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Political Ideologies: An Introduction
by Andrew Heywood (Foreword: A. Gamble)
Product Group: Book
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan (2003-04-17)
ISBN: 0333961781
EAN: 9780333961780
Dewy Decimal #: 320.5
Paperback: 400 pages
Edition: 3Rev Ed
SKU: B181-B-1005
Condition: New
Comments: New & Shrinkwrapped. In stock - Immediate despatch from an efficient and professional leading British bookselling firm.
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Customer Reviews
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1 year, great progress
Rating  (5)
Date: 2007-07-01
2 out of 2 customers found this reveiw helpful
I have used this book for my A-level Politics studies and i must start on the note that it is excellent. This book covers in vast detail Conservatism, Liberalism, Socialism , anarchism, feminism, fascism, nationalism and more. Each ideology is subdivided into key elements within that ideology with each element being explained clearly and coherently whilst being linked to political philosophers effictively. All in all this book gives a balanced, unbiased and effective explanation of the ideologies. It is the easiest book to understand and is an interesting read. For one year this book has been the only book i have used in politics and has served me very well. Highly recommended.
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A brilliant guide into the depths of ideology
Rating (5)
Date: 2007-05-06
1 out of 1 customers found this reveiw helpful
This book deals very simply with political ideologies. It covers an enormous amount, from feminism and fundamentialism to communism and collectivism. Not only does it go into detail about the founding of the ideology - it also talks about it's development and it's relation to that political view in modern times and what has changed it. It has loads of little 'boxes' which talk about the various ideologies and their viewpoint on things, and an excellent section on comparative ideologies.
This book is a must for any ideological fiend - whether at A-level, post grad or just for fun!but
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Do academics know how to use a spellchecker? PUBLISHERS FOR THAT MATTER?!
Rating  (3)
Date: 2007-05-01
1 out of 8 customers found this reveiw helpful
This book is rather tepid, with many spelling errors, page 243 "The second process if one of fragmentation" page 245 in the feminist chapter reads "the pubic/private sector" highly inappropriate mistake for this section. Some grammatical errors that I cannot recall the location of, but there are some. When I buy a book such as this, I look for something well written, not based around a bunch of pretentious carelessness. However, I enjoyed the part about fascism, and the contents are well laid out, easy to find what you want. More care to be taken next time on the part of Mr Heywood
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Vapid, unhelpful, clunky,
Rating  (2)
Date: 2007-01-30
2 out of 12 customers found this reveiw helpful
This book is an act of neolithic incompetence born of a desperate ambition for originality, but ultimatly fails by every possible method - it endeavours by re-analysis after re-analysis to make it seem as if we are covering new ground, and then attempts to round this overlong description off with bizarre new forms of categorisation that serve no academic or theoretical purpose beyond the fact that Mr. Heywood is both author of the text and chief examiner for Politics for an A-Level Board. This text is confusing, utterly vapid and tepid, and lacks any real merit as a piece of academia. I spurn it as I would spurn a rabid dog.
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A really good introduction.
Rating  (4)
Date: 2006-11-28
5 out of 5 customers found this reveiw helpful
I bought this book because I felt ignorant about politics - I wanted to know the difference between left-wing and right-wing; I wanted to know the connections (if any) between communism, democracy, fascism and feminism.
This book answered all of those questions, and many more. It is an extremely clear and well laid out book, that takes you step-by-step through a whole range of political ideologies. It makes clear the internal tensions, and the surprising similarities between seemingly opposing views.
I found the style fairly easy to read, and it didn't assume too much prior knowledge. I found some of the later chapters on subjects such as ecologism, feminism and religious fundamentalism to be a little less well explored, and it was sometimes hard to see exactly how they fitted with the other subjects in the book. Apart from that, I'd say this is as good an introduction to the subject as you could hope to find. Definitely recommended.
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