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Political Ideologies

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a set of beliefs that forms the basis of how an individual, a group, or a social class views the world and the proper role of government

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3 components of political ideologies

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descriptive, motivational, passionate belief

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scientific revolution

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  • Scientific discovery, empirical study, shift away from religious teachings
  • Shift away from religious teachings
  • A shift toward empirical study
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Reformation

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  • sale of indulgences
  • Catholic church and monarchy reinforce each other
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Liberty

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  • focuses on the rights of individuals and the specific roles of the state
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constitutionalism

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a compound of ideas, attitudes, and patterns of behaviour elaborating

the principle that the authority of government derives from and is limited by a body of fundamental law

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equality vs equity

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  • equality: state of being equal
  • equity: giving people what they need
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ascribed vs achieved status

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  • ascribed: social status of a person that is assigned at birth or assumed involuntarily later in life
  • achieved: social position that a person can acquire on the basis of merit and is earned or chosen
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night watchman state

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  • to maintain order
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state of nature

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before social contract, before settled agriculture

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laws of nature

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  • given by god
  • intrinsic values that govern their reasoning and behavior
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Locke’s conception of property

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  • state of nature there are communal lands
  • make a property by attaching labour power to goods
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3 types of limitations to property

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labour limitation, spoilage limitation, sufficiency limitation

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labour limitation

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  • labour power can be owned (women and slaves)
  • limits to physical body
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spoilage limitation

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  • goes against god, we shouldn’t let things spoil
  • says ok for economic inequality
  • perfectly fine to accumulate wealth
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sufficiency limitation

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  • goes against laws of nature, people must have equality of opportunity
  • justifies colonialism with reasons of gods
  • exchanging is fine
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express vs tacit consent

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express: a man’s consent to make himselfsubject to the laws of government
Tacit: consent is given by a man when he owns land, or even merely resides, within the boundaries of a state

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capitalism

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an economic and political system in which a country’s trade and industry are controlled by private owners for profit

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comparative advantage

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promotes that you are good at as a country and sell it another in a open global marketplace, don’t allow for monopolies

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enlightenment

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freedom of thought

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tutelage

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being told what to think

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social contract

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  • agreement between individuals and government
  • 3 key social contract theorists: hobbs, locke, rousseau
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negative vs positive liberty

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negative: freedom from interference by others
positive: ability to fulfill one’s purposes

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the “good life”

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a life that is self-satisfying and self-fulfilling

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social justice
Creating egalitarian society or institution based on principles of equality and solidarity, that understand values human rights and recognize the dignity of every human being
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harm principle
harm is physical harm
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tyranny of the majority
a situation in which a group of people are treated unfairly because their situation is different from the situation of most of the people in a democratic country.
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living wage
amount of money that covers basic living costs
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welfare state
industrial capitalist society in which state power was deliberately used in an effort to modify the play of market forces
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equality of opportunity
the idea that people ought to be able to compete on equal terms, or on a “level playing field,” for advantaged offices and positions
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rights-based liberlsim
which political and social arrangements can embody recognition of individuals equally as agents is to treat those individuals equally as bearers of rights.
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utility based liberalism
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golden age of controlled capitalism
- more widespread policies - welfare state
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Bretton woods institution
- IMF, WB, WTO - rooted in reform liberalism - switched to neoliberalism
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Britain as the "workshop of the world"
- linked to colonialism
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Keynesian welfare state
- defining welfare state - minimum income - regulating capitalism
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3 types of welfare state activities
- provision of minimum income - provision for the reduction of economic insecurity, resulting from such “contingencies” as sickness, old age, and unemployment - provision to all members of society of a range of social services
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privatization
- governmental agencies - public enterprises
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deregulation
reduction or elimination of government power in a particular industry, usually enacted to create more competition within the industry
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IMF, WB, WTO
IMF: International Monetary Fund WB: world bank WTO: the world trade organization
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meritocracy
a system, organization, or society in which people earn their position
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globalization
the process by which people and goods move easily across borders.
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libertarianism
- advocates for individual liberty esp freedom to thought and action - want minimal government - want more freedom
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free rider problem
- human nature to be free rider
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rational utility maximizer
- people who form groups - people acting in group-oriented ways to benefit from it - ex. study groups
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entitlement theory
being able to keep what you earn ex. no public transporttion
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non-aggression principle
- negative liberty
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self-ownership
emphasize individualism
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hierarchy of help model
the self, family, community, then government
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dialectical approach
thesis the central arguments, anthesis is the counter-arguments, something new approaches from this
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Bourgeoisie
business owners
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proletariate
worker
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Petite bourgeoisie
small business owner
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Lumpenproletariat
- outside of the capitalistic system - making money outside of the capitalistic system - aka "dregs" - ex. drug dealers, sex workers
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Means of production
means of labour are the materials, tools and other instruments used by workers to make products
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surplus value
- profits - The surplus produced over and above what is required to survive
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reserve army of labour
group of people who move in and out of employment
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class consciousness
awareness of common class position
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false consciouness
being told what to believe
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4 types of alienation
alienation of product, process, from others, species being
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intelligentsia
people who give you the blueprint, those who analyze, marx
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emancipation
Political emancipation vs human emancipation
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economic determinism
claims that society is based upon an economic system in which the various agents of social control are determined by the economic mode of production
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immiseration of the proletariat
- has stalled the violent uprising - expects too much from the proletariat

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