POLI 100 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Positive Liberty, Negative Liberty, Individualism
23 Nov 2017
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Ideology: set of ideas designed to, describe existing political order, present ideal vision of what political order should look like, prescribe means to transform former into latter. Features: action oriented, combines concepts that political philosophers treat separately, reflects & shapes historical context within which it emerges. Emerges in 17th & 18th c with rise of capitalist political economies. State intervention can increase freedom by expanding individual opportunity. Emerges in 19th c with rise of industrial working class. Socialism: marx"s theory of development of socialism, capitalism is pregnant with communism, communism will eventually dominate & end struggle. Universal suffrage make socialism possible thru democratic means. Assumes state responses to interest of working class. State: marx: state exists to benefit ruling class, eliminate classes & there"s no state, lenin: state as dictatorship of proletariat, state remains to ensure victory of people over their enemies. Public ownership: abolish private property, e. g. apple company, not your iphone, public property, private property:
