Glossary in Social Justice

Glossary

Fraternity - Universal brotherhood which is stipulated in the Indian constitution

Exploitation – Misusage of resources

Egalitarian society - Society without stratification

Privileges - Special schemes or rights for particular human communities

Injustice - Activities which are against the will of people

Social identity - An indicator which locates the people in a society

Apartheid - Suppression of one race by the other

Varna system - Divisive phenomenon in the society

Minorities - people who belongs to a group at less number in population

Reservation - Policy which helps people for upliftment

Plural society - Varied on the basis of culture

Social change - Change which creates behavioral variation

Civil rights - Rights provided by the government to live in a society

Political rights - Rights of the people in the political sector

Economic equality - Less cleavage between people in terms of economic condition

Dharma - Do’s and Don’ts Landlordism - Exploitation by land owners

Deprived - Economically and socially exploited and exhausted

Panchamer - people who are out of the Varna system

Justice - Fair distribution of authoritative allocation of values