Understanding Politics and Society
‘This book links sociology and political science, with a deep historical and comparative approach and an encyclopedic bibliography. Ranging from Marx and Weber to the impacts of globalisation and social movements, it will be of great interest to specialis
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Understanding Politics and Society
Fabio de Nardis
Understanding Politics and Society
Fabio de Nardis Department of History, Society, and Human Studies University of Salento Lecce, Italy
ISBN 978-3-030-37759-5 ISBN 978-3-030-37760-1 (eBook) https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-37760-1 © The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are solely and exclusively licensed by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, expressed or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. The publisher remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations. Cover illustration: Arthimedes/shutterstock.com This Palgrave Macmillan imprint is published by the registered company Springer Nature Switzerland AG. The registered company address is: Gewerbestrasse 11, 6330 Cham, Switzerland
To Rachele, my only reason
Preface
Politics is beautiful. It represents human beings’ attempt to organise their life together, according to a principle of order and harmony. This was the conviction that triggered my desire to produce a book that, I hope, can provide the conceptual and theoretical tools to understand its dynamics and developments. The aim of this work is to meet the research and educational needs of the numerous graduate students and scholars who want to study politics in a sociological and transdisciplinary perspective. At the same time, the idea is to offer a professional tool for those researchers who are beginning to study one of the different topics concerning a sociological approach to the analysis of political processes. So, it is not a real textbook, but rather a working tool for social and political science scholars. We are now living in an era of generalised crisis of politics in its modern configuration. The dynamics of globalisation and financialisation of the economy have distorted the parameters around which the traditional power asymmetries have been structured over the centuries. Several scholars describe this h
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