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| Question | Answer |
| Ethnocultural Nationalism | A form of Nationalism that is fueled primarily by a keen sense of ethnic and cultural distinctiveness and the desire to preserve it |
| Equality of Opportunity | Equality defined in terms of life chances or the existence of a 'level playing-field' |
| Consociationalism | A form of power sharing involving a close association amongst a number of parties or political formations, typically used in deeply divided societies. |
| Republicanism | The belief that a republic, in which supreme authority is vested in a body of citizens and is exercised by their representatives, is the ideal model of government |
| Citizenship | Membership of a state: a relationship between the individual and the state based on reciprocal rights and responsibilities |
| Formal Equality | Equality based on people's status in society, especially their legal and political rights (legal and political quality) |
| Eurocentrism | The application of values and theories drawn from European culture to other groups and peoples, implying a biased or distorted worldview |
| Culture | Beliefs, values and practices that are passed on from one generation to the next through learning; culture is distinct from nature |
| Communitarianism | The belief that peoples' identities and values are constituted through the community in the sense that there are no 'unencumbered selves' |
| Positive discrimination | Preferential treatment towards a group designed to compensate its members for past disadvantage or structural inequality |
| Offence | To feel hurt, even humiliated; an injury against one's deepest beliefs |
| Affirmative Action | Policies or programmes that are designed to benefit minority groups (or, potentially, women by affording them special assistance |
| Toleration | Forbearance; a willingness to accept views or action with which one is in disagreement |
| Deep Diversity | Diversity that rejects the idea of objective or 'absolute' standards and so is based on moral relativism |
| Shallow Diversity | Diversity that is confined by the acceptance of certain values and beliefs as 'absolute' and therefore non-negotiable |
| Value pluralism | The theory that there is no single, overriding conception of the 'good life', but rather a number of competing and equally legitimate conceptions |
| Hybridity | A condition of social and cultural mixing in which people develop multiple identities |
| Assimilation | The process through which immigrant communities lose their cultural distinctiveness by adjusting to the values, allegiances and lifestyles of the 'host' society |
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