{"id":7669,"date":"2024-02-18T23:59:09","date_gmt":"2024-02-19T04:59:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/pol-100-0501-fall-2023\/?p=7669"},"modified":"2024-02-16T22:43:14","modified_gmt":"2024-02-17T03:43:14","slug":"mallory-rodriguez-ideology-in-politics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/pol-100-0501-fall-2023\/2024\/02\/18\/mallory-rodriguez-ideology-in-politics\/","title":{"rendered":"Mallory Rodriguez- Ideology in Politics"},"content":{"rendered":"
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  1. Keeping in mind the material covered in this lesson, describe how you understand ideology in <\/span><\/b>YOUR OWN WORDS. <\/span><\/b>Hint: One way to approach this is as follows:<\/span><\/i>
    \na) Describe what ideology is in a brief paragraph (in your own words).<\/span><\/i>
    \nb) Give an example illustrating what you wrote in (a).<\/span><\/i>
    \nc) Write another paragraph (or two) explaining to your reader, with additional details, how you understand ideology<\/span><\/i>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Ideology means the beliefs, opinions, or values of an individual or group. Ideology often refers to a set of political or religious beliefs. Such as how Christianity has a belief in God, Jesus Christ, and the Holy Spirit or how feminist ideology is about respecting diverse women\u2019s identities, experiences, and knowledge. They believe in leveling the playing field between genders, ensuring that girls and women are given the same opportunities as boys and men.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

    Another example of ideology is how Conservatives support Christian values and traditional family values while opposing abortion, same-sex marriage, and transgender rights. <\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

    These beliefs allow some people to have a clear sense of purpose and identity. They show what are considered acceptable standards of behavior, expectations, and social roles. Ideology can be thought of as a group of individuals who share the same values and attitudes and aim to preserve their beliefs and institutions.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

    \u00a02. <\/span>How do you understand the difference between conservative and liberal ideology in US politics? What seems to be the big difference, the dividing line? Give an example to back up your arguments. <\/span><\/b>Hint: try to identify keywords (concepts) that play a big role in making someone consider themselves to be liberal or conservative. Then, explain in your own words what those keywords (concepts) mean.<\/em><\/p>\n

    I understand the difference between Conservative and Liberal ideology in US politics is that Conservatives prefer a small government and for most services to be provided by the private sector. They do not support gay marriage or abortions and support the right to bear arms. Liberals prefer more regulations and services like free universal health care to be provided by the government to all citizens. They support equal rights for all; abortion should be legal, and support restrictions on the right to bear arms. <\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

    Conservatives, known as the Right, believe in upholding traditional family values; they do not support environmental and consumer protections, disability and retirement support, minimum wage laws, unemployment compensation, occupational safety, and injury compensation laws.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

    Liberals, known as the Left, support public services and environmental protection as well as supporting minimum wage laws, unemployment insurance, social security, occupational safety, and protection of individual rights.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

    \u00a0<\/span>3. How do you understand Althusser\u2019s definition of ideology? Paraphrase it in your own words. Give an example.<\/span><\/b> Hint: you may have to watch the second video again and find the few places where Althusser\u2019s position is presented.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

    \u00a0<\/span>I understand Althusser\u2019s definition of ideology to be made up of two ideas repressive state apparatus and ideological state apparatus. Repressive state apparatus is the use of fear to control or manipulate people by using the threat of violence as well as police, courts, and prisons. Ideological state apparatus is the use of methods other than violence to attain the same objective as the repressive state apparatus, such as schools, politics, and media outlets.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Keeping in mind the material covered in this lesson, describe how you understand ideology in YOUR OWN WORDS. Hint: One way to approach this is as follows: a) Describe what ideology is in a brief paragraph (in your own words). b) Give an example illustrating what you wrote in (a). c) Write another paragraph (or…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8871,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"portfolio_post_id":0,"portfolio_citation":"","portfolio_annotation":"","openlab_post_visibility":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7669","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-discussion-board-3-1"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/pol-100-0501-fall-2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7669","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/pol-100-0501-fall-2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/pol-100-0501-fall-2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/pol-100-0501-fall-2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8871"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/pol-100-0501-fall-2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7669"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/pol-100-0501-fall-2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7669\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7673,"href":"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/pol-100-0501-fall-2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7669\/revisions\/7673"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/pol-100-0501-fall-2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7669"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/pol-100-0501-fall-2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7669"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/pol-100-0501-fall-2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7669"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}