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Book SynopsisThe theoretical frameworks political sociologists use to understand, describe and predict political behaviour have evolved in response to empirical challenges and interdisciplinary influences. This work should prompt readers to evaluate theoretical assumptions and expand their thinking.
Table of ContentsIntroduction: theoretical directions for the 21st century, T. Buzzell et al; class and elites - a new look; reflections on class power and wealth, M. Parenti; class, race, and gender and theorizing welfare states, J. Misra; elites and politics - the corporate elite and the capitalist class in the United States, B. Mintz; world systems and nation states; world-systems analysis and globalization directions for the 21st century, T.D. Hall; states, nations, and European nationalism - a challenge for political sociology, V. Vujacic; the post-modern turn; politics in postmodernity - the diaspora of politics and the homelessness of political and social theory, B. Agger, T. Luke; Marxist models of the capitalist state and politics, C.Y.H. Lo.
