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
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 Studylc§
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