The first volume of the series covers the key themes of political
sociology as these have emerged in the course of the
(sub-)discipline's development: state formation; legitimation;
power; regulation, and inequality. The widening of the focus of
political sociology from the nation-state and from models of power
based on agents' wills and explicit agendas is reflected in the
selection. The volume includes both 'standard' and
highly-influential contributions - such as Elias on violence,
Habermas on legitimation crisis or Lukes on power - and works that
are perhaps less well known, but which represent a representative
cross-section of themes and debates in the area. The historical
formation of the state and its shifting spatial reach are covered
in the first and final sections respectively. In between, both
substantial issues - e.g. the changing nature of social policy and
welfare regimes - and a wide range of theoretical and conceptual
issues - are discussed by leading representative of the vying
positions within the field.
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