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Conservatism key concepts
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- 1AuthoritarianA belief that strong central authority imposed from above, is either desirable or necessary, and therefore demands unquestioning obedience
- 2New RightAn ideological trend within conservatism that embraces a blend of market individualism and social authoritarianism
- 3TraditionValues, practices or institutions that have endured through time and, in particular, been passed down from one generation to the next
- 4AnomieA weakening of values and normative rules, associated with feelings of isolation, loneliness and meaninglessness
- 5OrganicismA belief that society operates like an organism or living entity, the whole being more than a collection of its individual parts
- 6FunctionalismThe theory that social institutions and practices should be understood in terms of the functions they carry out in sustaining the larger social system
- 7HierarchyA graduation of social positions or status; hierarchy implies structural or fixed inequality in which positions is unconnected with individual ability
- 8Natural AristocracyThe idea that talent and leadership are innate or inbred qualities that cannot be acquired through effort or self- advancement.
- 9AuthorityThe right to exert influence over others by virtue of an acknowledged obligation to obey
- 10PropertyThe ownership of physical goods or wealth, whether by private individuals, groups of people or the state
- 11PrivitizationThe transfer of state assets from the public to the private sector, reflecting a contraction of the state's responsibilities
- 12PopulismA belief that popular instincts and wishes are the principal legitimate guide to political action, often reflecting distrust pf or hostility towards political elites
- 13Christian DemocracyAn ideological tradition within European conservatism that is characterised by a commitment to the social market and qualified economic intervention
- 14Social MarketAn economy that is structured by market principles but which operates in the context of a society in which cohesion is maintained through a comprehensive welfare system and effective public services
- 15Economic LiberalismA belief in the market as a self- regulating mechanism that tends naturally to deliver general prosperity and opportunities for all.
- 16NeoliberalismAn updated version of classical political economy that is dedicated to market individualism and minimal statism
- 17NeoconservatismA modern version of social conservatism that emphasises the need to restore order, return to traditional or family values, or to revitalise nationalism
- 18PermissivenessThe willingness to allow people to make their moral choices; permissiveness suggests that there are no authoritative values.
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