Over the course of eighty years this resulted in a dramatic increase in both the number of interest groups wanting to play a role in the American political process and in their ability to influence government decisions. ... "The ethical problem is that most people view the involvement of money in the system as inherently corrupt. ... We have a murky system where money changes hands and decisions are made. ... With money being the most important thing and inequality of incomes increasing among Americans, the fear of the elite running the government is present. ... Although the majority of...

• Word Count: 1921
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: Graduate

Nearly all Congressional Committees have a highly functional relationship with individual agencies whose programs they control and appropriate money to. ... However the solution for that specific scenario was never ideal, as it never increased the number of competitors in any given place but it simply split the large company into numerous smaller ones. ... The governing power lies solely on the interest groups as they hold the money and influence to bend representatives whichever way they desire....

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• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: Graduate

The term's thrust into mainstream sources wasn't a staggering event; it's popularity increased because of the resurgence in the post Cold War and post 9/11 induced fraudulent nationalism. ... Anti-Muslim hate crimes have incrementally increased; these vicious attacks have an ample spectrum, anything from street harassment to murder - with the most recent and devastating atrocity being the murder of 3 college Muslim students, by a crazed terrorist homegrown in the USA. ... Consciously and willfully perpetuating unfounded and harmful stereotypes about Muslims is done for an assort...

• Word Count: 1224
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Graduate

Interaction between different countries, introducing different cultures into more countries and increasing the global connectivity has definitely resulted in great beneficial change to the world, however it can also has some detrimental effects as well. ...

• Word Count: 2034
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Graduate

The use of mercenaries has been historically a constant phenomenon till almost the end of the XX century, when their activities were criminalized by the international community. Parallel to that phenomenon European States, during their colonial expansion over all continents, authorized two other forms of similar violence by non state actors: the corsairs and the colonial merchant companies, such as the East India Company or the Hudson Bay Company. At the threshold of the XXI century we are witnessing a similar phenomenon. Although mercenaries have not completely disappeared "private milit...

• Word Count: 9871
• Approx Pages: 39
• Grade Level: Graduate