This collection of Lipset's major essays in political sociology is
in a real sense a follow-up or sequel to Political Mind and The
First New Nation. It provides a broad panorama of continuing
interest, developing a sociological perspective in comparative and
historical analysis, with particular reference to politics,
modernization, and social stratification. Robert E. Scott in The
Midwest Journal of Political Science, said "this book has an
essential unity. The subjects discussed are interesting and
important to the political scientists and the observations offered
stimulating and significant. Both the student and the mature
scholar can benefit." Professor Lipset describes this collection of
his major essays in political sociology, as "in a real sense a
follow-up or sequel to Political Man and The First New Nation. This
volume provides a broad panorama of continuing interest, developing
a sociological perspective in comparative and historical analysis,
with particular reference to politics, modernization, and social
stratification. The opening section of the book contains, in
addition to a valuable new introductory chapter, essays that
interpret varying levels of socioeconomic development in the United
States, Canada, and Latin America. Other essays deal with such
matters as the contrasting modes of modernization in Europe and
Asia, the role of values and religious beliefs in the emergence of
political systems, the effect of religion on American politics from
the founding of the Republic to the present. A concluding section
analyzes major works of political sociology in the light of
contemporary ideas. Many chapters have been revised to include
recent data. Seymour Martin Lipset is Munro Distinguished Professor
of Political Science and Sociology at Stanford University, and
Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution on War, Revolution, and
Peace. Prior to his current appointment, he was Markham Professor
of Government and Sociology at Harvard University. Among his many
books are Political Man; Agrarian Socialism; Consensus and Conflict
in Political Sociology. In addition, he has co-authored The
Politics of Unreason; Dialogues in American Politics; and Union
Democracy.
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