sentence: Many political parties base their political action and program on an ideology.
sentences_after: In social studies, a Political 'Ideology' is a certain ethical set of values, principles, doctrines, myths, or symbols of a social movement, institution, class, or large group that explains how society should work, and offers some political and cultural blueprint for a certain social order. A political ideology largely concerns itself with how to allocate power and to what ends it should be used. Some parties follow a certain ideology very closely, while others may take broad inspiration from a group of related ideologies without specifically embracing any one of them.
concept_name: political party
headings: Ideology
categories: Philosophy Politics Sociology