Political Ideologies

An historical study of the Soviet labour camp movement based on recently declassified archives. The book examines the operations of the camp system both from within - who staffed it and how it worked - and as an integral part of Soviet totalitarianism...

An historical study of the Soviet labour camp movement based on recently declassified archives. The book examines the operations of the camp system both from within - who staffed it and how it worked - and as an integral part of Soviet totalitarianism...

This book engages critical theorist and philosopher Herbert Marcuse’s urgent call to imagine a better world. It originally published as a special issue in New Political Science...

This text presents a picture of living standards in pre-war Soviet Russia and the role of state-controlled distribution of food and goods as a tool of Stalinist dictatorship. It offers a different perspective on the regime's method of controlling human behaviour and reshaping the social order...

Comparativists evaluate democratization by looking at regimes in the transition and consolidation phases of democracy without considering the essence of democracy. This book argues the need to consider democracy as a combination of rights and virtues, and that problems of democraticization are those..

Political Ideologies and the Democratic Ideal analyzes and compares political ideologies to help readers understand individual ideologies, and the concept of ideology, from a political science perspective. This best-selling title promotes open-mindedness and develops critical thinking skills. It cov..

Designed for classroom use, this book develops a framework for the comparative analysis of political ideologies and examines the most prominent political ideologies of modern time. This revised edition has been enlarged to include feminism and environmentalism...

This book reflects the maturing of ideology studies over the past twenty years, through a new illustration of its approaches and findings. A diverse leading group of scholars reveals the nuances and burgeoning scope of this lively field. The chapters originally published as special issues in the Jou..

Memoirs of the Chinese author, Chen Xeuzhao, who was branded a "rightist" by the communist authorities. The book tells of her suffering during the Cultural Revolution...

An unabashed liberal democrat, the author argues that there are a number of myths and half-truths about American politics that need to be properly understood if progressives and the Democratic party are to win the Presidency and govern effectively...