Table of Contents

Introduction
1. The state and sovereignty
2. The nation
3. Democracy
4. Freedom
5. Equality
6. Rights, Obligations and Citizenship
7. The role of Ideology in Politics and Society
8. Nationalism
9. Conservatism
10. Liberalism
11. Socialism
12. Marxism and Anarchism
13. Fascism
14. Environmentalism and Ecologism
15. Feminism
Concluding remarks
Glossary of major figures
Suggested further reading

About the Author

Kevin Harrison is a lecturer at Manchester college of Arts and Technology. Tony Boyd is a teacher at Withington Girl's School, Manchester