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Change And Continuity In German Relations With The East, Brian L. Kessel
Change And Continuity In German Relations With The East, Brian L. Kessel
Presidential Scholars Theses (1990 – 2006)
This paper will look at the history of German relations with the East in an attempt to gain insight into the future of German-East European relations. Change and continuity in German relations with the East from the original German colonization of Eastern Europe during the Middle Ages until the present will be examined. Special attention will be paid to the historical, geographical, and economic factors that have influenced German behavior. The paper will attempt to show that the East has always held an attraction and fascination for the Germans, an attraction that has often led to German efforts to dominate …
Russian Nationalism And Pamiat, Brian Granger
Russian Nationalism And Pamiat, Brian Granger
Presidential Scholars Theses (1990 – 2006)
More than seventy years after the October Revolution a crisis in the Soviet Union has caused its citizens to suffer a loss of faith. This disillusionment seemingly stems from the lack of success in economic reform and the chaos of the democratization policy implemented since the rise to power of M.S. Gorbachev in March 1985. The following reaction has not merely condemned Horbachev's "experimentation" with the Pandora's box of perestroika and glasnost'; the first years of the 1990s have also seen the increasing tendency to blacken the whole of Soviet History, to trace the root of all the ills of …
Public Policy Towards Unemployment: 1937-1941, Jill M. Hemphill
Public Policy Towards Unemployment: 1937-1941, Jill M. Hemphill
Presidential Scholars Theses (1990 – 2006)
The following essay will examine what type of public policy, if any, was pursued to combat the high levels of unemployment that plagued the American economy from early 1937 until the signing of the Lend Lease Act in 1941. The writer will attempt to explain why Roosevelt failed to bring unemployment to a more acceptable level during these years. The following chapters include detailed analysis of federal relief programs, the isolationist movement, fiscal and monetary policy, all vital components of public policy towards unemployment.
A Study Of The Personality Types Of Presidential Scholars At The University Of Northern Iowa, Jennifer C. Miller
A Study Of The Personality Types Of Presidential Scholars At The University Of Northern Iowa, Jennifer C. Miller
Presidential Scholars Theses (1990 – 2006)
As a Presidential Scholar, became interested in how those people who were awaded the scholarship differed in their personality types from those equally intelligent and involved people who did not. Thus, I decided to compare the personality types of the University of Northern Iowa Presidential Scholars to those members of Omicron Delta Kappa, which is the highest academic honorary society on campus. I chose to compare Presidential Scholars to ODK members because the ODK society emphasizes many of the same qualities as the Presidential Scholars Program: academics, leadership, and service. To become a member of ODK, a student must have …