POLI 100 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Leninism, Negative Liberty, Universal Suffrage
11 Mar 2014
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What is an ideology: a set of ideas designed to . Present an ideal vision of what the political order should look like. Prescribe a means to transform existing political order to what it should look like: contains empirical, semantic, and normative elements. Features of ideology: action oriented, less rigorous than proper theory, combine concepts, both reflects and shapes the historical context within which it emerges. Ideology is aimed at mass mobilization (simpler, like slogans) whilst theory for political elites (high complexity) 1. liberalism: individualism as central theme, originates with rise of capitalist political economies in the 17th & 18th centuries from. 2. classical liberalism: emphasis on the individual and individual"s liberty, the state has minimal role, arose as response to the rigid social hierarchies of feudalism -> adam smith, emphasis on limiting the role of the state to providing. 3. new liberalism: emphasis on social reform, state intervention could increase liberty by expanding individual opportunity.
