Social Theory

Population and Society brings together twenty-six classic and contemporary published works that are considered to be foundational reading for the s...

Sex abuse happens in all communities, but American minority religions often face disproportionate allegations of sexual abuse. Why, in a country th...

The global economy constantly evolves, with emerging markets presenting unique challenges for leaders. These environments are unpredictable, with e...

When all that was solid melted into air... For decades, intellectuals from Benjamin to Bourdieu, Berman to Foucault, have been in thrall to this vi...

The utilizationand weaponizationof charm in contemporary global politicsPolitics is a site of performance, and contemporary politicians often perfo...

This book surveys and evaluates the sociological contribution to the study of sexuality. It not only maps major theoretical shifts and debates, but...

The twentieth century witnessed genocides, ethnic cleansing, forced population expulsions, shifting borders, and other disruptions on an unpreceden...

Happiness, rather than being a private and subjective experience, is shaped, interpreted and articulated via culturally specific ways of thinking, ...

This book introduces the sociology of philosophy as a research field, asking what can be gained by looking at the discipline of philosophy from a s...

Enough of Experts: Expert Authority in Crisis analyses the challenges and threats to expert authority in neoliberal political economies and societi...

This book explores the possibility of drawing upon a punk ethos to inspire and invigorate sociology. It uses punk to think creatively about what so...

This book addresses the widespread use of digital personal media in daily life. With a sociological and historical perspective, it explores the med...

The ebook edition of this title is Open Access and freely available to read online. Discourses of social justice, equity and inclusion are often pr...

In this collection of essays, leading cultural theorists consider the meaning and implications of world-scale humanist scholarship by engaging with...

This book examines the relationship between development economics, social protection and democratization in the specific context of Sub-Saharan Afr...

This book consists of a fundamental deconstruction and reconstruction of the key concepts of Criminology and The Sociology of Law, providing a cohe...

In this collection of essays, leading cultural theorists consider the meaning and implications of world-scale humanist scholarship by engaging with...