TOK: Knowledge and Politics

What is political knowledge?

• It is about political actors taking part in elections and controlling the constituencies

• It is about the running of state parliaments and controlling the government budget

• It is about political parties winning the hearts of the people

• It is about power and authority influencing the knowledge produced in society

Which ones are the political disciplines that determine the scope of political knowledge?

• Political science, Political philosophy, Politics of daily life

• Political history, Political sociology, Politics in education

• Political geography, Political literature,

  Politics of daily life

• Political science, Political systems, Politics in the parliament

What is political philosophy?

• Examines the electoral process

• Examines concepts such as freedom and human rights

• Examines the way elections are conducted

• Examines how leaders are elected

The acceptance of political knowledge is dependent on ___________ and ____________

• time period and political climate

• who we trust and our political leanings

• the peace and stability in a society

• our level of education and the money we have

What is socialism?

• the belief that society should run on a voluntary, cooperative basis without any need for government

• the believe that the power to govern should be in the hands of a single ruler or very small group

• the belief that the rights of the collective should have priority over the rights of individuals

• the belief that stability based on traditional values is essential to an orderly society

What are the ideologies of the People's Action Party (PAP)?

• political liberalism and economic conservatism

• social anarchism and political absolutism

• economic conservatism and socialism

• economic liberalism and social conservatism

What are considered to be the problems of democracy (political ideology) and knowledge?

• not everyone are entitled to his own facts

• not everyone have access to the truth

• not everyone have technology to access the truth

• not everyone have trust each with their political leaders

Whose view is this ... "society is divided according to power and by belonging to certain groups one possesses or lacks power"?

• Socialists

• Anarchists

• Democrats

• Intersectionalists

Who are swing voters?

• individuals who have no clear idea of what the leaders stand for

• individuals who adopt uncritical political values

• individuals who vote based on their perceptions

• individuals who have clear ideas of the leaders

Which method have the producers of political knowledge borrowed from the various Areas of Knowledge (AOKs)?

• deductive reasoning

• fieldwork

• inductive reasoning

• none of the methods