Political ideologies: their origins and impact

✍ Scribed by Baradat, Leon P

• Publisher: Routledge; Pearson
• Year: 2011;2012
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 385
• Edition: Eleventh edition
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Brief and accessible,Political Ideologiesfollows the evolution of political thought over 300 years. Organized chronologically, this text examines each major ideology within a political, historical, economic, and social context. Leon Baradat's skillful prose ensures that students obtain a clear understanding of how ideas are influencing the political realities of our time.

✦ Table of Contents

Cover......Page 1
Title Page......Page 2
Copyright Page......Page 3
Dedication......Page 4
Brief Contents......Page 5
Table of Contents......Page 6
Preface......Page 12
The Development of Ideology......Page 18
The Source of Ideology......Page 19
The Origin of the Term......Page 24
Contemporary Definitions......Page 25
Ideology and Philosophy......Page 28
Suggestions for Further Reading......Page 29
Preview......Page 31
Change, or Policy Options......Page 32
Radical......Page 35
Liberal......Page 37
Moderate......Page 39
Conservative......Page 40
Reactionary......Page 47
Values, or Personal Philosophy......Page 49
Motivation......Page 54
The Changing Spectrum......Page 56
Foreign Policy......Page 57
Domestic Policy......Page 59
Questions for Discussion......Page 62
Suggestions for Further Reading......Page 63
Preview......Page 64
Nation and State......Page 65
Theories of the Origin of the State......Page 70
The History of Nationalism......Page 75
The Theory of Nationalism......Page 78
Suggestions for Further Reading......Page 84
Preview......Page 85
The Meaning of Democracy......Page 86
The Social Contract......Page 88
Later Social Contract Philosophers......Page 89
Thomas Hobbes......Page 90
John Locke......Page 91
Jean Jacques Rousseau......Page 99
Questions for Discussion......Page 102
Suggestions for Further Reading......Page 103
Capitalism......Page 104
Capitalism after Smith......Page 106
American Capitalism......Page 107
Neoclassical Liberal Democratic Theory......Page 113
Edmund Burke......Page 114
James Madison......Page 116
Jefferson's Alternative......Page 121
The Emergence of Democratic Socialism......Page 123
Utilitarianism and Positivist Law......Page 124
Democratic Socialism......Page 125
Suggestions for Further Reading......Page 130
Preview......Page 132
Democracy and the Legislative Process......Page 133
Elite Theorism......Page 138
The American System......Page 141
The British System......Page 144
Electoral Districts......Page 149
Political Party Structures......Page 151
Representation......Page 154
Theories of Representation......Page 155
Some Criticisms of Democracy......Page 156
Suggestions for Further Reading......Page 157
Development of Anarchism......Page 158
Definition of Anarchism......Page 159
The Pacifists......Page 164
The Revolutionaries......Page 168
Individualist Anarchists......Page 172
Anarchistic Tendencies in the American Political Character......Page 174
Suggestions for Further Reading......Page 176
The Development of Socialism......Page 177
Communism and Socialism......Page 179
Ownership of Production......Page 180
The Welfare State......Page 183
The Socialist Intent......Page 185
From the French Revolution to Marx......Page 187
Marxism......Page 192
Marx and Capitalism......Page 193
The Basic Principles of Marxism......Page 195
Marxist Theory of Social Structure......Page 196
Marxist Historical Theory......Page 199
Marxist Economic Theory......Page 203
Marxist Theory of Revolution......Page 206
The Marxist Political System......Page 208
Internationalism......Page 209
Suggestions for Further Reading......Page 210
Preview......Page 211
Revisionism......Page 212
Marxism-Leninism......Page 214
Lenin's and Stalin's Policies......Page 219
Soviet Atrophy......Page 221
China......Page 223
The Belligerent Stage of the Revolution......Page 224
The Political Stage of the Revolution......Page 226
The Principles of Maoism......Page 234
The Cuban Revolution......Page 238
Fidelismo......Page 245
The Re-Emergence of Socialism......Page 247
American Socialism......Page 249
Will Socialism Disappear?......Page 251
Questions for Discussion......Page 252
Suggestions for Further Reading......Page 253
Preview......Page 254
The Development of Fascism and National Socialism......Page 255
Mussolini......Page 256
Hitler......Page 259
Irrationalism......Page 262
Racism......Page 267
Totalitarianism......Page 271
Elitism......Page 273
The Corporate State......Page 275
Imperialism......Page 276
Militarism......Page 277
Contemporary Fascist and Neo-Nazi Movements......Page 278
Right-Wing Extremism in the United States......Page 282
Suggestions for Further Reading......Page 291
Preview......Page 292
Developing World Defined......Page 293
Politics of the Developing World......Page 294
Islamism......Page 301
Other Religions in Politics......Page 304
Economics of the Developing World......Page 305
Developing World Democracies and Dictatorships......Page 313
Guided Democracies......Page 314
Terrorism......Page 316
Questions for Discussion......Page 319
Suggestions for Further Reading......Page 320
Preview......Page 321
Feminism......Page 322
Endemic Sexism......Page 323
The History of Feminism......Page 330
Feminist Thought......Page 333
Environmentalism......Page 335
The Environmentalists......Page 345
Suggestions for Further Reading......Page 350
Glossary......Page 351
Index......Page 364

✦ Subjects

Politics;Nonfiction;Political Science