{"product_id":"revolution-and-counterrevolution-2","title":"Revolution and Counterrevolution","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis 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.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Professor Lipset describes this collection of his major essays in political sociology, as \"in a real sense a follow-up or sequel to \u003ci\u003ePolitical Man\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe First New Nation\u003c\/i\u003e. 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. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSeymour Martin Lipset\u003c\/i\u003e 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 \u003ci\u003ePolitical Man; Agrarian Socialism; Consensus and Conflict in Political Sociology.\u003c\/i\u003e In addition, he has co-authored \u003ci\u003eThe Politics of Unreason; Dialogues in American Politics; and Union Democracy.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54244176789848,"sku":"9780887386947","price":61.5,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780887386947.jpg?v=1779426057","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/revolution-and-counterrevolution-2","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}