This volume discusses the various interrelations that exist within and between social and political phenomena. This includes exploring the underlying social roots or origins of politics and power; the organisation, management, and process of political power structure; and the effects of political decision-making and power structures on the surrounding society and culture.
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Mostly US contributors in sociology and political science examine issues surrounding national identity, ethnicity, and public policy, as well as political elites and political contention. The section on national identity and public policy looks at topics such as faith-based organizing for immigrant rights, and the intersection of immigration policy and the child welfare system in the US. Part 2 examines the role of political elites, with chapters on elites and social movements, the militarization theory in post-Soviet Russia, and party change in Americans bluest state. -- Annotation ©2017 * (protoview.com) *
PART I: NATIONAL IDENTITY, ETHNICITY, AND PUBLIC POLICY
How did the irish americans become irish? Gaelic sports and the organization
of irish ethnicity in new york city - Dan Lainer-Vos
Sanctified Mobilization: How Political Activists Manage Institutional
Boundaries In Faith-Based Organizing For Immigrant Rights - Marion Coddou
National Identity And Governmental Authority: The Intersection Of National
Identity, Immigration Policy, And The Child Welfare System In The United
States - Joanna Kaftan
Revisiting Mothers' Pensions: A Critique Of A Social Science Classic And A
New Analysis - Sheera Joy Olasky and David F. Greenberg
PART II: POLITICAL ELITES AND POLITICAL CONTENTION
Essential Contestants, Essential Contests - John Markoff
Elites, Policy, And Social Movements - David Pettinicchio
The Militarization Theory In Post-Soviet Russia: Dispelling The Pathological
Look At Political And Administrative Elites - Victor Violier
Changing Political Fortunes: Race, Class, And Black Power In The Rise And
Fall Of A Black Urban Regime In Oakland - Eric S. Brown
The Strength Of Civil Society Ties: Explaining Party Change In America's
Bluest State - Johnnie Lotesta
Barbara Wejnert, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, USA Paolo Parigi, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA