Types of Rights
The rights of certain groups of people in society to participate in elections; also called suffrage.
Voting Rights
How much money is needed to provide a person or family with a certain standard of living.
Cost Of Living
Organized groups of workers who try to improve the working conditions and wages for a specific group of workers or for an entire industry.
Labour Unions
This kind of economy is one in which government does not intervene in the free market
Laissez - faire
A resolution adopted by the General Assembly of the United Nations in 1948. The declaration outlines the human rights to which all people are entitled.
Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
the process of introducing technology to produce goods, which results in mass production and mass consumption within a society. This is generally accompanied by urbanization, increased use of natural resources, greater amounts of pollution, and an increased standard of living compared to an agricultural society.
Industrialization
Government enforced rules and standards aimed at providing safe, clean working environments and protecting workers’ rights to free association, collective bargaining, and freedom from discrimination.
Labour Standards
A political movement involving organized efforts to achieve political, social, and economic equality for women.
Feminism.
also known as natural rights; the rights and freedoms to which all humans are entitled. These rights are enshrined in Bills and Declarations of Rights in many countries including Canada and the United States, and in the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
Human Rights
policies and practices in employment and other areas that do not discriminate against individuals on the basis of race, color, age, gender, national origin, religion, or mental or physical disability
Equal opportunity
a society in which government plays a large role in providing for the needs of its citizens through publicly funded social programs (for example, old age pension, unemployment insurance, education, health care, and public housing), based on the principles of equality of opportunity and equitable distribution of wealth
Welfare State
An ideology that developed over time to address concerns with the inequality and injustices created by a capitalist society, while remaining focused on individual rights
Modern Liberalism
The level of material comfort enjoyed by a person, group, or society; the amount of goods and services that people can afford to buy.
Standard of Living.