AuthorLane, Robert E
TitlePolitical ideology : Why the American common man believes what he does / Robert E. Lane
Imprint New York : The Free Press, 1967
Descript xi, 509 p. ; 24 cm

CONTENT

Introduction: exploring the political mind -- Part one. Ideology in Eastport the meanings of ideology : Section I. Political ideals : The idea of freedom -- The burden of freedom -- Freedom and the control of impulse -- The fear of equality -- Some sources of support for democratic methods -- The undemocrats -- Section II. Power in society and government : Cabalism - the political system of undemocrats -- Power in society -- Innocence regained: The view of government from Eastport -- Man's relationship to government. The alienated and the allegiant -- Homelessness: the roots of political alienation -- The mind of the new collectivism -- The shores of Utopia -- Part two. The sources of an ideology : Section IV. Society and experience : Eastport social patterns: Opportunity and community -- Work life in metropolis: The reshaping of democratic man -- Money and the conservative view of life -- Fathers and sons: Family experience and the development of ideology -- Section V. Cultural premises : Metaphysics : The day after tomorrow: Of time and ideology -- Place and community: The geography of ideology -- The explanation of political events -- Ethics : The lost sense of evil: Low-tension morality and low-tension politics -- Epistemology : Conceptualization in political discourse -- The uses of political knowledge -- Section VI. Personal qualities : Identity diffusion and ideological caution -- Notes on a theory of democratic personality -- Section VII. Ideological stability and change : Theory of ideological change -- Part three. The political consequences of an ideology : Stability and responsiveness: The public's contribution -- Public resources for liberty and justice


SUBJECT

  1. Ideology
  2. Liberty
  3. Democracy

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Political Science Library : Stack320.15 L266P CHECK SHELVES
Political Science Library : Stack320.15 L266P CHECK SHELVES
Political Science Library : Stack320.15 L266P CHECK SHELVES