Browsing International and Area Studies Senior Integrated Projects by Issue Date
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The Postmodern Revolution: An Analysis of the May 1968 Revolts and Their Effects on Cultural Production
(1991)The turbulent yet transitory events of May 1968 represent a crucial turning point within modem France. The antecedents of the cultural manifestations, known as "les evenements de Mai '68", are clearly visible when one ... -
Revision and Repetition: Uncovering the Feminine Aesthetic in the Work of Gerlind Reinshagen and Friederike Roth
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Cambodia: A Case Study in the Evolution of United Nations Peace-Keeping
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College., 1993)The fact that the majority of my research for this project was undertaken at the United Nations ensures that I had no shortage of massive amounts of information pertaining to Cambodia. Any oversight or omission in ... -
The Socio-Cultural Genesis of Cuisine: A Comparative Study of France and China
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College., 1994)Food is so naturally an expression of sharing and communication between people, something everyone on Earth appreciates as vital to life and well being. To choose food as my topic seemed only natural as well, considering ... -
International Charity Implementation: Caritas of Panama
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College., 1994)Panama offers a case study of the ramifications of neocolonialism. Panama, a nation whose ideal geographic location has continually seduced and drawn the attention of those seeking to exploit her wealth, has never, not ... -
Maendeleo ya Wanawake: The Politicization and Co-Optation of a Women's Development Organization
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College., 1995)On December 31, 1994, I arrived in Nairobi, Kenya, to begin a three month internship with Kenya's largest women's development agency, Maendeleo ya Wanawake. I sought to view first-hand the power of women's mobilization ... -
Asylum Rights in the New Europe? Analysis of policies of Western European States
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College., 1995)This paper reports on these new measures taken by European governments to curb entry into their territories and avoids examination of push-pull factors which cause forced migration, as that would be an appropriate subject of ... -
Art and Society: A Research Internship at The Detroit Institute of Arts
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United Airlines On-Board Service Internship
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College., 1996)Because of my fascination with the corporate world, I decided to do my Senior Project in a business setting and hopefully use my cultural and linguistic skills to help bridge several gaps on a world-wide scale. After applying ... -
Security Assistance and U.S. Foreign Policy
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College., 1996)The purpose of this paper is to provide a greater understanding of the connection between U.S. foreign policy and the field of security assistance. In researching this paper, I have gained new insight into the importance ... -
The Predicted Economic and Social Consequences of Quebec Separation
(1996)On October 30, 1995, a referendum vote was held in Canada. The issue on which the people of Quebec voted was whether or not the province was going to separate from the rest of Canada and to become a sovereign state. The ... -
Hand Grip Strength and Perceived Feelings of Fatigue
(1996)The primary purpose of this research was to study the correlation between hand grip strength and perceived feelings of fatigue and the implications in career counseling. The main hypotheses investigate the psychological ... -
A People in Flight: Displacement of Russian Jews and Third Wave Immigration to the United States
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College., 1996)The group of Jewish immigrants discussed in this SIP has been designated as the third wave of Russian immigrants, a term which I will use to differentiate between the three distinct groups of Russian immigrants that have ... -
An Internship for the Labour Party: Including An Examination of The Asylum and Immigration Bill 1996
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College., 1996)During the winter quarter of the 1995-6 school year, I worked as an assistant to Stephen Timms, Member of Parliament, at the House of Commons in London. I was required to organize and respond to Mr. Timms' letters from ... -
An American in London: My Experiences in British Parliament
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College., 1996)The following SIP is divided into three sections; a research paper, an annotated bibliography, and excerpts from my daily journal. While interning in Parliament, I conducted research on the topic of Great Britain's situation ... -
International Adoption: Building Families Across Cultural Lines
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College., 1996)Adoption is a long and involved process. Before receiving a child, parents must wade through months of paperwork, bureaucratic red tape and waiting lists. Not all adopted children in America were born within the borders ... -
The Evolution of 20th Century Spanish Feminism and its Reflection in Three Contemporary Novels
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College., 1996)The novels I will be analyzing are Ramona, adiós by Montserrat Roig, Carmen Martín Gaíte's The Back Room and Absent Love by Rosa Montero. Literature has reinforced stereotypes to keep genders in their place; new ways of ... -
Supplier Globalization
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College., 1996-01-03)Discusses the process of supplier globalization in the Whirlpool Corporation in China and India. -
Human Rights in the Middle East: An Analysis of the Human Rights Policies and Practices of The State of Israel and the Palestinian Authority
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College., 1997)My decision to write about the Middle East stems from a personal connection to the region as well as a college career devoted to the study of the political and social conditions of the Middle East. For many different ... -
The 1996 Russian Presidential Elections: Motivations of a New Russian Electorate and Two Competing Candidates
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College., 1997)The idea for this paper began while I was studying in St. Petersburg, Russia during the last quarter of 1995. The Duma elections were held only a week before my departure and on the same day as my final essay for ...