Individualism vs Collectivism Flashcards
uniformity and conformity: C or I
C
Membership: C or I
C
Group knows what members do and think: C or I
C
egalitarianism: definition? C or I?
everyone is equal. C
individual effort and potential: C or I
I
Privacy: C or I
I
own responsibility: C or I
I
Material rewards and wealth is not shared: C or I
I
Rule of Law
I
everyone is equal before the law and are subject to the law: no one is above law
Self-interest
I
invisible hand = Adam smith = supply and demand
Competition
I
better quality = lower prices
economic equality
C
= pay for similar jobs
guaranteed annual income: C or I
C
progressive taxation: C or I
C
higher income = higher taxes
labour unions
C
individual interests expressed as GROUP :)
censorship
C
collectivism is foundation of two political ideologies__ / __
communism / socialism
entrepreneurialism
I
Communist Manifesto is C/I?, witten by __ __ and talks about
C, Karl Marx, rise of workers over bourgeoisie
modern liberal democracy
C, I
crown corporation
C
federally/provincially owned corporations that appear independent but are not (ex. CBC )
Galbraith
C
- questioned competitive ideal in industrial organization
- critique wealth gap
kibbutzism
C
small rural group
welfare state
C, I
individual freedom with some government intervention
NGO
C
cabinet solidarity: definition? C or I
convention that Cabinet ministers must support Cabinet decisions in public: C
classic liberalism vs modern liberalism
classic: full freedom!
modern: some government intervention!
ownership of private property caused by greed creates d__
disparity
meritocracy: definition? C or I?
people are ranked based on abilities rather than background: I
father of C.L.?
John Lockey man
progressivism
going left
representative democracy with limited suffrage: C.L. or M.L.?
C.L.
although C.L. argued for individual rights, IN REALITY, it favoured certain groups over others
accountable government: C.L. or M.L.?
BOTH, it’s just that C.L. is to a lesser extent
profit motive: definition? C.L. or M.L.?
desire for profit, C.L.
physiocrats: definition? C.L. or M.L.?
person who believed agriculture should be left alone! C.L.
1789-1918: era of C.L. or M.L.?
C.L.
Social Darwinists and Edmund Burke ideology
conservatism
stuart mill and jeremy bentham
liberlaism
robert owen and jean jacques rousseau
socialism
statism ideology
control of economic and social affairs by the state
socialism
Marx and Freidrich Engels
communism
Thomas jefferson thought
declaration of independence
father of classical liberalism (x2)
john stuart mill
montesquieu (separation of powers): C.L. or M.L.?
C.L.
limited govenrment intervention: classical conservatism or modern conservatism?
modern
classical: hierarchy
modern conservatism = classical liberalism
yes
modern conservatism or modern liberalism: civil liberties but economic restrictions
ML
modern conservatism or modern liberalism: economic liberty but other restricutions
modern conservatism
who reacted against classical liberalism? (3 groups)
luddites: broke machinery
chartists: demoncratic rights
utopian socialists
representer of welfare capitalism
theodore roosevelt
first socialists were called
utopianists
individuals are responsible for own success or failure: ML or CL
both!
who argued that proletariat would triumph over bourgeoisie?
karl marx
sherman anti-trust act: purpose and ideology
ML: break up monopolies
neoconservatism
milton friedman and fredrich hayek
classical eocnomics
private ownership