but with the dawn of the nuclear age and the threats of theCold War, it became clear that defining national security in a context of conventional military warfare had become a thing of the past. Today, U.S. government policymakers struggle to balance the demands of several ...
Government-university-industry (GUI) strategic research partnerships represent an organizational form designed to integrate disparate pools of intellectual capital. In these cases, participants in the partnership bring to the table very different skills, capabilities, and organizational contexts. The alliance...
PREP.~ betweenThis will be a straight fight between Labour and the Conservatives: the other parties are nowhere.| ~ forThe fight for supremacy in the sport is on. PHRASESa fight to the death(figurative) By 1807 politics had become a fight to the death between the two factions.| a fight...
Among the four constituentcountries of the United Kingdom, sectionalism has figured most prominently in the development of modern Scotland, where strongly sectionalist political factions and parties first appeared in the 1920s. Most prominent among these was the Scottish National League (SNL), forme...
The primary goal of interest groups in today's government is to influence policy favorable to their causes and beliefs. Political Parties In the United States, the Founding Fathers established a democratic republic of government where the people would have the power to make decisions. Officials ...
Daphne Du Maurier’sThe Scapegoatexplores this idea in depth, looking at how someone might handle being burdened with another’s malefactions. Scapegoats in literature include Snowball fromAnimal Farmand Wilmer fromThe Maltese Falcon. 14. The Outlaw ...
What is an example of peacemaking? The negotiation of the Good Friday Agreement in Northern Ireland is an example of peacemaking. Former U.S. Senator George Mitchell was a peacemaker who helped conflicting factions find agreement using diplomacy and communication. ...
Conflict theory views social and economic institutions as tools in the struggle among groups or classes, used to maintain inequality and the dominance of the ruling class. Later versions of conflict theory look at other dimensions of conflict among capitalist factions and among various social, religio...
If you’re in the US, the government has some resources that can help you: they suggest contacting the Internet Crime Complaint Center, the Federal Trade Commission, or the Department of Justice, depending on the nature of the crime. If your identity was stolen, you should especially make ...
major Russian cities as rival communist factions agitated against Lenin’s mixed economy policies and blamed the crisis on the NEP. The government eventually cut industrial production costs throughrationalization, wage-cutting, layoffs, and promotion of consumer cooperatives. This lowered industrial output...