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The socio-political complex : an interdisciplinary approach to political life /

The Socio-political Complex: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Political Life details the various variables that contribute to the socio-political phenomena. The title emphasizes the motivational aspects that drive political behaviors. The text covers the psychological, anthropological, sociological,...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Khoshkish, A.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford ; New York : Pergamon Press, 1979.
Edición:1st ed.
Colección:Pergamon international library of science, technology, engineering, and social studies.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Front Cover; The Socio-Political Complex: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Political Life; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Preface; Chapter 1. Introduction; I. Policy and Polity; II. The Perspective; III. Scope of Political Science; IV. Political Science and Other Sciences; V. The Art; VI. The Sermon; Chapter 2. Beyond Aristotle's Political Animal
  • I. Physiological Drives; II. Psychological Drives; III. Sociological Needs; Chapter 3. Group Fermentations and Dynamics; I. The Individual and the Group; II. Group Association; III. Affectional and Functional Relations.
  • IV. Size and Nature of GroupsV. Family and Kinship, Clan and Tribe; VI. From Simpler to More Complex Groups; VII. The Range of group Identity; VIII. Group Integration; Chapter 4. Values and Related Matters; I. Interests; II. Interest-Value Insularity; III. Interest-Orienting Properties of Values; IV Interest-Justifying Properties of Values; V. Metaphysical and Material Variations of Values; Chapter 5. Crystallization of Values; I. Beliefs; II. Myths; III. Ideology; IV. The Belief-Myth-Ideology Spectrum; Chapter 6. Signs and Symbols, Rituals and Norms; I. From Signs to Symbols; II. Rituals.
  • III. Symbolic StratificationIV. Norms; V. Normative Interplay; Chapter 7. Value/Norm-Forming Agencies and Processes; I. Family; II. Family and Church; III. Family, Church and Education; IV. New Churches: Ideological and Mythical Systems; V. Mass Media; VI. Family, Church, Education, Party, Media and Peers; Chapter 8. Social Semantics; I. Choice; II. Temperaments and Valuational Congruity/Incongruity; III. Reference Groups; IV. From Conformity to Revolt; Chapter 9. Total Environment and Man; I. Man Explained; II. Man Organized; III. Man the Central Science; IV. Culture; Chapter 10. Power.
  • I. The Sources of PoweII. The Spheres of Power; Chapter 11. Political Culture; I. Conversion of Power into Authority; II. Transitional Period in the West; III. Western Evolution Towards Modernization; Chapter 12. The Modern West, or the Triumph of Bourgeois Nationalism; I. Fatalism and Concernment; II. Activism/Pacifism of Ruler and Ruled; III. Towards a National Bourgeoisie; Chapter 13. Polity; I. The State, Its Head and the Government; II. Pluralism; III. Constitution; Chapter 14. People and Government; I. Representation; II. Criteria For Popular Participation.
  • III. The ""Business"" of Government: Politicians and BureaucratsIV. The Role of Government; Epilogue; I. Institutional Turgescence; II. Authority Redundance; III. The Ideal/Real/Hypocritical Loop; Notes and References; Index.