Britain's entry into the European Economic Community was a source of great conflict in Europe. There were suspicions that French President de Gaulle did not want Britain to enter in order to maintain his country's hegemony over the EEC. De Gaulle spoke of the cultural and institutional differences that would make Britain incompatible with the Six. The British governments motives were even questioned as to whether they only wanted to reap the economic benefits of the EEC. The following is my assessment

which almost always lead to an increase in enrollment at community colleges (Manning 2012). With demands on increasing enrollment coupled with declining federal and state appropriations, publicly supported community colleges are increasingly challenged to find alternative means of obtaining adequate financial support. Finally, realizing that seeking to do more with less is not always a reliable long-term strategy. That being said, community colleges are increasingly seeking creative ways to increase

‘Institutional deficiency’ amid diversity: ASEAN Economic Community In 1967, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) was formed. It aims to establish a community that is politically, socially, and economically integrated. Seeing that economic development is pivotal for a viable regional integration and that SEA has a positive outlook if it is cohesive, the organization decided to include ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) among its pillars. The AEC has four initiatives that serve as the

DBP411 – Community Planning Assignment 2 Community Planning Practice Paper What role does Community Planning have in Local Economic Development? Lecturers:          Fiona Caniglia & Stuart McLaughlin Student:          Andreas Faludi Student ID:          02534955 Due Date:          4 June 2004 “Planning ahead is a measure of class. The rich and even the middle class plan for generations, but the poor can plan ahead only a few weeks or days.” Gloria Steinam, The Time

Using Community and Economic Development to Promote Growth The recent financial crisis is considered by many economists to be the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression of the 1930s. It was caused by the housing bubble that disguised risk and had other various enabling conditions that resulted from bank deregulation. From these circumstances, many cities like Detroit saw a sharp increase in foreclosures and abandoned housing which then resulted in a decrease in quality of life. There

increasingly volatile. The early part of the next decade brought the oil crises and further fluctuations, leading to attempts by European leaders to achieve monetary stability. The objective of the European Economic Community was to achieve an economic and monetary union by 1980, for closer economic and political integration. In 1979, however, the Member States (excluding the United Kingdom) created instead the European Monetary System (EMS), in order to attain stability in exchange rates and thus growth

the church walls in support of the jobs and economic justice because this is an issue that not only affects the community but ultimately it affects the church as well. I choose to go this route because are strong correlations between poverty, social disparities, and community erosion and as a part of the community we must do our part to eradicate this systemic issues plaguing the community. In explaining to the congregation how serious a problem economic disparities have become in urban contexts I

important element in the economic and technological development of Africa. Although the Atlantic slave trade had a negative effect on both the economy and technology, it is important to understand that slavery was not a new concept to Africa. In fact, internal slavery existed in Africa for many years. Slaves included war captives, the kidnapped, adulterers, and other criminals and outcasts. However, the number of persons held in slavery in Africa, was very small, since no economic or social system had

greed of large corporations is terrorizing communities throughout America. Corporate terrorism is occurring and millions of people are losing their jobs as corporations claim they need to "stay competitive." (Moore)  Relationships between employers and their employees are dwindling as no credit given to the hard workers. (Terkle)  Instead, their jobs are taken away.  The more profit the company makes the less that goes back to the economic community.  Roger Smith, the CEO of GM, moved his company

the present due to GATT's lead many markets have been open to the United States increasing exports and increasing efficiency through competition. One of the most aggressive liberalization groups to follow GATT's lead is APEC (Asian Pacific Economic Community). APEC consist of 18 countries that account for 1/2 of the worlds output. The three largest economies Japan, China and the United States are members. APEC leaders are committed to achieving free and open trade for the region by 2010. APEC