Author: M. A. Riff
Publisher: Manchester Univ Pr
Keywords: ideologies, political, modern, dictionary
Number of Pages: 304
Published: 1990-07
List price: $14.95
ISBN-10: 071903289X
ISBN-13: 9780719032899

This dictionary aims to offer the undergraduate and general reader an explanation of the ideologies which have influenced the course of politics since the French Revolution. The 42 articles discuss ideologied ranging from Communism and Islamic fundamentalism to feminism and Zionism. The authors examine each separate ideology’s historical starting point, often with the writings of a particular theorist. They aim to show how the original ideas relate to the conditions of the time, and to single out those elements which have the greatest significance in the long term. They also discuss how