Sociology- Ideology Project

* IDEOLOGY * DEFINE IDEOLOGY? According to a reputable dictionary ideology is best described as, the body of ideas reflecting the social needs and aspiration of an individual, group class/ culture. It is beliefs that form the basis of a political, economic system. * ADVANTAGES OF IDEOLOGY * Allows or portrays different views of those in a society * It shows individuals wants or needs in a society * Also in terms of an economy, it presents the rules or beliefs of a government/ nation in order to help citizens of the country financially. They would be a sense of order. * DISADVANTAGES OF IDEOLOGY * It restricts the ability to express classes, and there history, difference in it. Leading to misunderstanding and also conflict. * It may have class biasness at time , in terms of politics and different parties * Increase in criminal activity between different social classes, lower class being dependent or stealing from upper class money/ trade. * STEALING * HOW DOES IDEOLOGY PROMOTE GLOBALIZATION The term globalization is increasingly used to describe the ongoing integration of the world within a capitalist political economy. Advocates of globalization point to the emergence of the “middle-class” in developing countries, economic growth within peripheral economies, the continued expansion of global stock markets, democratization and the emergence of a “global culture” as indicators of the benefits of this process. Critics of globalization point to the rising gaps of inequality between nations and within all nations of the global economy, increased environmental degradation, especially in the developing world, the loss of sovereignty, cultural imperialism and the rise in extreme nationalism as indicators of the downside of this process. This paper will systematically outline a framework for understanding some of the seemingly contradictory processes in our globalizing world. * INTRODUCTION TO POLITICAL