The Wiley-blackwell Companion to Political Sociology

by Amenta, Edwin; Nash, Kate; Scott, Alan

• ISBN13: 9781444330939
• ISBN10: 1444330934
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2012-04-23
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

Summary

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 scholars

Author Biography

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 in the School of Cognitive, Behavioural and Social Sciences, University of New England, New South Wales, Australia. He researches and publishes in the area of political and organizational sociology, and social theory.

Table of Contents

Notes on Contributors	p. ix
Introduction	p. xxi
Approaches to Power and Politics
Marxist Approaches to Power	p. 3
Weber and Political Sociology	p. 15
Durkheim and Durkheimian Political Sociology	p. 27
Foucaultian Analysis of Power, Government, Politics	p. 36
Historical Institutionalism	p. 47
Sociological Institutionalism and World Society	p. 57
Studying Power	p. 69
Comparative Political Analysis: Six Case-Oriented Strategies	p. 78
States and Governance
Formation and Form
Theories of State Formation	p. 95
State	p. 107
Political Legitimacy	p. 120
Political Corruption	p. 130
Governance and Political Process
Parties and Interest Intermediation	p. 144
Interest Groups and Pluralism	p. 158
Elections	p. 168
Violence and States
War	p. 180
Terrorism	p. 190
Globalization and Security	p. 204
Incarceration as a Political Institution	p. 214
The Political and the Social
States and Civil Society
Culture, State and Policy	p. 229
Civil Society and the Public Sphere	p. 240
Trust and Social Capital	p. 252
The Media and Politics	p. 263
The Politics of Identity and Action
Imagined Communities	p. 273
Gender, Power, Politics	p. 283
Class, Culture and Politics	p. 294
The Politics of Ethnicity and Identity	p. 305
Race and Politics	p. 315
Nationalism: Its Role and Significance in a Globalized World	p. 325
Religion and Political Sociology	p. 336
Body Politics	p. 347
Citizenship
Citizenship and Welfare: Politics and Social Policies	p. 360
Citizenship and Gender	p. 372
Post-national Citizenship: Rights and Obligations of Individuality	p. 383
Democracy and Democratization
Social Movements
Protest and Political Process	p. 397
Global Social Movements and Transnational Advocacy	p. 408
Global Governance and Environmental Politics	p. 421
Rural Social Movements	p. 431
Structures of Participation
Towards a Political Sociology of Human Rights	p. 444
Democratization	p. 454
Feminism and Democracy	p. 466
Democracy and Capitalism in the Wake of the Financial Crisis	p. 478
References	p. 491
Index	p. 565
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