The Wiley-Blackwell Companion to Political Sociology
Blackwell Companions to Sociology
1. Edition March 2012
636 Pages, Hardcover
Wiley & Sons Ltd
Short Description
With contributions from an international, interdisciplinary group of leading scholars, 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. The Companion reflects advances in conceptual frameworks and covers key topics such as globalization, social movements, and citizenship. The volume contains abstracts for each chapter, further reading lists and a consolidated bibliography, making this an excellent guide for students and scholars.
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
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
References 491
Index 565
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.
