Alexis de Tocqueville – Wealth and Poverty
Why is Alexis de Tocqueville Often classified on the right? These extracts will give you the beginning of an answer. Solidarity between poor and rich in the future In a …
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General Knowledge: Democracy
Abraham Lincoln, in his Gettysburg Address, gave this famous definition of democracy: ” Government of the people, by the people, for the people.’ While this image of democracy has remained …
The secret of the voting booth in France
By the law of July 29, 1913, the elector is bound to the secrecy of the vote. Thus, secrecy remains a constituent of the French democracy, at the time of …
Summary of Book 1 of Jean-Jacques Rousseau’s Social Contract
In Book I of the In the Social Contract, Jean-Jacques Rousseau starts by defining his project. It is a question of finding a rule of administration which is legitimate and …
What is the Third Estate? Summary of Chapters 1 and 2
Emmanuel-Joseph Sieyès was born in 1748. In 1774, he became a priest, but without a vocation. He held several important positions, but became truly famous in 1788, when he published …
Corrected subject – Municipal elections, the function of the mayor and its evolution
→ The 2014 Sciences Po Bordeaux history answer keys Municipal elections, the function of mayor, 2014 developments The instructions were as follows: In view of the documents making up this …