Glossary
- Administrative devolution
- Refers to a transfer of responsibility for policy areas with a specific Welsh dimension from Whitehall to Wales-specific bodies.
- Child poverty
- is measured by the proportion of children living in families with a household income of less than 60 per cent of the national average household income. This is usually measured after housing costs are deducted.
- Cultural capital
- means the knowledge, skills and education which individuals have.
- A cultural division of labour
- means that people’s jobs are related to their ethnic or national origins.
- Democracy
- Comes from the Greek demos (the people) and kratos (rule).
- Devolution
- Is a process whereby political authority is transferred from central government to a lower (regional) level of government.
- Ethnic nationalism
- is national belonging defined in terms of culture and common descent, although not necessarily genetic descent.
- Economic globalisation
- is a process in which local and national economies become integrated into a global system of exchange and trade)
- Gender roles
- Are the patterns of behaviour that society expects from a man or woman
- Globalisation
- refers to the increasing extent to which the world is becoming integrated, so that many places are felt to be losing their distinctive qualities and growing more alike.
- Gross value added (GVA)
- represents the value of the goods and services produced per head in a region before taxes and subsidies are considered. When the latter are added, the total is referred to as gross domestic product (GDP).
- ‘Life chances’
- is a term associated with the sociologist Max Weber. It refers to the typical expectation of rewards, opportunities and deprivations that a person may have over the course of a lifetime. Comparison of life chances provides a way of assessing inequalities between different kinds of individuals and groups.
- Neo-corporatism
- Refers to a privileged relationship between political actors (especially those in government) and a narrow group of actors representing a specific set of interests.
- Race
- signifies the division of humans according to physical characteristics (notably skin colour) into different racial groups. Racismis the attribution of characteristics of superiority or inferiority to a population sharing certain physically inherited characteristics.
- Racism
- Is the attribution of characteristics of superiority or inferiority to a population sharing certain physically inherited characteristics.
- Shamateurism
- refers to the sham of financial rewards being offered to players by clubs in the era (before 1995) when rugby was ostensibly amateur
- Social exclusion
- refers to the economic, cultural and social marginalisation of individuals, families and communities. It describes the long-term consequences of poverty where people experiencing poverty suffer poor educational attainment, poor health outcomes and low housing quality.
- Social capital
- means the networks to which people belong which produce resources for achieving their ends.
- The Six Nations Championship
- (or RBS 6 Nations for sponsorship reasons) An annual international rugby union competition between England, France, Ireland, Italy, Scotland and Wales