Assess the reasons for opposition to Thatcher’s social and economic policies The main reason why Thatcher faced opposition to her social and economic policies was due to the controversial nature of them (more notably so in her economic policies), which generated the perception that her prime ministerial power was largely used for private greed, at the public expense. Thatcher’s most controversial economic policy, which ultimately lead to increased opposition, was the privatisation of the public industries; such as the British Telecom in 1984. These de-nationalisations were highly controversial as they were seen to be ‘selling off the family silver’, thus stifled fear amongst the electorate that private ownership would be more concerned with profits than service. This consequently reflects the main reason for opposition to Thatcher’s economic policies, as people wanted to sustain the standard set by the national services. Furthermore, Thatcher’s monetarist policies to tackle inflation faced opposition due to their highly controversial nature.
But lives are not. We must spare people the ordeal of war, mutilations and death for the sake of conflict diamonds”(Conflict Diamonds-UN- 1). Conflict diamonds and African customs are powerful enough and most likely to tear a family apart. In Barbara Kingsolver’s novel The Poisonwood Bible the Price family is torn apart because of African customs, similarly, conflict diamonds separate and displace many African families. Diamond conflicts began with a small, yet important, discovery of a “pretty pebble” along the banks of the Orange River in South Africa in 1867 (Saari 1).
Women and girls are trafficked internally for commercial sex. Children are subject to involuntary servitude as factory workers, domestic servants, beggars, agricultural workers and many times they are also sexually abused by their owners. No crime can be worse than this (Human Trafficking Statistics, 2010). What is human trafficking? Human trafficking is a form of modern day slavery and is the fastest growing criminal industry in the world (Human Trafficking into and within the united States: A Review of the Literature, 2013).
Bolivia & Peru Unit 8 AB 220 Global Business Bolivia & Peru Bolivia is a politically charged country that has had issues working with other countries in the past. They currently still hold a grudge so to speak against Chili because of previous situations involving these countries. Recently the US has made an agreement with the Bolivian government for trade concessions of sorts in the form of a bilateral framework agreement to normalize relations between the two countries. The cooperation of the government is key in any business venture but this is especially true when doing business internationally. Peru is a country known for its ties with illegal drug activities mostly involving cocaine.
A movie called Blood Diamond that shows the bloody story behind the “precious stones” in Africa. According to the messy situation in Africa, there are two types of armies due to the anarchy: the one is the Government Army and the other one is the Revolution Army (Campino). For terrorist organizations, diamonds are viewed as an ideal currency, due to the traditional closed nature of the diamond industry. They use diamonds to trade with buyers to get weapons and equipment. The way they get the diamonds is by slaughtering villages and capturing young men to excavate diamonds.
ssue: Behind of those shinny expansive beautiful diamonds, many of them has histories tied to violence and human suffering. There are ethical issues in current buying and selling of diamonds from countries associated with human rights abuses. The diamond miners who works in Africa have a poor condition living standard and those diamond wholesalers and retailers who live in United States are having a wealthy life. The unfair international trade of diamonds should be adjust to improve diamond miners living standard and raise their wage for their hard working. Related issues: All the conflicts in the diamond industry are come from one main factor -- profit.
The sources that are helpful are the specific facts on diamond mining and the brutal rebels that do anything for money. This article helps me shape my disagreements on Sierra Leone’s governmental rule. In my research project I will use this article to expose the effects profiteers on families. 3) Felton, John. "Child Soldiers."
During this time together they discuss that they would have a trade the diamond Solomon found for Solomon’s family, which lead to an interesting ending. The main economic problem or issue of this movie is that how the rebels are using people in poverty to mine diamond which could be used to buy weapons to have the war going. This was possible by allowing them to smuggle diamonds in and out of the country, but instead of creating a new source of income for Africa this lead to more war and human rights issues. Also with the smuggling of the diamonds into other parts of the world, this will result in a change in the Demand, and supply since of the higher quantity available, and possibly at a lower cost as well but this was controlled, but if this change were to occur it will have a affect the amount of shortage or surplus being created. What is Demand?
The rebels use the diamonds to fund their weapons. In the film Blood Diamond, innocent people are killed or forced to work slaves in the diamond rivers and children are taken away to become cruel, inhumane child soldiers. Director Edward Zwick uses techniques such as cross cutting with music, documentary style, close up and over-the-shoulder shots to demonstrate the strong idea of the exploitation of people for illegal conflict diamonds that fund the civil wars in Sierra Leonne. Firstly, Zwick uses cross-cutting and music to create a strong link between the West and Africa in the exploitation of people for diamonds. During the RUF invasion, cross cutting is used in conjunction with loud Hip Hop music and the screams of fear from innocent villagers.
Trafficking in persons generates about 32 billion dollars a year. According the the United Nations Human Rights Council, human trafficking not only puts victims in great danger, but it also embodies many facets of human rights abuses (9). Due to a weak surveillance of borders, neighboring countries often serve as destinations for trafficked women and children .Victims of trafficking are frequently lured away by fraud – promise of a better life, often in a different country. They are then controlled physically, emotionally and financially. Escape is difficult for the victims of trafficking because victims are “invisible”.