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Key Concepts In Politics.
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M.Gschmeissner Assignment 2 KEY CONCEPTS IN POLITICS. GLOSSARY OF POLITICAL CONCEPTS Civil Society Civil Society is a highly contested concept but always centres on the idea of freedom, freedom of thought, freedom of conscience, freedom of expression, freedom of movement, freedom to enjoy privacy and autonomy in the management of one's personal life. Freedom of private individuals to associate voluntarily and to form organisations for pursuing common purposes and freedom to participate politically in ways that do not infringe upon the similar rights of others. The concept of Civil Society can easily be misinterpreted. In any civil society individuals should be allowed to exercise Civil Liberties that refer specifically to the protection of the individual rights to form and express his/her own preferences or convictions and to act freely upon them in the private sphere with no undue intrusive interference by the government. Therefor correlating to a goal of limited or no government. Civil...
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