Wiley-Blackwell Companion to P

1. Auflage 2012
ISBN: 978-1-4443-3093-9
Verlag: Wiley

Buch, Englisch, 640 Seiten, Format (B × H): 175 mm x 250 mm, Gewicht: 1272 g

Reihe: Blackwell Companions to Sociology

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

Autoren/Hrsg.

Amenta, Edwin

Nash, Kate

Scott, Alan

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Politische Soziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Kultur Politische Soziologie und Psychologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Notes on Contributors ix
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. Thom

Über Autor(innen)

Edwin Amenta 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. 

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.