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38 Cards in this Set
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Autonomy |
a state of individual freedom from outside authority |
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Belief |
A notion, conviction, or impression that a person a group deems to be true |
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Collective Identity |
A group of people that share aspects of an individuals identity |
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Collectivism |
The needs of the group over the need of the person. |
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Common good |
The well-being of the group opposed to specific ideals within a group |
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Conservative |
A person or ideology that is opposed to or cautious about change |
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Counter-revolutionary (reactionary) |
A person or ideology that vehemently resists change and or seeks change to a previous state. MAY USE VIOLENCE TO ACHIEVE THEIR GOALS |
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Enculturation |
Exposure to cultural influences causes people to accept and adopt other cultures values and practices |
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Extremist |
A person or people who has fanatical or immoderate views and beliefs |
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Ideology |
A set of beliefs or values that determine a bias about the way they feel the world should run |
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Individualism |
Social organization that promotes individual rights of a groups needs |
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Indoctrination |
Teaching a person or group to adopt a biased set of beliefs without critically analyzing the beliefs that are forced upon them |
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Labour Movement |
Term used to describe efforts by workers to organize themselves into larger groups with the goal of improving wage, working conditions, and other benefits. |
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Left wing |
Ideologies, governments, political parties, and policies that promote change. PRO CHANGE |
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Liberal |
Person or ideology that advocates moderate and gradual change |
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Moderate |
Person or ideology that shuns extremism and rejects violence as means to achieving political or social goals |
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Partisan |
Strongly/fanatically, in favour of an idea, political party, or cause. |
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Personal identity |
Characteristics that define a persons sense of self and place in the world |
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Revolutionary
(Radical) |
Person or ideology that advocates rapid and substantial change (CAN AND WILL USE VIOLENCE) |
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Right wing |
Term applied to ideologies, governments, political parties, and policies that resist change or promote change that will return society to a past state. |
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Self-reliance |
Being solely responsible for ones own well-being |
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Value |
Principle, philosophy, or code that defines what is important or desirable |
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Welfare state |
State in which the economy is capitalist, but the government uses policies which modify either directly or indirectly the market forces in order to ensure economic stability and basic standard of living for its citizens |
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Competition |
In terms of economics, the concept that those who produce and sell goods compete with one another for consumer dollars. |
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Economic freedom |
The concept that individuals should be able to own property and produce and sell goods with minimal interference from the government. |
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Individual rights and freedoms |
The universally accepted or legally granted power of individual to engage in certain activities and to exercise certain privileges |
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Private property |
Property that is owned by by individuals or groups of individuals as opposed to being owned by the government |
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Rule of law |
The concept that all individuals, regardless of wealth, social status, or political power, are equally subject to the law. |
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Self-interest |
The economic or political advancement of the individual as opposed to the group or society, |
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Classical Liberalism |
Stresses the importance of human rationality. Embraces the principles of individualism. rule of law rights and freedoms right to vote Equal rights before the law private property economic freedom |
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Classical Liberalism |
Original ideals of liberalism Stresses the importance of human rationality. |
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1400-1600 |
Renaissance Awareness of individualism |
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1517 |
The protestant reformation growing secularism |
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1700 |
Enlightenment/Age of enlightenment Democratic values strengthened |
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1750-1850 |
Industrial revolution Economic freedom grew as did individual values |
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1776 |
American revolution |
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1789 |
French revolution |
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1900 |
Liberalism |
