Politics and Social Theory: The Inescapably Social, the Irreducibly Political

Author:   Will Leggett (University of Birmingham, Birmingham)
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Edition:   1st ed. 2017
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9780230576803


Pages:   184
Publication Date:   23 December 2016
Format:   Hardback
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Politics and Social Theory: The Inescapably Social, the Irreducibly Political


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Author:   Will Leggett (University of Birmingham, Birmingham)
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint:   Red Globe Press
Edition:   1st ed. 2017
Weight:   0.463kg
ISBN:  

9780230576803


ISBN 10:   023057680
Pages:   184
Publication Date:   23 December 2016
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand   Availability explained
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Introduction  1. The Society-Politics Relation: On The 'Inescapably Social' And The 'Irreducibly Political'  2. Politics From Above: The State And Governance  3. Politics From Below: Political Identity And Participation  4. Politics All Around: Culture, Ideology And Discourse  Conclusion.

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WILL LEGGETT is Senior Lecturer in Sociology in the School of Government and Society, University of Birmingham, UK and author of After New Labour: Social Theory and Centre-Left Politics. He researches and teaches in the fields of political sociology and social and political theory, and has particular interests in the relationship between social change, ideology and political identities and action. More recently he has focused on the rise of 'behaviour change' as a political objective: his 'The politics of behaviour change: nudge, neoliberalism and the state', won the 2015 Ken Young Prize for the best article in the journal Policy & Politics.

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