For many people, the world of politics is defined by ideologies. The average voter rarely takes time to research a policy issue, thoroughly relying instead on a

This book describes the development of the modern liberal and conservative ideologies that form the basis of our modern political parties.

Public opinion in the United States contains a paradox. The American public is symbolically conservative: it cherishes the symbols of conservatism and is more l

This book, first published in 1998, presents historical analysis of the ideologies of major American parties from the early-nineteenth century onwards.

"This new text explores the development of political ideas in America from the seventeenth to the late twentieth centuries. It approaches political thought as a