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The SAGE Handbook of Political Sociology offers a comprehensive and contemporary look at this evolving field of study. The focus is on political life itself and the chapters, written by a highly-respected and international team of authors, cover the core themes which need to be understood in order to study political life from a sociological perspective, or simply to understand the political world. The two volumes are structured around five key areas: PART 1: TRADITIONS AND PERSPECTIVES PART 2: CORE CONCEPTS PART 03: POLITICAL IDEOLOGIES AND MOVEMENTS PART 04: TOPICS PART 05: WORLD REGIONS This future-oriented and cross-disciplinary handbook is a landmark text for students and scholars interested in the social investigation of politics.
Democracy and Democratization: Theory and Research
Democracy and Democratization: Theory and Research
Introduction
Democracy is an essentially contested concept, both in the sense that the notion inspires different normative interpretations and in the sense that different translations of a particular conception into an institutional constellation are possible. Democracy as a political regime – in broad terms understood as the rule of the many rather than the rule of the one or the few – has taken on various meanings over time and is being used with a variety of adjectives (liberal democracy, constitutional democracy, radical democracy, direct democracy, cosmopolitan democracy, global democracy and so on). In addition, democracy can be related to different dimensions of modern societies, most prominently an institutionalized ...
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