Political Institutions formed Part Five of The Principles of Sociology, which deals with various social and political institutions. Spencer distinguishes between two main types of society: the militant resting on the basis of status, and the industrial resting on a basis of contract.
- ISBN10 1855067498
- ISBN13 9781855067493
- Publish Date 1 March 1999
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 30 June 2005
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Imprint Thoemmes Continuum
- Edition Facsimile of 1882 ed
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 542
- Language English