The handbook of political sociology : states, civil societies, and globalization / edited by Thomas Janoski [and others].

Includes bibliographical references (pages 671-784) and index.

Political sociology in the new millenium / Alexander M. Hicks, Thomas Janoski, and Mildred A. Schwartz -- pt. I. Theories of political sociology. Rule making, rulebreaking. and power / Frances Fox Piven and Richard A. Cloward -- Neopluralism and neofunctionalism in political sociology / Alexander M. Hicks and Frank J. Lecher -- Conflict theories in political sociology / Axel van den Berg and Thomas Janoski -- Institutionalist and state-centric theories of political sociology / Edwin Amenta -- Culture, knowledge, and politics / James Jasper -- Feminist theorizing and feminism in political sociology / Barbara Hobson -- The linguistic turn : Foucault, Laclau, Mouffe, and Žižek / Jacob Torfing -- Rational-choice theories in political sociology / Edgar Kiser and Shawn Bauldry -- Theories of race and the state / David R. James and Kent Redding.

pt. II. Civil society : the roots and processes of political action. Money, participation, and votes : social cleavages and electoral politics / Jeffrey Manza, Clem Brooks, and Michael Sauder -- Public opinion, political attitudes, and ideology / David L. Weakliem -- Nationalism in comparative perspective / Liah Greenfield and Jonathan R. Eastwood -- Political parties : social bases, organization, and environment / Mildred A. Schwartz and Kay Lawson -- Organized interest groups and policy networks / Francisco J. Granados and David Knoke -- Corporate control, interfirm relations, and corporate power / Mark S. Mizruchi and Deborah M. Bey -- Social movements and social change / J. Craig Jenkins and William Form -- Toward a political sociology of the news media / Michael Schudson and Silvio Waisbord -- pt. III. The state and its manifestations. State formation and state building in Europe / Thomas Ertman -- Transitions to democracy / John Markoff -- Revolutions and revolutionary movements / Jeffrey Goodman -- Regimes and contention / Charles Tilly -- Theories and practices of neocorporatism / Wolfgang Streeck and Lane Kenworthy -- Undemocratic politics in the twentieth century and beyond / Viviane Brachet-Márquez -- State bureaucracy : politics and policies / Oscar Oszlak.

pt. IV. State policy and innovations. Comparative and historical studies of public policy and the welfare state / Alexander M. Hicks and Gøsta Esping-Andersen -- Women, gender, and state politics / Joya Mista and Leslie King -- The politics of racial policy / Kent Redding, David R. James, and Joshua Klugman -- War, militarism, and the states : the insights and blind spots of political sociology / Gregory Hooks and James Rice -- pt. V. Globalizatiton and political sociology. Globalization / Philip McMichael -- State economic and social policy in global capitalism / Evelyn Huber and John D. Stephens -- The politics of immigration and national integration / Thomas Janoski and Fengjuan Wang -- Counterhegemonic globalization : transnational social movements in the contemporary global political economy / Peter Evans.

This handbook provides the first complete survey of the vibrant field of political sociology.

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