WEEK 4 - 2 Flashcards
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structure of ideologies
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- definition
- key texts
- main tenets
- misc.
2
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republicanism definition
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- rejects corruption, domination, and tyrannical rule to embrace freedom
- secularism
- citizen duties central to good political life of republic
3
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republicanism key texts
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- Jean Jacques Rousseau “Social Contract” 1762
- American Constitution 1776
4
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republicanism main tenets
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- civic virtue protects threats to republic
- anti-monarchical
- secular
- defend at all costs
5
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republicanism today
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American republican party
- emphasis freedom of people
- emphasis duty, military duty
French/Quebec Republicanism
- secularist
- invisibility of Republicanism
- anti multiculturalism
6
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conservatism definition
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ideology that
- avoids large scale radical change
- conservative tradition
- maintain existing institutions
7
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conservatism key texts
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Edmund Burke “Reflections on the Revolution in France” 1790
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conservatism key tenets
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- anti-revolutionary/republic
- organic society view
- skepticism of change
- pessimistic of human nature
- inequality and hierarchy
9
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Neo-Conservatism
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defends fiscal (= economic Neo-liberalism) and social conservatism
10
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socialism definition
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ideology that
- believes capitalist economy creates poverty
- replaced by more common ownership
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socialism key texts
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Karl Marx “Communist Manifesto” 1848
Eduard Bernstein “Evolutionary Socialism” 1899
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socialism main tenets
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- economics/tech determines history
- class conflict in society
- capitalism must be replaced
- “The Utopia” new Econ./political system
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socialism today
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- marxists (cuba)
- socialists (Greece, ecuador)
- social democrats (NDP)
14
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Picketty socialism solutions to income and wealth inequality
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- 80% income tax to super-rich
- global accumulated wealth tax
- education easily accessible
