Political sociology : A critical introduction / Sulekha Kesarwani.

1. Sexualities and society
2. Governing cultures, identities and emotions
3. Citizenship, identity and social change
4. Education, culture and society
5. Sociology of consumerism
6. Protest and social movements
7. Ethnicity and popular culture
8. The sociology of gender

Political sociology was traditionally concerned with how social trends, dynamics, and structures of domination affect formal political processes, as well as exploring how various social forces work together to change political policies. From this perspective we can identify three major theoretical framework: pluralism, elite or managerial theory, and class analysis. Social class theory analysis emphasizes the political power of capitalist elites. It can be split into two parts. One is the 'power structure' or 'instrumentalist' approach, another is the structuralist approach. The power structure approach focuses on who rules?'and its most well-known representative is G.William Domhoff.