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Qualitative research methods: ethnography, case study, narrative, phenomenology, and grounded theory

The qualitative research format of the ethnography began in the discipline of anthropology. Ethnography "is a long-term investigation of a group (often a culture) that is based on immersion and, optimally, participation in that group" (Ethnography, 2013, Colorado State University Writing Guides.).

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Major economic theorists and their competing philosophies

John Keynes is one of the most influential economists largely due to his theory of Keynesian economics, which dealt with his modern macro-economic policies (Skorburg, 2009).

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Building an information security awareness program at Sequential Label and Supply

nist sp 800-50, "Building an Information Technology Security Awareness and Training Program" After a recent failure of the computer systems at Sequential Label and Supply, it has become clear that current security provisions are inadequate

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Opium prohibition and the rise of illicit drug markets

The consumption of opium before the First World War was legal. It was legal to trade and consumer opium in public and there was no restriction whatsoever. This however got changed and soon after the WWI and during the war as well, the soldiers going on war were consuming the opium.

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Female and male power dynamics in Greek mythology

Overall, I do not believe there is one singular example of a goddess in Greek mythology that fully represents the confrontation of female power and male power.

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The trap: moral corruption in post-war Serbia

In 2007, the Serbian film, the Trap (Klopka) was released. The film is directed by Srdan Golubovic. The protagonist of the film is Mladen Pavlovic, who is a father and husband. The film takes place in Serbia, after the war and fall of communism in the wartorn land.

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Urban party machines and immigrant voter mobilization in nineteenth-century America

The objective of this study is to discuss party machines and immigration from the 19th Century and the methods used to manipulate immigrant votes as reported in the work of Swanstrom (2012) entitled "City Politics" in Chapter 3.

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How drug trafficking finances insurgent terrorist organizations globally

The primary way that drug trafficking and insurgent terrorists are connected is that drug trafficking is a way that insurgent terrorist finance their activities. There are cases where the cash from bought or sold illegal drugs is used for fund terrorist organizations and activities.

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The Ku Klux Klan's evolution and expansion during the 1920s

The Ku Klux Klan originally formed during the Reconstruction, in part to prevent the integration and upward social mobility of African-Americans. However, the sinister and shameful hidden face of the Klan morphed for the next few generations.

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Charles Simic's poetic response to childhood trauma and displacement

Charles Simic told his elderly mother that he still wrote poetry, he claimed, "she sighed and shook her head, probably thinking to herself this son of mine has always been a little nuts," (Simic, the New York Review of Books).

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