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Gemeinschaft
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(German) Community; social ties typically found in traditional societies and characterized by natural affection and mutual respect.
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Gesellschaft
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(German) Association; the loose, artificial and contractual bonds typically found in urban and industrial societies.
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Class consciousness
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A Marxist term denoting a subjective awareness of a class’s objective situation and interests; the opposite of ‘false consciousness’.
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Postindustrial society
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A society based on service industries, rather than on manufacturing industries, and accompanied by a significant growth in the white-collar workforce.
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Atomism
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The tendency for society to be made up of a collection of self-interested and largely self-sufficient individuals, operating as separate atoms.
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Underclass
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A poorly defined and politically controversial term that refers, broadly, to people who suffer from multiple deprivation (unemployment or low pay, poor housing, inadequate education, and so on)
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Internet
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A global ‘network of networks’ that connects computers around the world; ‘virtual’ space in which users can access and disseminate online information.
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Connectivity
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A computer buzzword that refers to the links between one device (usually a computer) and others, affecting the speed, ease and extent of information exchanges.
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Knowledge economy
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An economy in which knowledge is the key source of competitiveness and productivity, especially through the application of information and communications technology.
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Network
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A means of coordinating social life through loose and informal relationships between people or organizations, usually for the purpose of knowledge dissemination or exchange.
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Economic individualism
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The belief that individuals are entitled to autonomy in matters of economic decision-making; economic individualism is loosely linked to property rights.
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Community
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A principle or sentiment based on the collective identity of a social group; bonds of comradeship, loyalty, and duty.
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Anomie
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A weakening of values and normative rules, associated with feelings of isolation, loneliness, and meaninglessness.
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Social reflexivity
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The tendency of individuals and other social actors to reflect, more or less continuously, on the conditions of their own actions, implying higher levels of self-awareness, self-knowledge, and contemplation.
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Ethnicity
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Ethnicity is the sentiment of loyalty towards a distinctive population, cultural group, or territorial area.
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