The document discusses the left-right political spectrum. It explains that the spectrum originated during the French Revolution when revolutionary republicans sat on the left side of the assembly and pro-monarchist conservatives sat on the right. The left is generally considered more open to change while the right prefers to maintain the status quo. The spectrum is a continuum rather than distinct categories, and different political opinions can fall at various points along the line.
9. “… the pro-monarchist conservatives sat on the right, and the revolutionary republicans sat on the left of a semi-circular assembly.” (Tansey, 2004)
11. Early Political Spectrum Revolutionary Republicans Pro-monarchist Conservatives LEFT WING RIGHT WING
12. “… the pro-monarchist conservatives sat on the right, and the revolutionary republicans sat on the left of a semi-circular assembly.” (Tansey, 2004)
16. SPECTRUM Spectrum is “a continuum of color formed when a beam of white light is dispersed (as by passage through a prism) so that its component wavelengths are arranged in order. -Meriam-Webster Online
20. “ Spectrum” also refers to… “ any of various continua that resemble a color spectrum in consisting of an ordered arrangement by a particular characteristic (as frequency or energy).” -Meriam-Webster Online
21. “ The labels used on the spectrum are not pure categories , but they make up a continuum, or value line, and citizens and politicians fall somewhere on that line depending on what they believe.” -cyberlearning-world.com
25. Among the five political labels, where should we associate communism and capitalism? Why do you think is the reason why the political conservatives during the French Revolution chose to seat on the right-hand side of the Speaker?
26. Do you want to know where you fit on a political spectrum? Check out these sites: www.politicalcompass.org http://www.theadvocates.org/