POLS 200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Basic Belief, Michael Ignatieff, Classical Liberalism
9 Dec 2017
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This week we will begin our study of the role that ideology plays in influencing how we perceive politics. Discuss the historical roots and primary characteristics of liberalism, socialism, and conservatism; Last time, we discussed different ways of thinking about power, authority and political legitimacy. Now we have to look at how ideology influences how we perceive and understand politics. The debate behttp://www. youtube. com/watch?v=7ud3pk5wa90tween the old and the new. Before you do anything else this week, take this short quiz. It"s not for marks; it"s just to help you get started on our next topic: ideology. http://www. theadvocates. org/quiz/quiz. php. Depending on how you scored, you might have found were a libertarian or a. Left-liberal, or a centrist, or a big statist. you may have heard these terms before or they may be brand new to you. Some are more commonly used than others, like liberal or centralist, while others are known among those who share certain political views but have less general currency.
