Social Theory

Given the increasing centrality of identity to contemporary politics, James Skelly''s book provides a critical and useful analysis of the dominant ...

Winner of the Urban History Association's 2005 Best Book in Non-North American Urban History Award. In traditional Chinese cities, a lively stree...

This book explores the historical developments in social theory and critical theorising about history by Michel Foucault. The book begins by explic...

If relationships are the foundation on which social capital is built, then individuals are the stars at the centre of the construct. From there, th...

This book originates from a basic, yet innovative question: in which forms of qualification and justification do social actors support themselves t...

From a general perspective, as well as in scientific practice, technology and society are viewed as two distinct entities. Related to this view are...