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Rule Of Law Hong Kong
889 wordsIn a part of town, there was a carnival atmosphere. In another, a somber rally and march followed by a candlelight vigil. Is clear that one year before China takes control, the people of Hong Kong are divided in their feelings. A period of more than 150 years of British colonial rule ends at midnight on June 30, 1997 when Hong Kong and its 6, 000, 000 people will be handed over to China. Despite a warning that they will not be allowed to enter China, seven elected Hong Kong officials vowed to go...
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Policy Proposal For Economic Reform In Russia
1,423 wordsDespite making a recovery after the 1998 market crash, Russia remains weighted with numerous holdovers from the Communist era that keep its economy from taking advantage of free-market reforms. In short, Russia has not prospered under capitalism because it has not yet discovered it. In order to do so, the Russian government must engage in extensive reform in several key areas: improving the rule of law, creating stable monetary policy, and ending a policy of favoritism to particular businesses. ...
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Rule Of Law Parts Of The World
1,730 wordsAfter a millennium of conflict and war what chance of a millennium of peace? Some ten millennia ago civilization emerged in the Middle East, as the people of that area learned to till the earth and grow crops, thus opening the way to the ownership of land and the accumulation of wealth, and also to population growth and urban settlement. This new way of life created the potential for conflicts between towns and states and, later, between empires. This civilization brought warfare in its train. W...
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Peer To Peer Rule Of Law
1,835 wordsThe latter half of the twentieth century has seen a dramatic decline in the price of reproduction technologies much to the displeasure of the copyright industry. The technological progression has been virtually unstoppable: the photocopier to the cassette recorder, the video tape recorder to the newly developed recordable CD. The spread of the Internet over the past 10 years has resulted in the new development of the abrupt decline in the price of distribution technologies. The Internet has perm...
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Rule Of Law Conventional Wisdom
1,535 wordsMachiavelli Machiavelli's Prince (1513) has long been understood as the prototypical work in modern political theory. Usually this has meant either that Machiavelli helped to bury classical political theory and usher in an amoral modern politics or that he merely documented the radical historical and political changes taking place around him. Thus, some have confused Machiavelli with the historical forces he was recording, while others have taken his claim merely to report la verify effectual de...
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Billion Dollar Industry Rule Of Law
2,549 wordsTourism in Fiji The waves on Fiji's shore roll to vacant crowds. With political unrest embracing the capital, Suva, the nation's tourism industry has reached a virtual standstill. As in the 1987 Fijian coup this years has experienced downfall in the arrivals of tourists to the Fijian Islands as well as the South Pacific region, with the threat of worse to come. Although political turmoil is no stranger to the region's 13 island nations, only twice in the post-colonial era has democracy come unde...
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Should The Us Be Optimistic About Russia Future
1,287 wordsShould The US be optimistic about Russia's Future Should We Be Guardedly Optimistic About Russias Economic and Political Future? It remains to be seen whether Russia will be successful in converting to a capitalistic and democratic society. Since 1989, Russia has slowly deteriorated into a country in great crises. The GDP has decreased at about a 9 % per year since 1990 and more and more Russians are going into poverty every year. This is a big problem, Russia is still a nuclear power, and we do...
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