1233 - Old School vs. New School? Innovations in Political Sociology

Session Submission Type: Invited Session

Description

Political sociology is undergoing a palpable shift. In the study of the state alone, political sociologists are contemplating its “many hands,” as well as its colonial, racial and carceral dimensions. Add to this the growing attention to populism, political parties, neoliberalism, the politics of expertise and mounting class inequality and we have the makings of a full scale departure from previous objects of inquiry. This invited panel takes stock of the present ferment and puts it in conversation with the so-called “cultural” and “historical” turns among other past developmental shifts in political sociology.

Sub Unit

• Section on Political Sociology

Session Organizer

• Cedric de Leon, University of Massachusetts, Amherst

Panelists

• Cedric de Leon, University of Massachusetts, Amherst

• Joya Misra, University of Massachusetts, Amherst

• Andy Clarno, University of Illinois at Chicago

• Stephanie L. Mudge, University of California-Davis