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The Wiley-Blackwell Companion to Political Sociology

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The Wiley-Blackwell Companion to Political Sociology serves as a comprehensive and up-to-date reference guide covering the entire discipline of political sociology. It highlights key emerging topics such as globalization, social movements, citizenship, environmental politics, international terrorism, security, corruption, and human rights. The book features contributions from an international and interdisciplinary group of scholars, with chapters that can be read independently or as a complete overview of political sociology scholarship.
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This companion is ideal for students and scholars of political sociology seeking a thorough and accessible reference covering current and emerging topics globally.

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With contributions from an international, interdisciplinary group of leading scholars, The Wiley-Blackwell Companion to Political Sociology is a complete reference guide, reflecting the scope and quality of the discipline, and highlighting emerging topics in the field.

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The Wiley-Blackwell Companion to Political Sociology is a complete reference guide, reflecting the scope and quality of the discipline, and highlighting emerging topics in the field.

Global in focus, this companion offers up-to-date topics from an interdisciplinary, international set of scholars addressing key issues concerning globalization, social movements, and citizenship.

The majority of chapters are new, including those on environmental politics, international terrorism, security, corruption, and human rights.

It revises and updates all previously published chapters to include new themes and topics in political sociology.

The book provides an overview of scholarship in the field, with chapters working independently and collectively to examine the full range of contributions to political sociology.

It offers a challenging yet accessible and complete reference guide for students and scholars.

Series: Wiley Blackwell Companions to Sociology

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Mobilization praised the volume as "well-conceived and well executed," recognising its broad and deep scholarship in the field of political sociology.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781119250654

Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 30 September 2016

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Wiley-Blackwell

Audience: Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 25.0mm

Width: 170.0mm

Height: 241.0mm

Weight: 953g

Pages: 640

About the Author

Edwin Amenta is Professor of Sociology, Political Science, and History, University of California, Irvine. He has published extensively on political sociology, social movements, historical and comparative sociology, and the news media.Β 

Kate Nash is Professor of Sociology at Goldsmiths, University of London and Faculty Fellow at the Center for Cultural Sociology, Yale University. She has published widely on political sociology and human rights.Β 

Alan Scott is Professor of Sociology, University Innsbruck (Austria) and Adjunct Professor, University of New England, NSW, Australia. He researches and publishes in the area of political and organizational sociology, and on social theory.

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