Readings in Contemporary Political Sociology

This Reader presents the best published writings of prominent sociologists and political theorists currently working in the field.

List of Contributors. Preface. Part I: Power and Politics:. Introduction. 1. The Subject and Power: Michel Foucault. 2. A Sociological Theory of Postmodernity: Zygmunt Bauman. 3. Inequality After Class: Malcolm Waters. Part II: Globalization:. Introduction. 4. From Fordism to Flexible Accumulation: David Harvey. 5. The Social Revolutions of our Time: Anthony Giddens. 6. Disjuncture and Difference in the Global Cultural Economy: Arjun Appadurai. 7. The Question of Cultural Identity: Stuart Hall. Part III: Social Movements and the Politicization of the Social:. Introduction. 8. "New Social Movements" of the Early Nineteenth Century: Craig Calhoun. 9. The Concept of Social Movement: Mario Diani. 10. Transnational Contention: Sidney Tarrow. Part IV: Citizenship, Exclusion, and Difference:. 11. Rethinking Citizenship and Social Movements: Themes in Contemporary Sociology and Neoconservative Ideology: Maurice Roche. 12. The Patriarchal Welfare State: Carole Pateman. 13. Toward a Postnational Model of Membership [in Europe]: Yasemin Nuhoglu Soysal. Part V: Democracy:. Introduction. 14. The Public Sphere: Jürgen Habermas. 15. Hegemony and New Political Subjects: Toward a New Concept of Democracy: Chantal Mouffe. 16. Democracy, the Nation-State and the Global System: David Held. Identity and Difference in Global Politics: William E. Connolly. Index.