Visions of society and politics : The vision of Karl Marx -- The vision of Max Weber -- The vision of talcott parsons -- Varieties of power and power structures : Basic forms of political rule: Democracy and oligarchy in the modern world -- Patterns of power and influence in industrialized societies: The case of the United States -- Patterns of power and politics in communities -- Parties and participation : Socialization to citizenship -- Political parties and political partisanship -- The extent and variety of citizen participation in politics -- Political development and change : Nation-building in the modern world -- Social and political movements

1. Political sociology