# Ideologies Without Caricature

An ideology identifies political subjects, problems, values, causal stories, institutions, and legitimate means. Treat liberal, socialist, conservative, nationalist, anarchist, religious, populist, feminist, Indigenous, and ecological traditions as internally plural and historically situated. Use primary statements for self-description and scholarship for comparison.

Do not infer a person's whole worldview from one coalition or vote. Distinguish an ideology, a movement, a party, a government, a policy, a rhetoric, and conduct. Terms such as fascism, authoritarianism, extremism, socialism, and neoliberalism require explicit definitions before application.
