Key Terms

Question 1

POWER

Answer 1

the ability to effect change and create influence and rather than being views as an independent force, it is viewed as an aspect of relations among people functioning within a social organisation.

Question 2

SOVEREIGNTY

Answer 2

a states independence, it’s control over territory and ability to govern itself- how states use their sovereign power is one of the many important issues in global politics.

Question 3

LEGITIMACY

Answer 3

refers to an actor or action being commonly accepted and providing of the fundamental basis for all forms of governance eg. some form of democracy whereby the governed have an opportunity to choose who will exercise power over them. individual actions by a state can be considered more or less legitimate.

Question 4

INTERDEPENDENCE

Answer 4

refers to mutual reliance among groups, organisations and states for access to recourses that sustain living arrangements (a common interest) eg. trade, sustainability agreements.

Question 5

HUMAN RIGHTS

Answer 5

basic claims and entitlements, that many argue, one should be able to exceed use simply by the virtue of being a human being. the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, established by the UN in 1948 is recognised as the beginning of the discussion of human rights globally

Question 6

JUSTICE

Answer 6

associated with the idea of fairness and with individuals getting what they deserve the idea of rights and of what individuals can legitimately expect from one and another and their government.

Question 7

DEVELOPMENT

Answer 7

the sustained increase in standard of living and wellbeing of a social organisation eg. increased income, improvements in education, healthcare, public health.

Question 8

GLOBALISATION

Answer 8

the process by which the worlds local, national and regional economies, societies and cultures are becoming increasing integrated and connected. eg. reduction of barriers and borders- people, goods, services and ideas flow freely.

Question 9

INEQUALITY

Answer 9

a state of affairs where equality between people or groups of people is not realised and where justice and liberty is compromised. manifested through unequal access to recourses needed to sustain life and develop individuals and communities. connected to discussions of power- who holds the rights to theses recourses?

Question 10

SUSTAINABILITY

Answer 10

the idea that development should meet the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their needs. environmental, sociopolitical and economic.

Question 11

PEACE

Answer 11

the absence of conflict and violence as well as a state of harmonious relations- the ultimate goal of organisations concerned with social relations.

Question 12

CONFLICT

Answer 12

the dynamic process of actual or perceived opposition between individuals or groups- opposition could be over positions, interests or values. nom violent conflict can be useful for social change while violent conflict is harmful.

Question 13

EQUALITY

Answer 13

the concept that all people or groups of people are seen as having the same value- linked to fairness, justice and liberty.

Question 14

VIOLENCE

Answer 14

physical or psychological force afflicted upon another being- anything that someone does that prevents others from reaching their potential.

Question 15

NON-VIOLENCE

Answer 15

the practice or advocating ones own or others rights without physically harming the opponent. eg. boycotts and demonstrations.

Question 16

LIBERTY

Answer 16

refers to having freedom and autonomy (freedom to make your own decisions). negative liberty is defined as individuals having the freedom from external forces and positive liberty, as individuals having the autonomy to carry out their own rational will.