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what is ideology?
-a system of thought based on beliefs and values that include ideas about how the world works, how we should life together as a society.
What does P.R.I.C.E.S stand for?
p-private property R-rule of law I-individual rights & freedoms C-competion E- economic freedom S-self intrest
Understanding of collectivism?
-a collctive in any group of people -collectivism emphasizes the role of human interpendance in society -collectivism sees human beings as social creatures
Industrializaton
-the process of intruducing technology to proudce goods which results in mass production and mass consumption
Three major tenets of economic equality
-egalitarianism -equality of opportunity -equitable distribution of income wealth
Understanding ideologies?
-ideologies can be grouped according to the theme they tend to emphasize
How does individualism contribute to the common good?
-the common good refers to what is beneifical for the majority of people in the group
P.R.I.N.C.E?
p-public property R-collective responsiblity I-collective intrerest N-collective norms E-economic equality
The industrial revolution
-1700 & 1800's -began in england, then spread to other countries
Economic and liberalism?
-command economy -mixed economy -free-market economy
Factors that influence beliefs and vaules
-culture -language -religion -ideology -relationship to land -gender -culture
liberalism?
-an ideology based on the importance of indivual liberity and the vaules of indivualism
Political expressions of collectivism?
-collective interests -collective responsiblities
Laissez-Faire capitalism
-business owners were free to risk investing in business, to build factories to purchase machines, and to hire workers to make product
command economy?
-based on public ownership of property, in which government planners decide which goods to produce
themes of ideology
-nation -class -relationship to land
liberal democracy?
-a form of government in which the rights and freedoms of the indivualism are guaranteed, including the right of indivuals to vote for the political leaders.
Roots of collectivism in politics
-jj rousseau proposed the ideas of a social contract
Info on factory owners
-made great profits -had lots of money to spend on luxuries -afford to send their kids to a private school
Free-market economy?
-a theoretical concept no pure free-market economy really exists
charateristics of ideology
-interpretations of history -beliefs about human nature -visison for the future
The magna carta?
-in england, the first ideas of political liberalism were indruduced when. King john was forced to limit the taxes paid to him and to sign the magna carta, by which he agreed that he was now subject to the law.
Collective interest
-a goal or idea that all members of a group pursue that beneifts the group as a whole
Child labour?
-had to work long hours for little pay -recevied little or no education -robbed of there childhood -some died, were maimea by machinery
mixed economy
-includes government intervention in combination with free- market principals