Earth Systems, Economic Geography, and Global Development
Earth as a Natural/Physical Environmental SystemEarth’s Position in Space Earth orbits the sun at 67,000 mph, maintaining a delicate balance between gravity and velocity. Life exists due to Earth’s stable distance from the sun, allowing liquid water and habitable temperatures. Earth as an Energy/Matter System All changes on Earth result from energy: inputs, storage, transformation, or outputs. Two primary energy sources: Solar Energy: Drives photosynthesis, weather, and food webs. Internal Earth Energy: |
CCH School of Science and Humanities: Education at UNAM
CCH School of Science and Humanities
The CCH (Colegio de Ciencias y Humanidades) School of Science and Humanities is one of the three systems offered by the Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) for upper secondary education. The others are the National Preparatory School and B@UNAM, which is the distance learning option for students in the United States and Canada.
Mission
The mission is based on the institutional model of the College of Sciences and Humanities’ educational action. Since its founding
Read MoreSocial Contract, Democracy, and Liberalism: Core Concepts
Social Contract and General Will
The social contract is an agreement in which all individuals are subjected to a general will. All individuals must submit to the general will. The general will is the will of all people; it makes laws that must be applied to all equally, thus establishing the common good. The common good enables the welfare and happiness of citizens.
Governments are linked to the common good through different forms: monarchy (rule of one), aristocracy (the government of the best),
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Categories to Consider for the Concept of Citizenship
In the constitution of the concept of citizenship, one must take into account both the historical genesis and the different models and categories that help us understand the different classes of citizenship:
1. Membership
Membership expresses the formal status of belonging to a political community. This community may be the nation-state, a multinational state, or a cosmopolitan world state. It depends on the rights and duties that each community
Read MoreAction Plans for Migrant Protection and Roma Inclusion
Action Plans
Protection Programs for Migrants
Protection programs for migrants working in the following areas:
- Additional aid for care retirement (base non-contributory pensions), disability (to work in countries with no social protection), health care, and costs of migration and return (requested before the expiration of 2 years after the return).
- Aid to facilitate social integration and vocational guidance. Guidance activities, information, and occupational training for employment.
- Aid to educational,
Marx’s Materialism: Dialectical and Historical Analysis
Marx’s Materialism
Karl Marx, born in 1818 in Trier, Rhineland, Prussia, and died in 1883, was a highly influential 19th-century philosopher in social, economic, and political fields. His main influences included:
- The Left Hegelians, particularly Ludwig Feuerbach, who introduced a materialistic perspective and the concept of alienation in the religious sphere.
- Utopian socialist ideas, which opposed conservative thinkers and addressed economic and social issues, advocating for social reforms.
These influences
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