Lobbying in the United States

think of United State vs. Russia or capitalism vs. communism or the Berlin Wall or something along that line. Not many peoples' outside of the scholar or historian who have studied Latin America would connect the Cold War to Latin America because this was not taught in schools or at least the ones that are run by the United State school system. One of the reasons that this is not taught in the United State schools is because it would not show the country in a favorable light. The United State…

system to survive in a new economy. The second process deals with “social reproduction” of the Filipino national minority in Hawaii. In 1978, the U.S assimilation was polarized along racial lines on the assimilation of “non-white” immigrants. The United States called ”non-white” immigrants in Hawaii since of there were many ethnicity, which eventually presents as an “imperfect” assimilation into the nationality (Alegado, 1991). Today in America we are a diverse…

Among the solutions was the United Nations recommendation that there be an alternative to detention centers established for this population, and only as a last resort should a child be held there. Due to a lack of protection for children, it was also proposed that children be placed with a guardian. The guardian would be appointed by an independent organization created for that purpose. One of the reasons this was stipulated was that children without a familial unit, are increasingly vulnerable…

In Beside Oneself: On the Limits of Sexual Autonomy, Judith Butler talks about the correct path to attain human rights in connection to autonomy and community. Butlers struggle finding the right balance between the two in order to achieve success in the political arena connects greatly with the ideas of Appiah in Race, Culture, Identity: Misunderstood Connections, and my own personal experiences with the law. Throughout Butler’s essay, she struggles with the concept of balancing autonomy and…

institutions play a huge role in the long-term success of sustained development. In Friedman’s Capitalism and Freedom, he argues that economic freedom lead to political freedoms. A modern day example of this is the role businesses and corporations play in lobbying for policy. Politicians just like everyone else want to maximize their own utility, and they do that by staying in office. So when businesses…

museum, library, or school just because they were areas that a particular race claimed. This was the reality for African Americans during the Progressive era of the United States. This era was a time of change in the legal status of African Americans, they were freed from slavery and given minimal rights as a citizen of the United States. Despite these developments, discrimination against this race was the same as it had been in the 1800s. African Americans faced habitual racism in public places…

association. The challenges she faced as a woman did not go unnoticed and in one of her letters to Cesar she joked, ”Being a now (ahem) experienced lobbyist, I am able to speak on a man-to-man basis with other lobbyists.” The first proof to her lobbying and negotiating talents were established…

In December 1979, the United States decision to aid the Afghan rebels was made by President Jimmy Carter. After three years of conflict, and a change in administration from Carter to Reagan, ambassador Ronald Spiers, who was assigned to Pakistan, realized that The Afghan rebels had little or no chance against soviet Helicopters. Along with pressure from Zia the then current leader of Pakistan, Spiers suggested that new Surface to Air missiles be supplied to the Mujahedeen when supply was…

The End of World War II, the Atomic Bomb and the Cold War," Which was going to be used to show the different prospectives and controversies of the Atomic Bomb and Cold War affects on society. However this exhibit was met with much backlash from a lobbying group that wanted a certain pure and righteous version of the Enola Gay history presented, which was the icon of victory that signified the hundred-thousand American and innocent Japanese lives that it saved Americans from the Japanese evil.…

bought all of these guns legally and had a legal rifle extension. The police cannot track who he bought these guns from because you do not have to take a background check. Why have we not seen this coming? You can just open fire on anybody in the States and anybody can do it. It's just too easy. Florida doesn't require fingerprints, a special permit, or any waiting period to buy a gun. This is common in some parts of the U.S. where you can walk into a store and walk out with a semi-automatic…