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Political Sociology for a Globalizing World
Michael Drake (Ed.)
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Description for Political Sociology for a Globalizing World
Hardback. * Accessible, up-to-date textbook overview of a major discipline in sociology. * Addresses the apparent irrelevance of formal political institutions and practices to people s everyday social life. * Provides tools to assess and rethink the relations between politics and society. Num Pages: 244 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFS; JHB; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 166 x 20. Weight in Grams: 498.
This accessible book addresses one of the twenty-first century's most important issues: the increasing lack of connection between political institutions and the social reality of our everyday lives. A gulf between popular expectations and formal politics has widened continually since the revolts against authority of 1968, the Eastern European revolutions of 1989 and the growth of new social movements. Today, popular disillusion with politics is ubiquitous. Enormous social transformations on a global scale since the 1970s have produced no fundamental change in what are considered normal political institutions such as the state, or in mainstream political ideologies and parties. ... Read more
This accessible book addresses one of the twenty-first century's most important issues: the increasing lack of connection between political institutions and the social reality of our everyday lives. A gulf between popular expectations and formal politics has widened continually since the revolts against authority of 1968, the Eastern European revolutions of 1989 and the growth of new social movements. Today, popular disillusion with politics is ubiquitous. Enormous social transformations on a global scale since the 1970s have produced no fundamental change in what are considered normal political institutions such as the state, or in mainstream political ideologies and parties. ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
244
Condition
New
Number of Pages
244
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780745637556
SKU
V9780745637556
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About Michael Drake (Ed.)
Michael Drake is a Lecturer in Sociology at the University of Hull
Reviews for Political Sociology for a Globalizing World
"Drake has brought political sociology into the 21st century with this textbook. Essential." Choice "Drake calls for a political sociology which will be critical to concepts inherited from modernity, and responsive to current transformations in politics and society. Drake's research interests in political and historical sociology, politics and culture, war studies, and collective memory establish a vivid interdisciplinary ground for ... Read more