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An ideology is a set of beliefs, values and principles that is comprehensive and cohesive enough to be the foundation for a society or culture. The following are examples of common ideologies.Power StructureBasic views of how power should be structured.Anarchism (rule by none) | Autocracy (rule by one) | Democracy (rule by the people) | Oligarchy (rule by the few) |
Political Views Views of how society should be run.Anarchism | Colonialism | Communism | Conservative | Globalism | Liberalism | Libertarianism | Localism | Moderate | Progressive | Reactionary | Socialism | Totalitarianism | Traditionalism |
Economic IdeologyViews of how economies should be structured and run.Capitalism | Communism | Globalism | Laissez-faire | Protectionism | Social Market | Socialism |
A social market ideology is a belief in a capitalist market system with taxation that funds a social safety net in areas such as education, healthcare and income protections.
ReligionsReligious views are considered ideologies that apply to fundamental questions of right, wrong and the nature of the universe. In the case of a theocracy, governments are run according to these values.African Traditional Religions | Buddhism | Chinese Traditional Religions | Christianity | Folk Religion | Hinduism | Islam | Judaism | Nonreligious | Shinto | Sikhism | Spiritism |
The categories of religious ideology above were selected based on total number of adherents and is sorted in alphabetical order. NotesThe lists above are by no means exhaustive. |
Type | | Definition | An ideology is a set of beliefs, values and principles that is comprehensive and cohesive enough to be the foundation for a society or culture. | Related Concepts | |
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