Again, I agree with this statement, because here in America we spoil ourselves. ... Let's get serious, while people are starving around the world all you hear about is how the overweight rate in America is increasing. ... It is sad that with all the progress that women have made in America has been so slow to reach and influence other countries. ... Most people feel that a woman's place is in the home; although America has proved that woman can not only work outside the home, but also be leaders and excel outside the home. ... In Portugal, lunch is like dinner in America, a three-cou...

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In many cases, both institutions are involved in making loans to authoritarian nations, such as China, Malaysia, Indonesia, and India; essentially countries that aggressively compete with American workers and industry, and are often at odds with the United States' long-term geopolitical interests (Drazen 2002, p.8). ...

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benefits and threats of globalisation Introduction There are processes in the international order--driven by revolutions in communication and information technology--that exhibit seemingly inexorable globalising tendencies while, at the same time, there are a range of actions, adopted by states and non state actors alike, that attempt to resist these often ill defined phenomena captured by the all embracing notion of 'globalisation'. For example, the long term tendency towards freer trade, electronic commerce and the seemingly uncontrollable power of deregulated capital markets do...

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The UN has sponsored a Global Compact to establish and promote a shared set of core values in the areas of labour standards, human rights and environmental practices between the UN and the business community The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) develops economic and social policy for its 29 members, which include the countries of North America, Western Europe (including Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland) and Japan, Korea, Australia and New Zealand. ...

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Introduction Goods and services have been traded internationally for centuries. Historically, this trade has been controlled by governments, either through force or through import and export taxes (tariffs), subsidies and other regulations. But, whatever the method of intervention, the aim has always been to maintain favourable terms of trade for the country exercising these measures. The support by government of national interests, through tariff and non-tariff measures, is known as "protectionism". The removal of such trade barriers, combined with improvements in international communicati...

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Globalization is the topic of 21st century that we cannot forget to mention in political science. Our society has become interdependent with each other in many ways through things like trade, technology, culture, and immigration. In a personal level, globalization has led people to be connected thro...

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It must be noted that by virtue of an unwritten agreement between the U.S.A. and Western European countries all of the 12 World Bank presidents elected until today have been North American nationals. ... Strengthened democracy. ...

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