Ball, T: Ideals and Ideologies

Ideals and Ideologies is a comprehensive compilation of classic and original readings representing all of the major 'isms'. It offers students a generous sampling of thinkers in different ideological traditions and places them in their historical and political contexts. Used on its own or with Political Ideologies and the Democratic Ideal, this book accounts for the different ways people use ideology and conveys the ongoing importance of ideas in politics.Important new readings from Paul Krugman, bell hooks, Pope Francis, and othersshow contemporary debates about ideology in action. Most dramatically, a translation of an ISIS recruitment posting appears in the concluding section.