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    In 1904, the Report of the Inter-Departmental Committee on Physical Deterioration found that over 120,000 children in London and approximately 15-16 percent in Manchester and similar cities, were underfed (Simon, 1965). As a result, the report stated ‘that the time has come when the State should realize the necessity of ensuring adequate nourishment to children in attendance at school’ remarking that subjecting ‘half-starved children to the processes of education’ was at the ‘height of cruelty’…

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    Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness doesn’t feature many women throughout the work, and those that are featured are either deemed unimportant or are belittled by the narrator. The word, “woman” appears in the novel seven times, six if you exclude the description of a painting. Throughout these few descriptions of women, Marlow either marginalizes European women or eroticizes the native women of the Congo. Through these narrations, Heart of Darkness illustrates the natural oppression of women in…

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    Over the years, the United States of America has developed a reputation as a capable enforcer of justice, equality, and political freedom for nations that fall into turmoil and oppression. It has been willing, with sword in one hand and wallet in the other, to step across physical and political boundaries in order to establish stability in volatile regions whose conflicts have reached beyond self-preservation or self-liberation. These crusades have largely been carried out either in the name of…

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    British Policing Essay

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    This was a significantly fundamental advancement in law enforcement as it was the first time in British history that an organised policing force was introduced and it updated the predated system of watchmen and bow street runners. However, the force was met with varying attitudes from the public, much of which was sensationalised by the media[2]. Other major Acts were implemented to support the Metropolitan police, especially forces outside of London, for example; the Municipal Corporations Act…

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    Syrian Refugees Analysis

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    get a better idea and understanding of the client and their needs. Systems theory can also be used on a macro level for this population. Advocating for the rights for refugees and policy change is just as important as providing micro social work interventions. System’s theory, I believe, provides guidance for my research to understand the interaction of systems in regards to refugee services, specifically Syrian refugees who are currently facing societal rejection and discrimination on top of an…

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    In September of 2015, the image of 3 year old Aylan Kurdi 's lifeless body being pulled from Turkish waters forced the world to shift its collective gaze towards Syria where thousands of individuals were risking their lives in order to flee their war-torn country. What began as a civil war, has resulted in the largest displacement of individuals since World War II. The Syrian refugee crisis is one of the most pressing issues that the world is facing today. The influx of refugees into…

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    Liberal Consensus

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    Americans shared a set of three core beliefs in the 1950s known as the Liberal Consensus. Firstly, all social problems can be solved through economic growth under capitalism because everyone will benefit. Secondly, it is the duty of the United States as a democratic society to stop the spread of communism. Finally, pluralism prevents authoritarian government takeover. Several circumstances reinforced these attitudes: The Baby Boom of the 1940s and a subsequent increase in GNP; the spread of…

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    power between the players is also essential when studying cases such as Falkland War. “Because Argentina faced a much more powerful opponent that had strong allies, it faced few options if it was to rule the Malvinas. […] Any other direct military intervention was out of the question due to Britain’s vastly superior firepower” (Fullan). One might…

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    's intervention-to-prevention arming and training strategy with South Korea against the communist threat in North Vietnam basically speaks to the Cold War international relations theories of "open door policy" and was essentially motivated by the fear of the "domino…

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    Research Annotated Bibliography #1 Source A: Poverty, Inc. Dir. Michael Matheson Miller. Acton Institute, 2014. Netflix. Source Evaluation: This documentary and all the information compiled in it is reliable. The director, Michael Matheson Miller, is a research fellow at the Acton Institute and has been working internationally, with a focus on poverty, for the past ten years. His expertise and careful research on this subject created a wonderful resource for my presentation. This source,…

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