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  Political spectrum - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Political systems in which most people fall clearly into one group or another with almost no one in between, such as most nationalist controversies, are not well described by a political spectrum.
In Iran, for instance, a political spectrum might be divided along the issue of the clergy's role in government.
While multiple axes on the political spectrum had been postulated for a while, statistical analysis of survey data using principal component analysis to verify the theory and establish their existence, number and meaning was not done until recently.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Political_spectrum   (3056 words)

  
 Political compass - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A political compass or political diamond is a multi-axis model used to label or organize political thought on several dimensions.
The underlying principle of the Political Compass is that political views may be measured along two separate and independent axes.
The other axis (Authoritarian-Libertarian) purports to measure one's political opinions in a "Social" (as distinct from "Economic") sense, regarding a view of the appropriate amount of "personal freedom": "Libertarianism" is defined as the belief that personal freedom should be maximized, while "Authoritarianism" is defined as the belief that authority and tradition should be obeyed.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Political_compass   (288 words)

  
 Political spectrum
A political spectrum is a way of comparing or visualizing different political positions, by placing them upon one or more geometric axes.
In a modern Islamic country, for instance, a political spectrum might be divided along the issue of the clergy's role in government.
This traditional political spectrum is defined along an axis with Conservatism ("the right") on one end, and Socialism ("the left", called Liberalism in the United States) on the other.
www.fastload.org /po/Political_spectrum.html   (1006 words)

  
 Aug 08 The Political Spectrum Con Nelson Hultberg 321gold . . . Inc
Political economy is all of one piece and cannot be separated into specific sectors of politics and economics as modern intellectuals are trying to do.
And one of their nefarious weapons is what I term the "political spectrum con." The tragic result of their ideological warping is that droves of bright college graduates are being sent out into the world every year with a poisoned view as to the requisites of Jeffersonian freedom and prosperity.
The idea of a political spectrum is one of the first concepts taught and analyzed in poly-sci and economics courses in college.
www.321gold.com /editorials/hultberg/hultberg080805.html   (6187 words)

  
 Safe Haven | The Political Spectrum Con   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The notion of a political spectrum with three poles of left, right and center has come to us as a legacy from Aristotle's idea that virtue consists of the "rational course" that lies between two opposite and natural extremes.
With this picture, students have gotten the idea that both ends of the spectrum are dictatorships (communism on the left and fascism on the right), and that the democratic welfare state of contemporary America is the only possible good, for it is the Golden Mean between two opposite vices.
If our present day views of the political spectrum did to some degree evolve from the early 19th century custom in France of the conservatives sitting to the right of the presiding officer in parliament and the radicals aligning themselves to the left, then it is time we revised our views.
www.safehaven.com /article-3578.htm   (6152 words)

  
 An evaluation of the Political Spectrum
This spectrum is the traditional spectrum in the sense of political beliefs
Notice the corners tend to be the extreme areas of a political stance.
Political stances can be separated into essentially two major ideologies: (1.) Social/Moral and (2.) Fiscal/Economical (please note that to an extent these two categories are even paradoxical in regards to each other.
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 Redefining the Political Spectrum
Ask any ten different people in the world what their political views represent and you can get ten people telling you that they stand for freedom, while one is a Communist, one is a member of the KKK, one is a wealthy capitalist oil tycoon, and one is a poor person on welfare.
According to both the Political Compass and the Nolan Chart these two policies would have to be lumped together on their political spectrums, which plainly makes no sense.
Throughout the 1800s the primary political conflict was between the Left and Liberalism, because the "old conservatives" had been largely vanquished and their base of power almost completely undermined.
www.rationalrevolution.net /articles/redefining_the_political_spectru.htm   (11250 words)

  
 The Cyclical Political Spectrum 
The idea of a linear political spectrum may need to be revised based on reality instead of theory.
The normal idea of a political ideology spectrum is usually placed on a line where "liberal" elements are placed on the left and "conservative" elements on the right.
My placement of parties and regimes on the spectrum is only how they appear in my understanding at the present time; I may choose to alter various positions based on developments and the more information that I obtain and the positions are not immutable.
homepage.mac.com /rix/blog/C1328488918/E1372029293   (1061 words)

  
 Political Ideologies, American Government - US News Classroom   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Reactionary: Sitting on the far right of the ideological spectrum, reactionaries want to go back to the way things were-the "good ol' days." Often reactionaries are willing to use extreme methods, such as repressive use of government power, to achieve their goals.
Of the two major political parties, for example, Republicans are generally seen as conservative because they advocate a reduction in government.
The early political party of Thomas Jefferson was called the Democratic-Republicans, and they were the liberals of their day.
www.usnewsclassroom.com /resources/activities/act010604.html   (1552 words)

  
 A Common-Sense Political Spectrum
The political spectrum we all learned about in school is making less sense all the time.
There is a version of the political spectrum that many Conservatives have been using without confusion for some years.
In other words, they were seeking the best position on the political spectrum for their new government.
www.neusysinc.com /columnarchive/colm0003.html   (649 words)

  
 Positive & Negative Liberties in Three Dimensions
Thus, people on the political right think that personal morality is the most important thing, so they are willing to allow freedom when it comes to property and economic matters but at the same time wish to legislate morality.
Since many on the political right are religiously motivated, their preferences may be simply stated: That in the matters where "you can't take it with you," they allow freedom, while personal practices that may offend God are cause for legal and political attention.
Libertarians are thus alone in the political spectrum to genuinely support Constitutional government as this was understood and crafted by the Founders of the Nation.
www.friesian.com /quiz.htm   (6448 words)

  
 WorldNetDaily: Defining the left-right spectrum   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Taking this fundamental dichotomy between the supremacy of the community and the primacy of the individual as a starting point, it becomes relatively easy to determine where an individual or party happens to fall on the political spectrum if communism is accepted as the anchoring point for the extreme left wing.
The figure below illustrates where some of the most familiar political philosophies fall upon the spectrum based on an analysis of what I consider to be the ten most significant elements affecting individuals and their relationship to their government, followed by a point-by-point breakdown of how these positions were determined.
This political spectrum of freedom is by no means complete, and I would certainly welcome any suggested modifications or additions from thoughtful readers.
www.worldnetdaily.com /news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=34468   (717 words)

  
 GovTrack: The Political Spectrum
The political spectrum images are generated through a statistical analysis of the cosponsorship of bills in the 109th session of Congress.
Senator Kennedy is, for instance, the senator farthest to the left on the Senate spectrum.
The mathematical process didn't know about political leanings, but it determined that if it assigned some number to each representative, which we as humans know to be something related to political leaning, it would be a good guage of what bills they sponsor.
www.govtrack.us /congress/spectrum.xpd   (535 words)

  
 otrss/go/spectrum
Politics is so confusing, especially when you try to figure out just where someone is on the political map.
Politics is so confusing, so here are a number of items that can help you tell the difference between liberals and conservatives, and maybe others.
The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary.
www.sonic.net /~ric/go/spectrum.htm   (1260 words)

  
 Cobb: The Black Political Spectrum   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Therefore their strategy is not to fight the racism of the world, but to grab ahold of the principles that guarantee survival against it.
Revolutionary does not equal liberal...the overwhelming majority of his political formulations were not his own at this time in his life and were amalgams of Elijah Muhammad and Marcus Garvey.
The question of relevence to the fl politcal spectrum vis a vis pan-africanism is whether or not we fl Americans accept the worlds currencies of global capital, free markets, national militaries, etc or if we think there is something of the pre-colonial africa worth preserving.
www.mdcbowen.org /cobb/archives/004206.html   (4240 words)

  
 Television's Political Spectrum
The power to define the political spectrum is an awesome one -- determining who gets to speak and who gets censored, which positions gain currency and which go unheard.
It is often argued that positioning political commentators on a political spectrum is a hopeless task.
The spectrum has drifted so far right that it is common today to see panel discussions in which TV's right attacks the Republican president, George Bush, for being too moderate while TV's "left" praises him.
www.fair.org /index.php?page=1566   (1440 words)

  
 The Political Spectrum   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The terms right and left in politics have their origin in the way delegates were seated in the French parliament after the Revolution.
The political spectrum pictured below refers primarily to labels as used in the U.S. Above you can see some of the different political labels you are liable to come across, along with a placement on the political spectrum from left to right.
Disclaimer: Political labels are always vexing, somewhat arbitrary and given to dispute, The spectrum above is no more than an arrangement that in the opinion of this librarian would generally be accepted as a useful approximation.
www.kl.oakland.edu /services/instruction/tutorials/PoliticalSpectrum   (256 words)

  
 Not PC: NZ's Political Spectrum
The questions are different to the somewhat strange ones in the Times quiz, and are designed to test specific positions on the two issues that define one's position in the spectrum, ie., the level of support for personal freedom on the one axis, and economic freedom on the other.
You can perhaps 'collapse' the diamond to see the traditional one-dimensional spectrum (and then see why ACT and Winston don't get along) but that makes for example both Libz and National Front centrists, right there by National and Labour, and not at opposite polls to each other as they obviously are.
Amongst other virtues, the diamond spectrum -- or 'Nolan Chart' as it is known -- explains quite simply why Libertarianz will often agree with ACT on issues of economic freedom, and with the Greens on issues of personal freedom...
pc.blogspot.com /2005/05/nzs-political-spectrum.html   (3565 words)

  
 The Pournelle Political Axes
Since the desire for radical change was pretty well inversely proportionate to wealth, there really was, for a short time, a legitimate political spectrum running from right to left, and the concept of left and right made sense.
Now I do not claim this is the model of modern politics; I do claim that it is a far better model than the one we're using, and in fact I go farther and claim that the "left-right" model so ubiquitous amongst us is harmful.
In politics alone the results of the widespread use of the Pournelle Axes would be revolutionary: pols would be required not only to declare themselves but to reveal precisely and literally their political position- and live with it.
www.baen.com /chapters/axes.htm   (1204 words)

  
 The Political Quiz Show
Do you see the ideal America as an ethnic "melting pot" in which religious, cultural and ethnic distinctions are blurred, or as a nation in which ethnically diverse groups ought to coexist while retaining their cultural identity?
Gays and lesbians should be able to marry or at least be treated as married under law if they so desire.
Talk radio shows should be regulated to ensure both sides of a debate are represented, because talk radio has an unhealthy impact on the political process.
madrabbit.net /webrabbit/quizshow.html   (460 words)

  
 The Political Spectrum
A thoughtful, intelligent, albeit somewhat snarky view of politics, law, and culture from a group of lawyers, scholars, and other commentators from both sides of the political spectrum.
As someone who both likes political television drama and has suffered through a few episodes of ABC's feeble attempt at powerhouse politics, I can tell you why the show is sinking.
President Mackenzie Allen (Geena Davis) plays a bland vice president who is thrust into the presidential spotlight by the untimely stroke and death of the (considerably more conservative) elected president.
www.politicalspectrum.blogspot.com   (3862 words)

  
 The Political Spectrum Con
The notion of a political spectrum with three poles of left, right and center has come to us as a legacy from Aristotle’s idea that virtue consists of the "rational course"
spectrum, and that one must then choose between one of the two extremes.
To understand how thoroughly corrupt and irrational our modern day academics and media pundits are on this issue of the political spectrum, we now need to investigate how they "ignore the right half of reality." Below is another view of the correct spectrum whereby the mean is
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 Political Compass   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The old one-dimensional categories of 'right' and 'left', established for the seating arrangement of the French National Assembly of 1789, are overly simplistic for today's complex political landscape.
There are fundamental political differences between them that the old categories on their own can't explain.
The idea was developed by a political journalist with a university counselling background, assisted by a professor of social history.
www.digitalronin.f2s.com /politicalcompass   (373 words)

  
 The Political Spectrum Con - ReliableAnswers.com
One of the most important issues in today's world entails a very exasperating fallacy being implanted into the American mind in order to justify the massive centralization of modern government.
What possible conclusion could a young student draw from this other than that all those on the political right are at best borderline fascists, and that the only sane policy is to steer a middle course of compromise between socialism and capitalism -- i.e., welfare statism.
Historian Crane Brinton tells us: "These terms grew up out of French parliamentary practice early in the [19th] century, when the conservatives or monarchists took to sitting in a group to the right of the presiding officer, and the constitutionalists and radical reformers grouped themselves on his left." [4]
reliableanswers.com /patriot?20050808   (5946 words)

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