This course is a graduate level introduction to the field of political sociology, concentrating on a survey of critical themes in the Weberian and Marxian orientations.
Political sociology is treated as the interrelationship of society and the state.
Modern, western states will be the focus. The relationship of society to the state is seen as both the context within which states act and the object of state action. In other words, the relationship is interactive. Theories of the state have concentrated on the effects of state action upon society. The main goal of the course is to examine the relationship of theories of power and theories of the state.