A belief that strong central authority, imposed from above, is either desirable or necessary, and therefore demands unquestioning obedience
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New Right
an ideological trend within conservatism that embraces a blend of market individualism and social authoritarianism
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Tradition
values, practises or institutions that have endured through time and , in particulr, have been passed down from one generation to the next
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Anomie
a weakening of values and normative rules, associated with feelings of isolation, loneliness and meaninglessness
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Organicism
a beief that society operates like an organism or living entity, the whole being more than a collection of its individual parts
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Functionalism
the theory that social institutions and practises should be understood in terms of the functions they carry out in sustaining the larger social system
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Pragmatism
behaviour that is shaped in accordance with practical circumstances and goals, rather than principles or or ideological objectives.
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hierarchy
a graduation of social positions or status; hierarchy implies structural or fixed inequality in which position is unconnected with individual ability
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Natural Aristocracy
the idea that talent and leadership are innate or inbred qualities that cannot e acquired through effort or self-advancement
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Authority
the right to exert influence over others by virtue of an acknowledged obligation to obey
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Property
the ownership of physical goods or wealth, whether by private individuals, groups of people or the state
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Privatization
the transfer of state assets from the public to the private sector, reflecting a contraction of the state`s responsibilities
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Populism
a beleif that popular instincts and wishes are the principle legitimate guide to political action, often reflecting distrust of or hostility towards political elites
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Paternalism
Refers to power or authority being exercised over others with the intention of conferring benefit or preventing harm
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Soft Paternalism
characterised by broad consent on the part of those subject to paternalism
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Hard Paternalism
paternalism that operates regardless of consent and thus overlaps with authoritarianism
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Christian Democracy
an ideological tradition within European conservatism characterised by a commitment to the social market and qualified economic intervention
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Social Market
an economy that is structured by market principles but which operates in the context of a society in which cohesion is maintained through a comprehensive welfare system and effective public services
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Economic Liberalsim
a belief in the market as a self-regulating mechanism that tends naturally to deliver general prosperity and oppurtunities for all
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Libertarianism
a range of theories that give strict priority to liberty (understod in negative terms) over other values such as authority, tradition and equality
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Neoliberalism
an updated version of classical political economy that is dedicated to market individualism and minimal statism
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Neoconservatism
a modern version of social conservatism that emphasises the need to restore order, return to traditional and family values, or to revitalize nationalism
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Permissiveness
the willingness to allow people to make their own moral choices; permissiveness suggests that there are no authoritive values
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Washington Consensus
a neoliberal framework embraced since the 1980s by key Washington-based international institutions, reflecting support for fiscal discipline, privatization, and financial and trade liberalization
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Civic Conservatism
a form of conservatism, rooted in social conservatism, that calls for a ransformation of the civic culture to counter-balance what are seen as the 'excesses' of state control and the free market
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Toryism
term to describe the brand of conservatism a traditional conservative would adhere to: one-nationism, inclusiveness, consensus politics and pragmatism
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Other cards in this set
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an ideological trend within conservatism that embraces a blend of market individualism and social authoritarianism
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New Right
Card 3
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values, practises or institutions that have endured through time and , in particulr, have been passed down from one generation to the next
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Card 4
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a weakening of values and normative rules, associated with feelings of isolation, loneliness and meaninglessness
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Card 5
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a beief that society operates like an organism or living entity, the whole being more than a collection of its individual parts
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