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Book SynopsisThe World of Political Science - New volumes The book traces the disciplinary development of political sociology and the transdisciplinary research into the overlapping issues involving politics and society. The contributions cover overviews of the history, methodological and theoretical development of this academic discipline. Successes as well as failures in past, unexplored areas and salient issues in ongoing research are also highlighted. From the Contents: Subrata K. Mitra and Malte Pehl, Taking Stock of Political Sociology Dirk Berg-Schlosser, Political Culture at a Crossroads? Kay Lawson and Mildred Schwartz, Parties, Interest Groups and Social Movements: Shall Change be Mid - wife to Truth? Eva Etzioni-Halevy, Socio-Political Inequalities: Elites, Classes and Democracy Prakash Sarangi, Contemporary Approaches to the Study of the State Jan van Deth, Political Sociology: Old Concerns and New Directions
Trade Review[Mitra, Pehl and Spiess] present the seventh volume in a series dedicated to providing up-to-date overviews of specific sub-fields of political science around the world, in this case political sociology. Reference & Research Book News May 2010
Table of ContentsIntroduction: Taking Stock of Political Sociology - Subrata K. Mitra and Malte Pehl Political Culture at a Crossroads? - Dirk Berg-Schlosser Parties, Interest Groups and Social Movements: Shall Change be Midwife to Truth? - Kay Lawson and Mildred Schwartz Socio-Political Inequalities: Elites, Classes and Democracy - Eva Etzioni-Halevy Contemporary Approaches to the Study of the State - Prakash Sarangi Political Sociology: Old Concerns and New Directions - Jan van Deth
