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Political Sociology - the State of the Art.
The World of Political Science - New volumes The book traces the disciplinary development of political sociology and the transdisciplinary research into the overlapping issues involving politics and society. The contributions cover overviews of the history, methodological and theoretical development...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Leverkusen-Opladen :
Barbara Budrich-Esser,
2009.
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| Colección: | World of political science.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Political Sociology -The State of the Art; Contents; Foreword; Preface; List of Figures; 1 Introduction; 1.1 Taking Stock of Political Sociology; 1.1.1 Political Sociology: False God with a Janus Face?; 1.1.2 Classic Works of Political Sociology; 1.1.3 Specifying the Central Research Questions; 1.1.4 Action, Structure, Institutions: Competing and Complementary Paradigms in Political Sociology; 1.1.5 Problems of Method: Quantitative and qualitative; 1.1.6 Outline of the Book; 2. Political Culture at a Crossroads?; 2.1 Introduction: Initial definitions and controversies.
- 2.2 A Comprehensive Analytical Framework2.2.1 Components of political culture in a systems framework; 2.2.2 Linking levels of analysis; 2.3 Significant recent developments; 2.3.1 Global cultural modernization; 2.3.2 Historical depth and persistence of cultures; 2.3.3 Cultural Conflict on a global scale; 2.4 Conclusions and perspectives; 3. Parties, Interest Groups and Movements: Shall Change be Midwife to Truth?; 3.1 The Context of Change; 3.2 Conflict Displacement; 3.3 Origins; 3.4 Organization; 3.5 Tactics; 3.6 Functions; 4. Socio-Political Inequalities: Elites, Classes and Democracy.
- 4.1 Socio-economic Inequalities, Classes, and Liberal Democracy4.2 Power Inequalities, Elites, and Liberal Democracy; 4.2.1 Socio-economic/Power Inequalities: Classes, Elites and Democracy; 4.2.2 Linkages
- or Coupling
- Between Elites and the Public; 4.2.3 Linkages
- or Coupling
- and Liberal Democracy; 4.3 Linkages Between Elites and Classes and the Quality of Democracy; 4.3.1 Coupling and Uncoupling in Western Democracies; 4.4 New Elites and their Impact on Democracy; 4.4.1 Globalization and Transnational Governance Elites: the Globalization of Democracy?
- 4.4.2 Transnational Social Movement Elites versus Transnational Governance Elites4.4.3 The Difficulties in TSMOs Intermediation; 4.4.4 Transnational Terrorism and its Elites; 4.5 Conclusion; 5 Contemporary Approaches to the Study of the State; 5.1 Evolution of the Modern State; 5.2 Postmodern Politics and the State; 5.2.1 From Pluralist State to Multicultural State; 5.2.2 Gender and the State; 5.2.3 Beyond the Welfare State; 5.2.4 A Virtual State; 5.3 Globalization and the State; 5.3.1 Importance of Globalization for the State; 5.3.2 The Notion of 'Competition' States.
- 5.3.3 Rethinking Sovereignty5.4 Globalized Governance?; 5.5 An Assessment; 6 Political Sociology: Old Concerns and New Directions; 6.1 State and Society; 6.1.1 Developments within States; 6.1.2 Developments across States; 6.2 A 'Paradigm Shift'?; 6.3 Contributions of this Volume; 6.4 New Directions; 6.4.1 New Objects: The End of the State?; 6.4.2 New Theories and Approaches: Micro-Foundations of Macro-Phenomena; 6.4.3 New Methods and Research Designs: Accumulation and Capitalizing; 6.5 Conclusion; Bibliography; Index; Notes on the Editors and Contributors.