...of the other. Disarmament, when not threatening the security of the concerned nation, results in a decrease in military expenditure, reduced global tensions, increased safety and in turn, greater international cooperation and stability. Development, by means of achieving social and economic progress and reducing poverty, increases the wellbeing and stability of nations, hence reducing the need for armaments. Hence, this combination of stability and security provides the basis for the relationship between disarmament and development. This relationship has long since been determined; yet, there are many obstacles, political and non-political, which have deterred the progress of these processes. The reason disarmament has a positive effect on development is the ill effects of armaments or weapons. Weapons can have detrimental effects on development of a country. They can lead to destruction of land, unemployment, increased health care costs, crime, and costs of damage, environmental degradation, and resource depletion, reduced efficiency of people, increased poverty and class distinctions in society. Hence, through disarmament, these ill effects can be prevented, leading to the possibility of development. A major factor affecting the relationship between disarmament and development is security. Security, both on a regional and international level, is essential for both disarmament and development. Lack of security results in social friction, economic difficulties and environmental...
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...Similarities and differences in security and risk. Joshua Williams POL192 Perspectives on Security and Terrorism Murdoch University Semester 1, 2014 Utilizing the concepts of risk and security, critically explain the similarities and differences between terrorist strategies and tactics on one hand, and counter-terrorism measures, on the other, since 2001. The terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 in the United States marked a turning point in the understanding of terrorism within the international society (Beck 2002, 39). Although the motives behind terrorism and counter-terrorism are opposite, their effects in terms of security and risk are similar. The similarities and differences between these two activities will be discussed in terms of risk and security within the international society. Central to the issues of security and risk, is the concept of an international society. An international society ‘exists when a group of states, conscious of certain common interests and common values, form a society in the sense that they conceive themselves to be bound by a common set of rules in their relations with one anther, and share in the working of common institutions’ (Bull and Watson 1984, 1). These rules, norms and institutions which make up international society is the central focus of security and risk when discussing terrorism...
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...Alexis Mata Mr. Zamora English 1301 May 14, 2016 Cause and Effect Final Essay Anyone, as a member as a society has a privilege to the consolations of social security through the concepts set forth in Article 22 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. There is a lot of cause and effect with social security now a days. The history of social security is a fairly recent one, but the overall impact it creates shoots to every economic class. Many of the arrangements to which the view refers has a long history, the notion of ‘social security’ itself is a fairly recent one. The earliest examples from the 19th century is from a speech to mark the independence of Venezuela, Simón Bolívar pronounced that: “The most perfect system of government is that which produces the greatest amount of happiness, the greatest amount of social security and greater amount of political stability” The Song dynasty government supported multiple forms of social assistance programs, including the establishment of retirement homes, public clinics, and pauper's graveyards According to Robert Henry Nelson. Social Security gives people a lot freedom rights. Also somewhat of being an American. The concepts of welfare and pension were put into practice in the early Islamic law. There is relatively little statistical data on transfer payments before the High Middle Ages. In the medieval period and until the Industrial Revolution, the function of welfare payments in Europe was principally achieved through private...
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...In this age of change, the human society is progressing rapidly on various fronts. However, in the meantime, "terrorism" has become American monomania since the September 11 attack, it has caused widespread concern. In this essay, I will analyze some possible cause and effect of terrorism. The first reason is that some people pressured by weak economic condition. Social contradictions have become increasingly, which lead to the development of terrorism. Because of economic recession and unemployment, diverse young people hope struggle to reality and give vent to a terrorist incident. What is more, lots of ethnic contradictions do not get a satisfactory solution. Take Israelis and Palestinians as an example, a small number of radical Palestinian organizations suicide terrorist attacks to the Israeli soldier's horrendous bombardment, because the new Israeli government carries out stringent policy on Palestinians. The third and very important factor is that terrorism is the result of religious and cultural conflict. In the recent years, there is no denying the fact that the Islamic Revival Movement has the greatest influence on a lot of Muslim nations. With the development of information industry, Western culture began to penetrate into some Muslim countries, for instance, Christianity have access to these Muslim countries, which cannot accepted by extreme fundamentalists, they are strongly opposed to the non-Muslim culture heresy and called for the full realization of the Islamization...
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...Assignment 1 1. How has the composition of federal, state, and local government spending changed over the past 40 years? What social and economic factors might have contributed to this change in how governments spend their funds? In the 1960’s 49.5% of federal spending was on national defense. The shift from then until 2007 was mostly comprised of decreasing spending on national defense and an increase on spending of healthcare from 2.9% to 24.9%, also an increase of social security spending from 13.4% to 20.3%. Which is a very large increase in healthcare spending, almost a 100% increase from the year 1960 to 2007; also a very large increase in social security spending. Social security spending is the largest portion of government spending. At the state and local levels most of the spending has remained relatively the same. The only exception is healthcare spending, which has more than doubled from 1960 to 2007. Health spending at state and local levels went from 8.2% to 20.7%. The increases in social security and healthcare costs could be attributed to the aging baby boomer population (approximated at 75 million people). This large portion of the US population has had increasing social security needs and increasing healthcare needs. The decrease in national defense could be attributed to several different things including globalization, diminishing international trade laws, the break up of the Soviet Union...
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...People with disabilities (PWD) are faced with many challenges. Prejudice and discrimination is a challenge people with disabilities are faced with. There are several sources of prejudice and discrimination. This essay identifies a source of prejudice and discrimination and explains the effects that source of prejudice and discrimination may have on a person with a disability. It considers a way to change negative attitudes and behavioral related to the source of prejudice and discrimination towards people with disabilities. A prejudice is having an attitude and beliefs about a particular group or culture, which could lead to discrimination. Discrimination is an act of denying the rights of those whom they believe do not deserve the same...
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...out the difficulties and problems which are faced by the Sikh community in the city of Nankana Sahib, the founding city of Sikhism. A hassle-free travel in a country results in more tourists with the passage of time. The method of questionnaire-based survey was used to conduct this research. The questions asked in this survey are related to security setups, social atmosphere, travel and local transport, political influence in the area, free to practice the religion, economy condition of the country. The end result show us that dangerous threats and lack of government attention are the problems faced by Sikh tourists. * Table Of Contents 1. Introduction 2. Literature Review 3. Methodology 4. Results & Discussion 5. Conclusion 6. References * Introduction Tourism can be defined as the travelling of individuals and accommodating themselves outside their usual locations. This accommodation process cannot be longer than one year, even if it’s for leisure, business or any purpose. It is an important activity to many countries as it affects social, cultural, educational and economic sectors of national societies (UNWTO, 1995). In 2012, Asia and the Pacific region showed rapid increase of tourism and travel business (UNWTO, 2013). Religious Tourism is a part of tourism. In religious tourism, people travel around the world to visit religious holy places, temples, shrines and similar locations. Annually, millions of people travel to religious heritage...
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...Roosevelt and The Social Security Act Southern New Hampshire University Roosevelt and The Social Security Act Franklin Delano Roosevelt was greatly influenced by the events of The Great Depression to pass a series of legislation. His most notable legislation that he signed into law was The Social Security Act of 1933. While Roosevelt’s original version of the bill was modified in order to pass congress, he was still extremely proud of its passing. The Social Security Act of 1933 has effected almost every working citizen since being signed into law and has had a profound social impact on our society. Much of Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s presidency was on the passing of this bill. He had enacted a similar state law while he was governor of New York. He experienced pressure to address the issue of older unemployed Americans after the great depression by supporters of Dr. Francis E. Townsend. Townsend advocated that people over 60 should be able to stop working and receive financial benefits from the federal government (Quadagno, 1984). Once Roosevelt signed the bill into law, he performed a speech for the American people. In his speech he stated, “This social security measure gives at least some protection to 50 million of our citizens who will reap direct benefits through unemployment compensation, through old-age pensions, and through increased services for the protection of children and the protection of ill health” (American Rhetoric, 2001). In his speech, Roosevelt was...
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...1937 Social Security Act The Social Security Act is a law that began a change in American health and wealth system. The Social Security Act was set into motion by President Franklin D. Roosevelt on August 14, 1935 (DeWitt, 1999). In 1935, the SSA (Social Security Act) was originally created as a retirement plan (UNKNOWN, 2009); it has evolved drastically since its original proposal. “The Act was drafted during President Franklin D. Roosevelt's first term by the President's Committee on Economic Security, under Frances Perkins, and passed by Congress as part of the New Deal. The Act was an attempt to limit what were seen as dangers in the modern American life, including old age, poverty, unemployment, and the burdens of widows and fatherless children. By signing this Act on August 14, 1935, President Roosevelt became the first president to advocate federal assistance for the elderly.” (HISTORY OF SOCIAL SECURITY IN THE UNITED STATES, 2016) Social Security Act was created for a multitude of reasons, to name a few: poverty among senior citizens, the stock market crash in 1929, and also allowing older employees to retire. Retiring employees actually caused the unemployment rate to decrease because younger employees were filing the open positions. The SSA was the first of many changes that influence today’s healthcare system. Social Security is now available to every US citizen. It helps the retired, disabled, and many more. It has become an intricate part of the healthcare system...
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...Le The Affluent Society and the Liberal Consensus The United States always dreamed of maintaining an isolation policy regarding foreign affairs and to rather be fully invested in the well-being of its’ nation. However, challenging times called for the United States’ intervention in worldly affairs, which cost the lives of many citizens. Lyndon B. Johnson, although his original intention was the good of his nation, became involved in a bloody battle that upset the nation who in turn voiced their hostility which further sparked a call for improvements in civil rights. President Lyndon B. Johnson entered office after President John F. Kennedy was assassinated. Although Johnson was viewed as no match to Kennedy, his energy surprised all. Upon his entrance to the White House, Johnson planned to complete Kennedy’s unfinished programs and introduce many of his own ideologies. Many of his programs were in direct effect of the Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal, however, he greatly...
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...Man Vs Robots Table of Contents Are you #teamrobot?3 Advancements in technology are doing more harm than good3 Family structures will collapse4 Social effects of the automaton takeover5 Positive outcome6 Mental effects of the automaton takeover6 Who will win the battle? …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..7 Conclusion ………………………………………………………………………………………7 Man vs Robots Are you #teamrobot? Computers run the world! Wouldn’t you agree? Think about it, imagine going an entire twenty four hours without turning to your electronics for help, you can’t. Our generation has been spoiled with using the “easy, fast way out”. Remember that time the cashier was moving too slow when you were in a hurry, thank goodness for that self-checkout. How many times do you go to the supermarket and prefer to deal with the machine versus the nice cashier lady who greets you with a smile and small conversation? Most people in this generation prefer to deal with machines and not people and it is becoming a problem in society. Advancements in technology are doing more harm than good The problem is the advancement in technology is destroying and eliminating job opportunities for mankind. When people visit their local grocery store you can see that machines have replaced cashiers and even outperforming mankind. The rich are becoming richer and the poor becoming poorer. Robots are cheaper and they execute factory jobs better than humans. In an article from The Desert Sun, The Boston...
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...Services and Social Policy – HN300-01 Michelle March The Welfare System got its start in the 1930’s under President Franklin D. Roosevelt following The Great Depression. It started with The New deal but it was not until 1935 when individuals saw welfare for them and their needs. This was the start of The Social Security Act of 1935. In this act provisions were setup to include Old Age assistance and benefits, unemployment compensation, aid to dependent children, maternal and child welfare, services for crippled children, child welfare, public health work and vocational rehabilitation (National Center, n.d). The Food Stamp Program started in 1939, but was ended because there was no longer a widespread food surplus or unemployment. However, the program resurfaced in 1961 after reports, studies and federal proposals in 18 years showed a need for the program to continue (USDA, 2012). The next set of welfare programs came during Lyndon B. Johnson’s presidency in the 1960’s. President Johnson had The Great Society that was like President Roosevelt’s New Deal. The Great Society included the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 which aimed at attacking poverty in America. The Job Corps, Head Start Program, Medicare, The Peace Corps, Omnibus Housing Act, The Elementary and Secondary Education Act and The National Endowment for the Arts and Humanities were all created in 1964 under Johnson (U.S. History, 2012). All of these programs are examples of different social welfare systems...
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...Fiscal Policy The status of the United States has an effect on society. The U.S. deficit, surplus, and debt affect society in many ways. One does not take the time to see the impact it has on civilization. The status of the United States has an impact on tax payers, future Social Security and Medicare users, unemployed individuals, students, exporters, importers, and most of all, the country’s Gross Domestic Product. In the following, the team will discuss how the U.S. deficit, surplus, and debt affect society, not only in the United States, but also around the world. Tax Payers The influence of fiscal policy changes scheduled to occur at the end of 2012 can poses serious challenges for tax payers. One area where high tax payers are disagreeing is the increase in tax rates resulting part due to the 2001 and 2003 tax cuts. President Obama has asked for the reinstatement of the higher top tax rates in his budget submission to the Congress. The increase in the Medicare tax and its expansion to unearned income for high income earners under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 also contributes to the increase in top tax rates. The concern over the top individual tax rates has been a focus because of the special role played by flow-through businesses like S corporations, partnerships, limited liability companies, and sole proprietorships. These businesses employ 54% of the private sector workforce and pay 44% of the federal income taxes. Higher taxes result...
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...Name: Affiliation: Date: Environmental security Introduction An environment basically refers to the total surrounding of all organisms both living and the dead, including natural forces that come into place. All these factors provide conditions for development and growth of an economy whereas on the other hand security refers is a set of customs and rules that govern a society. Therefore environmental security simply means how our surrounding is being protected to avoid damage and depletion of the resources. Many of the natural resources include water, land, air, soil, energy, minerals and all those that are in the resources. Environmental security entails the basic protection of the most important resources that we have e.g. the ecosystem service and have a complete assurance that there will be a constant supply of the resource in the near future without depletion. The human society and its natural surrounding is being threatened by the new global pressures that have been posing challenges on degradation an depletion of the natural resources. The global pressures may include competition to access of water, land, minerals and other fundamental resources, increase in the population of various countries thus posing pressure in land, there has been an increase in the demand for energy due to increased number of people thus having many industries for provision of employment and manufacture of food. Thus our vital resources face danger of depletion and damage if no...
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...Disarmament, when not threatening the security of the concerned nation, results in a decrease in military expenditure, reduced global tensions, increased safety and in turn, greater international cooperation and stability. Development, by means of achieving social and economic progress and reducing poverty, increases the wellbeing and stability of nations, hence reducing the need for armaments. Hence, this combination of stability and security provides the basis for the relationship between disarmament and development. This relationship has long since been determined; yet, there are many obstacles, political and non-political, which have deterred the progress of these processes. The reason disarmament has a positive effect on development is the ill effects of armaments or weapons. Weapons can have detrimental effects on development of a country. They can lead to destruction of land, unemployment, increased health care costs, crime, costs of damage, environmental degradation, resource depletion, reduced efficiency of people, increased poverty and class distinctions in society. Hence, through disarmament, these ill effects can be prevented, leading to the possibility of development. A major factor affecting the relationship between disarmament and development is security, the “third pillar in the disarmament-development relationship”1. Security, both on a regional and international level, is essential for both disarmament and development. Lack of security...
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