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different parts of the world had consequences which are still visible today. From this point of view, the partition of former British Raj offers a concrete example. In 1947, India and Pakistan became independent. On the one hand, India is a multicultural state and lay, and on the other hand Pakistan is an Islamic and centralized state. The Kashmir problem is therefore as old as India and Pakistan since it was born from the partition of the colonial India. It is the perfect illustration of clashes

The Economics of Empire : Lord Salisbury The author of this document is Lord Salisbury which was a conservative and colonialist member of the Tories, and member of the House of Lords. The document we have to study is a speech pronounced on the 14th February, 1895 to the House of Lord and dealing with British imperialism. It is taken from the book Parliamentary Debates. SUMMARY To briefly summarize the document, Lord Salisbury talks before the assembly of Lords in order to persuade the

Nicolas Petit, PhD The following is the first chapter of an upcoming book, EU Competition Law and Economics, written by Damien Geradin, a partner in Howrey’s Brussels office; Anne Layne-Farrar, director in the Chicago office of LECG; and Nicolas Petit, a professor at the Université of Liège Law School. The book is expected to be published in early 2011 by Oxford University Press. Reprinted with permission of the publisher and authors. The Ubiquity of EU Competition Law Only a few areas of law, and in particular

Background The Emerging market term is usually used to describe an economy whose GDP per capita is lower than the average of the developed countries but which has, generally, a growth potential higher than the world mean. According to the definition of the World Bank, an emergent country has Growth National Product per capita (GNP) lower than 9.000 US$ even if the emergent countries should realize a growth by 6,3% in 2011 according to the forecasts. [Le Monde, 2011] There exist in this category

find another placement. I also wish to thank the staff of the Royal College of Music for welcoming me such quickly. Equally, I want to thank everyone in the facility for the care they gave during the placement, and I would like to give a big thank to Mr Rui AFONSO, cleaning supervisor of the departement, for all the time he gave to make me feel good during this month. Finally, I wish to thank the Bordeaux IV Montesquieu IUT faculty for giving us the opportunity to live through this rewarding experience

THE TRAIN HAD WISTLED THREE TIMES The railroad is a key of our history, it takes place in our movies in our art, what is the Baining ? Have you ever heard someting about the « Promontory Summit Ceremony » ? You don’t, if I am not mistaken. And nevertheless, the May 10 is an important date in our history. In the 19 century, our ancestors hadn’t this thing so useful that we call a plane but they already have the trains. On July 1st, 1862, our ancient President, Abraham Lincoln, signed

I-History The first English immigrant to settle in Boston was the Reverend William Blackstone. He came by himself in 1629, to a peninsula by a stream, called by the local Algonquin inhabitants, Shawmet. A year later, John Winthrop and his Puritan settlers of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, arrived to the north in Salem. Finding Salem less than desirable for a settlement, Blackstone invited Winthrop to visit Shawmut. On September 17, 1630, Winthrop decided to make Shawmut a permanent settlement

terme1. Il répondait ainsi aux craintes concernant la perte d’emplois et l’harmonisation vers le bas des normes du travail soulevées par les multiples opposants à l’accord. Selon M. White, « in the short run, there may be difficulties of adaptation at the level of both individuals and companies, but over time the beneficial effects on output and living standards will become apparent »2, et ce, malgré les immenses disparités qui séparent les pays signataires. Quatorze ans plus tard, la controverse concernant

Inequality in US Health Care System Table of Contents Introduction 4 I. Cost/Performance ratio 5 II. Accessibility to health care 6 III. Satisfaction with health care system 7 IV. Health and well-being 11 Conclusion 12 Bibliography 14 “Of all the forms of inequality, injustice in health care is the most shocking and inhumane.” ----- Martine Luther King, Jr. “One in seven Americans, including more than 8 million children, does not have even basic healthcare coverage

nothing yet The crisis could strike anytime, The Economist warned in a commentary published last year. This is not only an economic, the world is faced with a real social crisis. In fact, today, some tensions are re-emerging particularly in the public sector. Unions are mobilizing and are coming together across national boundaries across to improve working conditions. Social and economics conflicts concern all countries, both rich or poor and different sectors and in recent years, the trend has been