The SAGE Handbook of Political Sociology, 2v

I recently published books on Social Theory (Profile 2015), Europe Since 1989 (Routledge 2016) and Contemporary Europe (Routledge 2017), and an edited book on Brexit (Anthem 2017).Stephen Turner is Graduate Research Professor. His Ph.D. is from the University of Missouri. His dissertation, Sociological Explanation as Translation , was published in 1980 by Cambridge . He is the author of a number of books in the history and philosophy of social science and statistics, including books on Max Weber, on whom he also edited the Cambridge Companion volume. He is the co-author of the standard one-volume history of American Sociology, The Impossible Science. He has also written extensively in science studies, especially on patronage and the politics and economics of science, and on the concept of practices, including two books, The Social Theory of Practices and Brains//Practices/ Relativism . His Liberal Democracy 3.0: Civil Society in an Age of Experts, reflects his interest in the problem the political significance of science. Among his other current interests are problems of explaining normativity, especially the conflict between philosophical and social scientific accounts, and issues relating to the implications of cognitive neuroscience for social theory, especially related to the problem of tacit knowledge and mirror neurons. He is also engaged in a large project on the realism of Hans Kelsen and Max Weber and its relevance for contemporary discussions of political theory and law. His most recent book, Explaining the Normative (Polity 2010) is a critique and an alternative to the accounts of “normativity” one finds in philosophers like McDowell, Brandom, Korsgaard, Nagel, and the like. Among his other recent edited books are The SAGE Handbook of Social Science Methodology, with William Outhwaite, and The Routledge International Handbook of Contemporary Social and Political Theory, with Gerard Delanty. He has had fellowships from the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Swedish Collegium for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences.

• Introduction - William Outhwaite and Stephen TurnerPART 1: TRADITIONS AND PERSPECTIVESChapter 1: Classical approaches: Origins and development of the theory of politics - Bryan S. TurnerChapter 2: Historical Political Sociology - Yves DéloyeChapter 3a: Marx and Marxism up to The Second World War - Robert John BideleuxChapter 3b: Marxism Since 1945: The Post-1940s Decline In Marxism’s Appeal As An Ideology Of Mass Movements And Regimes - Robert John BideleuxChapter 4: Elite theory and ‘democratic elitism’ - Sandro SegreChapter 5: Class and Politics - Geoff Evans and Noah CarlChapter 6: Foucault and Political Sociology - Claire BlencoweChapter 7: Gender and Political Sociology - Celia ValienteChapter 8: Postcolonial Theory - Lucy MayblinChapter 9: International Relations and Political Sociology - Álvaro Morcillo Laiz and Salvador Mateos Chapter 10: Political Anthropology - Arpad Szakolczai and Agnes HorvathChapter 11: Law and Political Sociology - Chris ThornhillChapter 12: International Political Economy - Kevan Harris and Christiana ParreiraChapter 13: Rational Choice - Andreas Tutic and Ulf LiebeChapter 14: Political Sociology and Political Theory - Rob StonesPART 2: CORE CONCEPTSChapter 15: Power - Jonathan HearnChapter 16: Governmentality - Iver B. Neumann and Scott HamiltonChapter 17: Institutions - Peter Lista and Fabio RojasChapter 18: The Political Sociology and Geography of Borders - Alexander C Diener and Joshua HagenChapter 19: Globalization - Larry RayChapter 20: The State - Alan ScottChapter 21: Weak States - Luz Marina Arias and Luis De la CalleChapter 22: Civil Society: History, Concepts and Current Developments - Frank AdloffChapter 23: Citizenship: T.H. Marshall and Beyond - Peter KivistoChapter 24: Political Culture - Stephen WelchChapter 25: The Concept of Empire - Russell David FosterChapter 26: Empires as a Political Form - Richard LachmannPART 3: POLITICAL IDEOLOGIES AND MOVEMENTSChapter 27: Ideology - Jonathan Leader MaynardChapter 28: Neo-liberalism and the Study of “Isms” - Stephanie L. MudgeChapter 29: Socialism, Social Democracy, Communism - Gerassimos MoschonasChapter 30: Fascism - Roger Griffin and Constantin Iordachi Chapter 31: Populism - Carlos de la TorreChapter 32: Nationalism - Steven GrosbyChapter 33: Federalism - David SpenceChapter 34: Democracy and Democratization: Theory and Research - Paul BlokkerChapter 35: Causal Models of Democratization - Carles Boix and Michael K. MillerChapter 36: Asian Model of Democracy - Chua Beng HuatChapter 37: Islamism, Political Islam - Charles TurnerPART 4: TOPICSChapter 38: Revolution - Liah GreenfeldChapter 39: State Power and Crime - Matias DeweyChapter 40: War - Christian Olsson and Siniša MaleševicChapter 41: Genocide - Dustin GarlitzChapter 42: Clientelism - Ezequiel González-Ocantos and Paula Muñoz Chapter 43: Experts and Science and Politics - Alexander RuserChapter 44: Social Media and Politics - Andrea CalderaroChapter 45: Political Socialization and Child Development - Michael McDevittChapter 46: Resistance - Davita Silfen Glasberg and Deric ShannonChapter 47: Social Movements - Hadi Khoshneviss and Robert D. BenfordChapter 48: Migration - June EdmundsChapter 49: Race - Alana LentinChapter 50: Terrorism - Ignacio Sánchez-Cuenca RodriguezChapter 51: Transitional Justice - Roman DavidChapter 52: Post-Communism - Li Bennich-BjörkmanChapter 53: Public Policy Formation and Implementation - John McLevey and Ryan DeschampsChapter 54: Welfare State - Filipe Carreira da SilvaChapter 55: Religion and Politics - Paul A. DjupeChapter 56: Paradoxes of Diversity - William Peter Baehr and Daniel GordonChapter 57: Corporate Power in the 21st Century - Steven PanageotouChapter 58: Political Violence in Historical Perspective - James J. ChrissChapter 59: Military sociology - Helena CarreirasChapter 60: The Politics of Memory - Anselma GallinatPART 5: WORLD REGIONSChapter 61: World-System - Dmytro Khutkyy and Christopher Chase-DunnChapter 62: European Integration - Didier GeorgakakisChapter 63: Politics in African States - Klaus SchlichteChapter 64: Minority Rights and Democracy in India - Peter deSouzaChapter 65: China: Ancien, Régime, Revolution and After - Chih-Chieh Tang, Feng-Tsan Lin and Hung-Chang Wu Chapter 66: The ′Middle East′ - Helen Mary RizzoChapter 67: Europe in a New World Context - Gerard Delanty

A very useful reference book for sociologists and political theorists, the entries in this volume show an excellent sense of the historical development and inter-disciplinary study of key concepts and areas – mostly those that are considered central to political sociology, but with a new additions and some interesting surprises.