CPO 2001 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Liberal Democracy, Progressive Tax, Theocracy
13 Apr 2016
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Ethnic and national identities as group identities. Political attitudes and ideologies as individual identities. Both deal with issues of freedom and equality. Remember that context matters: a radical in china versus a radical in the usa, a conservative in poland post 1990. Weak state with low autonomy controlled by people. Liberalism is not the same as liberal" political attitude. Differing meanings of liberal" in north america and elsewhere. Belief that struggle over resources breeds inequality. Strong state with high autonomy: intervene directly in the lives of the citizens to achieve equality. Seeks to balance individual freedom and collective equality: would most likely favor equality over freedom through a progressive tax system. Role for relatively strong state to manage this. More common in europe welfare state . But also inequality based on superiority of some over many. High autonomy and capacity to direct nation and vanquish enemies. Beliefs in cultural and racial superiority: practiced with brutality throughout history.
