TY - BOOK AU - Adams,Ian TI - Political ideology today T2 - Politics today SN - 9780719060205 U1 - 320.5 22 PY - 2001///] CY - Manchester, New York PB - Manchester University Press KW - Political science KW - BUEsh KW - Ideology KW - BUSBOL KW - October2013 KW - October2016 KW - Reading book N1 - Includes bibliographical references N2 - An introduction to political ideologies, this book explains the nature of ideology and its part in political life. It then examines liberalism, socialism, conservatism, marxism, anarchism and fascism in turn, taking a broadly historical approach to show how each has evolved. The new right in the 1980s is also discussed, together with more recent developments in religious and sexual politics. Adams shows that contemporary ideological thinking is thriving, despite the "end of ideology" proclaimed after the capitalist West's triumph in the Cold War. He also discusses prospects for future ideological developments ER -