The SOciology of Politics

by William Outhwaite (Editor), Luke Martell (Editor)

Overview

This scholarly collection presents some of the most important classical and contemporary texts of relevance to political sociology. Volume I offers an overview of the sociological approach to the concepts of power and the state; it examines state theory in the 1970s from both a Marxist and Capitalist point of view, the recent shift of political power from the state to other areas of society, this issue of citizenship, and the welfare state.

Volume II focuses on the most important political formations and processes in modern societies: democracy, revolution and totalitarianism. It also looks more broadly at political processes in non-industrial societies and at recent historical and sociological analyses of global political systems.

Volume III offers analyses of the principal political ideologies and movements of the twentieth century. Other topics covered include military power and regimes and the social bases of politics such as classes and elites, ethnicity, gender and religion.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781852789015
Publisher:	Edward Elgar Publishing
Publication date:	03/21/1998
Series:	The International Library of Critical Writings in Sociology series , #10
Pages:	1976
Product dimensions:	6.62(w) x 9.62(h) x (d)

About the Author

Edited by William Outhwaite, Emeritus Professor of Sociology, Newcastle University and Luke Martell, Lecturer in Sociology, University of Sussex, UK

Table of Contents

Contents: Acknowledgements Introduction Volume I: Power and the State • Volume II: Forms of Politics Part I: Politics in Non-Industrial States Part II: Revolution Part III: Democracy Part IV: Totalitarianism Part V: Globalized Politics Part VI: Political Ritual • Volume III: Political Ideologies and Movements Part I: Part II: Military Power and Regimes Part III: Social Bases of Politics

Editorial Reviews

'. . . this reader is a must for the enthusiastic. . .'

Stephen Hunt Stephen Hunt

'. . . this reader is a must for the enthusiastic. . .'

Stephen Hunt

Collects 72 articles originally published between 1962 and 1993, as well as works by Marx, Engels, Lenin, Franz Oppenheimer, and Max Weber reprinted during the same period. The three volumes cover power and the state, forms and processes of politics (democracy, revolution, totalitarianism, and political ritual), political movements and doctrines, military powers and regimes, and social bases of politics. Many outstanding works, such as William Rogers Brubaker's "Immigration, Citizenship, and the Nation-State in France and Germany: A Comparative Historical Analysis," Habermas' "Principles of the Constitutional State and the Logic of the Separation of Powers," and Theda Skocpol's "Bringing the State Back In: Strategies of Analysis in Current Research," are included. No index. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

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