The New Handbook of Political Sociology
The New Handbook of Political Sociology
Cedric de Leon , University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Joya Misra , University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Isaac William Martin , University of California, San Diego
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inc GSTPolitical sociology is a large and expanding field with many new developments, and The New Handbook of Political Sociology supplies the knowledge necessary to keep up with this exciting field. Written by a distinguished group of leading scholars in sociology, this volume provides a survey of this vibrant and growing field in the new millennium. The Handbook presents the field in six parts: theories of political sociology, the information and knowledge explosion, the state and political parties, civil society and citizenship, the varieties of state policies, and globalization and how it affects politics. Covering all subareas of the field with both theoretical orientations and empirical studies, it directly connects scholars with current research in the field. A total reconceptualization of the first edition, the new handbook features nine additional chapters and highlights the impact of the media and big data.
- Covers all the subareas of political sociology with both theoretical orientations and a strong basis in empirical studies of many topics
- Connects scholars with actual research being done on the subareas of sociology so that theory and research can be assessed together rather than simply relying on theory or critical endeavors
- Focuses strongly on the new impact of political parties through articulation theories, showing the refocusing of political sociology on how political parties shape public opinion and the demands of various groups in society
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'Readers who want to grasp vital contemporary issues of white supremacy; colonialism and empire; war and prisons; populism and xenophobia; and the intersecting hierarchies of gender, race, sexuality, and class that structure the limits and possibilities of social and political change and power will find this volume especially rewarding.' L. D. Brush, Choice
Product details
March 2020Hardback
9781107193499
1142 pages
234 × 156 × 57 mm
1.84kg
14 b/w illus. 8 tables
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Table of Contents
- Introduction. New directions in political sociology
- Part I. Theories of Political Sociology:
- 1. Power
- 2. Class, elite and conflict theories
- 3. The promise of field theory for the study of political institutions
- 4. Culture in politics and politics in culture: institutions, practices and boundaries
- 5. Political sociology and the post-colonial perspective
- 6. Gender, state, and citizenship: challenges and dilemmas in feminist theorizing
- 7. Theories of race, ethnicity, and the racial state
- 8. The convergence of culture and political economy? Bourdieu, Mann and institutional theory
- 9. Tasks of political sociology in the next ten years
- Part II. Media Explosion, Knowledge as Power, and Demographic Reversals:
- 10. 'Old' media, 'New' media, hybrid media, and the changing character of political participation
- 11. Information gathering, quantification, influence, reactivity and power
- 12. The light and dark sides of big data, web scraping and data harmonization
- 13. States, politics, and expertise
- 14. Towards a political sociology of demography
- Part III. The State and its Political Organizations:
- 15. The political economy of the capitalist state
- 16. States as institutions
- 17. Nation-state formation: power and culture
- 18. The political sociology of public finance and the fiscal sociology of politics
- 19. Politics, institutions and the carceral state
- 20. State transitions to democracy
- 21. Revolutions against the state
- Part IV. Civil Society: The Roots and Processes of Political Action:
- 22. The challenges of citizenship in civil society
- 23. Social movements
- 24. Political parties: from reflection to articulation and beyond
- 25. Machine politics and clientelism
- 26. The good, the bland and the ugly: volunteering and civic associations in political sociology
- 27. The politics of economic crisis: from voter retreat to the rise of new populisms
- 28. Public opinion and its impact on politics, voting and civil society
- 29. On the move: nationalism between left and right, and spreading into China
- Part V. Established and New State Policies and Innovations:
- 30. The evolution of fiscal and monetary policy
- 31. Welfare state policies and their effects
- 32. Sexuality, gender, and social policy
- 33. Immigration, asylum, integration and citizenship policy
- 34. Cosmopolitanism and political sociology: world citizenship, global governance, and human rights
- 35. War, terrorism and securitization while preserving democratic rights
- Part VI. Globalization and New and Bigger Sources of Power and Resistance:
- 36. Global political sociology and world-systems
- 37. Liberalizing trade and finance: corporate class agency and the neoliberal era
- 38. The racial state in and beyond the age of racial formation theory
- 39. Democracy and autocracy in the age of populism
- 40. Transnational movements.
