Contemporary Political Ideologies: A Comparative Analysis

More than twenty-five years in print and still an incomparable success, this book provides a rich introduction to the dominant (and some of the minor) political ideologies of the modern world.
Besides providing a comparative study of nationalism, democracy, feminism, Marxism, and Islam, Lyman Tower Sargent also introduces readers to such ideologies as anarchism, liberation theology, environmentalism, fascism, and national social. The result is a thorough exploration of how political ideologies affect the way people think and governments act.
Through his comparative approach, Sargent looks at each ideology from a variety of perspectives - presenting the arguments positions, and counter-positions of each, including its roots in current political debates. This Tenth Edition continues to emphasize the link between recent world events and political ideologies by including updated coverage of the impact of nationalism, democracy, Islam, feminism, and the Green Movement.

Professor of English at the University of Alberta, Betsy Sargent served as Writing Coordinator for the Department of English and Film Studies from July 1999 until January 1, 2002. Her areas of research include the teaching of writing, composition theory, and D. H. Lawrence. She enjoys jogging, eating the Greek food her co-author cooks, hiking in the Canadian Rockies and Oregon Cascades, and watching/discussing films with her husband, Garry. She visits her daughters, one a political science graduate student at Brown University and the other an Associate Editor at Travel & Leisure magazine in New York City, as often as possible.