Contemporary Political Sociology: globalization, politics, power

Nash, Kate. 2010. Contemporary Political Sociology: globalization, politics, power. Chichester, Sussex: Wiley-Blackwell. ISBN 9781444330755 [Book]

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This fully revised and updated introduction to political sociology incorporates the burgeoning literature on globalization and shows how contemporary politics is linked to cultural issues, social structure and democratizing social action.

New material on global governance, human rights, global social movements, global media
New discussion of democracy and democratization
Clearly lays out what is at stake in deciding between alternatives of cosmopolitanism, imperialism and nationalism
Includes additional discussion of the importance of studying culture to political sociology

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Sociology
Media, Communications and Cultural Studies > Centre for the Study of Global Media and Democracy

Date:

2010

Item ID:

7345

Date Deposited:

08 Nov 2012 22:53

Last Modified:

06 Aug 2020 08:32

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https://research.gold.ac.uk/id/eprint/7345

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