Political Sociology

Satyabrata Chakravarti is Reader in Political Science, University of Calcutta.

Preface • Contributors • Introducing Political Sociology • PART I: State and Power • State, Society and Politics • Power: An Outline of Key Theories • Nation and Nationalism • State: In Europe and in the Third World • Bureaucracy and Politics • Military and Politics • Civil Society: East and West • PART II: Society • Social Stratification and Politics • Social Mobility and Politics • Education and Politics: A Third World Retrospective • State, Society and Religion • Politics of Ethnic Groups • Gender and Politics • Culture and Politics • PART III: Politics • Political Development • Political Systems and their Classifications • Political Culture and Political Socialization • Political Communication • Political Participation • Electoral Politics • Political Party and Party System • Groups in Politics • Index