TY - BOOK T1 - Consensus and Conflict: Essays in Political Sociology Y1 - 1985 A1 - S. M. Lipset KW - consensus KW - Political sociology KW - Social conflict KW - value systems AB -

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.

PB - New Brunswick, N.J. : Transaction Books SN - 0887380514 L2 - eng N1 - ID: nyu_aleph002729273; Includes bibliographies and index. ER -