lunes, 27 de enero de 2014

Glossary (Social science)

BUDGET:  A sum of money to be used for a specific purpose by a government.
CAP: Common Agricultural Policy.
CFP: Common Fisheries Policy.
CITIZENSHIP: The condition or status of a citizen, with its rights and duties.
COHESION:  The act of uniting or staying together.
COMMON MARKET: A market based on common policies and the free movement of goods, services, people and capital.
DEVELOPMENT: The act or process of growing or making progress.
DUTY: Something you must do.
FRAGMENTATION: When production processes occur in different phases, in different places.
FREE MOVEMENT: The unrestricted movement of goods, services, people and capital in a common market.
FUNDS: The financial resources used by governments or political institutions for a specific purpose.
GDP: The Gross Domestic Product.
HETEROGENEITY: A thing that consists of dissimilar elements or parts.
HIERACHY: Social system  in which some people order and the rest obey.
HIGHWAY/MOTORWAY: Large road by where main ground transport goes by from one city to another.
HOMOGENEOUS: Made up of the same kind of people or things.
INVESTMENT: The act of using something to achieve a goal.
MONETARY UNION: The sharing of the same currency between two or more states.
OUTSKIRTS: The bordering areas of a city.
OUTSOURCING: Part of a company’s work is sent to another company, sometimes in a different country because it is a cheaper or more efficient option.
PROFITABLE : Something by which you gain some benefits.
SEAFARING: Related to the sea.
SKEPTICAL:  Doubtful.
SUBSUDY: A type of financing offered by a government.
SURPLUS:  What is left over after producing excessively.
TREATY: A formal agreement between two or more states related to international relations.