Social Theory

First published in 1972, this book rejects as inadequate the trait and functionalist theories of the professions and instead presents an alternativ...

Recent social and political developments in the EU have clearly shown the profound structural changes in European society and its politics. Reflect...

This book is a comprehensive introduction to Dalits in India from their origin to the present day. Despite a plethora of provisions for affirmative...

Much of a societys resources are devoted to dealing with, or preparing for the possibility of, crime. The dominance of concerns about crime also hi...

This book offers a comprehensive overview of the major theoretical perspectives in contemporary sociology, covering schools of thought or intellect...

Originally published in 1965 and written by a noted economist and leader in the field of conflict resolution, this book traces the forces which hav...

Nothing really matters. All the things that we do not do, have or become in our lives can be important in shaping self-identity. From jobs turned d...

After 1945 it was not just Europes parliamentary buildings that promised to house democracy: hotels in Turkey and Dutch shopping malls proposed new...

This title was first published in 2003. Social welfare is the focus of much discussion and there is a broad spectrum of political opinion that agre...

Considering how changing conditions in the Mediterranean Region have affected the decisions of those considering migrating from Sub-Saharan Africa ...

A critical anthology that re-examines Jacques Derridas thought by way of theory and praxis, this volume reflects on his striking legacy and the fut...

In the first major update to this classic book in many years, Collins traces the history and contours of Black womens ideas and actions to argue th...

This book provides the history and genealogy of an increasingly important subject: liminality. Coming to the fore in recent years in social and pol...

This title was first published in 2003. Social welfare is the focus of much discussion and there is a broad spectrum of political opinion that agre...

This textbook offers a new approach to understanding social theory. Framed around paired theoretical perspectives on a series of sociological probl...

This groundbreaking text makes an intervention on behalf of disability studies into the broad field of qualitative inquiry. Ronald Berger and Laura...

This title was first published in 2002. Drawing on primary research on the Brahma Kumaris World Spiritual University, a millenarian New Religious M...

First published in 1934, the majority of this book was developed just prior to the Nazi seizure of power, with additional material which reflects o...

Though archaeologists have long acknowledged the work of social anthropologists, anthropologists have been much less eager to repay the compliment....

This title was first published in 2003. This book offers a challenging new approach to social theory, building on the concept of life-modes. Thomas...

Mapping the resonances, dissonances, and linkages between the thought of Gramsci and Foucault to uncover new tools for socio-political and critical...

Previously considered two different strands within continental thought, this book compares and contrasts Hegel's 'phenomenology' and Foucault's 'ge...

Algorithms: Technology, Culture, Politics develops a relational, situated approach to algorithms. It takes a middle ground between theories that gi...

This book critically interrogates the function of schooling in the United States of America using the writings of sociologist Zygmunt Bauman. Askin...