ss 11 political ideologies presentation
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Political Ideologies
Social Studies 11
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What is an ideology?
A set of ideas or values
A way of thinking
A belief system
A conviction
A theory
Oxford Dictionary defines ideology as:
a system of ideas and principles forming thebasis of an economic or political theory
a set of beliefs held by a particular group
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Ideology Ideology can be defined as a set of
basic beliefs about the political,
economic, social, and cultural affairsheld by the majority of people within
a given society and how and why the
people should be governed.
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What are political
ideologies? Political ideologies
are beliefs abouthow peopleshould beorganized andgoverned
What are someexamples ofpoliticalideologies?
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How are ideologies
expressed or represented?Ideologies can be expressed in a variety of
ways
Symbols can be used to represent a particularideology
Colours can come to represent a particularideology
Writing and documentation can outline aparticular ideology-- eg; manifesto,constitution
Uniforms or clothing can represent aparticular ideology
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What do these images
represent?
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What ideologies does this
represent?
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What about this?
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What about this?
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And this?
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Political systems
Political systems are created to organize andadminister or govern people
Political systems have evolved throughout our
collective history A political system puts a political ideology into
practice
Can you name some political systems?
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Monarchy
Monarchy means the
rule by the one
A monarchy is a system
of rule by an individual
who has supreme andabsolute power of the
people.
Monarchies are usually
hereditary and theking/queen rules for
his/her lifetime.
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Oligarchy
Oligarchy means to rule by the few, usually
by wealthy people such as aristocrats and
nobles An oligarchy is a system of government in
which all power is held by a small or select
number of wealthy people who shape policy
to benefit themselves
Can you come up with an example of an
oligarchy?
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Theocracy
Theocracy translates tomean rule by god
A theocracy is a systemof governing where a
religious institution orchurch rules over thepeople
Some people considerIran to be a theocratic
republic The Pope in the Vatican
is an example of atheocracy
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Democracy
Democracy means rule by thepeople
Democracy is a form of
government where thesupreme power is vested in thepeople and exercized directlyby them or their electedrepresentatives under a free
electoral system Examples of democracies?
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DictatorshipA dictatorship is
rule by a single
person who hasseized power with
absolute control
over the resources
and the people ofthe state
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Political Ideologies
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Imperialism Imperialism is the
extension of power andrule beyond established
geographical boundariesto benefit the mothercountry
Imperialism was a meansof building an empire of
colonies and using thosecolonies to supply themother country withresources and cheaplabour (sometimes slaves)
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CommunismCommunism is an extreme left-wing ideology
based upon the revolutionary teachings of KarlMarxCommunism calls for the abolishment ofprivate property and promotes collective
ownershipCommunism supports a planned economy andpromotes a belief in economic equality for allAccording to the communist philosophy, eachshould work to their capability and receiveaccording to their needsIn practice, communism provides people withthe choice of one party to govern the people
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Socialism
Socialism promotes a political systemwhere the principle means ofproduction, distribution, and exchangeare in common ownership (co-operative)
Socialism supports governmentintervention and regulation in theeconomy When you think of socialism, think of
things such as : farmer co-operatives,credit unions, labour unions, universaleducation or healthcare
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Fascism
Fascism is the extremeright wing ideologywhere the existing socialorder is protected by the
forcible suppression of theworking class
In a fascist state, there isno intellectual freedom,
limited economic freedom,and strong governmentregulations
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Totalitarianism
Totalitarianism is the absolutecontrol by the state orgoverning branch of a highlycentralized institution
Essentially, the governmenthas complete and total controlof all aspects of everyoneslife.
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Liberalism
Liberalism is the strong belief in economicand intellectual freedom and promotesrepresentative government, free-speech,abolition of class privilege and stateprotection of the individual
Classical liberalism outlines that the
government should not be involved morethan necessary
Reform liberalism stresses a strongercommitment to limited government
intervention
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Conservatism
Conservatism promotes the strong belief in
economic freedom and intellectual equality
Conservatism supports traditional values andbeliefs and a governmental system where the
existing institutions are maintained
Conservative ideology emphasizes free-enterpriseand minimal government intervention
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Capitalism
Capitalism can be defined asan economic system (notreally a political ideology)where the principle means ofproduction and distributionare in private hands andpromotes a belief thatbusiness, not government,produces goods Capitalism is opposed tocommunism
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Capitalism
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Environmentalism
Environmentalism is anideology and socialmovement thatpromotes theenvironment andconcerns overenvironmentalprotection, conservationand sustainability.
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Anarchism
Anarchism is the ideology
where society is without
government, laws, police,
or authority. Anarchism stresses a
system of self control
where it is every person for
themselves
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Populism
Populism is general termused to reflect theideologies which demandthe redistribution ofpolitical power andeconomic leadership to thecommon people orpopulation
Populism emphasizes therights and power of thepeople over the privilegedelite