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…troops played a part in the Revolution, such as the militia. The militia, a structured force, was well "trained and organised, under uniform in all states and could be called into national service.'' They played a key role in the military, due…

…understanding of the German nation. Bismarck's "Polish Problem" speech delivered to the Lower House of the Prussian parliament is a result of the brutal expulsion from Prussian territory of some 30,000 Poles carried out the year before (1885) and serves…

…Late nineteenth to early twentieth century India, was directly controlled by Great Britain, and therefore, in name, it was a colony of the British Empire and not a nation of its own. However, India could be described as a nation, as the result of India's…

…American culture did not entirely reflect a republican vision of the nation's culture. As Republican idealists attempted to create the America they envisioned, the actual circumstances of the country and the world prevented many of their ideas from becoming…

…, 'whatever their ability'. As David Blunkett stated at the launch of the National Numeracy Strategy (NNS), 'Numeracy is a key life skill. Without basic numeracy skills, our children will be disadvantaged throughout life.' (NNS, 1999, foreword). Despite being so…

…"Today the idea of the sovereign nation state is no longer relevant." How persuasive is this claim? Today we live in a world of growing internationalism and globalisation. Economies are merging, and supranational bodies such as the United Nations…

…The decline of trade union membership and density in advanced industrial nations is the result of changing political, economic, social, technological and legal factors which have caused trade unions to adapt the way they operate to represent a changing…

…The word nation has been in use since the 13th century and was attributed more to a race group than a political formation. As there is an obvious merger of the two there is difficulty in showing where the modern sense of the political meaning came…

…Throughout history, individuals have risen up and taken action to make changes in their nations and throughout the world. Many of these changes which have been brought about by these individuals created both positive and negative effects. In Russia…

…Although more than two hundred years separated Gordon Sinclair and Oliver Goldsmith, in many ways they had similar attitudes referring to "Americans" and "National Prejudices." Gordon Sinclair, a prominent Canadian writer, who over the years has been…