ISS 210 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: The Communist Manifesto, Proletariat, Bourgeoisie
29 Apr 2018
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ISS210 - Lecture 4: Power & Ideology - Chapter 3
Political Ideologies: Modern Liberalism in Practice
● Emphasizes individuals rights to own private property, but imposes social and
economic obligations for the common good
● Government as a positive force to do good
● Not just equality of opportunity, but reduction of absolute inequality
● Supporters: there is no real freedom without social and economic security
● Think the American Democratic Party
The Modern Liberal Mixed Economy
● Goal: to properly balance individual freedoms with social justice and equality
● Method: the proper mix of market and government regulation of the economy
○ Support political equality in all forms
○ Higher government mandated minimum wages
○ Social welfare programs (like Social Security, Public Education)
○ Redistributive tax policies
● Method: Reform capitalism through government intervention (rather than
replace it)
○ Mixed Economies
Communism
● Communism:
○ An ideology critical of capitalism that asserts that the class structure
created by the capitalist mode of production perpetuates various facets
of society
● Method: replace capitalism (as opposed to modern liberalism)
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Iss210 - lecture 4: power & ideology - chapter 3. Emphasizes individuals rights to own private property, but imposes social and economic obligations for the common good. Government as a positive force to do good. Not just equality of opportunity, but reduction of absolute inequality. Supporters: there is no real freedom without social and economic security. Goal: to properly balance individual freedoms with social justice and equality. Method: the proper mix of market and government regulation of the economy. Social welfare programs (like social security, public education) Method: reform capitalism through government intervention (rather than replace it) An ideology critical of capitalism that asserts that the class structure created by the capitalist mode of production perpetuates various facets of society. Method: replace capitalism (as opposed to modern liberalism) (cid:862)the histor(cid:455) of all hitherto e(cid:454)isti(cid:374)g so(cid:272)iet(cid:455) is the histor(cid:455) of class struggle. (cid:863) Bourgeoisie - (cid:862)o(cid:449)(cid:374)ers(cid:863) of the (cid:373)ea(cid:374)s of produ(cid:272)tio(cid:374) Economic determination: economy determines government, education, religion, etc.
