The opening up of political sociology does not mean that old topics have been discarded.
There are four main areas of research focus in contemporary political sociology:
A political sociology of educational reform: Power/knowledge in teaching, teacher education and research.
Much academic political sociology has had a similar relation to political life.
In particular, it will examine the extent to which questions concerning women and power have become part of mainstream political sociology.
But what about the other term in our equation - the sociological study of politics or political sociology?
Until it does, political sociology and the politics of gender will remain worlds apart.
He is a leading authority on the political sociology of the former Yugoslavia.
Her main work is at the intersection of cultural and political sociology.
Thomas Aquinas of the 13th century expressed interest in political sociology and wrote on some economics.