A compilation of original readings from a wide range of ideological visions - right, middle, and "unorthodox" - Ideals and Ideologies puts readers directly in touch with the thinkers and the ideas that have shaped our world.

This new edition of Ball & Dagger's bestselling reader includes a generous sampling of key thinkers across the various traditions, presented within the intellectual and political context in which the thinkers thought and wrote. This reader is organized to work seamlessly with Ball and Dagger's companion textbook, Political Ideologies and the Democratic Ideal, together providing rigorous, comprehensive coverage of political ideologies and modern political thought.