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Political sociology: oppression, resistance, and the state/ Davita Glasberg

By: Glasberg,DavitaMaterial type: Text

TextPublication details: Thousand Oaks: Pine Forge Press, 2011Description: xiv, 231p. ill. 23 cmISBN: 978-1412980401Subject(s): Oppression (Psychology) | Political sociology | Social movementsDDC classification: 306.2

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1. Oppression, resistance, and the state : an introduction -- Systems of oppression and the state -- Structures of oppression : power, politics, and the state -- Political economy -- Patriarchy -- Racism -- Heteronormativity -- Structures of oppression and resistance -- 2. From the top down? Structure theories -- Pluralism -- Group pluralism -- Elite pluralism -- Critique of pluralism -- Power elite theory -- Critical assessment of power elite theory -- Class dialectic theory -- Critical assessment of class dialectic theory -- Poststructuralist theories of power -- Comparing power structure theories -- Meaning and dimensions of power -- 3 . Is this the best (or only) possible world? -- Oppression and socialization -- Oppression values and ideologies -- Individual rights, group interests, and oppression -- Political socialization -- Media -- Schools -- State -- Patriarchal socialization and gendered oppression -- Media -- Family -- Work -- Schools -- State -- Resistance to patriarchal oppression and socialization -- White superiority socialization and racist oppression -- Media -- Family -- Schools -- State -- 4. Power to the people? Voting and electoral participation -- Who votes? -- Why don't people vote? -- Social psychological explanations -- Structural explanations -- Political alienation -- Why are people politically alienated? -- Scandals in leadership -- Structure of the political process -- Racism in the electoral process -- Is there a gender gap? -- Radical objections to voting -- Power beyond voting -- Direct action -- Political action committees -- Soft money -- Citizens United vs. Federal Election Commission -- Structural factors of power without voting -- 5. Who's in charge here? State and society -- Marxist theories of the state -- Instrumentalism/business dominance theory : "capture" or domination? -- Capitalist state structuralism -- Class dialectic perspective : "bringing class back in" -- State-centered structuralism : "bringing the stat back in" -- Anarchist theory -- Theories of the state and oppression -- 6. From the bottom up? -- Social movements and the state -- Defining social movements -- Explaining social movements -- Absolute and relative deprivation theories -- Resource mobilization -- Political process perspective -- Globalization and social movements -- Social movements and state theory -- 7. State policies and practices : racialized, class-based, and gendered oppression -- Toward a multidimensional view of the state, society, and oppression -- State projects -- Selectivity filters -- Balance of political and institutional forces -- Modeling a multidimensional view of the state, society, and oppression -- State and class-based oppression -- State projects of economic intervention and class oppression -- State and gendered oppression -- Gendering state projects -- State and heteronormative oppression -- State and racialized oppression -- Racial formation state projects -- Intersectionality of racialized, class-based, and gendered oppression and state projects.

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1. Oppression, resistance, and the state : an introduction --
Systems of oppression and the state --
Structures of oppression : power, politics, and the state --
Political economy --
Patriarchy --
Racism --
Heteronormativity --
Structures of oppression and resistance --

2. From the top down? Structure theories --
Pluralism --
Group pluralism --
Elite pluralism --
Critique of pluralism --
Power elite theory --
Critical assessment of power elite theory --
Class dialectic theory --
Critical assessment of class dialectic theory --
Poststructuralist theories of power --
Comparing power structure theories --
Meaning and dimensions of power --

3 . Is this the best (or only) possible world? --
Oppression and socialization --
Oppression values and ideologies --
Individual rights, group interests, and oppression --
Political socialization --
Media --
Schools --
State --
Patriarchal socialization and gendered oppression --
Media --
Family --
Work --
Schools --
State --
Resistance to patriarchal oppression and socialization --
White superiority socialization and racist oppression --
Media --
Family --
Schools --
State --

4. Power to the people? Voting and electoral participation --
Who votes? --
Why don't people vote? --
Social psychological explanations --
Structural explanations --
Political alienation --
Why are people politically alienated? --
Scandals in leadership --
Structure of the political process --
Racism in the electoral process --
Is there a gender gap? --
Radical objections to voting --
Power beyond voting --
Direct action --
Political action committees --
Soft money --
Citizens United vs. Federal Election Commission --
Structural factors of power without voting --

5. Who's in charge here? State and society --
Marxist theories of the state --
Instrumentalism/business dominance theory : "capture" or domination? --
Capitalist state structuralism --
Class dialectic perspective : "bringing class back in" --
State-centered structuralism : "bringing the stat back in" --
Anarchist theory --
Theories of the state and oppression --

6. From the bottom up? --
Social movements and the state --
Defining social movements --
Explaining social movements --
Absolute and relative deprivation theories --
Resource mobilization --
Political process perspective --
Globalization and social movements --
Social movements and state theory --

7. State policies and practices : racialized, class-based, and gendered oppression --
Toward a multidimensional view of the state, society, and oppression --
State projects --
Selectivity filters --
Balance of political and institutional forces --
Modeling a multidimensional view of the state, society, and oppression --
State and class-based oppression --
State projects of economic intervention and class oppression --
State and gendered oppression --
Gendering state projects --
State and heteronormative oppression --
State and racialized oppression --
Racial formation state projects --
Intersectionality of racialized, class-based, and gendered oppression and state projects.

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