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American Politics and Government Political Ideology and Political Socialization Political Ideology What is it? – Ideology: Underlying personal position (ideal point) used to determine specific issue position What influences it? – Family – Media – Church – School Measurements • One-Dimensional • – Liberal-Conservative Scale – Left-Right Scale – French Parliament – Seven-Point Scale Two-Dimensional – Social and Economic Axes Political Labels • One-Dimensional • – Revolutionary – Liberal – Moderate – Conservative – Reactionary Two-Dimensional – Economic Axis: • Communism – (Economic Control) – Social Axis: • Authoritarianism – (Social Control) Political Socialization • What is it? • – The formation and Change in political ideology. – Used to indoctrinate people into the political culture. What factors affect it? – The same factors that influence it. • Family • Media • Church • School • Liberalism – (Economic Freedom) • Anarchism – (Social Freedom) Thoughts and Questions • When does socialization take place? • Is socialization a good thing or a bad thing? • Is socialization brainwashing? • Does the dominant cultural ideology change from country to country, region to region? • Can ideologies or political theories, per se, be right or wrong? What are the consequences of this? • Why can there be considered three axes of ideology: social, economic, and extremist? • What is the difference between ‘wrong’ and ‘unsupported’ (or ‘true’ and ‘supported’)?