This second edition of a successful textbook is a comprehensive account of the major political ideologies of the past two centuries. It is designed for introductory students of ideologies - a key component of all politics courses. The new edition has been revised and updated, as a result of extensive market research, and now includes a completely new chapter on nationalism. It retains the popular format of the first edition. Each ideology - liberalism, conservatism, socialism, anarchism, fascism, feminism, ecologism, nationalism - is covered in a separate chapter, designed to be read independently of the rest of the text. The format is user-friendly and accessible to all levels of students. The text highlights and illustrates the complex overlap and interplay of ideas that exist both within and between ideologies. This book will appeal to students and scholars in the fields of social history, cultural history, literary studies and anthropology.