When initially published in 1972, Foundations of Political Sociology was acknowledged to be the first unified study of the field

Histories; 1: An Historical Introduction To Political Sociology; 2: A Theoretical Introduction to Political Sociology; 3: Political Progress: The Enlightenment Pivot; 4: Political Order: The Romantic Pivot; 5: Ideological and Historical Sources of Contemporary Total Politics; Systems; 6: Political Conservatism and Conservative Politics; 7: The Liberal Tradition and Evolutionary Politics; 8: Anarchism: From Natural Man to Political Man; 9: The Politicalization of Socialism; 10: The Militarization of Communism; 11: Fascism: A Twentieth-Century Mass Movement; Changes; 12: The Morphology of Modern Revolution; 13: The Morphology of Counterrevolution; 14: Militarization, Modernization and Mobilization; 15: Social Deviance and Political Marginality; Policies; 16: Social Science and Public Policy; 17: The Academy and the Polity; 18: Social Science Mandarins; 19: National Policy and Private Agency Research; 20: Deterrence Policies: From Academic Casebook to Military Codebook; Interests; 21: Power As The Measure of Political Man; 22: Political Realism: The Primacy of Interests Over Values; 23: The Working Class as Interest Group; 24: Race, Class And Ethnicity; Outcomes; 25: Political Bias and Social Analysis; 26: Social Alienation and Political Systems; 27: Political Marginality and Social Class in Historical Perspective