| Edition |
2nd ed. |
| Physical description |
136 pages ; 23 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 122-131) and index. |
| Contents |
1 Democracy and Social Classes 12 -- 2 Social Movements, Parties and Political Action 28 -- 3 Types of Political System 42 -- 4 Political Change and Conflict 59 -- 5 Formation of New Nations: Nationalism and Development 76 -- 6 Global Politics in the Twentieth Century 91. |
| Summary |
The first edition of this book, published in 1979, is regarded as the definitive work in political sociology and is widely used as a course text all over the world. This new edition has been substantially revised and completely updated and includes a discussion of the resurgence of nationalism, particularly in Eastern Europe, in recent years. |
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Political Sociology deals with a broad range of questions concerning the organisation and exercise of political power: democracy and autocracy, the politics of social classes, social movements and political parties, the diverse historical types of political system, political changes and conflict, nationalism and the formation of new nations, and aspects of global politics in the late twentieth century. |
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This elegant and lucid work stands as a critical guide to fundamental ideas and controversies in modern political thought and is a core text for students of sociology. politics, political theory and political philosophy |
| Subject |
Political sociology.
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| ISBN |
0745306527 (paperback) |
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0745306519 £35.00 |
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