Modern Political Ideologies - ZHSS2410


	Faculty: UNSW@ADFA (Australian Defence Force Academy)
	School: School of Humanities and Social Sciences @ ADFA
	Course Outline: https://gateway.unsw.adfa.edu.au/isas/current_students/outlines/index.html
	Campus: University College Campus
	Career: Undergraduate
	Units of Credit: 6
	EFTSL: 0.12500 (more info)
	Indicative Contact Hours per Week: 3
	CSS Contribution Charge:Band 1 (more info)
	Tuition Fee:See Tuition Fee Schedule
	Further Information: See Class Timetable

Description

Politics may appear to be simply a struggle between different interests for 'who gets what', but ideas are important. During the twentieth century millions of people supported, and died in the name of, fascism and communism. Such ideologies may be finished and everybody may nowadays be a democrat, yet people differ over what is just and free. Ideas ground political institutions; they guide policies; and they shape political struggles. This course investigates the foundational ideologies of modern politics - liberalism, conservatism and socialism - and explores the ideologies that contend with democratic systems, including feminism, multiculturalism and environmentalism.