Seminar paper from the year 2003 in the subject Sociology - Political Sociology, Majorities, Minorities, grade: 2.0 (B), Otto-von-Guericke-University Magdeburg, course: Sociology of Development, language: English, abstract: The post-Cold War change in political priorities brings with itself incompatibilities. Market competition and free trade have increased prosperity for some nations and groups but left others behind. Peace and human rights do not always go hand in hand. Democratisation and increased popular participation in government can lead to minority rights abuses. Economic development...

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2004 im Fachbereich Filmwissenschaft, Note: 1,7, Otto-von-Guericke-Universitat Magdeburg (Institut fur fremdsprachliche Philologien), Veranstaltung: Europaische Romane als Film. Literatur und Film, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Weil es fur ein gutes Buch kein Geheimrezept gibt, nur "gewisse Minimalbedingungen von Ungewohnlichkeit," muss man sich mehr oder weniger auf die Kriterien des Films beziehen. Generell gilt aber: je besser das Buch war (weniger in der Kritik als beim Leser), umso hoher ist die Wahrscheinlichkeit, dass der Film erfolgreich wird. Garantien gibt...

Seminar paper from the year 2004 in the subject Sociology - Gender Studies, grade: 1,7, Otto-von-Guericke-University Magdeburg, course: Gender Issues in Contemporary Russia, 11 entries in the bibliography, language: English, abstract: After the declaration of the Ukrainian independence and fall of the "iron curtain" the awareness of the Ukrainian women was drastically changed. Ideologically guided canon of femininity - "a Soviet super-woman" as "a working mother" - has lost its actuality; in the 1990s it was changed by new life standards, behaviour models, values and moral norms. At once the...

Seminar paper from the year 2004 in the subject Politics - International Politics - Topic: Peace and Conflict Studies, Security, grade: 1,7 (A-), Otto-von-Guericke-University Magdeburg, course: Conflict and Mediation, 10 entries in the bibliography, language: English, abstract: The post-Cold War change in political priorities brings with itself incompatibilities. Market competition and free trade have increased prosperity for some nations and groups but left others behind. Peace and human rights do not always go hand in hand. Democratisation and increased popular participation in government...

Seminar paper from the year 2005 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Literature, grade: 1.0, Otto-von-Guericke-University Magdeburg (Institut fur fremdsprachliche Philologien), 13 entries in the bibliography, language: English, abstract: Virginia Woolf took her life in March 1941. Her fear that she would no longer be able to live meaningfully, according to her ideals and particular vision of life, forced her to choose death as salvation. To her, death was not an ending. The spirit above all had to be preserved. Like her character Septimus Warren Smith, under the strain of...