Whereas Olson and Drury spend very little time on analysis, both Brancati and Bhavani offer logical theories behind their results. They both argue that natural disasters/earthquakes induce a sort of resource scarcity that fuels conflict. According to Brancati Earthquakes increase decrease supply while increasing demand for natural resources. This scarcity creates conflict as people fight over resources. Bhavani makes similar findings in his study but notes other possible theories behind the positive correlation between natural disasters and conflict. He specifically states, “Natural disasters in general contribute to conflict because they create competition for scarce resources, exacerbate inequality with the unequal distribution of aid, change power relationships between individuals, groups, and the organizations that serve them, and can create power vacuums and opportunities for warlords to usurp power.” In noting the similarities …show more content…
The authors hypothesize that like conflict, terrorism increases in the aftermath of natural disasters. They attribute this to the rationality behind terrorism, noting that natural disasters take a large toll on that natural disasters make normally strong governments vulnerable. This “diminished security capacity” lowers the perceived cost of engaging in terrorism, creating a prime opportunity for terrorists to attack. To test this, the authors looked at 167 countries between 1970-2007. They used the Emergency Events Database (EM-DAT) to identify their independent variable and the National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism’s Global Terrorism Database (GTD) to gather information on their dependent variable, terrorism. The authors found, for every increase of 25,000 deaths from a natural disaster, terrorist attacks increased 33% in lethality (deaths), 22% in frequency and 16% in
Another inspiring women abolitionist in the 18th century, Jarena Lee, produced The Life and Religious Experiences of Jarena Lee, which is a women’s spiritual autobiography. Lee believed God called her to preach, despite the impropriety of women preachers due to the time period. Lee experienced hostility and prejudice as she traveled and spread the word of the Gospel, but continued to fight for her devotion to faith with the intention of fulfilling her calling from God. In The Life and Religious Experiences of Jarena Lee, Lee formats her text as a sermon and associated her qualifications with her production of a religious service in order to convince her audience of her abilities. Also, Lee associates herself with male ministers because of shared characteristics and experiences.
The FBI defines terrorism as “the unlawful use of force or violence against persons or property to intimidate or coerce a government, the civilian population, or any segment thereof in furtherance of political or social objectives (fbi.gov).” By this definition, terrorism can be classified as internal or international based on the overall intent of the attack. Terrorism has been around since the beginning of time, but it’s only since 2011 that the world has come to fully understand the meaning of terrorism. The following paragraphs will highlight four different types of terrorist attacks that all took place within the United States spanning over a 40 year time period.
Natural disasters have killed thousands of innocent lives over the past few decades. If people aren't killed, either their home, or someone else they know is killed. Food is destroyed and water is contaminated, leaving people short of basic resources to survive. Through it all, people continue to fight. Many question how a person could take so much destruction and poverty and wonder why they just don't give up. The reason people keep fighting is due to their human instincts to stay alive. However, why do natural disasters only seem to happen to poor countries? In Leonard Pitts article, Sometimes the Earth is Cruel, he questions this, the answer is, the devil, God, and geography.
Television has affected every aspect of life in society, radically changing the way individuals live and interact with the world. However, change is not always for the better, especially the influence of television on political campaigns towards presidency. Since the 1960s, presidential elections in the United States were greatly impacted by television, yet the impact has not been positive. Television allowed the public to have more access to information and gained reassurance to which candidate they chose to vote for. However, the media failed to recognize the importance of elections. Candidates became image based rather than issue based using a “celebrity system” to concern the public with subjects regarding debates (Hart and Trice). Due to “hyperfamiliarity” television turned numerous people away from being interested in debates between candidates (Hart and Trice). Although television had the ability to reach a greater number of people than it did before the Nixon/Kennedy debate, it shortened the attention span of the public, which made the overall process of elections unfair, due to the emphasis on image rather than issue.
“Language and Literature from a Pueblo Indian Perspective” an essay written by Leslie Marmon Silko brings to life the diversified facets of the Pueblo Indian culture, sharing with readers the infrastructure of Puebloan dialect and folklore. Likewise, Amy Tan’s essay “Mother Tongue” details a series of prominent reflections of the nurturing voice responsible for constructing the author’s perceptions of the world. Both of these essays share a corresponding theme of the influence one’s culture can have on can have on individual styles of communication. The implication of the nonfiction elements plot and setting throughout the piece allows the author to adequately reinforce the theme of each piece. Each essay embodies commonalities, as well as, differences in the nonfiction elements used to depict the common theme.
Despite the world being full of diverse people with varying accomplishments and skill sets, people oftentimes assume the qualities and traits of an individual based purely on the stereotypes set forth by society. Although these stereotypes are unavoidable, an individual can be liberated, empowered and ultimately overcome these stereotypes by obtaining an advanced education.
What I found significant about this historical chronicle was that of how powerless this community felt. As Jim Kepner explains his experience he talks about how whenever he asked individuals to take action, the response was always negative. The community of LGBTQ felt as if there was no point in organizing a group because they started to believe what others were saying about them. Things such as they are going to hell, they’re immature, they’re sinners, etc. Despite having an entire community of similar individuals, they still felt lower than a heterosexual being. As if they mattered less in society. Even today, they are not accepted. Have you ever seen LGBTQ couples or families strolling around in suburbs fitting in? It is surprising that after ten years of this article being written, these types of feelings still exist. The hate and discrimination continue to grow. In my perspective, as important as this issue is to the government and society, they are the ones letting this discrimination continue. LGBTQ people struggle with their identity because they are not accepted
Most people think mistakes can lead to huge discoveries but, they usually lead to huge problems. Mistakes are no a key part of discovery because big helpful discoveries take lots of research, most mistakes lead to problems, but on the other hand some cool discoveries can be made by mistakes. Mistakes just slow down the process of important discoveries.
You know when you are feeling jealous, but how can you define it in words? Why is it a problem? How can you stop it before it negatively affects yourself and those around you? According to Dictionary.com, jealousy is mental uneasiness from suspicion or fear of rivalry, unfaithfulness, and others. What was not in Dictionary.com was how abnormal jealousy affects your social behaviors and those around you.
Speeding up decisions on the massive terrorist attacks by making poor decisions can intrude on human rights. “The speeding up on decisions, coupled with the calls for unity, may therefore serves to suppress dissent and reduce the scope of democratic debate” (Maras, 2013, p.152). Furthermore, making the public aware of a terrorist attack will help the decisions made by government officials. Such as, the state of emergency being declared to enforce emergency powers. Once the media releases news of a terrorist attack and the severity of the attacks, it will be more easily to gain the citizens trust with this decision.
The word terrorism was first used during the French Revolution from the reign of terror inflicted by the French from 1784-1804 ("International Affairs"). It was used to describe the violent acts perpetrated on the French that inflicted terror on the various peoples and instilled fear within them. However, at the time it had a more positive connotation than the term that instills fear today. During the French Revolution this was because it referred to state-sponsored terrorism in order to show the need of state instead of anarchy, sometimes promoted by other groups (Hoffman 2). Therefore, even though terrorism has taken a new nature, terrorism can refer to official governments or guerrilla groups operating outside national governments ("International Affairs"). In order to encompass terrorism’s various sectors and explain it to the public, in both positive and negative aspects, many analysts have tried to put it into a few words. Terrorism is a method used by tightly of loosely organized groups operation within states or international territories that are systematic in using deliberate acts of violence or threats in order to instill...
Terrorism has many forms, and many definitions. “Elements from the American definitional model define terrorism as a premeditated and unlawful act in which groups or agents of some principal engage in a threatened or actual use o...
Terrorism is one of the most extensively discussed issues of our time and at the same time it is also one of the least understood. The term itself “terrorism” means many different things to different people, cultures, and races. As a result, trying to define or classify terrorism with one universal definition is nearly impossible. The definition of terrorism used in this research is a reflection of much of the Western and American way of defining it. The definition of terrorism is,
There are different types and causes of disasters; man-made, natural and a combination. Man-made disasters are caused by human error or human actions that cause harm to the environment, and people (Baack & Alfred, 2013). Natural disasters are caused by nature a hurricane for example; and a combination; NA-TECH (natural-technological) examples are earthquakes that cause structural damage such as a collapse of a bridge (Nies & McEwen, 2011). Communities must have effective emergency preparedness in place to reduce the causalities from a disaster.
In 2016, a total of 11,072 terrorist attacks occurred worldwide, resulting in more than 25,600 total deaths and more than 33,800 people injured. Terrorism is the act of unlawful and unjust violence to intimidate or fill a population of people with fear, to pursue their goals that are religious, political, or ideological. Terrorism is a major issue in the world because innocent people are being affected. There are many different types of terrorist attacks that can be perpetrated. Because a terrorist attack is instantaneous, it is hard to be prepared and rush innocent citizenry somewhere safe. In addition, when a terrorist attack happens, people are alarmed, skeptical, and frighted. Terrorism damages the lives