10 Ergebnisse.

Research Paper (postgraduate) from the year 2012 in the subject Orientalism / Sinology - Chinese / China, grade: "-", McGill University, language: English, abstract: Calling for public support and mobilization are generally considered taboo in authoritarian regimes. Yet, during the course of his February 1989 visit to Ukraine, Gorbachev (1931- ) appealed to his public supporters to help fight the enemies of reform and accelerate political and ...

Exposé / Rédaction (Scolaire) de l'année 2008 dans le domaine Etudes sur l'Asie du Sud, Etudes sur l'Asie du Sud-Est, note: 85%, , langue: Français, résumé: Ma terre natale demeure la Chine, mais je reconnais le Canada comme étant un pays tuteur qui m'a cordialement recueilli dans ses terres. Lorsque ma mère et moi sommes venus au Canada pour rejoindre mon père à Montréal, je n'étais âgé que de six ans. Nous avons pris un vol en direction de M...

Seminar paper from the year 2011 in the subject Politics - International Politics - Region: South Asia, grade: 82%, McGill University, course: Political Change in South Asia, language: English, abstract: Sri Lanka has only recently survived a civil war.Though the conflict is over, questions still arise over whether the country has genuinely facilitated the process of reconstruction and reconciliation of ties across its different ethnic communi...

Research Paper (postgraduate) from the year 2011 in the subject Politics - International Politics - Topic: Miscellaneous, grade: "-", McGill University, course: Nations and States in the Developed World, language: English, abstract: In the context of devolutionary Britain, Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales have all undergone profound administrative and political changes. Particularly in Wales, devolutionary policies have revived Welsh cultu...

Seminar paper from the year 2012 in the subject Politics - International Politics - Region: Russia, McGill University, course: Soviet Studies and Socialism, language: English, abstract: Understanding social revolutions often require a thorough literature review and comparative theoretical analysis. This research provides an in-depth historical overview of the socio-economic challenges in tsarist Russia and proposes to analyze the Bolshevik Rev...

Seminar paper from the year 2012 in the subject Cultural Studies - Canada, McGill University, course: Ethnicity and Public Policy, language: English, abstract: Brigitte Rabe was a German woman who survived the Second World War and who, by immigrating to Canada, had tried to leave behind memories of war and loss. Like many other Germans, Brigitte wanted to get out of a disintegrating home, "that's really the reason why [she] left". Most German ...

Travail de Recherche de l'année 2009 dans le domaine Psychologie - Psychologie générale, note: "-", Vanier College, langue: Français, résumé: Cet essai analyse les diverses causes et origines de la dépression chez les adolescents et propose des solutions académiques afin d'aide les jeunes à passer sous la dépression à bes fins académiques et sociaux.

Project Report from the year 2012 in the subject Cultural Studies - Basics and Definitions, grade: 82%, McGill University, language: English, abstract: Multiculturalism grew straight out of a rejection of "biculturalism" proposed by Liberals in 1963 as a means to protect Québec's distinct national country in the same country as Anglophones also had been developing a culture of their own. Québec nationalists see multiculturalism as a threat to ...

Understanding the dynamics of multi-phase flows has been a challenge in the fields of nonlinear dynamics and fluid mechanics. This chapter reviews our work on two-phase flow dynamics in combination with complex network theory. We systematically carried out gas-water/oil-water two-phase flow experiments for measuring the time series of flow signals which is studied in terms of the mapping from time series to complex networks. Three network mapp...

Essay from the year 2013 in the subject History Europe - Other Countries - European Postwar Period, grade: A, McGill University, course: Independant Research, language: English, abstract: The following essay argues how the ethnic bargaining model and theory of fear provide a better understanding of ethnic irredentism and violence in Yugoslavia. This essay analyzes how institutional arrangements of the republics in the former Yugoslavia affecte...