{"product_id":"building-blocs-how-parties-organize-society-paperback-1","title":"Building Blocs: How Parties Organize Society - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eCedric de Leon\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eManali Desai\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eCihan Tuğal\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDo political parties merely represent divisions in society? Until now, scholars and other observers have generally agreed that they do. But \u003ci\u003eBuilding Blocs\u003c\/i\u003e argues the reverse: that some political parties in fact shape divisions as they struggle to remake the social order. Drawing on the contributors' expertise in Indonesia, India, the United States, Canada, Egypt, and Turkey, this volume demonstrates further that the success and failure of parties to politicize social differences has dramatic consequences for democratic change, economic development, and other large-scale transformations.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis politicization of divisions, or \"political articulation,\" is neither the product of a single charismatic leader nor the machinations of state power, but is instead a constant call and response between parties and would-be constituents. When articulation becomes inconsistent, as it has in Indonesia, partisan calls grow faint and the resulting vacuum creates the possibility for other forms of political expression. However, when political parties exercise their power of interpellation efficiently, they are able to silence certain interests such as those of secular constituents in Turkey. \u003ci\u003eBuilding Blocs\u003c\/i\u003e exposes political parties as the most influential agencies that structure social cleavages and invites further critical investigation of the related consequences.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCihan Tuğal\u003c\/b\u003e is Associate Professor of Sociology at University of California, Berkeley, and author of \u003ci\u003ePassive Revolution: Absorbing the Islamic Challenge to Capitalism\u003c\/i\u003e (SUP, 2009). \u003cb\u003eManali Desai\u003c\/b\u003e is Lecturer in Sociology at the University of Cambridge and author of \u003ci\u003eState Formation and Radical Democracy in India, 1860-1990\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cb\u003eCedric de Leon\u003c\/b\u003e is Associate Professor of Sociology at Providence College and author of \u003ci\u003eParty and Society: Reconstructing a Sociology of Democratic Party Politics\u003c\/i\u003e (2014) and \u003ci\u003eOrigins of the Right to Work: Anti-Labor Democracy in Nineteenth Century Chicago\u003c\/i\u003e (forthcoming).\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 256\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 8.9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 27, 2015\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52731725447475,"sku":"9780804794923","price":54.88,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/UHRreHhxTStJUjJpSWFQUkt3L2Y5QT09_2bdd7358-7183-4594-bff5-928582d11e3b.webp?v=1763866864","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/building-blocs-how-parties-organize-society-paperback-1","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}