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    The most popular or most widely known ideologies of government are liberalism, conservatism, socialism, and fascism. Liberalism and conservatism are the more popular ideologies in the United States with socialism and fascism being more popular in Europe within extreme governments. Liberalism is defined as: “an ideology positing that the most important goal of politics is to help individuals develop their capacities to the fullest. To this end, people should be regulated and aided by governments as

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    Conservatism In 1800s

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    If I were to list in order of which one had the most impact on the first half of the 1800’s. The list would have to first start with liberalism, then conservatism and finally nationalism. My reasons for choosing this order is to be explained in the following paragraphs. I will define each of the terms and explain my reasons for placing them in the order that I did. The first and most impactful would have to be liberalism. Liberalism is an ideology based on the belief that people should be

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    edmund burke support conservatism and tradition.ıt is as a political and social philosophy promotes retaining traditional social institutions in the context of the culture and civilization. he is largely set on having a stable society and in order to achieve this stable society,challenge views should not be by the publıc.he want to stable society and he does not trust revolution and future.conservatism against ındustrial revolution and france revolution because in conservatism reform

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    Conservatism Ideology

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    i) Conservatism as an Ideology Conservatism is an ideology that strongly values tradition and continues to utilise the policies put in place by our ancestors before us. Because tradition is fundamental to conservatives they are very susceptible to change their policies: “change will only be supported if it does no harm and if this can be clearly demonstrated” (Young, 2015). Conservatism itself is a pragmatic ideology with no real goals or purpose other than to preserve the traditions put in by

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    Introduction Conservatism as a political ideology has undergone a lot change over the years. What started out as, reverting to the olden ways has now been changed to meet the new requirements of the society. Conservatism refers to a political ideology where people feel that one should revert to traditional or the conventional way for man to progress. The idea of conservatism spread rapidly due to ‘The Great Recession, 1929’ where the idea of a free, self- regulating market as proposed by the libertarians

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    thought since the Enlightenment are conservatism, classical liberalism, and socialism. In conservatism the individual are considered not consistently rational and individuals are inherently unequal in intelligence, skills, and status. In classical liberalism the individual enjoys rights to life, liberty, and property and is able to use reason to determine the laws of nature. In socialism individuals are social and caring by nature. As for society conservatism believes individuals belong to different

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    Conservatism In Politics

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    Conservatism is a political ideology that is based on the belief that we are all, as humans, “inherently imperfect, with limited capacity to reason” (Mintz, Croci & Close 58). Because of this limited capacity to reason, conservatives argue that society is prone

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    Conservatism is the political doctrine that justified the restoration of monarchies and the previous ways of government and thinking before the Enlightenment, the French Revolution, and Napoleon Bonaparte’s rule (The Making of the West, 645). Traditions, institutions, and privileges are key in conservatism. Conservatism appealed mostly to the aristocrats. Liberalism, socialism, and nationalism do not work well with conservatism because they want change and reform, while conservatism does not. On

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    Conservatism Conservatism is arguably the most diverse political ideology in the United States, with many variations and offshoots as well as interpretations of the word “Conservative.” The main groupings of conservatives in the US are fiscal conservatives, social conservatives, neoconservatives, paleoconservatives and even libertarians share some views with the conservative ideology. With all of these sub-ideologies mainly encapsulated within the Republican coalition, it is difficult to find a

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    Conservatism is a political philosophy that leans towards saving tradition in terms of aspects like religion, family values, traditions, nationalism, etc. American conservatives believe in a free market, searching to improve national economy. Another of its ideal is to support a strong defense, which is one of their priorities. They also believe in sharing responsibility in certain issues with the private sector, this will allow the government to reduce its spending which will be translated into

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