The New Handbook of Political Sociology

The New Handbook of Political Sociology
Dedication
Contents
Tables
Figures
Contributors
Acknowledgments
Introduction
I. Theories of Political Sociology
	1. Power
	2. Conflict Theories in Political Sociology
	3. The Promise of Field Theory for the Study of Political Institutions
	4. Culture in Politics and Politics in Culture. Institutions, Practices, and Boundaries
	5. Political Sociology and the Postcolonial Perspective
	6. Gender, State, and Citizenships. Challenges and Dilemmas in Feminist Theorizing
	7. Theories of Race, Ethnicity, and the Racial State
	8. Toward the Convergence of Culture and Political Economy. Pierre Bourdieu, Michael Mann, and Institutional Theory
	9. Tasks for the Political Sociology of the Next Ten Years
II. Media Explosion, Knowledge as Power, and Demographic Reversals
	10. “Old” Media, “New” Media, Hybrid Media, and the Changing Character of Political Participation
	11. The Sociology of Official Information Gathering. Enumeration, Influence, Reactivity, and Power of States and Societies
	12. The Dark and Light Sides of Big Data. How Big Data Is Transforming Political Sociology
	13. States, Parties, and Expertise
	14. Toward a Political Sociology of Demography
III. The State and Its Political Organizations
	15. The Political Economy of the Capitalist State
	16. States as Institutions
	17. Nation-State Formation. Power and Culture
	18. The Political Sociology of Public Finance and the Fiscal Sociology of Politics
	19. Politics, Institutions, and the Carceral State
	20. The Political Sociology of Democracy. From Measurement to Rights
	21. Revolutions against the State
IV. Civil Society. The Roots and Processes of Political Action
	22. The Challenges of Citizenship in Civil Society
	23. Social Movements
	24. Political Parties. From Reflection to Articulation and Beyond
	25. Machine Politics and Clientelism
	26. The Good, the Bland, and the Ugly. Volunteering, Civic Associations, and Participation in Politics
	27. The Politics of Economic Crisis. From Voter Retreat to the Rise of New Populisms
	28. The Influence of Public Opinion and Advocacy on Public Policy. Controversies and Conclusions
	29. Nationalism. The Modern Motive-Force
V. Established and New State Policies and Innovations
	30. The Evolution of Fiscal and Monetary Policy
	31. Welfare State Policies and Their Effects
	32. Sexuality, Gender, and Social Policy
	33. Migration, Asylum, Integration, and Citizenship Policy
	34. Cosmopolitanism and Political Sociology. World Citizenship, Global Governance, and Human Rights
	35. War, States, and Political Sociology. Contributions and Challenges
	35.9 VI. Globalization and New and Bigger Sources of Power and Resistance
	36. Global Political Sociology and World-Systems
	37. Liberalizing Trade and Finance. Corporate Class Agency and the Neoliberal Era
	38. The Racial State in the Age of Racial Formation Theory and Beyond
	39. Democracy and Autocracy in the Age of Populism
	40. Transnational Social Movements
Index