Organizers for Students: Which Side Are You On?
You will be using the website "A Glossary of Political Terminology" by Dr. Paul M. Johnson at www.auburn.edu/~johnspm/gloss/ for this activity.
I. Find the definitions for "left-wing, leftist" and "right-wing, rightist" and write a brief summary of each below:
a. "left-wing, leftist"
b. "right-wing, rightist"
II. Now use the same glossary to find the answers to the questions on each ideology below:
Anarchism
- Does this ideology allow for private property?
- Who decides what will be produced and how it will be distributed?
- Are social classes encouraged or discouraged?
- Does the ideology call for quick and radical change in society?
- What does this ideology believe causes poverty?
- What term do you think this ideology would be described as, left or right?
Capitalism
- Does this ideology allow for private property?
- Who decides what will be produced and how it will be distributed?
- Are social classes encouraged or discouraged?
- Does the ideology call for quick and radical change in society?
- What does this ideology believe causes poverty?
- What term do you think this ideology would be described as, left or right?
Communism
- Does this ideology allow for private property?
- Who decides what will be produced and how it will be distributed?
- Are social classes encouraged or discouraged?
- Does the ideology call for quick and radical change in society?
- What does this ideology believe causes poverty?
- What term do you think this ideology would be described as, left or right?
Conservatism
- Does this ideology allow for private property?
- Who decides what will be produced and how it will be distributed?
- Are social classes encouraged or discouraged?
- Does the ideology call for quick and radical change in society?
- What does this ideology believe causes poverty?
- What term do you think this ideology would be described as, left or right?
Fascism
- Does this ideology allow for private property?
- Who decides what will be produced and how it will be distributed?
- Are social classes encouraged or discouraged?
- Does the ideology call for quick and radical change in society?
- What does this ideology believe causes poverty?
- What term do you think this ideology would be described as, left or right?
Liberalism
- Does this ideology allow for private property?
- Who decides what will be produced and how it will be distributed?
- Are social classes encouraged or discouraged?
- Does the ideology call for quick and radical change in society?
- What does this ideology believe causes poverty?
- What term do you think this ideology would be described as, left or right?
Socialism
- Does this ideology allow for private property?
- Who decides what will be produced and how it will be distributed?
- Are social classes encouraged or discouraged?
- Does the ideology call for quick and radical change in society?
- What does this ideology believe causes poverty?
- What term do you think this ideology would be described as, left or right?
Moderate
- Does this ideology allow for private property?
- Who decides what will be produced and how it will be distributed?
- Are social classes encouraged or discouraged?
- Does the ideology call for quick and radical change in society?
- What does this ideology believe causes poverty?
- What term do you think this ideology would be described as, left or right?
Fundamentalism
- Does this ideology allow for private property?
- Who decides what will be produced and how it will be distributed?
- Are social classes encouraged or discouraged?
- Does the ideology call for quick and radical change in society?
- What does this ideology believe causes poverty?
- What term do you think this ideology would be described as, left or right?