Political sociology

The Political Sociology ( sociology or politics ) is a social science discipline that belongs to both the sociology and politics of science. It mainly deals with the relationship between politics and society. It is concerned in particular with the analysis of the first social / socio-structural conditions of political order and political action, 2 the structure and function of political institutions and the flow of political decision-making processes, and 3 of the effect of policy decisions and political structures of the society. Many writings of the sociological classics can already assign the policy sociology.

Survey

Important objects of political sociology are not limited to:

  • Political socialization
  • Political communication
  • Political attitudes
  • Political behavior ( political participation and voting behavior )
  • Political culture and values
  • Parties
  • Stakeholders
  • Social movements

Important theories within political sociology are:

  • Theory of cleavages (or cleavage structures) of Stein Rokkan and Seymour Martin Lipset
  • Theories of rational voting behavior (such as Anthony Downs: An Economic Theory of Democracy, 1957)
  • Marxist explanation (eg relationships, the causes of the Revolution of 1848 in " 18th Brumaire of Louis Bonaparte " )

It is important for the political sociology but also the internal life of parties (eg, Robert Michels ' of Bronze law of oligarchy and Moissei Yakovlevich Ostrogorskis Democracy and political parties ), the formation and change of political parties and the political behavior of the people.

In parts therefore overlaps with the political sociology comparative politics and political theory.

Data sources for social science analysis

Known secondary data pools for social scientific analyzes are:

Advocacy group Eurobarometer World Values Survey Duverger's law Gaetano Mosca
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