Introduce students to the main tenants of Liberalism, Conservatism, Socialism, Anarchism, Fascism, Feminism, and Environmentalism. A survey of these political ideologies will be obtained by students completing the assigned readings on time and participating in class discussion. Since ideologies raise claims to truth, they require justification and examination. Students will discuss the various claims ideologies make and evaluate them. Toward this end, students will be required to construct a short essay that compares and contrasts two different ideologies.
Ideologies provide shared meanings that facilitate communication between individuals.
Consequently, ideologies mobilize people to political action. The student's final term paper in this class will focus upon a contemporary manifestation of a specific ideology. Specifics of the paper will be forthcoming. Rules of grammar and citation apply. Plagiarism will not be tolerated and will result in a class failure.