Power, Politics, and Society: An Introduction to Political Sociology - Softcover

Dobratz, Betty; Waldner, Lisa; Buzzell, Timothy L.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0205486290 ISBN 13: 9780205486298

Publisher: Pearson, 2011

Synopsis

For undergraduate courses in political sociology.

 

Introduces core concepts and research in political sociology.

 

Political Sociology: Debates in the Sociology of Power dicusses how sociologists have organized the study of politics into conceptual frameworks, and how each of these frameworks foster a sociological perspective on power and politics in society.  This includes discussing how these frameworks can be applied to understanding current issues and other “real life” aspects of politics. The authors connect with students by engaging them in activities where they complete their own applications of theory, hypothesis testing, and forms of inquiry.

 

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About this title

About the Author

Betty A. Dobratz received her Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin and is Professor of Sociology at Iowa State University.  She has authored, co-authored, or co-edited 14 books or issues of journals and more than 50 research articles, chapters, and pieces on teaching. Her co-authored book, White Power, White Pride! The White Separatist Movement in the U.S., with Stephanie Shanks-Meile, received two sociology book awards, one from a section of the American Sociological Association (ASA) and the other was from the North Central Sociological Association Scholarly Achievement Award.  The book also was one of sixteen sociology books to be included in Choice’s Outstanding Academic Books list for 1998.  Her earlier work focused on contemporary Greek politics, and she spent ten months in Greece on a NATO post-doctoral fellowship.

 

Timothy Buzzell is Professor of Sociology and Chair of the Department of History, Culture & Society at Baker University in Baldwin City, Kansas.  He teaches courses in Criminology, Deviance, Politics and Society, Religion, Ritual & Belief, as well as Theory in Sociology.  In addition, he currently serves as the Coordinator of the Social Justice program. His research on the nature of computer crime and deviance has appeared in the journals Deviant Behavior, Sexuality & Culture, and Criminal Justice Studies. Prior to his appointment at Baker University, he served as the Director of the Iowa Center for Law & Civic Education at the Drake Law School in Des Moines, Iowa.  He received his PhD in Sociology from Iowa State University in 1991.

 

Lisa K. Waldner received her Ph.D. from Iowa State University with Betty A. Dobratz as her dissertation advisor and is currently Professor of Sociology and Chair of the Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice at the University of St. Thomas where she teaches courses in research methods, statistics and sexuality. Her research interests include political activism, hate crimes, gay and lesbian issues, and violence in intimate relationships including sexual coercion with her work appearing in several journals including Violence and Victims, Journal of Homosexuality, Aggression and Violent Behavior, and the Journal of Political and Military Sociology. She has received several teaching awards and is heavily involved in promoting student-faculty collaborative research.

 

All three authors together edited five volumes of the annual  Research in Political Sociology from 2001 through 2004

Review

Thank you to our reviewers!

 

Daniel Egan, University of Massachusetts, Lowell

Brian Gareau, Boston College

Paul McLean, Rutgers University

Bradley Nash, Appalachian State University

 

 

“Clear, tight explanations. Well-defined concepts. Excellent illustration of theoretical approaches in everyday events.”

Brian Gareau, Boston College

 

“The review of state theories, the distinction between state and government, and the delineation of state arenas/components are all very good.”

Bradley Nash, Appalachian State University

Edition details

• Publisher: Pearson
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0205486290
• ISBN 13: 9780205486298
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 400