in this paper, the writer explores the effects of the developments in the conceptual atmosphere of the terms politics and power from modern to postmodern eras on the comparative political sociology. to do so, the writer first discusses how the denotations and the conceptual atmosphere governing the terms under study have changed. the discussion shows that in line with politicization of non-poli...

The advent of public sociology over the past decade represents the end of a string of crisis moments in sociology. Since the 1950s and, especially, the 1960s, sociology was argued to be in a crisis because the discipline was thought to be conservative and contributing to sustain the status quo. As a result, the 1970s witnessed a radicalization of sociology, but the 1980s saw a general decline o...

A A c c c c o o u u n n t t s s Following the theme of August's ASA conference in Montréal, Great Divides, Transgress-ing Boundaries, our goal for this issue of Accounts is to foster a discussion of the boundaries between economic sociology and other areas within sociology. Economic sociology has expanded very rapidly in recent years, with explosions in section membership, publications, and oth...