egalitarian
(adjective)
Characterized by social equality and equal rights for all people.
Examples of egalitarian in the following topics:
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An Overview of U.S. Values
- Despite certain consistent values (e.g. individualism, egalitarianism, freedom, democracy), American culture has a variety of expressions.
- Aside from certain consistent ideological principles (e.g. individualism, egalitarianism and faith in freedom and democracy), American culture's geographical scale and demographic diversity has spawned a variety of expressions.
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Democracy
- Democracy is an egalitarian form of government in which all the citizens of a nation together determine policy, laws, and state actions.
- Democracy is an egalitarian form of government in which all the citizens of a nation together determine public policy, the laws, and the actions of their state.
- Although no country has ever granted all its citizens (i.e. including minors) the vote, most countries today hold regular elections based on egalitarian principles, at least in theory.
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Theories of Democracy
- Democracy, or rule by the people, is an egalitarian form of government in which all the citizens of a nation determine public policy, the laws, and the actions of their state together.
- Although no country has ever granted all its citizens the right to vote, most countries today hold regular elections based on egalitarian principles, at least in theory.
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Marx's View of Class Differentiation
- Eventually, however, Marx believed the capitalist economic order would erode, through its own internal conflict; this would lead to revolutionary consciousness and the development of egalitarian communist society.
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Relative Deprivation Approach
- This debate has important consequences for social policy, particularly on whether poverty can be eliminated simply by raising total wealth or whether egalitarian measures are also needed.
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School
- It was after World War II, however, that the subject received renewed interest around the world: from technological functionalism in the US, egalitarian reform of opportunity in Europe, and human-capital theory in economics.
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Preindustrial Societies: The Birth of Inequality
- They tend to have relatively non-hierarchical, egalitarian social structures, often including a high degree of gender equality.
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Theories of Socialization
- Egalitarianism refers to socializing children with the belief that all people are equal and should be treated with a common humanity.
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A Multicultural Society
- In Pluralistic Universe (1909), William James espoused the idea of a "plural society" and saw pluralism as "crucial to the formation of philosophical and social humanism to help build a better, more egalitarian society. "
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Romantic Love
- Unrequited love can be romantic in different ways: comic, tragic, or in the sense that sublimation itself is comparable to romance, where the spirituality of both art and egalitarian ideals is combined with strong character and emotions.