Author: Gianfranco Poggi

This book offers a fresh, accessible and original interpretation of the modern state, concentrating particularly on the emergence and nature of dem...

In this short and accessible introductory text, Gianfrano Poggi offers a masterly account of the most important themes in Webers writings. Assuming...

In this short and accessible introductory text, Gianfrano Poggi offers a masterly account of the most important themes in Webers writings. Assuming...

Modern social thought is largely the intellectual product of a number of "great minds." Revisiting the central theories of Marx, Durkheim, Weber, S...

The institutional features and the past and future role of the state should be a central concern of contemporary sociological and political theory,...

Political power is often viewed as the sole embodiment of 'social power', even while we recognize that social power manifests itself in different f...

Political power is often viewed as the sole embodiment of 'social power', even while we recognize that social power manifests itself in different f...

Founders of Modern Political and Social Thought present critical examinations of the work of major political philosophers and social theorists, ass...

A major representative of the German sociological tradition, Georg Simmel (1858-1918) has influenced social thinkers ranging from the Chicago Schoo...