Wiley-Blackwell Companion to Political Sociology

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.

“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.”  (Mobilization, 1 June 2014)

• Notes on Contributors ix Introduction xxiEdwin Amenta, Kate Nash and Alan ScottPART I APPROACHES TO POWER AND POLITICS1 Marxist Approaches to Power 3Bob Jessop2 Weber and Political Sociology 15Peter Breiner3 Durkheim and Durkheimian Political Sociology 27Kenneth Thompson4 Foucaultian Analysis of Power, Government, Politics 36Barry Hindess5 Historical Institutionalism 47Edwin Amenta6 Sociological Institutionalism and World Society 57Evan Schofer, Ann Hironaka, David John Frank and Wesley Longhofer7 Studying Power 69John Scott8 Comparative Political Analysis: Six Case-Oriented Strategies 78Charles C. Ragin and Garrett Andrew SchneiderPART II STATES AND GOVERNANCEA. Formation and Form9 Theories of State Formation 95Gianfranco Poggi10 State 107Desmond King and Patrick Le Gale`s11 Political Legitimacy 120David Beetham12 Political Corruption 130Donatella della Porta and Alberto VannucciB. Governance and Political Process13 Parties and Interest Intermediation 144Herbert Kitschelt14 Interest Groups and Pluralism 158David Knoke and Xi Zhu15 Elections 168Jeff ManzaC. Violence and States16 War 180Antoine Bousquet17 Terrorism 190Jeff Goodwin18 Globalization and Security 204Didier Bigo19 Incarceration as a Political Institution 214Sarah Shannon and Christopher UggenPART III THE POLITICAL AND THE SOCIALA. States and Civil Society20 Culture, State and Policy 229Brian Steensland and Christi M. Smith21 Civil Society and the Public Sphere 240Larry Ray22 Trust and Social Capital 252Arnaldo Bagnasco23 The Media and Politics 263John B. ThompsonB. The Politics of Identity and Action24 Imagined Communities 273Alan Finlayson25 Gender, Power, Politics 283Jonathan Dean26 Class, Culture and Politics 294Mike Savage27 The Politics of Ethnicity and Identity 305Aletta J. Norval28 Race and Politics 315John D. Skrentny and René Patnode29 Nationalism: Its Role and Significance in a Globalized World 325John Schwarzmantel30 Religion and Political Sociology 336Valérie Amiraux31 Body Politics 347Roberta SassatelliC. Citizenship32 Citizenship and Welfare: Politics and Social Policies 360Sven Hort and Göran Therborn33 Citizenship and Gender 372Ruth Lister34 Post-national Citizenship: Rights and Obligations of Individuality 383Yasemin Nuhog˘lu SoysalPART IV DEMOCRACY AND DEMOCRATIZATIONA. Social Movements35 Protest and Political Process 397David S. Meyer36 Global Social Movements and Transnational Advocacy 408Valentine M. Moghadam37 Global Governance and Environmental Politics 421Brenda Holzinger and Gabriela Kütting38 Rural Social Movements 431Marc EdelmanB. Structures of Participation39 Towards a Political Sociology of Human Rights 444Kate Nash40 Democratization 454Dietrich Rueschemeyer41 Feminism and Democracy 466Judith Squires42 Democracy and Capitalism in the Wake of the Financial Crisis 478Colin CrouchReferences 491Index 565