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The Good Society Chapter 1 Terms
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Political Studies
Undergraduate 2
04/05/2011

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Capability
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The ability of an individual to function when it comes to physical well being, safety, informed decision making, and civil/political rights
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Capability Approach
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The focus on the importance of each individual’s capability
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Cultural Relativism
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The idea that it is inappropriate to criticize the practices of another culture, and that cultures should be judged only by their internal norms
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Gross Domestic Product
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A common measure of economic development
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Good Society
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A society in which certain minimal conditions exist that permit people to flourish
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Institution
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Formal and informal rules that structure relationships among individuals
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Institutional Approach
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The assumption that the ways in which countries’ economic, social, and political institutions are arranged in large part determine how well they meet the standard of a good society
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Politics
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The struggle for power in groups, organizations, and the state
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