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Informationen zum Autor 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. Klappentext The Wiley-Blackwell Companion to Political Sociology is a complete reference guide, reflecting the scope and quality of the discipline, and highlighting emerging topics in the field.* Global in focus, offering up-to-date topics from an interdisciplinary, international set of scholars addressing key issues concerning globalization, social movements, and citizenship* The majority of chapters are new, including those on environmental politics, international terrorism, security, corruption, and human rights* Revises and updates all previously published chapters to include new themes and topics in political sociology* Provides an overview of scholarship in the field, with chapters working independently and collectively to examine the full range of contributions to political sociology* Offers a challenging yet accessible and complete reference guide for students and scholars Zusammenfassung With contributions from an international, interdisciplinary group of leading scholars, The Wiley-Blackwell Companion to Political Sociology is a complete reference guide, reflecting the scope and quality of the discipline, and highlighting emerging topics in the field. Inhaltsverzeichnis Notes on Contributors ix Introduction xxi Edwin Amenta, Kate Nash and Alan Scott PART I APPROACHES TO POWER AND POLITICS 1 Marxist Approaches to Power 3 Bob Jessop 2 Weber and Political Sociology 15 Peter Breiner 3 Durkheim and Durkheimian Political Sociology 27 Kenneth Thompson 4 Foucaultian Analysis of Power, Government, Politics 36 Barry Hindess 5 Historical Institutionalism 47 Edwin Amenta 6 Sociological Institutionalism and World Society 57 Evan Schofer, Ann Hironaka, David John Frank and Wesley Longhofer 7 Studying Power 69 John Scott 8 Comparative Political Analysis: Six Case-Oriented Strategies 78 Charles C. Ragin and Garrett Andrew Schneider PART II STATES AND GOVERNANCE A. Formation and Form 9 Theories of State Formation 95 Gianfranco Poggi 10 State 107 Desmond King and Patrick Le Gale`s 11 Political Legitimacy 120 David Beetham 12 Political Corruption 130 Donatella della Porta and Alberto Vannucci B. Governance and Political Process 13 Parties and Interest Intermediation 144 Herbert Kitschelt 14 Interest Groups and Pluralism 158 David Knoke and Xi Zhu 15 Elections 168 Jeff Manza C. Violence and States 16 War 180 Antoine Bousquet 17 Terrorism 190 Jeff Goodwin 18 Globalization and Security 204 Didier Bigo 19 Incarceration as a Political Institution 214 Sarah Shannon and Christopher Uggen PART III THE POLITICAL AND THE SOCIAL A. States and Civil Society 20 Culture, State and Policy 229 Brian Steensland and Christi M. Smith 21 Civil Society and the Public Sphere 240 Larry Ray
