Social Theory

How do middle-class Americans become aware of distant social problems and act against them? US colleges, congregations, and seminaries increasingly...

For nearly 40 years, Ronald Reagan's vision--small government, lower taxes, and self-reliant individualism--has remained America's dominant politic...

The wide-ranging work of Rahel Jaeggi, a leading voice of the new generation of critical theorists, demonstrates how core concepts and methodologic...

How has the way we spend our time changed over the last fifty years?Are we really working more, sleeping less and addicted to our phones?What does ...

Born Liquid is the last work by the great sociologist and social theorist Zygmunt Bauman, whose brilliant analyses of liquid modernity changed the ...

Henri Lefebvre is widely recognized as one of the most influential social theorists of the Twentieth Century. His writings on cities, everyday life...

Ways of Social Change is very readable and has great discussion questions and suggested activities. It is one of the few books where I have had stu...

SHORTLISTED FOR THE CMI MANAGEMENT BOOK OF THE YEAR INNOVATION AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP AWARDNetflix, Spotify, and Salesforce are just the tip of the i...

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...