In this course, we will discuss how and why political action has been affected by these processes from past to present by revealing the relationship between changes in social structure and ideologies. It will be examined how modern ideologies have been affected by social change during the 20th century after the birth of the French Revolution. In the course, globalization, individualization, identity politics and new models of political action will be reviewed and social change will be discussed in the context of current theories and examples.

The ideologies such as liberalism, conservatism, socialism, fascism, feminism, ecological ideologies, nationalism, which emerged from the French First of all, the relationship of the change of modern ideologies during the twentieth century with the social structure and political action will be examined. Then, issues such as globalization, individualization, and the rise of identity politics, which emerged in the 90s, paved the way for post-industrial transformation will be examined. Finally, it will focus on the reflections of the dominant social structure, political structure and collective action strategies on populist movements.