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Introduction to Political Sociology

by: Orum, Anthony M.

Introduction to Political Sociology

by: Orum, Anthony M.

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9780139271533
ISBN 10:
0139271538
Edition: 4th
Format: Paperback
Copyright: 01/01/2001
Publisher: Pearson College Div
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Summary

For courses in Political Sociology. This comprehensive text shows the broad social bases of politics and identifies how politics and actions by government can influence the fate of nations and their citizens. The text provides insight into recent political sociological theories and helps students make sense of the many major social and political changes taking place in the world.

Preface to the Fourth Edition

Introduction

(7)

Power and Authority

(2)

Institutions, Networks, and Culture

(1)

Visions of Societies and Politics: Marx, Weber, Durkheim, and de Tocqueville

(1)

Pedagogical Guidelines

(2)

On the Economy and Politics: Karl Marx and the Neo-Marxists

(30)

Karl Marx on the Economy and Politics

(14)

The Essential Marx

(3)

The Economy and Social Stratification

(1)

Substructure and Superstructure

(2)

Politics as a Reflection of the Class Struggle

(1)

State Power and Its Limits

(1)

Sustaining Capitalism and the Rule of Capitalists

(1)

Revolution and Change

(6)

The Neo-Marxists

(11)

V. I. Lenin

(4)

Antonio Gramsci

(2)

The Frankfurt School

(3)

Nicos Poulantzas

(2)

Conclusion

(1)

Notes

(3)

On States and Societies: Max Weber and the Neo-Weberians

(26)

Max Weber on States and Politics

(7)

The Essential Weber

(3)

The State

(1)

The Power of the Ruler

(1)

Authority and Its Legitimacy

(1)

Political Power and Contending Social Groups

(1)

The Neo-Weberians

(14)

Reinhard Bendix

(3)

Charles Tilly

(5)

Theda Skocpol

(6)

Summary

(1)

Notes

(3)

On Civil Society and Politics: Emile Durkheim and Alexis de Tocqueville

(27)

Emile Durkheim on Civil Society and Politics

(7)

The Essential Durkheim

(2)

Society

(3)

States, Politics, and Societies

(2)

Alexis de Tocqueville on Civil Society and Politics

(5)

The Essential Tocqueville

(1)

Equality in America

(1)

The Conditions (Causes) for Equality

(1)

Threats to Democracy in America

(2)

Concluding Observations

(1)

The Neo-Consensualists

(10)

Talcott Parsons

(3)

Seymour Martin Lipset

(2)

Robert Bellah

(2)

James S. Coleman and Robert Putnam

(3)

Conclusion

(1)

Notes

(3)

Basic Forms of Political Rule: Democratic, Totalitarian, and Authoritarian Regimes in the Modern World

(21)

Basic Types of Political Rule: The Classical Greek Conceptions

(3)

Types of Political Rule in the Modern World

(12)

Democracy

(5)

Totalitarianism

101

(4)

Authoritarianism

105

(2)

Conclusion

107

(1)

Notes

108

(4)

Power and Equality in Modern America

112

(35)

Prologue

113

(4)

The Power of the American State

117

(12)

The American State as a War-Making State

119

(5)

The American State as a Welfare State

124

(3)

Sociological Perspectives on the Power of the State Today

127

(2)

The Power of Business and Corporations

129

(7)

The Corporate Community

131

(1)

The Corporate Inner Circle

132

(1)

Multinational Corporations and the Growth of the Global Economy

133

(1)

Does America Possess A Ruling Class-or Even a Dominant Class?

134

(2)

Equality and Inequality in Modern America

136

(6)

Economic Inequality

136

(2)

Political Equality

138

(4)

Concluding Observations

142

(1)

Notes

143

(4)

Power and Political in the Modern Metropolis

147

(28)

Theoretical Perspectives on Cities and Politics

148

(7)

Political Pluralism in the City: Civil Society and the Dispersal of Power

149

(1)

The City as a Growth Machine: The Political Economy of the City

150

(2)

City Limits

152

(1)

Regime Theory: History and Local Governance

153

(2)

Concluding Observations

155

(1)

The Metropolis in American History

155

(12)

The Rise and Fall of the Industrial Metropolis

156

(4)

The Contentious Politics of the American Metropolis: Central Cities, Suburbs, and Edge Cities

160

(2)

The Post-World War II City: Sunbelt Cities and Metropolitan Fragmentation

162

(2)

Can American Cities Make a Real Difference in the Lives of Their Residents?

164

(3)

Cities and the New Global Economy

167

(4)

Global Cities

167

(1)

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