J A Hobson was one of the most influential social, economic and political theorists of late 19th- and early 20th-century Britain. This book provides an overview of the novelty and incisiveness of Hobson's contribution to British liberal theory and radical practice. It helps in understanding of early 20th-century British progressive thought.

Ideology is one of the most controversial terms in the political vocabulary, exciting both revulsion and inspiration. This book examines the reasons for those views, and explains why ideologies deserve respect as a major form of political thinking. It investigates the centrality of ideology both as a political phenomenon and as an organizing framework of political thought and action. It explores the changing understandings of ideology as a concept, and the arguments of the main ideologies. By employing the latest insights from a range of disciplines, the reader is introduced to the vitality...

Ideologies play a crucial role in the way we understand and shape the political world. However, no one has been able to explain the nature of ideologies themselves. In this important new book, Freeden offers a ground-breaking approach to the subject. Drawing on the political experience of Britain, France, Germany, and the USA over the last two hundred years, the author provides an in-depth examination of all the key political ideologies: liberalism, conservatism, socialism, feminism, and green political thought.

This edited book introduces students and scholars to comparative political thought. Featuring contributions from an international line-up of scholars, it examines what can we learn from non-Western traditions of political thought, how we compare different strands of national and regional political thought, and much more.