Political Sociology

A lively and accessible exploration of the changing dimensions of Pan-African thought and practice. Essential reading for anyone interested in politics, identity and development in Africa and the African Diaspora...

This title was first published in 2001: This stimulating and well-written text is particularly suitable as a subsidiary text for courses in politics, sociology and ethnic studies...

How do international organizations support local peacebuilding? Do they really understand conflict? Framing the debate using case studies from Africa and Central America, Partners in Peace challenges the global perceptions and assumptions of the roles played by civil society in peacebuilding and off..

This collection of new essays by philosophers and political theorists engages with a wide range of conceptual, moral and political questions raised by the current revival of patriotism. It displays both similarities and differences between patriotism and nationalism, and considers the proposal of Ha..

This volume focuses on developments in peace research in a number of key countries, and in particular introduces for the first time in English the perspectives of a number of Chinese scholars who have started to engage with peace studies agendas. Comparisons are drawn from the UK, USA, Mexico, Japan..

This volume focuses on developments in peace research in a number of key countries, and in particular introduces for the first time in English the perspectives of a number of Chinese scholars who have started to engage with peace studies agendas. Comparisons are drawn from the UK, USA, Mexico, Japan..

This title was first published in 2000:  An analysis of a Hong Kong urban housing protest movement, exploring the relevance of political context, the resources available to the groups concerned, the actors’ interpretations of their situation and their strategy preferences. The book contributes to bo..

This book looks at the ways in which people of different age groups engage with issues of a civic and political nature, and the ways in which politics is intertwined with everyday aspects of people’s pasts, presents and futures. This book was originally published as a special issue of Contemporary S..

First published in 1989, this Routledge Revival is a major collection of essays on the competing traditions of social and political theory. The contributions, by international scholars, reflect the re-examination of the boundaries between the ‘political’ and the ‘social’, the ‘public’ and ‘private’,..

First published in 1989, this Routledge Revival is a major collection of essays on the competing traditions of social and political theory. The contributions, by international scholars, reflect the re-examination of the boundaries between the ‘political’ and the ‘social’, the ‘public’ and ‘private’,..

Offering systematic coverage of major social groups including ethnic minorities, recent migrants, gay and lesbian groups, religious sects, and marginalized workers this is the first study to investigate the multiple facets of social domination in Taiwan and the ongoing struggles by minority groups t..

Blending concepts from 'dramatism' such as 'victimage ritual' with Foucault's approach to modern power and knowledge regimes, this book presents a novel and illuminating perspective on political power and domination resulting from the global war on terrorism. A compelling analysis of ritual rhetori..