity of a man and a woman recognized and approved by the law and the church. However, there comes a time when a married couple is no longer willing ...

Introduction

Since ancient times, minority groups in many parts of the world have faced some form of stereotyping. In the United States, minority groups such as Native Americans (American Indians), Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, Hispanics, African Americans among other people of mixed races have faced severe stereotyping. American theater and media have exemplified the stereotyping (Thomson, 14). The film Smoke Signals was written, directed, produced and acted entirely by Native Americans. In the film, Victor Joseph (Adam Beach) is a young man living with another young man Thomas (Evan Adams) whom Victor’s father-Arnold rescued from a fire when he was an ...

Introduction

The Mediterranean Island of Malta with more than half a million population is one of the most densely populated nations in European continent. Every year more than 1.3 million people visit Malta as tourists. Malta’s GDP percentage share of tourism is by far superior to any other sector. The industry is growing at a rate of 11% YOY making it the fastest growing tourism destination in Europe. Recent trend in Malta is to shift from mass tourism practices to sustainable and green tourism practices. The hotel industry is highly crowded but still there is lot of scope as the customer ...

Medicine

Congestive heart failure (CHF) is a chronic disease which is increasing in the United States. On the one hand baby boomers are aging and have become at risk for CHF. People are also living longer. (Ideal, 2009, p. 2) The rate of people under 65 years old entering hospitals for CHF has increased. (Hall, Levant, and DeFrances, 2012, p. 1) In 1900 the number of people over 65 years was approximately 3 million but in 2010 the number is over 34 million; in 2020 the number is predicted to include about 20 percent of the US population. (Quaglietti, Atwood, Ackerman, ...

The traditional notion that the state is the source of security for its people is slowly disintegrating. Prison services have been open to private entrepreneurs for investment. Privatization has also increase the number of prison hosting facilities, which has created an influx in the number of inmates. This according to economists and socio-political forces has led to a prison industrial complex due to the holding of the labor force within prison units. This paper will discuss the prison/industrial complex and also look at factors that contributed to its development. Second, this paper will look at privatization and its association with ...