Michael Freeden is Professor of Politics at Oxford University and Director of its Centre for Political Ideologies, and Professorial Fellow at Mansfield College, Oxford. Among his books are The New Liberalism: An Ideology of Social Reform (Clarendon Press, 1978); Liberalism Divided: A Study in British Political Thought 1914-1939 (Clarendon Press, 1986); Reappraising J.A. Hobson (ed.), (Unwin Hyman, 1990); Rights (Open University Press, 1991); Ideologies and Political Theory: A Conceptual Approach (Clarendon Press, 1996); Reassessing Political Ideologies: The Durability of Dissent (ed.) (Routledge, 2001). He is the founder-editor of the Journal of Political Ideologies.
This book, though physically small, is large in intellectual stature...For students of politics or lay readers wishing to know about ideology, one could not wish for a better text. It is a splendid model of consicison and clarity...an excellent little book that provides the best introduction available to the 'concept of ideology.' It is to be highly recommended. * Andrew Vincent, Contemporary Political Theory *