After consulting the book and finding an ideology that best fits my personal values, I have decided on the ideology of liberalism. This ideology, defined by the textbook, By the People: Debating American Government, Brief Edition, is an ideology used by “Americans who value cultural diversity, government programs for the needy, public intervention in the economy, and individuals’ right to a lifestyle based on their own social and moral positions” (Morone & Keresh, 2014, p.37) This simply means that an American who respects the value of individualism, federal government spending on the penurious and less fortunate (Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC), Supplemental Security Income (SSI), etc.), personal liberties, and economic liberties will closely relate with the ideology of liberalism.
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Many of the essential values of liberalism, such as “the idea public officials should interfere in people’s private lives” (Morone & Keresh, 2014, p.37) differs from my personal views on liberalism. Although my view on liberalism might not follow the exact definition of liberalism given in By the People, I have found it to be similar enough to be considered my ideology of choice.
Even if liberalism doesn’t exactly match my views on government, there are still numerous types of liberalism (Neoliberalism, Paleoliberalism, ect.) that can be interpreted in countless ways to find an ideology that matches a person’s view on government. No matter how hard a person might look, there will never be a form of ideology that will complete coincide with that person’s view. Since like the world itself, there will change always be change. Between person to person or country to country, an ideology can be described, defined, or realized in a complete different
Many of the essential values of liberalism, such as “the idea public officials should interfere in people’s private lives” (Morone & Keresh, 2014, p.37) differs from my personal views on liberalism. Although my view on liberalism might not follow the exact definition of liberalism given in By the People, I have found it to be similar enough to be considered my ideology of choice.
Even if liberalism doesn’t exactly match my views on government, there are still numerous types of liberalism (Neoliberalism, Paleoliberalism, ect.) that can be interpreted in countless ways to find an ideology that matches a person’s view on government. No matter how hard a person might look, there will never be a form of ideology that will complete coincide with that person’s view. Since like the world itself, there will change always be change. Between person to person or country to country, an ideology can be described, defined, or realized in a complete different