Two Ideological Perspectives
Outline which of the two ideological perspectives, neo-liberalism or social democracy, you think is best suited to address the issue of poverty
Introduction
This assignment will describe the beliefs and ideological perspectives of Neo-liberals and social democrats. Both ideologies have very different views on poverty, one being more extreme than the other and It will highlight the differences between the two perspectives and discuss which perspective is best suited to address the issue of poverty.
Neo-Liberal
Firstly, this assignment will discuss the neoliberal approach and then it will explain their views on the issue of poverty and how they approach the issue. The rise of the Neo-liberal approach occurred in the 1970s as the social democratic …show more content…
They believe individuals are free to think their own thought read whatever they wish to read, worships as they wish, associate with others for social or political purpose and acquire and dispose of their own property. In complete contrast to the neoliberal perspective, SD have adopted the idea the state should secure a much greater degree of social and economic equality than could be achieved through the mechanisms of the markets. They emphasize the political and economic benefits to a society of social policies underpinned by the concept of equality. They strongly believe more distribution of income …show more content…
The NL approach is more selfish than that of the SD approach, it highlights the ideology from Darwin’s belief “survival of the fittest”, the rich get richer and the poor get poorer. However, the SD view it in an entirely different light, they believe that to maintain a functional society, everyone in society should help one and other, the state should intervene in crisis like poverty, provide and support struggling individuals through welfare from the state such as allowances for pension, child benefits and school grants. I disagree with the NL approach, from what I have researched it seems to be an inconsiderate approach to combatting poverty in a society. They have developed this concept that the poor should be capable of overcoming poverty through free market competition, I disagree with this idea because the individual may find themselves stuck in poverty for many reasons, a family history of unemployment and lack of education. I don’t agree with this idea because the poor may not have the same resources as the rich or education opportunities to bring themselves out of poverty through using the competition of free market. The SD approach to combating poverty is more achievable for several reasons, one being; when the state intervenes in crisis of poverty, this can provide the individual with the resources they need to get out of poverty. Like
Introduction
This assignment will describe the beliefs and ideological perspectives of Neo-liberals and social democrats. Both ideologies have very different views on poverty, one being more extreme than the other and It will highlight the differences between the two perspectives and discuss which perspective is best suited to address the issue of poverty.
Neo-Liberal
Firstly, this assignment will discuss the neoliberal approach and then it will explain their views on the issue of poverty and how they approach the issue. The rise of the Neo-liberal approach occurred in the 1970s as the social democratic …show more content…
They believe individuals are free to think their own thought read whatever they wish to read, worships as they wish, associate with others for social or political purpose and acquire and dispose of their own property. In complete contrast to the neoliberal perspective, SD have adopted the idea the state should secure a much greater degree of social and economic equality than could be achieved through the mechanisms of the markets. They emphasize the political and economic benefits to a society of social policies underpinned by the concept of equality. They strongly believe more distribution of income …show more content…
The NL approach is more selfish than that of the SD approach, it highlights the ideology from Darwin’s belief “survival of the fittest”, the rich get richer and the poor get poorer. However, the SD view it in an entirely different light, they believe that to maintain a functional society, everyone in society should help one and other, the state should intervene in crisis like poverty, provide and support struggling individuals through welfare from the state such as allowances for pension, child benefits and school grants. I disagree with the NL approach, from what I have researched it seems to be an inconsiderate approach to combatting poverty in a society. They have developed this concept that the poor should be capable of overcoming poverty through free market competition, I disagree with this idea because the individual may find themselves stuck in poverty for many reasons, a family history of unemployment and lack of education. I don’t agree with this idea because the poor may not have the same resources as the rich or education opportunities to bring themselves out of poverty through using the competition of free market. The SD approach to combating poverty is more achievable for several reasons, one being; when the state intervenes in crisis of poverty, this can provide the individual with the resources they need to get out of poverty. Like