Anomie - A weakening of values and normative rules, associated with feelings of isolation, loneliness and meaninglessness.

Anti-politics - A rejection of, and/or alienation from, conventional politicians and mainstream political parties.

Austerity - Sternness or severity; as an economic strategy, austerity refers to public spending cuts designed to eradicate a budget deficit, and underpinned by faith in market forces.

Authority - The right to exert influence over others by virtue of an acknowledged obligation to obey.

Economic liberalism - A belief in the market as a self-regulating mechanism that tends naturally to deliver general prosperity and opportunities for all (see pp –4).

Euroscepticism - Hostility to European integration based on the belief that it is a threat to national sovereignty and/or national identity.

Fiscal conservatism - A political-economic stance that prioritises the lowering of taxes, cuts in public spending and reduced government debt.

Fiscal stimulus - An economic strategy designed to promote growth by either, lowering taxes or increasing government spending, or both.

Hierarchy - A pyramidically ranked system of command and obedience, in which social position is unconnected with individual ability.

Inflation - A rise in the general price level, leading to a decline in the value of money.

National conservatism - A form of conservatism that prioritises the defence of national, cultural and, sometimes, ethnic identity over other concerns, often based on parallels between the family and the nation.

Natural aristocracy - The idea that talent and leadership are innate or inbred qualities that cannot be acquired through effort or self-advancement.

New Right - An ideological trend within conservatism that embraces a blend of neoliberalism and neoconservatism.

Organicism - A belief that society operates like an organism or living entity, the whole being more than a collection of its individual parts.

Permissiveness - The willingness to allow people to make their own moral choices; permissiveness suggests that there are no authoritative values.

Privatisation - The transfer of state assets from the public to the private sector, reflecting a contraction of the state’s responsibilities.

Property - The ownership of physical goods or wealth, whether by private individuals, groups of people or the state.

Social conservatism - The belief that society is fashioned out of a fragile network of relationships which need to be upheld through duty, traditional values and established institutions.

Tradition - Values, practices or institutions that have endured through time and, in particular, been passed down from one generation to the next.