Power and Inequality: Critical Readings for a New Era

Successfully bringing together accessible readings that cover the broad range of issues of importance to those studying politics and society, this new edition of Power and Inequality provides a unique mix of theoretical and empirical pieces, such as state and electoral politics, that address both classic issues in political sociology and more recent developments, such as globalization. With strong integration of race and gender throughout, this collection offers a coherent analysis of power that reflects the contributions of a variety of critical perspectives, including Marxism, feminism, critical race theory, postmodernism, and power structure theory.

Table of Contents:
Contents Acknowledgements Preface Introduction The End of Capitalism or the End of the World? That's What They Call Democracy: Capitalism, Democracy & the State Section I. Critical Theories of Power The Fetishism of Commodities The New Forms of Control Hegemony The Body of the Condemned Race and Culture Women as the Subjects of Feminism Section II. The State: Theory The State as Superstructure Defining the Class Dominance View A Feminist Theory of the State Racial Politics and the Racial State Domhoff, Mills, and Slow Power Section III. The State: Practice The Politics of Income and Wealth Inequality A Right to the City? Race, Class, and Neoliberalism in Post-Katrina New Orleans Voter Suppression: The Attack on Rights The Construction of Consent Pacification and the Police: A Critique of the Police Militarization Thesis Section IV. Media and Ideology Manufacturing Consent Still Manufacturing Consent Yellow Ribbons and Spat-Upon Veterans: Making Soldiers the Means and Ends of War News for All the People The Future of Inequality: Polarization, Gridlock, and Global Warming Section V. The Nation-State and the Global Economy The Making of Global Capitalism The Multipolar Moment The New Imperialism The Twin Towers as Metaphor Section VI. War, Genocide, and Repression War Making and State Making as Organized Crime 243 Getting Away with Murder (Almost): A Genocide Primer The New Jim Crow Section VII. Revolution and Social Movements The Structuring of Protest Revolution Against the Revolution Wing Populism in America Noam Chomsky and Charles Derber – Interview

About the Author :
Levon Chorbajian is Professor Emeritus of Sociology at the University of Massachusetts, Lowell. He is a two-time Fulbright Senior lecturer in the Republic of Armenia and the Soviet Union. His research interests center around political sociology and comparative genocide studies, with an emphasis on the Armenian Genocide. Key concepts for Chorbajian are class, power, and inequality. He has written, translated, and edited seven books including, The Caucasian Knot, Armenia in Crisis, The Making of Nagorno-Karabakh, Studies in Comparative Genocide and Power: A Critical Reader.