The Wiley-Blackwell Companion to Political Sociology is a complete reference guide, reflecting the scope and quality of the discipline, and highlighting emerging topics in the field. _ Global in focus, offering up-to-date topics from an interdisciplinary, international set of scholars addressing key issues concerning globalization, social movements, and citizenship _ The majority of chapters are new, including those on environmental politics, international terrorism, security, corruption, and human rights _ Revises and updates all previously published chapters to include new themes and topics…mehr
The Wiley-Blackwell Companion to Political Sociology is a complete reference guide, reflecting the scope and quality of the discipline, and highlighting emerging topics in the field. _ Global in focus, offering up-to-date topics from an interdisciplinary, international set of scholars addressing key issues concerning globalization, social movements, and citizenship _ The majority of chapters are new, including those on environmental politics, international terrorism, security, corruption, and human rights _ Revises and updates all previously published chapters to include new themes and topics in political sociology _ Provides an overview of scholarship in the field, with chapters working independently and collectively to examine the full range of contributions to political sociology _ Offers a challenging yet accessible and complete reference guide for students and scholarsHinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Edwin Amenta is Professor of Sociology, Political Science, and History, University of California, Irvine. He has published extensively on political sociology, social movements, historical and comparative sociology, and the news media. Kate Nash is Professor of Sociology at Goldsmiths, University of London and Faculty Fellow at the Center for Cultural Sociology, Yale University. She has published widely on political sociology and human rights. Alan Scott is Professor of Sociology, University Innsbruck (Austria) and Adjunct Professor, University of New England, NSW, Australia. He researches and publishes in the area of political and organizational sociology, and on social theory.
Inhaltsangabe
Notes on Contributors ix
Introduction xxi Edwin Amenta, Kate Nash and Alan Scott
PART I APPROACHES TO POWER AND POLITICS
1 Marxist Approaches to Power 3 Bob Jessop
2 Weber and Political Sociology 15 Peter Breiner
3 Durkheim and Durkheimian Political Sociology 27 Kenneth Thompson
4 Foucaultian Analysis of Power, Government, Politics 36 Barry Hindess
5 Historical Institutionalism 47 Edwin Amenta
6 Sociological Institutionalism and World Society 57 Evan Schofer, Ann Hironaka, David John Frank and Wesley Longhofer
7 Studying Power 69 John Scott
8 Comparative Political Analysis: Six Case-Oriented Strategies 78 Charles C. Ragin and Garrett Andrew Schneider
PART II STATES AND GOVERNANCE
A. Formation and Form
9 Theories of State Formation 95 Gianfranco Poggi
10 State 107 Desmond King and Patrick Le Gale`s
11 Political Legitimacy 120 David Beetham
12 Political Corruption 130 Donatella della Porta and Alberto Vannucci
B. Governance and Political Process
13 Parties and Interest Intermediation 144 Herbert Kitschelt
14 Interest Groups and Pluralism 158 David Knoke and Xi Zhu
15 Elections 168 Jeff Manza
C. Violence and States
16 War 180 Antoine Bousquet
17 Terrorism 190 Jeff Goodwin
18 Globalization and Security 204 Didier Bigo
19 Incarceration as a Political Institution 214 Sarah Shannon and Christopher Uggen
PART III THE POLITICAL AND THE SOCIAL
A. States and Civil Society
20 Culture, State and Policy 229 Brian Steensland and Christi M. Smith
21 Civil Society and the Public Sphere 240 Larry Ray
22 Trust and Social Capital 252 Arnaldo Bagnasco
23 The Media and Politics 263 John B. Thompson
B. The Politics of Identity and Action
24 Imagined Communities 273 Alan Finlayson
25 Gender, Power, Politics 283 Jonathan Dean
26 Class, Culture and Politics 294 Mike Savage
27 The Politics of Ethnicity and Identity 305 Aletta J. Norval
28 Race and Politics 315 John D. Skrentny and René Patnode
29 Nationalism: Its Role and Significance in a Globalized World 325 John Schwarzmantel
30 Religion and Political Sociology 336 Valérie Amiraux
31 Body Politics 347 Roberta Sassatelli
C. Citizenship
32 Citizenship and Welfare: Politics and Social Policies 360 Sven Hort and Göran Therborn
33 Citizenship and Gender 372 Ruth Lister
34 Post-national Citizenship: Rights and Obligations of Individuality 383 Yasemin NuhogØlu Soysal
PART IV DEMOCRACY AND DEMOCRATIZATION
A. Social Movements
35 Protest and Political Process 397 David S. Meyer
36 Global Social Movements and Transnational Advocacy 408 Valentine M. Moghadam
37 Global Governance and Environmental Politics 421 Brenda Holzinger and Gabriela Kütting
38 Rural Social Movements 431 Marc Edelman
B. Structures of Participation
39 Towards a Political Sociology of Human Rights 444 Kate Nash
40 Democratization 454 Dietrich Rueschemeyer
41 Feminism and Democracy 466 Judith Squires
42 Democracy and Capitalism in the Wake of the Financial Crisis 478 Colin Crouch