Political Sociology Books

New and Published Books

1. Understanding European Movements

   New Social Movements, Global Justice Struggles, Anti-Austerity Protest

   Edited by Cristina Flesher Fominaya, Laurence Cox

   Series: Routledge Advances in Sociology

   European social movements have been central to European history, politics, society and culture, and have had a global reach and impact. Yet they have rarely been taken on their own terms in the English-language literature, considered rather as counterpoints to the US experience. This has been...

   Published May 20th 2013 by Routledge
2. Contemporary Political Agency

   Theory and Practice

   Edited by Bice Maiguashca, Raffaele Marchetti

   Series: Global Order Studies

   This book explores and critically reflects on the theory and practice of political agency in contemporary global politics. In light of the changing relationship between the state, the market and the society, it seeks to map both theoretically and empirically contemporary forms of global political...

   Published May 15th 2013 by Routledge
3. Civil Disobedience and Deliberative Democracy

   By William Smith

   Series: Routledge Innovations in Political Theory

   Civil disobedience is a public, nonviolent, conscientious yet political act, contrary to law, carried out to communicate opposition to law and policy of government. This book presents a theory of civil disobedience that draws on ideas associated with deliberative democracy. This book explores the...

   Published May 15th 2013 by Routledge
4. Gender and Neoliberalism in India

   The All India Democratic Women’s Association and Globalization Politics

   By Elisabeth Armstrong

   Series: Routledge Research in Gender and Society

   This book explores how one socialist women’s organization based in India has flourished in neoliberalism’s shadow. From 1991 to the present, the doctrine of liberalization has guided Indian politics and economic policy. These neoliberal measures have vastly reduced poverty alleviation schemes,...

   Published May 14th 2013 by Routledge
5. How Groups Matter

   Challenges of Toleration in Pluralistic Societies

   Edited by Gideon Calder, Magali Bessone, Federico Zuolo

   Series: Routledge Studies in Social and Political Thought

   When groups feature in political philosophy, it is usually in one of three contexts: the redressing of past or current injustices suffered by ethnic or cultural minorities; the nature and scope of group rights; and questions around how institutions are supposed to treat a certain specific identity/...

   Published May 14th 2013 by Routledge
6. Rules, Politics, and the International Criminal Court

   Committing to the Court

   By Yvonne Dutton

   Series: Global Institutions

   In this new work, Dutton examines the ICC and whether and how its enforcement mechanism influences state membership and the court’s ability to realize treaty goals, examining questions such as: Why did states decide to create the ICC and design the institution with this uniquely strong...

   Published May 8th 2013 by Routledge
7. Representation and Effectiveness in Latin American Democracies

   Congress, Judiciary and Civil Society

   Edited by Moira B. MacKinnon, Ludovico Feoli

   Series: Routledge Studies in Latin American Politics

   Legislatures, the judiciary and civil society are important actors in representative democracies. In what ways and how well do they represent? And how effectively do they carry out their institutional and social roles? Both questions refer to the key dimensions of democracy analyzed in this book:...

   Published May 8th 2013 by Routledge
8. Human Rights in the Asia-Pacific Region

   Towards Institution Building

   Edited by Hitoshi Nasu, Ben Saul

   Series: Routledge Research in Human Rights Law

   The Asia-Pacific is known for having the least developed regional mechanisms for protecting human rights. This edited collection makes a timely and distinctive contribution to contemporary debates about building institutions for human rights protection in the Asia-Pacific region, in the wake of...

   Published May 6th 2013 by Routledge
9. Nationbuilding, Gender and War Crimes in South Asia

   By Bina D’Costa

   Series: Routledge Contemporary South Asia Series

   This book gives a detailed political analysis of nationbuilding processes and how these are closely linked to statebuilding and to issues of war crime, gender and sexuality, and marginalization of minority groups. With a focus on the Indian subcontinent, the author demonstrates how the state...

   Published May 6th 2013 by Routledge
10. Peace through Tourism

    Promoting Human Security Through International Citizenship

    Edited by Lynda-ann Blanchard, Freya Higgins-Desbiolles

    Series: Contemporary Geographies of Leisure, Tourism and Mobility

    Peace through tourism refers to a body of analysis which suggests tourism may contribute to cross-cultural understanding, tolerance and even peace between communities and nations. What has been largely missing to date is a sustained critique of the potential and capacities of tourism to foster...

    Published May 1st 2013 by Routledge