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Federal government intervention in labor dispute resolution systems

Do you feel that the labor relations system, as currently constituted, is good for effectively resolving disputes? What are the system's strengths and weaknesses? How would you change or reform it?

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Financial assistance for disaster victims through FEMA and charitable organizations

As an emergency manager, I want to be able to help people in a crisis. The need to know what resources are available to them, to help them to first achieve stability in their lives and second to help them rebuild their lives.

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Humanitarian intervention strategy and the Somalia case study

Fox, J. (2001). "Approaching Humanitarian Intervention Strategically: The Case of Somalia." SAIS Review 2(1), pp. 147-158.

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Why neoclassical free trade theory fails for agricultural products

Neoclassical free trade theory argues that by opening trade, all parties in the international trading system will benefit. This paper makes the case that this is untrue of the agricultural sector. There are a number of reasons for this.

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The high cost of incarceration in the United States

Aizenman, N.C. "The high cost of incarceration." The Washington Post (2008). Print. Points out the issues for the state government with regards to the costs of incarceration. The authos states facts with numbers in relation to this issue, and analyzes the data found.

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Social networking's potential for activism and global social change

Share This! Deanna Zandt's book -- "Share This! How You Will Change the World with Social Networking" -- is about how social networking gives us the power to change the world.

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European settlement and statehood in Alabama's early history

The yellow hammer state as popularly known by Americans has a rich history of its inception; it's involvement in civil rights movement, the great politicians from the state, and the pride of a great university.

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Georgia O'Keeffe's "Petunias": transforming flowers through abstraction

Georgia O'Keefe was an 20th century American artist who was a central figure in bringing American art to Europe and establishing respect in a community that tended to look down on all things artistic from the United States.

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Freud and Marx's criticisms of religion and faith

What is Freud's view of faith or his criticism of it? -- Sigmund Freud was a 19th century psychologist and philosopher, considered by many to be the father of modern psychiatry.

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Women of the Ku Klux Klan and their role in the organization

Chances are that anyone living in America, whether born in this country or not has heard of the Ku Klux Klan (KKK). What many aren't aware of is that there were also Women of the Ku Klux Klan (WKKK) and their numbers were strong.

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