Political ideologies : an introduction

Summary: "A clear and accessible introduction to the political creeds and doctrines that have dominated and shaped politics around the world. The sixth edition has been thoroughly updated throughout and now has a new chapter on the rise of religious politics and Islamism and an improved page design to aid student learning"--Publisher's website.

Record details

ISBN: 9781137606013 (pbk.)
Physical Description: print
xx, 362 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Edition: Sixth ed.
Publisher: Basingstoke, Hampshire, UK : Palgrave Macmillan, 2017.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

1. Political ideologies and why they matter. The role of ideas -- Views of ideology -- Contours of ideology -- Ideology, truth and power -- Left and right -- New ideologies for old? -- 2. Liberalism. Origins and development -- Core themes: the primacy of the individual -- Liberalism, government and democracy -- Classical liberalism -- Modern liberalism -- Liberalism in a global age -- 3. Conservatism. Origins and development -- Core themes: the desire to conserve -- Authoritarian conservatism -- Paternalistic conservatism -- Libertarian conservatism -- Christian democracy -- New Right -- Consertvatism in a global age -- 4. Socialism. Origins and development -- Core themes: no man is an island -- Roads to socialism -- Communism -- Social democracy -- Socialism in a global age -- 5. Anarchism. Origins and development -- Core themes: against statist politics -- Collectivist anarchism -- Individualist anarchism -- Roads to anarchy -- Anarchism in a global age -- 6. Nationalism. Origins and development -- Core themes: for the love of country -- Types of nationalism -- Nationalism in a global age -- 7. Fascism. Origins and development -- Core themes: strength through unity -- Fascism and the state -- Fascism and racism -- Fascism in a global age -- 8. Feminism. Origins and development -- Core themes: the politics of the personal -- Types of feminism -- Feminism in a global age -- 9. Green ideology. Origins and development -- Core themes: return to nature -- Types of green ideology -- Green ideology in a global age -- 10. Multiculturalism. Origins and development -- Core themes: diversity within unity -- Types of multiculturalism -- Critiques of multiculturalism -- Mul;ticulturalism in a global age -- 11. Islamism. Origins and development -- Core themes: religion as ideology -- Types of Islamism -- Islamism in a global age -- 12. Ideology without end? Endism -- The resilience of ideology.