CiNii 図書 - The politics of mass society

The Politics of Mass Society explores the social conditions necessary for democracy and the vulnerabilities of large scale society to totalitarian systems. Mass movements mobilize people who are alienated from the social system, who do not believe in the legitimacy of the established order, and who are therefore ready to engage in efforts to destroy. Contrary to the psychological approach prevalent in European doctrines of mass movements, Kornhauser persuasively argues that social order is the critical factor. The greatest number of people available to mass movements are located in those segments of society that have the fewest ties to social order.The book draws on a wide range of materials - from classical political theory contemporary sociological analysis, historical and intuitional studies, public opinion surveys, and other published and unpublished data. Kornhauser selected political phenomena in organizations, communities, classes, and whole societies. He examined support for communism and fascism in a variety of countries in relation to rates of urbanization and, industrialization, employment, suicide and homicide, among other phenomena. In his new introduction, Irving Louis Horowitz identifies Kornhauser's book as a seminal work of the great tradition in political sociology at mid-twentieth century.Kornhauser points out that modern democratic systems possess a distinct vulnerability to mass movements. He spells out and identifies factors that tend to increase or decrease this vulnerability - not least the health and strength of elites. In this way, the book reveals new clues to the origins and nature of mass political movements. The Politics of Mass Society remains the most complete analytical account of the sociological approach to mass society in advanced industrial societies.

Part I Theory of Mass Society
Chapter 1 Two Views of Mass Society
Chapter 2 Conditions of Mass Society
Chapter 3 Structure of Mass Society
Chapter 4 Culture and Personality in Mass Society
Part II Social Sources Of Mass Movements
Chapter 5 Political Vulnerability of Mass Society
Chapter 6 Discontinuities in Authority
Chapter 7 Discontinuities in Community
Chapter 8 Discontinuities in Society
Part III Social Composition of Mass Movements
Chapter 9 Social Classes and Mass Movements
Chapter 10 Unattached Intellectuals
Chapter 11 Marginal Middle Classes
Chapter 12 Isolated Workers
Part IV Conclusion
Chapter 13 Mass Society and Democratic Order

巻冊次: : set ISBN 9780415178204

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Originally published between 1943 and 1969, titles in this set were written against a backdrop of rapid and radical political change. This set contains volumes by key political and sociological thinkers, including Bernard Crick. Covering topics as wide-ranging as European Federalism, Democracy and Dictatorship and Voting, these titles are as relevant today as when they were first published.

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