Traditional Western Ideologies Flashcards
what is an Ideology
set of ideas designed to:
- Describe existing political order
- Present an ideal vision of political order
- Prescribe a means to transform the existing into the deal
define Liberalism as an ideology
-dominant western tradition
- Individualism as central theme
what are the different types of Liberal ideologies
- Classical Liberalism
- New liberalism
Define Classical liberalism
Emphasis on limiting role of state to:
-only internal and external security
-Enforcements of property rights
define New liberalism
-state intervention could increase liberty by expanding individual opportunity
what are the key socialist principles
Generally Optimistic
- able to be shaped by social, economic, political circumstances
Equality
-understand that inequality results in different positions not ability
community
-emphasis on co-operation and collective goals
define conservative thought
defends traditions and long-lasting institutions
resistant to change
what are the 3 approaches to nationalism
Primordialists
Modernists
Ethno-symbolists
define the 3 approaches to nationalism
Primordialists - nation is a natural phenomenon
Modernists - nation is an “imagines” form of social oraginization created by elites
Ethno-symbolists - nation is an imagined from the past not elites
what are the two different types of Nationalism
Civic Nationalism
- loyalty to institution
Ethnic Nationalism
- loyalty to shared inheritance based on culture, language, and religion
define Fascism
extreme form of nationalism with set racial, social, and moral ideas
define anarchism
without a ruler, but nit necessarily without order
define Populism
-identify themselves with “the people”
claim that some groups are damaging interests of the people and they need to be removed from power
