1 / 12

Understanding Political Ideologies and Parties in Alberta: A Comprehensive Overview

Explore political ideologies, spectrum, parties, and government formation. Learn about Alberta's political landscape, party platforms, and advantages of party affiliation. Delve into key questions on governance and citizen engagement.

catalanoj
Download Presentation

Understanding Political Ideologies and Parties in Alberta: A Comprehensive Overview

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Lesson 4: Political Parties

  2. What is a political ideology? • A political ideology is a set of shared ideas or beliefsabout how politics and government should work. • Common ideologies include liberalism, conservatism, and socialism. Others include communism and fascism.

  3. What is the political spectrum? • The political spectrum characterizes beliefs, values and priorities, and provides a framework in which to view and evaluate political partiesand policies. • A linear spectrum is represented as a horizontal line, with parties on the leftembracing change, bigger government and more services, and parties on the rightusually favouring tradition, small government and lower taxes.

  4. Political Spectrum Questions Do you agree or disagree with the following? • Should the minimum wage be increased or decreased? • Should the government spend more or less on our armed forces? • Should wealthier people pay more or less taxes?

  5. What is a political party? • A political partyis a group of like-minded individuals with a shared vision and political ideology. • Anyone above the required age can be a member of a political party — for most parties the age is 14. • Party members work together to achieve power through an election and create meaningful political change. • Each party also selects a leader, usually through a leadership contest or vote.

  6. Alberta Political Parties • There are 9 political partiesAlberta. • Alberta First Party • Alberta Liberal Party • Alberta New Democratic Party • Alberta Party • Alberta Social Credit Party • Communist Party - Alberta • Green Party of Alberta • Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta • Wildrose Party

  7. Alberta Political Parties

  8. What is a party platform? • A series of declared principles and policieson jurisdictional issues concerning government and the public. • While all the political parties may agree that education is a priority, they may have different ideas about how to improve the system or which aspects to focus on. • Political parties announce their platform through announcements, advertising and events, and share their ideas to attract support from voters.

  9. How does a party form government? • The party that elects the most number of representatives or wins the most seats usually forms government. • At the provincial level, the leader of the party that forms government becomes the premier. • After the 2012 provincial election, the Progressive Conservatives formed government because they had 61 out of 87 legislative seats.

  10. 2012 Provincial Election Results

  11. 2012 Provincial Student Vote Results

  12. Final Thoughts • Why are political parties important? • What advantages and disadvantages are there to running for a party compared to running as an independent? • Would you ever join a political party? Why or why not?

More Related