Contents: PART 1: Theoretical Perspectives -- The Concept of Society: The Components and Their Interrelations -- Theoretical Orientations on Modern Societies -- PART 2: Historical Interpretations -- Democracy and Social Structure in Pre-Nazi Germany -- Some Sociological Aspects of the Fascist Movements -- Max Weber and the Contemporary Political Crisis -- The Problem of Controlled Institutional Change -- PART 3: Interpretations of American Politics -- Social Strains in America -- The Distribution of Power in American Society -- "Voting" and the Equilibrium of the American Political System -- The Mass Media and the Structure of American Society -- Full Citizenship for the Negro American? -- Order and Community in the International Social System -- PART 4: Theory and the Polity -- The Political Aspect of Social Structure and Process -- On the Concept of Political Power -- On the Concept of Influence -- On the Concept of Value-Commitments -- Polity and Society: Some General Considerations

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Contents: PART 1: Theoretical Perspectives -- The Concept of Society: The Components and Their Interrelations -- Theoretical Orientations on Modern Societies -- PART 2: Historical Interpretations -- Democracy and Social Structure in Pre-Nazi Germany -- Some Sociological Aspects of the Fascist Movements -- Max Weber and the Contemporary Political Crisis -- The Problem of Controlled Institutional Change -- PART 3: Interpretations of American Politics -- Social Strains in America -- The Distribution of Power in American Society -- "Voting" and the Equilibrium of the American Political System -- The Mass Media and the Structure of American Society -- Full Citizenship for the Negro American? -- Order and Community in the International Social System -- PART 4: Theory and the Polity -- The Political Aspect of Social Structure and Process -- On the Concept of Political Power -- On the Concept of Influence -- On the Concept of Value-Commitments -- Polity and Society: Some General Considerations

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