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This Week: Examining Political IdeologiesSeptember 11, 2017
1. What is meant by Ideology? What are different ideologies?
2. What is the Political Spectrum and what does it mean to be left wing/right wing?
3. What about the Economic Spectrum?
4. What are the major political parties in Canada and the US and what makes them right wing/left wing?
5. Where do you fall on the political spectrum?
Ideology
A systematic set of values and beliefs that provide for an understanding of the world
Origins of the Political Spectrum
• French Revolution, variety of opinions on what should happen politically in France
• People began to form groups (parties) of like-minded individuals
• Some parties wanted to maintain a sovereign monarch, others a constitutional monarch, others called for total abolishment of monarchy and execution of the King.
• These parties sat in the Legislative Assembly with the most conservative on the right and the most liberal on the left
Ideologies & Related Terms
• Anarchy• Radical• Moderate• Liberal• Conservative• Reactionary
• Socialism• Communist• Authoritarian• Fascist• Totalitarian• Alt-Right
1.Read pages 18 – 22 in textbook
2. Create working definitions in your notes for the following terms (page 19 and/or the glossary)
The Political Spectrum
(general characteristics)
left centre right
• Progress & Change
• Freedom
• Equality
• Conservatism
• Adherence to tradition
• Status Quo
Social liberalism and social conservatism
Gun control?
Same-sex marriages or unions?
Healthcare?
Crime and Punishment?
Abortion?
Liberals? Conservatives?
right to choose right to life
rehabilitation longer sentences
universal some privatization
marriage union
yes reticent
Two Spectrums
•Social Issues
•Economic Issues
Government controls production – equal distribution
of resources
(centralized government- high
regulation of industry)
The Economic Spectrum
Communism Socialism Liberalism Conservatism
Private citizens own and control industries
(privatization) – some people are rich
and some are poor
(decentralized government –low regulation of industry)
What social and economic policies can explain Castro’s location on this grid?
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