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New Critical Writings in Political Sociology -Kate Nash, Alan Scott, Anna Marie Smith, Editors
Political Sociology: Power and Participation in the Modern World - Book by Anthony M. Orum, John G. Dale
Contemporary Political Sociology: Globalization, Politics, and Power - Book by Kate Nash
The New Political Sociology of Science: Institutions, Networks, and Power (Science and Technology in Society) - Book by Scott Frickel (Editor), Kelly Moore (Editor)
The Political Sociology of the Welfare State: Institutions, Social Cleavages, and Orientations (Studies in Social Inequality) - Book by Stefan Svallfors (Editor)
Reviews:
New Critical Writings in Political Sociology
- Book by Kate Nash (Editor), Alan Scott (Editor), Anna Marie Smith (Editor) Product Description: Political sociology studies how politics shapes and is shaped by society. With the advent of economic, political and cultural globalisation there has been a distinct shift away from state and class based theories towards cultural politics and postmodern approaches. The key topics include social movements, globalisation, citizenship and the changing nature of democracy. This essential collection comprises three volumes which reprint the most important and influential journal articles and papers in modern political sociology, with introductions to each volume by the series editors.The volumes are designed to improve access to the journal literature for libraries expanding their collections and provide scholars with a convenient and authoritative reference source. The collection provides a set of foundational writings, edited by well known scholars who are sensitive to the different currents of the debate in both the political science and sociology literatures.
By providing an overview of the post-1969 literature the collection avoids overlap with existing volumes and offers libraries the most up-to-date collection available.
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Political
Sociology: Power and Participation in the Modern World
Product Description: Thoroughly revised and updated in this fifth edition, Political
Sociology: Power and Participation in the Modern World illustrates the broad social bases
of politics and also shows how politics and governmental actions can influence the fate of
nations and their citizens. Providing insight into recent political sociological theories,
Anthony M. Orum and new coauthor John G. Dale help students make sense of the many major
social and political changes taking place in the world today. They examine such timely
topics as the economy and politics, states and societies, civil society and politics,
basic forms of political rule, power and equality in modern America, political parties,
and citizen participation.
Bringing together a wide variety of perspectives and ideas, this unique text also
familiarizes students with recent scholarship on the American welfare state, social
networks, and the business world. Throughout, the authors provide students with current
assessments of popular incendiary topics, increasing their awareness and encouraging them
to become more involved in the material.
Classic and comprehensive, Political Sociology: Power and Participation in the Modern
World, Fifth Edition, is ideal for upper-level undergraduate courses in political
sociology.
Contemporary
Political Sociology: Globalization, Politics, and Power - Book by Kate Nash
This book thoroughly reviews recent work in political sociology, expanding the field to
deal with globalization, social movements, and citizenship in terms of the
"postmodern turn." This makes it very useful as a textbook. It is also a
contribution to political sociology, effectively redefining the field. It argues that an
understanding of cultural politics is necessary to appreciate both how the nation-state
has been displaced as the center of political activity and how it is now being reformed as
the internationalized state. An understanding of cultural politics enables political
sociology to grasp existing potential for the democratization of contemporary social
practices.
Review
"The book is structured around several interrelated themes: the implications of
globalization on nation-state sovereignty; the role of social movements in advancing a new
cultural politics; citizenship reconsidered by taking into account the respective roles of
race and ethnicity, social class, gender, and sexual orientation; and competing visions
regarding the democratic prospect. Nash's approach is to offer overviews of the work of
particular theorists, raise certain problems, and relate these to other theorists. The
result is an excellent survey of the theoretical landscape." P. Kivisto, Augustana
College, Illinois.
"this is a most thorough and refreshingly unorthodox outline of 'new political
sociology' and marks a paradigmatic shift away form the traditional focus on authority,
nation-state, party, class, and domination. Nash sets a new cultural-political focus on
discursive power, identity politics, and democratization." Jan Pakulski, University
of Tasmania
"this is a superb book which should become standard reading for students and scholars
alike. It is, at once, a clear and accessible introduction to the new political sociology
and an important argument in its own right. Above all, Nash demonstrates the significance
of contemporary political sociology as a response to , and resource for, political
action." David Owen, University of Southampton
"This text offers a perspective on the 'new' political sociology for the next
generation of students and professors. Addressing the key debates of the time, Nash
surveys the field with great intelligence ad insight. I couldn't imagine a better critical
introduction to contemporary politics and society." Steven Seidman, State University
of new York at Albany
The
New Political Sociology of Science: Institutions, Networks, and Power (Science and
Technology in Society) - Book by Scott Frickel (Editor), Kelly Moore (Editor)
Review: “An important work that continues a movement within studies of science and
technology toward more active engagement with issues of equity and social
change.”—Edward J. Hackett, Arizona State University
“By foregrounding the world beyond the laboratory, The New Political Sociology of
Science signals an important reorientation within the sociology of science. With strong
contributions from an impressive collection of scholars, the volume more than delivers on
its title, illuminating the diverse ways in which scientific research is shaped by
interactions with markets, movements, and states.”—Elisabeth Clemens, University
of Chicago
The
Political Sociology of the Welfare State: Institutions, Social Cleavages, and Orientations
(Studies in Social Inequality) - Book by Stefan Svallfors (Editor)
Review: "One does not generally look to edited volumes for marked advances in the
sophistication of analysis and wholly original treatments of the subject-matter of a
discipline, but that is what we have here... it deepens and extends our understanding of
the workings of welfare politics by demonstrating how institutional arrangements and
public policies feedback to shape and reshape political attitudes and
orientations."—Acta Sociologica
"Drawing on survey data, this remarkably coherent volume is a must-read for anyone
interested in the politics of the welfare state in advanced capitalist countries. How do
welfare systems and other national-level institutions affect the salience of social class
for individual attitudes? In addressing this question, the contributors also explore how
the process of welfare-state retrenchment over the last twenty years has affected the
salience of social class. Methodologically, the volume provides state-of-the-art examples
of how to model the interaction of individual-level and system-level effects. The volume
offers up many fascinating insights about the determinants of individual attitudes towards
inequality and the public provision of social welfare."—Jonas Pontusson,
Princeton University
"This useful collection of essays seeks to develop a comparative European political
sociology... The chapters are solidly researched and concisely argued."—CHOICE
POLITICAL SOCIOLOGY - SEYMOUR MARTIN LIPSET