Political Ideologies and the Democratic Ideal

TERENCE BALL received his Ph.D. from the University of California at Berkeley and teaches political theory at Arizona State University. He taught previously at the University of Minnesota and has held visiting professorships at Oxford University, Cambridge University, and the University of California, San Diego. His books include Reappraising Political Theory (Oxford University Press, 1995) and a mystery novel, Rousseau’s Ghost (SUNY Press, 1998). He has also edited The Federalist (Cambridge University Press, 2003) and co-edited The Cambridge History of Twentieth-Century Political Thought (Cambridge University Press, 2003).   RICHARD DAGGER earned his Ph.D. from the University of Minnesota and is now professor of political science and philosophy at Arizona State University, where he directs the Philosophy, Politics, and Law Program of the Barrett Honors College. He has been a Faculty Fellow of the Center for Ethics and Public Affairs, Tulane University, and is the author of many publications in political and legal philosophy, including Civic Virtues: Rights, Citizenship, and Republican Liberalism (Oxford University Press, 1997).

 Part one - Ideology and Democracy

 Chapter 1 - Ideology and Ideologies

Chapter 2 - The Democratic Ideal  

 

Part two - The Development of Political Ideologies

 Chapter 3 - Liberalism  

Chapter 4 - Conservatism  

Chapter 5 - Socialism and Communism: More to Marx  

Chapter 6 - Socialism and Communism After Marx  

Chapter 7 - Fascism  

 

Part three - Political Ideologies Today and Tomorrow 

Chapter 8 - Liberation Ideologies and the Politics of Identity  

Chapter 9 - Green” Politics: Ecology as Ideology  

Chapter 10 - Radical Islamism  

Chapter 11 - Postscript: The Future of Ideology  

 

Glossary  

Photo Credits  

Name Index  

Subject Index