Table of Contents

• Introduction
• Chapter 1: Power and Politics
• Chapter 2: States, Empires, Nation-States
• Chapter 3: Regimes and Revolutions
• Chapter 4: Voice and Vote in Democratic Politics
• Chapter 5: Bringing the State Back In
• Chapter 6: Social Movements and Social Change
• Chapter 7: Transnationalism and the Future(s) of Political Order

About the Author

Elisabeth S. Clemens is William Rainey Harper Professor of Sociology at the University of Chicago

Reviews

"With this masterful and definitive work, Clemens not only illuminates the key concepts and theories in political sociology, she also presents original and compelling arguments about the social bases of political orders. This is a must-read for scholars as well as students of political sociology."
Julian Go, Boston University

“Elisabeth Clemens has done path-breaking scholarship and shaped the field of political sociology. This book provides a clear and compelling short route through this field, combining the sharpest and most up-to-date analytic thinking, free of jargon and fad, with accessibility. It is sure to have an important audience among undergraduate and graduate students, as well as faculty teaching in this area.”
Carmen Sirianni, Brandeis University
“A short, historically informed inventory of the entire spectrum of political sociology.”
Soziologische Revue