Ideology and Political Life

by John Miles, Vernon Johnson, Kenneth R. Hoover

Book Overview

This text familiarizes students with the basic ideologies of conservatism, liberalism, socialism, feminism, environmentalism, and racial ideologies, establishing the connections between these ideas and politics. The author provides a clearly written, accessible text on ideologies as they apply to American political experiences.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0534069967
• ISBN13: 9780534069964
• Release Date: January 1987
• Publisher: Thomson Brooks/Cole
• Length: 189 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Text is balanced and informative

After reviewing a number of textbooks on American ideologies, I found the Hoover textbook to be exceedingly fair in its presentation of all contemporary American ideologies. It approaches the topic historically and is quite accurate; I found no bias in favor of any particular ideology. It not only covers all the bases, the structure is sensible and very helpful for students, who think they know what "liberalism" and "conservatism" mean, when in fact they do not. It's not my dream textbook, but I highly recommend it.