State in Modern Society: New Directions in Political Sociology

ISBN-13: 9780333366073 / Angielski / Miękka / 1986 / 296 str.

R King

Opis

This is an up-to-date textbook which takes fully into account recent developments in political sociology. Taking as its starting point the fragmentation of the discipline, it covers a wide range of new issues and debates as well as the more traditional concerns of the subject.

Spis treści

Acknowledgements.- Introduction.- Behaviouralism and the Sociology of Democracy.- The Development of the Modern Nation State.- Interpretations of the Development of the Modern State.- Liberalism, Collectivism and State Socialism.- Corporatism Power.- Urban Politics.- The State in an International Context; G.Gibbs.- Postscript: The State and the New Cold War.- Bibliography.- Index.