A-Level Politics: Core Ideologies (Key Thinkers)

This resource consists of a set of PowerPoint dashboards that summarise the core political ideologies required for A-Level Politics:

• Liberalism
• Conservatism
• Socialism
• Internal ideological tensions within each tradition

Each dashboard presents the key political thinkers in a clear, student-friendly format, breaking down their ideas into consistent, comparable sections such as:

• Core beliefs and principles
• Key concepts and arguments
• Views on the state and human nature
• Ideas on society, the economy, and freedom
• Context and key quotations

The dashboards use colour-coding, icons, and structured layout to help students quickly understand, revise, and compare ideological thinkers. They are designed to:

• Support A-Level Politics exam preparation
• Make complex theorists easier to revise
• Highlight both shared ideas and tensions within each ideology (e.g., classical vs modern liberalism)