| French | English |
| aide sociale | social relief |
| aide sociale | social relief Public assistance especially financial given to persons in special need or difficulty |
| Akwé: Kon Lignes directrices facultatives pour la conduite d'études sur les impacts culturels, environnementaux et sociaux des projets d'aménagement ou des aménagements susceptibles d'avoir un impact sur des sites sacrés et sur des terres ou des eaux occupées ou utilisées traditionnellement par des communautés autochtones et locales | Akwé: Kon Voluntary Guidelines for the Conduct of Cultural, Environmental and Social Impact Assessment regarding Developments Proposed to Take Place on, or which are Likely to Impact on, Sacred Sites and on Lands and Waters Traditionally Occupied or Used by Indigenous and Local Communities |
| Akwé: Kon Lignes directrices facultatives pour la conduite d'études sur les impacts culturels, environnementaux et sociaux des projets d'aménagement ou des aménagements susceptibles d'avoir un impact sur des sites sacrés et sur des terres ou des eaux occupées ou utilisées traditionnellement par des communautés autochtones et locales | Akwé: Kon Voluntary Guidelines |
| analyse sociale | social analysis No definition needed |
| bien-être social | social welfare The prosperity, well-being or convenience of a community. It embraces the primary social interests of safety, order, morals, economic interest, and non material and political interests |
| biologie sociale | biocenotics |
| cadre social | social framework The underlying structure that connects and supports the various members and parts of a community or human organization |
| cadre social | social framework |
| Centre latinoaméricain d'écologie sociale | Latin American Centre for Social Ecology |
| Charte sociale de l'eau | Social Charter for Water |
| complément social de ressources | social welfare |
| comportement social | social behaviour A person or community's general treatment, manner of conduct or action toward others as individuals or as members of variously identified groups |
| condition sociale | social condition An existing circumstance, situation or state affecting the life, welfare and relations of human beings in community |
| condition sociale | social condition |
| conduite sociale | social-minded behaviour |
| conséquences sociales, environnementales et économiques néfastes | adverse social, environmental and economic impacts |
| coût environnemental et social | environmental and social cost |
| coût environnemental et social | societal cost |
| coût social | social cost The price paid or the loss incurred to acquire, produce or maintain an objective or goal in a group, community or society |
| différenciation sociale | social differentiation A concept associated with evolutionary theories of history and with structural functionalism. Societies are seen as moving from the simple to the complex via a process of social change based on structural differentiation |
| dispositif social | social facility Any structure designed, built or installed to provide space for living or interaction among persons in a community |
| dispositif social | social facility |
| dynamique sociale | social dynamics |
| dynamique sociale | social dynamics The pattern, change, development and driving forces of a human group, community or society |
| décrire et contrôler tous les aspects sociaux et environnementaux pertinents de l'EEE | describing and monitoring all relevant social and environmental aspects of the EEA |
| détermination de la portée sociale | social scoping |
| développement social | social development The state of nations and the hystorical processes of change experienced by them. The concept of development subsumes associated cultural and political changes as well as welfare measures which reflect distribution of goods, wealth and opportunities |
| enquête sociale | social survey Data collections that employ both interviewing and sampling to produce quantitative data-sets, amenable to computer-based analysis |
| enquêtes sociales | social survey |
| fonctions sociales de la forêt | forest indirect effects |
| fonctions sociales de la forêt | social benefits of the forest |
| fonctions sociales de la forêt | forest amenities |
| fonctions sociales de la forêt | beneficial effects of the forest |
| groupe social | social group A collection of people who interact with one another and share a certain feeling of unity |
| indicateur social | social indicator Easily identified features of a society which can be measured, which vary over time, and are taken as revealing some underlying aspect of social reality. In general, the most commonly used indicators are derived from official statistics, and include unemployment figures, health and mortality data, and crime rates |
| internalisation des coûts sociaux | internalisation of social costs |
| inégalité sociale | social inequality Unequal rewards or opportunities for different individuals within a group or groups within a society. If equality is judged in terms of legal equality, equality of opportunity, or equality of outcome, then inequality is a constant feature of the human condition |
| mouvement social | social movement A organized effort by a significant number of people to change (or resist change in) some major aspect or aspects of society |
| médecine sociale | social medicine Medicine as applied to treatment of diseases which occur in certain social groups |
| participation sociale | social participation Collective, civic action shared and performed by a significant number of the community or general population |
| politique sociale | social policy A course of action adopted and pursued by government, business or some other organization, which seeks to ensure that all people have acceptable working or living conditions by providing social security, welfare, health care, insurance, fair employment practices, low cost housing or educational opportunities |
| problème social | social problem A generic term applied to the range of conditions and aberrant behaviours which are considered to be manifestations of social disorganization and to warrant changing via some means of social engineering. Typically, these problems include many forms of deviant behaviour (such as crime, juvenile delinquency, prostitution, mental illness, drug addiction, suicide) and of social conflict (ethnic tension, domestic violence, industrial strife, and so forth) |
| processus sociaux | social process A continuous action, operation, or series of changes taking place in a definite manner and pertaining to the life, welfare, and relations of human beings in a community |
| processus sociaux | social process |
| projet Politique environnementale, exclusion sociale et changement climatique | project Environmental Policy, Social Exclusion and Climate Change |
| protection sociale | social protection The monies and programs a society enacts through either public or private entities to provide economic security and general welfare for its members, often on account of old age, unemployment, health, disability or death of a spouse, parent or other benefactor |
| recycleur social | social recycler |
| représentation sociale | social representation A system of values, ideas and practices established to orient individuals in their community and culture and to provide them with naming, classification and communication codes |
| représentation sociale | social representation |
| restauration des sites d'intérêt social ou culturel | rehabilitation of sites of social or cultural value |
| sciences sociales | social science The study of society and of the relationship of individual members within society, including economics, history, political science, psychology, anthropology, and sociology |
| sciences sociales | social science |
| service social | social service Welfare activities organized by the state or a local authority and carried out by trained personnel |
| structure sociale | social structure A term loosely applied to any recurring pattern of social behaviour; or, more specifically, to the ordered interrelationships between the different elements or a social system or society |
| système social | social system The concept of system appears throughout the social and natural sciences and has generated a body of literature of its own (general systems theory). A system is any pattern of relationships between elements, and is regarded as having emergent properties on its own over and above the properties of its elements |
| valeur sociale | social value Regarding social values, distinctions are often drawn between values, which are strong, semi permanent, underlying, and sometimes inexplicit dispositions, and attitudes, which are shallow, weakly held, and highly variable views and opinions. Societies can usually tolerate highly diverse attitude, whereas they require some degree of homogeneity and consistency in the values held by people, providing a common fund of shared values which shape social and political consensus |
| valeur sociale | social value |
