Berch Berberoglu

Political Sociology in a Global Era

An Introduction to the State and Society

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Critical analysis of the origins, nature and development of the state and society, from the ancient to the contemporary era.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 242
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Juli 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 226mm x 152mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 277g
• ISBN-13: 9781612051734
• ISBN-10: 1612051731
• Artikelnr.: 36909258

Autorenporträt

Dr. Berch Berberoglu is Foundation Professor of Sociology and Director of Graduate Studies in the Department of Sociology at the University of Nevada, Reno, where he has been teaching and conducting research for the past thirty-five years. Dr. Berberoglu has written and edited twenty-eight books and many articles on topics related to political sociology, the state, globalization, and the political economy of class and class conflict on a global scale. His most recent books include The Globalization of Capital and the Nation-State; Nationalism and Ethnic Conflict: Class, State, and Nation in the Age of Globalization; Globalization and Change: The Transformation of Global Capitalism; The State and Revolution in the Twentieth Century: Major Social Transformations of Our Time; Class and Class Conflict in the Age of Globalization; and Globalization in the 21st Century: Labor, Capital, and the State on a World Scale. Dr. Berberoglu's areas of specialization include political sociology, political economy, globalization, class analysis, development, and comparative historical sociology. His most recent book, Beyond the Global Capitalist Crisis: The World Economy in Transition, was published in 2012. He is currently working on a new book, America Beyond Empire: The Promise and the Vision for a New America in the 21st Century, which will be published by Paradigm in 2013. Dr. Berberoglu received his PhD in Sociology from the University of Oregon in 1977 and his BA and MA from Central Michigan University in 1972 and 1974, respectively. He also did graduate studies at the State University of New York at Binghamton in the early 1970s.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Introduction
Chapter 1 Conventional Theories of the State
Chapter 2 Marxist Theories of the State
Chapter 3 The Origins and Development of the State
Chapter 4 The Development of the Capitalist State
Chapter 5 The Crisis of the Advanced Capitalist State
Chapter 6 The State in the Less-Developed Countries
Chapter 7 The State, Social Movements, and Revolution on a Global Scale
Chapter 8 Conclusion