Political ideologies : an introduction / edited by Vincent Geoghegan and Rick Wilford.
"The new edition of Political Ideologies: An Introduction continues to be the best introductory textbook for students of political ideologies. Completely revised and updated throughout this edition features: A comprehensive introduction to all the most important ideologies. Brand new chapters o...
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Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY :
Routledge,
2014.
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| Edition: | Fourth edition. |
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Table of Contents:
- Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; 1 The meaning of ideology; From ideology to ideologies; The morphology of ideologies; The big questions; Conclusion: a return to ideology?; Further reading; References; 2 Liberalism; Problems of definition; Origins and evolution; Individualism and individuality; Toleration and religious freedom; Democracy and constitutions; Contemporary liberalism; Conclusion; Further reading; References; 3 Conservatism; Conservatism and change; The anti-revolutionary sentiment; The origins of conservatism; The relationship to liberalism.
- Core components of conservatismConservatism today; Further reading; References; 4 Socialism; Problems of definition; What is socialism?; The emergence of socialism; The twentieth century; The death of socialism?; Socialism, neo-liberalism and looking forward; Further reading; References; 5 Nationalism; Introduction; Nationalism and the theory of ideologies; Nationalism and modernization; The articulations of nationalism; Nationalism and liberal community; A nationalist future?; Conclusion; Further reading; References; 6 Fascism; Introduction; 'Appeals' of fascism; Plotting a definition.
- A starting pointRace and state; National imperialism; Elitism and leadership; National Socialism; Interim summary; Fascism and women; British fascism in the inter-war years; Contemporary British fascism; Conclusion; Further reading; References; 7 Green Political Theory; Introduction; Some origins of green political thinking; Waves of green political theorising; Green politics, applied theory, and state, market and community; Green politics and actually existing unsustainability; Green politics and human flourishing.
- People cannot stand too much reality: the emergence of 'hard green' ecological realismConclusion; Further reading; Note; References; 8 Feminism; Introduction; A clamour of voices; Post-feminism?; Wave-ing
- or drowning?; Suffrage: a brittle unity; Historical diversity; Siting feminisms and subverting orthodoxy; Patriarchy: the 'man problem'; Early liberal feminism; Utopian socialist feminism; Marxist feminism; The 'other' woman; The second wave; Radical critiques; The response of Marxist and socialist feminism; Pro-family, eco- and pro-woman feminism; Differences and subjectivities.
- A third waveConclusion; Further reading; References; 9 Anarchism; A resurgent but widely misunderstood ideology; Anarchism and the radical critique of ideology; The core of anarchism; Anarchism and utopianism; Anarchy in action; Conclusion; Further reading; References; 10 Multiculturalism; Emergence of multiculturalism in theory and practice; Multiculturalism as resistance to cultural homogeneity; Development of multiculturalism: rehabilitating liberalism; Avoiding cultural essentialism; Multiculturalism and feminism; 'Retreat' of multiculturalism?; Further reading; Note; References.