Answer the following essays questions. Your answer will be graded based on organization, clarity and inclusion of appropriate examples to support your answer. Each essay answer should be at least 3 pages (950 words). (Times New Roman/Font 12/ Double Space- Must be submitted through turn-it-it. Submitting via email is NOT accepted). You must answer both questions. 1. What constitutes the most important difference between revolutions and social movements? Analyze the American […]

From the scientific evidence that has been produced over the last two decades regarding global warming, it is no longer a debate anymore but an undeniable fact. That said, with the multiple threats to cities like Miami, New York and entire nations like China and the Netherlands from just one negative aspect of global warming, that of seal level rise, why do some remain in […]

A researcher is conducting a study on the causes of democracy The dependent variable is Level of Democracy and coded 0-10 (0-3 are coded as nondemocracies; 4-6 as illiberal regimes; 7-10 are democracies). The four independent variables are Gross Domestic Product (GDP) coded as an interval variable ranging from $1,000-$62,000; Previous Democratization coded 0 if a country did not historically having a democracy before the […]

Rock Auto.com is an Internet auto parts company founded by two brothers, Jim and Tom Taylor, in 1999. Running an auto parts business online would be difficult because of already-established, larger auto parts sellers also moving their offerings online. Looking at the home page, http://www.rockauto.com, how do you see that this company attempts to differentiate its e-commerce offering from other, more well-known auto parts businesses? […]

I have chosen film, cinema, in my work in order to theorize difficult questions regarding democracy and difference.  There are, however, many points of caution in choosing to use film.  Films often can reinforce and affirm stereotyped and demeaning images of others; that is, film is as effective a tool for installing as it is for challenging and overcoming oppression.  However, as I write in […]

Part A.  Identify and discuss the significance (2 paragraphs for each answer) of two of the following terms (35 points each, 70 points total). Your answers should draw on the readings and focus on how these terms relate to our understanding of the presidency (including reference to the particular presidents we have focused on in the last modules). Note here that you should also reference […]

Unlike the other authors that you have read over the past few weeks, Dennett gives attempts to give a strictly empirical account of ‘self’. For Daniel Dennett, accounting for phenomena (objects or events experienced in reality) is a matter of reduction to natural facts. When philosophers say all experience in reality is reducible to physical facts, we say that this is a physicalist account of […]

I have chosen film, cinema, in my work in order to theorize difficult questions regarding democracy and difference.  There are, however, many points of caution in choosing to use film.  Films often can reinforce and affirm stereotyped and demeaning images of others; that is, film is as effective a tool for installing as it is for challenging and overcoming oppression.  However, as I write in […]

In 1986, J. Glass argued that a parent’s political orientation is the strongest determining factor in predicting a child’s future political preferences (i.e., most (or many) Republicans grew up in Republican-leaning households and most (or many) Democrats grew up in Democrat-leaning households).  See Attitude similarity in three-generational families: Socialization, status inheritance, or reciprocal influence? American Sociological Review, Vol 51, 685-698 (1986).  You can access the […]

Instructions You are a lobbyist for an issue that you find important. For example, you would like to see the banning of smoking in federal buildings (Note: This policy has already been enacted.) You are going to make an informational pamphlet to highlight your points to prominent members of Congress. Research members of Congress that you will target in your lobbying. Explain why these members […]