List of political

ideologies

In social studies,
studies, a political ideology is a certain set of ethical ideals
ideals,, principles
principles,, doctrines
doctrines,, myths
or symbols of a social movement,
movement, institution
institution,, class or large group that explains how society
should work and offers some political and cultural blueprint for a certain social order.
order. A political
ideology largely concerns itself with how to allocate power and to what ends it should be used.
Some political parties follow a certain ideology very closely while others may take broad
inspiration from a group of related ideologies without specifically embracing any one of them.
An ideology's popularity is partly due to the influence of moral entrepreneurs, who sometimes
act in their interests. Political ideologies have two dimensions: (1) goals: how society should be
organized; and (2) methods: the most appropriate way to achieve this goal.

An ideology is a collection of ideas. Typically, each ideology contains certain ideas on what it
considers to be the best form of government (e.g. autocracy or democracy) and the best
economic system (e.g. capitalism or socialism). The same word is sometimes used to identify
both an ideology and one of its main ideas. For instance, socialism may refer to an economic
system, or it may refer to an ideology that supports that economic system. The same term may
also refer to multiple ideologies, which is why political scientists try to find consensus
definitions for these terms. For example, while the terms have been conflated at times,
communism has come in common parlance and in academics to refer to Soviet-type regimes
and Marxist–Leninist ideologies, whereas socialism has come to refer to a wider range of
differing ideologies which are most often distinct from Marxism–Leninism.[1]

Political ideology is a term fraught with problems, having been called "the most elusive concept
in the whole of social science".[2] While ideologies tend to identify themselves by their position
on the political spectrum (such as the left, the centre or the right), they can be distinguished
from political strategies (e.g. populism as it is commonly defined) and from single issues around
which a party may be built (e.g. civil libertarianism and support or opposition to European
integration), although either of these may or may not be central to a particular ideology. Several
studies show that political ideology is heritable within families.[3][4][5][6][7]

The following list is strictly alphabetical and attempts to divide the ideologies found in practical
political life into several groups, with each group containing ideologies that are related to each
other. The headers refer to the names of the best-known ideologies in each group. The names of
the headers do not necessarily imply some hierarchical order or that one ideology evolved out of
the other. Instead, they are merely noting that the ideologies in question are practically,
historically, and ideologically related to each other. As such, one ideology can belong to several
groups and there is sometimes considerable overlap between related ideologies. The meaning
of a political label can also differ between countries and political parties often subscribe to a
combination of ideologies.

Anarchism

Authoritarianism

Communitarianism

Communism

Conservatism

Corporatism
Democracy

Environmentalism

Fascism and Nazism

Identity politics

Liberalism

Libertarianism

Nationalism

Populism

Progressivism

Religio-political ideologies

Satirical and anti-politics

Social democracy

Socialism

Syndicalism
Transhumanism

See also

References

External links

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