This informative and widely used text is now available in a third edition. Building on the success of previous editions, it continues to provide a clear and accessible introduction to the complexities of political ideologies.

The new edition of Political Ideologies: An Introduction:

* introduces and considers the future of all the most widely studied ideologies: Liberalism; Conservatism; Socialism; Democracy; Nationalism; Fascism; Ecologism; and Feminism
* sets each ideology clearly within its historical and political context
* includes a new final chapter that examines the impact of recent theoretical developments of ideologies, and charts the challenges that they face in the 21st century
* has been fully revised and up-dated and provides an annotated guide for further reading.