North America

A Child’s Search for Freedom in 21st Century America

Ericka Carolina Rodas • Apr 29 2012 • Essays

In the twenty-first century, slavery still exists in the world despite the widely accepted norm of respect for human rights. Why have some states within the United States been more successful in combatting child trafficking than others?

The Role of the State in Development: Re-examining Neo-Liberal Recommendations

Annemarie Detlef • Apr 26 2012 • Essays

Examining the history of development in the UK, the US, Germany and Japan brings the policy recommendations of neoliberalism into question.

The American Fall

Erdi Anil Karaca • Apr 22 2012 • Essays

The latest Global Financial Crisis that occurred in August 2007 in the United States is seen as one of the most devastating financial crises since the implementation of Neo-liberal economic policies.

US Disinvestment from European Security since the Cold War

Giovanni Pinelli • Apr 1 2012 • Essays

In the aftermath of the Cold War the world found itself confronting a new security environment, and this process of transformation produced very complex and ambiguous effects on the EU-US security relationship.

Is the United States a ‘Neocon Nation’?

Jonathan Provan • Mar 9 2012 • Essays

America is a not ‘neocon nation’, but rather an idealist nation in a realist world: the US does pursue the extension of liberal capitalist democracy, but this idealistic goal must be reconciled with the realities of international politics.

Determinants of Attitudes on Immigration in Canada and France

Dylan White • Feb 22 2012 • Essays

There is little comparative academic work on public perceptions of immigration. Canada perennially scores highly, while France fares poorly.

Does money equal power in American politics?

Derek McKenna • Feb 14 2012 • Essays

The power of capital is the same now as it was long ago and will be the same in the future as long as democracy is twinned with the capitalist mode of production where wealth and power is concentrated in the hands of a minority.

The Goldman Sachs Abacus 2007-ACI Controversy: An ethical case study

Christina Free • Jan 19 2012 • Essays

In April 2010, the Securities and Exchange Commission filed a suit against Goldman Sachs, accusing it of committing securities fraud in which the bank created and sold an investment secretly devised to fail.

Parallels between the Bush Doctrine and Obama Administration Policy

Yohan Iddawela • Dec 27 2011 • Essays

The election of Barack Obama as president in 2009 was thought to be the symbolic end of the Bush doctrine and its associated neoconservative underpinnings. This essay however seeks to challenge this notion by examining the parallels between the Bush doctrine and the policies of the Obama administration.

The Extraordinary Injustice of McCarthy’s America

Eve Collyer Merritt • Nov 3 2011 •

In the McCarthy era of the 1950s, anti-Communism created an atmosphere of fear which allowed political actors to accrue greater powers over the American population. This unusual situation was permitted as the public were manipulated by people with political interests into believing the USA had entered into a state of emergency in order to safeguard national security.

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