Andrew Heywood

I picked this book up because I wanted to know the differences between the left and the right. I wondered what it meant to be liberal or conservative, and what does anarchism or fascism mean?

I skipped the last four or so chapters and I remember very little of what I've read. I'll definitely reference the text when I need an understanding of a particular ideology. I have learned exactly what a state and a nation is (they're different) and I have a broad feeling for all the different ideologies, but there are just so many -isms my mind is melting. For example, what is the difference between authoritarianism, totalitarianism and monarchical absolutism? A autocracy or a dictatorship?… (meer)