The Wiley-Blackwell companion to political sociology / edited by Edwin Amenta, Kate Nash, and Alan Scott.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Amenta, Edwin, 1957-

Nash, Kate, 1958-

Scott, Alan, 1956-

Wiley InterScience (Online service)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Political sociology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

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Place of Publication:

Hoboken, NJ : John Wiley & Sons, 2012.

System Details:

text file

Contents:

Political Sociology; Contents; Notes on Contributors; Introduction; PART I: APPROACHES TO POWER AND POLITICS; 1 Marxist Approaches to Power; 2 Weber and Political Sociology; 3 Durkheim and Durkheimian Political Sociology; 4 Foucaultian Analysis of Power, Government, Politics; 5 Historical Institutionalism; 6 Sociological Institutionalism and World Society; 7 Studying Power; 8 Comparative Political Analysis: Six Case-Oriented Strategies; PART II: STATES AND GOVERNANCE; A. Formation and Form; 9 Theories of State Formation; 10 State; 11 Political Legitimacy; 12 Political Corruption

B. Governance and Political Process13 Parties and Interest Intermediation; 14 Interest Groups and Pluralism; 15 Elections; C. Violence and States; 16 War; 17 Terrorism; 18 Globalization and Security; 19 Incarceration as a Political Institution; PART III: THE POLITICAL AND THE SOCIAL; A. States and Civil Society; 20 Culture, State and Policy; 21 Civil Society and the Public Sphere; 22 Trust and Social Capital; 23 The Media and Politics; B. The Politics of Identity and Action; 24 Imagined Communities; 25 Gender, Power, Politics; 26 Class, Culture and Politics

27 The Politics of Ethnicity and Identity28 Race and Politics; 29 Nationalism: Its Role and Significance in a Globalized World; 30 Religion and Political Sociology; 31 Body Politics; C. Citizenship; 32 Citizenship and Welfare: Politics and Social Policies; 33 Citizenship and Gender; 34 Post-national Citizenship: Rights and Obligations of Individuality; PART IV: DEMOCRACY AND DEMOCRATIZATION; A. Social Movements; 35 Protest and Political Process; 36 Global Social Movements and Transnational Advocacy; 37 Global Governance and Environmental Politics; 38 Rural Social Movements

B. Structures of Participation39 Towards a Political Sociology of Human Rights; 40 Democratization; 41 Feminism and Democracy; 42 Democracy and Capitalism in the Wake of the Financial Crisis; References; Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electronic reproduction. Hoboken, N.J. Available via World Wide Web.

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Print version: Wiley-Blackwell companion to political sociology.

ISBN:

9781444355093

1444355090

9781444355062

1444355066

Publisher Number:

99955199857

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