Ideologies are the sets of basic beliefs about the political, economic, social and cultural affairs held by the majority of people within as society. Over the millennia, political philosophers have expounded on a variety of political ideologies, or ways governments and societies can be organized. An ideology is a collection of ideas. Typically, each ideology contains certain ideas on what it considers to be the best form of government, and the best economic system. Sometimes the same word is used to identify both an ideology and one of its main ideas. This thoroughly researched book provides a comprehensive account of the major political ideologies of the past two centuries