{"product_id":"the-wiley-blackwell-companion-to-political-sociology-isbn-9781444330939","title":"The Wiley-Blackwell Companion to Political Sociology","description":"\u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eWiley-Blackwell Companion to Political Sociology\u003c\/i\u003e is a complete reference guide, reflecting the scope and quality of the discipline, and highlighting emerging topics in the field. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e   \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eGlobal in focus, offering up-to-date topics from an interdisciplinary, international set of scholars addressing key issues concerning globalization, social movements, and citizenship\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eThe majority of chapters are new, including those on environmental politics, international terrorism, security, corruption, and human rights\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eRevises and updates all previously published chapters to include new themes and topics in political sociology\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eProvides an overview of scholarship in the field, with chapters working independently and collectively to examine the full range of contributions to political sociology\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eOffers a challenging yet accessible and complete reference guide for students and scholars\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e  Notes on Contributors ix  \u003cp\u003eIntroduction xxi\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eEdwin Amenta, Kate Nash and Alan Scott\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART I APPROACHES TO POWER AND POLITICS\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Marxist Approaches to Power 3\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eBob Jessop\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Weber and Political Sociology 15\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003ePeter Breiner\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Durkheim and Durkheimian Political Sociology 27\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eKenneth Thompson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Foucaultian Analysis of Power, Government, Politics 36\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eBarry Hindess\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Historical Institutionalism 47\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eEdwin Amenta\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Sociological Institutionalism and World Society 57\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eEvan Schofer, Ann Hironaka, David John Frank and Wesley Longhofer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Studying Power 69\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJohn Scott\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Comparative Political Analysis: Six Case-Oriented Strategies 78\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eCharles C. Ragin and Garrett Andrew Schneider\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART II STATES AND GOVERNANCE\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA. Formation and Form\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 Theories of State Formation 95\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eGianfranco Poggi\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 State 107\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eDesmond King and Patrick Le Gale`s\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 Political Legitimacy 120\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eDavid Beetham\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 Political Corruption 130\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eDonatella della Porta and Alberto Vannucci\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eB. Governance and Political Process\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13 Parties and Interest Intermediation 144\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eHerbert Kitschelt\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14 Interest Groups and Pluralism 158\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eDavid Knoke and Xi Zhu\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15 Elections 168\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJeff Manza\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eC. Violence and States\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16 War 180\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eAntoine Bousquet\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17 Terrorism 190\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJeff Goodwin\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18 Globalization and Security 204\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eDidier Bigo\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e19 Incarceration as a Political Institution 214\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eSarah Shannon and Christopher Uggen\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART III THE POLITICAL AND THE SOCIAL\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA. States and Civil Society\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e20 Culture, State and Policy 229\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eBrian Steensland and Christi M. Smith\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e21 Civil Society and the Public Sphere 240\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eLarry Ray\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e22 Trust and Social Capital 252\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eArnaldo Bagnasco\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e23 The Media and Politics 263\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJohn B. Thompson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eB. The Politics of Identity and Action\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e24 Imagined Communities 273\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eAlan Finlayson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e25 Gender, Power, Politics 283\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJonathan Dean\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e26 Class, Culture and Politics 294\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMike Savage\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e27 The Politics of Ethnicity and Identity 305\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eAletta J. Norval\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e28 Race and Politics 315\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJohn D. Skrentny and René Patnode\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e29 Nationalism: Its Role and Significance in a Globalized World 325\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJohn Schwarzmantel\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e30 Religion and Political Sociology 336\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eValérie Amiraux\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e31 Body Politics 347\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eRoberta Sassatelli\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eC. Citizenship\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e32 Citizenship and Welfare: Politics and Social Policies 360\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eSven Hort and Göran Therborn\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e33 Citizenship and Gender 372\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eRuth Lister\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e34 Post-national Citizenship: Rights and Obligations of Individuality 383\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eYasemin Nuhog˘lu Soysal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART IV DEMOCRACY AND DEMOCRATIZATION\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA. Social Movements\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e35 Protest and Political Process 397\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eDavid S. Meyer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e36 Global Social Movements and Transnational Advocacy 408\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eValentine M. Moghadam\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e37 Global Governance and Environmental Politics 421\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eBrenda Holzinger and Gabriela Kütting\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e38 Rural Social Movements 431\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMarc Edelman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eB. Structures of Participation\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e39 Towards a Political Sociology of Human Rights 444\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eKate Nash\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e40 Democratization 454\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eDietrich Rueschemeyer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e41 Feminism and Democracy 466\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJudith Squires\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e42 Democracy and Capitalism in the Wake of the Financial Crisis 478\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eColin Crouch\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 491\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 565\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e“Overall, The Wiley-Blackwell Companion to Political Sociologyis a well-conceived and well executed volume that demonstrates the breadth and depth of scholarship in the field.”  (\u003ci\u003eMobilization\u003c\/i\u003e, 1 June 2014)\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdwin Amenta\u003c\/b\u003e 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. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eKate Nash\u003c\/b\u003e 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. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlan Scott\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor in the\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eSchool 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.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Wiley-Blackwell Companion to Political Sociology\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eis a complete reference guide, reflecting the scope and quality of the discipline, and highlighting emerging topics in the field. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe essays, from an international, interdisciplinary group of leading scholars, build on each other, each including concepts, theories and case studies to investigate a topic and provide an overview of scholarship in the field. The book examines the full range of contributions to political sociology as never before.  \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Companion has been completely revised and expanded, to reflect advances in conceptual frameworks, and to deal in greater depth with topics related to globalization, social movements, and citizenship. New chapters reflect conceptual advances in the field, taking full account of developments over the last decade. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSociologists take various positions on the roots and consequences of political action, and the interdisciplinary nature of their debates make this an invaluable entry point into mapping and evaluating contemporary politics. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChallenging in content, the volume is nevertheless accessible, containing abstracts for each chapter, further reading lists, and a consolidated bibliography, making this both an excellent guide and complete reference for students and scholars.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47990367944933,"sku":"NP9781444330939","price":230.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781444330939.jpg?v=1761787540","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/the-wiley-blackwell-companion-to-political-sociology-isbn-9781444330939","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}