The Handbook of Political Sociology: States, Civil Societies, and Globalization

by Edited by Thomas Janoski , Robert R. Alford , Alexander M. Hicks , Mildred A. Schwartz

• ISBN13: 9780521819909
• ISBN10: 0521819903
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2005-05-23
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Summary

This handbook provides the first 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.

Table of Contents

Preface	xi
Contributors	xv
Political Sociology in the New Millenium	1	(32)
Alexander M. Hicks
Thomas Janoski
Mildred A. Schwartz
PART I: THEORIES OF POLITICAL SOCIOLOGY
Rulemaking, Rulebreaking, and Power	33	(21)
Frances Fox Piven
Richard A. Cloward
Neopluralism and Neofunctionalism in Political Sociology	54	(18)
Alexander M. Hicks
Frank J. Lechner
Conflict Theories in Political Sociology	72	(24)
Axel van den Berg
Thomas Janoski
Institutionalist and State-Centric Theories of Political Sociology	96	(19)
Edwin Amenta
Culture, Knowledge, and Politics	115	(20)
James Jasper
Feminist Theorizing and Feminisms in Political Sociology	135	(18)
Barbara Hobson
The Linguistic Turn: Foucault, Laclau, Mouffe, and Zizek	153	(19)
Jacob Torfing
Rational-Choice Theories in Political Sociology	172	(15)
Edgar Kiser
Shawn Bauldry
Theories of Race and the State	187	(14)
David R. James
Kent Redding
PART II: CIVIL SOCIETY: THE ROOTS AND PROCESSES OF POLITICAL ACTION
Money, Participation, and Votes: Social Cleavages and Electoral Politics	201	(26)
Jeffrey Manza
Clem Brooks
Michael Sauder
Public Opinion, Political Attitudes, and Ideology	227	(20)
David L. Weakliem
Nationalism in Comparative Perspective	247	(19)
Liah Greenfeld
Jonathan R. Eastwood
Political Parties: Social Bases, Organization, and Environment	266	(21)
Mildred A. Schwartz
Kay Lawson
Organized Interest Groups and Policy Networks	287	(23)
Francisco J. Granados
David Knoke
Corporate Control, Interfirm Relations, and Corporate Power	310	(21)
Mark S. Mizruchi
Deborah M. Bey
Social Movements and Social Change	331	(19)
J. Craig Jenkins
William Form
Toward a Political Sociology of the News Media	350	(17)
Michael Schudson
Silvio Waisbord
PART III: THE STATE AND ITS MANIFESTATIONS
State Formation and State Building in Europe	367	(17)
Thomas Ertman
Transitions to Democracy	384	(20)
John Markoff
Revolutions and Revolutionary Movements	404	(19)
Jeffrey Goodwin
Regimes and Contention	423	(18)
Charles Tilly
Theories and Practices of Neocorporatism	441	(20)
Wolfgang Streeck
Lane Kenworthy
Undemocratic Politics in the Twentieth Century and Beyond	461	(21)
Viviane Brachet-Marquez
State Bureaucracy: Politics and Policies	482	(27)
Oscar Oszlak
PART IV: STATE POLICY AND INNOVATIONS
Comparative and Historical Studies of Public Policy and the Welfare State	509	(17)
Alexander M. Hicks
Gosta Esping-Andersen
Women, Gender, and State Policies	526	(20)
Joya Misra
Leslie King
The Politics of Racial Policy	546	(20)
Kent Redding
David R. James
Joshua Klugman
War, Miltarism, and States: The Insights and Blind Spots of Political Sociology	566	(21)
Gregory Hooks
James Rice
PART V: GLOBALIZATION AND POLITICAL SOCIOLOGY
Globalization	587	(20)
Philip McMichael
State Economic and Social Policy in Global Capitalism	607	(23)
Evelyn Huber
John D. Stephens
The Politics of Immigration and National Integration	630	(25)
Thomas Janoski
Fengjuan Wang
Counterhegemonic Globalization: Transnational Social Movements in the Contemporary Global Political Economy	655	(16)
Peter Evans
References	671	(114)
Name Index	785	(12)
Subject Index	797