CH 3: Political Ideology

Question 1

causes of creation of political ideology

Answer 1

• enlightenment signaled shift from traditional religious politics to human reason
• rise of capitalism and industrial revolution changed traditional ways of life

Question 2

cons of political ideologies

Answer 2

• some refusing to accept criticism on their ideologies
• treating ideology as absolute truth
• using it to justify unjust things

Question 3

liberal democracy

Answer 3

• limited government
  ○ protection of life
  ○ liberty
  ○ property
• individual freedoms
• rule of law

Question 4

classic liberalism

Answer 4

• limited government
  ○ life, liberty, property
• laissez-faire econ system
• economic freedom

Question 5

reformed liberalism

Answer 5

• individual freedom
• government should assist the disadvantaged and general public
  ○ employment insurance
  ○ pensions
  ○ health care
  ○ subsidized education
• preferential treatment necessary to help disadvantaged groups achieve equality
• government spending necessary
• believes virtues of laissez-faire econ, but that it doesn’t always equal the common good

Question 6

neoliberalism

Answer 6

• individual freedoms
• no government intervention
• reduced taxes
• free market econ
• maximised efficiency globally

Question 7

reactionaries

Answer 7

return to values and institutions of the past

Question 8

traditional conservatives

Answer 8

• individual property rights
• traditional cultural and moral values
• not supporters of pure free market and minimal government
• need to respect authority
• favours limited forms of democracy

Question 9

new right

Answer 9

• free market capitalism
• limited government
• traditional cultural and moral values
• populism
  critical of government

Question 10

social conservatism

Answer 10

• policies based on traditional moral and religious values
  ○ opposition to abortion, gay, pre-marital sex
• associated with evangelical Christianity in US