Exam II
Articles of Confederation is that it provided enough of a structure for the nation to survive during those eight years, while the American people learned about the requirements to run an effective national government. Articles of Confederation failed because they were crafted to keep the national government as weak as possible: No central leadership (executive branch), Congress had no power to enforce its laws, Congress had no power to tax. Congress had no power to regulate trade.No national court
historia
120 Czarist Russia
At the beginning of the 20th century, the Russian Empire encompassed an immense territory that amounted to one sixth of the earth’s surface. It extended from western Europe, across the Steppes and Siberian forests, to the Pacific Ocean, and from the frozen lands of the Arctic to the temperate shores
ofthe Black Sea.
This vast space housed around 150 million inhabitants in 1917. The population was very unevenly distributed and possessed a great diversity of nationalities, peoples
imperialism
The Bismarckian system (1871-1890) German emperor Wilhelm I used diplomacy to maintain the balance of power between European countries. The counselor, Otto von Bismarck, established a system of alliances with the Austro-Hungarian Empire, the Russian Empire and Italy: The Bismarckian empire. The objectives were:Maintain Germany hegemony in Europe to have friendly relationships with the other countries. Prevent France from declaring the war to Germany in order to recover Alsace-Lorraine. With this
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Statute of Autonomy 1979
1. INTRODUCTION
TYPE OF TEXT: Primary source. As a regards the form, as it is a law; it is a legal text. In the content it is political text.
AUTHOR: Collective author, the representatives of the Basque General Council, a pre-autonomous institution whose objective was to negotiate the competences of the pre-autonomous government. The statute was drafted by the PNV, PSOE, among other forces, approved by the Spanish Cortes and sanctioned by the King of Spain (Juan Carlos I) and signed by the President
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Parsons
theoretical perspective seeks to understand the function that culture plays in supporting a structure of society.individuals and culture function in order to support the structure of their society (Everyone has a roleor function to play to support it)
95% of the sociological work from the 60’s, 70’s 80’s are structuralists,However, “killed” in the 90’s: , bc not actually explain reality, not make sense in our reality. belongs to Sociology tradition
Symbolic interactionism
looks at
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