Spanish Catholic Monarchs: Reign, Economy, and Exploration
The Reign of the Catholic Monarchs
The permanent royal army allowed nobles’ advisory councils at court. They used tax collection, advisory councils of experts, and audiencias in Valladolid and Granada. The Holy Brotherhood fought crime in Castile, controlling the Inquisition’s jurisdiction and limiting the Cortes. Major streets were managed by corregidores, and Aragon had its own officials.
Strategic Alliances and Isolation of France
To weaken France, they married their children into the royal families
Read MoreSpain’s Fishing Sector: Challenges and Opportunities
Introduction
Importance of the Fishing Sector
The fishing sector holds significant importance for the Indian GDP, supported by a large fleet, strong domestic demand, and a high level of consumption. The fisheries sector operates broadly, and the fishing sector is concentrated in certain areas where activity acts as a monoculture.
Problems in the Sector
There are three levels of problems:
- Legal: The new legal order regarding sea fishing prevents the Spanish fleet from operating in certain fishing grounds.
Understanding Global and European Socioeconomic Inequalities
Understanding Socioeconomic Inequalities
How Are Inequalities Measured?
Wealth: GDP (Gross Domestic Product) is the total production of a country’s economy. GDP per capita is calculated by dividing a country’s GDP by its number of inhabitants. GNI is the Gross National Income.
Welfare:
- The provision of basic and non-basic needs
- Social cohesion or the level of social equality
- Social relations and participation
- Environmental quality
To measure welfare, we use the Human Development Index (HDI) and the Multidimensional
Read MoreIndia: A Disaster-Prone Nation – Challenges and Responses
Chapter 1: Introduction
India is one of the world’s major theaters of disasters, both natural and human-made. Floods, droughts, cyclones, and earthquakes impact the country every year. Communal riots, conflicts, fires, epidemics, and other disasters compound the country’s chronic troubles. The social and economic progress and physical development achieved over decades can be significantly devastated and degraded by disasters.
Urbanization, industrialization, globalization, and liberalization of the
Read MoreThe Silver Basin: Argentina’s Lifeline
The Silver Basin is critical for Argentina because it represents a greater wealth of rivers, is home to 70% of the population of the country and on the front Parana-Plata, develops its most densely populated and industrialized.
What size and potential does the basin have?
It occupies an area of approximately 3,100,000 km2 extending over the territories of Paraguay, Brazil, Uruguay and Argentina, our case covers 37% of our territory (918,900 km2).
What features has the southern sector and the installation
Read MoreCatalonia’s Socioeconomic Transformations: A Historical Analysis
Obstacles to Socioeconomic Change
Obstacles: Population growth, necessary changes in agricultural production (fertilizers and desamortization), technological revolution (CAT), raw materials, protectionism, the risk taken by the CAT bourgeoisie, and social demand.
New Social Organization
The nobility lost importance, while the bourgeoisie rose. Cities were a habitat, but not definitive, and were prepared for flow changes, such as the hipodàmic. There were owners and non-owners.
Owners
- Nobility (families