Australia was one of few countries which had race as a dominant political ideology at the time.
The dominant ideology or religion could also be a given parameter.
The media is a significant outlet for this dominant ideology.
The question whether popular culture can actually resist dominant ideology, or even contribute to social change, is much more difficult to answer.
Not surprisingly the concept of dominant ideology came in for some discussion.
It was questioned whether there could ever be a single dominant ideology.
Were not there several dominant ideologies - each ruling over different aspects of life?
We're about to enter another of those periods without a dominant ideology.
Postmodernism late became a dominant ideology in the 1980s and 1990s.
As the school curriculum is usually determined by the dominant ideology in society at present, a multicultural approach has low status.