This informative and widely-used text is now available in a third edition. Building on the success of previous editions, it continues to provide a clear and accessible introduction to the complexities of political ideologies. The new edition of Political Ideologies: An Introduction introduces and considers the future of all the most widely studied ideologies: liberalism, conservatism, socialism, democracy, nationalism, fascism, ecologism and feminism; sets each ideology clearly within its historical and political context; includes a new final chapter that examines the impact of recent theoretical developments of ideologies and charts the challenges that they face in the 21st century; and has been fully revised and up-dated and provides an annotated guide for further reading.