This comprehensive account of the major political ideologies of the past two centuries will be welcomed by non-specialist and specialist alike. Beginning by analysing the concept of ideology itself, Andrew Vincent then gives lucid accounts of liberalism, conservatism, socialism, anarchism, fascism, feminism and ecologism, highlighting and illustrating the complex overlap and interplay of ideas that exists both within and between ideologies. Each ideology is covered in a separate chapter, designed to be read independently of the rest of the text, a format which is user-friendly and accessible to all levels of students. `Ideology' is a core component of politics courses, Modern Political Ideologies is intended to be an essential text for all students.