02742nam 2200637Ia 450 991082364750332120200520144314.01-135-19560-91-282-25631-997866122563180-203-09229-5(CKB)1000000000773589(EBL)446762(OCoLC)442872520(SSID)ssj0000223838(PQKBManifestationID)11185334(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000223838(PQKBWorkID)10206779(PQKB)11590852(Au-PeEL)EBL446762(CaPaEBR)ebr10326739(CaONFJC)MIL225631(OCoLC)437143054(MiAaPQ)EBC446762(PPN)19846021X(EXLCZ)99100000000077358920720803d2009 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrPolitics and social insight[electronic resource] /Francis G. CastlesAbingdon, Oxon Routledge20091 online resource (122 p.)Routledge revivalsDescription based upon print version of record.0-415-56114-0 0-415-55751-8 Includes bibliography and index.Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; 1 Sociology and the discipline of politics; 2 The elementary forms of the political life; 3 On theory, evidence and insight; 4 Functionalism as metatheory; 5 The analysis of conflict as a metathepretical orientation; 6 Anomie and the theory of mass society; Notes and referecnes; Bibliography; IndexFirst published in 1971, this is a clear, straightforward introductory discussion of the importance of sociological knowledge, and particularly sociological theory, for the understanding of political life. The topics covered include sociology and the discipline of politics, the elementary forms of political life, and the relationship between theory, evidence and insight. Francis Castles also looks at functionalism and the analysis of conflict as sociological meta-theories, and at the idea of anomie and the theory of mass society. The book should be of prime interest to students of poRoutledge revivals.Political sociologyPolitical sciencePolitical sociology.Political science.320Castles Francis G(Francis Geoffrey),1943-297462MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910823647503321Politics and social insight3986390UNINA