SCHOOLmOFmARTSmANDmSOCIALmSCIENCEm
YEARmONEmSEMESTERmONE,m2021
Lecturer:mWilfredmChacha.mContacts:m0725942485mEmail:
COURSEmCODE:mBPPSm113mmmCOURSEmTITLE:mINTRODUCTIONmTOmPOLITICALmSOCIOLOGYm
COURSEmOUTLINEm
COURSEmCONTENT
TOPICmONEm
▪ Introductionm
▪ MeaningmAndmDefinitionsmOfmPoliticalmSciencem
▪ GrowthmAndmEmergencemOfmPoliticalmSociology
▪ ScopemOfmPoliticalmSociology
▪ GrowthmAndmEmergencemOfmPoliticalmSociology
TOPICmTWO
TheoriesmOfmPoliticalmSociology:mmMarxianmAndmWebarianm
▪ KarlmMarx
▪ Weber
▪ EvolutionmOfmStructuralmFunctionalmApproach
▪ GamemTheory
TOPICmTHREE:m
mmmConceptualmAndmDistributivemAnalysis:mPower,mAuthoritymAndmInfluence-Themmm
mmmmm ProblemmOfmValue-FactmDichotomy
▪ Powerm
▪ Authority-Power
▪ Influencem–Power
▪ ElitemTheoriesmofmPowe
, TOPICmFOUR
mmmmmmm PoliticalmCulturem
▪ PoliticalmCulture
▪ MeaningmAndmInterpretationsmOfmPoliticalmCulture
▪ ComponentsmofmPoliticalmCulturem
▪ TypesmofmpoliticalmCulturem
▪ ObjectsmofmPoliticalmCulturem
▪ ImportancemofmPoliticalmCulturesminmampoliticalmsystemm
TOPICmFIVEm
mmmmmmmmm PoliticalmSocializationm
▪ MeaningmofmPoliticalmSocialization
▪ TypesmofmPoliticalmSocialization
▪ FunctionsmofmPoliticalmSocializationm
▪ AgentsmofmPoliticalmSocializationm
mmmmmmmmmm TOPICmSIX
mPoliticalmParticipationm
▪ DefinitionmofmPoliticalmparticipation
▪ ActivitiesmofmPoliticalmparticipation
▪ Politicalmparticipation;mCausalmfactorsm
▪ Determinantsmofmpoliticalmparticipation
ReferencesmandmLearningmMaterialsm
Marx,mKarl.m1978.m“ThemEighteenthmBrumairemofmLouismBonaparte”minmThemMarx-
EngelsmReader,mSecondmEdition.mNewmYork:mEEmNorton.mPp.m594-617
Weber,mMax.m1958.m“PoliticsmasmamVocation”minmFrommMaxmWeber:mEssaysminmSociology.mNewmYork:mOxf
ordmUniversitymPress.mPp.m77-128.
Furthermreadings:m
Marx,mKarlmandmFriedrichmEngels.m1978.m[1848].m“ThemCommunistmManifesto”minmThemMarx-
EngelsmReader,mSecondmEdition.mNewmYork:mEEmNorton.m(Pp.m469-483)
Michels,mRobert.m[1911]m1962.mPoliticalmParties:mamSociologicalmStudymofmthemOligarchicalmTendenciesmof
mModernmDemocracy.mNewmYork:mFreemPress.
,Lipset,mSeymourmMartinmandmSteinmRokkan.m1967.mPartymSystemsmandmVotermAlignments:mCross-
NationalmPerspectives.mNewmYork:mFreemPress
Poulantzaz,mNicos.m1975m[1968].mPoliticalmPowermandmSocialmClasses.mLondon:mVerso.mMiliband,mRalph.m1
969.mThemStateminmCapitalistmSociety.mLondon:mWeidenfeldm&mNicolson.
Skocpol,mTheda.mStatesmandmSocialmRevolutions:mAmComparativemAnalysismofmFrance,mRussiamandmChina.m
Cambridge:mCambridgemUniversitymPress.
Gould,mRoger.m1995.mInsurgentmIdentities:mClass,mCommunity,mandmProtestminmParismfromm1848mtomthemC
ommune.mChicago:mUniversitymofmChicago
Mann,mMichael.m1986.mThemsourcesmofmsocialmpower.mNewmYork:mCambridgemUniversitymPress.
Ertman,mThomas.m1997.mBirthmofmthemLeviathan:mBuildingmStatesmandmRegimesminmMedievalmandmEarlym
m
ModernmEurope.mCambridgemUniversitymPress.
m
GROWTHmANDmDEVELOPMENTmOFmPOLITICALmSCIENCEmANDmPOLITICALmSOCIOLOGY
, GROWTHmOFmPOLITICALmSCIENCEmASmAmDISCIPLINE
MeaningmandmDefinitionmofmPoliticalmScience:
ManymbooksmhavembeenmwrittenmonmPoliticalmSciencembymthememinentmwritersmandmdifferentmdefi
nitionsmhavembeenmgiven.mThemOxfordmEnglishmDictionarymdefinedmPoliticalmSciencemasm“themscien
cemandmartmofmgovernment,mthemsciencemdealingmwithmform,morganizationmandmadministrationmof
m themstatemormpartmofmonemwithmthemregulationmofmitsmrelationmwithmothermStates”.
ThismdiversityminmdefiningmPoliticalmSciencemismduemtomthemvaryingmscopemofmPoliticalmScienceminmd
ifferentmtimes.mSincemitsmemergencemasmamscientificmstudy,mPoliticalmSciencemhasmbeenmgrowingmi
nmitsmscope.mHencemthemoldmdefinitionsmofmPoliticalmSciencemcannotmsuitmthemtwenty-
firstmcenturymversionmofmPoliticalmScience.mOnemmaymfurthermexaminemsomemstandardmdefinitions
m ofmPoliticalmScience,mgivenmbymeminentmpoliticalmscientists.
Gettell:m“PoliticalmSciencemdealsmwithmthemassociationsmofmhumanmbeingsmthatmformmpoliticalmuni
ts,mwithmthemorganizationmofmtheirmgovernmentsmandmwithmactivitiesmofmthesemgovernmentsminmm
akingmandmadministeringmlawminmcarryingmonminter-statemrelations.”
Caitlin:m“Formthemtextmbooks,mpoliticsmmeansmeithermthemactivitiesmofmpoliticalmlifemormthemstudymo
fmthesemactivities.mAndmthesemactivitiesmaremgenerallymtreatedmasmactivitiesmofmthemvariousmorgans
m ofmgovernment.”
Bluntschli:m“PoliticalmSciencemismthemsciencemwhichmismconcernedmwithmthemState,mwhichmendeav
oursmtomunderstandmandmcomprehendmthemStateminmitsmfundamentalmconditions,minmitsmessentialm
nature,mitsmvariousmformsmofmmanifestations,mitsmdevelopment”.
Seeley:m“PoliticalmScienceminvestigatesmthemPhenomenamofmGovernmentmasmPoliticalmEconomymd
ealsmwithmwealth.mBiologymwithmlife,mAlgebramwithmnumbersmandmGeometrymwithmspacemandmmag
nitude”.
PaulmJanet:m“PoliticalmSciencemismthatmpartmofmsciencemwhichmtreatsmofmthemfoundationsmofmthemS
tate,mandmprinciplesmofmgovernment.”
Laski:m“ThemstudymofmpoliticsmconcernsmitselfmwithmthemlifemofmmanminmrelationmtomorganizedmStat
es.”
DavidmEaston:m“PoliticalmSciencemismconcernedmwithmthemauthoritativemallocationmofmvaluesmforma
m society.”