An Introduction to Politics, State and Society
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An Introduction to Politics, State and Society

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An Introduction to Politics, State and Society

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This major new textbook will equip students with a complete understanding of contemporary politics, state and society in the United Kingdom today.

Key underlying themes include:

- the differences between traditional and alternative `sites of power? and what we mean by `political?

- the relationships between politics, society and how individuals become and remain engaged with politics

- the rapid transformations in contemporary social structures and their impact on social and political life

- the role of human agency and its significance to social and political action and movements

- contemporary cultural and social dislocations and their impact on some of the major contested areas of political life today.

Key features include:

- key concepts and issues

- key theorists and writers

- discussion questions

Comprehensive and accessible, An Introduction to Politics, State & Society is an essential text for all undergraduate students of politics, the contemporary state, power and political sociology.

James W McAuley is Professor of Political Sociology and Irish Studies in the School of Human and Health Sciences at the University of Huddersfield

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Publisher
SAGE Publications Ltd
Year
2003
ISBN
9781847871473
Edition
1
Topic
Social Sciences
Subtopic
Sociology
Index
Social Sciences

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Contents
  3. Introduction: Politics, State and Society
  4. Section I: Politics, Power, Political Legitimacy and the State
  5. 1: Founding Arguments: Theorizing Politics, Power and the State
  6. 2: Legitimacy and Power in the United Kingdom
  7. Section II: Society and the State
  8. 3: (Re)defining Politics: Neoliberalism and the State
  9. 4: The Politics of Welfare and the Welfare State
  10. 5: Northern Ireland, Political Violence and the Politics of Terrorism
  11. Section III: The Future of Politics and the State
  12. 6: Post-industrialism and the End of Politics?
  13. 7: Politics in the New Millennium: Globalization and the End of Social Democracy?
  14. References
  15. Index