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Nation-state
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A sovereign political association within which citizenship and nationality overlap; one nation within a single state.
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Idealism
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A view of politics that emphasizes the importance of morality and ideals; philosophical idealism implies that ideas are more ‘real’ than the material world.
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Civil society
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A private sphere of autonomous groups and associations, independent from state or public authority.
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Pluralism
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A belief in, or commitment to, diversity or multiplicity; or the belief that power in modern societies is widely and evenly distributed.
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Political obligation
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The duty of the citizen towards the state; the basis of the state’s right to rule.
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State of nature
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A society devoid of political authority and of formal (legal) checks on the individual; usually employed as a theoretical device.
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Divine right
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The doctrine that earthly rulers are chosen by God and thus wield unchallengeable authority; a defence for monarchical absolutism.
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Anarchy
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Literally, ‘without rule’; anarchy is often used pejoratively to suggest instability, or even chaos.
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Bourgeoisie
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A Marxist term, denoting the ruling class of a capitalist society, the owners of productive wealth.
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Proletariat
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A Marxist term, denoting a class that subsists through the sale of its labour power; strictly speaking, the proletariat is not equivalent to the working class.
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Rights
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Legal or moral entitlements to act or be treated in a particular way; civil rights differ from human rights.
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Economic globalization
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The incorporation of national economies into a single ‘borderless’ global economy, through transnational production and capital flows.
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Competition state
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A state which pursues strategies to ensure long-term competitiveness in a globalized economy.
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Tiger economies
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Fast-growing and export-orientated economies modelled on Japan: for example, South Korea, Taiwan and Singapore.
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Social justice
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A morally justifiable distribution of material rewards; social justice is often seen to imply a bias in favour of equality.
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