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Cosmopolitanism is a word meaning; being free from local, provincial or national ideas, prejudices or attachments, it is derived from the Greek word kosmopolites, translated to “citizens of the world”. This is the philosophy that all human individuals regardless of their political relationships, should all be citizens making up a single community. The idea or notion of living within a cosmopolitanism society can provide us humans with a new understanding, a new outlook and a new perspective on…

interdependent on ethnic minorities of the same origin as themselves. For second generation minorities, who generally have more education that the first generation, who do wish to leave the enclave to participate in the primary labour market tend to have economic returns lower than the first generation, creating disparity of opportunity and decrease the chances of meaningfully interacting and integrating with the dominant society (Lenard 2011). Some may argue the effects of immigration are…

Economic Crisis in South Africa Unemployment in South Africa is a major problem, that the country has to face. The main problem of unemployment in South Africa is wage bargaining. The effects of the problem is high prices, less labor and an increase of wages. Many different efforts have been made by South Africa to approach this problem. The only way to completely stop unemployment is to fix the wage bargaining as a whole. The number one cause for the unemployment in South Africa, is wage…

The relation between Russia and the West is a debatable and meaningful topic which has been discussed by many experts and specialists. Lilia Shevtsova, an expert on Russian politics and a Senior Associate at Carnegie Moscow Center, analyzes the reasons why Russia has not modernized into a liberal democracy with a completely transparent market economy and the relation between Russian and the West, especially with the United States. In her book Lonely Power: Why Russia Has Failed to Become the…

Global transformations can impact on balances in economic, social and political issues. Held, McGrew, Goldblatt, and Perraton (2000) explained that globalization involves creating global imbalances, which are unprecedented, because technological force and economic revolution speed up considerable changes in an economic and political arena in order to erode and fragment nation-states, and intensify trade and investment flows. Global…

Juxtaposition of corruption level in Canada and Uganda. Most recent corruption perceptions index issued by the Transparency International have positioned Canada on 9th being one of the highest ranked countries in the world corresponding to one of the least corrupted, where Uganda was ranked 139th (2015). With clear gap between these country’s ranks, Uganda show greater opaqueness in their governing mechanisms, driving away potential foreign investment opportunities compared to Canada.…

Consequences : A look into Puerto Rico’s Economic Crisis Ultimately, looking into the impact of cabotage laws on Puerto Rico’s economy will have significant applications in understanding its economic crisis as well as in viewing these factors as an ongoing legacy of mercantilism. The effects of the cabotage laws under the Jones Act have resulted in a recession with an…

If I were given the challenge to take on a project like we received in our group project. I would have to say I would be up for the challenge. The key to a successful project is the team that you have working with you. If you don’t have everyone clicking on all cylinders you won’t get anywhere with your project. One bad cylinder could ruin the all whole project. Luckily with this class, I had a good group that clicked on all cylinders. From my experience in being other groups that don’t click,…

between both examples was that the groups exhibiting prejudice were not doing so out of malice; they had simply been systematically conditioned to think this way through social systems (McIntosh, 2012). Historically, women have been oppressed around the world for thousands of years and over this period of time systems, such as the ones outlined by McIntosh, have been implemented within our society, effectively…

determinants the immigrant’s quality of life starting with employment, education, and income. Therefore, the whole immigration process and all the factors surrounding it converge to one causal factor, the need for quality of life. Immigrants all over the world leave their countries in search for a better-quality of life in developed countries. Reflecting on my experience, as an immigrant coming to Canada with ambition and expectations that Canada provide advanced opportunities to my kids and I,…