1. Introduction Hong Kong is an exceptional region: a previous British-ruled colony constituted of a majority of Chinese and now a special administrative region on the Chinese soil practising "One Country‚ Two System". Despite the transfer of sovereignty‚ Hong Kong continues to enjoy a relatively competitive economy and stable environment as compared with other regions in East Asia. It was not until recently that that the discussion over protection of minorities rights[1] attracted more public
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1. Threat of Substitute In Porter’s model‚ substitute products refer to products in other industries. The price elasticity of a product is influenced by substitute products. As more substitutes become available‚ the demand becomes more elastic since customers have more alternatives. Generally‚ substitute is able to reduce demand for a particular product because there is a threat of consumers switching to the alternatives. (Porter M. 1980) Chains of convenience stores are emerging in the market
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3. Below please find the population pyramid of a country. Write an essay to discuss: a) Fertility and mortality of the country; b) The status of women in this country; c) The level of economic development of the country; d) The major problems likely to be facing the country at present; e) The likely future direction of demographic change that this country will take and why you believe it would be so; f) The possible location of this country. Population
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Chapter 5 – Civil Rights 1. The statement that “all men are created equal” can be found in the A) U.S. Constitution. B) Declaration of Independence. C) Bill of Rights. D) Declaration of the Rights of Man. E) Universal Declaration of Human Rights. 2. The vote was extended to women in 1920 as a result of A) presidential executive order. B) passage of the Nineteenth Amendment. C) congressional mandate. D) a Supreme Court decision. E) individual state decisions. 3. Through which pathway
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Raul Moreno 3/9/2013 Political Science Essay Q. 2 Two philosophers from Europe created a reasoned that was effective to have the best government; to understand the nature in which we stand. Thomas Hobbes‚ the first theoretician‚ believes government should help the people. He believed if we upraised the economy the nation will become an improved nation. The next theorist was John Locke he believed that a country that couldn’t feed its self would be a weak nation; and that governments role
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Assignment of Introduction To South As Topic: Mehrgarh: Its Place in the Development of Ancient Cultures in Pakistan Assigned To: Dr. Tariq Mehmood Sb. Submitted By: Irfan Ali Lund Dated: 19-03-2013 Introduction: This Article “Mehrgarh: Its Place in the Development of Ancient Cultures in Pakistan” is written by Jean Francois Jarrige. He is famous Archaeologist form France. He came into Pakistan and excavates the ancient site of Pakistan
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Why do Classical Liberals favour Individualism? (15 marker) Individualism refers to an idea that the individual freedom is maximised as the central focus of the ideology. In order for an individual to flourish and develop to maximise their happiness they should be allowed to be as free as possible. It supports supreme importance of the individual over any social group or collective body. As a concept it is believed that people must remain free to be happy. Classical liberals believe in
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Somalia: 20 years of anarchy POLS 104 (gr.5) Gulbahar Seitniyazova Student number: 127320 Somalia‚ from 1991 to 2006‚ is cited as a real-world example of a stateless society and legal system. Since the fall of Siad Barre’s government in January 1991‚ there had been no permanent national government in Somalia until the current Transitional Federal Government. Large areas of the country such as Puntland‚ and Galmudug are internationally unrecognized autonomous regions‚ while Somaliland is a
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Question 2) In Julie Ann McMullin’s book “Age‚ Gender and Work”‚ McMullin examines how women and older workers are disproportionally represented in the IT labour force. In McMullin’s book‚ she writes that most of the IT firms that participates in the WANE study‚ have overwhelming numerical superiority by younger males. A large number of IT firms‚ have developed different forms of gender regimes and ageism inequalities‚ because of the overwhelming numerical superiority of younger male employees
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development of the art of warfare. Historically speaking‚ all political communities of the modern type owe their existence to successful warfare.[7] Kings‚ emperors and other types of monarchs in many countries including China and Japan‚ were considered divine. Of the institutions that ruled states‚ that of kingship stood at the forefront until the French Revolution put an end to the "divine right of kings". Nevertheless‚ the monarchy is among the longest-lasting political institutions‚ dating as
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