POLITICAL SOCIOLOGY Comprehensive Exam Reading List, Department of Sociology, University of Arizona

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1 1 POLITICAL SOCIOLOGY Comprehensive Exam Reading List, Department of Sociology, University of Arizona Foundations (Diverse General Approaches to Power, Politics and the State) Bourdieu, Pierre Rethinking the State: Genesis and Structure of the Bureaucratic Field. Sociological Theory 12(1): Bourdieu, Pierre Part III. Symbolic Power and the Political Field in Language and Symbolic Power. Harvard University Press. Foucault, Michel Governmentality. Pp in The Foucault Effect. University of Chicago Press. Also read Colin Gordon s introductory essay in this book, Governmental Rationality: an Introduction. Foucault, Michel Right of Death and Power over Life. Pp in The History of Sexuality, vol. 1 Vintage. Gramsci, Antonio State and Civil Society. Pp in Selections from the Prison Notebooks. International Publishers. James, David and Kent Redding Theories of Race and the State. Pp in The Handbook of Political Sociology, edited by T. Janowski, R. Alford, A. Hicks and M. Schwartz. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Kiser, Edgar and Shawn Bauldry Rational Choice Theories in Political Sociology. Pp in The Handbook of Political Sociology, edited by T. Janowski, R. Alford, A. Hicks and M. Schwartz. Lukes, Steven [1974]. Power: A Radical View. 2 nd Ed. MacMillan. Marx, Karl The 18 th Brumaire of Louis Bonaparte. In The Marx-Engels Reader, edited by R. C. Tucker. Norton. McMichael, Philip Globalization. Pp in The Handbook of Political Sociology, edited by T. Janowski, R. Alford, A. Hicks and M. Schwartz. Moaddel, Mansoor Jordanian Exceptionalism: A Comparative Analysis of State Religion Relationships in Egypt, Iran, Jordan and Syria. Chapter 1, pp. 1-27, Conclusions, pp Palgrave-MacMillan. Piven, Frances and Richard Cloward Rule-Making, Rule Breaking and Power. Pp in The Handbook of Political Sociology, edited by T. Janowski, R. Alford, A. Hicks and M. Schwartz. Polanyi, Karl The Great Transformation. Beacon Press. O Connor, James The Fiscal Crisis of the State. St. Martins Press. Orloff, Ann Shola Gender and the Social Rights of Citizenship: The Comparative Analysis of Gender Relations and Welfare States. American Sociological Review 58: Przeworksi, Adam Capitalism and Social Democracy. Chapters 1, 3-5.

2 2 Skocpol, Theda Bringing the State Back In. In Bringing the State Back In, edited by Peter Evans, Dietrich Rueschemeyer and Theda Skocpol. Cambridge University Press. Skrentny, John D Law and the American State. Annual Review of Sociology 32: Streeck, Wolfgang and Lane Kenworthy Theories and Practices of Neo-Corporatism. Pp in The Handbook of Political Sociology, edited by T. Janowski, R. Alford, A. Hicks and M. Schwartz. Weber. Max Types of Legitimate Domination. Pp in Economy and Society, Vol. 1, edited by G. Roth and C. Wittich. University of California Press. Weber, Max Bureaucracy in From Max Weber: Essays in Sociology, edited by H. Gerth and C. W. Mills. Oxford University Press, pp State Formation, Revolution and State Disintegration Adams, Julia, Culture in Rational Choice Theories of State Formation. Pp in State/Culture: State Formation after the Cultural Turn, edited by G. Steinmetz. Cornell University Press. Bendix, Reinhard Nation Building and Citizenship. Anchor Books. Boswell, Terry and William Dixon Marx s Theory of Rebellion: A Cross National Analysis of Class Exploitation, Economic Development and Violent Revolt. American Sociological Review 58: Brubaker, Rogers Nationalism Reframed: Nationhood and the National Question in the New Europe. Charrad, Mounira States and Women s Rights: The Making of Postcolonial Tunisia, Algeria and Morocco. Berkeley: University of California Press, Introductory Chapter, Chapters 7-9 (Part III) and Conclusion. detoqueville Alexis The Old Regime and the French Revolution. Doubleday. Evans, Peter The Eclipse of the State? Reflections on Stateness in an Era of Globalization. World Politics 50: Flistein, Neil and Alec Stone Sweet Constructing Politics and Markets: An Institutionalist Account of European Integration. American Journal of Sociology 107: Goldstone, Jack Comparative-Historical Analysis and Knowledge Accumulation in the Study of Revolutions. Pp in Comparative Historical Analyses in the Social Sciences, edited by James Mahoney and Dietrich Rueschemeyer. Goodwin, Jeffrey Revolutions and Revolutionary Movements. Pp in The Handbook of Political Sociology, edited by T. Janowski, R. Alford, A. Hicks and M. Schwartz. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Gorski, Philip Calvinism and State Formation in Early Modern Europe. Pp in State/Culture: State Formation after the Cultural Turn, edited by G. Steinmetz. Cornell University Press.

3 3 Meyer, John. The Changing Cultural Content of the Nation State: A World Society Perspective. Pp in State/Culture: State Formation after the Cultural Turn, edited by G. Steinmetz. Cornell University Press. Rodrik, Dani How Far Will International Economic Integration Go? Journal of Economic Perspectives 14 (Winter): Sohrabi, Nader Historicizing Revolutions: Constitutional Revolutions in the Ottoman Empire, Iran and Russia, American Journal of Sociology 100: Skocpol, Theda States and Revolutions. Tilly, Charles Coercion, Capital and European States. A.D Basil Blackwell. Wimmer, Andreas, Brian Min and Lars Erik Cedeman Ethnic Politics and Armed Conflict: A Configurational Analysis of a New Global Data Set. American Sociological Review 74: Mobilization, Voting and Representation Almond, Gabriel and Sidney Verba The Civic Culture. Princeton University Press. Berezin, Mabel Political Belonging: Emotion, Nation and Identity in Fascist Italy Pp in State/Culture: State Formation after the Cultural Turn, edited by George Steinmetz. Ithaca, New York: Cornell University Press. Brooks, Clem and Jeff Manza Social Cleavages and Political Change: Voter Alignments and US Party Coalitions. Oxford University Press. Bozendahl, Catherine and Clem Brooks Women s Political Representation and Welfare Spending in 12 Capitalist Democracies. Social Forces 85: Downs, Anthony An Economic Theory of Political Action in Democracy. Political Theory: Public Choice. Harper. Pp Hirschman, Albert O Exit, Voice and Loyalty: Responses to Decline in Firms, Organizations and States. Harvard University Press. Jackman, Robert W Political Institutions and Voter Turnout in Industrial Democracies. American Political Science Review 81: Lipset, Seymour Martin Political Man. Anchor. Chapters 2 and 6.. Manza, Jeff, Clem Brooks and Michael Sauder Money, Participation and Votes: Social Cleavages and Electoral Politics. Pp in The Handbook of Political Sociology, edited by T. Janowski, R. Alford, A. Hicks and M. Schwartz. Wallerstein, Immanuel Geopolitics and Geoculture. Cambridge University, Chapter 5, pp States and Policy (Social and Economic) Amenta, Edwin and Drew Halfmann Wage Wars: Institutional Politics, WPA Wages and the Struggle for US Social Policy. American Sociological Review 65: Amenta, Edwin, Neil Caren and Sheera Joy Olasky Age for Leisure? Political Mediation and the Impact of the Pension Movement on U.S. Old Age Policy. American Sociological Review 70:

4 4 Brady, David, Martin Seelieb Kiser and Jason Beckfield Economic Globalization and the Welfare State in Affluent Democracies, American Sociological Review 70: Dobbin, Frank and John Sutton The Strength of a Weak State: The Rights Revolution and the Rise of Human Resource Management Divisions. American Journal of Sociology 194: Domhoff, G. William The Power Elite and the State: How Policy is Made in America. Aldine de Gruyter. Chapters 1-3. Esping-Andersen, Gõsta The Three Worlds of Welfare Capitalism. Princeton University Press, pp Evans, Peter Predatory, Developmental and Other Apparatuses. Sociological Forum 4: Hacker, Jacob S. and Paul Pierson Winner-Take-All Politics: Public Policy, Political Organization and the Precipitous Rise of Top Incomes in the United States. Politics & Society 38: Huber, Evelyne and John D. Stephens Development and Crisis of the Welfare State: Parties and Politics in Global Markets. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. Chapters 1-4, 6-8. Kenworthy, Lane and Jonas Pontusson Rising Inequality and the Politics of Redistribution in Affluent Democracies. Perspectives on Politics 3: Korpi, Walter and Joachim Palme New Politics and Class Politics in the Context of Austerity and Globalization. Welfare State Regress in 18 Countries. American Political Science Review 97: Majone, Giandomenico The Rise of the Regulatory State in Europe. West European Politics 17: Myles, John and Jill Quadagno Political Theories of the Welfare State. Social Service Review March 2002: Pedriana, Nicholas and Robin Stryker Political Culture Wars 1960s Style: Equal Employment Opportunity-Affirmative Action Law and the Philadelphia Plan. American Journal of Sociology 103: Pedriana, Nicholas and Robin Stryker The Strength of a Weak Agency: Early Enforcement of Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act and the Expansion of State Capacity, American Journal of Sociology 110: Pierson, Paul The New Politics of the Welfare State. World Politics 48: Piven, Frances Fox and Richard Cloward Regulating the Poor. Random House. Quadagno, Jill Race, Class and Gender in the US Welfare State: Nixon s Failed Family Assistance Plan. American Sociological Review 55: Quadagno, Jill Social Movements and State Transformation: Labor Unions and Racial Conflict in the War on Poverty. American Sociological Review 57: Sabatier, Paul Social Movements and Regulatory Agencies; Toward a More Adequate and Less Pessimistic Theory of Clientele Capture. Policy Sciences 6:

5 5 Skocpol, Theda Political Responses to Capitalist Crisis: Neo-Marxist Theories of the State and the Case of the New Deal. Politics & Society 10: Steensland, Brian Cultural Categories and the American Welfare State: The Case of Guaranteed Income Policy. American Journal of Sociology 111: Stryker, Robin Government Regulation. Pp in Encyclopedia or Sociology, 2 nd Ed, edited by E. F. Borgatta and R. J. V. Montgomery. New York: MacMillan. Swensen, Peter Bringing Capital Back In, or Social Democracy Reconsidered: Employer Power, Cross-Class Alliances and Centralization of Industrial Relations in Denmark and Sweden. World Politics 43: Democracy and Democratic Transitions Hirschman, Albert O The Turn to Authoritarianism in Latin America and the Search for its Economic Determinants. Pp in The New Authoritarianism in Latin America, edited by D. Collier. Princeton University Press. Lipset, Seymour Martin The Social Requisites of Democracy Revisited: 1993 Presidential Address. American Sociological Review 59:1-22. Mahoney, James The Legacies of Liberalism: Path Dependence and Political Regimes in Central America. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University. Moore, Barrrington The Social Origins of Dictatorship and Democracy. Beacon Press. Part III: O Donnell, Guilleremo and Philippe C. Schmitter Transitions from Authoritarian Rule. John Hopkins University Press. Przeworski, Adam and Fernando Limongi Modernization: Theories and Facts World Politics 49: Robinson, William Promoting Polyarchy. Cambridge University Press, pp Rueschemeyer, Dietrich, Evelyne Huber Stephens and John Stephens Capitalist Development and Democracy. Chicago, University of Chicago Press. Chapters 1-3, 7. Schwartzman, Kathleen Globalization and Democracy. Annual Review of Sociology 24: Wallerstein, Immanuel Geopolitics and Geoculture. Cambridge University Press, pp

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2. Two 15-minute presentations 3. Seminar paper EVALUATION ACCESSIBILITY NEEDS ACADEMIC CODE Department of Sociology University of Toronto SOC6010H Political Sociology Winter 2018 (Mondays 10 a.m. to noon, 725 Spadina Avenue, room 240) Professor J. Veugelers (jack.veugelers@utoronto.ca) Office: