Human Health Rights and Intervention Key Words Flashcards
What is Authoritarian governance?
The forced governance of a country, through limited freedom of speech and rights of citizens.
What does the British Human Rights Report identify?
Human Rights Priority Countries, where rights are denied or restricted as viewed by the British government.
What is a Composite Index?
Where multiple factors are combined to assess how developed a country is e.g. Happy Planet Index, Human Development Index.
Define a Democratic State.
Country based on ideology that everyone vote/opinion is equal.
What does Deprivation refer to?
Where people lack the essentials for survival, such as water, food, shelter or employment.
What is Deregulation?
The removal of government rules or closed markets, often as a condition of aid from a developed country.
What is meant by Development?
The standard of living, knowledge and technology or sustainability of a country.
What is Direct Military Intervention?
The use of military ‘force’ - soldiers, weapons, conflict - to create change.
What is an Ethnic Minority?
A group of small size (in comparison to a country’s population) that may have different place of origin, culture or lived experience.
What defines a Failed State?
A government that has lost control of its population or cannot function effectively.
What are Human Rights?
Fundamental necessities or conditions that everyone should be entitled to.
What is Indirect Military Intervention?
The use of military personnel to help development, reconstruction or training.
What are the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)?
The UN created 7 goals to try to improve global development. Ran from 2000 to 2015.
What is Sharia Law?
The Islamic laws and customs to be followed by its followers.
What is a Simple Index?
One factor is measured to describe development e.g. life expectancy, birth rates, literacy rates.
What are Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)?
The UN created 17 goals - based on the MDGs initial progress - to improve global development. Will run from 2015 to 2030.
What is Tied Aid?
Aid given to a country under certain conditions, e.g. aid manufactured by the donor.
What is a Trade Embargo?
Restricting or banning any trade, movement of people or cooperation with a particular country.
What characterizes a Totalitarian regime?
A dictator or political party that controls all aspects of the nation, including personal life and freedoms.
What is a Welfare State?
Government aims to provide for the disadvantaged or vulnerable people in the community, through financial support, training or housing.
