Product Description: The foundation of this volume is the notion that the several processes of change constituting economic and social development are systematically interrelated. The essence of development is the appearance of rapid rates of increases in many different indices--output per capita, political participation, literacy and the like...read more

In this study on democracy and democratic systems, two scholars offer an expansive view of democratic systems and explain why democracy has succeeded in some countries and has failed in others.

Product Description: Why have Americans, who by a clear majority approve of unions, stopped joining them in greater numbers than ever before? This book answers that question by comparing the American experience with that of Canada, where approval for unions is significantly lower than in the United States, but where since the mid-1960s, workers have joined organized labor to a much greater extent...read more

Product Description: The United States was the first major colony to revolt successfully against colonial rule. In this sense, it was the first "new nation." To see how, in the course of American history, its values took shape in institutions may help us to understand some of the problems faced by the new nations emerging today on the world scene...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Explores the failure of the socialist movement in the United States using comparisons between the United States and other industrialized nations to explain why American values, political structure, union divisions, and other key factors prevented the spread of socialism. (view table of contents)

Product Description: Class and its linkage to politics became a controversial and exciting topic again in the 1990s. Terry Clark and Seymour Martin Lipset published "Are Social Classes Dying?" in 1991, which sparked a lively debate and much new research...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: "Political Philosophy: Theories, Thinkers, and Concepts" is an important reference that provides the essentials needed for understanding how philosophies have shaped political systems, opinions, and behaviors. Offering a collection of 100 articles and written by eminent scholars, "Political Philosophy" explains the timeless importance of ancient and modern political philosophers and philosophies that remain vital today...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

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Product Description: In this, the twentieth volume in the Transaction series honoring distinguished social scientists of the twentieth century, the life and work of the eminent Swedish sociologist, Hans L. Zetterberg is featured. He has had a long and distinguished career in a number of fields including, sociology, publishing, private business and public policy...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

A major political analyst explores the deeply held but often inarticulated beliefs that make up the American creed. (view table of contents)

Product Description: From Algeria to Zimbabwe, this reference traces the history and development of democracy in Asia and Africa. It explores events - such as the first-ever direct election of an Israeli prime minister - to show the implications for democratic governance in these countries and their regions...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: From the Magna Carta (1215) to the Summit of the Americas Declaration of Principles (1994) this reference traces the growth of democracy in the West. It covers 39 countries and regions, offering information on the history and political state of each. (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: A collection of biographies of more than 100 important leaders whose actions and courage have spurred democracy from Ancient Greece to modern times.

Product Description: Will American Jews survive their success? Or will the United States' uniquely hospitable environment lead inexorably to their assimilation and loss of cultural identity? This is the conundrum that Seymour Lipset and Earl Raab explore in their wise and learned book about the American Jewish experience...read more

Product Description: With more than 400 entries the Encyclopedia of Democracy is the most comprehensive reference work available on the history and current state of democratic systems of government worldwide.Led by a prestigious editorial board, over 200 distinguished international scholars have produced an exhaustive survey of the key themes and issues of democratic theory and practice, from its beginnings in classical Greece to recent developments around the world, including the overthrow of communism in eastern Europe, the end of apartheid in South Africa, the issue of sovereignty in the European Union and the worldwide impact of mass media on democratic systems...read more

Product Description: In a careful analysis of the existing literature, the authors marshal an imposing array of evidence in support of their major argument that social mobility is an integral and continuing aspect of the process of industrialization. This classic volume continues to be a basic reference source in the field of occupational mobility...read more

Contrasts the U.S. and Canada in terms of politics, religion, social behavior and economy, and makes use of opinion polls, literature, and personal observations (view table of contents)

Product Description: In a landmark volume of new essays destined to reshape the parameters of future discourse on American Jews and their relationships to major ideologies and organization of our time, Lipset has brought together many of the finest social analysts of Jewish life—both in the United States and overseas...read more

Product Description: 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...read more