This is the first comprehensive volume to offer a state of the art investigation both of the nature of political ideologies and of their main manifestations. The diversity of ideology studies is represented by a mixture of the range of theories that illuminate the field, combined with an appreciation of the changing complexity of concrete ideologies and the emergence of new ones. Ideologies, however, are always with us.The Handbook is divided into three sections: The first is divided into three sections: The first reflects some of the latest thinking about the development of ideology on an historical dimension, from the standpoints of conceptual history, Marx studies, social science theory and history, and leading schools of continental philosophy. The second includes some of the most recent interpretations and theories of ideology, all of which are sympathetic in their own ways to its explorationand close investigation, even when judiciously critical of its social impact. This section contains many of the more salient contemporary accounts of ideology. The third focuses on the leading ideological families and traditions, as well as on some of their cultural and geographical manifestationsincorporating both historical and contemporary perspectives.Each chapter is written by an expert in their field, bringing the latest approaches and understandings to their task. The Handbook will position the study of ideologies in the mainstream of political theory and political analysis and will attest to its indispensability both to courses on political theory and to scholars who wish to take their understanding of ideologies in new directions.

Preface; Part I: The History of Ideology and of Ideology Studies; 1 Bo Strath: Ideology and Conceptual History; 2 David Leopold: Marxism and Ideology: From Marx to Althusser; 3 Peter Breiner: Karl Mannheim and Political Ideology; 4 Emilio Gentile: Total and Totalitarian Ideologies; 5 John G. Gunnell: Social Science and Ideology: The Case of Behavioralism in American Political Science; 6 Howard Brick: The End of Ideology Thesis; Part II: Contemporary Theories of Ideology; 7 Michael Freeden: The Morphological Analysis of Ideology; 8 Lois McNay: Contemporary Critical Theory; 9 Aletta Norval: Poststructuralist Conceptions of Ideology; 10 Teun A. Van Dijk: Ideology and Discourse; 11 Alan Finlayson: Ideology and Political Rhetoric; 12 Manfred B. Steger: Political Ideologies in the Age of Globalization; 13 John T. Jost, Christoper M. Federico, and Jaime L. Napier: Political Ideologies and their Social Psychological Functions; 14 Craig Berry and Michael Kenny: Ideology and the Intellectuals; 15 Rahul Rao: Postcolonialism; Part III: Ideological Families and Traditions; 16 Noel O'Sullivan: Conservatism; 17 Paolo Pombeni: Christian Democracy; 18 Michael Freeden and Marc Stears: Liberalism; 19 Ben Jackson: Social Democracy; 20 Archie Brown: Communism; 21 Benjamin Franks: Anarchism; 22 Andrew Gamble: Economic Libertarianism; 23 Mathew Humphrey: Green Ideology; 24 Lyman Tower Sargent: Ideology and Utopia; 25 Andrew Vincent: Nationalism; 26 Roger Eatwell: Fascism; 27 Cas Mudde and Cristobal Rovira Kaltwasser: Populism; 28 Cecile Laborde: Republicanism; 29 Duncan Bell: Ideologies of Empire; 30 Clare Chambers: Feminism; 31 Jose Antonio Aguilar Rivera: Latin American Political Ideologies; 32 Joy Hendrickson and Hoda Zaki: Modern African Ideologies; 33 Michaelle Browers: Islamic Political Ideologies; 34 Leigh Jenco: Chinese Political Ideologies; 35 Rochana Bajpai and Carlo Bonura: South Asian and Southeast Asian Ideologies