POL 128 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Classical Liberalism, Proxy War, Industrial Revolution

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Politics and Public Administration
• Course: POL 128
• Professor: Hartt Laurinda

Document Summary

Systematic and coherent set of ideas about society and the world. Ideologies require a bit of thought and takes time to come to an ideology (not an opinion) Can be empirical, but more often than not it is normative. Political ideologies are belief systems that aim to kill the ills of society. 1: analyzes - why problem exists, how extensive, solutions to problem - higher minimum wage, better access to education. Communism (far left) - social change & max equality, government controls all, no individual rights, government intervention. Democratic socialists - capitalism, private property, public-private ownership. Liberalism (least government intervention, middle) - individual rights, free trade, profits. Conservatism - government should stay out of economy, but interfere with private lives. Nazism & fascism (far right) - no change & max inequality; government intervention, manipulate people"s way of thinking, economy and business remained in private but told what to make by government, no individual rights.