The 6th edition of Andrew Heywood’s best-selling undergraduate textbook provides a clear and accessible introduction to the political creeds and doctrines that have dominated and shaped politics around the world. The author offers a clear exposition both of the historical development of each ideology and of the impact it has had on contemporary political behaviour, movements, parties and governments. In recent years, political commentators have heralded a renaissance of popular political ideology, characterised by a resurgence of issues and political traditions that many had thought obsolete. This new edition is updated throughout to take account of these developments, broadening its appeal internationally.

The book is particularly relevant for first and second year undergraduate teaching, and can be used to structure a whole course on political ideologies covering traditional ideologies (conservatism, socialism, liberalism, anarchism and fascism) as well as concepts which have developed into concrete ideologies more recently (multiculturalism, feminism and ecologism, amongst others). 

安德鲁-海伍德的这本最畅销的本科生教科书的第6版，对主导和塑造了全世界政治的政治信条和学说进行了清晰而易懂的介绍。作者对每种意识形态的历史发展以及对当代政治行为、运动、政党和政府的影响都做了清晰的阐述。近年来，政治评论家们预示着流行政治意识形态的复兴，其特点是许多人认为已经过时的问题和政治传统的重新出现。本书的新版本考虑到了这些发展而进行了全面更新，扩大了其在国际上的吸引力。

本书特别适用于本科生一、二年级的教学，可以用来构建关于政治意识形态的整个课程，包括传统意识形态（保守主义、社会主义、自由主义、无政府主义和法西斯主义）以及最近发展成具体意识形态的概念（多元文化主义、女权主义和生态主义等）。