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Record Nr.

UNINA9910144409503321

Autore

Nash Kate <1958->

Titolo

The Blackwell Companion to Political Sociology

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hoboken, : Wiley, 2008

ISBN

9786612122828

9781282122826

1282122827

9781780341743

1780341741

9780470696071

0470696079

9780470695326

0470695323

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (496 p.)

Collana

Blackwell companions to sociology

Altri autori (Persone)

ScottAlan

Disciplina

306.2

Soggetti

Globalization

Sociology

Political sociology

Political Science

Political Science Theory

Law, Politics & Government

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

The Blackwell Companion to Political Sociology; Contents; List of Contributors; Acknowledgments; Introduction; PART I APPROACHES TO POWER AND THE POLITICAL; 1 Developments in Marxist Theory; 2 Developments in Pluralist and Elite Approaches; 3 Rational Choice Approaches to Analyzing Power; 4 Power, Government, Politics; 5 Society, Morality, and Law: Jürgen Habermas; 6 A Political Sociology for Complex Societies: Niklas Luhmann; 7 "Postmodern" Political Sociology; 8 Studying Power; PART II THE STATE AND GOVERNANCE; Formation and Form; 9 Theories of State Formation; 10 Political Legitimacy



11 Gender and the StatePolitical Processes; 12 Administration, Civil Service, and Bureaucracy; 13 Policy Networks; 14 Parties and Political Intermediation; 15 Protest and Political Process; 16 The Media and Politics; Violence and the State; 17 The Political Sociology of War; 18 Revolution; 19 Terror Against the State; PART III THE POLITICAL AND THE SOCIAL; State and Civil Society; 20 Civil Society and the Public Sphere; 21 Trust and Social Capital; 22 Markets and States; 23 Markets Against States: Neo-liberalism; The Politics of Collective Identity and Action

24 Beyond New Social Movements: Social Conflicts and Institutions25 The Politics of Ethnicity and Identity; 26 Imagined Communities; 27 Political Rituals; 28 The Politics of Popular Culture; 29 Body Politics; Citizenship; 30 Citizenship and Gender; 31 Postnational Citizenship: Reconfiguring the Familiar Terrain; 32 Governmentality and Citizenship; PART IV POLITICAL TRANSFORMATIONS; Democratization; 33 Transformation, Transition, Consolidation: Democratization in Latin America; 34 Feminism and Democracy; Postmodernization, Fragmentation, Globalization; 35 Postmodernization

36 Nationalism and Fragmentation Since 198937 A New Phase of the State Story in Europe; 38 The "Singapore Model": Democracy, Communication, and Globalization; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

The Blackwell Companion to Political Sociology brings together thirty-eight original essays covering the wide inter-disciplinary field of political sociology. Represents the most comprehensive overview available in the field of political sociology  Covers traditional questions as well as emerging topics including recent debates on gender, citizenship, and political identity Includes detailed editorial introduction, abstracts, further reading lists, and a consolidated bibliography.