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Political Ideologies and the Democratic Ideal

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ISBN-10: 0205607373

ISBN-13: 9780205607372

Edition: 7th 2009

Authors: Terence Ball, Richard Dagger

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The extensively revised new edition of this bestselling text continues to provide an accessible overview of the major political ideologies, their origins, and their development.nbsp; In addition to examining the major ldquo;ismsrdquo; liberalism, conservatism, socialism, and fascism the book offers readers the history, structure, supporting arguments, and internal complexities of these and recently emerging ideologies. nbsp; nbsp; The text utilizes a fourfold framework a definition of ldquo;ideologyrdquo; in terms of the four functions ideologies perform within which to compare, contrast, and analyze the various ideologies.nbsp; In addition, the book also shows how each ideology…    
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Book details

List price: $107.20
Edition: 7th
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: Longman Publishing
Publication date: 2/29/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 352
Size: 6.50" wide x 9.00" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.100
Language: English

Preface
To the Reader
About the Authors
Ideology and Democracy
Ideology and Ideologies
A Working Definition of "Ideology"
Human Nature and Freedom
Human Nature
Freedom
Ideology and Revolution
Nationalism and Anarchism
Nationalism
Anarchism
Conclusion
Notes
For Further Reading
The Democratic Ideal
The Origins of Democracy
Democracy and Republic
The Republic and Mixed Government
Christianity and Democracy
Renaissance and Republicanism
The Atlantic Republican Tradition
The Return of Democracy
Seventeenth-Century Democrats
The United States as Democratic Republic
Tocqueville on Democracy
The Growth of Democracy
Democracy as an Ideal
Three Conceptions of Democracy
Conclusion
Notes
For Further Reading
The Development of Political Ideologies
Liberalism
Liberalism, Human Nature, and Freedom
Historical Background
Medieval Origins
The Protestant Reformation
Liberalism and Revolution
England
The American Revolution
The French Revolution
Liberalism and Capitalism
Liberalism in the Nineteenth Century
Utilitarianism
Liberalism Divided
Neoclassical Liberalism
Welfare Liberalism
Liberalism in the Twentieth Century
Historical Developments
Philosophical Considerations
The Libertarian Vision
Liberalism Today: Divisions and Differences
Conclusion
Liberalism as an Ideology
Liberalism and the Democratic Ideal
Coda: The Limits of Liberal Toleration
Notes
For Further Reading
Conservatism
The Politics of Imperfection
The Conservatism of Edmund Burke
Human Nature and Society
Freedom
Revolution and Reform
Burke on Government
Burke's Legacy
Conservatism in the Nineteenth Century
Conservatism and Reaction
Tory Democracy
Conservatism in the United States
Conservatism in the Twentieth Century
Conservatism Versus Mass Society
Leveling
Conservatives and Communism
Conservatism Today: A House Divided
Traditional Conservatism
Individualist Conservatism
Neoconservatism
The Religious Right
Conclusion
Conservatism as an Ideology
Conservatism and Democracy
Notes
For Further Reading
Socialism and Communism: More to Marx
Human Nature and Freedom
Socialism: The Precursors
Saint-Simon
Fourier
Owen
The Socialism of Karl Marx
The Young Marx
The Influence of Hegel
Marx's Theory of History
Marx's Critique of Capitalism
The Dialectic of Change
The Revolutionary Sequence
Notes
For Further Reading
Socialism and Communism After Marx
Marxism After Marx
Engels's Marxism
The Revisionists
Soviet Marxism-Leninism
Chinese Communism
Non-Marxist Socialism
Anarcho-Communism
Fabian Socialism
American Socialism
Socialism Today
Conclusion
Socialism as an Ideology
Socialism and the Democratic Ideal
Notes
For Further Reading
Fascism
Fascism: The Background
The Counter-Enlightenment
Nationalism
Elitism
Irrationalism
Fascism in Italy
Mussolini and Italian Fascism
Fascism in Theory and Practice
Fascism in Germany: Nazism
Hitler and Nazism
Nazism in Theory and Practice
Fascism Elsewhere
Fascism Today
Conclusion
Fascism as an Ideology
Fascism and the Democratic Ideal
Notes
For Further Reading
Political Ideologies Today and Tomorrow
Liberation Ideologies and the Politics of Identity
Liberation Ideologies: Common Characteristics
Black Liberation
Women's Liberation (Feminism)
Gay Liberation
Native People's Liberation (Indigenism)
Liberation Theology
Animal Liberation
Conclusion
Liberty, Identity, and Ideology
Liberation, Identity, and the Democratic Ideal
Notes
For Further Reading
"Green" Politics: Ecology as Ideology
The Green Critique of Other Ideologies
Toward an Ecological Ethic
Unresolved Differences
Conclusion
Ecology as Ideology
Ecology, Freedom, and the Democratic Ideal
Notes
For Further Reading
Radical Islamism
Islam: A Short History
Radical Islamism
Human Nature and Freedom
Conclusion
Radical Islamism as an Ideology
Radical Islamism and the Democratic Ideal
Notes
For Further Reading
Postscript: The Future of Ideology
Political Ideologies: Continuing Forces
Nationalism and Ideology
Religion and Ideology
Ideology and Public Policy
Ideology, the Environment, and Globalization
Political Ideologies and the Democratic Ideal
The End of Ideology?
Notes
For Further Reading
Glossary
Name Index
Subject Index