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What is Ideology? Although seeming simple, this question is practically impossible to answer, for how do you define word which has no defined meaning. In the dictionary it means "a belief or a set of beliefs, especially the political beliefs on which people, parties, or countries base their actions." However, unfortunately it is not quite that easy. As Heywood said Ideology is made up of three steps. The first of which is the set of ideas itself, the second is a vision of what future society should be, and the final stage is a programme for change or reform. Although this seems like a fairly rational and correct definition, all three stages have been proved wrong on countless occasions by the ideologies themselves. Some ideologies only have one idea, like nationalism, and not a set. Some ideologies like Conservatism reject change and reform as being dangerous or counterproductive. While some ideologies think current...

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