Die Afrikaanse Protestantse Akademie Biblioteek

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Theoretical models in political sociology. Social class and political sociology ; Elites and masses ; Pressure groups and politics ; Conclusions -- Upper class and power elite in the United States. The power elite ; Upper class and state power ; The state in monopoly capitalism ; The Pentagon papers and the sociology of decision-making ; Trends in the American power structure -- Elite and mass in Soviet political society. The Soviet power structure ; Origins of totalitarianism ; Class and politics in the Soviet Union ; Trends in socialist power -- The politics of dependency in the third world. The Pluralist model of political development ; Class and politics in the third world ; Conclusions -- Power in the community. Methodological issues ; Social structure and community power ; Conclusions -- The individual in political society. Class and group determinants of political behavior ; Personality and political ideology ; Public opinion and the Vietnam War ; Conclusions -- Youth and Politics. Generational conflict and social change ; The social bases of the Student Movement ; Conclusions -- Social movements and ideologies in American society. Emergence and development of social movements ; The labor Movement ; Right-wing movements ; Minority group movements ; New-middle-class movements ; Perspectives for the future.