A belief that society operates like an organism or living entity, the whole being more than a collection of its individual parts
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The theory that social institutions and practices should be understood in terms of the functions they carry out in sustaining the larger social system
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A gradation of social positions, implying a fixed inequality in which position is unconnected with individual liberty
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The idea that talent and leadership are innate/inbred qualities that can't be acquired through effort
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A belief that popular instincts and wishes are the principal legitimate guide to political action, often reflecting a distrust towards political elites
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An ideological tradition within European conservatism that's characterised by a commitment to the social market and qualified economic intervention
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An economy that's 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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A belief in the market as a self-regulating mechanism that tends to naturally deliver general prosperity and opportunities for all
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Refers to a range of theories that give strict priority to liberty (in negative terms) over other values
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The willingness to allow people to make their own moral choices, suggests that there are no authoritative values
