comparing political spectrum
an analysis essay comparing political spectrum. Analyze Political Ideology
Read the article by Timothy Ferris, “Conservative is not Opposite Liberal, That’s Totalitarianism”
(also available online (Links to an external site.)). Using the book and the internet, construct and analyze political spectra
Draw a one-dimensional political spectrum and label the spectrum using one of the following:
- use political parties to detail the spectrum (Libertarians, Democrats, Republicans, Green Party, Tea Party/Reform Party, Progressives/Liberals, Conservatives, Fascists, Communists, and Socialists)
- OR, use political topics to detail the spectrum (economics, power, equality and hierarchy, liberalism, democracy, etc)
- OR, use political issues to detail the spectrum (abortion, same-sex rights, gender politics, guns, law enforcement, environment, voting, budget, morality, etc)
- you can hand-draw and scan the diagram
- you can use software to construct the diagram
- Next, Draw a two-dimensional political spectrum (like Ferris) and label the same parties/issues as above on this spectrum
