Politics and Perception (ePub)

Politics and economics go hand in hand. The approach of a government towards implementing an economic agenda is based on the political ideology it follows.The world has seen and experienced a number of such ideologies that has formed the basis of that nation's economic policy. The rise of Lenin's views in Russia, Mao's Cultural Revolution in China, division of Germany, communist rule in many European nations, economic supremacy of USA and Great Britain's strength in almost half of the world is all result of the political thinking. But the author wonders what should be the objective of a political ideology when a nation decides to embrace it.The core objective that the author feels is the betterment of the general mass. But there are divergent beliefs about how that objective can be achieved; thus different nations today follow different ideologies. Communism is one such political concept that attribute to the equality of all citizens- so far the definition is concerned.The author has inevitable questions in his mind. Is the communist society free, Liberal, Fraternal? Has it grown a contributing mass or demanding? Does the nation value aspirations of common man? Are the people devoted for national cause? And above all, do they embrace changes, or does the nation allow them to change them with the changing world?The author has huge interest to investigate these questions and contemplate ways to improve life of people living in communist nations. All his unanswered queries ,ideologies has given birth to this book.