Consensus and Conflict: Essays in Political Sociology

TitleConsensus and Conflict: Essays in Political Sociology
Publication TypeBook
Year of Publication1985
AuthorsLipset, S. M.
PublisherNew Brunswick, N.J. : Transaction Books
ISBN Number0887380514
Keywordsconsensus, Political sociology, Social conflict, value systems
Abstract

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.