1. Introduction
Power: Exercising It; Resisting It
Power as a Process
Class
Status
Party
Outline of Book
2. Materialism
Materialism and Class
The Original Materialist: Karl Marx (1818-1883)
Materialism after Marx
Materialism and
Development
Materialism and the State
Materialism and Resistance
Materialism and Contemporary Inequalities
3. Cultural and Social Status
Weber: The Original Critic of Marx
Hegemony and the Culture Industry
Manufacturing Consent
Cultural and Social Capital
Cultural
and Social Capital in Action
Social Capital and Social Networks
Presentation of Self
How the Cultural and Social Become 'Capital'
Collective Identity and Challenges to Power
Post-colonialism and Nationalism
4. Institutions
Institutions
The State
Bureaucracy and
Institutional Inertia
The New Institutionalism
The State and Violence
Party Power and Institutions
State Institutions and Claims to Citizenship
Political Opportunities and Political Process Theory (PPT)
5. Emerging Trends in Political Sociology
Social Forces and the
Assumptions of Sociologists
Who - or What - Is a Social Actor?
Globalization?
Challenges to Citizenship
Empire
Is a New World Possible?
Transnationalism
6. Conclusions
Political Sociology Is. . .
Remind Me Again Where the State Fits In
Political Sociology Can
Enhance Your Social Literacy
But Where Do I Start?
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Karen Stanbridge is an Associate Professor of Sociology at the Memorial University of Newfoundland and teaches and publishes work in the areas of state theory, social movements, and nationalism. Her recent research concerns the role and treatment of children in nationalist projects in
Newfoundland, Finland, and Ireland.
Howard Ramos is an Associate Professor of sociology at Dalhousie University. He investigates issues of social justice and equity and has published on Canadian Aboriginal mobilization, transnational human rights, and immigration.
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