Why should ideologies in the Age of Social Change be read as socio-economic and not only political?

Correct answer: Because they gave ideas on labour conditions property and production along with government

The direct answer is A. Ideologies of the Age of Social Change must be studied as socio-economic ideas because they discussed not only who should govern, but also how people lived and how wealth was produced and distributed. Industrialisation created factories, wage labour, urban poverty and unequal ownership. Liberal thinkers often discussed rights, laws, representation and parliament, while socialist thinkers also examined property, ownership of factories, labour conditions and exploitation. Thus political institutions and economic arrangements were connected. Option A is correct because it includes government, labour, property and production. Option B is wrong because these ideologies were not merely about a king’s private life. Option C is wrong because factories and industrial workers were central to many debates. Option D is wrong because the ideologies were not all limited to religious worship; they included political and economic programmes. Exam cue: whenever an ideology question appears, ask two things—who gets political power and who controls economic resources.