The Blackwell Companion to Political Sociology [Paperback]

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• Represents the most comprehensive overview available in the field of political sociology

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• Covers traditional questions as well as emerging topics including recent debates on gender, citizenship, and political identity

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• Includes detailed editorial introduction, abstracts, further reading lists, and a consolidated bibliography.

Acknowledgments.

Introduction (Kate Nash and Alan Scott).

Part I: Approaches to Power and The Political.

1. Marxist Approaches to Power (Bob Jessop, University of Lancaster).

2. Pluralism and Elitism (Richard Bellamy, University of Reading).

3. Rational Choice Approaches to Analyzing Power (Keith Dowding, London School of Economics).

4. Power, Government, Politics (Barry Hindess, Australian National University).

5. Society, Morality and Law: Jurgen Habermas (Max Pensky, SUNY Binghampton).

6. A Political Sociology for Complex Societies (Niklas Luhmann, Stefan Lange and Uwe Schimank, Fernuniversität, Hagen, Germany).

7. Postmodern Political Sociology (David Owen, University of Southampton).

8. Studying Power (John Scott, University of Essex).

Part II: Thel39