Political Ideologies: Their Origins and Impact - Softcover

Baradat, Leon P.

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9780136842750: Political Ideologies: Their Origins and Impact

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ISBN 10: 0136842755 ISBN 13: 9780136842750

Publisher: Routledge, 1990

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This examination of political ideas, within the context of pertinent social, economic, political, technological, historical and contemporary events, has been totally revised and updated. In this new edition, Baradat expands the chapter on anarchism, increases coverage of Marxism and socialism, evaluates the recent revolutionary changes in the Soviet Union, Eastern Europe and China and their relationship to Marxist-Leninism, explores contemporary fascism and neo-nazism and analyzes democracy as it applies to the West, the Third World and communist countries. Current ideological developments in the Third World, including liberation theology, are also examined in depth.

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A captivating and authoritative book, Political Ideologieswill intrigue students about fundamental political ideas, both answering their questions and inciting further ones. Baradat is interested both in the reigning ideals of modern times and in how these are involved in the non-ideal realities of the world, giving us searching and even-handed examinations of the major political attitudes and thought systems of our time. Glenn Tinder, University of Massachusetts at Boston

About the Author:

Leon P. Baradat is Professor Emeritus of Political Science at MiraCosta College

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