The Blackwell Companion to Political Sociology [[electronic resource]]

• Autore: Nash Kate <1958->
• Pubblicazione: Hoboken, : Wiley, 2008
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (496 p.)
• Disciplina: 306.2
• Soggetto topico: Globalization; Sociology; Political sociology; Political Science; Political Science Theory; Law, Politics & Government
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: ScottAlan
• 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: The Blackwell Companion to Political Sociology
• ISBN: 1-282-12282-7; 1-78034-174-1; 9786612122828; 0-470-69607-9; 0-470-69532-3
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910144409503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Blackwell companions to sociology