My Navajo Identity: A Description Utilizing Sociological Concepts
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A 7 page outline of the factors that shape one student's identity. Her Native American culture interrelates with all aspects of her life. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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National Culture and Integrative Revolution: Comparisons Between Fanon and Geertz
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This is a 5 page paper comparing the theories of national culture and integrative revolution as discussed in Fanon’s “The Wretched of the Earth” and Geertz’s “The Interpretation of Cultures”. Although critics often cite that the two theorists have contrasting viewpoints, there are several areas where their theories appear to intersect. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
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National Origins Act Of 1924 And Immigration Act Of 1965
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8 pages in length. The writer discusses that while the Immigration Act of 1965 set out to fix the problems inherent to the National Origins Act of 1924, it served to spawn a civil rights movement that set into motion a never-ending quest for racial equity that has only submerged American ideals further and further into a quagmire of intolerance. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
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Nationalism and Multiculturalism in America
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This 5 page paper suggests that America is a melting pot, and people should be able to hang on to their roots, but they should recognize that national identity is important. Immigration is discussed and pictures along with text are referenced from the American Identity Explorer (AIE) CD. Bibliography lists 1 source.
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Nationalism/Theoretical Approaches
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A 5 page research paper that examines the nationalism from several theoretical perspectives, focusing mainly on the work of Harold R. Isaacs in Idols of the Tribe. The writer attempts to answer the questions: how did the modern conception of nationalism form? What is a nation? What is a state? Why is ethnicity a force in building nations and in tearing them down? Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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Nationalism; From Scotland to China
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This 3 page paper looks at the way nationalism has surfaced in recent years. To demonstrate the ideology behind nationalism, and that it does not always lead to violence; the examples of Scotland and China are used. The paper considers why nationalism has surfaced in this diverse states in recent years and how it can be seen as representative of current conditions and feelings. The bibliography cites 4 sources.
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Native Americans and Japanese Americans
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A 5 page paper which compares and contrasts Native Americans and Japanese Americans. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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Native Americans, Filipinos, and Vietnamese in America -- Comparing Communities
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This 5 page report discusses the fact that in the ethnic communities of the United States, certain groups have traditionally fared better than others. In some circumstances it is because members of their community have actually established more representative and supportive societies in America. In other circumstances, the community has had a more historically based framework of support in the United States upon which they could draw. Ironically, the United States has created a realm in which communities that developed as the result of the physically most distance lands -- Southeast Asia and the Philippines -- have actually fared better than America’s own indigenous peoples. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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NEGOTIATION IN THE MIDDLE EAST: THE CULTURAL DILEMMA
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This 8-page paper focuses on negotiation and cultures in the Middle East, with specific emphasis on the clashes between Israel and the rest of the Arab world. Using Hofstede's dimensions, the paper explains the source of some of the clashes. Bibliography lists 12 sources.
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NEO-NAZISM IN THE UNITED STATES: AN OVERVIEW
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This 7-page paper covers the Neo-Nazi movement in the United States, including a brief history and how the Internet has fueled its growth. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: MTneonazus.rtf

New Zealand: Trouble in Paradise?
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A 3 page discussion of the problems New Zealand has encountered in balancing the needs of all of her people. The indigenous peoples of New Zealand, in particular, represent a multitude of issues that must be addressed. The author of this paper emphasizes that New Zealand is certainly not without her problems but then no paradise truly is. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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No Man is an Island
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A 5 page paper which discusses the quote, "No man is an island," and asks the question "What is the responsibility of an individual when faced with or exposed to injustice?" The paper focuses on particular novels and texts as they apply to this concept. The works discussed are "The Scarlet Letter" by Nathaniel Hawthorne, "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" by Mark Twain, "A Letter from Birmingham Jail" by Martin Luther King, "Civil Disobedience" by Thoreau, "On Being a Cripple" by Nancy Mairs, and "I Will Fight No More Forever" by Chief Joseph. No additional sources cited.
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Non-English Speaking Background (NESB) Immigrant Women in the Australian Workforce
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A 10 page paper in which the writer provides an overview of the problem and research surrounding the issue of NESB. Critics have suggested that large populations of non-English speaking background (NESB) unemployed overburden the welfare and social security systems, and in their attempts to enter the workforce, also strain the country's remedial adult education programs. But in light of maintained immigration levels over the past decade, the path towards changing the negative perceptions of NESB immigrants within the workforce is imbedded not only in a system designed to enhance language skill development, but also to dispel the myths related to their lack of skills and their long-term impacts on the job market. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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Non-Violence and Racial Issues
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A 4 page paper which discusses how non-violent approaches have helped solve racial issues in the past, and how non-violent approaches could help with the war on terrorism today. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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Nonna's Apron
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This 8 page paper provides an overview of the story of an apron, worn by the author's grandmother, that reflects the role that clothings plays in family culture. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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Nonviolent Protest: Thoreau, King, Gandhi, and Chavez
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A 6 page paper which examines Henry David Thoreau, Martin Luther King Jr., Gandhi, and Cesar Chavez as they relate to nonviolent protest. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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Nothing To Fear
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In Harper Lee's To Kill A Mockingbird, good overcomes evil, the bad are vanquished and the evil of racism is confronted and beaten in a court of law. This would not seem so unusual if it had not taken place in the heart of the depression - a time of segregation and other extremes in social events. This 6 page paper explores the meaning of the quote, "nothing to fear but fear itself" as it applies to the issues pertinent to the book. Bibliography lists 9 sources.
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