The Blackwell Companion to Political Sociology (Wiley Blackwell Companions to Sociology)

by SCOTT (Author), Nash (Author)

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2001
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The Blackwell Companion to Political Sociology brings together original essays covering the broad interdisciplinary field of political sociology. Each contributor uses concepts, theories, and case studies to investigate their topic and provide a complete overview of the scholarship. Contains 38 original essays by leading authorities creating the most comprehensive overview available in the field of political sociology Covers traditional questions as well as emerging topics including recent debates on gender, citizenship, and political identity Includes detailed editorial introduction, abstracts, further reading lists, and a consolidated bibliography. The volume presents an excellent guide for students as well as researchers seeking a complete reference to the field and a guide to future concerns.

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The Blackwell Companion to Political Sociology brings together original essays covering the broad interdisciplinary field of political sociology. Each contributor uses concepts, theories, and case studies to investigate their topic and provide a complete overview of the scholarship. Contains 38 original essays by leading authorities creating the most comprehensive overview available in the field of political sociology Covers traditional questions as well as emerging topics including recent debates on gender, citizenship, and political identity Includes detailed editorial introduction, abstracts, further reading lists, and a consolidated bibliography. The volume presents an excellent guide for students as well as researchers seeking a complete reference to the field and a guide to future concerns.

$191.27

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Format: Illustrated
Pages: 496
Edition: 1
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Published: 31 Jan 2001
ISBN 10: 0631210504
ISBN 13: 9780631210504

Media Reviews

Putting together a reader or companion in the field of political sociology is notoriously difficult. Kate Nash and Alan Scott have done a splendid job in producing a collection that is comprehensive, coherent, and up-to-date. The quality of the contributions is outstanding. --Krishan Kumar, University of Virginia An enormously comprehensive and pluralistic overview of contemporary debates in the field of political sociology. Though nobody will agree with all the contributors, everybody in the field will learn a lot from this stimulating volume. --Hans Joas, Freie Universitat, Berlin The parameters of politics are open and contested as never before. Nash and Scott's collection effectively captures the way contemporary social forces have disrupted older political assumptions. It fulfils the vital task of intellectual preparation for shaping new political agendas in a globalized and fragmented world. --Martin Albrow, University of Surrey Roehampton The book's strong points would appear to be its catholic outlook in the best sense of the term, and its international, mainly British and European cast of established authors ... (Canadian Journal of Sociology Online)

Author Bio

Kate Nash is Lecturer in Sociology at Goldsmiths College, University of London. Her publications include UniversalDifference: Feminism and the Liberal Undecidability of Women (1998) and Contemporary Political Sociology: Globalization, Politics, and Power (Blackwell, 2000), and editor ofReadings in Contemporary Political Sociology (Blackwell,2000).

Alan Scott is Professor of Sociology at the University ofInnsbruck, Austria. He is the author of Ideology and the NewSocial Movements (1990) and editor of The Limits ofGlobalization (1997). He has recently completed co-editing andco-translating (with Helmut Staubmann) Georg Simmel'sRembrandt: a Philosophical Essay (2004).