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The study of politics has been profoundly influenced in the post-war era by the introduction of concepts and explanations that highlight the role of culturally determined norms and values in shaping the political process.This study examines three main perspectives from which the social sciences are discussed, and compares the divergent theories by which social, economic, and political phenomena may be explained. Rational-choice theory is contrasted with the structuralist and the culturalist perspectives. The controversy is then given substance through the introduction of three issues central

Consensus (Social sciences). --- Great Britain -- Economic conditions. --- Right of property -- Great Britain. --- Consensus (Social sciences) --- Legitimacy of governments --- Capitalism --- Right of property --- Protestantism --- Governments, Legitimacy of --- Legitimacy (Constitutional law) --- Revolutions --- Sovereignty --- State, The --- General will --- Political stability --- Regime change --- Authority --- Common good --- Power (Social sciences) --- Christianity --- Church history --- Protestant churches --- Reformation --- Ownership of property --- Private ownership of property, Right of --- Private property, Right of --- Property, Right of --- Property rights --- Right of private ownership of property --- Right of private property --- Right to property --- Civil rights --- Property --- Law and legislation