The 6th edition of Andrew Heywood's best-selling undergraduate textbook provides a clear & accessible introduction to the political creeds & doctrines that have dominated & shaped politics around the world The author offers a clear exposition both of the historical development of each ideology & of the impact it has had on contemporary political behaviour movements parties & governments In recent years political commentators have heralded a renaissance of popular political ideology characterised by a resurgence of issues & political traditions that many had thought obsolete This new edition is updated throughout to take account of these developments broadening its appeal internationally The book is particularly relevant for first & second year undergraduate teaching & can be used to structure a whole course on political ideologies covering traditional ideologies (conservatism socialism liberalism anarchism & fascism) as well as concepts which have developed into concrete ideologies more recently (multiculturalism feminism & ecologism amongst others)