Elgar Encyclopedia of Political Sociology

Edited by Maria Grasso, Professor of Political Science and Political Sociology, School of Politics and International Relations, Queen Mary University of London, UK and Marco Giugni, Professor, Department of Political Science and International Relations and Director, Institute of Citizenship Studies (InCite), University of Geneva, Switzerland

• Contents:Introduction to the Elgar Encyclopedia of Political Sociology xxMaria Grasso and Marco Giugni1 Age and generation 1Achim Goerres2 Alienation 5Amy Wendling and Rebecca Murray3 Anarchism 9Dana M. Williams4 Authoritarian and totalitarian regimes 14Natasha Lindstaedt5 Biopolitics 18Knut Ove Eliassen and Sverre Raffnsøe6 Bourdieu, Pierre 22Craig Calhoun7 Bureaucracy 26Marina Nistotskaya and Palina Kolvani8 Capitalism 30Bruno Amable9 Citizenship 34Christine Hobden and Laurence Piper10 Civic engagement 38Kristin Strømsnes11 Civic voluntarism 42Henry E. Brady12 Civil disobedience 47Sandra Laugier13 Civil society 53Simone Baglioni14 Civil wars 56Francisco Villamil15 Class 59Magnus Wennerhag and Anders Hylmö16 Class consciousness and class struggle 63Berch Berberoglu17 Class voting 67Geoffrey Evans18 Cleavages 71David Attewell and Marco R. Steenbergen19 Clientelism 75Francesco Stolfi20 Coalition formation 78Anna Bassi21 Collective action 82Nella Van Dyke22 Comparative-historical sociology 86Barry Eidlin23 Comparative political economy 91Jonas Pontusson and Lucio Baccaro24 Comparative political sociology 95Kai Arzheimer25 Conflict theory 99Jörg Rössel26 Constructivism 103Michael Buckley27 Contentious politics 107Kaylin Bourdon and David S. Meyer28 Corporatism and neo-corporatism 111Michael Dobbins and Rafael Pablo Labanino29 Decommodification 115Kenneth Nelson 30 Democracy 118Natalie J. Doyle31 Democratization 123Jan Teorell32 De Tocqueville, Alexis 127Marinus Ossewaarde33 Discrimination 131Kassra A.R. Oskooii34 Durkheim, Emile 134Nicolas Sembel35 Economic voting 138Martin Okolikj36 Emotions 142Helena Flam37 Empowerment 147Aaron Schutz38 Environmentalism 151Amanda Machin and Alexander Ruser39 Ethnicity 154Shamit Saggar40 Ethnocentrism 158Wouter van der Brug and Linet R. Durmuşoğlu41 Europeanization 162Anna Kyriazi42 Euroscepticism 166Sofia Vasilopoulou43 Exploitation 169Arthur Sakamoto and Michael Ohsfeldt44 Extreme right 174Jens Rydgren and Ryan Switzer45 Factionalism 177Matthijs Bogaards and Hager Ali46 Feminism 181Christine M. Slaughter, Kennia L. Coronado, and Nadia E. Brown47 Field theory 185Gregor Kungl48 Foucault, Michel 188Vanessa Lemm and Venessa Ercole49 Framing/frame analysis 192Louisa Parks50 Frankfurt School 195Dustin Garlitz51 Functionalism 199Jonathan H. Turner and Alexandra Maryanski52 Gender 204Silke Roth53 Globalization 208Amentahru Wahlrab54 Governance 212Ramona Coman and Leonardo Puleo55 Governmentality 216Mathias Hein Jessen56 Gramsci, Antonio 219Fabio de Nardis57 Group consciousness 222Jacquelien van Stekelenburg58 Identity 226Francesca Polletta, Dylan Gray, and Nathan Redman59 Ideology 229Mathew Humphrey and Marius S. Ostrowski60 Inequality (political) 234Paul Marx61 Institutionalism 237Edwin Amenta62 Interest groups 241Anne Skorkjær Binderkrantz63 Intersectionality 244Karine Duplan 64 Left/right 249A�n�t�h�o�n�y� �F�.� �H�e�a�t�h�65 Legitimacy 253D�a�v�i�d� �B�e�e�t�h�a�m�66 Liberalism 257J�u�l�i�e� �S�m�i�t�h�67 Libertarianism and authoritarianism 262P�a�u�l�a� �S�u�r�r�i�d�g�e�68 Lifestyle politics 267F�r�a�n�c�e�s�c�a� �F�o�r�n�o�69 Marx, Karl 271B�o�b� �J�e�s�s�o�p�70 Marxism and neo-Marxism 275R�o�h�a�n� �A�d�v�a�n�i� �a�n�d� �M�i�c�h�a�e�l� �A�.� �M�c�C�a�r�t�h�y�71 Mass media 279R�e�n�s� �V�l�i�e�g�e�n�t�h�a�r�t�72 Memory (collective) 282L�o�r�e�n�z�o� �Z�a�m�p�o�n�i�73 Michels, Robert 285G�i�o�r�g�i�o� �V�o�l�p�e�74 The micro–macro link 289K�a�r�l�-�D�i�e�t�e�r� �O�p�p�75 Migration 292C�a�t�h�e�r�i�n�e� �W�i�h�t�o�l� �d�e� �W�e�n�d�e�n�76 Modernity 296J�o�h�n� �R�u�n�d�e�l�l�77 Modernization 301S�t�e�f�a�n� �K�r�u�s�e�78 Multiculturalism 306T�a�r�i�q� �M�o�d�o�o�d� �a�n�d� �T�h�o�m�a�s� �S�e�a�l�y�79 Nationalism 310L�i�a�h� �G�r�e�e�n�f�e�l�d�80 Neoliberalism 313J�o�h�a�n�n�a� �B�o�c�k�m�a�n� �a�n�d� �M�a�r�g�a�r�e�t� �Z�e�d�d�i�e�s�81 New politics and postmaterialism 317T�o�n�i� �R�o�d�o�n� �a�n�d� �R�a�ül� �T�o�r�m�o�s�82 NGOs 322Grace L. Chikoto-Schultz and Bryson Davis83 Nonviolence 326Selina Gallo-Cruz84 Norms 330Vicente Valentim85 Parties and party systems 334Emilie van Haute86 Partisanship 338Paolo Bellucci87 Patriarchy 343Carol Gilligan and Naomi Snider88 Pluralism 347Rainer Eisfeld89 Polarisation 351Juan Rodríguez-Teruel and Fernando Casal Bértoa90 Policy analysis 355Frédéric Varone and Karin Ingold91 Policy networks 359Manlio Cinalli92 Political attitudes 363Kathrin Ackermann93 Political behaviour 367Sadiya Akram94 Political communication 371Chiara Valli and Alessandro Nai95 Political consumerism 375Shelley Boulianne96 Political corruption 379Marcia Grimes and Oleksandra Keudel97 Political culture 384Mabel Berezin, Nathan T.B. Ly, and Chiara Visentin98 Political efficacy 388Jennifer Oser 99 Political elites 391Lars Vogel and Christian Schneickert100 Political engagement 395Judith Bessant and Rob Watts101 Political generations 399Laura Stoker102 Political institutions 404Elisabeth S. Clemens103 Political knowledge 408Wyatt I. Dawson and Lindsay H. Hoffman104 Political learning 412Diana Owen105 Political opportunities 416Katerina Vrablikova106 Political organizations 420Tom Einhorn and Catherine Corrigall-Brown107 Political participation 423Yvette Peters108 Political preferences 427Rose McDermott109 Political regimes 431Erik Martinez Kuhonta110 Political representation 435Nathalie Giger and Zoe Lefkofridi111 Political socialization 439Tawnya Adkins Covert112 Political sophistication 443Marta Fraile113 Political transitions 447Olga Onuch114 Political trust 451Marc Hooghe115 Political violence 454Måns Robert Lundstedt and Lorenzo Bosi116 Politics/the political 458Oliver Marchart117 Populism 461Cristóbal Rovira Kaltwasser118 Postcolonialism 465Daniela Musina and Francesco Strazzari119 Postmodernism 470Simon Susen120 Post-structuralism 475Oscar L. Larsson121 Poverty 479Leo Azzollini and Brian Nolan122 Power 482Sebahattin Ziyanak, Jesse Lindley, and Leticia Haro123 Precariat 486Arne L. Kalleberg and Kevin Hewison124 Protest 489Hank Johnston125 Public choice 493Bruno S. Frey, Sandro Bieri, and Louis Moser126 Public opinion 496Viktor Orri Valgarðsson and Daniel Devine127 Public policy 500Jean-Francois Savard128 Race and racism 503Ali Meghji and Seetha Tan129 Rational choice theory 507Paul Whiteley130 Religion and politics 510Alberta Giorgi131 Repression 514Christian Davenport132 Resources 518Kay Lehman Schlozman133 Revolutions 521Sharon Erickson Nepstad and Jalal Fetrati 134 Riots 525Matteo Tiratelli135 Security 528Jonathon Whooley and Laura Sjoberg136 Social capital 531Francesca Vassallo137 Social change 534Jennifer Earl, Sam Scovill, and Rina James138 Social democracy 538Frank Bandau139 Socialism 542Pierre Musso140 Social media 546Francesco Bailo141 Social movement organizations 550Edward T. Walker and John D. McCarthy142 Social movements 555Donatella della Porta143 Social networks 560Elena Pavan144 Socio-economic status 564Sebastian Jungkunz and Nadja Wehl145 Solidarity 568Christian Lahusen146 State/state formation 572John L. Brooke and Julia C. Strauss147 Strikes 576Roberto Franzosi148 Structuralism 580Johannes Angermuller149 Structure and agency 583Matthew Norton150 Terrorism 586Jeff Goodwin151 Tilly, Charles 591Lesley Wood152 Trade unions 595Jelle Visser153 Transnationalism 599Michele Ford154 Underclass 603Robert MacDonald155 Unemployment 607Emmanuel Pierru156 Universalism/traditionalism 610Alain Policar157 Urban politics 613Claire Colomb158 Values 618Jan Cieciuch and Eldad Davidov159 Verba, Sidney 623David E. Campbell160 Voluntary associations 627Sarah Cameron161 Volunteering 631Nathalie Hofstetter and Markus Freitag162 Voting 635Pascal Sciarini and Andreas C. Goldberg163 War 639Christian Olsson164 Weber, Max 643Kari Palonen and Niilo Kauppi165 Welfare state 646Romana Careja166 World-systems 650Christopher Chase-Dunn167 Xenophobia 656Claudia Alegre, Jessica Cobian, and Efrén PérezIndex 660

‘It is no easy task assembling an Encyclopedia of political sociology which needs, at the same time, to be comprehensive and authoritative. This is both in equal respect. A major reference point and a significant statement as to the identity of political sociology today.’