Contemporary Political Sociology: Globalization, Politics and Power

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John Wiley & Sons, Dec 15, 2009 - Social Science - 304 pages
This fully revised and updated introduction to political sociology incorporates the burgeoning literature on globalization and shows how contemporary politics is linked to cultural issues, social structure and democratizing social action.
  • New material on global governance, human rights, global social movements, global media
  • New discussion of democracy and democratization
  • Clearly lays out what is at stake in deciding between alternatives of cosmopolitanism, imperialism and nationalism
  • Includes additional discussion of the importance of studying culture to political sociology
 

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Contents

Globalization Politics and Power Second Edition Chapter 1 Changing Definitions of Politics and Power
1
Globalization Politics and Power Second Edition Chapter 2 Politics in a Small World
43
Globalization Politics and Power Second Edition Chapter 3 Social Movements
87
Globalization Politics and Power Second Edition Chapter 4 Citizenship
131
Globalization Politics and Power Second Edition Chapter 5 Globalization and Democracy
193
Globalization Politics and Power Second Edition Glossary
237
Globalization Politics and Power Second Edition References
241
Globalization Politics and Power Second Edition Index
265
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Contemporary Political Sociology: Globalization, Politics and Power
Kate Nash
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Kate Nash
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Kate Nash
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About the author (2009)

Kate Nash is Reader in the Department of Sociology at Goldsmiths, University of London, Faculty Fellow at the Center for Cultural Sociology, Yale University, and Co-Director of the Centre for the Study of Global Media and Democracy at Goldsmiths. She recently published The Cultural Politics of Human Rights: Comparing the US and UK (2009), she is editor (with Alan Scott and Anna Marie Smith) of New Critical Writings in Political Sociology (2009), and she is currently editing (with Alan Scott and Edwin Amenta) The New Blackwell Companion to Political Sociology.

Bibliographic information

TitleContemporary Political Sociology: Globalization, Politics and Power
AuthorKate Nash
Edition2
PublisherJohn Wiley & Sons, 2009
ISBN1444320777, 9781444320770
Length304 pages
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