19th-Century Europe: Society, Culture, and Philosophy
Historical Context of 19th-Century Europe
The second half of the nineteenth century was characterized by the consolidation of industrial capitalism as a developmental model. This model distributed the world among colonial powers. The nineteenth century was a dynamic and active period. European civilization moved forward, animated by revolutionary crises that accelerated economic development. It was a creative century, as evidenced by numerous discoveries. Science entered the realm of natural phenomena
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Welfare Models and Globalization
There are common elements in the interaction between globalization and all types of welfare states: activation of public policy such as education to employment initiatives, privatization of welfare services, public spending cuts, and coverage services that legitimize the welfare state or social policy to provide services to the population.
However, Prior and Syres conceive that globalization impacts differently depending on the welfare system and national responses
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Debates: Arguments and Counterarguments
- The debate is a type of speech involving arguments and counterarguments, led by a moderator. It involves two or more parties with differing, often competing, opinions, each trying to defend their position and persuade others of its validity.
- In academia, debates often take the form of round tables within scientific meetings such as congresses, conferences, and seminars.
- In recent years, presenting a poster or participating in a panel has become another type of
Effective Community Participation in Health Initiatives
Community Participation
Participation is an action-oriented process in flux, not to be confused with consensus-care. Collective knowledge is the most popular scientific knowledge.
Community Participation in Health
Health Promotion is the process that gives individuals the means to exercise greater control over their determinants of health and improve living standards. Primary Care (PC) health covers 5 areas (Djaarta Statement, 1996):
- Promotes social responsibility
- Investment in health development
- Consolidate
Kant’s Critical Philosophy and the Enlightenment
Immanuel Kant: 18th-Century Philosophy
Kant lived in the mid-eighteenth century, a century that began with the War of Succession to the Spanish crown, representing the final collapse of Spanish power and the ideas of the Ancien Régime. England’s thriving, carrying the Enlightenment ideas, led all experts to address the eighteenth century from a rational perspective. England in the eighteenth century followed this, defined by the rise of the bourgeoisie, which would cause, in a time of remarkable
Understanding Sociology: Key Concepts and Thinkers
Definition of Sociology
Sociology is the science concerned with the study of social elements, both subjective and objective. It analyzes these elements and the relationships between them and the products they generate. Sociology studies specific phenomena at specific times and grapples with the problem of reflexivity (where the object of study is self-aware). Since its inception, sociology has had a dual nature: conservative (seeking to restore order) and revolutionary (seeking laws to understand
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