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Political Sociology for the 21st Century by Betty A. Dobratz, Lisa K. Waldner, and Timothy Buzzell, Editors. Oxford, UK: Elsevier, 2003. (pp. 342 / $90.00 (cloth)
Questions of central importance to political sociology are as old as societies themselves. Where elites and masses have clashed, organizations and political systems have completed, social movements have battled, and power has resided, so too has the need for systematic understanding of the sociological meaning of power. Theoretical and empirical evaluation of politics and society have evolved to adapt to social change, address new challenges, and look to future debates. This is the motivation for the contribution of Political Sociology for the 21st Century.
Dobratz et al. assemble a fine collection of research addressing some of the most defining and pressing issues for political sociology. This twelfth volume from the series Research in Political Sociology continues a tradition of presenting innovative research on a broad range of key topics including public opinion and civil society, electoral politics, social movements, and...