Civil union

the ambit of social sciences, Europeanization refers to the growth of a European Continental Identity or polity over and above national identities and polities on the continent. Europeanization also refers to the process through which the European Union political and economic dynamics become part of the organizational logic of national politics and policy making. There is also another definition of Europeanization which is more popular in political science. The definition says Europeanization…

There were many causes for the Russian Revolution to occur. With the revolution Russia became the Soviet Union. The Emperor Nicholas II and the Tsar's regime were brought to an end and replaced by the provisional government and later by the dictatorship of Lenin. It was a beginning of era for Russia and other countries in the world. It all started with the revolution that occurred in 1905. Russia was ruled by Nicholas II, a Tzar. The Tzar had the total power over Russia and its people, commanded…

From 1945 to 1962 the number of nations on Earth quadrupled to around 200. These agrarian nations, emerging from colonialism, were forced to adapt to a world influenced by the Cold War and dominated economically by the United States and the Soviet Union. In an attempt to adapt to the divided world of the Cold War, the elites in these newly independent countries in the Middle East, Asia, and Africa came to embrace a mixed capitalist-democratic and socialist regime, with heavy state investments in…

what is currently known as Tampa, Florida two parents were blessed with a son who had an interesting future ahead of him. James McQueen McIntosh was to become a General in the confederate army, and fight not side by side with his brother John in the Union, but fight on the opposite side with his Arkansas troops for the confederate cause. Colonel James Simmons McIntosh, and Eliza McIntosh- Shumate were blessed with a son named James McQueen McIntosh who later became Brigadier General for the 1st…

Joseph Stalin 's background might have been why he became the terrible person that he was, when he was young his father abused and beat him. His father Besarion Jughashvili was a part time shoe maker and a full time alcoholic. He also beat Stalin 's mother. He was born on December 18, 1878, in a peasant village in Gori, Georgia. He didn 't grow up speaking russian, he didn 't learn Russian until he was nine. While in power he had to speak Russian for his people to understand him. In the last…

grown in past years, which include, wheat and barley, flax and oilseeds, and fodder crops. (bush, 2010) The production has been low because of old practices of farming that were mismanaged due to the land and resources during the reign of the Soviet Union. In the 1970s and 1980s, the higher-paid members of rural society earned money by using and repairing agricultural equipment. Farming today is hindered by a variety of policies from the government. (bush, 2010) The government has placed many…

Many lives were saved through this act of heroism. The Berlin Airlift is a time in history that will always ring in the hearts of those that bore witness to it. The end of World War II led to the division of Germany. The United States (U.S.), the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (U.S.S.R.), and the United Kingdom (U.K.) met at the Potsdam Conference and decided that…

War One, Europe was wracked by revolution caused by the death of empires. This seismic shift was felt strongest in Russia though at this time all of Europe of was in a state of total upheaval. In many of the formerly great empires, revolution, and civil war wracked the land, changing the geopolitical structure to that of modern Europe. Following the First World War, the balance of power throughout the world was drastically changing. Russia was the epicenter of most of this change. During the…

Stalin was challenged by Leon Trotsky who was originally the next leader of Soviet Union. Lenin himself were sure that Trotsky were to follow his steps, thinking that Stalin would be too dangerous to hold such great power as the leader of the huge country and he also had stated in his Testament that he would abuse his powers if he were…

Unionization of The Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters The fight to form a union can be done. The Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters was founded after workers for the Pullman railroad felt they were being treated unfairly by their employer. The discrimination and prejudice African American railroad workers faced on the job were harsh. They worked a lot and were underpaid for the jobs that they performed. They knew that things had to change within their work place for everyone to be…