Political Ideologies Flashcards
Socialism
Socialism advocates for collective ownership, social equality and economic democracy.
Socialism developed as a reaction to Industrial Capitalism and is associated with the interests of the working class. Its goal was to abolish the capitalist market economy and replace it with a society constructed on the basis of common ownership.
Liberalism
Liberalism advocates for individual liberty, formal equality and limited government.
Conservatism
Conservatism advocates for tradition, social hierarchy, authority, property rights and the free market.
Conservatisms doctrine of tradition and ‘common-sense’ appeals to the dominant ideological frame and targets nostalgia and the human need to feel connected to our past.
Anarchism
Anarchism is a political philosophy and movement that is skeptical of all justifications for authority. It believes political insitutions maintain unnecessary coercion and hierarchy.
Fascism
Fascism is a far-right authoritarian political ideology. It is characterised by a dictorial leader, centralised autocracy, militarism, forcible suppresiion of the opposition, belief in a natural social heirary, subordination of individual interests for the perceived good of the nation or race, and a stromng regimentation of society and the economy.
Populism
Populism is the idea that society is divided into two warring groups. These are limited to “the people” and “the elite”. It is frequently associated with anti-establishment and anti-political sentiment.
Green
A political ideology that aims to foster an ecologically sustainable society. Its views are rooted in environmentalism, nonviolence, social justice and grassroots democracy.
The left is defined by?
fraternity, civil rights, equality, progress, reform, internationalism.
The right is defined by?
hierarchy, authority, duty, power, pragmatism, race, nationalism, reactionism.
