In this course we will survey some of the principal sub-areas of political sociology while paying special attention to disciplinary controversies, intellectual trajectories, and major contributions. Although political sociology overlaps with political science, political scientists tend to focus on institutions that are more official, entrenched, or legitimate (e.g., parties, constitutions, parliaments, electoral systems, judicial systems, armed forces, public administration, and interest groups). Putting things a bit too simply, political sociologists tend to examine the social determinants and social outcomes of political and quasi-political processes such as policymaking, class struggle, state formation, social inequality, and movement mobilization.