Elgar Encyclopedia of Political Sociology

This comprehensive and authoritative Encyclopedia, featuring entries written by academic experts in the field, explores the diverse topics within the discipline of political sociology. By looking at both macro- and micro-components, questions relating to nation-states, political institutions and their development, and the sources of social and political change such as social movements and other forms of contentious politics, are raised and critically analysed. The Elgar Encyclopedia of Political Sociology highlights the key questions relating to political sociology through demonstrating that issues concerning power and political conflict, as well as the relationship between societies and states, are critical for understanding contemporary political and social contexts. The entries also shed light on the current position of this interdisciplinary field of study, which sits at the interface between political science and sociology, and consider its aims in addressing those aspects that pertain to the critical interplay between factors relating to both fields. A timely and stimulating reference work, this Encyclopedia will be a key resource for researchers and students in the field of political sociology, political science and theory, social policy, social theory, and public policy, providing both an excellent entry point for study as well as an essential reference tool for more experienced academics. Key Features: Discusses major approaches and theories Summarises key topics in over 160 entries Includes entries on key historical thinkers and concepts Presents frontier areas across the discipline for future research work

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Contents: Introduction to the Elgar Encyclopedia of Political Sociology xx Maria Grasso and Marco Giugni 1 Age and generation 1 Achim Goerres 2 Alienation 5 Amy Wendling and Rebecca Murray 3 Anarchism 9 Dana M. Williams 4 Authoritarian and totalitarian regimes 14 Natasha Lindstaedt 5 Biopolitics 18 Knut Ove Eliassen and Sverre Raffnsøe 6 Bourdieu, Pierre 22 Craig Calhoun 7 Bureaucracy 26 Marina Nistotskaya and Palina Kolvani 8 Capitalism 30 Bruno Amable 9 Citizenship 34 Christine Hobden and Laurence Piper 10 Civic engagement 38 Kristin Strømsnes 11 Civic voluntarism 42 Henry E. Brady 12 Civil disobedience 47 Sandra Laugier 13 Civil society 53 Simone Baglioni 14 Civil wars 56 Francisco Villamil 15 Class 59 Magnus Wennerhag and Anders Hylmö 16 Class consciousness and class struggle 63 Berch Berberoglu 17 Class voting 67 Geoffrey Evans 18 Cleavages 71 David Attewell and Marco R. Steenbergen 19 Clientelism 75 Francesco Stolfi 20 Coalition formation 78 Anna Bassi 21 Collective action 82 Nella Van Dyke 22 Comparative-historical sociology 86 Barry Eidlin 23 Comparative political economy 91 Jonas Pontusson and Lucio Baccaro 24 Comparative political sociology 95 Kai Arzheimer 25 Conflict theory 99 Jörg Rössel 26 Constructivism 103 Michael Buckley 27 Contentious politics 107 Kaylin Bourdon and David S. Meyer 28 Corporatism and neo-corporatism 111 Michael Dobbins and Rafael Pablo Labanino 29 Decommodification 115 Kenneth Nelson 30 Democracy 118 Natalie J. Doyle 31 Democratization 123 Jan Teorell 32 De Tocqueville, Alexis 127 Marinus Ossewaarde 33 Discrimination 131 Kassra A.R. Oskooii 34 Durkheim, Emile 134 Nicolas Sembel 35 Economic voting 138 Martin Okolikj 36 Emotions 142 Helena Flam 37 Empowerment 147 Aaron Schutz 38 Environmentalism 151 Amanda Machin and Alexander Ruser 39 Ethnicity 154 Shamit Saggar 40 Ethnocentrism 158 Wouter van der Brug and Linet R. Durmuşoğlu 41 Europeanization 162 Anna Kyriazi 42 Euroscepticism 166 Sofia Vasilopoulou 43 Exploitation 169 Arthur Sakamoto and Michael Ohsfeldt 44 Extreme right 174 Jens Rydgren and Ryan Switzer 45 Factionalism 177 Matthijs Bogaards and Hager Ali 46 Feminism 181 Christine M. Slaughter, Kennia L. Coronado, and Nadia E. Brown 47 Field theory 185 Gregor Kungl 48 Foucault, Michel 188 Vanessa Lemm and Venessa Ercole 49 Framing/frame analysis 192 Louisa Parks 50 Frankfurt School 195 Dustin Garlitz 51 Functionalism 199 Jonathan H. Turner and Alexandra Maryanski 52 Gender 204 Silke Roth 53 Globalization 208 Amentahru Wahlrab 54 Governance 212 Ramona Coman and Leonardo Puleo 55 Governmentality 216 Mathias Hein Jessen 56 Gramsci, Antonio 219 Fabio de Nardis 57 Group consciousness 222 Jacquelien van Stekelenburg 58 Identity 226 Francesca Polletta, Dylan Gray, and Nathan Redman 59 Ideology 229 Mathew Humphrey and Marius S. Ostrowski 60 Inequality (political) 234 Paul Marx 61 Institutionalism 237 Edwin Amenta 62 Interest groups 241 Anne Skorkjær Binderkrantz 63 Intersectionality 244 Karine Duplan 64 Left/right 249 Anthony F. Heath 65 Legitimacy 253 David Beetham 66 Liberalism 257 Julie Smith 67 Libertarianism and authoritarianism 262 Paula Surridge 68 Lifestyle politics 267 Francesca Forno 69 Marx, Karl 271 Bob Jessop 70 Marxism and neo-Marxism 275 Rohan Advani and Michael A. McCarthy 71 Mass media 279 Rens Vliegenthart 72 Memory (collective) 282 Lorenzo Zamponi 73 Michels, Robert 285 Giorgio Volpe 74 The micro–macro link 289 Karl-Dieter Opp 75 Migration 292 Catherine Wihtol de Wenden 76 Modernity 296 John Rundell 77 Modernization 301 Stefan Kruse 78 Multiculturalism 306 Tariq Modood and Thomas Sealy 79 Nationalism 310 Liah Greenfeld 80 Neoliberalism 313 Johanna Bockman and Margaret Zeddies 81 New politics and postmaterialism 317 Toni Rodon and Raül Tormos 82 NGOs 322 Grace L. Chikoto-Schultz and Bryson Davis 83 Nonviolence 326 Selina Gallo-Cruz 84 Norms 330 Vicente Valentim 85 Parties and party systems 334 Emilie van Haute 86 Partisanship 338 Paolo Bellucci 87 Patriarchy 343 Carol Gilligan and Naomi Snider 88 Pluralism 347 Rainer Eisfeld 89 Polarisation 351 Juan Rodríguez-Teruel and Fernando Casal Bértoa 90 Policy analysis 355 Frédéric Varone and Karin Ingold 91 Policy networks 359 Manlio Cinalli 92 Political attitudes 363 Kathrin Ackermann 93 Political behaviour 367 Sadiya Akram 94 Political communication 371 Chiara Valli and Alessandro Nai 95 Political consumerism 375 Shelley Boulianne 96 Political corruption 379 Marcia Grimes and Oleksandra Keudel 97 Political culture 384 Mabel Berezin, Nathan T.B. Ly, and Chiara Visentin 98 Political efficacy 388 Jennifer Oser 99 Political elites 391 Lars Vogel and Christian Schneickert 100 Political engagement 395 Judith Bessant and Rob Watts 101 Political generations 399 Laura Stoker 102 Political institutions 404 Elisabeth S. Clemens 103 Political knowledge 408 Wyatt I. Dawson and Lindsay H. Hoffman 104 Political learning 412 Diana Owen 105 Political opportunities 416 Katerina Vrablikova 106 Political organizations 420 Tom Einhorn and Catherine Corrigall-Brown 107 Political participation 423 Yvette Peters 108 Political preferences 427 Rose McDermott 109 Political regimes 431 Erik Martinez Kuhonta 110 Political representation 435 Nathalie Giger and Zoe Lefkofridi 111 Political socialization 439 Tawnya Adkins Covert 112 Political sophistication 443 Marta Fraile 113 Political transitions 447 Olga Onuch 114 Political trust 451 Marc Hooghe 115 Political violence 454 Måns Robert Lundstedt and Lorenzo Bosi 116 Politics/the political 458 Oliver Marchart 117 Populism 461 Cristóbal Rovira Kaltwasser 118 Postcolonialism 465 Daniela Musina and Francesco Strazzari 119 Postmodernism 470 Simon Susen 120 Post-structuralism 475 Oscar L. Larsson 121 Poverty 479 Leo Azzollini and Brian Nolan 122 Power 482 Sebahattin Ziyanak, Jesse Lindley, and Leticia Haro 123 Precariat 486 Arne L. Kalleberg and Kevin Hewison 124 Protest 489 Hank Johnston 125 Public choice 493 Bruno S. Frey, Sandro Bieri, and Louis Moser 126 Public opinion 496 Viktor Orri Valgarðsson and Daniel Devine 127 Public policy 500 Jean-Francois Savard 128 Race and racism 503 Ali Meghji and Seetha Tan 129 Rational choice theory 507 Paul Whiteley 130 Religion and politics 510 Alberta Giorgi 131 Repression 514 Christian Davenport 132 Resources 518 Kay Lehman Schlozman 133 Revolutions 521 Sharon Erickson Nepstad and Jalal Fetrati 134 Riots 525 Matteo Tiratelli 135 Security 528 Jonathon Whooley and Laura Sjoberg 136 Social capital 531 Francesca Vassallo 137 Social change 534 Jennifer Earl, Sam Scovill, and Rina James 138 Social democracy 538 Frank Bandau 139 Socialism 542 Pierre Musso 140 Social media 546 Francesco Bailo 141 Social movement organizations 550 Edward T. Walker and John D. McCarthy 142 Social movements 555 Donatella della Porta 143 Social networks 560 Elena Pavan 144 Socio-economic status 564 Sebastian Jungkunz and Nadja Wehl 145 Solidarity 568 Christian Lahusen 146 State/state formation 572 John L. Brooke and Julia C. Strauss 147 Strikes 576 Roberto Franzosi 148 Structuralism 580 Johannes Angermuller 149 Structure and agency 583 Matthew Norton 150 Terrorism 586 Jeff Goodwin 151 Tilly, Charles 591 Lesley Wood 152 Trade unions 595 Jelle Visser 153 Transnationalism 599 Michele Ford 154 Underclass 603 Robert MacDonald 155 Unemployment 607 Emmanuel Pierru 156 Universalism/traditionalism 610 Alain Policar 157 Urban politics 613 Claire Colomb 158 Values 618 Jan Cieciuch and Eldad Davidov 159 Verba, Sidney 623 David E. Campbell 160 Voluntary associations 627 Sarah Cameron 161 Volunteering 631 Nathalie Hofstetter and Markus Freitag 162 Voting 635 Pascal Sciarini and Andreas C. Goldberg 163 War 639 Christian Olsson 164 Weber, Max 643 Kari Palonen and Niilo Kauppi 165 Welfare state 646 Romana Careja 166 World-systems 650 Christopher Chase-Dunn 167 Xenophobia 656 Claudia Alegre, Jessica Cobian, and Efrén Pérez Index 660