Product Description: Book by Henry F. Dobyns, Paul L. Doughty, Harold D. Lasswell

Product Description: Great collectible book for research, study, or review!

Interviews with women career politicians provide the basis for a political scientist's inquiry in the experience and problems of women in politics

Product Description: The Dynamics of Soviet Politics is the result of reflective and thorough research into the centers of a system whose inner debates are not open to public discussion and review, a system which tolerates no public opposition parties, no prying congressional committees, and no investigative journalists to ferret out secrets...read more

Examines the means by which America's upper class gains economic favors from the government and dominates government regulatory policy, foreign policy, the candidate selection process, and the dissemination of ideas and ideology

An exploration of the American Establishment--from its historical roots, major institutions, and key figures to its mediating role--as a 'third force' in American life

Product Description: This innovative and extensive critique of socialization theory and concepts focuses on three major areas; 1) an historical analysis of the development of the concept of socialization; 2) the identification and discussion of the major issues surrounding socialization theory and its attendant concepts; and 3) a new theoretical framework that suggests a substantially changed direction for socialization...read more

Product Description: Focuses on the parallel dichotomies of thought regarding power that have evolved within the disciplines of economics, industrial relations, political science, and sociology. This dichotomy is represented on the one hand by those social scientists who hypothesize that power is derived from social structure and on the other by those scientists who postulate that power is attained through the behavioral attributes of social actors...read more

Discusses the many sources and instruments of power, and explains how power is utilized by organizations and businesses and in economics and political and military life

Book by Stone, John

"This is an immensely useful book for sociologists working in a wide range of sub-fields. It confirms Freidson's status among the leading exponents of the old Chicago tradition. This book is catholic in its reading, sophisticated in its arguments and cautious in its judgements."—Robert Dingwall, Sociology"As an attempt to provide a complex, wide-ranging account this book should be essential reading for specialist students, and it should act as a stimulus for the extension of both empirical research and theory."—Alex Faulkner, Sociological Review"Freidson's book is a concise introduction to the professions, challenging specialists with its puncturing of theoretically induced misconceptions and offering general readers a clear but critical entrée to the theoretical literature concerning this central aspect of modern society."—Andrew Abbott, Science"This is a stimulating and well-written book which opens up a new perspective on the professions as well as contributing to existing debates."—David Podmore, Times Higher Education Supplement (view table of contents)

This is the first part of a three-volume work on the nature of power in human societies. In it, Michael Mann identifies the four principal 'sources' of power as being control over economic, ideological, military, and political resources. He examines the interrelations between these in a narrative history of power from Neolithic times, through ancient Near Eastern civilisations, the classical Mediterranean age, and medieval Europe, up to just before the Industrial Revolution in England. Rejecting the conventional monolithic concept of a 'society', Dr. Mann's model is instead one of a series of overlapping, intersecting power networks. He makes this model operational by focusing on the logistics of power - how the flow of information, manpower, and goods is controlled over social and geographical space-thereby clarifying many of the 'great debates' in sociological theory. The present volume offers explanations of the emergence of the state and social stratification.

Product Description: The Description for this book, Gender and Power in Rural Greece, will be forthcoming.