Political Sociology -- Contents -- Notes on Contributors -- Introduction -- PART I: APPROACHES TO POWER AND POLITICS -- 1 Marxist Approaches to Power -- 2 Weber and Political Sociology -- 3 Durkheim and Durkheimian Political Sociology -- 4 Foucaultian Analysis of Power, Government, Politics -- 5 Historical Institutionalism -- 6 Sociological Institutionalism and World Society -- 7 Studying Power -- 8 Comparative Political Analysis: Six Case-Oriented Strategies -- PART II: STATES AND GOVERNANCE -- A. Formation and Form -- 9 Theories of State Formation -- 10 State -- 11 Political Legitimacy -- 12 Political Corruption -- B. Governance and Political Process -- 13 Parties and Interest Intermediation -- 14 Interest Groups and Pluralism -- 15 Elections -- C. Violence and States -- 16 War -- 17 Terrorism -- 18 Globalization and Security -- 19 Incarceration as a Political Institution -- PART III: THE POLITICAL AND THE SOCIAL -- A. States and Civil Society -- 20 Culture, State and Policy -- 21 Civil Society and the Public Sphere -- 22 Trust and Social Capital -- 23 The Media and Politics -- B. The Politics of Identity and Action -- 24 Imagined Communities -- 25 Gender, Power, Politics -- 26 Class, Culture and Politics -- 27 The Politics of Ethnicity and Identity -- 28 Race and Politics -- 29 Nationalism: Its Role and Significance in a Globalized World -- 30 Religion and Political Sociology -- 31 Body Politics -- C. Citizenship -- 32 Citizenship and Welfare: Politics and Social Policies -- 33 Citizenship and Gender -- 34 Post-national Citizenship: Rights and Obligations of Individuality -- PART IV: DEMOCRACY AND DEMOCRATIZATION -- A. Social Movements -- 35 Protest and Political Process -- 36 Global Social Movements and Transnational Advocacy -- 37 Global Governance and Environmental Politics -- 38 Rural Social Movements -- B. Structures of Participation.

39 Towards a Political Sociology of Human Rights -- 40 Democratization -- 41 Feminism and Democracy -- 42 Democracy and Capitalism in the Wake of the Financial Crisis -- References -- Index.