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The Wiley-BlAckWell compAnion To eDiTeD By AmenTA, nASh, political The editors Also available from Wiley-Blackwell: AnD ScoTT The Wiley-Blackwell Companion to Political Sociology is a complete reference guide, Edwin AmEntA is professor of Sociology, reflecting the scope and quality of the political Science, and history, University of discipline, and highlighting emerging topics california, irvine. he has published extensively in the field. on political sociology, social movements, Sociology p T historical and comparative sociology, and the h The essays, from an international, news media. o e interdisciplinary group of leading scholars, W build on each other, each including concepts, KAtE nAsh is professor of Sociology at l i theories and case studies to investigate a l i Goldsmiths, University of london and Faculty e topic and provide an overview of scholarship t y Fellow at the center for cultural Sociology, - in the field. The book examines the full range i B yale University. She has published widely on c l eDiTeD By of contributions to political sociology as A political sociology and human rights. never before. a c eDWin AmenTA, kATe nASh AnD AlAn ScoTT k AlAn scott is professor in the School of l W The Companion has been completely cognitive, Behavioural and Social Sciences, e revised and expanded, to reflect advances in S l University of new england, new South Wales, conceptual frameworks, and to deal in greater l Australia. he researches and publishes in the o c depth with topics related to globalization, area of political and organizational sociology, o social movements, and citizenship. new c m and social theory. chapters reflect conceptual advances in the i p field, taking full account of developments A o n over the last decade. i l o o n Sociologists take various positions on the roots and consequences of political action, T g o and the interdisciplinary nature of their debates make this an invaluable entry point y into mapping and evaluating contemporary politics. challenging in content, the volume is nevertheless accessible, containing abstracts cover image: John Davies, Harvest 1980–84 (reconstructed for each chapter, further reading lists, and a 2003), polyester resin, paint and mixed media, 58 x 108 x consolidated bibliography, making this both 30 cm, collection of the artist. © John Davies, courtesy marlborough Fine Art, london an excellent guide and complete reference for students and scholars. cover design by nicki Averill Design jkt_9781444330939.indd 1 4/1/12 10:15:34 THE WILEY-BLACKWELL COMPANION TO POLITICAL SOCIOLOGY WILEY-BLACKWELLCOMPANIONSTOSOCIOLOGY TheWiley-BlackwellCompanionstoSociologyprovideintroductionstoemergingtopics andtheoreticalorientationsinsociologyaswellaspresentingthescopeandqualityof thedisciplineasitiscurrentlyconfigured.EssaysintheCompanionstacklebroadthemes orcentralpuzzleswithinthefieldandareauthoredbykeyscholarswhohavespent considerabletimeinresearchandreflectiononthequestionsandcontroversiesthat haveactivatedinterestintheirarea.Thisauthoritativeserieswillinterestthose studyingsociologyatadvancedundergraduateorgraduatelevelaswellasscholarsin thesocialsciencesandinformedreadersinapplieddisciplines. 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I.Amenta,Edwin,1957-II.Nash,Kate,1958-III.Scott,Alan,1956- JA76.W4832012 306.2–dc23 2011036318 AcataloguerecordforthisbookisavailablefromtheBritishLibrary. Setin10/12.5ptSabonbyThomsonDigital,Noida,India 1 2012 Contents Notes on Contributors ix Introduction xxi Edwin Amenta,Kate Nash andAlanScott PART I APPROACHES TO POWER AND POLITICS 1 MarxistApproaches to Power 3 Bob Jessop 2 Weberand Political Sociology 15 Peter Breiner 3 Durkheim and DurkheimianPolitical Sociology 27 Kenneth Thompson 4 Foucaultian Analysisof Power, Government, Politics 36 BarryHindess 5 Historical Institutionalism 47 EdwinAmenta 6 Sociological Institutionalism and World Society 57 Evan Schofer,AnnHironaka, David John Frank and Wesley Longhofer 7 StudyingPower 69 John Scott 8 Comparative Political Analysis: Six Case-Oriented Strategies 78 Charles C. Ragin and Garrett AndrewSchneider vi CONTENTS PART IISTATES AND GOVERNANCE A.Formation andForm 9 Theories ofStateFormation 95 Gianfranco Poggi 10 State 107 Desmond King and Patrick Le Gale`s 11 Political Legitimacy 120 David Beetham 12 Political Corruption 130 Donatella dellaPortaand Alberto Vannucci B.Governance and Political Process 13 Parties and Interest Intermediation 144 Herbert Kitschelt 14 Interest Groups and Pluralism 158 David Knoke and Xi Zhu 15 Elections 168 Jeff Manza C.Violence and States 16 War 180 Antoine Bousquet 17 Terrorism 190 Jeff Goodwin 18 Globalization and Security 204 Didier Bigo 19 Incarceration asa Political Institution 214 Sarah Shannon and Christopher Uggen PART III THE POLITICAL AND THESOCIAL A.States andCivil Society 20 Culture,Stateand Policy 229 Brian Steensland and ChristiM. Smith 21 Civil Society and the Public Sphere 240 Larry Ray 22 Trustand SocialCapital 252 ArnaldoBagnasco 23 The Media and Politics 263 John B. Thompson CONTENTS vii B.The Politics of Identity andAction 24 Imagined Communities 273 Alan Finlayson 25 Gender,Power,Politics 283 Jonathan Dean 26 Class, Culture and Politics 294 Mike Savage 27 The Politics ofEthnicity and Identity 305 AlettaJ. Norval 28 Raceand Politics 315 John D. SkrentnyandRene´Patnode 29 Nationalism: Its Roleand Significance ina Globalized World 325 John Schwarzmantel 30 Religion and Political Sociology 336 Vale´rie Amiraux 31 Body Politics 347 RobertaSassatelli C.Citizenship 32 Citizenship and Welfare: Politicsand Social Policies 360 Sven Hort and Go¨ranTherborn 33 Citizenship and Gender 372 Ruth Lister 34 Post-nationalCitizenship: Rightsand Obligations of Individuality 383 Yasemin Nuhog˘luSoysal PART IV DEMOCRACYANDDEMOCRATIZATION A.Social Movements 35 Protestand Political Process 397 David S.Meyer 36 GlobalSocialMovements and TransnationalAdvocacy 408 Valentine M. Moghadam 37 GlobalGovernance and Environmental Politics 421 Brenda Holzingerand Gabriela Ku¨tting 38 RuralSocialMovements 431 Marc Edelman viii CONTENTS B.Structures ofParticipation 39 Towards a Political Sociology ofHuman Rights 444 Kate Nash 40 Democratization 454 Dietrich Rueschemeyer 41 Feminismand Democracy 466 JudithSquires 42 Democracy and Capitalismin theWakeof the Financial Crisis 478 Colin Crouch References 491 Index 565 Notes on Contributors EdwinAmentaisProfessorofSociology,PoliticalScienceandHistory,Universityof California,Irvine.Hehaspublishedextensivelyonpoliticalsociology,socialmove- ments,historicalandcomparativesociology,andthenewsmedia.Heistheauthorof When Movements Matter: The Townsend Plan and the Rise of Social Security (Princeton, 2008), which analyses the political consequences of social movements. He is also co-author of ‘All the Movements Fit to Print’ (American Sociological Review, 2009), which accounts for why social movements receive newspaper coverage. Val(cid:1)erieAmirauxisonleavefromherpositionasSeniorResearchFellowattheCNRS andcurrentlyAssociateProfessorattheDepartmentofSociologyoftheUniversityof Montreal where she holds the Canada Research Chair for the study of religious pluralismandethnicity.Since1992,shehasbeenworkingonMuslimsinEurope,first bylookingattransnationalmobilizationsofMuslimorganizationsbasedinGermany and active in Turkey (Acteurs de l’islam entre Allemagne et Turquie. Parcours militants et expe(cid:1)riences religieuses, Paris, L’Harmattan, coll. Logiques politiques, 2001),then,whenshewasaJeanMonnetfellowattheRobertSchumanCentrefor Advanced Studies of the European University Institute (Florence), on the state regulationofMuslimminoritiesinEUmember-statesandthereligiousdiscrimination experienced by Muslims (Politics of Visibilities. Young Muslims European Public Spaces,co-edited with Gerdien Jonker, Bielefeld,Transcript Verlag, 2005). Arnaldo Bagnasco is Professor of Sociology and the University of Turin. A leading economicsociologist,heiswellknownforhisworkoneconomicdevelopmentand the Third Italy; for example, La problematica territoriale dello sviluppo Italian (Il Mulino, 1977). His publications in English include Small Firms and Economic DevelopmentinEurope(co-editedwithC.F.Sabel,Pinter,1995);CitiesinContem- porary Europe (co-edited withPatrick Le Gal(cid:3)es, CUP, 2000); and ‘Social capital in changing capitalism’, SocialEpistemology17(4)2003.
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