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American Exceptionalism

A Double-edged Sword

By: Seymour Martin Lipset

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American Exceptionalism

A Double-edged Sword

By: Seymour Martin Lipset

Is America unique? One of our major political analysts explores the deeply held but often unarticulated beliefs that shape the American creed. "(A) magisterial attempt to distill a lifetime of learning about America into a persuasive brief . . . (by) the dean of American political sociologists".--Carlin Romano, "Boston Globe".

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0393316149

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9780393316148

The Democratic Century

By: Seymour Martin Lipset,Jason M. Lakin

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The Democratic Century

By: Seymour Martin Lipset,Jason M. Lakin

In this study on democracy and democratic systems, two scholars offer an expansive view of democratic systems and explain why democracy has succeeded in some countries and has failed in others.

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University of Oklahoma Press

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0806136189

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Rebellion in the University

By: Seymour Martin Lipset

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Rebellion in the University

By: Seymour Martin Lipset

Political activity and student unrest have been recurring phenomena in American universities even after they reached their apogee in the 1960s. In Rebellion in the University, Seymour Martin Lipset reviews that turbulent period and places it in a larger historical perspective. He analyzes the source of student activism, the roles played by the faculty, the spectrum of campus political opinion, and the history of American campus protest. Two decades after this book was first written, the academic community is once more sharply divided over issues of political correctness. The term refers to the efforts by campus advocates of leftist politics to control the content of speech, courses, and appointments, and to impose their views with respect to multiculturalism, minority rights, and feminism. Lipset's new introduction is a major effort to account for this new wave of repressive moralism, to explain the issues involved, to locate sources of support and opposition, and to voice a judgment about the current situation in the American academic community.

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1412832756

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The First New Nation

The United States in Historical and Comparative Perspective

By: Seymour Martin Lipset

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The First New Nation

The United States in Historical and Comparative Perspective

By: Seymour Martin Lipset

The United States was the first major colony to revolt successfully against colonial rule. In this sense, it was the first "new nation." To see how, in the course of American history, its values took shape in institutions may help us to understand some of the problems faced by the new nations emerging today on the world scene. In The First New Nation, two broad themes occupy Seymour Martin Lipset's attention: the social conditions that make a stable democracy possible, and the extent to which the American experience was representative or exceptional. The volume is divided into three parts, each of which deals with the role of values in a nation's evolution, but each approaches this role from a different perspective. Part 1, "America as a New Nation," compares early America with today's emerging nations to discover problems common to them as new nations, and analyzes some of the consequences of a revolutionary birth for the creation of a national character and style. Part 2, "Stability in the Midst of Change," traces how values derived from America's revolutionary origins have continued to influence the form and substance of American institutions. Lipset concentrates on American history in later periods, selecting for discussion as critical cases religious institutions and trade unions. Part 3, "Democracy in Comparative Perspective," attempts to show by comparative analysis some ways through which a nation's values determine its political evolution. It compares political development in several modern industrialized democracies, including the United States, touching upon value patterns, value differences, party systems, and the bases of social cleavage.

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1412836840

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Agrarian Socialism

The Cooperative Commonwealth Federation in Saskatchewan: A Study in Political Sociology

By: Seymour Martin Lipset

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Agrarian Socialism

The Cooperative Commonwealth Federation in Saskatchewan: A Study in Political Sociology

By: Seymour Martin Lipset

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1950.

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University of California Press

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0520331125

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9780520331129

It Didn't Happen Here

Why Socialism Failed in the United States

By: Seymour Martin Lipset,Gary Marks

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It Didn't Happen Here

Why Socialism Failed in the United States

By: Seymour Martin Lipset,Gary Marks

Why socialism has failed to play a significant role in the United States - the most developed capitalist industrial society and hence, ostensibly, fertile ground for socialism - has been a critical question of American history and political development. This study surveys the various explanations for this phenomenon of American political exceptionalism.

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0393322548

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9780393322545

Revolution and Counterrevolution

Change and Persistence in Social Structures

By: Seymour Martin Lipset

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Revolution and Counterrevolution

Change and Persistence in Social Structures

By: Seymour Martin Lipset

This collection of Lipset's major essays in political sociology is in a real sense a follow-up or sequel to Political Mind and The First New Nation. It provides a broad panorama of continuing interest, developing a sociological perspective in comparative and historical analysis, with particular reference to politics, modernization, and social stratification. Robert E. Scott in The Midwest Journal of Political Science, said "this book has an essential unity. The subjects discussed are interesting and important to the political scientists and the observations offered stimulating and significant. Both the student and the mature scholar can benefit." Professor Lipset describes this collection of his major essays in political sociology, as "in a real sense a follow-up or sequel to Political Man and The First New Nation. This volume provides a broad panorama of continuing interest, developing a sociological perspective in comparative and historical analysis, with particular reference to politics, modernization, and social stratification. The opening section of the book contains, in addition to a valuable new introductory chapter, essays that interpret varying levels of socioeconomic development in the United States, Canada, and Latin America. Other essays deal with such matters as the contrasting modes of modernization in Europe and Asia, the role of values and religious beliefs in the emergence of political systems, the effect of religion on American politics from the founding of the Republic to the present. A concluding section analyzes major works of political sociology in the light of contemporary ideas. Many chapters have been revised to include recent data. Seymour Martin Lipset is Munro Distinguished Professor of Political Science and Sociology at Stanford University, and Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution on War, Revolution, and Peace. Prior to his current appointment, he was Markham Professor of Government and Sociology at Harvard University. Among his many books are Political Man; Agrarian Socialism; Consensus and Conflict in Political Sociology. In addition, he has co-authored The Politics of Unreason; Dialogues in American Politics; and Union Democracy.

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1412833256

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Continental Divide

The Values and Institutions of the United States and Canada

By: Seymour Martin Lipset

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Continental Divide

The Values and Institutions of the United States and Canada

By: Seymour Martin Lipset

Seymour Martin Lipset's highly acclaimed work explores the distinctive character of American and Canadian values and institutions. Lipset draws material from a number of sources: historical accounts, critical interpretations of art, aggregate statistics and survey data, as well as studies of law, religion and government. Drawing a vivid portrait of the two countries, Continental Divide represents some of the best comparative social and political research available.

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1136639810

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Democracy and the Organization of Political Parties

Volume 1

By: M Ostrogorski,Seymour Martin Lipset

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Democracy and the Organization of Political Parties

Volume 1

By: M Ostrogorski,Seymour Martin Lipset

Democracy and the Organization of Political Parties, originally published in 1902, represented the first serious attempt to analyze the consequences of democratic suffrage by a comparative analysis of political systems. As such, Ostrogorski's two-volume study of the party system in Britain and the United States exerted profound influence on the subsequent writings of Max Weber and Robert Michels. A descriptive analyst of the party system in these two countries, Ostrogorski developed concepts and methods that an-ticipated by nearly half a century those later used by American and British political scientists. The core of Ostrogorski's analysis is a detailed history of the rise of and changes within the party system in Britain and the United States, the first nations to introduce mass suffrage. While the emphasis of Democracy and the Organization of Political Parties is on the similar trends in the political parties of both countries, Ostrogorski also showed concern with the sources of differences between them. Seeking to explain these variations, he suggested a number of fundamental hypotheses about these two societies that con-tinue to be of relevance today. Lipset's substantial introduction places Os-trogorski's work within its historical context and assesses Ostrogorski's im-pact and influence on both his contemporaries and on later political scien-tists.

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1351522930

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Consensus and Conflict

Essays in Political Sociology

By: Seymour Martin Lipset

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Consensus and Conflict

Essays in Political Sociology

By: Seymour Martin Lipset

The first of two volumes of Seymour Martin Lipsit's major papers deals with social and political conflict and, to a lesser extent, the way in which value systems and political institutions maintain order and consensus. Together these papers expound Lipset's thesis that, although all complex societies are characterized by a high degree of internal tension and conflict, consensual institutions and values are necessary conditions for their persistence.

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The Politics of Unreason

Right-wing Extremism in America, 1790-1977

By: Seymour Martin Lipset,Earl Raab

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The Politics of Unreason

Right-wing Extremism in America, 1790-1977

By: Seymour Martin Lipset,Earl Raab

Traces the phenomenon of right-wing radicalism in America from 1790 to the extremism and backlash sentiments of the 1970s

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0226484572

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The Democratic Century

By: Seymour Martin Lipset,Jason M. Lakin

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The Democratic Century

By: Seymour Martin Lipset,Jason M. Lakin

In this study on democracy and democratic systems, two scholars offer an expansive view of democratic systems and explain why democracy has succeeded in some countries and has failed in others.

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The First New Nation

The United States in Historical and Comparative Perspective

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The United States in Historical and Comparative Perspective

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The Paradox of American Unionism

Why Americans Like Unions More Than Canadians Do, But Join Much Less

By: Seymour Martin Lipset,Noah M. Meltz

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The Paradox of American Unionism

Why Americans Like Unions More Than Canadians Do, But Join Much Less

By: Seymour Martin Lipset,Noah M. Meltz

Why have Americans, who by a clear majority approve of unions, been joining them in smaller numbers than ever before? This book answers that question by comparing the American experience with that of Canada, where approval for unions is significantly lower than in the United States, but where since the mid-1960s workers have joined organized labor to a much greater extent. Given that the two countries are outwardly so similar, what explains this paradox? This book provides a detailed comparative analysis of both countries using, among other things, a detailed survey conducted in the United States and Canada by the Ipsos-Reid polling group.The authors explain that the relative reluctance of employees in the United States to join unions, compared with those in Canada, is rooted less in their attitudes toward unions than in the former country's deep-seated tradition of individualism and laissez-faire economic values. Canada has a more statist, social democratic tradition, which is in turn attributable to its Tory and European conservative lineage. Canadian values are therefore more supportive of unionism, making unions more powerful and thus, paradoxically, lowering public approval of unions. Public approval is higher in the United States, where unions exert less of an influence over politics and the economy.

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1501727699

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Continental Divide

The Values and Institutions of the United States and Canada

By: Seymour Martin Lipset

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The Values and Institutions of the United States and Canada

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The Paradox of American Unionism

Why Americans Like Unions More Than Canadians Do, But Join Much Less

By: Seymour Martin Lipset,Noah M. Meltz

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Why Americans Like Unions More Than Canadians Do, But Join Much Less

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Agrarian Socialism

The Cooperative Commonwealth Federation in Saskatchewan: A Study in Political Sociology

By: Seymour Martin Lipset

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The Cooperative Commonwealth Federation in Saskatchewan: A Study in Political Sociology

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Social Mobility in Industrial Society

By: Seymour Martin Lipset,Reinhard Bendix

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Social Mobility in Industrial Society

By: Seymour Martin Lipset,Reinhard Bendix

Where else but in America," captains of industry are fond of saying, "could a penniless immigrant like Andrew Carnegie achieve so much?" "Any place else that has reached the same stage of industrial development," is the answer implicit in Social Mobility. The authors conclude, somewhat surprisingly, that is not noticeably easier to pull oneself up by the bootstraps in the "Land of Opportunity" than it is in a number of other countries. The very process of industrialization, with its growing demands for skilled management, prevents an elite in any nation form permanently establishing itself in a position of exclusive superiority. Even in states where neither political institutions nor official ideologies favor upward mobility, increasing industrialization requires a growing--and, consequently, a changing--elite class. The authors are concerned primarily with mobility in the total population, with movements into and out of the working class, though they report extensively on the social origins of business leaders in various countries. They deal, too, with the different values of different societies and with the motivation of the socially mobile. Solidly based on examination of studies in more than ten languages and of raw data from unpublished works, this is the first attempt in thirty years to bring together in one volume what is known of social mobility around the world. Here is the first systematic comparison of mobility patterns in such diverse countries as Sweden and Italy, Great Britain and Japan--a comparison backed by statistics and given added meaning by discussions of the causes and consequences of mobility. The authors analyze in detail the political implications of mobility and they explore the relationship between education and mobility. Their discussions of factors making for success or failure in school, of the role of intelligence in mobility, of the effects on children of growing up in various environments, and of the varying personalities of the mobile and non-mobile bring together the work of both psychologists and sociologists. This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1959.

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