Social Theory

Media Theory for A Level provides a comprehensive introduction to the 19 academic theories required for A Level Media study. From Roland Barthes to...

This volume explores the constitutive role of rhetoric in socio-cultural relations, where discursive persuasion is so important, and contains bo...

The science on climate change has been clear for a very long time now. Yet despite decades of appeals, mass street protests, petition campaigns, ...

Creativity is getting new attention in todays Americaalong the way revealing fault lines in U.S. culture. Surveys show people overwhelmingly seeing...

This volume shows that, in the post-crisis period, global turmoil has moved to the regional level. The clash between spheres of influence and the w...

Today we hear much talk of crisis and comparisons are often made with the Great Depression of the 1930s, but there is a crucial difference that set...

In this accomplished, sophisticated and up-to-date account of the state of critical social theory today, Craig Browne explores the key concepts in ...

This book is distinctive for extending the usual sociological reach, reopening territory that has lain fallow, set aside from the well-ploughed fie...

I think this will prove to be a very useful text for undergraduate students. Alex Law has produced a comprehensive list of key classical social the...

This groundbreaking collection explores the profound power of Social Reproduction Theory to deepen our understanding of everyday life under capital...

This book is not an encyclopaedic survey of the most influential or important sociological theories of the 20th century; nor is it an institutional...

*Shortlisted for the JQ Wingate Literary Prize, 2017* 'Belonging' is both a fundamental human emotion and a political project that affects millio...

*Shortlisted for the JQ Wingate Literary Prize, 2017* 'Belonging' is both a fundamental human emotion and a political project that affects millio...

What happened to the public intellectuals that used to challenge and inform us? Who is the Sartre or De Beauvoir of the internet age? General Intel...

If you wanted to build a machine that would distribute propaganda to millions of people, distract them from important issues, energize hatred and b...

Sociological Theory in the Contemporary Era, Third Edition is a text/reader that introduces students to the ideas and writings of key twentieth and...

Value is seldom discussed in its own right, though it is of utmost importance to our relations with media texts and cultural objects, as we constan...

Bringing together the author's major scholarly work on Weber over the last thirty years, Max Weber's Comparative-Historical Sociology Today address...

This comprehensive and authoritative statement of fundamental principles of sociological analysis integrates approaches that are often seen as mutu...

In this thought-provoking and engaging book, Mike Michael brings us a powerful overview of Actor-Network Theory. Covering a breadth of topics, Mich...

Grounded Theory is by far the most widely used research method across a wide range of disciplines and subject areas, including social sciences, nur...

A powerful treatise that demonstrates the existence of altruism in nature, with surprising implications for human society Does altruism exist? Or i...

The Disunity of American Culture describes culture now, when different forces are influencing it than in the past, altering it to near incomprehens...

Do we really know how words actually refer to things, how they describe the world? These questions are not limited to the study of language. They q...

It's not enough to have great ideas. You also need to know how to communicate them.What makes someone charismatic? Why do some people captivate a r...

What if our financial system were organized to the benefit of the many rather than simply empowering the few? Robert Hockett and Fred Block argue t...