| Collation |
xiv, 350 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
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text txt rdacontent |
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unmediated n rdamedia |
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volume nc rdacarrier |
| Bibliog. |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Preface -- A note to the student -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Ideology -- Preview -- The development of ideology -- The source of ideology -- Ideology defined -- The origin of the term -- Contemporary definitions -- Ideology and philosophy -- Questions for discussion -- Suggestions for further reading -- 2. The spectrum of political attitudes -- Preview -- Understanding the spectrum -- Change, or policy options -- Radical -- Liberal -- Moderate -- Conservative -- Reactionary -- Values, or personal philosophy -- Motivation -- The changing spectrum -- Specific policies -- Foreign policy -- Domestic policy -- Questions for discussion -- Suggestions for further reading -- 4. The evolution of democratic theory -- Preview -- The meaning of democracy -- The early history of democracy -- The social contract -- Later social contract philosophers -- Thomas Hobbes -- John Locke -- Jean Jacques Rousseau -- Questions for discussion -- Suggestions for further reading -- 5. Liberal democracy, capitalism, and beyond -- Preview -- Capitalism -- Adam Smith -- Neoclassical liberal democratic theory -- Edmund Burke -- James Madison -- Jefferson's alternative -- The emergence of democratic socialism -- Utilitarianism and positivist law -- Democratic socialism -- Questions for discussion -- Suggestions for further reading -- 6. The liberal democratic process -- Preview -- Processes of democracy -- Democracy and the legislative process -- Elite Theorism -- Systems of government -- The American system -- The British system -- Elections -- Electoral districts -- Political party structures -- Representation -- Theories of representation -- Some criticisms of democracy -- Questions for discussion -- Suggestions for further reading -- 7. Anarchism -- Preview -- Development of anarchism -- Particular theories of anarchism -- The Pacifists -- The Revolutionaries -- Individualist anarchists -- Militant civilian militias -- Questions for discussion -- Suggestions for further reading -- 8. Socialist theory -- Preview -- The development of socialism -- Communism and socialism -- The meaning of socialism -- Ownership of production -- The welfare state -- The socialist intent -- The history of socialism -- From the French revolution to Marx -- Marxism -- Capitalist development -- The basic principles of Marxism -- Marxist sociological theory -- Marxist historical theory -- Marxist economic theory -- Marxist theory of revolution -- The Marxist political system -- Internationalism -- Questions for discussion -- Suggestions for further reading -- 9. Applied socialism -- Preview -- Socialism after Marx -- Orthodox Marxism -- Revisionism -- Marxism-Leninism -- The Soviet Union and Russia -- Lenin's and Stalin's policies -- Soviet atrophy -- China -- The beligerent stage of the revolution -- The political stage of the revolution -- The principles of Maoism -- Cuba -- The Cuban revolution -- The principles of Maoism -- Cuba -- The Cuban revolution -- Fidelismo -- The re-emergence of socialism -- Questions for discussion -- Suggestions for further reading -- 10. Fascism and national socialism -- Preview -- The failure of democracy and capitalism -- The development of fascism and national socialism -- Mussolini -- Hitler -- Fascist and Nazi ideologies -- Irrationalism -- Racism -- Totalitarianism -- Elitism -- The corporate state -- Imperialism -- Militarism -- Contemporary fascist and neo-Nazi movements -- Right-wing extremism in the United States -- Questions for discussion -- Suggestions for further reading -- 11. Ideologies in the developing world -- Preview -- Developing world defined -- Politics of the developing world -- Economics of the developing world -- Developing world democracies and dictatorships -- Terrorism -- Guided democracies -- Questions for discussion -- Suggestions for further reading -- 12. Feminism and environmentalism -- Preview -- Feminism -- Sexism is endemic -- The history of feminism -- Feminist thought -- Environmentalism -- The environmentalist -- Questions for discussion -- Suggestions for further reading. |
| Note |
Gift of Elizabeth and John Eastman. |
| Subject |
Political science -- History -- Textbooks.
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Ideology -- History -- Textbooks.
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Ideology. fast (OCoLC)fst00966915 |
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Political science. fast (OCoLC)fst01069781 |
| ISBN |
9780136037187 |
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0136037186 |
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