Power: a critical reader

Bringing together ... readings that cover the broad range of issues of importance to those studying politics and society, this volume provides a ... mix of theoretical and empirical pieces, such as state and electoral politics, that address both classic issues in political sociology as well as more recent developments, such as globalization. With ... integration of race and gender throughout, this collection offers [an] analysis of power that reflects the contributions of a variety of critical perspectives, including Marxism, feminism, critical race theory, postmodernism, and power structure theory.-Back cover.

Originally published: Upper Saddle River, NJ : Pearson Prentice Hall, ©2005.

Critical theories of power: Fetishism of commodities / K. Marx; Hegemony / A. Gramsci; Body of the condemned / M. Foucault -- State theory: State as superstructure / H. Draper; A feminist theory of the state / M. Abramovitz -- Electoral politics: Does voting matter? / F.F. Piven and R.A. Cloward; Tyranny of the majority / L. Guinier -- Welfare state: Who deserves help? Who must provide? / L. Gordon; The three worlds of welfare capitalism / G. Esping-Andersen -- Media and ideology: Pacification of everyday life / R. Perrucci and E. Wysong -- Nation-state and the global economy: Five central claims of globalism / M.B. Steger; Ethnic nationalism as it really exists / B. Denitch -- War, genocide, and repression: War making and state making as organized crime / C. Tilly; Ecology of fear / M. Davis -- Revolution: Class contradictions and the collapse of the Soviet Union / S.A. Resnick and R.D. Wolff; Fascism, revolution against the revolution / M. Neocleous -- Social movements: Structuring of protest / F.F. Piven and R.A. Cloward; Environmentalism and social justice / R.D. Bullard.