The power to review, change, or prevent the publication of news
4 of 23
Citizen
Someone who is entitled to all the rights and privileges of a particular nation
5 of 23
Dictatorship
Government in which one person or a small group holds complete authority
6 of 23
Interest Group
An organisation that represents the concerns of a particular group
7 of 23
Jurisdiction
The power to hear and decide cases
8 of 23
Citizenship
Individuals legal membership of and recognition by a state that grants mutual rights and obligations between state and citizen
9 of 23
State
An organisation that possesses political power, enabling it to issue and enforce rules that are binding for the people living within given territory
10 of 23
Rights
Legal or moral entitlements that allow people to act or be treated in a particular way.
11 of 23
Values
The beliefs, principles, or accepted standards of individuals or particular social groups, in which they have an emotional investment.
12 of 23
Active Citizenship
The belief that citizens who have done well out of life have a moral duty to be active, participating members of their community, volunteering to serve others.
13 of 23
New Labour
Modernised version of political group Labour.
14 of 23
Communitarian Thinking
A school of philosophy critical of individualism and stressing instead of the importance of community interests and values. Made popular by Etzioni.
15 of 23
Amitai Etzioni
His writing emphasises the importance for societies to have a carefully crafted balance between rights and responsibilities.
16 of 23
Individualism
A belief in the supreme importance of the human individual, rather than any social group.
17 of 23
Human Rights Act (1998)
Operative from 2000, a measure introduced by the Labour government in the UK to set out a series of individual rights.
18 of 23
Human Rights
Universal and fundamental rights that derive from peoples humanity.They cannot be granted, taken or limited for they are inalienable and innate.
19 of 23
Legal Rights
The rights granted to citizens by virtue of their membership of their particular state.
20 of 23
Duties
Obligations, E.G. the responsibilities that people have towards their state and its members
21 of 23
Polity
Political community
22 of 23
Social Citizenship
The idea that citizenship implies social rights that guarantee an individual a minimum social status
23 of 23
Other cards in this set
Card 2
Front
Ask the decision to be reviewed by a higher court
Back
Appeal
Card 3
Front
Proposal for a new law
Back
Card 4
Front
The power to review, change, or prevent the publication of news
Back
Card 5
Front
Someone who is entitled to all the rights and privileges of a particular nation
Comments
Report