Theme D Flashcards
Direct Action
action to bring about change e.g demonstrating or strikes. (when someone takes action personally)
Indirect Action
making your case by persuasion (when someone encourages a person/group to take action):
Advocacy
Publicly supporting an issue or proposal.
Interest group or pressure group
A group of people that tries to change public options or government policy to its own views or beliefs.
Lobbying
Trying to persuade a politician or the government to change the law or take a particular action.
Government
Different ways in which a country can be ruled by people
Dictatorship
A form of government where the leader has total power.
Democracy
A form of government where the people share in deciding how things are run.
Charity
An organisation set up to provide help and raise money for those in need.
Public institutions
Organisations provided by the government, like schools and hospitals.
Public services
Services provided by the state, like policing, education and refuse collection.
Voluntary organisations,
Bodies whose activities are carried out for reasons other than profit, but which do not include any public or local authority funding.
ACAS
An organisation that tries to resolve disputes between employers and employees.
Collective bargaining
Negotiating the terms of employment between an employer and a group of workers.
Dismissal
When an employer needs to end an employee’s contract of employment.
Employment tribunal
A type of court dealing only with disagreements over employment laws.
Redundancy
When a person loses their jobs because the job doesn’t need to be done any more.
Staff associations
Associations of employees with some of the functions of a trade union, such as representing their members in discussions with management.
Media
Ways of communicating with large numbers of people.
Public opinions
Views held by the general public on a particular issue.
Censorship
Limiting the information given to the general public by the government.
Press freedom
The ability of the press to give information and express opinion
Biased
In favour one thing over another, unfairly
Editor
The person who is responsible for the content of a newspaper, television or radio programme.
Journalist
A person who gathers news and produces reports for the media.
Spin doctor
Someone who tries to get certain stories into the public eye and to make bad news sound better.
Editors’ Code of Practice
Guidelines for the media and journalists about the information they gather and how they obtain and use it.
Libel
writing incorrect things about people
Slander
Saying incorrect things about people.
Commonwealth of Nations
A voluntary group of independent countries.
Micro-credit
Making small loans to individuals to help them help themselves.
NATO
The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation, whose members work together to defend each other.
Boycott
To refuse to use or have anything to do with something.
Fair trade
A system of buying and selling products that aims to pay the producer a fair price.
Free trade
Trade between countries which is not restricted by things like high taxes on imports.
Tariffs
Taxes to be paid on some imports or exports.
Geneva Convention
An internationally accepted set of rules on the treatment of people in war.
Genocide
Mass murder of a race, national or religious group.
NGO
Non-governmental organistation
Sanctions
A penalty for breaking rules, especially in international situations.
Mediation
A neutral person/organisation helps the conflicting parties to find their own solutions to their disagreements.
Force
Stepping in by using
the armed services, for example, using British planes to defend another country’s airspace.
