POL 202 Chapter Notes - Chapter Gilpin: Friedrich Engels, Marxism, Class Conflict
14 Sep 2016
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Ideology--systems of thought & belief by which individuals & groups explain how their social system operates. 3 ideologies: liberalism, nationalism, marxism; main conflict about role & significance of market in organization of society & economic affairs. Fundamental difference over relationship of society, state, & market. Economic nationalism/mercantilism--assumes & advocates the primacy of politics over economics, a doctrine of state building & asserts that the market"s should be subordinate to the pursuit of state interests; argues political factors determine economic relations. Liberalism--assumes that politics & economics exist in separate spheres, argues that markets should be free from political interference. Marxism--holds that economics drives politics; political conflict arises from struggle among classes over distribution of wealth, so political conflict will cease with the elimination of the market & of a society of classes. Free markets, minimal state intervention, individual equality & liberty.
