The political ideology that best represents my views is liberalism. Liberalism is an ideology that emphasizes, “cultural diversity, government programs for the needy, public intervention in the economy, and individuals’ rights to a lifestyle based on their own social and moral positions” (Morone & Kersh, 2014, p. 37). In other words, liberalism promotes government assistance for individuals in need as well as protect every individual’s rights. One aspect of my life that has shaped my political views is my religious background. I grew up in a Baptist family, and used to go to church regularly. As I got older, I started going to church less and less because the things my pastor said made me feel very uncomfortable. At the time, I did not understand why I felt so uncomfortable and it was not until I got older that I realized why I felt the way I did. Majority of the time, my pastor said things that had sexist and homophobic undertones. Despite being in a holy place, I spent the duration of my time as a member of the church feeling disconnected from everything, which eventually led to me breaking ties with the church completely. My family’s financial background also helped in shaping my views. When I was younger, my family received financial assistance from the government in the form of CHIPs and food stamps. I was too young to remember how food stamps benefited my family, but I do remember the many ways in which CHIPs helped us out. For example, I grew up having terrible
I have not had much interest in politics until recently. Before last year, I did not care for anything related to politics; I thought that it was all boring and had little to no affect on me on a personal level. I am more interested in politics nowadays. I know better now that it does affect me and I should care about it. I had learned about the concepts of political socialization, party identification, political tolerance, political trust, political efficacy in government class and how they affect my political beliefs. My personal political belief has been shaped into what it is today and is still being shaped because of those six concepts.
Political Philosophy is typically a study of a wide range of topics such as, justice, liberty, equality, rights, law, politics and the application of a codified law. Depending on what the philosophy is, it usually tends to be a very sensitive and a personal ideology that an individual holds within the reality of their existence. Several of the fundamental topics of political philosophy shape up the society that we live in as these specific topics and their implementation by the state ensures a legitimate government. In Political Philosophy, the aforesaid concepts or topics are evaluated and analyzed with tremendous depth in context to their history and intent. Furthermore, in a rather colloquial sense, political
In my life I have never had any political enforcement or strict religious influence. My parents were very lenient when it came too political preaching. I was taught to be a caring and respectful individual. My political understanding and beliefs have been molded from my early political memories and socialization experiences. As a young adult I have always strived to become knowledgeable about political ideals mainly because I was never really taught to believe in something specific. I eventually was drawn towards many different social and political perspectives, which is how I came to a logical conclusion of how I view the world politically
A population’s views on political issues may change as different circumstances occur each day. The environment around us has a powerful influence on the decisions that we produce and the views that we as American citizens choose to hold. After a semester in political science class my views and my political ideology have altered. Today I will explain how political science class has influenced my political ideology.
On the issue of gay marriage, I think everyone has the freedom and equal right to choose the partner he or her wants to marry with. When it comes to abortion, I do not agree with the point that government should force the women to have the child if the women are not ready for the coming of the baby. Also, I believe that the government should pay more attention to the environment and do whatever it takes to protect the environment, including force stricter environmental regulations and laws. I agree with the statement that immigrants today strengthen American society because of their hard work and talents. The result states that most next generation left are wary of expanding the social safety net while overall supportive of an activist government. I favor that the government can make an active role in the every aspect of the society, especially welfare, unemployment benefit, homeless shelters and so forth. The government aid to the poor gives them more hope for the future because it’s not easy for the poor to get out of poverty if their basic needs can’t be met. As a Libertarian Left, I believe that people have the freedom to express themselves. As a moral individual in the society, everyone should have the equal rights to pursue what they want regardless of their race, gender, age, income or where they live. My Political ideology is Next Generation Left and Libertarian
In the political ideology i found out about major economic and social issues. I really got inserted in the gun control and the death penalty. I was put into the category of a moderate. I can relate more to the social issues because I hear more about them. None of the economic issues really interest me. I don’t really want too much government on these issues but there still need to be a good amount.
When looking toward prefabricated political ideologies set forth by incredibly intelligent predecessors, I favor writers and activists such as Lawrence Lessig, Cornel West, Howard Zinn, and Noam Chomsky. In many ulterior respects, my perspective is highly influenced by political progressivism as per contemporary counterculture. The plight of the working class and the poor is indeed an issue too pervasive to be relegated to a simple right-left dichotomy as present in modern American political theater. In attempting to quantify what one may call my ideal political scheme, I would say that a social democracy based upon a purely meritocratic system, without hereditary transfer of wealth, would be preferred. I believe that when any socio-political paradigm becomes a shibboleth, which threatens the exchange of compassion in a microcosm of interpersonal relationships, it rightly necessitates questioning and opposition.
Growing up, I was raised in a white, conservative, upper-middle class, Christian home. At a young age I listened and asked questions to what my parents and family members were discussing when the news came on, normally politics. As I got older and started thinking more for myself I did research on what actually I was blindly agreeing with just because that’s what my parents believe. I came to the conclusion that my ideology was similar to theirs. It wasn’t until about sophomore year in high school that I started questioning every topic that came up in politics or society. Slowly my heavy conservative feeling became less. Today I still declare myself as a conservative, but not extreme and do side with some liberal views. When getting ready for this paper I came across the article “Conservative vs. Liberal Beliefs” from the Student News Daily. In this paper I will discuss my political ideologies on current day topics that are disputed between politicians and members of society.
Two major political views that society tends to lean toward being are conservative and liberal. Politically speaking, conservatives are defined as people who tend to abide traditional values, while liberals are seen as people who look for change and promote equal rights for all. Personally, I fall on the left side of the political spectrum as a liberal.
My political views are not quite what would be expected from someone who grew up in a rural area like I did. The views that I have seen expressed around me have actually driven me away from those views. Everyone that I have grown up around
Faith and Family was the ideology chosen for me in completing this political typology quiz. This particular label believes strongly in our nation’s government and truly believe the government should focus and push towards solving more national problems. Faith and family is the focal point for this group and they have a conservative’s point of view involving social issues like legalizing marijuana and same-sex marriage. This group generally are in favor for the government to aid the poor even if it increases our nations’ deficit. Faith and Family is considered “majority-minority” and racially diverse. This political ideology quiz questions were very interesting and some questions I felt I had a different answer for. I did not honestly expect
Religious affiliation helps individuals with constructing moral ideologies. An individual’s religiosity is often associated with their political viewpoints. Church attendance can effect individuals’ political beliefs.
Although the connections between religion and politics may be controversial to some, it really isn’t surprising that they overlap. For many people, religion and politics are significant parts of their ideology and morals; they both shape ethical decisions and certainly influence how we view society and the interactions within it. Politics and religion, along with ethnicity, gender and sexual orientation, are important identities that shape how others see us, and how we see ourselves. Thus, it makes sense that religious beliefs may influence a person’s politics or vice versa. While I believe a mix of these identities, and thus personal experiences, has the greatest impact on politics, religion clearly is a significant influence
There is an idea amongst international relation theorist that Liberalism has won the race to become the world-wide leading political ideology, thus with it has brought about the idea of ‘western liberalism. “In the contemporary world the combination of the triumph of liberalism and globalisation has meant that cultural exchanges are occurring at extremely rapid rates and at very deep levels.”(Smith, El-Anis, Farrands 182). There was a clear split in Europe post-Cold-War, Western Europe was modernised with new technology and industries, while the East under Communism was less economically and socially developed than the west. Thus after the fall of Communism and the Berlin Wall saw an increase in western ideas and influences in order to
By that point in time nothing really shocked me anymore. I felt open to new ideas, new people and found it easy to adapt to whatever surroundings I found in. This was only solidified with two humanitarian deployments to Africa and Eastern Asia before I finally finished my five-year contract and decided to move back to Tulsa, Oklahoma. So, with my social influences varying heavily depending on which chapter of my life I look at it’s hard to pin point where my political preferences stem. It seems the easiest way would be to start with a topic I have a strong view point on and look at what I see what parts of my life had the most significant impact.