Political Ideologies
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ASSESS THE EXTENT THE CORE IDEOLOGICAL VALUES REMAIN WITHIN THE CURRENT LABOUR AND CONSERVATIVE PARTY
INTRODUCTION
The very nature of a representative democracy encourages political parties to pursue populist policy and cater to the widest range of political support. This often means ideological beliefs are not at the forefront of a party’s campaign; and the policies on which their main agenda is based might go against the traditional ideological basis of the party. To examine how far modern political parties reflect traditional political ideologies. In this essay I shall be arguing that the UK’s modern political parties are reluctant to place themselves on the political spectrum, therefore it can’t be said that any of the major UK political parties completely follow just one single ideology. However, they are moderately affected by and do reflect a mixture of various ideologies.
The term ideology came into use towards the end of the 18th Century by a French Philosopher Destutt de Tracy (1754 – 1836). He used it to the reference to the science of ideas. Since then, the term has developed to mean an organization of someone’s ideas or beliefs. Someone’s political ideology can be stated as their viewpoint of the world; their beliefs in regard to how the country should be run, economically and human nature. For example, Stalinism is an authoritarian ideology with one person having all the power, and Neo-liberalism embodies free trade.
Edmund Burke (1729 – 1797) believed that a political party is group of people united for promoting a political ideology on which they all agreed. Burke’s suggests that people support the party which best reflect their interest. Traditionally this meant the working class supporting a left wing party with socialist elements such as Labour, whilst the middle class and the wealthy supported Conservatives policies. The Ideological Spectrum: is an attempt to show the two main forces of Politics, i.e., the Right...
INTRODUCTION
The very nature of a representative democracy encourages political parties to pursue populist policy and cater to the widest range of political support. This often means ideological beliefs are not at the forefront of a party’s campaign; and the policies on which their main agenda is based might go against the traditional ideological basis of the party. To examine how far modern political parties reflect traditional political ideologies. In this essay I shall be arguing that the UK’s modern political parties are reluctant to place themselves on the political spectrum, therefore it can’t be said that any of the major UK political parties completely follow just one single ideology. However, they are moderately affected by and do reflect a mixture of various ideologies.
The term ideology came into use towards the end of the 18th Century by a French Philosopher Destutt de Tracy (1754 – 1836). He used it to the reference to the science of ideas. Since then, the term has developed to mean an organization of someone’s ideas or beliefs. Someone’s political ideology can be stated as their viewpoint of the world; their beliefs in regard to how the country should be run, economically and human nature. For example, Stalinism is an authoritarian ideology with one person having all the power, and Neo-liberalism embodies free trade.
Edmund Burke (1729 – 1797) believed that a political party is group of people united for promoting a political ideology on which they all agreed. Burke’s suggests that people support the party which best reflect their interest. Traditionally this meant the working class supporting a left wing party with socialist elements such as Labour, whilst the middle class and the wealthy supported Conservatives policies. The Ideological Spectrum: is an attempt to show the two main forces of Politics, i.e., the Right...