Essays on Territory

Arizona Statehood and Constitution

Introduction Arizona is a state found in the South western side of the United States of America. The capital and larges city of Arizona is Phoenix. Arizona was state number 48 to be admitted to the Union of the American States. However, unlike many other states, several events were recorded during the process of statehood of Arizona. This paper gives an overview of events in Arizona in both the Preterritorial and territorial periods. A number of events took place and they played a great role that resulted to the statehood of the region.

The Preterritorial Period

The preterritorial period goes down in ...

1.0 Introduction The current consumer regime in Australia came into effect on 1st January 2011. The sole aim of this thesis is to compare and contrast the present day consumer regime legislations and the pre-2011 ones. This is to ascertain whether the present day legislations are progressive or retrogressive. The Australian Consumer Law of 2011 (ACL) can be defined as “a national, state and territory law from 1 January 2011 and includes unfair contract terms legislation introduced on 1 July 2010’. Under this legislation, all consumers have the same entitlements and all businesses too have the same responsibilities and ...

Prior to the Louisiana Purchase in 1803, what we know today as the Midwest was actually the Louisiana territory. The purchase of the territory was a massive step in expanding the United States. In 1800, Thomas Jefferson became the second American president and assumed control a year later. In the same year, the Treaty of San Ildefonso was also signed under which France regained control of the Louisiana territory and refused to give up control for many years. However, at this point Napoleon was also at the brink of a war with Great Britain and direly needed money. New Orleans, which was a ...

A Cost-Benefit Analysis of Provincial Health Services

Introduction Canada along with several other countries follow a public health care system that takes care of all basic health care services required by its citizens. The health care system of Canada has undergone a lot of changes since its conception. Several reforms have shaped the current health care system to turn out as a publicly funded system. The health care system is a provincial responsibility and is comprised of ten provincial and three territorial plans. The entire system is known as "Medicare" to Canadians. Despite various reforms, the main motto of the health care system has remained the same, i.e. to ...

History

The Louisiana Purchase – is one of the most important events in the early history of the United States. In 1762, Louisiana became a colony of Spain. New Orleans (now the largest city of the state), located on the territory of Louisiana had a very favorable geographical position. It was so that the country owning this town could control the entire Mississippi River. I think we should not talk about economic importance this river played; it is one of the most important waterways in North America. In October 27, 1795, under a contract with Spain, U.S. citizens received the right to export ...

The Preterritorial Period

Arizona’s written history goes back to the 1500s, long after the cultural decline of the pre-historic groups (including Sinagua, Anasazi and Hohokam), who had settled in the region as early as 300 BC (McClory, 2012).

The Spanish Period

The Spanish arrived in the region when a Franciscan priest, Cabeza de Vaca’s expedition was shipwrecked of the Coast of present day Texas in 1528, after which they set off to explore the territory including the city of Cibola in 1539. De Vaca claimed the modern-day Southwest territory for Spain between1540-1542. Franciscan Europeans arrived in 1629 to settle the territory, while also establishing ...

I. Introduction The Arab-Israeli conflict may seem to be one of the longest-lasting international feuds of the nineteenth, twentieth and twenty-first centuries, but in reality the history of the Arab-Israeli conflict is rooted in actions and changes that took place only in the late nineteenth century. The conflict itself only truly came to a head after World War II made significant socio-political changes to the makeup of certain countries in the Middle East, effectively throwing off political and social power balances and provoking chaos and violence in the region. According to Riedel, the violence of the Arab-Israeli conflict has ...

Organization Culture

Sarros,Copper & Santora(2008) finds that most organizations concentrate in bringing the latest technological infrastructure to transform the procedures of work. In doing so, organizations tend to ignore the workers and organization culture which is the engine that has the most impact. An organization culture depends with the founders of the institution their beliefs and core practices. It is vital for an organization to engage the employees who design products to enable the organization become successful. Leaders’ decision-making criteria affect the behavior of workers. In this view Sarros,et al (2008) suggest that to ensure a high performance culture ...

The Cherokee removal took place between 1838 and 1839 because of the Cherokee leaders embracing the civilization policy. The Cherokee leaders embraced the civilization from the white man. By the virtue of accepting and embracing the white man, the Cherokee community had to accept civilization as a sign of good will. Before the civilization and interactions with the white man, the Cherokee community had a lifestyle. The community had leaders who advised the community. The leaders also gave direction to the community. When the Cherokee leaders accepted the civilization, it hurt their efforts to maintain residence in their native land. They ...

Robert W. Merry's "A Country of Vast Designs: James K. Polk, The Mexican War, and the Conquest of the American Continent." Robert Merry’s book is a firm but fair appraisal of James Polk’s much maligned Presidency where the Mexican American war occurred and where the United States managed to expand its territory quite vastly. The overarching theme of the book is the misinterpretation of James Polk as a President who perhaps was heavy handed in his tactics but managed to secure considerable expansion for the United States. In the book, Merry describes Polk as a one term President ...

Introduction

In a UN referendum in 1973, Morocco pushed its claim of Western Sahara and proclaimed that it actually belonged to their kingdom (Maghouri, p. 114). It threatened Spain with war so that Spain wil move out of the said teritories. Morrocco pressured Spain and brought the case to the International Court of Justice. After this, Morocco, together with Mauritania, successfully claimed Western Sahara. Spain handed it over to these two neighboring countries. In 1975, the International Court did not historically legitimize Morocco’s claim. Instead, it independently entitled the territory as Western Sahara (BBC Online, p. 1). This paper ...

1. Is comparative politics a science? Why is it so difficult to create a science of comparative politics? Comparative politics is an empirical study of political science that uses formulations and concepts that applies in many countries. Comparative politics is a method that is applied in political science to address local politics, conflicts, and political institutions. The field of comparative politics uses methodological approaches to compare patterns in various countries. Comparative politics does not use a substantive approach since it fails to define the objective of the study. The focus of comparative politics applies in multiple countries by use of methodology to ...

The Acadian expulsion, as much as it happened long time during the 1750s, continues to be a highly controversial topic in the annals of North America. The Canadian Nationalists, especially those that affiliated to France, continue to demand that Queen Elizabeth offers an apology for the Acadian expulsion. In 1990, an attorney from Cajun, Warren Perrin, had threatened that he would sue the British regime if the apology for the British misdeeds is not made. Of course, the topic is a subject of division. Some have stood for the fact that an apology should never be made. Yet others have argued ...

The Effects of Population Density and Noise

Population density can be defined as the measurement of the amount of individuals in a given area (Lerner & Millon, 2003). The percentage is determined by dividing the number of individuals by the area. In the last United States census, the mean population density was 87 individuals per square mile. This measurement is not widely applied in the average individual’s daily life and is only considered as a fact of the growing population. However, when issues of pollution, noise, territory, privacy, and space are considered, then it clearly reflects the effects of population density. Many individuals are not aware of ...

Topic: Australian Indigenous Politics

Introduction

The Northern Territory Intervention refers to a set of legislature that was tailored towards people considered indigenous. However, these legislations were passed without prior consultations from the people that the legislature affected directly. The main aim of the intervention was to ensure that certain human rights are observed and upheld, while others at the same time were restricted. At the same time, it was meant to protect the children from abuse and any other inhumane actions from the larger population. The fundamental role that this intervention served was the realization of development in the general economy.

Wide and dynamic ...

The British Empire is one of the most extensive empires in the world history. The empire is said to have ruled a population of between four hundred and seventy to five hundred and seventy million people by 1921, which is equivalent to a third of the world population. The development of the British Empire can be dated back to the activities of King Henry VII who reined in a period dated 1485 to 1509. King Henry had a strong drive to improve the British economy through trade and development of factories within and outside Britain. As a way of promoting trade, he established a modernized merchant ...

Abstract

The physical, emotional, and psychological well-being of the children living in Palestine is one for concern. The horrifying tales of waking up or going to sleep in the sounds of bombs and gunfire cause posttraumatic stress disorder on everyone, including children. The incursion of the Israeli military in Palestine since the 1940s has left the nation with limits to their freedom of movement, limits to fair and free education, verbal and physical assaults, and the undeniable possibility of a troubled future. There is no doubt that within this troubled future lays an uneducated population that has seen and known only ...

Analyzing the conflict and its consequences requires scrutinizing the demographic data historical boundaries, territory in general and legal aspect of the situation. The demographic information addresses various issues that clarify the victims in the conflict, the legitimacy of the claims of each of the parties in the conflict and the larger history of the process. My aim is not even compare or contrast the seriousness of the situation as it is challenging to operationalize it, but rather to emphasize the urgency of the situation in Nagorno- Karabakh and to make a clearer picture of the conflict within the context of ...

Strategies and tools for Spanish and Portuguese to control their empires

A myriad of Spanish settlers and missionaries went throughout the world in expeditious actions of establishing colonies and consequently having a claim on the land for their church and king. However, in some cases where they faced resistance, force was necessary. By the end of 1500s, Spain had claimed a large empire in the south of America. On the other hand, Portuguese colony also spread just as the Spanish colony. There was a large territory to the south of America which remained out of the hands of the Spanish. Therefore, the Portuguese took claim of the regions in the east, Brazil. ...

Introduction:

The United States was a young nation in 1820 and had its eyes on the vast territory which was named Texas and which was the property of the Mexican government. After some aggression and arbitrary land grabbing by the US, Mexico which was alarmed by the neighbouring countries’ attitude decided to act and declared war on the United States. This armed conflict led to the cessation of several Mexican territories to the United States including the area now known as New Mexico and California. The immigration of several Americans into the state of Texas created a situation where the whites were ...

Alienation

The concept of alienation is a one of the central constructs of Marxian theory. This concept was used for description of a capitalist mode of production when workers lost control over the means of production. In accordance with Knox & Pinch (2010) it is described as “a mechanism of social change” and relates another concept of deviant behavior in wider sociopolitical connotation (p.215). Later alienation was used by the early deterministic theorists because it was of a great interest when studying spatial variations of people behavior (Amin, 2002). Marx outlined several reasons of alienation. Firstly, alienated person feels like economic, social ...

Rome: From Republic to Empire

The founding of Rome has been embroiled in mythical explanations for many years. However, far from the point, it is important to understand the history of Rome from its various perspectives. As one of the greatest empires of the world, one is most likely to come across the Roman Empire firmly engrained in the rocks of history. The amazing armies, expansive road networks, and brilliant architectural pieces all point to one of the greatest empires of the world. However, Rome was not always an empire since it existed as a republic at some point in its growth and civilization. ...

The development of Russia had many historical turning points. These changes were mainly connected with such political figures as Lenin, Stalin, Khrushchev, Brezhnev, Gorbachev, Yeltsin, and Putin. The Soviet economy depended on mostly political decisions but not economic programs. Although the basic economic system in Stalin, Khrushchev, Brezhnev eras remained unchanged, there were some peculiarities in these periods. The effect of Stalin’s policy had a profound impact on people and the state. In 1928, the Communists instituted the first Five-Year Plan. It dealt with such aspects of development as an industry, consumer goods, agriculture, transportation, communications, health, education, and ...

Introduction

Following the ousting and the abdication of Napoleon Bonaparte's, there was a great need for Europe to come with a strategy that would counter the impact of French revolution. To lay down a congressional meeting commenced in Vienna 1 October 1814. Initially, the meeting was aimed at restoring Europe earlier boundaries, which existed before the 1789 French revolution and the wars of napoleon that took precedence. In the procession of leaders leading, the talks were the victors of the revolution Great Britain, who had sent a representative of King George III, Lord Castelergh since the king of England then was insane. Another ...

After the ending most widespread war in the history of mankind - the Second World War, the world entered into the New World Order. With the last shot of this war the European colonial period ended, and began new era –era of the two rival superpowers. Almost immediately after the ending of the war “Iron Curtain” has crossed the continent but not only the continent across the entire world. So let’s analyze to what consequences WWII led and how it impact on positions of all major players in the world. The first major consequence of the Second World ...

Nevada, which became a state in 1864 at the height of the Civil War, entered into the Union at this time for a few different reasons. The way in which Nevada acquired statehood reflects the national turmoil at the time and the history of the 36th state is rich with mining and gambling, to things that are still strongly associated with the state. Silver and gold were discovered in large quantities in the Comstock Lode in 1859, hastening Nevada’s development into a territory and state and quickly populating the state. It took several failed attempts before the Nevada Territory legislature ...

Introduction

Selling is an activity in the area of business that has paved way for heated debates between those involved directly and those who are involved indirectly. Due to this closeness to the concept of selling many individuals often have strong and misplaced opinions of the sales people and selling in general, and it does not come as a surprise that these misgivings are believed by people who have engaged in selling their whole lives. Processes and activities that assist an organization to efficiently and effectively run and support its business objectives and strategies is what is known as sales operations ( ...

Introduction

There has been a renewed interest with the indigenous tourism recently. In Australia, it is one of the most thriving tourism sector and attraction at present. This is because Australia is home to one of the world’s historic living cultures and so, it is well placed to develop this global tourism sector (ONT, 1998, p. 2). Indigenous tourism is a general term formerly used to pertain to “all tourism services or products, managed by either the Indigenous or the non-indigenous entities but focuses on an indigenous motif such as cultural tours, festivals, arts and crafts making, interpretation of indigenous heritage, ...

- What was the hijrah (emirgration/migration) that Muhammad and his followers made, and why was this such an important event in Muslim history? The “Hijrah” – is the Prophet Muhammad's and his supporters` flight from Mecca to Medina, where the first Muslim community was founded in 622 AD. Basically, “hijrah” in Arabic language has got a meaning of relocation from one place to another. As a religious term, the word "hijra" is used in cases of relocation of believers who are oppressed in their homeland and deprived of freedom of religion, to other regions where there are more favorable conditions for ...

Introduction

Power battles and fights have always been taking place that get had the capacity to curse the whole of the nation. As occurrence of this crusade history that can be viewed all through history, it is particularly manifested in medieval era. Particularly, battles for getting power created between the church of Roman and several other groups for example kings, non-believers of Christ, Muslims, and yet common individuals all through the medieval times. Consequently, Christian fighters as crusades were recommended to clash for their faith by the church pope to withdraw land that Christian non-believers existed on and abolish anyone ...

ABSTRACT

Karl Jack Bauer’s The Mexican War (1974) does describe the United States as the aggressor in the conflict and concedes that President James K. Polk was motivated by the desire to expand the borders to the Pacific. Indeed, there was never any real question about this in either the U.S. or Mexico at that time—or later. He justifies this action by asserting that that this type of expansion was inevitable, and if it had not been carried out by Polk’s administration then some other one would have done it eventually. Although the U.S. president preferred to ...

Why Did the Soviet Union Collapse?

Collapse of the Soviet Union resulted from the processes of system disintegration, which took place in the public and political sphere of the Soviet Union, which eventually led to the end of the USSR on December 26, 1991. As a result, 15 independent republics appeared on the world arena. In this paper a short overview of the USSR history will be presented along with the possible reasons for the Soviet Union collapse and description of the collapse process. USSR inherited a large part of the territory that the Russian Empire possessed, as well as its multinational structure. Between 1917 and 1921 ...

Abstract

The main idea of the current paper is not to reject reasons why Bin Laden arranged the attacks but to describe what drove him to carry out and plan the events leading to 9/11. In other words, his motives and political situation in the Middle East are analyzed in the framework of strategic thinking and long-term implications on jihad and radical Muslim movement in general. The structure of the paper consists of outlining and description of each of the reasons Bin Laden had suggested himself and their fitting into general strategy of jihad. Then strategy of jihad and meaning ...

1.0 Introduction

The French and Indian war as is mainly called in USA was a war between the British and their enemies who were the French and their Native Americans allies. The Indian tribes were allied to the French as they were more trusting of the French than the British. But in all this the Indians were very protective of their people’s independence and nothing could deter them from that. This paper will analyze the war focusing on causes of the war, the participation of the Native Americans (Indian tribes), the events of the war, the effects of the war and ...

Introduction

Adolph Coors, Sr. opened his brewery in 1973 in Golden, Colorado. By the 1930s, Coors started selling beer in eight different states. These states included Nevada, California, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Utah, Idaho, Kansas and Wyoming. By 1948, Coors expanded its territory and started selling beer in Texas. These states were the only states Coors sold out of until 1975. By 1985, Coors’s distribution network consisted of 569 independent wholesales and five which were company owned (Ghemawat 6). Coors’s beer was a growing success in the 70s. In the 1960s, Coors sold 1.9 barrels of beer. The numbers ...

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The Mormon War of the 1850s is an important and controversial event in Mormon History as well as the greater history of Utah and the United States. Between 1857 and 1858 the United States Army attacked Mormons in Utah Territory thereby eliminating the ability of Mormons in the United States to live with an isolationist mentally. As a result, Governor Brigham Young was ousted and US military command became involved in the Mountain Meadow massacre. The result of this massacre was trauma and disgrace within the Mormon Church. This event has gone by many names: Utah War; Utah Expedition; Utah ...

Cold War and Decolonization

After the end of World War II, the world somehow split into two halves and two large groups of countries were formed: the communist block and the western democratic-capitalist states. The first block was led by the Soviet Union, which developed its economy and military force that was equal to the one from the US. Another block was led by the United States of America and included other countries such as Great Britain and France, as well as the defeated post-fascism countries like Germany. The aim of this block was to enforce the necessary reforms in the world in ...

Images and livestream video clips of American military vehicles getting blown up and dead Americans--both military and civilian--laying dead on the ground in the vicinity have saturated both the international and media. Such images underscore the barbarity and savagery that has become so widespread in the Middle East. Often, such images are disseminated via the news and mass media as well as the internet in order to galvanize new supporters against the United States by discursively framing the American military, coalition forces, and civilians abroad as not indefatigable. The Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIL) is an extremist ...

Abstract

This paper explores the history of gangs and their relationship with drugs in the United States. The existing literature shows that gangs have been around since 18th century, they have evolved over the time to carry out different atrocities in the cities. Research has shown that violence is a way of life for the gang members because it is their main system of justice. The paper also identifies the measures that state agencies should use to curb the illicit trade and save the society from the terror that is associated with this trade. The research has shown that the drug ...

(Insert Institute) Years before the American civil War of 1861-1865, the two sides that were formed on the issue of slavery had already had different disagreements. While the Southern states were keen on ensuring slavery continued in America, the northern states sought to abolish the act and in turn make all of America slaves free. This has been attributed to the fact that the Southern States were in fact cotton farmers and had big plantations of the same all over the southern territory. With slaves came free labor and major profits from said plantations. On the other hand, ...

International politics/relations

In his article “Russia's Latest Land Grab: How Putin Won Crimea and Lost Ukraine” Jeffrey Mankoff states that Russia interrupts political uncertainty of former socialistic countries justifying it with protection of Russian national minorities on these territories. According to the author, in this way Kremlin is able to maintain influence on post-Soviet countries. After dissolution of Soviet Union many of these countries have directed their policy on European integration not willing to play under Kremlin rules. Russia was playing a restrictive role in each case, except the Baltic countries. During 2014 Russia has probably lost the strongest political ally – ...

Puerto Rico has one of the Caribbean’s most dynamic economies, which has however struggled with slow growth and recession over the past four decades, worsened most recently by the global economic crisis. According the Federal Reserve Bank of New York (2012), the territory’s GNP fell by 10% since 2005, with its linkages to the US economy being the main reason for the recession, not least because of the exposure to weakened financial institutions, collapse of the construction/housing industries and reduction in government employment. In 2010, the real GDP suffered a 5.4 reduction compared to the previous year. While ...

The Chinese Revolution marks one of the most significant historical milestones that has a great influence to the social-economic and even political journey that China has had to follow to date. The 1911 Revolution spelled the fall of the long reign of the imperialist system of the Qing Dynasty. The spontaneous uprisings that are also referred to as the Xinhai Revolution started with increased calls for unification of China, constitutional reforms and protection against foreign incursion sparked protests started in Wunchan province and the neighboring provinces. In this paper we will focus on the events surrounding the Revolution and how ...

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 ...

- How successful were the programs of the New Deal in solving the problems of the Great Depression? Assess with respect to two of the following: Relief, Recovery, Reform. The Great Depression is a title of the economic depression in the world in the decade before the World War II. It was the longest and the deepest economic decline in 20th century. The Great Depression in the United States started in August, 1929, when economic recession was first observed in the country. The Wall Street Crash in 1929, the biggest stock market crash in the US history, signaled the ...

Introduction

With the notion of Nation-States, nobility devised certain rules that could be respected by all others in order to avoid conflicts between them. These rules were mostly based on the principle that the princes were sovereign in their land. Their power was uncontested, exclusive and supreme within the borders of their territories, granting them authority over their subjects, the right to give laws, impart justice and even decide what religion should be followed. There was a time however when that concept was not known and rulers and kings asserted their power through terror and wits. Arming gangs or paying mercenaries ...

Concerning Sovereignty over Pedra Branca/Pulau Batu Puteh,

Middle Rocks and South Ledge (Malaysia v. Singapore) The present decision of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) deals with the sovereignty of three land features located at the mouth of the straits of Singapore, between Malaysia to the north and Indonesia to the south. Sovereignty is defined as supreme power or authority and determining which state has that power over specific locations is a topic within international law. Figure 1 illustrates the location of the three land features, which will be called Pedra Branca/Pulau Batu Putech (translates to “White Rock” from the Portuguese and Malaysian, respectively), Middle Rocks, ...

For the past few months, the Middle East has been in the frontlines due to the numerous conflicts and revolutions against the dictatorship and the lingering political ideology that pushes people to call for democracy and freedom. Out of the most recent conflicts and uprisings in the region, nothing is more diverse and complex than the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict that is still ongoing since the 1940s. The conflict, which began after the proposal of creating a Palestinian state after the Second World War, continues to escalate as the Israelis pressure the Palestinians out of their homes and assert their power as a ...

How often we have heard that it is the first impressions that tend to last? Regardless of whether the statement holds true or not, it makes one wonder - what constitutes the first impression? It is not only the dress we wear or the words we say, but also the hidden messages sent by our body unconsciously and this is by far the most important of all impressions. The moment we meet someone, we subconsciously judge him or her on the basis of these overlooked movements of the body and this impression sticks even though the entire process takes ...

Many historians argue that the manifest destiny was a concept that was coined in the late 19th century in the United States. The concept of the manifest destiny was based on the idea that America was an exceptional territory that was composed of unique people in comparison to other parts and peoples of the world. According the architect of this term, the American people had a divine responsibility to expand their territory and change both the structure and the governance of the conquered territories. Many scholars have also referred to this attitude as the west-ward expansion (Garfield 47). The expansionists ...

It should be appreciated that the rising spate of terrorist activities has occasioned a number of changes in the combined efforts aimed at mitigation and elimination. It should be noted that these changes have assumed ethical, legal, political, economic and social characters. In overall, stakeholders are motivated by the need to tackle and address terrorism and see its eventual elimination. This paper shall be based on the Department of Justice White Paper on terrorism in relation to the citizens of America. The paper shall examine the complexity of the laws and policies in the face of the citizen involvement in ...

The US government was set up by the promulgation of its constitution in 1878, however, prior to that, the individual states were claiming ownership of the land west of their border. In the year 1785, The treaty of Hopewell was signed and it ultimately defined the boundaries of the Cherokees. The Cherokees were made to believe that they had been placed under permanent ownership of this territory which they believed that they already owned as their ancestral land and would enjoy the protection from the US government. East of Mississippi, white occupancy was limited to by vast Indian tenure ...

China and Japan are the biggest economies in Asia. They are also among the top ten biggest economies in the world and are thus of great significance to the world economy. China is the biggest and most important trading partner to Japan. A lot of good manufacture in Japan such as electronics and cars are sold in the Chinese market. The trade between these two countries has also been favored by the fact that the two countries are neighbors and hence it is easy to transport goods and services between the two countries. To maintain this beneficial relationship, both ...

For a variety of reasons the United States declared war on Britain in 1812. These

included the impressing of American sailors at sea by the British and British trade restrictions with France and elsewhere imposed by Britain on the burgeoning republic.(Woods,2008) Most notably, the key motivator was American expansionist ambitions to acquire new territory. This is what set the stage for conflict.

venture.(Ronda,1999) However, to the north, British territory, with the exception of Quebec, had been largely settled by three groups: the British, United Empire Loyalists, and, significantly, later American settlers. The latter had come for the cheap land and no taxes. Many of ...

Arizona’s history is highly interesting if just because it is still considered by many as an unexplored territory of Native American Indians, outlaws with guns and horses, miles of flat, hot desert filled with poisonous species of snakes, scorpions and spiders, and sort of a state out of time. The truth is, is still is, but mostly it has joined the rest of the country, in 1912, and welcomed the modern world, yet, as a whole, it is a state misunderstood today, in that it stands strong for certain civil rights, yet stands against interference from other states on how it should ...

ETHNIC GROUP CONFLICT

For many decades now, the Palestinians and the Israelis have been under constant conflict. Among the issues that have sustained this conflict are religious differences, ideological differences as well as land occupation among others. Israelis and Palestinians both claim a common decent. Israelis are descendants of the younger son of Abraham, Isaac while the Palestinians who are considered Arabs are descendants of the elder son of Abraham, Ishmael. They therefore both claim the territory known as Israeli/Palestine land in the Middle East (Dershowitz, 2005). Muslims who are mostly Palestinians base their claim of the territory in the holy Quran while ...

Chapter 3

Post 1 – Professor Franck’s brings up an interesting question, why states obey international law despite the undeveloped condition of the international system? I would say a very important reason is that criminals, even those who have been nation-state leaders have been brought to trial on the international stage at The Hague. So all the characteristics he mentions that give legitimacy – transparency, symbolic validation, adherence and coherence – are met by the World Court and can be observed on the television news all over the world. There exist inconsistencies in terms of which leaders are taken to trial when others have ...

How did the colonist manage to win the war? What were the key reasons why the strongest military nation in the world (England) lost the war?

Introduction:

The American Revolution had been going on for quite some time as taxation without representation was quite a contentious issue in the colonies in the mid 1770’s. Naturally the British sought to impress their point of view on the colonists with rather brute force and this undoubtedly led to substantial friction between the ruling class and the colonial people. The situation got worse with the Boston Tea Party when the colonists dumped ...

Nation-State and Transnationalism

The nation-state is a sovereign entity governing a territory. The state is a political entity while the nation itself is a cultural entity. There are several characteristics which define a nation state and these include having a defined territory, some form of government which is organized, self rule in that they are sovereign against foreign interference and there exists a population of people who share a national identity and customs. These customs give a nation state a common identity. Thus, a nation state one that has a self identity and derives its legitimacy as a result of the sovereignty. The nation identifies people with common ancestry and culture such as the people ...