Elgar Encyclopedia of Political Sociology by Grasso, Maria; Giugni, Marco;

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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

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.

‘It is no easy task assembling an Encyclopedia of political sociology which needs, at the same time, to be comprehensive and authoritative. This is both in equal respect. A major reference point and a significant statement as to the identity of political sociology today.’ More

Table of Contents:

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