Contemporary Political Sociology Globalization, Politics and Power

Name: Contemporary Political Sociology Globalization, Politics and Power
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ISBN: 9781444330755

ISBN-10: 1444330756

ISBN-13: 9781444330755

Edition: 2nd 2010

Authors: Kate Nash

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The second edition of this popular book is a fully revised and updated introduction to developments in contemporary political sociology, and especially to the burgeoning literature on globalization. The discussion throughout concerns how, in order to understand contemporary politics, we need to be sensitive to the contestation of cultural meanings, and to their effects on social structuring and democratizing social action.The book focuses throughout on substantive areas of sociological research. There are updated chapters on: definitions of power and politics; macro-theories of globalization, including new discussions of global governance and state transformation, and of media and political…

Book details

List price: $30.95
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Limited
Publication date: 2/5/2010
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 304
Size: 6.82" wide x 9.70" long x 0.60" tall
Weight: 1.188
Language: English



Preface to the Second Edition



Changing Definitions of Politics and Power



The Marxist Tradition of Political Sociology



The Weberian Tradition of Political Sociology



The Durkheimian Tradition of Political Sociology



Focauldian Definitions of Power and Politics



Cultural Politics



Politics in a Small World



Explaining Globalization



State Transformation and Imperialism



We are the World?



Social Movements



Resource Mobilization Theory and Beyond



New Social Movement Theory: Conflict and Culture



Toward a Synthesis: the Definition of "Social Movement"



Global Social Movements



Citizenship



Citizenship, Social Class, and the Nation-State




Citizenship, Wealth, and Poverty



Citizenship, Sex, and Sexuality



Citizenship, Racialization, and Ethnicity



Post-National Citizenship?



Globalization and Democracy



Democracy in Crisis: Political Parties and Elections



Democracy, Human Rights, and International Political Institutions



Global Civil Society



Democracy and Cultural Politics?


Glossary


References


Index