The Handbook of Political Sociology or Muller v Oregon

The Handbook of Political Sociology: States, Civil Societies and Globalization

Author: Thomas Janoski

This Handbook of Political Sociology provides the first complete survey of the vibrant field of political sociology.

Part I explores the theories of political sociology.

Part II focuses on the formation, transitions, and regime structure of the state.

Part III takes up various aspects of the state that respond to pressures from civil society, including welfare, gender, and military policies. And

Part IV examines globalization. The Handbook is dedicated to the memory of co-author Robert Alford.

Table of Contents:

	Political sociology in the new millennium	1
Pt. I	Theories of political sociology
1	Rulemaking, rulebreaking, and power	33
2	Neopluralism and neofunctionalism in political sociology	54
3	Conflict theories in political sociology	72
4	Institutionalist and state-centric theories of political sociology	96
5	Culture, knowledge, and politics	115
6	Feminist theorizing and feminisms in political sociology	135
7	The linguistic turn : Foucault, Laclau, Mouffe, and Zizek	153
8	Rational-choice theories in political sociology	172
9	Theories of race and the state	187
Pt. II	Civil society : the roots and processes of political action
10	Money, participation, and votes : social cleavages and electoral politics	201
11	Public opinion, political attitudes, and ideology	227
12	Nationalism in comparative perspective	247
13	Political parties : social bases, organization, and environment	266
14	Organized interest groups and policy networks	287
15	Corporate control, interfirm relations, and corporate power	310
16	Social movements and social change	331
17	Toward a political sociology of the news media	350
Pt. III	The state and its manifestations
18	State formation and state building in Europe	367
19	Transitions to democracy	384
20	Revolutions and revolutionary movements	404
21	Regimes and contention	423
22	Theories and practices of neocorporatism	441
23	Undemocratic politics in the twentieth century and beyond	461
24	State bureaucracy : politics and policies	482
Pt. IV	State policy and innovations
25	Comparative and historical studies of public policy and the welfare state	509
26	Women, gender, and state policies	526
27	The politics of racial policy	546
28	War, miltarism, and states : the insights and blind spots of political sociology	566
Pt. V	Globalization and political sociology
29	Globalization	587
30	State economic and social policy in global capitalism	607
31	The politics of immigration and national integration	630
32	Counterhegemonic globalization : transnational social movements in the contemporary global political economy	655

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Muller v. Oregon: A Brief History with Documents

Author: Nancy Woloch

The first brief book on the landmark 1908 Supreme Court decision that limited a woman's workday to ten hours, this text offers a concise analysis of the origins and impact of Muller v. Oregon. Woloch's comprehensive narrative familiarizes readers with Progressive reform, the case itself, and the conflict Muller generated within the women's movement over the issue of classification by gender. A rich collection of primary documents - including court decisions, the Brandeis brief, and essays by leading Progressive-era reformers - enables readers to analyze the decision and the ensuing debate. Editorial features include headnotes, a chronology, a bibliography, and illustrations.