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POWER

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The ability or capacity to do something or act in a particular way.

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POWERLESSNESS

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Lacking authority to act

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CONTROL

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The power to influence or direct people’s behaviour or the course of events.

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STATE

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A nation or territory considered as an organized political community under one government.

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RESPONSIBILITY

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The state or fact of having a duty to deal with something or of having control over someone- being accountable

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REBELLION (2)

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  • an act of armed resistance to an established government or leader
  • the action or process of resisting authority, control, or convention
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RESISTANCE

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The refusal to accept or comply with something

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PUNISHMENT

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The imposition of a penalty as retribution for an offence

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GOVERNMENT

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The group of people with the authority to govern a country or state; a particular ministry in office.

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AUTHORITY

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A person or organization having political or administrative power and control.

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AGENCY

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Capacity/power to act rather than be passive

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ALIENATION

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A feeling of being distanced, isolated or excluded from society

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ALLEGORY

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An extended metaphor in which a whole story represents a real life equivalent.

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ANTAGONIST

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Opponent of the protagonist

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ANTI-PASTORAL

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Emphasises the suffering and hardship of the rural poor

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BILDUNGSROMAN

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A story about growing up and learning about life/the world

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BINARY OPPOSITION

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Idea that concepts are defined by their opposites- good is defined (in part) by what is evil

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CARICATURE

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An exaggerated, comic representation of a person

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COLONIALISM

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The political system in which African and Middle-Eastern countries were invaded, settled and governed by Western powers (strong connotations of exploitation)

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COLONISATION

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Process in which one country invades and settles another

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COMMODIFICATION

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Process of turning people/things into commodities that can be traded- slavery is the extreme example of this

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CULTURAL HEGEMONY

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Control achieved by the ruling class by imposing their ideology as the cultural norm, so that their dominance appears natural and is universally accepted

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DISSENT

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Expressing ideas that challenge those in power

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DIVINE RIGHT

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Idea that kings of England were chosen by God

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DOMESTIC POLITICS
The politics of the home- gender roles, relations etc
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EMASCULATION
Humiliation and disempowerment of a man- literally means to castrate
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GENDER
Concepts of masculinity and femininity (defined by cultural norms and stereotypes) that is socially constructed
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HEGEMONY
Dominance/control of one group by another
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IDEALS
Individual standards or principles to be aspired to
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IDEOLOGY
A belief system
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INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION
Period of rapid industrialisation from the mid 18th century to mid 19th
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MEANS OF PRODUCTION
Materials and assets needed to produce goods- land, factories and raw materials
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PARADOX
A logical contradiction- often holds some unexpected truth
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PASTORAL
Writing that idealises the lives of the poor in rural settings
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PATRIARCHY
A male dominated society
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POLITICS
The organisation of any community and how they're governed
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POST-COLONIALISM
Writing that aims to retell the colonial story from the point of view of the colonised focussing on negative impacts and injustice
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RADICAL (adj)
1. Innovative or progressive- a departure from tradition 2. Far-reaching/thorough/extreme
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RADICAL (noun)
Someone who advocates thorough or total political/social change
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REIFICATION
(Marxism)- viewing people as objects judged by their economic usefulness, rather than their human qualities
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SATIRE
Use of humour, irony and exaggeration to expose stupidity or vices, especially of the powerful
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SYMBOLIC
Using an object or image to represent a concept or idea, sometimes covertly/ambiguously
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TRANSITION
A period of change within or between political systems
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URBANISATION
Movement of people from the countryside into cities
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FEMINISM
The name given to a wide range of beliefs that seek freedom for women
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MARXISM
A set of social political and economic theories developed by Karl Marx that formed basis of socialist principles
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COMMUNISM
* A theory/system of social organisation in which all property is owned by the community. * Each person contributes and recieves according to their ability and needs
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SOCIALISM
A political, economic system in which the means of production and property have public ownership and are not controlled by the government.
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CAPITALISM
An economic system in which private owners control a country's trade and industry for profit
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FASCISM
Far-right authoritarian political ideology characterised by dictatorial leader, centralised autocracy, militarism, forced suppression etc
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DEMOCRACY
A way of governing which depends on the will of the people.
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THEOCRACY
A system of government that derives its authority directly from a religion
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AUTOCRACY
A system of government by one person with absolute power
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MERITOCRACY
Holding of power by people selected according to merit
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DESPOTISM
The exercise of absolute power especially in a cruel + oppressive way
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JINGOISM
Extreme patriotism

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