1. In what way do INGOs and NGOs (Global Civil Society) participate within the International Human Rights Regime? Are they effective and what are some of the challenges they face 2. According to the Council on Foreign Relations, what mechanisms within the United Nations help enforce human rights? Are they effective? 3. According to the … Read more
Paper One: Analyzing a World Bank Report Through the Lens of Dependency or Post-Development Theory This assignment is designed with two aims in mind. First, it aims to familiarize you with the conventional development narrative as it pertains to your country of study. Second, it offers you the chance to evaluate this narrative through the … Read more
1- In a well constructed paragraph supported with content from your textbook, why are the religion, political, and scientific ideas of the axial age so important? How do these religious, political, and scientific advances further support the development of global empires? 2- paragraph supported with content from your textbook, discuss how human life change at … Read more
watching Benjamin Wigley’s Paa Joe and the Lion (2016), you were asked to keep the following in mind: Contexts in which coffins are commissioned and used British publics reactions to Paa Joe and Jacobs coffin-making and attitudes towards death The funeral for Paa Joes mother (the familys preparations for the funeral, coffin-making, burial) The … Read more
write a visual analysis (minimum 250 words; maximum 375 words) that examines ONE of the videos (listed below) from Sue Williamson’s series of video installations, There’s something I must tell you (2013). Pick one of the videos from There’s something I must tell you (2013): Amina and Luiza Cachalia: Caroline Motsoaledi and Busisiwe Khatibe: … Read more
write a visual analysis (minimum 250 words; maximum 375 words) that examines ONE of the videos (listed below) from Sue Williamson’s series of video installations, There’s something I must tell you (2013). Pick one of the videos from There’s something I must tell you (2013): Amina and Luiza Cachalia: Caroline Motsoaledi and Busisiwe Khatibe: … Read more
Homework: for next class complete the “King Leopold’s Ghost” article assignment, and make sure you are up to date with the colonial Africa textbook reading (Africa section of “Africa, Islamic heartlands, and India 1800-1945”) from the textbook Read attached article from “King Leopold’s Ghost” and type answers to the following questions, have MS word … Read more
Hindu iconography contains symbolic references to animal forms, often in combination with divinities. Look at this article to get an idea of some of the animals Hindus revere: . Select one (1) specific animal to highlight in the context of Hinduism, doing additional research beyond that website. You should title your initial thread with the animal … Read more
As you will learn this week, Constructivist theories of international institutions place a great deal of emphasis on legitimacy in global governance arrangements. Legitimacy concerns the perception that an institution and its rules are normatively appropriate and/or practically necessary. What are some of the standards by which we do and should evaluate the legitimacy … Read more
We are using the Statecraft simulation in this course to help us understand some of the concepts we have (and will) explore in the course, and to give you a sense of some of the difficult trade-offs that decision-makers must confront in dealing with global problems. As complex as the simulation may be, however, … Read more