Subrata K. Mitra & Malte Pehl 
Political Sociology – The State of the Art 

The World of Political Science – New volumes The book traces the disciplinary development of political sociology and the transdisciplinary research into the overlapping issues involving politics and society. The contributions cover overviews of the history, methodological and theoretical development of this academic discipline. Successes as well as failures in past, unexplored areas and salient issues in ongoing research are also highlighted. From the Contents: Subrata K. Mitra and Malte Pehl, Taking Stock of Political Sociology Dirk Berg-Schlosser, Political Culture at a Crossroads? Kay Lawson and Mildred Schwartz, Parties, Interest Groups and Social Movements: Shall Change be Mid – wife to Truth? Eva Etzioni-Halevy, Socio-Political Inequalities: Elites, Classes and Democracy Prakash Sarangi, Contemporary Approaches to the Study of the State Jan van Deth, Political Sociology: Old Concerns and New Directions

Giới thiệu về tác giả

Prof. Subrata K. Mitra (Ph.D., Rochester), Professor of Political Science, University of Heidelberg, Germany Malte Pehl (M.A.), Visiting Instructor, College of Wooster, U.S.A. Dr. rer. pol. Clemens Spiess, Lecturer, University of Heidelberg, Germany