I : Histories -- An historical introduction to political sociology -- A theoretical introduction to political sociology -- Political progress: the enlightenment pivot -- Ideological and historical sources of contemporary total politics -- II : Systems -- Political conservatism and conservative politics -- The liberal tradition and evolutionary politics -- Anarchism: from natural man to political man -- The politicalization of Socialism -- The militarization of Communism -- Fascism: a twentieth-century mass movement -- III : Changes -- The morphology of modern revolution -- The morphology of counterrevolution -- Militarization, modernization and mobilization -- Social deviance and political marginality -- IV : Policies -- Social science and public policy -- The academy amd the polity -- Social science Mandarins -- National policy and private agency research -- Deterrence policies: from academic casebook to military codebook -- V : Interests -- Power as the measure of political man -- Political realism: the primary of interests over values -- The working class as an interest group -- Race, class and ethnicity -- VI : Outcomes -- Political bias and social analysis -- Social alienation and political systems -- Political marginality and social class in historical perspective

1. Political sociology