Political Sociology

In contemporary society, 'the camp' is now the rule rather than the exception. In this volume, the authors explore the paradox of the camp, as representing both an old fear of enclosure and a new dream of belonging...

This volume presents a new perspective for discussing the European social contract and its main challenges, bringing together single-nation and comparative studies from across Europe. Presenting both theoretical discussions and empirical case studies, it explores various aspects of social cohesion, ..

The connection between immigration and citizenship in Europe is an increasingly important issue. This timely and informative book examines changes in laws on citizenship, nationality, and immigration in Italy and the UK, and assesses the relationship between the political conceptualization of Europ..

Drawing on insights from qualitative fieldwork using a wide range of empirical sources, Philip Balsiger traces the emergence of the Clean Clothes Campaign back to the rise of ’consumer campaigns’ and shows how tactics were adapted to market contexts in order to have retailers adopt and monitor codes..

This book is the story of the social world of Islamism. Based on extensive field work inside and outside the Islamists' regime in the Sudan, it provides an entry point into the regime's local and global worlds as they interact and collide with each other...

This series of interviews, conducted in the form of exchanges between Roy Bhaskar - the originator of critical realism (and the later philosophy of meta-reality) - and Mervyn Hartwig, a leading commentator on critical realism, tells a riveting story of the formation and development of critical reali..

This series of interviews, conducted in the form of exchanges between Roy Bhaskar - the originator of critical realism (and the later philosophy of meta-reality) - and Mervyn Hartwig, a leading commentator on critical realism, tells a riveting story of the formation and development of critical reali..

Written by a team of experts on the contemporary global capitalist political economy, this ground-breaking volume provides critical analyses of the causes and consequences of the Great Recession of 2008-2009. Through a careful examination of the origin, development and aftermath of the catastrophic ..

This volume explores Africa’s changing role in the global economy, including the new Asian presence in Africa, and in particular, the rising power of China. It shows that while Africa may often be left out of international politics, its markets are intricately tied to the rest of the world, and exam..

The internet opens up new opportunities for citizens, interest groups and political institutions, but will it revolutionize politics? The Prospect of Internet Democracy offers a rich and detailed exploration of the theoretical implications of the internet and related information and communication te..

This book provides a comprehensive and authoritative state of the art review of the current research on social transformation in Europe. Drawing together leading scholars from sociology, social policy and politics, it offers an up to the minute snapshot of current scholarship as well as signposting ..

Has terrorism lost the power to shock and appal? Have liberal democracies learned to tolerate terrorism? Using case studies of governments’ and societies’ responses to terrorism, this book, first published in 1991, shows how attitudes towards terrorism have developed. Five western countries with dif..