POL S 6 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Repurposing, Ethnocentrism, Scantron Corporation
MIDTERM NEXT CLASS
2 Parts: multiple choice and short ID section (terminology heavy)
Short ID = definition, significance, and example
○
Green skinny scantron -- Form 882-E
○
Blue books
○
•
If a person has liberal ideas, then that person believes that existing political institutions can be a force for
positive change
Progress, moving forward towards positive change
○
Repurposing existing political institutions
○
•
The meaning of liberal varies
Liberal refers to someone who supports left-wing policies in the US
○
In Australia, the liberal part is actually more right-wing
○
•
A liberal attitude supports gradual change within existing institutions
•
Liberal ideology places high value on personal, economic, and ______ liberty
•
If a person has conservative ideas, then that person prefers institutions and policies (even left-wing ones)
to stay in place
Skeptical of change
○
Want to keep the status quo
○
•
The meaning of conservative varies
In the UK…
○
A conservative attitude favors existing institutions and traditions versus change
○
•
Political Attitudes: description of one's views regarding the speed and methods with which political
changes should take place in a given society
ideas that talk about the necessary scope and pace of political change
○
Whether or not change needs to be made and how it should be carried out
○
Generally classified as radical, liberal, conservative, or reactionary
Radicals: those with a political attitude that favors dramatic and often revolutionary change
§
Liberals: those with a political attitude that favors evolutionary change and who believe that
existing institutions can be instruments of positive change
§
Conservatives: those with a political attitude that is skeptical of political change and supports
the current order
§
Reactionaries: those who seek to restore the institutions of a real or imagined earlier order
§
○
Distinct from political ideologies
○
Particularistic and relative to the specific context of a given country
"liberal" does not mean the same thing in every country
§
○
•
How do the four different attitudes view institutions?
Radicals: prefer large institutional change rapidly
○
Liberals: prefer changes within institutions overall, gradually and eventually
○
Conservatives: are skeptical of change and favor the status quo (minimizing risk)
○
Reactionaries: seek to restore political, social, and economic institutions from the past (real or
imaginary/nostalgic)
○
•
Political Attitudes and Ideologies on the LEFT
Radicals -- far left
Favor dramatic revolutionary change to the existing political, social, or economic order
§
Extreme
§
Believe old institutions are broken and must be replaced
§
○
Liberals
Favor gradual and evolutionary change
§
Believe that existing institutions can create positive change
i..e US Democrats□
§
○
•
Political Attitudes and Ideologies On the RIGHT
Conservatives
Skeptical of change
§
Value continuity of institutions
§
Believe that traditions that work should be respected
§
Fear that change will have unintended effects (no to risks)
§
i.e. Germany's Christian Democrats (CDU)
§
○
Reactionaries
View current order as fundamentally unacceptable
§
Similar to radicals but they want to go back to the ways of the past and find something that
used to work successfully
§
Return backwards to older systems
§
Sometimes they imagine a fictional past or glorified institutions
§
i.e. US Tea Party
§
○
•
The Continuum of Competing Views•
LEFT RIGHT
Radicals ----- Liberals ----- Conservatives ------- Reactionaries
Radicals and reactionaries have some things in common
Seeing existing regimes as being fundamentally illegitimate
○
Both may support violence in instances of wanting change
○
•
Liberals and conservatives accept legitimacy of existing regime•
What should be the fundamental goal of politics?
Possible goals
Promote individual liberty above all values
§
Promote economic equality
§
Balance liberty and equality
§
Advance the power of the nation as a whole
§
To eliminate the state as a threat to freedom
§
○
•
Political Ideologies: a set of values about the fundamental goals of politics
Exemplified by five dominant modern ideologies
Liberalism
§
Communism
§
Anarchism
§
Social democracy
§
Fascism
§
○
Universalistic: not specific to one country or time
○
Distinct from political attitudes
○
•
Political Ideology: the basic values held by an individual about the fundamental goals of politics or the
ideal balance of freedom and equality
Different ideologies prioritize different goals
Liberalism: focuses on freedom and liberty
§
Communism: focuses on the idea of economic quality
§
Social democracy: balance between freedom and equality
In between liberalism and communism□
§
Fascism: advancement of a superior group or race
§
Anarchism: wants to eliminate state power so that the individual is in control of themselves
§
○
Liberalism: an ideology and political system that favors a limited state role in society and the
economy, and places high priority on individual political and economic freedom
Limit the state's role in politics, society, and economy
§
Values individual freedom and liberty
§
People as individuals should be allowed to pursue their own interests and the state shouldn’t
be involved
§
The only time the state should intervene is if one is being injurious to someone else
§
Liberalism inspires liberal democracy
Liberal democracy: a political system that promotes participation, competition, and
liberty, and emphasizes individual freedom and civil rights (our current definition of
democracy)
Supported by contestation, competition, and participation (i.e. voting)
®
i.e. United States and the United Kingdom
®
□
§
○
Communism: a political ideology that supports the sharing of all wealth and property to eliminate
exploitation, oppression, and the need for political institutions
Rejects idea that personal freedoms will ensure prosperity for the majority
§
State's role is to ensure that wealth is shared
§
No private property
§
"from each according to his ability, to each according to his needs" - Karl Marx
§
Inspired 20th century Communist states
§
i.e. China, Cuba, USSR
§
○
Social democracy/socialism: a political ideology that believes freedom & equality are balanced
through the state's management of the economy and the provision of social expenditures
Trying to balance freedom and equality
Strong markets and role for private ownership□
Strong state to regulate industry and engage in social spending□
§
Between communism and liberalism
§
i.e. modern European states
Germany, Scandinavian states□
§
○
Fascism: a political ideology that asserts the superiority and inferiority of different groups of people
and stresses a low degree of both freedom and equality in order to achieve a powerful state
Rejects the idea of freedom and equality; no democracy
§
Believes that all groups/individuals are either inferior or superior
Explicitly racist or ethnocentric□
§
Believes that you NEED a powerful state as instrumental to expressing the national will
§
i.e. Nazi Germany and Golden Dawn in Greece
§
○
Anarchism: a political ideology that stresses the elimination of the state and private property as a
way to achieve both freedom and equality for all
Views the state as a threat to both freedom and equality
§
There should be no state
§
Eliminating the state and private property would achieve true freedom and equality
§
Never realized in history but played a role in the Russian Revolution (1917)
§
○
•
Different meanings of "liberalism"
Political attitude: favoring slow and evolutionary change
○
As a political ideology outside of North America: favoring free markets and individualism, accepting
greater inequality
○
As a political ideology in North America: favoring greater state role in limiting inequality (would be
considered socialism outside North America)
○
Political economy: favoring limited state role in economy
○
•
Religion, Fundamentalism, and the Crisis of Identity
Fundamentalism: a view of religion as absolute and inerrant and that should be legally enforced by
making faith the sovereign authority
Many ideologies considered alternative for religion
§
A crisis of ideology -- and a fundamentalist response?
§
Fundamentalism: an ideology that seeks to make faith the sovereign authority
§
Modern phenomena resulting from a spiritual malaise in society today
§
Trying to unite religion and the state
Create a theocracy□
§
i.e. ISIS, Iran
§
○
•
Political Culture
Culture: basic institutions and norms that define a society
Differ by history, region, background, etc.
§
Activities and ideas that a given cultural group finds normal
§
○
Political culture: the basic norms for political activity in a society
A determining factor in what ideologies will dominate a country's political regime
§
Unique to a given country or group
§
○
Influence politics in many ways
Influences mainly ideology that dominates a political regime
§
○
Different cultural values (Inglehart dimensions)
Traditional versus secular-rational
Traditional values
Emphasizes religion, family, deference to authority, and national pride
®
□
Secular-rational values
Emphasis on rationalism
®
Much less emphasis on tradition
®
□
§
Survival vs. self-expression
Survival values
Emphasizes physical and economic security
®
Associated with low levels of trust
®
□
Self-expression
Focused on higher levels of tolerance
®
Demands for individual participation in politics
®
□
§
○
•
CH 3 SUMMARY
Ethnic identity and national identity are different
○
Citizenship defines an individuals relationship with the state
○
Most modern identities have developed alongside the modern state
○
Ethnic or national differences may lead to conflict
○
Attitudes
○
Ideologies
○
Cultural values shape a society's values and attitudes
○
•
CH 4: POLITICAL ECONOMY
NOT ON THE MIDTERM•
High Freedom
LIBERALISM
Low Equality
FASCISM
Low Freedom
COMMUNISM
ANARCHISM
High Equality
Lecture 7: Political Attitudes and Ideology
Tuesday, April 24, 2018
3:31 PM
MIDTERM NEXT CLASS
2 Parts: multiple choice and short ID section (terminology heavy)
Short ID = definition, significance, and example
○
Green skinny scantron -- Form 882-E
○
Blue books
○
•
If a person has liberal ideas, then that person believes that existing political institutions can be a force for
positive change
Progress, moving forward towards positive change
○
Repurposing existing political institutions
○
•
The meaning of liberal varies
Liberal refers to someone who supports left-wing policies in the US
○
In Australia, the liberal part is actually more right-wing
○
•
A liberal attitude supports gradual change within existing institutions
•
Liberal ideology places high value on personal, economic, and ______ liberty
•
If a person has conservative ideas, then that person prefers institutions and policies (even left-wing ones)
to stay in place
Skeptical of change
○
Want to keep the status quo
○
•
The meaning of conservative varies
In the UK…
○
A conservative attitude favors existing institutions and traditions versus change
○
•
Political Attitudes: description of one's views regarding the speed and methods with which political
changes should take place in a given society
ideas that talk about the necessary scope and pace of political change
○
Whether or not change needs to be made and how it should be carried out
○
Generally classified as radical, liberal, conservative, or reactionary
Radicals: those with a political attitude that favors dramatic and often revolutionary change
§
Liberals: those with a political attitude that favors evolutionary change and who believe that
existing institutions can be instruments of positive change
§
Conservatives: those with a political attitude that is skeptical of political change and supports
the current order
§
Reactionaries: those who seek to restore the institutions of a real or imagined earlier order
§
○
Distinct from political ideologies
○
Particularistic and relative to the specific context of a given country
"liberal" does not mean the same thing in every country
§
○
•
How do the four different attitudes view institutions?
Radicals: prefer large institutional change rapidly
○
Liberals: prefer changes within institutions overall, gradually and eventually
○
Conservatives: are skeptical of change and favor the status quo (minimizing risk)
○
Reactionaries: seek to restore political, social, and economic institutions from the past (real or
imaginary/nostalgic)
○
•
Political Attitudes and Ideologies on the LEFT
Radicals -- far left
Favor dramatic revolutionary change to the existing political, social, or economic order
§
Extreme
§
Believe old institutions are broken and must be replaced
§
○
Liberals
Favor gradual and evolutionary change
§
Believe that existing institutions can create positive change
i..e US Democrats□
§
○
•
Political Attitudes and Ideologies On the RIGHT
Conservatives
Skeptical of change
§
Value continuity of institutions
§
Believe that traditions that work should be respected
§
Fear that change will have unintended effects (no to risks)
§
i.e. Germany's Christian Democrats (CDU)
§
○
Reactionaries
View current order as fundamentally unacceptable
§
Similar to radicals but they want to go back to the ways of the past and find something that
used to work successfully
§
Return backwards to older systems
§
Sometimes they imagine a fictional past or glorified institutions
§
i.e. US Tea Party
§
○
•
The Continuum of Competing Views•
LEFT RIGHT
Radicals ----- Liberals ----- Conservatives ------- Reactionaries
Radicals and reactionaries have some things in common
Seeing existing regimes as being fundamentally illegitimate
○
Both may support violence in instances of wanting change
○
•
Liberals and conservatives accept legitimacy of existing regime•
What should be the fundamental goal of politics?
Possible goals
Promote individual liberty above all values
§
Promote economic equality
§
Balance liberty and equality
§
Advance the power of the nation as a whole
§
To eliminate the state as a threat to freedom
§
○
•
Political Ideologies: a set of values about the fundamental goals of politics
Exemplified by five dominant modern ideologies
Liberalism
§
Communism
§
Anarchism
§
Social democracy
§
Fascism
§
○
Universalistic: not specific to one country or time
○
Distinct from political attitudes
○
•
Political Ideology: the basic values held by an individual about the fundamental goals of politics or the
ideal balance of freedom and equality
Different ideologies prioritize different goals
Liberalism: focuses on freedom and liberty
§
Communism: focuses on the idea of economic quality
§
Social democracy: balance between freedom and equality
In between liberalism and communism□
§
Fascism: advancement of a superior group or race
§
Anarchism: wants to eliminate state power so that the individual is in control of themselves
§
○
Liberalism: an ideology and political system that favors a limited state role in society and the
economy, and places high priority on individual political and economic freedom
Limit the state's role in politics, society, and economy
§
Values individual freedom and liberty
§
People as individuals should be allowed to pursue their own interests and the state shouldn’t
be involved
§
The only time the state should intervene is if one is being injurious to someone else
§
Liberalism inspires liberal democracy
Liberal democracy: a political system that promotes participation, competition, and
liberty, and emphasizes individual freedom and civil rights (our current definition of
democracy)
Supported by contestation, competition, and participation (i.e. voting)
®
i.e. United States and the United Kingdom
®
□
§
○
Communism: a political ideology that supports the sharing of all wealth and property to eliminate
exploitation, oppression, and the need for political institutions
Rejects idea that personal freedoms will ensure prosperity for the majority
§
State's role is to ensure that wealth is shared
§
No private property
§
"from each according to his ability, to each according to his needs" - Karl Marx
§
Inspired 20th century Communist states
§
i.e. China, Cuba, USSR
§
○
Social democracy/socialism: a political ideology that believes freedom & equality are balanced
through the state's management of the economy and the provision of social expenditures
Trying to balance freedom and equality
Strong markets and role for private ownership□
Strong state to regulate industry and engage in social spending□
§
Between communism and liberalism
§
i.e. modern European states
Germany, Scandinavian states□
§
○
Fascism: a political ideology that asserts the superiority and inferiority of different groups of people
and stresses a low degree of both freedom and equality in order to achieve a powerful state
Rejects the idea of freedom and equality; no democracy
§
Believes that all groups/individuals are either inferior or superior
Explicitly racist or ethnocentric□
§
Believes that you NEED a powerful state as instrumental to expressing the national will
§
i.e. Nazi Germany and Golden Dawn in Greece
§
○
Anarchism: a political ideology that stresses the elimination of the state and private property as a
way to achieve both freedom and equality for all
Views the state as a threat to both freedom and equality
§
There should be no state
§
Eliminating the state and private property would achieve true freedom and equality
§
Never realized in history but played a role in the Russian Revolution (1917)
§
○
•
Different meanings of "liberalism"
Political attitude: favoring slow and evolutionary change
○
As a political ideology outside of North America: favoring free markets and individualism, accepting
greater inequality
○
As a political ideology in North America: favoring greater state role in limiting inequality (would be
considered socialism outside North America)
○
Political economy: favoring limited state role in economy
○
•
Religion, Fundamentalism, and the Crisis of Identity
Fundamentalism: a view of religion as absolute and inerrant and that should be legally enforced by
making faith the sovereign authority
Many ideologies considered alternative for religion
§
A crisis of ideology -- and a fundamentalist response?
§
Fundamentalism: an ideology that seeks to make faith the sovereign authority
§
Modern phenomena resulting from a spiritual malaise in society today
§
Trying to unite religion and the state
Create a theocracy□
§
i.e. ISIS, Iran
§
○
•
Political Culture
Culture: basic institutions and norms that define a society
Differ by history, region, background, etc.
§
Activities and ideas that a given cultural group finds normal
§
○
Political culture: the basic norms for political activity in a society
A determining factor in what ideologies will dominate a country's political regime
§
Unique to a given country or group
§
○
Influence politics in many ways
Influences mainly ideology that dominates a political regime
§
○
Different cultural values (Inglehart dimensions)
Traditional versus secular-rational
Traditional values
Emphasizes religion, family, deference to authority, and national pride
®
□
Secular-rational values
Emphasis on rationalism
®
Much less emphasis on tradition
®
□
§
Survival vs. self-expression
Survival values
Emphasizes physical and economic security
®
Associated with low levels of trust
®
□
Self-expression
Focused on higher levels of tolerance
®
Demands for individual participation in politics
®
□
§
○
•
CH 3 SUMMARY
Ethnic identity and national identity are different
○
Citizenship defines an individuals relationship with the state
○
Most modern identities have developed alongside the modern state
○
Ethnic or national differences may lead to conflict
○
Attitudes
○
Ideologies
○
Cultural values shape a society's values and attitudes
○
•
CH 4: POLITICAL ECONOMY
NOT ON THE MIDTERM•
High Freedom
LIBERALISM
Low Equality
FASCISM
Low Freedom
COMMUNISM
ANARCHISM
High Equality
Lecture 7: Political Attitudes and Ideology
Tuesday, April 24, 2018
3:31 PM
MIDTERM NEXT CLASS
2 Parts: multiple choice and short ID section (terminology heavy)
Short ID = definition, significance, and example
○
Green skinny scantron -- Form 882-E
○
Blue books
○
•
If a person has liberal ideas, then that person believes that existing political institutions can be a force for
positive change
Progress, moving forward towards positive change
○
Repurposing existing political institutions
○
•
The meaning of liberal varies
Liberal refers to someone who supports left-wing policies in the US
○
In Australia, the liberal part is actually more right-wing
○
•
A liberal attitude supports gradual change within existing institutions•
Liberal ideology places high value on personal, economic, and ______ liberty•
If a person has conservative ideas, then that person prefers institutions and policies (even left-wing ones)
to stay in place
Skeptical of change
○
Want to keep the status quo
○
•
The meaning of conservative varies
In the UK…
○
A conservative attitude favors existing institutions and traditions versus change
○
•
Political Attitudes: description of one's views regarding the speed and methods with which political
changes should take place in a given society
ideas that talk about the necessary scope and pace of political change
○
Whether or not change needs to be made and how it should be carried out
○
Generally classified as radical, liberal, conservative, or reactionary
Radicals: those with a political attitude that favors dramatic and often revolutionary change
§
Liberals: those with a political attitude that favors evolutionary change and who believe that
existing institutions can be instruments of positive change
§
Conservatives: those with a political attitude that is skeptical of political change and supports
the current order
§
Reactionaries: those who seek to restore the institutions of a real or imagined earlier order
§
○
Distinct from political ideologies
○
Particularistic and relative to the specific context of a given country
"liberal" does not mean the same thing in every country
§
○
•
How do the four different attitudes view institutions?
Radicals: prefer large institutional change rapidly
○
Liberals: prefer changes within institutions overall, gradually and eventually
○
Conservatives: are skeptical of change and favor the status quo (minimizing risk)
○
Reactionaries: seek to restore political, social, and economic institutions from the past (real or
imaginary/nostalgic)
○
•
Political Attitudes and Ideologies on the LEFT
Radicals -- far left
Favor dramatic revolutionary change to the existing political, social, or economic order
§
Extreme
§
Believe old institutions are broken and must be replaced
§
○
Liberals
Favor gradual and evolutionary change
§
Believe that existing institutions can create positive change
i..e US Democrats
□
§
○
•
Political Attitudes and Ideologies On the RIGHT
Conservatives
Skeptical of change
§
Value continuity of institutions
§
Believe that traditions that work should be respected
§
Fear that change will have unintended effects (no to risks)
§
i.e. Germany's Christian Democrats (CDU)
§
○
Reactionaries
View current order as fundamentally unacceptable
§
Similar to radicals but they want to go back to the ways of the past and find something that
used to work successfully
§
Return backwards to older systems
§
Sometimes they imagine a fictional past or glorified institutions
§
i.e. US Tea Party
§
○
•
The Continuum of Competing Views
•
LEFT
RIGHT
Radicals ----- Liberals ----- Conservatives ------- Reactionaries
Radicals and reactionaries have some things in common
Seeing existing regimes as being fundamentally illegitimate
○
Both may support violence in instances of wanting change
○
•
Liberals and conservatives accept legitimacy of existing regime•
What should be the fundamental goal of politics?
Possible goals
Promote individual liberty above all values
§
Promote economic equality
§
Balance liberty and equality
§
Advance the power of the nation as a whole
§
To eliminate the state as a threat to freedom
§
○
•
Political Ideologies: a set of values about the fundamental goals of politics
Exemplified by five dominant modern ideologies
Liberalism
§
Communism
§
Anarchism
§
Social democracy
§
Fascism
§
○
Universalistic: not specific to one country or time
○
Distinct from political attitudes
○
•
Political Ideology: the basic values held by an individual about the fundamental goals of politics or the
ideal balance of freedom and equality
Different ideologies prioritize different goals
Liberalism: focuses on freedom and liberty
§
Communism: focuses on the idea of economic quality
§
Social democracy: balance between freedom and equality
In between liberalism and communism□
§
Fascism: advancement of a superior group or race
§
Anarchism: wants to eliminate state power so that the individual is in control of themselves
§
○
Liberalism: an ideology and political system that favors a limited state role in society and the
economy, and places high priority on individual political and economic freedom
Limit the state's role in politics, society, and economy
§
Values individual freedom and liberty
§
People as individuals should be allowed to pursue their own interests and the state shouldn’t
be involved
§
The only time the state should intervene is if one is being injurious to someone else
§
Liberalism inspires liberal democracy
Liberal democracy: a political system that promotes participation, competition, and
liberty, and emphasizes individual freedom and civil rights (our current definition of
democracy)
Supported by contestation, competition, and participation (i.e. voting)
®
i.e. United States and the United Kingdom
®
□
§
○
Communism: a political ideology that supports the sharing of all wealth and property to eliminate
exploitation, oppression, and the need for political institutions
Rejects idea that personal freedoms will ensure prosperity for the majority
§
State's role is to ensure that wealth is shared
§
No private property
§
"from each according to his ability, to each according to his needs" - Karl Marx
§
Inspired 20th century Communist states
§
i.e. China, Cuba, USSR
§
○
Social democracy/socialism: a political ideology that believes freedom & equality are balanced
through the state's management of the economy and the provision of social expenditures
Trying to balance freedom and equality
Strong markets and role for private ownership□
Strong state to regulate industry and engage in social spending□
§
Between communism and liberalism
§
i.e. modern European states
Germany, Scandinavian states□
§
○
Fascism: a political ideology that asserts the superiority and inferiority of different groups of people
and stresses a low degree of both freedom and equality in order to achieve a powerful state
Rejects the idea of freedom and equality; no democracy
§
Believes that all groups/individuals are either inferior or superior
Explicitly racist or ethnocentric□
§
Believes that you NEED a powerful state as instrumental to expressing the national will
§
i.e. Nazi Germany and Golden Dawn in Greece
§
○
Anarchism: a political ideology that stresses the elimination of the state and private property as a
way to achieve both freedom and equality for all
Views the state as a threat to both freedom and equality
§
There should be no state
§
Eliminating the state and private property would achieve true freedom and equality
§
Never realized in history but played a role in the Russian Revolution (1917)
§
○
•
Different meanings of "liberalism"
Political attitude: favoring slow and evolutionary change
○
As a political ideology outside of North America: favoring free markets and individualism, accepting
greater inequality
○
As a political ideology in North America: favoring greater state role in limiting inequality (would be
considered socialism outside North America)
○
Political economy: favoring limited state role in economy
○
•
Religion, Fundamentalism, and the Crisis of Identity
Fundamentalism: a view of religion as absolute and inerrant and that should be legally enforced by
making faith the sovereign authority
Many ideologies considered alternative for religion
§
A crisis of ideology -- and a fundamentalist response?
§
Fundamentalism: an ideology that seeks to make faith the sovereign authority
§
Modern phenomena resulting from a spiritual malaise in society today
§
Trying to unite religion and the state
Create a theocracy□
§
i.e. ISIS, Iran
§
○
•
Political Culture
Culture: basic institutions and norms that define a society
Differ by history, region, background, etc.
§
Activities and ideas that a given cultural group finds normal
§
○
Political culture: the basic norms for political activity in a society
A determining factor in what ideologies will dominate a country's political regime
§
Unique to a given country or group
§
○
Influence politics in many ways
Influences mainly ideology that dominates a political regime
§
○
Different cultural values (Inglehart dimensions)
Traditional versus secular-rational
Traditional values
Emphasizes religion, family, deference to authority, and national pride
®
□
Secular-rational values
Emphasis on rationalism
®
Much less emphasis on tradition
®
□
§
Survival vs. self-expression
Survival values
Emphasizes physical and economic security
®
Associated with low levels of trust
®
□
Self-expression
Focused on higher levels of tolerance
®
Demands for individual participation in politics
®
□
§
○
•
CH 3 SUMMARY
Ethnic identity and national identity are different
○
Citizenship defines an individuals relationship with the state
○
Most modern identities have developed alongside the modern state
○
Ethnic or national differences may lead to conflict
○
Attitudes
○
Ideologies
○
Cultural values shape a society's values and attitudes
○
•
CH 4: POLITICAL ECONOMY
NOT ON THE MIDTERM•
High Freedom
LIBERALISM
Low Equality
FASCISM
Low Freedom
COMMUNISM
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Lecture 7: Political Attitudes and Ideology
Tuesday, April 24, 2018 3:31 PM
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2 parts: multiple choice and short id section (terminology heavy) If a person has liberal ideas, then that person believes that existing political institutions can positive change. Liberal refers to someone who supports left-wing policies in the us. In australia, the liberal part is actually more right-wing. A liberal attitude supports gradual change within existing institutions. Liberal ideology places high value on personal, economic, and ______ liberty. If a person has conservative ideas, then that person prefers institutions and policies (even to stay in place. A conservative attitude favors existing institutions and traditions versus change. Political attitudes: description of one"s views regarding the speed and methods with whi changes should take place in a given society ideas that talk about the necessary scope and pace of political change. Whether or not change needs to be made and how it should be carried out. Generally classified as radical, liberal, conservative, or reactionary.
