Research subject Political Sociology
Political sociology can be understood as the study of how “society” engages in political processes. Another way of approaching this relationship is to consider how political power is contested by, distributed among, and impacting different social groups.
Topics pertaining to political sociology include power, nation-states and empires, the state as a political actor, political participation, revolutions, social movements, and globalization. A central, overarching theme is the interplay between macro-sociological processes and micro-sociological actors.
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Researchers
Vanessa Lynn Barker
Professor of Sociology
Tim Bartley
Forskare, affilierad
Elida Izani Binti Ibrahim
Phd Student
Zeth Isaksson
Phd Student
Zeynep Melis Kirgil
PhD student
Filip Olsson
Phd Student
Gerda Neyer
Researcher
Daniel Ritter
Senior Lecturer, Docent
Åke Sandberg
Professor Emeritus
Signe Svallfors
PhD Student
Ryan Switzer
Phd Student
Kristin Jung Ståhle
Phd Student
Jens Rydgren
Professor of Sociology
Weiqian Xia
Researcher
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The research activities takes place at the Department of Sociology.
Department of Sociology Swedish Institute for Social Research