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The Sociology of Politics

The Sociology of Politics( )
Editor: Outhwaite, William
Martell, Luke
Contribution by: Amin, S.
Friedrich, C. J.
Habermas, Jürgen
Held, D.
Kirchheimer, O.
Kitchen, M.
Lane, D.
Series title:The International Library of Critical Writings in Sociology Ser.
ISBN:978-1-85278-901-5
Publication Date:Jan 1998
Publisher:Edward Elgar Publishing, Incorporated
Book Format:Hardback
List Price:USD $1269.00
Book Description:

This scholarly collection presents some of the most important classical and contemporary texts of relevance to political sociology. Volume I offers an overview of the sociological approach to the concepts of power and the state; it examines state theory in the 1970s from both a Marxist and Capitalist point of view, the recent shift of political power from the state to other areas of society, this issue of citizenship, and the welfare state.

Volume II focuses on the most important...
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Jurgen Habermas is a German sociologist who studied at the universities of Gottingen, Zurich, and Bonn. He taught at Frankfurt am Main, Marburg, and Heidelberg before becoming professor of philosophy at the University of Frankfurt. His works, widely translated, have made him one of the most influential social theorists of our time.

Habermas is considered by some to be an intellectual heir to Max Weber and what has been called the Frankfurt School. His work has centered mainly on the role of communication and technology in changing patterns of social relations, human activity, and values. An outspoken advocate of the Enlightenment and a champion of reason, he has also cautioned that the technical rationality associated with modern capitalism often functions as ideology and may stand in the way of human progress.

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