Core Political Ideas: understand political thinking
Core Political Ideas and philosophies is an example of how A Level Politics extends beyond who politicians are and how the institutions they work in function. The study of Core Political Ideas will give you an understanding of why people develop certain attitudes, and how they have influenced political activity throughout history.
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About our Core Political Ideas course
Study Politics is the online learning platform built for A Level Politics students to master political thinking. We have resources in a range of multimedia formats, including video, audio and text. This means that no matter how you like to learn, we have resources for you.
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Within our Core Political Ideas course, you will look at three ideologies. The study of the three core ideas of politics, conservatism, liberalism and socialism, will explore how these three ideologies have changed over time, from old to new. You will also study the impact of these ideologies on attitudes surrounding human nature, the state, society and the economy.
Course Outline
- Background to Conservatism
- Principles of Conservatism
- Types of Conservatism
- Traditional Conservatism
- One-Nation Conservatism
- The New Right
- Tensions within Conservatism
- Conservative Key Thinkers
- Thomas Hobbes
- Edmund Burke
- Michael Oakeshott
- Ayn Rand
- Robert Nozick
- Background to Liberalism
- Principles of Liberalism
- Types of Liberalism
- Classical Liberalism
- Modern Liberalism
- Tensions within Liberalism
- Liberal Key Thinkers
- John Locke
- Mary Wollstonecraft
- Thomas Hill Green
- John Stuart Mill
- John Rawls
- Betty Friedan
- Background to Socialism
- Principles of Socialism
- Types of Socialism
- Revolutionary Socialism
- Social Democracy
- The Third Way
- Tensions within Socialism
- Socialist Key Thinkers
- Karl Marx & Friedrich Engels
- Beatrice Webb
- Rosa Luxemburg
- Anthony Crosland
- Anthony Giddens
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