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`The most up-to-date survey of the range of research in contemporary sociology, extremely useful to students, teachers, and researchers alike. Indispensable for collective and personal libraries' - Immanuel Wallerstein, Maison des Sciences de l'Homme, Paris This unique handbook provides state-of-the-art reviews of sociology conducted by prominent scholars. Drawing on dedicated knowledge and expertise, the book constitutes an unrivalled guide to the central theoretical and methodological perspectives in the discipline as a whole. The book is organized into six parts: o conceptual perspectives o social and cultural differentiation o changing institutions and col
International Political Sociology
International Political Sociology
Political sociology is an interdisciplinary field of inquiry developed by sociologists and political scientists to study the dynamic relationship between society (a complex web of social institutions and social behavior) and politics (the structure and exercise of political power). Although rooted in the classic works of de Tocqueville, Marx, Weber, Mannheim, Mosca, Michels, and others, political sociology did not emerge as a distinct area of specialization until the late 1950s and early 1960s. Much of the impetus for the development of the field grew out of the turbulent events and trends of the twentieth century—mass politics, economic depression, two world wars, fascism, totalitarianism, the cold war, the nuclear age, modernization, nationalism, and the proliferation of new nation-states. Erik Allardt (1997a: ...
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