Introduction to Political Theory

its name. Contrary to widely held views, Mussolini’s regime was racist, although it is true that systematic anti-Semitism only d ...

is also true that backing from large capitalist corporations was crucial for fascism’s success. Fascism rejects liberalism and t ...

Lyttelton, A. (1979) ‘Italian Fascism’ in W. Laqueur (ed.) Fascism: A Reader’s Guide Harmondsworth: Penguin, 81–114. Marx, K. (1 ...

Part 3 Contemporary ideologies What is a new social movement? We have argued that an ideology is a belief system focused around ...

discontinuities – can be identified. The first we have already identified – the challenge to the significance of the state. The ...

be understood in terms of historical events, of which the final and most spectacular was the overthrow of state socialism in Eas ...

especially the pill (oral contraception); increasing educational opportunities, and the narrowing of the gap between men and wom ...

Critique of classical ideologies We have already suggested that the new ideologies emerged, in part, as a response to the failur ...

come to recognise their oppression and, crucially, the causes of that oppression. Obviously the ideologies – and different stre ...

Chapter 14 Feminism Introduction Feminism as an ideology has always been highly controversial. It asks such questions as: do wom ...

Women’s work? A huge amount of attention has been devoted in the media to the changing roles of women. An example of this can be ...

towards women from older men, and definitely have ‘some feminine in them’. Dawn Airey is the managing director of a TV channel. ...

Liberal feminism Liberal feminism would appear to be the earliest form of feminism. Feminism has a particular relationship to li ...

inconsistent to value independence and autonomy in men but not in women, particularly as patriarchy, or male domination, degrade ...

the civil war and women’s suffrage was attained in the USA as a result of the nineteenth amendment to the constitution in 1920. ...

writing, so as to make it clear that feminism represents as total a break as possible with male-constructed society. Politics is ...

As for postmodern feminists, they consider the tradition of the Enlightenment and liberalism to be hopelessly abstract. Not only ...

Bebel and later socialists August Bebel of the German Social Democratic Party wrote a much more influential book than that of En ...

closed, the gender gap in pay has widened and pornography and prostitution have increased dramatically (Hoffman, 2001: 141). The ...

problematic character of socialism, but of the negative way in which it impacts upon women’s lives. Radical feminist critique Ra ...