SOCI 210 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: System On A Chip, Bowling Alone, Transitional Care
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Political sociology is a subarea of sociology that explores political aspects of social relations. Politics: collective decision-making, especially over the distribution of valuable goods. Political science only became political science in the 1950s. Before that, focused on political theory, forms of gov. First (cid:862)politi(cid:272)al s(cid:272)ie(cid:374)tists(cid:863) (cid:449)ere ofte(cid:374) politi(cid:272)al so(cid:272)iologists (cid:449)ho s(cid:449)it(cid:272)hed depart(cid:373)e(cid:374)ts. Differences: poli-sci more interested in forms of government, greater focus on formal politics, parties. Sociology: more focused on interrelations between politics and other social realms, power. Interrelationships and power: two most common perspectives/focuses of political sociology (1) interrelationship: poli-soc analyzes the relationship between social structures and politics. Although focus on the political side more than sociologists. Political sociologists who look at interrelationships focus on three aspects of formal politics. Government: the group of individuals who make collective decisions for a polity. Make decisions for all the members of society. Regime: rules governing who rules and how they rule. A regime is the political structure of the government.
