1. What is the cause of this great global migration to the city? Megacities, such as Shanghai, New York, Mumbai and others, become centers where the most important functions of global economy are concentrated – they attract people from all over the world by employment opportunities. Global forces are pushing people out of countryside. For instance, land reform and deregulation of food imports leaves rural population with few prospects, forcing them to seek employment in the city. Massive…
Do you ever ruminate what your life would be like if there were no government? Thomas Hobbes is one of the most influential European political philosophers that illustrates this question. Western political philosophy has its ties to the common law of the United Kingdom, but few people have knowledge of the “founding father” of our modern political system. Born prematurely in the English county of Wiltshire, Hobbes was raised by his father’s older brother named Francis, who was a wealthy merchant…
War on Terror The attacks of 9/11 left an effect in the American History and have changed the way how Americans live today. Never before such a terrible thing that happened to Americans that have eliminated many innocent lives. On the morning of September 11, 2001, nineteen terrorist extremists hijacked four commercial planes, the planes deviated from their original routes. Two of the planes crashed into the Twin Towers in New York, one of the planes crashed into the Pentagon and the fourth…