END OF IDEOLOGY: A NON FEASIBLE THEORY

Ideology represents a term of approbation in the sense that it is used by the dominant ruling class, while utopia stands for a term of disapprobation because it is a leftist term that can be used by that group that wants a change in the status quo. This study was set out to discuss the End of Ideology. The study was able to review the historical tension of the end of ideology, the dimensional structure of political attitude, traditional Notion of a Single Left-Right Dimension. The study discussed ideology and its effect on social, political and economic scene in the cold war era. It gave an in-depth information as to how ideology affected the two world powers, their foreign policies, and also how they were able to influence other countries to key into their ideology and visions. It summarizes the end of cold war and also gave some insights on why ideology was used to defeat the Soviet Union.The end of the Soviet Union led a lot of people to believe that ideology was already in its final days and that democracy has won the battle that lasted for almost 5 decades and have been able to come victorious against Socialism or communism as the case may be. The examples of Afghanistan, Columbia and Democratic Republic of Congo was used as illustration in this study. It was concluded that ideology played an extensive role in the post-Cold War insurgencies. Ideology served the verbal purpose of legitimizing armed struggles. But it also proved crucial to determine the insurgent organization’s internal structures and its tool of power in territories under its control, to shape their governmental policies, and to contribute to strategic and tactical gains on the battlefield.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION

1.1       Background to the Study

1.2       Statement of the Problem

1.3       Research Questions

1.4       Objectives of the Study

1.5       Justification for the Study

1.6       Methodology

1.7       Synopsis of Study

CHAPTER TWO: REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE

2.1       Introduction

2.2       Historical Tension on the End of Ideology

2.3       The Dimensional Structure of Political Attitudes

2.3.1    The Traditional Notion of a Single Left-Right Dimension

2.3.2    Multidimensional Models of Ideology

2.4       Social and Economic Dimensions of Political Ideology

2.5       Reconciling Undimensional and Multidimensional Approaches

2.6       Contents of Ideologies and their Social Psychological Functions

2.6.1    Social and Political Consequences of Ideology

CHAPTER THREE: IDEOLOGY AND ITS EFFECT ON SOCIAL,

            POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC SCENE IN THE COLD WAR ERA

3.1       Introduction

3.2       Ideology as it was in the Cold War Era

3.2.1    Effect of Economic Interests

3.2.2    Effect of Social Ideas

3.2.3    Political/Military Effect

3.3       The End of the Cold War

CHAPTER FOUR: RELEVANCE OF IDEOLOGY IN THE

                                    POST-COLD WAR ERA

4.1       Introduction

4.2       Afghanistan: Building the Nation of the Pure

4.2.1    Social Effects of the Taliban ideology

4.2.2    Military/Political effects

4.3       D.R. Congo: Vision of an African China

4.3.1    Political/Social Ideology

4.3.2    Economic Effect

4.4       Colombia’s Revolutionary Ideology of a Free Society

4.4.1    Social/Political Ideology of the Revolutionary Forces in the Post-Cold War

Era

4.4.2    Military/Economic Ideology of the Revolutionary Forces of Colombia

4.5       Conclusion

CHAPTER FIVE: SUMMARY, FINDINGS AND CONCLUSION

5.1       Introduction

5.2       Summary

5.3       Major Findings

5.4       Conclusion

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