Political Ideologies: A Reader and Guide - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0199248370 ISBN 13: 9780199248377

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 2005

Synopsis

Political Ideologies provides an extensive collection of extracts from the texts of major intellectuals, politicians, and writers who represent some of the most important ideological traditions in modern politics. The first volume to provide such an extensive range of texts and to cover both established and newer political ideologies, it illustrates the complex evolution of ideological traditions in various national settings and highlights how these traditions developed. Accompanying editorial commentaries offer a general historical introduction to each thinker and text; highlight key thematic features of the passages; and point out significant overlaps and areas of contention between different authors within and across various traditions.

About this title

About the Author:

Matthew Festenstein is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Politics at the University of Sheffield. His research is in political theory and late nineteenth and early twentieth century political thought.

Michael Kenny is Professor in the Department of Politics at the University of Sheffield. He is a member of the editorial boards of the journals New Political Economy and Contemporary Political Theory.

Review:

Review from previous edition: "This is by far the best available anthology on political ideologies. It should be required reading for all courses on the topic."
Professor Michael Freeden, University of Oxford

"This is simply the best single reader on political ideologies. The texts are judiciously chosen, they cover all the relevant issues, and allow students to examine not just the historical origins of different ideologies, but their contemporary transformations as well."
Professor Pratap Mehta, Harvard University

"The combination of lucid commentary and carefully selected extracts from primary sources makes this book an indispensable resource for students studying political ideologies."

Dr Steve Buckler, University of Birmingham

About this edition

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0199248370
• ISBN 13: 9780199248377
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 472
• Editor: Festenstein Matthew, Kenny Michael