Political Science 1020E Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Negative Liberty, Environmentalism, Mercantilism

• School: Western University
• Department: Political Science
• Course: Political Science 1020E
• Professor: Erin Hannah

Document Summary

The first part of this course has examined the theoretical foundation of the field of political science including the importance of the state and democracy. Now, we will move on to look at the various ideologies that shape the way we view the world of politics. Set of related, generally consistent, ideas and beliefs that provides a basis for political action". What is a just" society?) (c) explain how political change can and should be brought about to move from (a) to (b) In terms of the classical ideologies we tended to view them on a linear spectrum: Socialism/communism liberalism conservatism fascism: we will examine several ideologies over the next few weeks including he classical ones (liberalism, conservatism, Socialism/communism, anarchism, and fascism) and the new ones (feminism, ecologism, religious fundamentalism and. In terms of the classical ideologies we tended to view them on a linear left/right spectrum from socialism all the way to fascism.