Part One : The field of political sociology -- Theoretical origins: the contributions of Marx, Weber, and Durkheim -- Historical development: political sociology in the United States -- Present characteristics: contemporary discussions of political sociology -- Part Two : Microanalytic studies -- Participation in routine political activities -- Participation in nonroutine political activities -- Political ideology in the United States -- Part Three : Macroanalytic studies -- Some historical, structural, and cultural features of Western democratic polities -- Some historical, structural, and cultural features of modern nondemocratic polities -- Postscript: the relevance of political sociology

1. Political sociology