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    Critically evaluate the role of GATT/WTO in trade liberalization The World Trade Organization (WTO) is the only global international organization dealing with the rules of trade between nations. This was formed as General Agreement on Tariff and Trade (GATT) in 1947 as a result of Britton Woods’s agreement created by the World Bank and the international monitory fund. Moreover GATT has been established after World War II in the wake of other new multilateral institutions dedicate to international

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    INTRODUCTION Lawrence Kohlberg born in 1927 was an American Psychologist who led the movement in the study of moral development in the late 1950’s. He is an outstanding example of research in the Piagetian tradition. He set out to improve and extend the work of Piaget. His work focused on Moral Development and Moral reasoning and began to develop a stage theory of moral thinking. His theories were based on the way children‚ adolescents and adults develop moral reasoning. The first three of these

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    governance and attempt to critically evaluate arguments for and against its existence. Therefore‚ this essay begins with the case against global governance by questioning the role of global institutions systematically focusing on some of the major failures of the international system‚ such as the managing of the world financial crisis of 2008. It then moves on to evaluate whether the current international community is able to face challenges such as “growth of global inequality and global warming” (Jayadev

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    Outline and evaluate one or more biological explanations of schizophrenia (8 marks AO1/16 marks AO1) Schizophrenia is classified as a mental disorder that shows profound disruption of cognition and emotion which affects a person’s language‚ perception‚ thought and sense of self. The dopamine hypothesis states that schizophrenic’s neurones transmitting dopamine release the neurotransmitter too easily‚ leading to the characteristic symptoms of schizophrenia. This hypothesis

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    Outline and evaluate biological explanations for schizophrenia (8+16marks). It has been showed that schizophrenia has a tendency to run in different families. This implies that genes play a role. The closer the genetic relationship the more likely the people are to share the disorder. Gottesman (1991) showed that when both parents are schizophrenic‚ there is a 46% chance of the child also getting it‚ however‚ if only one parent had it‚ it dropped to 16% and dropped to a further 1% when the sibling

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    The social learning theory is based on operant conditioning which suggests that children learn to be aggressive by observing the behaviour of those around them‚ particularly the behaviour of significant others‚ such as parents or elder siblings. By seeing others being rewarded or punished for their behaviour‚ the child experiences vicarious reinforcement. From these models‚ children therefore learn about the nature of aggressive behaviour‚ the situations it is appropriate and its likely consequences

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    Racism and Inequality in Health Care  Aversive Racism and Inequality in Health Care: Kenisha Wilkerson Walden University Socioeconomic conditions of persons and the places where they live and work do strongly influence their health. In the United States‚ as elsewhere‚ the risk for mortality‚ morbidity‚ unhealthy behaviors‚ reduced access to health care and poor quality of care increases with decreasing socioeconomic circumstances (CDC Health Disparities and Inequalities Report‚ 2011)

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    10 common misunderstandings about the WTO Is it a dictatorial tool of the rich and powerful? Does it destroy jobs? Does it ignore the concerns of health‚ the environment and development? Emphatically no. Criticisms of the WTO are often based on fundamental misunderstandings of the way the WTO works. The debate will probably never end. People have different views of the pros and cons of the WTO’s “multilateral” trading system. Indeed‚ one of the most important reasons for having the system

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    Critically evaluate the comparative transnational effectiveness of Benetton and Zara Zara and Benetton are two of the most acknowledged clothing companies in the fast fashion industry. The different international business strategies they adopt result in different transnational effectiveness. To begin with‚ this essay will give a brief overview of the motivation‚ means and mentality of these two companies‚ and then compare how they sustain their competitive advantages through integration‚ responsiveness

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    understanding of inequality in society is something which exists where there are social and economic imbalances in society‚ where there is a lack of equal opportunities‚ or rewards are disproportionate (e.g. Pay between men and women)‚ and‚ where there is a lack of equal treatment and of equal status between people of different backgrounds. Some of the reasons people may experience inequality are race‚ gender‚ social class‚ physical or mental impairment and age. In Irish society inequality exists between

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