'ideological trends' is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
You can use it to refer to any general trends or movements based on a particular set of ideals or beliefs. For example, "The late twentieth century saw the rise of several ideological trends, from the rise of extreme right wing populism to the growing role of global feminism".
Obama promised to transcend forty years of demographic and ideological trends and reshape Washington politics.
"Ideological Trends in Indian Environmentalism". Economic and Political Weekly 23 (1988): 29.
THE EMERGENCE of violent Islamism in the heart of the Western world, and the "war on terror" proclaimed against it, led to some interesting ideological trends.
A distinguished British scholar shrugs off recent thematic and ideological trends in Shakespeare criticism as he explores the evolution of the playwright's sensibility through close textual readings.
Instead, Mr. Rosenthal made Miss Lewis European diplomatic correspondent, assigning her to pull together "a whole range of subjects -- party and ideological trends, the Common Market, diplomatic initiatives".
As Labor moves forward with alternative economic policy, the issues raised are more significant than merely charting the inner ideological trends of the party.
Ideological Trend The modern Republican Party began emerging a half-century ago.
Finding an ideological trend in the outcomes was difficult, with Republican establishment backers of Mr. Roberts saying he was the true conservative in the race against Mr. Wolf.
Hundreds of thousands of local people will simply not be able to afford to live in London, and thus work in London, if this nonsensical ideological trend continues.
But then the task of integrating the east turned into an extended national emergency which inherently favoured a paternalist state and caused "a big detour from the ideological trend," Mr Paqué recalls.Liberal reforms came back on the agenda only in 2003.
The only encouraging ideological trend in the United States over the past two years has been the nation's steady awakening to the political problems posed by monopoly power.
