Seymour Martin Lipset

(1922 -2006)

1. An American sociologist and political thinker (political sociology)
2. Studied democracy in comparative perspective
3. Pluralist and Empirical Approach

Books:

1. Political Man: The Social Bases of Politics - 1960
2. Party Systems and Voter Alignments - 1967 - with Stein Rokkan

Social Cleavages:

(Societal fault lines) by Rokkan & Lipset

1. European Societies: Rural/urban; center/periphery; worker/owner; church/state
2. Asian & African post-colonial States: Caste, ethnicity, language, Religion