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    Introduction: Political ideologies are the beliefs, morals and ethics held on what is the optimum way of governing a country (Jost, Federico, & Napier, 2009). They have long guided the elected governments behaviour, particularly in effect to Social Policy decisions; determining what policy initiatives will be elected and what is the best way of implementing such policies. New Zealand has had various political ideologies brought in by different governments; such as Social Democracy, Social Liberalism

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    and political system that is established in any nation is designed on the fundamental principles of their existence, which define their cultures, their needs, their demands and the concept of their living. From this we can deduce that a kind of charter comprising of the values, ideas, thoughts, principles and the ethical boundaries of a society, that works for the construction of a social embodiment of a country and graphs out certain templates of actions to be followed is known as a political ideology

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    Ideology Note: these are ‘generalizations’ and are not ‘all inclusive’… An ideology is a collection of ideas, typically containing ideas on what it considers to be the best form of government (democracy, theocracy, etc), & the best economic system (capitalism, socialism, etc). Sometimes the same word is used to identify both an ideology & one of its main ideas, e.g., "socialism" may refer to an economic system, or to an ideology which supports that economic system. - Political ideologies generally

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    Political ideology SS236 John Kaplan University Throughout American history many different ideologies and legislations according to the constitution. These ideologies have structured the American system for many ages and people really never really look throughly into them at all. Some people really do blindly follow certain ideologies and really never stop to think about the repercussions when it comes to them and they only really take into consideration what is really going on. The liberals

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    Liberalism and conservatism are an abstract political ideology that is formed from evolving list of political attributes (Bruns & Gimpel, 2000). While it may be difficult to create a comprehensive definition, Smith (1990) defined liberalism as individuals who are reformist, democratic, libertarian, humanitarian, egalitarian, and permissive. Conservative attributes focus on, “small state, minimal regulations, individual freedom and responsibility, patriotism, and strong law and order” (Dommett, 2015)

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    Two Major Political Ideologies Today Republicans and Democrats have been the two main political parties who have battled for control of political positions in the United States since the mid 1850’s. While Republican’s and Democrat’s political ideologies have changed throughout their history, since the late 1960’s their parties coalition has relatively stayed the same. In this essay I will briefly summarize these political ideologies that define the Democratic and Republican parties

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    A political ideology is what a person, interest group, or social class’s opinion of government. For a political scientist, it is important to know one’s political ideology because it can reflect one’s thoughts on the political theory and policy (Rosenberg, 691). The result of my ideology quiz is that I’m a New Era Enterprisers, which is a conservative, young republican-learning group. People in this group is moderate on world affairs and immigration. They believe that immigration will help America

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    Position Paper: Political Ideology      Upon entering my first semester at Southern Nazarene University I could not have told you my political ideology. I knew what my opinions, observations, expectations, and ideals were, but did not know the proper ideology that would define them. Through several courses that I have taken, I have become more informed as to the role that I would like to see the government take throughout society as a whole and in the economy. Upon reading

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    POLITICAL IDEOLOGIES & ECONOMIC SITUATION The Wall Street Crash had a massive significant impact on the change in political ideologies between the 1920's and the 1930's. In the 1920's, the government was Republican lead with Herbert Hoover as the President. His run as President oversaw the economic boom and many of his policies were regarded as the reason for the boom. During this time, the notion “Rugged Individualism” was highly supported by the people. This was the notion that that people could

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    Within the relatively narrow American framework of political ideology, which leaves little room for left-wing diversity, I would be classified somewhere between a general liberal and a libertarian. Many of my beliefs are libertarian, such as my firm conviction that drug prohibition has failed miserably and is a dangerous policy to perpetuate. However, some of my core beliefs are more socialist in nature, such as my strong conviction that Americans should not just have universal access to K-12 education

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