The Routledge Dictionary of Twentieth-Century Political Thinkers aims to introduce readers to important and representative contemporary thinkers. The book is a direct response to those who need an informed, reliable and ready guide to the ideas that have influenced political activity and shaped political thinking in the twentieth century. Recognizing that the majority of people tend to associate an individual with a particular idea or movement, the editors have deliberately chosen a biographical structure. Each entry, listed alphabetically, includes a brief biography, an outline of major ideas and suggestions for further reading. The difficult and sensitive question of selection has been decided on a theorists' and practitioners' basis, sub-divided into three basic categories: those who are actively involved in politics, those whose reflections have influenced political movements and activity; and those whose theoretical writings have enhanced our understanding. The length of entry - ranging from a short biographical note to entries of 1000 words or more - is in proportion to the influence the thinker has had on the political development of this century and, in some cases, on the next as well. With more than 85 contributors, all highly regarded in their field, and 158 entries, The Routledge Dictionary of Twentieth-Century Political Thinkers offers a unique and comprehensive guide to the major political forces at work during the century and for the first time includes non-Western theorists and those who have influenced new movements based on the issues of ethnicity, gender and ecology, which are set to dominate the early part of the twenty-first century.

Table of Contents:
Adorno Douglas Kellner Aflaq Peter Sluglett Althusser Edward Benton Arendt Mary Dietz Aron Robert Colquhoun Ataturk M. Naim Turfan Bahro Edward Benton Barres James Q. Graham de Beauvoir Kate Soper Ben Gurion Donna Divine Bentley Leo Weinstein Bernstein Henry Tudor Bloch Stephen Eric Bronner Bobbio John Keane Bookchin Martha Ackelsberg Buber Dan Avnon Bukharin Michael Haynes Cabral Cedric Robinson Camus David Sprintzen Castro Carollee Bangelsdorf Clement Ann Jones Cole Paul Hirst Croce Richard Bellamy Crosland Raymond Plant Dahl James S. Fishkin Illich John Papworth Iqbal F.A. Nizami Jabotinsky Donna Divine James Ivar Oxaal Kautsky Stephen Eric Bronner Keynes Wayne Parsons Khomeini Sami Zubaida King David Levering Lewis Kita Germaine Hoston Kohr Kirkpatrick Sale Kollontai Barabara Clements Kristeva Ann Jones Kropotkin Martha Ackelsberg Laski Michael Newman Lenin Neil Harding Li Dazhao Chen Shuping Lippmann Richard Crockett Lorde Lisa Tuttle Lukacs Istvan Meszaros Luxembourg Stephen Eric Bronner MacIntyre Philip Green MacKinnon Jacqueline Stevens Macpherson Frank Cunningham Malatesta Nunzio Pernicone Malcolm X Louis Wilson Mannheim David Kettler Mao Chen Shuping Marcuse Douglas Kellner Mariategui Harry E. Vanden Markovic Larry Wilde Maurras James Q. Graham, Jr Merleau-Ponty Diana Coole Michels Joel D. Wolfe Millett Lisa Tuttle Strauss Arlene Saxonhouse Sun Yat-sen Chen Shuping Tawney Raymond Plant Trotsky Norman Geras Uno Germaine Hoston Veblen Rick Tilman Voegelin Mary Dietz Walzer Philip Green Washington Louis Wilson The Webbs Norman MacKenzie Weber Stephen Turner Weil Mary Dietz Williams Stuart Hall Wittig Ann Jones Woolf Lee Edwards Yoshino Germaine Hoston Zetkin Lisa Tuttle