Political Spectrum Lesson 1
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Introduction to Political Spectrum by Paul Enrique C. Casas
Transcript of Political Spectrum Lesson 1
Ideologies
REACTIONARY
RADICAL
LIBERAL
MODERATE
CONSERVATIVE
Arrange these political ideologies from left to right…
Left RightCenter
REACTIONARYRADICAL
LIBERAL MODERATE CONSERVATIVE
Left RightCenter
The Basic Political Spectrum
Characteristics
Characteristics of the Left/Right Political Spectrum
1. Classifies political movements and thinkers as left-wing or right wing.
(Tansey, 2004)
Modern French National Assembly
“…the pro-monarchist conservatives sat on the
right, and the revolutionary revolutionary republicansrepublicans sat on the left of a semi-circular
assembly.” (Tansey, 2004)
Revolutionary Republicans
Pro-monarchist Conservatives
French National Assembly (1789)
Revolutionary Republicans
Pro-monarchist Conservatives
Early Political Spectrum
LEFT WING RIGHT WING
“…the pro-monarchist conservatives sat on the
right, and the revolutionary revolutionary republicansrepublicans sat on the left of a semi-circular
assembly.” (Tansey, 2004)
Characteristics of the Left/Right Political Spectrum
1. Classifies political opinions as left-wing or right wing. (Tansey, 2004)
2. The left is pro-change, while the right, is anti change. (Tansey, 2004)
Change
ChangeChange
Characteristics of the Left/Right Political Spectrum
1. Classifies political opinions as left-wing or right wing. (Tansey, 2004)
2. The left is pro-change, while the right, is anti change. (Tansey, 2004)
3. The direction of change is from right to left.
SPECTRUM
Spectrum is “a continuum of color formed when a beam of white light is dispersed (as by passage through a prism) so that its component wavelengths are arranged
in order.
-Meriam-Webster Online
Like this…
And this one…
Left-wing Right-wing
Change
Centrists
In Political Science…
“Spectrum” also refers to…
“any of various continua that resemble a color spectrum in consisting of an ordered arrangement by a particular characteristic
(as frequency or energy).”
-Meriam-Webster Online
“The labels used on the spectrum are not pure categories, but they make up a
continuum, or value line, and citizens and politicians fall somewhere on that line
depending on what they believe.”
-cyberlearning-world.com
Characteristics of the Left/Right Political Spectrum
1. Classifies political opinions as left-wing or right wing. (Tansey, 2004)
2. The left is pro-change, while the right, is anti change. (Tansey, 2004)
3. The direction of change is from right to left.
4. The labels used on the spectrum are not pure categories, but they make up a continuum, or value line.
Characteristics of the Political Spectrum
1. Classifies political opinions as left-wing or right wing.
2. The left is pro-change, while the right, is anti change.
3. The direction of change is from right to left.
4. The labels used on the spectrum are not pure categories, but they make up a continuum, or value line.
Re +Re +
Something to think about…
Among the five political labels, where should we associate communism and capitalism?
Why do you think is the reason why the political conservatives during the French Revolution chose to seat on the right-hand side of the
Speaker?
www.politicalcompass.orghttp://www.theadvocates.org/
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