Description
Book SynopsisIdeals and Ideologies: A Reader is a comprehensive compilation of classic and contemporary readings representing all major âœisms.â It offers students a generous sampling of key thinkers in different ideological traditions and places them in their historical and political contexts. Used on its own or with Political Ideologies and the Democratic Ideal, the anthology accounts for the different ways people use ideology and conveys the continuing importance of ideas to politics.
New to this edition
The twelfth edition includes the following additions:
- Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt, âœHow Democracies Dieâ (two distinguished political scientists delineate the sources of democratic demise).
- Ayn Rand, âœCollectivized Ethicsâ (a well-known libertarian thinker argues that it is illegitimate for governments to legally mandate behavior that benefits other people).
- Patrick Deneen, âœAristopopulismâ (an influential conservative
