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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Vanessa Lynn Barker
Professor of Sociology
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Tim Bartley
Forskare, affilierad
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Elida Izani Binti Ibrahim
Phd Student
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Zeth Isaksson
Phd Student
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Zeynep Melis Kirgil
PhD student
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Filip Olsson
Phd Student
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Gerda Neyer
Researcher
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Daniel Ritter
Senior Lecturer, Docent
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Åke Sandberg
Professor Emeritus
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Signe Svallfors
PhD Student
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Ryan Switzer
Phd Student
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Kristin Jung Ståhle
Phd Student
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Jens Rydgren
Professor of Sociology
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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