New York City has played an oversized role in Puerto Rican affairs. As the major U.S. port on the East Coast for the Caribbean, the City and the Island were intimately linked since the early part of the 19th Century. Since the latter part of the 19th Century New York became home for a large Puerto Rican population who migrated here looking for better opportunities, political freedom and cultural diversity. In 800-words answer the following question: What has been the impact of New York in the development of early twentieth century Puerto Rican music?
In your answer evaluate and explain the impact. The question is open and you may take it anywhere, however, be sure that your answer is based on the three required readings (Acosta, plus the two chapters from Glasser’s book).
The ongoing conflict in the Middle East for over 70 years since 1948
Political Science Question
Answer the given questions in at least 10 pages and for each topic it needs to be 3-4 pages. Also look at the attached instructions. There are three questions. Write your answers in essay form.
1. The ongoing conflict in the Middle East for over 70 years since 1948 is between Israel on the one hand and the Arab countries on the other. The Palestinian Problem is the major bone of contention.
(b) What are the conflicting demands and concerns of the two sides: Israel and Palestine? What do they want?
(c) Why have most Arab states taken the side of Palestine? What is Arab nationalism?
(d) What is America’s policy toward Israel and the Arabs on the issue of Palestine.
Explain in detail each of the above questions.
2. International terrorism is the most serious issue in world politics at this time. Though Islam in itself does not promote terrorism which kills innocent people, somehow terrorist acts wherever they take place are carried out by Muslims in the name of Islam. They are also generally from the Middle East, like Saudi Arabia
Answer the following questions:
(a) What is terrorism? What is the best way to define and describe it?
(b) What are the terrorists trying to accomplish by their acts of terror like 9/11 in America? What is their motivation? Do they ever achieve their goal?
(c) Why most acts of terror are against America and the countries of Europe. What is the reason for their anger or hatred for America and Western societies?
3. The course is about the Middle East. Write an essay about the people, society and culture of the Middle East. Answer three questions in particular.
(a) Why is the Middle East called the Middle East? It is in the middle of what and east of where?
Prompt (READ CAREFULLY): “SukarnoandHoChiMinhcontinuedage-oldtraditionsofresistancetoforeignruleintheirrespectivecountriesbutwereatthesametimetheproductsofWesterncolonialism.” Do you agree? Critically discuss by comparing the ideas and aims ofthetwo menand locating them within the larger history oftheir country’s experience under colonial rule after c.1800. At a minimum, your essay should consider the following questions: What distinguished these figures from others intheir own societies? Who and/or what inspired them? What weretheir principal aims, and what obstacles did they face in achieving them? (Hint: Your essay should consider the significance of factors other than Western colonialism in shaping Southeast Asian history during this period.)Your essay mustuse evidence and examples drawn from the lectures andthe readings, including the primary sources or‘Documents.’
Instructions and Guideline (READ CAREFULLY):
1.) There are 3 documents and a transcript of my professor’s lecture. Please ONLY use the documents provided and the lecture transcript. Use of outside resources ARE NOT permitted, that will result in failure and academic dishonesty. All work must be original! All 3 documents and transcript must be cited. Cite all your work with the page numbers
2.) 3 pages (Double spaced), times new roman, 12 pt font, 1 inch margins
3.) Your essay should not simply list a series of facts but should present a coherent thesis or argument.
4.) The first paragraph of your essay should provide a summary of your main argument or thesis. The main body of your essay should develop that argument or thesis.
5.) Be sure to support your argument with evidence and examples from the lectures and the readings, including both the Secondary Sources and the Documents.
6.) If you do not clearly demonstrate familiarity with the relevant materials from this course, your grade will suffer. In other words, do not rely on Google or other non-course sources in preparing you answers.
12-15 page paper based on one of the following prompts. Additional articles (which i will provide several) must also be read and cited in this paper and alluded to, in additon to whatever research you may do.
DO PROPER SUBHEADINGS
START WITH INTRO END WITH CONCLUSION’
Prompts
Propose a specific reform to the international human rights system and present both arguments and responses to counterarguments for your proposal. Incorporate a discussion of the feasibility of the proposal. Explain the relevance of your proposal to a current human rights issue.
Examine the role that a specific accountability approach (for example: universal jurisdiction claims, a truth commission, an international court, a reparations process) played in two or three different contexts involving mass human rights violations. Discuss what worked and what did not work. Offer lessons that you think future practitioners should draw from these examples.
Choose a specific human rights issue in any country (including, but not limited to, the United States). Discuss and analyze whether the international human rights system and foreign actors should or should not be involved in seeking to address this issue. Explain why or why not, to what extent, and how this relates to your view of universalism and cultural relativism.
Choose a human rights movement (past or present) and discuss what theories of rights you think informed and shaped this movement. How did this influence the human rights interventions and human rights institutions the movement prioritized?
Pick five authors we read this semester and one real-world human rights issue. Put the authors in conversation with one another and analyze the merits and shortcomings of their views on human rights in relation to that real-world human rights issue.
The current human rights regime is sometimes critiqued as neo-colonial. Discuss a specific aspect of this critique and offer proposals for reform or more radical change.
What are the relative costs and benefits of reparations versus forward-looking attempts at justice? How would you propose human rights practitioners better balance these two goals in their approaches moving forward?
Compare the ways in which the different regional human rights systems addressed a specific human rights issue. Evaluate their approaches and take a position about which approach was best. Explain why.
Argue for a specific public policy or advocacy effort that could increase equality, informed by human rights theory and practice. Discuss the specific type of inequality the policy or effort is meant to address, what equality means in this context (including the ways in which you are defining the boundaries of the community in which inequality exists –for example: in a country, in a community, globally?, and the benefits and limitations of the human rights framework in addressing the existing inequality.
Identify a currently discriminatory public policy, explain why it is discriminatory, and propose a reform informed by human rights theory and practice. Discuss the benefits and limitations of the human rights framework in addressing the existing discrimination.
Choose an example of a human rights issue around the world; discuss any cultural relativism-related challenges and what you think these challenges mean for future practitioners.
Use the capabilities and human rights approach to evaluate a specific public policy related to human rights, take a position on the strengths and weaknesses of the public policy, and propose any changes you would make.
Delve into the different views of the authors we read on whether transnational human rights advocacy is solidarity or moral imperialism, examine a current human rights issue, including the role of actors that inhabit different moral communities (for example: national communities, global communities, religious communities, etc.) in addressing that issue, and develop a position. Consider what your position means for the practice of human rights activism.
State a critique of the International Criminal Court and propose ways this critique could be addressed.
Requirements: 12-15 pages |
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Choose a human rights movement (past or present) and discuss what theories of rights you think informed and shaped this movement. How did this influence the human rights interventions and human rights institutions the movement prioritized?
We’veallgotten a taste of isolationover the pastyear.
Desert Island Rapper
We’ve all gotten a taste of isolation over the past year. Despite the wealth of media the internet provides us, the experience nonetheless drives home the idea of the “desert island album,” that old game in which you name a single album you would like to have if stranded on a desert island, and argue the reasons why.
For this essay I’d like you to choose your desert island rapper. If you could only listen to one rapper, who would it be, and why? They can be contemporary or old school. Make a case for them: why should we pay attention to this artist? Why should their work be included not only in places like rap-specific anthologies, but in places representative of all of English Literature? Show us why this rapper should be part of the canon of Great Works (the label this course falls under).
Your discussion may include a look at this artist’s use of poetic devices, a consideration of how their work holds up when compared to other works of literature (or, how well does their work explore the intricacies of human nature?), and how this work might be read in terms of the historical and cultural contexts out of which it was born. It can also include personal experience, anecdotes, opinion, etc. Make it lively.
