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Islamic faith and secular education in multicultural societies

Culture is an evasive term that is hard to define and even harder to name. This is despite the fact that the term is used definitively and repeatedly in almost every aspect of discussion regarding people.

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Transnational organized crime and government complicity as a modern threat

Introduction and overview common definition of organized crime is, "Widespread criminal activities, such as prostitution, interstate theft, or illegal gambling, that occur within a centrally controlled formal structure" (Dictionary: organized crime).

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Rousseau's general will versus liberal individualism and property rights

The great philosophe Jean-Jacques Rousseau was one of the foremost proponents of the theory of the Social Contract and of ideas concerning the basic nature of human society.

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Quantifying trust in EU e-commerce: B2B and B2C models

The intent of this thesis proposal is to define a model for evaluating online trust initiatives as they relate to the growth of both B2C and B2B e-commerce transactions in the EU.

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Cross-cultural similarities between Colombia and Cuba

Both nations are plagued with political and social strife that has altered the landscape of the culture, to a large degree resulting in a fragmented society.

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Locke and Hume's moral philosophy and political theory

The Enlightenment was a time when man, stepping out of his shackles, began to use his rational facilities and pulled himself out of the medieval pits of mysticism and in the process shoved aside the state and church authorities of the day.

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Is Eminem safe? Hip hop, folk devils, and moral panics

Today's pop culture is more heavily based on music than ever before in history. The advent of music videos and the Internet has made music one of the most prevalent features in society.

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Television's influence on teenage sexual behavior and responsibility

American society is both one of the most litigious and one of the most violent in the world. But violence is not the only cultural quagmire: Sexual promiscuity -- along with the itinerant sexually transmitted diseases and unwanted pregnancies -- is another cultural minefield.

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Computer technological development and the evolution of the internet

Some technological change comes about because of the existence and interaction of systems.

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Music therapy in autistic children

Autism is a relatively low-incidence developmental disability that, according to Frith (1991), results in impairments of socialization, communication, and imagination.

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