Description
Book SynopsisSuccessfully bringing together accessible readings that cover the broad range of issues of importance to those studying politics and society, this new edition of Power and Inequality provides a unique mix of theoretical and empirical pieces, such as state and electoral politics, that address both classic issues in political sociology and more recent developments, such as globalization. With strong integration of race and gender throughout, this collection offers a coherent analysis of power that reflects the contributions of a variety of critical perspectives, including Marxism, feminism, critical race theory, postmodernism, and power structure theory.
Table of ContentsContents
Acknowledgements
Preface
Introduction
The End of Capitalism or the End of the World?
That's What They Call Democracy: Capitalism, Democracy & the State
Section I. Critical Theories of Power
The Fetishism of Commodities
The New Forms of Control
Hegemony
The Body of the Condemned
Race and Culture
Women as the Subjects of Feminism
Section II. The State: Theory
The State as Superstructure
Defining the Class Dominance View
A Feminist Theory of the State
Racial Politics and the Racial State
Domhoff, Mills, and Slow Power
Section III. The State: Practice
The Politics of Income and Wealth Inequality
A Right to the City? Race, Class, and Neoliberalism in Post-Katrina New Orleans
Voter Suppression: The Attack on Rights
The Construction of Consent
Pacification and the Police: A Critique of the Police Militarization Thesis
Section IV. Media and Ideology
Manufacturing Consent
Still Manufacturing Consent
Yellow Ribbons and Spat-Upon Veterans: Making Soldiers the Means and Ends of War
News for All the People
The Future of Inequality: Polarization, Gridlock, and Global Warming
Section V. The Nation-State and the Global Economy
The Making of Global Capitalism
The Multipolar Moment
The New Imperialism
The Twin Towers as Metaphor
Section VI. War, Genocide, and Repression
War Making and State Making as Organized Crime 243
Getting Away with Murder (Almost): A Genocide Primer
The New Jim Crow
Section VII. Revolution and Social Movements
The Structuring of Protest
Revolution Against the Revolution
Wing Populism in America
Noam Chomsky and Charles Derber – Interview
