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The New Political Sociology

Power, Ideology and Identity in an Age of Complexity

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  1. Graham Taylor

    1. University of the West of England, UK

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-viii
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  2. Introduction: The Contours of Social and Political Complexity

    • Graham Taylor
    Pages 1-12

  3. Political Sociology in an Age of Complexity

    • Graham Taylor
    Pages 13-33

  4. Complex Powers: Beyond the Panopticon?

    • Graham Taylor
    Pages 34-54

  5. The End of the Nation State? The Disarticulation of Power and Identity

    • Graham Taylor
    Pages 55-79

  6. Glocalized Identities: Political Culture between Place and Space

    • Graham Taylor
    Pages 80-102

  7. Networks of Resistance: Global Complexity and the Politics of New Social Movements

    • Graham Taylor
    Pages 103-125

  8. Networks of Terror: Globalization, Fundamentalism and Political Violence

    • Graham Taylor
    Pages 126-147

  9. Complex Citizenships: Between Universalism and Particularism?

    • Graham Taylor
    Pages 148-171

  10. Global Civil Society? The Prospects for Cosmocracy

    • Graham Taylor
    Pages 172-194

  11. Conclusion: Towards an ‘Existential Turn’ in Political Sociology

    • Graham Taylor
    Pages 195-198

  12. Back Matter

    Pages 199-234
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The 21st century has witnessed a fundamental transformation of political institutions and society, alongside cultural, global and complexity turns in social theory. This provocative text gives an overview of key issues, argues for an 'existential turn' in political sociology and brings the study of politics and society up to date.

Reviews

"Graham Taylor does well what so many contemporary authors seem to fail to do

these days, that is, after positioning his work amid recent trends in sociological research

and theory, he poses a meaningful alternative." - International Sociology Review

'A bold and original contribution to the field. Taylor offers us a political sociology of 'inbetweeness': the old order of modernity is dissolving while the emerging order is not yet fully formed. The result is a sophisticated and challenging book.' - Chris Rumford, Royal Holloway, University of London, UK

'Graham Taylor traces the ways in which new understandings of globalization and culture have transformed political sociology. This book will become part of the debate on the future of states and politics, and on how best to analyze those social creations.' - Richard Lachmann, State University of New York at Albany, USA

Authors and Affiliations

  • University of the West of England, UK

    Graham Taylor

About the author

GRAHAM TAYLOR is Reader in Sociology at the University of the West of England, UK. His recent publications include Globalization, Modernity and Social Change: Hotspots of Transition (with J. Dürrschmidt) and The Crisis of Social Democratic Trade Unionism in Western Europe: Prospects for Alternatives (with M. Upchurch and A. Mathers).

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