Social Theory

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...

If Marxism was the apparent loser in the Cold War, it cannot be said that liberalism was the winner, at least not in Russia. Oleg Kharkhordin is no...

'This century's most compelling theorist of racism and colonialism' Angela Davis'Fanon is our contemporary ... In clear language, in words that can...

Society and Economya work of exceptional ambition by the founder of modern economic sociologyis the first full account of Mark Granovetters ideas a...

In theorizing on the causes, preconditions, dynamics and internal conflicts of the Greek Revolution of 1821, John Milios's analysis tackles the iss...

Jean-Numa Ducange is Professor of Contemporary History at the Université de Rouen Normandie and a member of the Institut Universitaire de France. H...