Expanding the Political Spectrum

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Expanding the Political Spectrum A lesson on ideology What is it we think government should do anyway? After completing this lesson, students will work on two additional assignments…. Practice with Identifying Ideologies Policy Proposals

The Political Spectrum as a Straight Line

Social/Political Spectrum Extreme: Anarchy Extreme: Fascism, Theocracy Social and political liberals favor limited government regulation of individual behavior. Social and political conservatives favor broad government regulation of individual behavior Where do the parties align? Make sure students understand that these are all generalizations; nothing is hard and fast.

Economic Spectrum Extreme: Laissez-Faire, Monopoly Extreme: Socialism, Communism Extreme: Laissez-Faire, Monopoly Economic liberals favor broad government involvement in economic policymaking and regulation of business. Economic conservatives favor limited government involvement in economic policymaking and regulation of business.

So, Where Do you fit? If you are like many Americans, you may tend to be more conservative on some issues and more liberal on others. The limitation of one spectrum is that this circumstance will generally place you in the middle, which is not necessarily an accurate reflection of your ideology. Remember, all of this discussion takes place with a base understanding and consensus on the social contract and modern “liberal” political thought. People on every point on the spectrum generally want what is best for the country—they just differ on how to achieve it.

Social Political Issues Ideology grid Govt. Control Liberal Authoritarian Economic Issues Libertarian Conservative Govt. Control Freedom Social Political Issues

Definitions Liberal Conservative Support for greater government control/regulation in economic matters and less government control/regulation of individual matters. Libertarian Support for minimal government control of both economic and social issues Conservative Support for less government control/regulation in economic matters and greater government control/regulation of individual matters. Authoritarian Support for greater government control of economic and social issues

Individual v. Community Tradition vs. change Favor change over status quo Favor tradition over change Liberal Conservative Rights of the Individual are more important Rights of the community are more important Individual v. Community

Let’s Look at America You will look at a series of charts and graphs on the following slides. Your task will be to identify the trend you see in each graph and try to think of reasons why those trends exist. Use these slides to work on skills building on reading charts/graphs NOTE: Not all graphs are from the same time frame Guide students to read the trends; what are some conclusions you can make?

Why Does this Matter? Ideology affects your perceptions of government and its appropriate role in a society. As a result, it will affect how you act in the voting booth and outside the voting booth. Elections have consequences! Perceptions also affect our ability to act civilly to one another.