FOUR APPROACHES TO IDEOLOGY 09.26.18 Flashcards
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Political ideology approach
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- situates social welfare in the context of economic, social, and political theory
- conservative, liberal, social, democratic, adn socialist beliefs
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Economic theory approach
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- focuses on the influence of economic theories
- eg. Keynesian, monetarism and political exonomic
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Welfare state regimes approach
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- classifies welfare states according to how welfare is provided in various societies
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gender-based approach
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- identifies two regime types based on an analysis of the family and unpaid labour
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conservative ideology
Political ideology approach
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- each person knows best what he or she wants
- therefore the individual should have the maximum opportunity to pursue his/her own self-interest
- limited gov’t role
- freedom, individualism, inevitability of inequality
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liberal ideology
Political ideology approach
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- pragmatism
- liberty
- individualism
- inevitability o finequality
- humanism
- gov’t should regulate the free market to a degree
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social democratic ideology
Political ideology approach
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- social equality
- social justice
- economic freedom
- fellowship and cooperation
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socialist ideology
Political ideology approach
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- freedom
- collectivism
- equality
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fiscal policy
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- spending in order to manage level of demand
- keynesian
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monetary policy
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- process of controlling interest rates and the money supply to manage the economy
- monetarists
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demand management
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- adjusting level of demand
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political economy theorists
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- believe that the operation of economic markets is tied to private concentrations of ownerships and is essentially exploitative
