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“[What happens in the film] can happen in every single suburb of Europe, it is a reality of immigration, which is the slavery of the 21st century, that is happening all over the world” (McCracken 2011). These are the words of, Alejandro González Iñárritu, the director of Biutiful, when asked about the shooting of the film. The severity of the words can come at the reader as shocking but in reality they accurately represent the current reality of the globalized world. The ongoing globalization is…

It’s a big world Let 's start by going over a typical gap year; a gap year is a time that graduating high schoolers take off between graduation and when they enroll in college. The amount of time they take off varies, but most commonly around a year is taken off. There are many reasons that make a gap year a good idea to consider, such as: feeling burnt out from spending 12 years working hard in school, not knowing what you want to do for a career, and as a result jumping into a degree you…

Poor people have limited accessibility to education services. Thus, countries, which have numerous people living by make 1,25 dollar per a day or less, has really low rates of education level. In the light of this, it could be claimed that poverty is an important social problem, because it forbids people to be educated. In relation to that, statistics indicate there is a positive relationship between poverty and education achievement meaning if the income level increases, the education will…

“Imperium Universalis’” is a concept that has overseen the foundation of colonization, expansion, and ideologies across 300 years of world history. This concept has been at the core of the colonization actors for centuries. While the methods, players, and continents have changed, the pursuit to expand a countries ideology, people, and influence remains the same as that of the Romans Empire. The pursuit of the Spanish, English and French in the 16th century to expand these ideals is seen…

The international political thinking of Thabo Mbeki 1. Biographical particulars Thabo Mvuyelwa Mbeki was born on the 18th of June 1942 in Idutywa, Transkei, to Govan and Epainette Mbeki, whom were educators and activists. Thabo spent lengthy periods away from home, and was often raised by extended family and friends because Govan, as a prominent figure of the African National Congress, was concerned that they might be arrested by Apartheid police. Thabo also became politically active when he…

One way to secure the satiation of the people is by producing your own food. Years ago, countries, that are today considered poor, were able to feed themselves through an agricultural system. These countries include Mexico, Cambodia, Morocco, Senegal,Egypt, the Philippines, Haiti, amongst many others. Back when they made their own food, they were more competent to self-sustainment and independence. Now, instead of farming and making their own food, many indigent countries rely on imports from…

Fear and Hate: Homophobia One of the main human interactions, love, allows people to express their feelings for something or one another resulting in them spreading their affection. What happens when the controlling force over the people, the government, derive those of the same-sexual identities from expressing their own love to each other? Andrew E. Kramer is the writer of the article “Chechen Authorities Arresting and Killing Gay Men, Russian Paper Says” where he writes of the horrors taking…

The Gulf War Even though most people would not consider the Gulf War as a major war, and would not even know much of its existence. Hundreds of thousands of people, civilians, soldiers, and even children died because of it. Just by reading it from a textbook, most people will have a completely different perspective that the soldiers and witnesses of the war. The Gulf War, the fighter planes used, the U.S allies, the many unfortunate casualties of both sides, and how it change the world…

prisoners of war from different tribes. The trade was mainly in the west and central part of Africa. The Europeans held the slaves in castles such as Elmina in the central region of Gold coast ( which is now Ghana), Goree Island (now in present day Senegal), and Bunce Island (now in present day Sierra Leone, where they prepare them for the New World . Historians estimated that the buying and selling of the slaves was approximately twelve million of enslaved African men, women and children were…

Purpose – Design/Methodology/approach – Drawing on multiple case study approach, this study explores specifically four Nigerian firms from different sector to provide insight into the motivation of location path of Nigerian firms’ internationalisation process Paper type: Research Originality/Value Keywords: Internationalisation, Nigerian firms, multinational firms, internationalisation process, motivations and path Paper type Literature Review/Research paper 1. Introduction The study…