Introduction to Political Sociology

Abstract

1. Introduction. 2. On the Economy and Politics: Karl Marx and the Neo-Marxists. 3. On States and Societies: Max Weber and the Neo-Weberians. 4. On Civil Society and Politics: Emile Durkheim and Alexis de Tocqueville. 5. Basic Forms of Political Rule: Democratic, Totalitarian, and Authoritarian Regimes in the Modern World. 6. Power and Equality in Modern America. 7. Power and Politics in the Modern Metropolis. 8. Political Parties and Political Partisanship. 9. Citizen Participation in Politics: Conventional and Contentious Forms. 10. Building Nation-States in the Modern World. Index.