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- Cover
- Half Title
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication
- Table of Contents
- Preface
- CHAPTER 1 IDEOLOGY
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- The Development of Ideology
- The Source of Ideology
- Ideology Defined
- The Origin of the Term
- Contemporary Definitions
- Ideology and Philosophy
- Questions for Discussion
- Suggestions for Further Reading
- CHAPTER 2 THE SPECTRUM OF POLITICAL ATTITUDES
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- Understanding the Spectrum
- Change, or Policy Options
- Radical
- Liberal
- Moderate
- Conservative
- Reactionary
- Values, or Personal Philosophy
- Motivation
- The Changing Spectrum
- Specific Policies
- Foreign Policy
- Domestic Policy
- Questions for Discussion
- Suggestions for Further Reading
- CHAPTER 3 NATIONALISM
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- The Importance of Nationalism
- Nation and State
- Theories of the Origin of the State
- The History of Nationalism
- The Theory of Nationalism
- Questions for Discussion
- Suggestions for Further Reading
- CHAPTER 4 THE EVOLUTION OF DEMOCRATIC THEORY
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- The Meaning of Democracy
- The Early History of Democracy
- The Social Contract
- Later Social Contract Philosophers
- Thomas Hobbes
- John Locke
- Jean Jacques Rousseau
- Questions for Discussion
- Suggestions for Further Reading
- CHAPTER 5 LIBERAL DEMOCRACY, CAPITALISM, AND BEYOND
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- Capitalism
- Capitalism after Smith
- Neoclassical Liberal Democratic Theory
- Edmund Burke
- James Madison
- Jefferson’s Alternative
- America’s Capitalism and the Future of Our Democracy
- The Emergence of Democratic Socialism
- Utilitarianism and Positivist Law
- Democratic Socialism
- Questions for Discussion
- Suggestions for Further Reading
- CHAPTER 6 THE LIBERAL DEMOCRATIC PROCESS
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- Processes of Democracy
- Democracy and the Legislative Process
- Elite Theorism
- Systems of Government
- The American System
- The British System
- Elections
- Electoral Districts
- Political Party Structures
- Representation
- Theories of Representation
- Some Criticisms of Democracy
- Questions for Discussion
- Suggestions for Further Reading
- CHAPTER 7 ANARCHISM
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- Development of Anarchism
- Definition of Anarchism
- Particular Theories of Anarchism
- The Pacifists
- The Revolutionaries
- Individualist Anarchists
- Anarchistic Tendencies in the American Political Character
- Questions for Discussion
- Suggestions for Further Reading
- CHAPTER 8 SOCIALIST THEORY
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- The Development of Socialism
- Communism and Socialism
- The Components of Socialism
- Ownership of Production
- The Welfare State
- The Socialist Intent
- The History of Socialism
- From the French Revolution to Marx
- Marxism
- Marx and Capitalism
- The Basic Principles of Marxism
- Marxist Theory of Social Structure
- Marxist Historical Theory
- Marxist Economic Theory
- Marxist Theory of Revolution
- The Marxist Political System
- Internationalism
- Questions for Discussion
- Suggestions for Further Reading
- CHAPTER 9 APPLIED SOCIALISM
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- Socialism after Marx
- Orthodox Marxism
- Revisionism
- Marxism-Leninism
- The Soviet Union and Russia
- Lenin’s and Stalin’s Policies
- Soviet Atrophy
- China
- The Belligerent Stage of the Revolution
- The Political Stage of the Revolution
- The Principles of Maoism
- Cuba
- The Cuban Revolution
- Some Further Thoughts
- Fidelismo
- The Re-emergence of Socialism
- American Socialism
- Will Socialism Disappear?
- Questions for Discussion
- Suggestions for Further Reading
- CHAPTER 10 FASCISM AND NATIONAL SOCIALISM
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- The Failure of Democracy and Capitalism
- The Development of Fascism and National Socialism
- Mussolini
- Hitler
- Fascist and Nazi Ideologies
- Irrationalism
- Racism
- Totalitarianism
- Elitism
- The Corporate State
- Imperialism
- Militarism
- Contemporary Fascist and Neo-Nazi Movements
- Right-Wing Extremism in the United States
- Questions for Discussion
- Suggestions for Further Reading
- CHAPTER 11 IDEOLOGIES IN THE DEVELOPING WORLD
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- Developing World Defined
- Politics of the Developing World
- Historical Background: Colonialism and Imperialism
- Post-Colonialism and the Rise of Nationalism
- Other Ideological Themes in the Developing World
- Islam and the Developing World
- Islamism
- Other Religions in Developing World Politics
- Terrorism
- Economics of the Developing World
- Developing World Democracies and Dictatorships
- Guided Democracies
- Questions for Discussion
- Suggestions for Further Reading
- CHAPTER 12 FEMINISM AND ENVIRONMENTALISM
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- Feminism
- Endemic Sexism
- The History of Feminism
- Feminist Thought
- Environmentalism
- The Environmentalists
- Questions for Discussion
- Suggestions for Further Reading
- Glossary
- Index
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