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Health, Human Rights and Intervention Key Terms
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- 1AuthoritarianFavouring or enforcing strict obedience to authority at the expense of personal freedom.
- 2CommunistEconomic and social system in which all (or nearly all) property and resources are collectively owned by a classless society and not by individual citizens.
- 3ConsumerismThe belief that wealth, and the ability to buy goods and services, leads to happiness.
- 4CorruptionDishonest or fraudulent conduct by those in power.
- 5DemocracyThe belief that a developed society is one where everyone has the right to vote.
- 6DeregulationThe reduction or elimination of government power in a particular industry usually enacted to create more competition within the industry.
- 7DevelopmentThe process by which a country evolves over time for the better in terms of economic, social, political and sustainable change
- 8DictatorshipA government or country in which total power is held by a dictator or a small group
- 9Development aidFinancial aid given by governments and other agencies to support the economic, environmental, social and political development of developing countries.
- 10EbolaA notoriously deadly virus that causes severe symptoms, the most prominent being high fever and massive internal bleeding.
- 11Economic FreedomThe belief that markets should be free, and people should be at liberty to make money how they choose.
- 12EmbargoAn official ban on trade or other commercial activity with a particular country.
- 13Free tradeTrade without tariffs, quotas, or other restrictions
- 14Happy Planet IndexAn indicators combines impacts on the natural environment (the ecological footprint) with the well-being of people (life expectancy), and considers the efficiency of resource use in improving peoples lives without damaging the environment
- 15HolisticDealing with or treating the whole of something and not just a part of it.
- 16IndividualismThe belief that individuals should have the right to pursue their own actions and dreams.
- 17IndigenousThe original population.
- 18Infant mortalityThe number of infant deaths that occur for every 1,000 live births
- 19MalariaA serious tropical disease spread by mosquitoes.
- 20Maternal mortalityNumber of maternal deaths per live births.
- 21Neo-liberalResponsibility is given to the individual in a free-market and deregulated economy
- 22Post-colonial statesStates which were once run and exploited by others.
- 23PrivatisationThe transfer of ownership, property or business from the government to the private sector.
- 24SovereigntyA country's independent authority and the right to govern itself.
- 25SubvertedTo undermine the power and authority in a particular country.
- 26Super Output AreaThe collection and publication of small area statistics. They are used on the Neighbourhood Statistics site and across National Statistics
- 27Sustainable developmentDevelopment that meets the needs of the present, without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.
- 28TechnologyThe belief that problems can be solved by using technology, especially high-end technology.
- 29TotalitarianA form of government in which the political authority exercises absolute and centralised control
- 30Trade agreementTreaty or an international agreement on conditions of trade in goods and services.
- 31War crimeAn act carried out during the conduct of a war that violates accepted international rules of war.
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