This document defines political ideology as a coherent set of ideas that direct or organize political action. It states that a political ideology is a belief system containing action-oriented ideas that can embody social class views and generate a sense of collective belonging. The document also lists 10 major political ideologies: liberalism, conservatism, socialism, Marxism, social democracy, fascism, anarchism, feminism, ecologism, and cosmopolitanism.

1. MODULE 2: POLITICAL IDEAS
AND IDEOLOGIES

2. THE NATURE OF POLITICAL IDEOLOGY:
IDEOLOGY- is a coherent set of ideas that direct or organize a specific
political action.
POLITICAL IDEOLOGY
• is a political belief system
• an action- oriented set of political ideas
• The ideas of the ruling class
• The world view of aa particular social class or group
• Political ideas that embody or articulate class or social group
• Ideas that propagate false consciousness amongst the exploited or oppressed
• Ideas that situate the individual within a social context and generate a sense of collective
belonging.

3. • DIFFERENT MAJOR POLITICAL IDEOLOGIES
1. Liberalism
2. Conservatism
3. Socialism
4. Marxism
5. Social democracy
6. Fascism
7. Anarchism
8. Feminism
9. Ecologism
10.Cosmopolitanism