Key terms Noncore Political Ideas Anarchism Core ideas and principles Power From the anarchist viewpoint power is the means or instruments such as the law the police and the use of ideology by which the state and other social institutions secure their authority ID: 610870
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Edexcel Politics A-level
Key terms
Non-core Political Ideas:
AnarchismSlide2
Core ideas and principlesSlide3
Power
From the anarchist viewpoint, power is the means or instruments such as the law, the police and the use of ideology, by which the state and other social institutions secure their authority. Slide4
Authority
From the anarchist perspective, authority is the right of one person or institution to influence the behaviour of others and is seen as commanding, controlling and corrupting. Slide5
Government
From an anarchist perspective, government is a particular system of rule, from monarchism to dictatorship to liberal democracy, which is based on deceit and violence. Slide6
State
From an anarchist perspective, the state is seen as a sovereign body that exerts total authority over all individuals and groups living within its defined geographical limits.Slide7
Altruism
Concern for the interest and welfare of others based on rational selfinterest
or a belief that humans are social beings with a capacity for social solidarity. Slide8
Autonomy
A
form of self-government or legislation, a combination of freedom and responsibility, in which the individual is not subject to the will of the state or any other person
.Slide9
Direct action
A whole range of political actions from non-violent to violent actions taken
outside of the legal and constitutional framework. Slide10
Different types of anarchismSlide11
Syndicalism
Revolutionary trade unionism that uses direct action and the mass strike as an expression of working class power to inspire popular revolt.Slide12
Direct democracy
From an anarchist perspective, citizens making law and policy decisions in person rather than through elected representatives in a form of popular, self-government. Slide13
Solidarity
From an anarchist perspective, a relationship of sympathy, cooperation and harmony between people,
which means that they have no need to be regulated by the state and any regulation makes solidarity impossible.Slide14
Mutualism
A system of equitable exchange between self-governing producers, organised individually or in association and small-scale private property based on use or possession. Slide15
Anarchist thinkers and their ideasSlide16
Collectivisation
The abolition of private property and its replacement by a system of common ownership.Slide17
Mutual aid
The most successful species are those that employ solidarity and cooperation rather than individualistic competition.Slide18
Insurrection
Is not synonymous with revolution but is rather egoistic, not a political or social act, that allows individuals to elevate themselves above the established institutions, leaving the establishment to decay and die. Slide19
Key thinkers
Max
Stirner
(1806 – 1856)
Pierre-Joseph Proudhon (1809 – 1865)Mikhail Bakunin (1814 – 1876)
Peter Kropotkin (1842 – 1921)
Emman
Goldman (1869 – 1940)Slide20
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