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Oxford University Press
01 December 2003
Ideology is one of the most controversial terms in the political vocabulary, exciting both revulsion and inspiration. This book examines the reasons for those views, and explains why ideologies deserve respect as a major form of political thinking. It investigates the centrality of ideology both as a political phenomenon and as an organizing framework of political thought and action. It explores the changing understandings of ideology as a concept, and the arguments of the main ideologies. By employing the latest insights from a range of disciplines, the reader is introduced to the vitality and force of a crucial resource at the disposal of societies, through which sense and purpose is assigned to the political world.

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Imprint:   Oxford University Press
Country of Publication:   United Kingdom
Dimensions:   Height: 179mm,  Width: 113mm,  Spine: 9mm
Weight:   124g
ISBN:   9780192802811
ISBN 10:   019280281X
Series:   Very Short Introductions
Pages:   160
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Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

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.

Reviews for Ideology: A Very Short Introduction

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 *


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