Party sociology

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Iconography of power: a party leader demonstrates leadership. Cardboard display in Passau, 2002

The party Sociology is a sub-discipline of political sociology and, with her to the special sociologies . Party sociologists research the interdependencies between political parties and society, as well as the mutual relationships between goals and the organizational structure of the parties. Thus, party sociology is also a sub-discipline of political science .

The classic of party sociology is Robert Michels , who published studies on the oligarchic tendencies of group life in political parties as early as 1911 .

literature

  • Robert Michels: On the sociology of the party system in modern democracy. Studies on the oligarchical tendencies of group life ( Philosophisch-Sociological Library. XXI). Klinkhardt, Leipzig 1911. 4th edition: Kröner, Stuttgart 1989, ISBN 978-3-520-25004-9 .
  • Kurt Lenk , Franz Neumann (ed.): Theory and Sociology of Political Parties , Neuwied / Berlin: Luchterhand, 1968 (second edition 1974).