Revolution and Counterrevolution

<p>This collection of Lipset's major essays in political sociology is in a real sense a follow-up or sequel to Political Mind and The First New Nation. It provides a broad panorama of continuing interest developing a sociological perspective in comparative and historical analysis with particular reference to politics modernization and social stratification. Robert E. Scott in The Midwest Journal of Political Science said this book has an essential unity. The subjects discussed are interesting and important to the political scientists and the observations offered stimulating and significant. Both the student and the mature scholar can benefit.<br><br> Professor Lipset describes this collection of his major essays in political sociology as in a real sense a follow-up or sequel to <i>Political Man</i> and <i>The First New Nation</i>. This volume provides a broad panorama of continuing interest developing a sociological perspective in comparative and historical analysis with particular reference to politics modernization and social stratification. <br><br>The opening section of the book contains in addition to a valuable new introductory chapter essays that interpret varying levels of socioeconomic development in the United States Canada and Latin America. Other essays deal with such matters as the contrasting modes of modernization in Europe and Asia the role of values and religious beliefs in the emergence of political systems the effect of religion on American politics from the founding of the Republic to the present. A concluding section analyzes major works of political sociology in the light of contemporary ideas. Many chapters have been revised to include recent data.<br><br><i>Seymour Martin Lipset</i> is Munro Distinguished Professor of Political Science and Sociology at Stanford University and Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution on War Revolution and Peace. Prior to his current appointment he was Markham Professor of Government and Sociology at Harvard University. Among his many books are <i>Political Man; Agrarian Socialism; Consensus and Conflict in Political Sociology.</i> In addition he has co-authored <i>The Politics of Unreason; Dialogues in American Politics; and Union Democracy.</i></p>