This glossary is made to people that are interested to applying to the Social Science program. It's made for a larger understanding of the vocabulary that we could use in the program.
adapt
verb
to change or tailor something to fit, humans change their environment or their
way of doing something to fit their current needs or goals.
Example: changes may have left many animals unable to ADAPT According to Martin,
en: adapter
capital
noun
cash, goods, natural resources, or human skills that are used to produce income.
Example: free range system and the comparison between CAPITAL costs and running costs.
en: capitale
civilization
noun
the type of culture and society developed by a particular nation or region
or in a particular epoch: The ways in which people organize themselves.
Example: Rousseau instead espouses the view that CIVILIZATION corrupts because civic virtue
en: cvilisation
conflict
noun
an open clash between two opposing groups, individuals, or nations regarding
an ideology or a course of action.
Example: for conservation organisations if there is a CONFLICT between consumptive wildlife use
en: conflit
consensus
Noun
a point reached in a negotiation where a general agreement of all or most
of the people consulted is achieved.
Example: to show how they contribute to social order, CONSENSUS co-aptation and social solidarity.
en: consensus
culture
noun
the values, beliefs and perceptions of the world that are learned and are
shared by members of a community or society, and which they use to interpret
experience and to generate behavior, and that are reflected in their own behavior.
Example: In my culture, we appreciate a lot the act of service.
en: culture
decade
noun
ten years.
Example: a source of debate among jurists in the past DECADE "['Soft law'] is a body of standards,
en: décénie
demand
verb
the desire and ability of individuals to purchase economic goods or services
at the market price; along with supply, one of the two key determinants of price.
Example: supply may be far greater than DEMAND - the price/dozen will decrease Free-Range
en: demande
democracy
noun
a system of government in which political authority is held by the people;
typically feature constitutional governments where the majority rules, a belief in
individual liberty and in equal rights for all people, freedom of expression, political
freedom, and freedom of choice.
Example: women, metics and slaves still had no vote in a DEMOCRACY and ignores completely Athens'
en: démocratie
demography
noun
the study that emphasizes statistics to look at human population
distribution, population density, and trends in population
Example: Efficiency was essential, and therefore DEMOGRAPHY hampered the East Asia's chances
en: démographie
dictator
noun
a ruler with absolute power.
Example: to conclude that Hitler was a weak DICTATOR and that this in turn affected
en: dictateur
diversity
noun
variety in culture and ethnic background, race and belief is not only
permissible but also desirable and beneficial in a pluralistic society.
Example: Lake Turkana was to further increase the DIVERSITY in the lumped category of H.habilis.
en: diversité
environment
noun
the natural or human surrounding in which living things interact.
Example: This will be done in a way that cares for the ENVIRONMENT employees and the local community
en: environement
equality
noun
everyone should get the same treatment regardless of where their parents or
grandparents were born, their race or religion, or how much money they have, citizens
all have political, social, and economic equality.
Example: female solidarity in the fight for gender EQUALITY 'there are so many of those creeping
en: égalité
ethics
noun
standards of right and wrong; morals.
Example: shows how two engineers held conflicting ETHICS and this placed public welfare at risk
en: éthique
federalism
noun
power is shared between two sets of governmental institutions, those of
the states and those of the central or federal authorities, as stipulated by the Constitution
Example: Another benefit of using FEDERALISM is that "democratic representation
en: fédéralisme
geography
noun
an integrated discipline that brings together the physical and human
dimensions of the world in the study of people, place, and environment focusing on the
earth’s surface and the processes that shape it, the relationships between people and
environments, and the connections between people and places.
Example: culture and role of states. For the GEOGRAPHY explanation these states are proximity
en: géographie
inflation
noun
an increase in the general level of prices people pay for goods and services.
A popular measure of inflation is the consumer price index.
Example: was unavoidable with the containment of INFLATION 2001 was also marked by another event
en: inflation
needs
noun
those things that everyone must have to survive.
Example: grasp poor farmers' real demands and NEEDS and reducing the scale of the delivery
en: besoins
population
noun
a group of individuals which interbreed or exchange genes primarily with
each other, and thus share traits in common more than with members of other
populations. If a population becomes split, as from migration, so that one part no longer
interbreeds with the other, gradually each separated group could accumulate changes not
shared with the other and would thus develop or evolve into distinctive populations.
Example: species of deer, rabbit and rat. This is because POPULATION numbers of these animals have either be