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Political man;, the social bases of politics

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Political man;

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the social bases of politics

1. The sociology of politics : The intellectual background ; Class conflict and consensus: Marx and Tocqueville ; Bureaucracy and democracy: Weber and Michels ; Contemporary research : Voting ; Political movements ; The politics of bureaucracy ; The internal government of voluntary organizations ; Integrative institutions -- I. The conditions of the democratic order : 2. Economic development and democracy : Economic development in Europe and the Americas ; Economic development and the class struggle ; The politics of rapid economic development ; Methodological appendix -- 3. Social conflict, legitimacy, and democracy : Legitimacy and effectiveness ; Legitimacy and conflict ; Systems of government ; Contemporary challenges: communism and nationalism -- 4. Working-class authoritarianism : Democracy and the lower class ; Extremist religions and the lower class ; The social situation of the lower classes ; Lower-class perspectives ; Making of an authoritarian ; Extremism as an alternative: a test of a hypothesis ; Historical pattern and democratic action -- 5. "Fascism"-left, right, and center : "Fascism" and the middle class ; Germany : A note on the German nonvoter. Austria ; France ; Italy ; The United States: McCarthyism as populist extremism ; Peronism-the "fascism" of the lower class ; The social basis of fascism -- II. Voting in western democracies : 6. Elections: who votes and who doesn't? : The relevance of government policies ; Access information ; Group pressure to vote ; Cross-pressures ; Conclusions -- 7. Elections: the expression of the democratic class struggle : Left voting: a response to group needs : Insecurity of income ; Unsatisfying work ; Status. Social conditions affecting left voting : Channels of communication ; Belief in opportunities for individual mobility traditionalism -- 8. Elections: the expression of democratic class struggle-continuity and change : Generation and political behavior ; The historical background of voting patterns ; Conclusions -- III. Political behavior in American society : 9. Classes and parties in American politics : Party policies determined by party supporters ; Upper-class liberalism ; The effect of one-party states ; The nationalization of politics -- 10. American intellectuals: their politics and status : The historic leftism of American intellectuals ; Sources of liberalism ; The real status of the intellectuals ; Intellectuals vs. an intelligentsia ; The problem of numbers ; Intellectuals in politics ; Anti-intellectualism and American values ; The move to the right -- 11. The emergence of the one-party south-the election of 1860 -- IV. The politics of private government: a case study : 12. The political process in trade unions : The need for bureaucracy ; Communications within unions ; The monopoly on political skills ; The social status of union leaders ; Membership participation ; Time-line factors : Patterns of organization ; The problem of succession ; Crisis situations ; The character of the leader. Value systems ; Conclusions -- 13. The end of ideology?