Presenting key selections from an array of original sources and a wide range of ideological visions,Ideals and Ideologiesputs students directly in touch with the thinkers and the ideas that have shaped our world. This new edition of Ball & Dagger's celebrated 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 its companion textbook,Political Ideologies and the Democratic Ideal, providing rigorous, comprehensive coverage of political ideologies and modern political thought.