Political Ideologies and the Democratic Ideal

Understand ideologies like a political scientist

Political Ideologies and the Democratic Ideal, 9/e, thoroughly analyzes and compares political ideologies to help readers understand these ideologies as acutely as a political scientist does. Used alone or with its companion Ideals and Ideologies: A Reader, 9/e, this best-selling title promotes open-mindedness and develops critical thinking skills.

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Terence Ball received his Ph.D. from the University of California at Berkeley and teaches political theory at Arizona State University. He taught previously at the University of Minnesota and has held visiting professorships at Oxford University, Cambridge University, and the University of California, San Diego. His books include Transforming Political Discourse (Blackwell, 1988), Reappraising Political Theory (Oxford University Press, 1995), and a mystery novel, Rousseau’s Ghost (SUNY Press, 1998).

Richard Dagger earned his Ph.D. from the University of Minnesota and has taught at Arizona State University and Rhodes College, and is now professor of political science at the University of Richmond. He has been a faculty fellow of the Center for Ethics and Public Affairs, Tulane University, and is the author of many publications in political and legal philosophy, including Civic Virtues: Rights, Citizenship, and Republican Liberalism (Oxford University Press, 1997).

Daniel I. O’Neill holds a Ph.D. from the University of California at Los Angeles and is now Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Florida. He is the author of The Burke-Wollstonecraft Debate: Savagery, Civilization, and Democracy (Penn State University Press, 2007) and coeditor of Illusion of Consent: Engaging with Carole Pateman (Penn State University Press, 2008).

Chapter 1: Ideology and Ideologies

Chapter 2: The Democratic Ideal

Chapter 3: Liberalism

Chapter 4: Conservatism

Chapter 5: Socialism and Communism: From More to Marx

Chapter 6: Socialism and Communism After Marx

Chapter 7: Fascism

Chapter 8: Liberation Ideologies and the Politics of Identity

Chapter 9: “Green” Politics: Ecology as Ideology

Chapter 10: Radical Islamism

Chapter 11: Postscript: The Future of Ideology

 2) Full Table of Contents 

Part One: Ideology and Democracy

A Working Definition of “Ideology”

Human Nature and Freedom

Ideology and Revolution

Nationalism and Anarchism

The Origins of Democracy

Democracy and Republic

The Return of Democracy

The Growth of Democracy

Democracy as an Ideal

Three Conceptions of Democracy

Liberalism, Human Nature, and Freedom

Historical Background

Liberalism and Revolution

Liberalism and Capitalism

Liberalism in the Nineteenth Century

Liberalism Divided

Liberalism in the Twentieth Century

The Libertarian Vision

Liberalism Today: Divisions and Differences

The Politics of Imperfection

The Conservatism of Edmund Burke

Conservatism in the Nineteenth Century

Conservatism in the Twentieth Century

Conservatism Today: A House Divided

Human Nature and Freedom

Socialism: the Precursors

The Socialism of Karl Marx

Marxism After Marx

Critical Western Marxism

Non-Marxist Socialism

Christian Socialism

Socialism Today

Fascism: The Background

The Counter-Enlightenment

Nationalism

Elitism

Irrationalism

Fascism in Italy

Fascism in Germany: Nazism

Human Nature and Freedom

Fascism Elsewhere

Fascism Today

Liberation Ideologies: Common Characteristics

Black Liberation

Women’s Liberation (Feminism)

Gay Liberation (LGBT)

Native People’s Liberation (Indigenism)

Liberation Theology

Animal Liberation

The Green Critique of Other Ideologies

Toward an Ecological Ethic

Unresolved Differences

Islam: A Short History

Radical Islamism

Human Nature and Freedom

Political Ideologies: Continuing Forces

Ideology and Public Policy

Ideology, the Environment, and Globalization

Political Ideologies and the Democratic Ideal

The End of Ideology?

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