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Economic Growth and Economic Equality, 2002.
Economists view on the difference between economic growth and equality.
1,025 words (approx. 4.1 pages), 3 sources, AU$ 42.95
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This paper reviews the reasons why economists think there is a conflict between our desire for economic growth and our desire for economic equality.
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Civil Rights AKA Economic Equality, 2000.
An look at how the leaders of the Civil Rights movement believed that racism was based on economics, and that the entire economic system of the United States and of the world was inherently flawed.
1,105 words (approx. 4.4 pages), 5 sources, AU$ 41.95
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The Civil Rights movement of the 1960s was not a movement for equality in the social or political sense; rather, it was a movement to bring an end to economic inequality and exploitation by the elites. Common perception holds that the Civil Rights movement sought to gain certain political and social rights and equalities. Measures such as the Civil Rights Act and the Voting Rights Act reinforced such flawed perceptions. However, when the works of the leaders of the Civil Rights movement are consulted, it is discovered that they were seeking economic equality. They believed that the fundamental cause of racism was a flawed economic system. It is important to note that they did not believe that poverty in the traditional sense caused racism and inequality. They believed, especially King and Carmichael, that the entire economic system of the United States and of the world was inherently flawed. This essay explorea their arguments why racism was based on economics, why the system was flawed, and how they hoped to change the system.
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Equal Rights, Equal Obligations, Equal Opportunities, 2000.
This essay discusses women in the military and the law.
1,425 words (approx. 5.7 pages), 1 source, AU$ 50.95
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This paper discusses the legal basis of the situation of women in the military, and relevant court cases such as Hoyt v. Florida, Taylor v. Louisiana, US vs. St. Clair, Rostker v. Goldberg, Craig v. Boren, and Schlesinger vs. Ballard. Discusses myths and truths regarding women and military service. Argues for equal rights, equal obligations, and equal opportunities within military and civilian spheres.
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"Men and women are treated unequally in regards to military service. Men are required to register for the Selective Service when they turn 18, while women are exempt. While women are allowed to perform most jobs in the military, they are still restricted from some combat roles. This gender inequality stems from antiquated notions of female weakness and domesticity, which have no legal validity in our society today. Furthermore, limiting women's roles in the military violates women's rights to be full and equal citizens of the United States, with all the privileges, obligations, and duties that carries with it."
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How Equal is Equal Employment Opportunity?, 2002.
A paper which looks at women over the age of 50 in the workforce.
1,505 words (approx. 6.0 pages), 6 sources, MLA, AU$ 52.95
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This paper addresses inequalities in the workplace, specifically as they affect women and persons over age fifty. The paper discusses how the Equal Opportunity Employment Act should be applied and enforced by employers, as well as methods in which human resources professionals should structure their EEO Policy in accordance with the law.
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"America, one of the wealthiest and most powerful countries in the world, foremost in the fight for freedom, justice and equal rights of all people, still has not achieved equal opportunities for certain groups of people on our own home land. Workplace discrimination has prevented certain groups of people from attaining jobs, which they were otherwise qualified for, but were denied on the basis of race, gender, age, ethnicity, religion or disability. Age discrimination is one of the least discussed topics of discrimination; however, it still remains a widely practiced phenomenon."
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Equal Pay for Equal Work, 2004.
This paper discusses that, regardless of everything that has been achieved by women in the workplace, parity in remuneration between the genders is still to be attained.
2,705 words (approx. 10.8 pages), 10 sources, APA, AU$ 86.95
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This paper explains the disparity in remuneration among the sexes and indicates that women, who are engaged full-time work, receive roughly 80% of men's hourly remuneration. The author stresses that it has been made legally mandatory in the U.S. to apply uniform remuneration for uniform employment to speed up the progression of bringing in parity. The paper points out that a significant factor in the pay disparity is the fact that women are more often engaged in part-time work, which pays less proportionally than the full-time equivalent.
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"The major noticeable effects on the remuneration of females are the choice to bear children. Eighty percent of women attain motherhood at certain stages in their life, and twenty five percent of women are engaged in part-time assignments; therefore an increased percentage of women's life during the earning years is used outside their work. Women, who are the main nurturers for their offspring, are aware of the duties of being a mother while deciding about nature of jobs, and several women prefer occupations where there is more freedom and remunerations are comparatively less. Taking into account those alternatives, weighing the relative salaries of men and women is a misapplication of figures and a vilely deceptive assessment."
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Economic Control Over Women, 2007.
This paper examines the oppression of women and economic oppression based on the arguments of Karl Marx and Alison Jagger.
938 words (approx. 3.8 pages), 4 sources, MLA, AU$ 35.95
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The paper discusses how Marx and others maintain that the most significant cause of female oppression is economic oppression. The paper shows how Marx believed that environment shapes the individual and he blamed economic depression on the capitalist/private property system that is in place in most of the world today. The paper also quotes Jaggar, a well known feminist, who believed that there is a direct and traceable link between class structure and the oppression of women. The paper concludes that the only way women will reach the status of true equality will be for them to be treated as equals in the economic sphere with equal pay for equal jobs, with credit being allowed for women with the same criteria as it is for men, and with women being offered an equal say in the economic decisions their families and government make.
Outline:
Introduction
Marx
Jaggar
Conclusion
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"The feminist movement was big in the 1960's and 1970's in many industrialized nations, however the less developed nation and some of the developed nations did not jump on the bandwagon when it came to the equalization of women. The oppression of women has been occurring in many nations for many years and one significant factor that it can be reduced to is economic repression. Whether it is because women do not get paid as much as men do for the same job, or men in the homes keep a rein on the purse strings it cannot be denied that the underlying factor in the oppression of women is by wielding economic depression as a tool."
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The Ethics of Economic Development, 2006.
A look at the problem of economic disparity in the world.
1,736 words (approx. 6.9 pages), 5 sources, MLA, AU$ 60.95
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This paper examines how although there may indeed be very real differences between the economically "developed" and economically "underdeveloped" nations of this world, economic "backwardness" does not equal out to intellectual, social, or cultural inferiority. The paper looks at how although the elimination of economic disparity can be a noble goal, it can also be a devastating nightmare if not handled properly.
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"Recent years have shown that words can be as powerful as weapons. Praise an individual, speak of him or her in glowing terms, and he or she will appreciate the encouragement. However, berate that some individual, disparage his or her achievements, and you may create a lasting enmity. What is true of men and women can also be true of nations. At one time it was fashionable to refer to the economically poorer parts of the globe as the "Third World." The countries of this Third World were spoken of as "backwards," or "underdeveloped," or "developing" - each term marginally less critical than the preceding. Yet each one of these terms is a judgment, a subjective idea. "
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Nietzsche, Mill, Rousseau and Equality, 2002.
This paper discusses Nietzsche's, Mill's and Rousseau's views on the notions of substantive equality and formal equality.
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Nietzsche did not believe in equality, since he believed it caused mediocrity. Mill rejected equality because he believed in the importance of individualism. Rousseau believed in equality through the means of subordinating the individual to the general will.
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Equality Iin the European Community, 1995.
"This paper discusses the law relating to equality in the European Community EC: Non-discrimination involving commercial entities & individuals by nation & gender, Court of Justice and Treaty of Rome, principles, labor, equal pay for equal work, pensio
8,100 words (approx. 32.4 pages), 65 sources, AU$ 144.95
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"This paper will discuss various aspects of the law relating to equality in the European Community. The paper will specifically focus upon how the European Court of Justice has interpreted various provisions of the Treaty of Rome, the subsequent EC Treaty, and the directives issued by the European Council with regard to equality. The first part will provide an introduction to the idea of equality in the law of the European Community. The second part will examine the principle of equality with regard to gender in EC law. Within this section, the main emphasis will be upon Article 119 of the Treaty of Rome, which mandates equal pay for equal work. This part will also discuss the important directives concerning equality adopted by the Council and directed towards the Member States."
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Equality, 2007.
A look at the definition of equality in terms of social justice.
986 words (approx. 3.9 pages), 5 sources, MLA, AU$ 37.95
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This paper examines how the concept of equality is central to Western society and reflects the secularization of the Christian notion of equality before God. It looks at how early social theorists such as Thomas Hobbes, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, and John Locke, acknowledged the inequality of natural gifts and how they believed in the equality of individuals within the institutions of civil and political society. It discusses how the three distinct meanings of equality that inform most debates over social justice and provide many of the dividing lines of Western political life are equality before the law, equality of opportunity and equality of results or condition.
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"Economic stratification by a combination of class, race, gender, region, religion, and ethnicity is still a central feature of the majority of societies and a strong determinant of life outcomes (Calhoun 2002). Although all societies accept some inequality, "they differ in the type and degree that are considered appropriate," and differ in the "degree to which they accept inheritance as the basis for inequality," thus inherited inequality has been discouraged in modern societies "in favor of an emphasis on merit-based rewards" (Calhoun 2002).
Much research has been conducted concerning the mechanisms that produce patterns of wealth and poverty over time, "especially those that inhibit social mobility in spite of social policies designed to create access to wealth," especially public education (Calhoun 2002). "
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Women, Sports and Equality, 2006.
This paper examines the lack of equality between the sexes that exists not only in the workforce, but in various areas of sports and athletics as well.
1,706 words (approx. 6.8 pages), 7 sources, MLA, AU$ 59.95
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This paper explores the normally male dominated field of sports and athletics and the lack of equality between the sexes in this area. The writer of this paper contends that in most instances, equality of opportunity between the genders is mandated by U.S. law. This paper examines the Equal Employment Opportunity Act which is the major legislation mandating equality in employment as well as Title IX of the 1972 Education Amendments that mandates a move toward equality in college sports. This paper focuses on the career of jockey Julie Krone who was inducted into the Thoroughbred Racing Hall of Fame in 2000. The writer discusses Krone's battle with prejudice in a male-dominated field, that had at one time gotten her so depressed she had contemplated suicide. This paper details the various laws and achievements of exceptional women have struggled to bring about true equality in the field of sports. This paper also contains the text of two published articles regarding women and sports, that were used in researching this paper.
Outline:
Sports Equality at the College Level
Equality in Sports Professions
Conclusion
Works Cited
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"Krone made it in a man's sport and profession; it would be logical that other women would have followed in her footsteps. If one were to gauge the possibilities on the basis of a 1985 National Geographic production, The Ballad of the Irish Horse, one might think of equine sports and professions as the perfect place for women to break into a man's world. The father of a junior rider who competes in pony races, with betting and purses and all, said he didn't particularly like his teenaged daughter exposed to the dangers, but she loved it so much and was so good at it, he didn't have the heart to stop her. In the same production, there is also a women veterinarian at the Irish National Stud, breeder of many of the world's great race horses, and a segment on Lady Anne Hemphill, founder of Pony Club in Ireland, an organization to which many equine professionals once belonged."
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Equality?, 2001.
This paper analyzes the term "equality" in contemporary society.
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This paper begs the question of "all men being created equal". It argues that as much as society would like to think of itself of democratic and supportive of equality, most people in society are oppressed in one way or another due to a physical, cultural, social or religious "handicap".
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"The term equality has innumerable connotations. It may denote being exactly alike or of comparable value. Equality is usually associated with advantages and discussed when there is a situation wherein a subject is being deprived of a prerogative.
The phrase 'equality for all' has a nice ring to it but what exactly does it entail. It forms an image of the ultimate utopia, filled with peace, brotherhood, and justice but 'What are we aiming to be equal in?' and more to the point 'Whom do we want to be equal to?'"
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Inequality and Economic Growth, 2008.
An analysis of the relationship between inequality and national economic growth.
2,761 words (approx. 11.0 pages), 5 sources, APA, AU$ 87.95
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This paper discusses whether inequality is necessary for economic growth to occur. It questions whether, in low development countries, economic growth is the result of equal distribution of income and if per capital income must reach a minimum level before income inequality decreases. The paper also looks at whether countries of unequal income distributions experience slower growth than more "equal" countries. Additionally, the paper discusses whether governments should be implementing policies of redistribution in order to aid the poor.
Table of Contents:
Introduction
Common Questions & Models
Global Data - Inequality Distribution Issues
Deinger and Squire: The Third and Arguably Most Important Question
Other Macroeconomic Research
A Microeconomic Model
Conclusion
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"One would aim for the more optimistic view that equality and economic growth are compatible, because the current global state of regional poverty is a major problem, with no clear end in sight. This impresses an importance on determining a state whereby economic growth is possible alongside a simultaneous increase in the fortunes of the world's poor. However, researchers who have viewed the issue from afar tend to conclude that "the empirical evidence of the positive impact of greater equality on efficiency is still inconclusive" (Sharpe, 2003, p. 13). In other words, it may be naive to assume equality and economic growth is possible, particularly considering that much economic growth occurs in today's world based on the global phenomenon of inequality. However, researchers also conclude that "equally, there is little conclusive evidence of major negative effects on efficiency from equality" (ibid, p. 13), meaning that a relationship between economic growth and equality may be possible. It is up to further research to determine how this can be implemented in policy."
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Employment Equality, 2005.
A debate over affirmative action programs versus equal employment opportunity programs to promote employment equality.
2,250 words (approx. 9.0 pages), 10 sources, AU$ 94.95
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This paper discusses employment equality, which has a topic of debate for generations. Over the course of the last four decades, the civil rights movement, in America, has brought two types of programs into place to help bring about this equality. Affirmative action and equal employment opportunity programs have the same end goal, employment equality, yet use very different means to get there. Following is a discussion regarding both types of programs, their advantages and disadvantages, and their effectiveness and usage.
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"Affirmative Action Programs Versus Equal Employment Opportunity Programs Introduction: Origins, General Description, Theories, Concepts, and Practices of Affirmative Action Programs: Affirmative action programs were established to provide positive employment opportunities for people of a minority group, who are traditionally thought of as being discriminated against. In fact, in Great Britain, these types of programs are known as 'positive discrimination' noting the favoritism of certain groups who have, in the past, been discriminated against."
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Mexico, Gender and Economic Development, 2005.
Essay presenting new insights into the topic of gender and how it affects the Latin American economic development process.
1,781 words (approx. 7.1 pages), 2 sources, MLA, AU$ 61.95
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This essay attempts to present all new insight into the topic of gender concerns in regard to the Latin American nation of Mexico's economic development. The report is written as if the author is the Minister of Gender Affairs for Mexico and the new president, who is a woman, ran on a platform that promised gender equality in all new and existing policies within her administration. In this paper, the author, as the Minister of Gender Affairs, must develop a new national plan that both addresses and ends the rampant discrimination against females in Mexico and, in turn, creates new ,generous gender equality policies. The essay addresses issues such as family Legislation, Labor Market Legislation, Trade Policies, Educational Policies, and Agrarian Legislation.
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"As the world continues to become a smaller place through the use of new technologies like the Internet and the business community continues to face the intrinsic challenges caused by the highly competitive global economy, Mexico's labor markets continue to tighten. As the Minister of Gender Affairs for Mexico, I will address the twenty-first century concerns with the Minister of Labor by having our industries hire more women than at any other point in our nation's history. Once hired, these female workers will discover that the policies that we will institute will remove the existing discriminatory barriers blocking their career paths through obvious glass ceilings. Basically, the existing policies that promote gender discrimination in the work place mean that far too often our qualified females are stopped from moving into positions of leadership within their organization."
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"Letters on the Equality of the Sexes", 1993.
A review of the mid-19th century letters on women's rights, sexual equality and cultural imperatives in "Letters on the Equality of the Sexes" by Sarah Grimke.
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"The purpose of this research is to examine the basic assumptions and thesis of Sarah Grimke's Letters on the Equality of the Sexes. The plan of the research will be to set forth the context in which the letters were written, and then to discuss the principal lines of argument that Grimke uses to develop her ideas about the perceived need to end the subjection of women.
To understand the development of Grimke's ideas of women's emancipation, it is useful to realize the social environment in which she wrote. The 1830s and 1840s in America were well within the first half-century of American society as such. Popular knowledge of the period is that there were a good deal of illiteracy, a good deal of activity, a good deal of experimentation at the cultural level, as American life found its own--i.e., non-European--roots. Slavery was a part of that..."
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