Rights and responsibility part 1

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Citizenship
an individual's legal membership of and recognition by a state that grants mutual rights and obligation between state and citizen.
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State
An organisation that possess political power ,enabling it to enforce rules that are binding for people living in a given territory
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Rights
legal or moral entitlements that allow people to act or be treated in a particulair way. For example, enjoy some form of freedoms or equality
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Values
the beeliefs,principles or accepted standards or individuals or particular social group.
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Active citizenship
the belief that citizen who have done well out of life have a moral duty to be active,participating members of their community,volunteering to serve others.
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Subjects
people under the domination of monarch or government.They are subservient to the state which they reside.
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Citizens
full members of their political community who possess rights in relation to the state in which they reside
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individualism
belief in the supreme importance of the human induividual, rather than social group
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Human rights
universal and fundemental rights that derives from people's humanity.They cannot be taken away or reduced.
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Legal rights
the rights granted to citizen due to being a memeber of a particualair state
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Nationality
the status of being a citizen of a particualir state by birth or naturalisation
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Naturalised
given citizenship if the claimant has stayed in a state for a given period of time
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Culture
the way of life that people experience , referring to the individuals inherited and cherished ideas,knowledge and values .Their beliefs,attitude,class,ethnic group,gender,language or religion.
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Devolution
the statuatory granting of powers from central to government at regional or local level e.g. Scottish government
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Social class
the division of the population into categorised on the basis of their economic and social status
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Ethnicity
refers to a mixture of different social characteristics that may include common origin,culture,culture and religion , which give a social group a common connection and separates them from other social group
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Identity
referes to the distinctive characteristics that make individuals or group who they are and by which they are recognised e.g. names
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Multiculturalism
a situation whereby different cultures exist and their is a form of tolerance against one another that makes it possible.It is used to stress different race, ethnicity and culture coexisting within the same society.
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Stereotypes
preconceived,over-simplified, exaggerated prejudicals portrayal of groups or classes.
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Ethnic cleansing
policies or pratices designed to bring about the mass expulsion of people from an ethnic miniority or religious group
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Assimilate
To absorb (immigrants or a culturally distinct group) into the prevailing culture
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Segregate
To impose the separation of (a race or class) from the rest of society
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Integrate
To admit (a racial or ethnic group) to equal membership in an institution or society
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Prejudice
preconceived opinion that is not based on reason or actual experience
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Discrimination
The unjust or prejudicial treatment of different categories of people or things, esp. on the grounds of race, age, or sex.
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Sexism
A prejudiced view that sees one sex as inferior to the other
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Ageism
A form of prejudice characterized by discrimination against people based on their age
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Ableism
descrimination in favour of abled bodied people against those who are disabled
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Homphobia
irrational fear and hatred of homosexuals and homosexual activity and behaviour based upon that fear
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Bullying
act of intentially causinf harm to others, through verbal harassment,physical assault or other means
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An organisation that possess political power ,enabling it to enforce rules that are binding for people living in a given territory

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State

Card 3

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legal or moral entitlements that allow people to act or be treated in a particulair way. For example, enjoy some form of freedoms or equality

Back

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Card 4

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the beeliefs,principles or accepted standards or individuals or particular social group.

Back

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Card 5

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the belief that citizen who have done well out of life have a moral duty to be active,participating members of their community,volunteering to serve others.

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