Harold D. Lasswell's pioneering work in the field of political sociology is distinguished by his insistence on studying major contemporary problems, his willingness to try new methods of inquiry, and above all his conviction that, to understand events on the political stage, one must also analyze the social and historical context. From the huge corpus of Lasswell's work, Dwaine Marvick has chosen representative selections that demonstrate the wide range of his interests, the intellectual framework of this thought, the characteristics of his style, and the diversity of his methods. The volume is organized around the five fields of central interest to Lasswell: elite analysis in an contextual perspective, developmental constructs, political communications research, the use of psychoanalysis to explain political behavior, and the role of intellectuals in policy-making processes.
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- ISBN10 0226469212
- ISBN13 9780226469218
- Publish Date 1 August 1980 (first published 1 August 1977)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 10 September 2005
- Publish Country US
- Imprint University of Chicago Press
- Edition New edition
- Format Paperback
- Pages 462
- Language English