Political Ideologies and the Democratic Ideal

by Ball, Terence; Dagger, Richard

• ISBN13: 9780321159762
• ISBN10: 0321159764
• Additional ISBN(s): 9780060404734, 9780321078414, 9780321390158
• Edition: 5th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-01-01
• Publisher: Longman
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Table of Contents

Preface to the Fifth Edition	ix
To the Reader	xi
About the Authors	xii
PART ONE Ideology and Democracy
Chapter 1 Ideology and Ideologies	1	(18)
A Working Definition of "Ideology"	4	(4)
Human Nature and Freedom	8	(4)
Human Nature	9	(1)
Freedom	9	(3)
Ideology and Revolution	12	(1)
Nationalism and Anarchism	13	(3)
Nationalism	14	(1)
Anarchism	15	(1)
Conclusion	16	(1)
Notes	16	(1)
For Further Reading	16	(3)
Chapter 2 The Democratic Ideal	19	(24)
The Origins of Democracy	20	(4)
Democracy and Republic	24	(6)
The Republic and Mixed Government	24	(1)
Christianity and Democracy	25	(2)
Renaissance and Republicanism	27	(3)
The Atlantic Republican Tradition	30	(1)
The Return of Democracy	30	(6)
Seventeenth-Century Democrats	31	(1)
The United States as Democratic Republic	32	(2)
De Tocqueville on Democracy	34	(2)
The Growth of Democracy	36	(1)
Democracy as an Ideal	37	(1)
Three Conceptions of Democracy	38	(2)
Conclusion	40	(1)
Notes	40	(1)
For Further Reading	41	(2)
PART TWO The Development of Political Ideologies
Chapter 3 Liberalism	43	(44)
Liberalism, Human Nature, and Freedom	44	(1)
Historical Background	45	(5)
Medieval Origins	45	(3)
The Protestant Reformation	48	(2)
Liberalism and Revolution	50	(10)
England	50	(4)
The American Revolution	54	(3)
The French Revolution	57	(3)
Liberalism and Capitalism	60	(3)
Liberalism in the Nineteenth Century	63	(5)
Utilitarianism	64	(4)
Liberalism Divided	68	(4)
Neoclassical Liberalism	68	(2)
Welfare Liberalism	70	(2)
Liberalism in the Twentieth Century	72	(4)
Historical Developments	72	(1)
Philosophical Considerations	73	(3)
Libertarian Anarchism	76	(1)
Liberalism Today	76	(3)
Conclusion	79	(3)
Liberalism as an Ideology	79	(2)
Liberalism and the Democratic Ideal	81	(1)
Notes	82	(2)
For Further Reading	84	(3)
Chapter 4 Conservatism	87	(28)
The Politics of Imperfection	88	(1)
The Conservatism of Edmund Burke	89	(7)
Human Nature and Society	90	(1)
Freedom	91	(1)
Revolution and Reform	92	(1)
Burke on Government	93	(2)
Burke's Legacy	95	(1)
Conservatism in the Nineteenth Century	96	(5)
Conservatism and Reaction	96	(2)
Cultural Conservatism	98	(1)
Tory Democracy	98	(1)
Conservatism in the United States	99	(2)
Conservatism in the Twentieth Century	101	(4)
Conservatism Versus Mass Society	101	(2)
Levelling	103	(1)
Conservatives and Communism	104	(1)
Conservatism Today: A House Divided	105	(5)
Traditional Conservatism	106	(1)
Individualist Conservatism	106	(1)
Neoconservatism	107	(2)
The Religious Right	109	(1)
Conclusion	110	(2)
Conservatism as an Ideology	111	(1)
Conservatism and Democracy	112	(1)
Notes	112	(1)
For Further Reading	113	(2)
Chapter 5 Socialism and Communism: More to Marx	115	(24)
Human Nature and Freedom	116	(1)
Socialism: The Precursors	117	(5)
Saint-Simon	119	(1)
Fourier	120	(1)
Owen	121	(1)
The Socialism of Karl Marx	122	(14)
The Young Marx	122	(1)
The Influence of Hegel	123	(2)
Marx's Theory of History	125	(4)
Marx's Critique of Capitalism	129	(3)
The Dialectic of Change	132	(1)
The Revolutionary Sequence	133	(3)
Notes	136	(2)
Further Reading	138	(1)
Chapter 6 Socialism and Communism After Marx	139	(34)
Marxism After Marx	140	(19)
Engels's Marxism	140	(4)
The Revisionists	144	(3)
Soviet Marxism-Leninism	147	(8)
Chinese Communism	155	(4)
Non-Marxist Socialism	159	(5)
Anarcho-Communism	160	(2)
Fabian Socialism	162	(1)
American Socialism	162	(2)
Socialism Today	164	(4)
Conclusion	168	(2)
Socialism as an Ideology	168	(1)
Socialism and the Democratic Ideal	169	(1)
Notes	170	(1)
For Further Reading	171	(2)
Chapter 7 Fascism	173	(28)
Fascism: The Background	174	(6)
The Counter-Enlightenment	175	(1)
Nationalism	176	(2)
Elitism	178	(1)
Irrationalism	179	(1)
Fascism in Italy	180	(5)
Mussolini and Italian Fascism	180	(3)
Fascism in Theory and Practice	183	(2)
Fascism in Germany: Nazism	185	(7)
Hitler and Nazism	185	(2)
Nazism in Theory and Practice	187	(5)
Fascism Elsewhere	192	(1)
Fascism Today	193	(4)
Conclusion	197	(1)
Fascism as an Ideology	197	(1)
Fascism and the Democratic Ideal	198	(1)
Notes	198	(1)
For Further Reading	199	(2)
PART THREE Political Ideologies Today and Tomorrow
Chapter 8 Liberation Ideologies and the Politics of Identity	201	(32)
Liberation Ideologies: Common Characteristics	201	(2)
Black Liberation	203	(5)
Women's Liberation (Feminism)	208	(4)
Gay Liberation	212	(2)
Native People's Liberation	214	(4)
Liberation Theology	218	(2)
Animal Liberation	220	(5)
Conclusion	225	(3)
Liberty, Identity, and Ideology	225	(1)
Liberation, Identity, and the Democratic Ideal	226	(2)
Notes	228	(2)
For Further Reading	230	(3)
Chapter 9 "Green" Politics: Ecology as Ideology	233	(18)
The Green Critique of Other Ideologies	234	(2)
Toward an Ecological Ethic	236	(5)
Unresolved Differences	241	(4)
Conclusion	245	(2)
Ecology as Ideology	245	(1)
Ecology, Freedom, and the Democratic Ideal	246	(1)
Notes	247	(1)
For Further Reading	248	(3)
Chapter 10 Postscript: The Future of Ideology	251	(18)
Political Ideologies: Continuing Forces	252	(7)
Nationalism and Ideology	253	(1)
Religion and Ideology	254	(5)
Ideology, the Environment, and Globalization	259	(3)
Political Ideologies and the Democratic Ideal	262	(3)
The End of Ideology?	265	(2)
Notes	267	(1)
For Further Reading	268	(1)
Glossary	269	(8)
Photo Acknowledgments	277	(1)
Name Index	278	(4)
Subject Index	282