Course Summary
Left, Right or Centre: A very brief Introduction to Political Ideologies
Unit 1
The origin of ideologies and the types and characteristics of political ideologies.
Unit 2
The Liberal Ideology: origins and contradictions.
Unit 3
Themes and principles of the conservative ideology.
Unit 4
Democratic Socialism, radical Democrats and the Socialist commitment to collectivism.
Unit 5
Fascism, the historical background, the party, the leader and essential elements of the Fascist State.
Unit 6
The Totalitarian Right - Nazism
Unit 7
The Totalitarian Left: Communism
Unit 8
The ‘gradual encroachment of ideas’