Harold D. Lasswell on political sociology - Lasswell, Harold D. (Harold Dwight), 1902- (Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1977)
Elite analysis and the contextual approach: Shared subjectivity. Systemic analysis. Politics. The study of political elites.--The use of developmental constructs: The configurative analysis of the world value pyramids. Skill politics and skill revolution. The garrison state. The world revolution of our time.--Political communications: The wartime propaganda front. The vocation of propagandists. The strategy of revolutionary propaganda. Style in political communications. Why be quantitative? Communications research and public policy.--Political psychiatry: The triple appeal principle. The psychology of Hitlerism. Politics, personality, and culture. Political constitution and character.--Intellectuals and the political process: Policy and the intelligence function. The choice of sanctioning norms. Prototyping new political practices. The perspectives of revolutionary intellectuals.
Includes index.
Bibliography: p. 425-443.
Keywords: Political sociology