Social policy
Social policy is closely linked to the notion of the welfare state. What is the welfare state? Two elements form the basis of the welfare state: The economic ideas of …
Category: Economics
Territories in globalization: unequal integration (correction)
What would you have answered to such a subject? Here is our suggested answer key for this question that came out in the baccalaureate in 2013. Corrected outline I. The …
The currency in the world and in Europe
What is an international monetary system? What have these monetary systems consisted of up to the present day? In the first part devoted to the history of international monetary systems, …
The 100 largest cities in the world
The 100 largest Cities in the world. The ranking takes into account figures available in 2013. Ranking City Inhabitants (date of data) Country 1 Tokyo 37,730,064 (2012) Japan 2 Mexico 23,293,783 (2013) …
Poverty and wealth: definitions and chronology
Definitions of poverty and wealth Poverty: State, condition of a person who lacks resources, material means to lead a decent life. Source: CNRTL. Wealth: Abundance of goods, means, income; state, …
Urbanization – Ferdinand Tönnies
Ferdinand Tönnies distinguishes between Organic will (Wesenwille), which is the will of the being, authenticity, and reflected will (Kürwille). This allows him to define urbanization as the transition from a …