"Summary and Conclusion", "Endnotes", and "References" appear at the end of every chapter. Preface. I. THE FIELD OF POLITICAL SOCIOLOGY. Introduction to Political Sociology. Nature of Political Sociology.Political Sociology and Related Disciplines.The Value Relevance of Political Sociology.1. Major Models in Political Sociology. Contrasting Views of Society and Politics: The Functionalist Perspective versus the Conflict Perspectives.The Issue of Social Inequality.Political Sociology Models.The Elite Model *The Pluralist Model * Shortcomings and Criticisms of Elite and Pluralism Models * The Marxist-Class Model * The Realist Model * The Corporate and Consociational Model.II. POWER AND THE POWER STRUCTURES. 2. The Study of Societal Power and Authority. The Study of Societal Power.The Nature and Perspectives of Power.Perspectives of Power.Perspectives of Power * Social Bases of Power and Power Structures * The Structure of Power * Forms of Social Power * Sources of Authority or Legitimacy * Consequences and Problematics of Power.3. Nations and States. Nature and Role of the Modern State System.Nature and Forms of Government.Nations, Nationality, Nationalism.The Modern Nation State.The Liberal Constitutional State * Role Expansion and Functions of the State * Interpretations and Theories of Modern Nation States.4. Structure and Behavior of U.S. Elites. Inevitability of Elites.Recruitment and Succession of Elites.Social Cohesiveness of Elites.Studies on Elite Integration.The Variability of Elites: The Consensual Unity of Elites.Profile of Elite Structure in the United States.The Socialization and Education of Elites.5. Media Communication and Power. Mass Media and Society.Power Control of and Access to Media.Ownership of the Media.The Nature of Media Control * Access to the Media * Mass Media Content and Agenda Setting * The Power Elite and the Media.Media Effects.6. Civil-Military Relations. Professional Consideration.Conceptual Frameworks.The Concept of the Military Industrial Complex.Indicators of the Military-Industrial Complex.Military Interventionism and Praetorianism.III. ELECTORAL POLITICS AND MOVEMENTS. 7. Political Participation and Voting. The Nature and Concept of Political Participation.Defining Political Participation.Participation, Conceptualization, Sophistication.Why People Participate in Politics.Models of Political Participation.Who Are the Participants?Sociodemographic Correlates Class Voting: The Declining Significance Hypothesis Class Voting: The Trendless Fluctuation Hypothesis s Class Mobility and Status Inconsistency Sociopsychological Correlates Political Socialization.8. Political Parties. Defining Political Parties.Factions, Movements, and Interest Groups.Party Structure.Party Functions.Western Europeans and U.S. Party Systems.Partisanship Alignment, Realignment, Dealignment.The Social Bases of Partisanship and the 1992 Presidential Election.The Future of Political Parties. Continuity and Change.9. Political Ideology. The Beginnings of Ideology.Attitudes Concerning Political ChangeModels of Ideology.The Non-Marxian View of Ideology.Contemporary Conceptions and Typologies of Political Ideology.Attitudinal and Behavioral Conceptions Structural-Functional Conceptions Psychocultural Conceptions.Historical Political Ideologies and Contemporary Political Systems.Liberalism, Conservatism, and Socialism.Capitalism, Political Power, and Ideology.The End of Ideology Debate.10. Social and Political Movements. Defining Social and Political Movements.Typology of Social Movements.Perspective on Social and Political Movements.Resource Mobilization and Organizational Models.Research on Social Movements.How to Understand and Analyze Social Movements.The Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s.IV. DEVELOPMENT AND WORLD POLITICS. 11. Democratization and Development. Democracy, Democratization, and Development: Conceptual Clarification.Measures of Democratization.The Concepts of Development and Modernization.Theoretical Explanations of Democratization and Development.Competing Theoretical Approaches to Modernization and Development.Studies on the Social Requisites of Democracy and Development.Prospects for Democracy and Development.12. Social Conflict and Ethnic Nationalism. Ethnic Conflict and Mobilization: A World Perspective.Interethnic Conflicts and Ethnic Violence Around the World.Ethnic Nationalism.An Analysis of Ethnic Subnationalism in the Former Yugoslavia.13. Politics and Society in the Post-Cold War Era. The International System of Nation-States.Perspectives and Visions of the New International System.The End of the Cold War and the Process of Globalization.Perspectives Concerning World Order.Contending Global Images of World Order.Contending Models for the Post-Cold War Era.Index.