It is said that the disciplines of Sociology and Political Science are closely interwoven in their analysis of power, authority structures, administration and governance, and governance. Similarities between sociology and political science are many. Firstly political science relies heavily upon sociology for its basic theories and methods. For example in mid 20th century Michigen social psychologists and Parsonians at Harward significantly shaped political science agendas in political behaviour and political development respectively. Secondly, focal specialities in both the discipline borrowed from similar third party disciplines such as economics, history, anthropology and psychology. Thirdly, a large number of scholars such as Marx, Weber, Gramsci, Pareto and Mosca, etc. equally contribute to the growth and development of both the …show more content…
It is in this sense that we can say that Almond Coleman’s The Politics of Developing Areas (1960) and Rajni Kothari’s Politics in India (1970) are earlier examples of growing political Sociology. Resultantly, political sociology which is basically an outcome of intersection between sociology and political science, is relatively a newer branch of sociology, studies various political intuitions, groups and power dynamics in society. Political sociology, which we would elaborate in later section in this unit, also studies interest groups, political parties, administrative and bureaucratic behaviour, social legislations, state policies, reforms and political ideologies as its areas of the