political ideology …or, where one stands, depends on where one sits
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Chapter 5: Wilson. Political Ideology …or, Where One Stands, Depends On Where One Sits. Homework : Assignment 8 for Thursday. What do the terms “liberal” and “conservative” mean?. These terms refer to a somewhat consistent set of beliefs about the role of government Political Ideology - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Consider: How might ideological labels both help and hurt our democracy?
Homework: Assignment 3 for tomorrow
Political Ideology
…or, Where One Stands, Depends On Where One Sits
Unit 2
What Is a Political Ideology?
“The coherent set of values and beliefs people hold about the purpose and scope of government”
Four functions of ideologies: Explanation- provides reasons why social and economic
conditions are the way they are (North Korea) Evaluation – standards for evaluating social conditions and
political institutions and events. Orientation – provide a direction for individuals on issues and a
way of seeing the world Political program – help people make political choices, such as
voting
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Origin of Left and Right
The terms "left" and "right" appeared during the French Revolution of 1789 when members of the National Assembly divided into supporters of the king to the president's right and supporters of the revolution to his left.
What do the terms “liberal” and “conservative” mean?
These terms refer to a somewhat consistent set of beliefs about the role of government Political Ideology▪ They cannot describe every person, nor apply to
every person in the same way US 20th century – begin in economic
terms Liberal – government intervention in
economy, Conservative – free market proponents
Though these applications are inexact, we can draw broad outlines of what they mean….
Scared to be a liberal?
Scared to be a liberal?
http://www.pewresearch.org/data-trend/political-attitudes/political-ideology/
Problems with Ideological Labels Is left-to-right the only direction? Economic versus personal liberties Statists Libertarians
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Where one stands… “Over the last 30 odd years, Democrats have moved to
the right and the right has moved into a mental hospital. So what we have is one perfectly good party for hedge fund managers, credit card companies, banks, defense contractors, big agriculture and the pharmaceutical lobby... That's the Democrats.
And they sit across the aisle from a small group of religious lunatics, flat-earthers and civil war re-enactors who mostly communicate by AM radio and call themselves the Republicans and who actually worry that Obama is a socialist. Socialist? Please. He's not even a liberal.” Bill Maher
The Political Test.net
The Political Test.net
More political tests…
www.isidewith.com/ http://www.politicaltest.net/