In: Contemporary Political Studies
Cover -- Contents -- List of Figures, Tables and Boxes -- Preface -- 1 Introduction: Ideology in British Politics -- Political ideas and ideologies -- Ideas, power and interests -- Ideology as dogmatism: the 'end of ideology' -- Ideological conflict and consensus -- Contemporary approaches towards the study of ideologies -- Studying ideology: the issue of bias -- Elements of ideologies -- Classifying ideologies: left and right -- Levels of ideology -- Power, influence and indoctrination -- Ideology and pragmatism in British politics -- Moderation and consensus in British politics -- The British political tradition -- Political ideology in Britain? -- Further reading -- 2 Liberalism -- Introduction -- Liberalism: Key concepts and values -- Early influences on liberalism in Britain -- The Whig tradition -- Radicals -- Classical economics and utilitarianism -- Victorian liberalism -- Liberalism, capitalism and democracy -- The New Liberalism -- The decline of the Liberal Party and the triumph of liberalism? The 1920s to the 1960s -- Liberal revival and the Liberal Democrats -- From The Orange Book to coalition with the Conservatives -- The future of liberalism? -- Further reading -- 3 Conservatism -- Introduction -- What is conservatism? Key values and concepts -- The Tory tradition -- Reaction and reform -- Classical liberalism, neo- liberalism and the free market -- Neo-conservatism -- Tensions within Thatcherism -- Ideology and pragmatism -- The legacy of Thatcherism -- The legacy of Thatcherism: from Major to Howard -- Cameron's conservatism in opposition -- The Conservatives in government: the coalition -- Further reading -- 4 Socialism, Social Democracy and Labour -- Introduction -- Socialism, liberalism and conservatism -- Socialism: key concepts and values -- Evolutionary and revolutionary socialism -- State socialism and its critics.
In: Contemporary Political Studies
As well as introducing the "mainstream" ideologies of Liberalism, Conservatism and Socialism, this text examines challenges from nationalist, feminist and Green thinkers, amongst others. Now in its third edition, it includes a new chapter on anarchism and assesses the continuing disillusionment of Britain with the ideas of the "Westminster elite"
While systematically covering the ''mainstream'' ideologies of liberalism, conservatism and socialism, the author also examines challenges to mainstream ideas from nationalists, feminists and Green thinkers, and the ideological controversy surrounding racism and multiculturalism
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