A2 Government & Politics: Political Ideologies Resource Pack (+ CD) 2nd Edition

Moyra Grant is Senior Tutor in Politics at Mander Portman Woodward Sixth Form College, London, and was a senior examiner for over 20 years. She has authored numerous books and contributes to Politics Review. Dr David Wendelken is a House Master and former Head of Politics at Harrow School. He was a senior examiner in politics and is the author of a successful series of revision work-books on political ideologies for Philip Allan. He was on the executive of the Politics Association and has contributed articles on political philosophy and ideologies to numerous journals.

: Introduction
topic 1: Political theory and ideology


1: Classifications of political ideas


topic 2: Liberalism


1: Early liberalism and negative freedom
2: Modern liberalism and positive freedom
3: Liberalism and democracy — how compatible?
4: Dilemmas and contradictions within modern liberalism


topic 3: Conservatism


1: Traditional Toryism
2: The New Right
3: The paradox of the New Right: neo-liberalism and neo-conservatism


topic 4: Socialism


1: Revolutionary socialism: utopian and scientific
2: Marxism
3: Evolutionary socialism: its origins and traditional principles
4: Evolutionary socialism: its changing nature


topic 5: Nationalism


1: Nationalism: a chameleon doctrine
2: Nationalism and Politics
: 3 Racism
4: Comparisons and contrasts between nationalism and racism


topic 6: Anarchism


1: Core anarchist doctrines
2: Collectivist anarchism
3: Individualist anarchism
4: Anarchist strategies and tactics
5: Anarchism versus Marxism and liberalism
6: Problems of anarchist theory and practice


topic 7: Feminism


1: Feminism: an introduction
2: Liberal feminism
3: Socialist feminism
4: Radical feminism
5: Contrasts and conflicts within feminist thought
6: Anti-feminism and ‘post-feminism’


topic 8: Ecologism


1: Ecologism: an introduction
2: ‘Shallow ecology’ versus ‘deep ecology’
3: Greens, left and right
4: Problems of ecologist theory and practice


: Topic 9 Multiculturalism


: 1. Multiculturalism: an introduction
: 2. What is culture and why is it politically significant?
: 3. Politics and multiculturalism
: 4. Criticisms of multiculturalism