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Notes on Contributors ix <p>Introduction xxi<br /> <i>Edwin Amenta, Kate Nash and Alan Scott</i></p> <p><b>PART I APPROACHES TO POWER AND POLITICS</b></p> <p>1 Marxist Approaches to Power 3<br /> <i>Bob Jessop</i></p> <p>2 Weber and Political Sociology 15<br /> <i>Peter Breiner</i></p> <p>3 Durkheim and Durkheimian Political Sociology 27<br /> <i>Kenneth Thompson</i></p> <p>4 Foucaultian Analysis of Power, Government, Politics 36<br /> <i>Barry Hindess</i></p> <p>5 Historical Institutionalism 47<br /> <i>Edwin Amenta</i></p> <p>6 Sociological Institutionalism and World Society 57<br /> <i>Evan Schofer, Ann Hironaka, David John Frank and Wesley Longhofer</i></p> <p>7 Studying Power 69<br /> <i>John Scott</i></p> <p>8 Comparative Political Analysis: Six Case-Oriented Strategies 78<br /> <i>Charles C. Ragin and Garrett Andrew Schneider</i></p> <p><b>PART II STATES AND GOVERNANCE</b></p> <p>A. Formation and Form</p> <p>9 Theories of State Formation 95<br /> <i>Gianfranco Poggi</i></p> <p>10 State 107<br /> <i>Desmond King and Patrick Le Gale`s</i></p> <p>11 Political Legitimacy 120<br /> <i>David Beetham</i></p> <p>12 Political Corruption 130<br /> <i>Donatella della Porta and Alberto Vannucci</i></p> <p>B. Governance and Political Process</p> <p>13 Parties and Interest Intermediation 144<br /> <i>Herbert Kitschelt</i></p> <p>14 Interest Groups and Pluralism 158<br /> <i>David Knoke and Xi Zhu</i></p> <p>15 Elections 168<br /> <i>Jeff Manza</i></p> <p>C. Violence and States</p> <p>16 War 180<br /> <i>Antoine Bousquet</i></p> <p>17 Terrorism 190<br /> <i>Jeff Goodwin</i></p> <p>18 Globalization and Security 204<br /> <i>Didier Bigo</i></p> <p>19 Incarceration as a Political Institution 214<br /> <i>Sarah Shannon and Christopher Uggen</i></p> <p><b>PART III THE POLITICAL AND THE SOCIAL</b></p> <p>A. States and Civil Society</p> <p>20 Culture, State and Policy 229<br /> <i>Brian Steensland and Christi M. Smith</i></p> <p>21 Civil Society and the Public Sphere 240<br /> <i>Larry Ray</i></p> <p>22 Trust and Social Capital 252<br /> <i>Arnaldo Bagnasco</i></p> <p>23 The Media and Politics 263<br /> <i>John B. Thompson</i></p> <p>B. The Politics of Identity and Action</p> <p>24 Imagined Communities 273<br /> <i>Alan Finlayson</i></p> <p>25 Gender, Power, Politics 283<br /> <i>Jonathan Dean</i></p> <p>26 Class, Culture and Politics 294<br /> <i>Mike Savage</i></p> <p>27 The Politics of Ethnicity and Identity 305<br /> <i>Aletta J. Norval</i></p> <p>28 Race and Politics 315<br /> <i>John D. Skrentny and René Patnode</i></p> <p>29 Nationalism: Its Role and Significance in a Globalized World 325<br /> <i>John Schwarzmantel</i></p> <p>30 Religion and Political Sociology 336<br /> <i>Valérie Amiraux</i></p> <p>31 Body Politics 347<br /> <i>Roberta Sassatelli</i></p> <p>C. Citizenship</p> <p>32 Citizenship and Welfare: Politics and Social Policies 360<br /> <i>Sven Hort and Göran Therborn</i></p> <p>33 Citizenship and Gender 372<br /> <i>Ruth Lister</i></p> <p>34 Post-national Citizenship: Rights and Obligations of Individuality 383<br /> <i>Yasemin Nuhog˘lu Soysal</i></p> <p><b>PART IV DEMOCRACY AND DEMOCRATIZATION</b></p> <p>A. Social Movements</p> <p>35 Protest and Political Process 397<br /> <i>David S. Meyer</i></p> <p>36 Global Social Movements and Transnational Advocacy 408<br /> <i>Valentine M. Moghadam</i></p> <p>37 Global Governance and Environmental Politics 421<br /> <i>Brenda Holzinger and Gabriela Kütting</i></p> <p>38 Rural Social Movements 431<br /> <i>Marc Edelman</i></p> <p>B. Structures of Participation</p> <p>39 Towards a Political Sociology of Human Rights 444<br /> <i>Kate Nash</i></p> <p>40 Democratization 454<br /> <i>Dietrich Rueschemeyer</i></p> <p>41 Feminism and Democracy 466<br /> <i>Judith Squires</i></p> <p>42 Democracy and Capitalism in the Wake of the Financial Crisis 478<br /> <i>Colin Crouch</i></p> <p>References 491</p> <p>Index 565</p>

<p>“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.”  (<i>Mobilization</i>, 1 June 2014)</p>

<p><b>Edwin Amenta</b> 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. </p> <p><b>Kate Nash</b> 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. </p> <p><b>Alan Scott</b> is Professor of Sociology, University Innsbruck (Austria) and Adjunct Professor, University of New England, NSW, Australia. He researches and publishes in the area of political and organizational sociology, and on social theory.</p>

<p><i>The Wiley-Blackwell Companion to Political Sociology</i> is a complete reference guide, reflecting the scope and quality of the discipline, and highlighting emerging topics in the field. </p> <p>The essays, from an international, interdisciplinary group of leading scholars, build on each other, each including concepts, theories and case studies to investigate a topic and provide an overview of scholarship in the field. The book examines the full range of contributions to political sociology as never before. </p> <p>The Companion has been completely revised and expanded, to reflect advances in conceptual frameworks, and to deal in greater depth with topics related to globalization, social movements, and citizenship. New chapters reflect conceptual advances in the field, taking full account of developments over the last decade. </p> <p>Sociologists take various positions on the roots and consequences of political action, and the interdisciplinary nature of their debates make this an invaluable entry point into mapping and evaluating contemporary politics.</p> <p>Challenging in content, the volume is nevertheless accessible, containing abstracts for each chapter, further reading lists, and a consolidated bibliography, making this both an excellent guide and complete reference for students and scholars.</p>

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