E-scape

'E-scape' is a pun with purpose! With an extensive
literature review, this book examines: 1. the need to escape from reification and state-centric
approaches within political sociology; 2. the
important role of e technologies and mediascapes to
the understanding of contemporary cultural politics;
and, 3. the schematic use of Appadurai s (1996)
dynamic scapes approach which highlights
disjunctures and global cultural flows . This book
outlines disciplinary disjunctures (e.g. the
much-debated postmodernist turn in political
sociology), material disjunctures (e.g. social,
technological,and economic inequalities), and
conceptual disjunctures (e.g. varied discursive
conceptions of civil society , surveillance , power and democracy in political sociology). The postmodern turn or cultural turn within
contemporary political sociology is explored. The
concept of 'scapes' allows for a useful theoretical
tool to explore both structure and disjuncture while
furthering an understanding of flows, texts, and
institutions. This book reviews a broad sampling of
literature in political sociology and provides an
innovative exegetical account upon which future
research may build.

Autorentext

M.A., Ph.D. Candidate, University of Victoria,
Canada. Trained in institutional ethnography by Dorothy E. Smith,
Daniel is a researcher in global health, HIV/AIDS, and social
inequality. Daniel is currently a sessional lecturer in sociology
at the University of Victoria, and a CGS SSHRC and Aileen D. Ross
Fellowship Holder.

Klappentext

'E-scape' is a pun with purpose! With an extensive
literature review, this book examines: 1. the need to
'escape' from reification and state-centric
approaches within political sociology; 2. the
important role of 'e' technologies and mediascapes to
the understanding of contemporary cultural politics;
and, 3. the schematic use of Appadurai's (1996)
dynamic 'scapes' approach which highlights
disjunctures and "global cultural flows". This book
outlines disciplinary disjunctures (e.g. the
much-debated "postmodernist" turn in political
sociology), material disjunctures (e.g. social,
technological,and economic inequalities), and
conceptual disjunctures (e.g. varied discursive
conceptions of "civil society", "surveillance",
"power" and "democracy" in political sociology). The
"postmodern turn" or "cultural turn" within
contemporary political sociology is explored. The
concept of 'scapes' allows for a useful theoretical
tool to explore both structure and disjuncture while
furthering an understanding of flows, texts, and
institutions. This book reviews a broad sampling of
literature in political sociology and provides an
innovative exegetical account upon which future
research may build.