The handbook of political sociology : states, civil societies, and globalization / edited by Thomas Janoski [and others].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Janoski, Thomas, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Political sociology.

Civil society.

State, The.

Globalization.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxi, 815 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This Handbook provides a complete survey of the vibrant field of political sociology. Part I explores the theories of political sociology. Part II focuses on the formation, transitions, and regime structure of the state. Part III takes up various aspects of the state that respond to pressures from civil society.

Contents:

Political sociology in the new millenium / Alexander M. Hicks, Thomas Janoski, and Mildred A. Schwartz

pt. I. Theories of political sociology. Rule making, rulebreaking. and power / Frances Fox Piven and Richard A. Cloward

Neopluralism and neofunctionalism in political sociology / Alexander M. Hicks and Frank J. Lecher

Conflict theories in political sociology / Axel van den Berg and Thomas Janoski

Institutionalist and state-centric theories of political sociology / Edwin Amenta

Culture, knowledge, and politics / James Jasper

Feminist theorizing and feminism in political sociology / Barbara Hobson

The linguistic turn : Foucault, Laclau, Mouffe, and Žižek / Jacob Torfing

Rational-choice theories in political sociology / Edgar Kiser and Shawn Bauldry

Theories of race and the state / David R. James and Kent Redding.

pt. IV. State policy and innovations. Comparative and historical studies of public policy and the welfare state / Alexander M. Hicks and Gøsta Esping-Andersen

Women, gender, and state politics / Joya Mista and Leslie King

The politics of racial policy / Kent Redding, David R. James, and Joshua Klugman

War, militarism, and the states : the insights and blind spots of political sociology / Gregory Hooks and James Rice

pt. V. Globalizatiton and political sociology. Globalization / Philip McMichael

State economic and social policy in global capitalism / Evelyn Huber and John D. Stephens

The politics of immigration and national integration / Thomas Janoski and Fengjuan Wang

Counterhegemonic globalization : transnational social movements in the contemporary global political economy / Peter Evans.

pt. II. Civil society : the roots and processes of political action. Money, participation, and votes : social cleavages and electoral politics / Jeffrey Manza, Clem Brooks, and Michael Sauder

Public opinion, political attitudes, and ideology / David L. Weakliem

Nationalism in comparative perspective / Liah Greenfield and Jonathan R. Eastwood

Political parties : social bases, organization, and environment / Mildred A. Schwartz and Kay Lawson

Organized interest groups and policy networks / Francisco J. Granados and David Knoke

Corporate control, interfirm relations, and corporate power / Mark S. Mizruchi and Deborah M. Bey

Social movements and social change / J. Craig Jenkins and William Form

Toward a political sociology of the news media / Michael Schudson and Silvio Waisbord

pt. III. The state and its manifestations. State formation and state building in Europe / Thomas Ertman

Transitions to democracy / John Markoff

Revolutions and revolutionary movements / Jeffrey Goodman

Regimes and contention / Charles Tilly

Theories and practices of neocorporatism / Wolfgang Streeck and Lane Kenworthy

Undemocratic politics in the twentieth century and beyond / Viviane Brachet-Márquez

State bureaucracy : politics and policies / Oscar Oszlak.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references (p. 671-784) and index.

ISBN:

1-107-14530-9

0-511-12591-7

1-280-43069-9

0-511-81805-X

0-511-18183-3

1-78034-029-X

0-511-19889-2

0-511-29971-0

0-511-12505-4

OCLC:

70680219