Social Theory

Offering a comprehensive overview of contemporary theoretical and programmatic issues in the fields of sustainability, culture, communication, deve...

Drawing on case studies from the global South, this book explores the politics of mediated citizenship in which citizens are represented to the sta...

Freedom in the Anthropocene illuminates the Anthropocene from the perspective of critical theory. The authors contextualize our current ecological ...

Feminism is not dead. This groundbreaking book advances a radical and pioneering feminist manifesto for today's modern audience that exposes the re...

Alexander Kluge is one of contemporary Germany's leading intellectuals and artists. A key architect of the New German Cinema and a pioneer of auteu...

This book explores the uses and limits of Max Weber's work for thinking sociologically about capitalism today. The books argues that through Weber,...

This book will compare the approach and works of Norbert Elias, well known for his analysis of the civilizing process, his work on sport and violen...

Psychosocial studies challenges the traditions of psychology and sociology from a genuinely transdisciplinary perspective. The book reflects this a...

Citizenship is increasingly the core concept by which human belonging is defined but do we really understand what it is? This book develops an evol...

Drawing from the intriguing (and sometimes unbelievable) true stories of the lives of everyday Americans, historian Julie M. Fenster traces the his...

This innovative study engages critically with existing conceptualisations of diaspora, arguing that if diaspora is to have analytical purchase,...

Knowing Governance sets out to understand governance through the design and making of its models and instruments. What kinds of knowledge do they r...

Rethinking Contemporary Feminist Politics puts forward a timely analysis of contemporary feminism. Critically engaging with both narratives of femi...

A collection of 18 contributions by well-known scholars in and outside the US, The Unhappy Divorce of Sociology and Psychoanalysis shows how sociol...

A collection of 18 contributions by well-known scholars in and outside the US, The Unhappy Divorce of Sociology and Psychoanalysis shows how sociol...

Leading sociologists outline the historical development of the discipline in Britain and document its continuing influence in this essential and co...

Using Europe as an example, this book readdresses and updates the concept of 'society', exploring society in the context of both globalization and ...

While the historical development of symbolic power has benefitted humanity enormously, there is an insidious and seldom recognised price that goes ...

This book explores the social and political significance of contemporary recognition contests in areas such as disability, race and ethnicity, nati...

This book provides the first dedicated introduction to the cultural writings and analyses of the radical West Indian thinker C.L.R. James. It lays ...

A robust defense of democratic populism by one of Americas most renowned and controversial constitutional scholarsthe award-winning author of We th...