Social theory books

By promoting total liberation, this volume challenges the reader to think about new approaches to justice, equity,...  Read More >>

This book outlines, for the first time in its history, the program of phenomenological sociology as a science of...  Read More >>

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Money creation makes the world go round  Read More >>

Interaktive technische Systeme sind zunehmend Teil unseres Alltags. Wie aber kann gelingende Mensch-Technik-Interaktion...  Read More >>

Through theories of metagovernance and case studies of mobilisations against economic and social problems, Bob Jessop...  Read More >>

Explains how each of us is raised in our own unique context and how that context shapes our identity, narratives,...  Read More >>

Based on previously unexplored archives and over ninety oral histories, this biography traces the life of a complex...  Read More >>

In 1984, the celebrated sociologist and historian Norbert Elias convened a major conference on ‘Civilisations and...  Read More >>

Although religious fundamentalism is often thought to be confined to monotheistic ‘religions of the book’, this...  Read More >>

The author contends that sociology, the science of social reform, is tied to the modern project of creating normalcy....  Read More >>

Strongly affected by modern history and facing dilemmas of modernity, Central and Eastern Europe has been healing...  Read More >>

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Flanerie ist die idealtypische Ausprägung urbaner Muße. Als literarische Wahrnehmungsform zeichnet den urbanen Spaziergang...  Read More >>

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission...  Read More >>

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This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission...  Read More >>

Are marriages made in heaven? In reality many people need a little help in the arrangement of such matters. Originally...  Read More >>

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First published in 1987, this edition in 1996, this title is a unique and sometimes controversial account of the...  Read More >>

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Die Sozialkapitaltheorien von James Coleman und Pierre Bourdieu werden vergleichend vom Standpunkt ihres jeweiligen...  Read More >>

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Ryder develops the conceptual framework of securitisation to make sense of the events surrounding the Brexit vote...  Read More >>