{"product_id":"what-is-political-sociology-paperback-softback-9781509561902","title":"What is Political Sociology? (Paperback \/ softback) 9781509561902","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eWhat is Political Sociology?\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eElisabeth S. Clemens (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781509561902, Polity Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 17 May 2024\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e224 pages\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 13.7 x 2 cm, 0.272 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e“This is a much needed and timely book written by an eminent political sociologist. Students and researchers at all levels will benefit from the crisp and illuminating discussion of topics that span the field of political sociology. It is likely to be an indispensable companion to those writing in these areas.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eManali Desai, University of Cambridge\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Clemens does us the incalculable service of synthesizing a vast and contentious body of research. Ranging from classical theories of the nation-state and power to the newest scholarship on empire and colonialism, Clemens maps the terrain in our rearview mirror and points the way toward a new horizon. This book is an indispensable resource.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCedric de Leon, University of Massachusetts Amherst\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eWith an entire discipline devoted to political science, what is distinctive about political sociology? This concise book explains what a sociological perspective brings to our understanding of the emergence, reproduction, and transformation of different forms of political order. Crucially, political sociology expands the field of view to the politics that happen in other social settings – in the family, at work, in civic associations – as well as the ways in which social attributes such as class, religion, age, race, and gender shape patterns of political participation and the distribution of political power.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePolitical sociology grapples with these issues across an enormous range of historical and geographic settings, from intimate to geo-political scales. It requires an analytic toolkit that includes concepts of power, identities and inequalities, social closure, civil society, and modes of political action. Using these central concepts, this updated edition of \u003ci\u003eWhat is Political Sociology? \u003c\/i\u003ediscusses the major forms of political order, processes of regime formation and revolution, the social bases for political participation, policy formation as well as feedbacks, social movements and social change, and the possibilities for new forms of digital and transnational politics. In sum, the book offers an insightful introduction to this core perspective on social life.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIntroduction \u003cbr\u003e 1 Power and Politics\u003cbr\u003e 2 States, Empires, Nation-States\u003cbr\u003e 3 Regimes and Revolutions\u003cbr\u003e 4 Voice and Vote in Democratic Politics\u003cbr\u003e 5 Bringing the State Back In\u003cbr\u003e 6 Social Movements and Social Change\u003cbr\u003e 7 The Politics of Populism\u003cbr\u003e 8 Transnationalism and the Future(s) of Political Order\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Sociology \u0026amp; anthropology [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Sociology \u0026amp; anthropology\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Sociology%20\u0026amp;%20anthropology%20%5BJH%5D%22\"\u003eJH\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Polity","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52470029615384,"sku":"9781509561902","price":15.69,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9781509561902.jpg?v=1785628882","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/what-is-political-sociology-paperback-softback-9781509561902","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}