Social theory books

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Subjunctive Aesthetics: Mexican Cultural Production in the Era of Climate Change

Subjunctive Aesthetics: Mexican Cultural Production...

Author: Carolyn Fornoff
ISBN: 9780826506184
Format: Hardback
$263.87

Argues for the importance of ecocritical approaches within the field of Mexican Studies. This book engages with...  Read More >>

The Druze and their Faith in Tawhid

The Druze and their Faith in Tawhid

Author: Anis Obeid
ISBN: 9780815638483
Format: Paperback
$79.07

In this book Dr Anis Obeid, a Druze layman, provides a penetrating analysis of Druze scriptures and beliefs (Tawhid)....  Read More >>

Understanding Theories and Concepts in Social Policy

Understanding Theories and Concepts in Social Policy...

Author: Ruth Lister (Loughborough University and House of Lords) ,  Ruth Patrick (University of York)
ISBN: 9781447338239
Format: Hardback
$185.00

Demonstrating the relevance of theory to political and policy debates and practice, this dynamic and fully updated...  Read More >>

Methodology of Relational Sociology: Approaches and Analyses

Methodology of Relational Sociology: Approaches and...

Author: Elżbieta Hałas
ISBN: 9783031416255
Format: Hardback
$310.47

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From One Child to Two Children: Opportunities and Challenges for the One-child Generation Cohort in China

From One Child to Two Children: Opportunities and Challenges...

Author: Shibei Ni
ISBN: 9781349960927
Format: Hardback
$179.00

This book dissects the reproductive intentions and behaviours of the one-child generation cohort in China, situated...  Read More >>

Using Crises and Disasters as Opportunities for Innovation and Improvement

Using Crises and Disasters as Opportunities for Innovation...

Author: Saeed Siyal
ISBN: 9781668495261
Format: Paperback
$304.70

The COVID-19 pandemic has presented unprecedented challenges for individuals, societies, and economies around the...  Read More >>

Hans-Herbert Kögler’s Critical Hermeneutics

Hans-Herbert Kögler’s Critical Hermeneutics

Author: Assistant Professor Kurt C. M. Mertel (American University of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates) ,  Assistant Professor L'ubomír Dunaj (University of Vienna, Austria)
ISBN: 9781350228672
Format: Paperback
$59.99

Providing a comprehensive engagement with the work of Hans-Herbert Kögler, this is the first volume to expand upon...  Read More >>

Civil Society Elites: Exploring the Composition, Reproduction, Integration, and Contestation of Civil Society Actors at the Top

Civil Society Elites: Exploring the Composition, Reproduction,...

Author: Håkan Johansson ,  Anna Meeuwisse
ISBN: 9783031401497
Format: Hardback
$116.41

This open access book introduces a groundbreaking concept - civil society elites - and serves as an essential resource...  Read More >>

Pour une sociologie d'Ha�ti au XXIe si�cle: La d�mocratie introuvable

Pour une sociologie d'Ha�ti au XXIe si�cle: La d�mocratie...

Author: La�nnec Hurbon
ISBN: 9798877187832
Format: Paperback
$39.60

Cet ouvrage tente d'apporter un �clairage sur les moments importants de ce qu'on a appel� le processus de d�mocratisation...  Read More >>

Environmental Governance

Environmental Governance

Author: James Evans (University of Manchester, UK) ,  Craig Thomas
ISBN: 9781032369679
Format: Paperback
$75.99

This book discusses the first principles of governance, and provides a critical overview of the theories and approaches...  Read More >>

Deviance and Control: The Secular Heresy

Deviance and Control: The Secular Heresy

Author: Terence Morris
ISBN: 9781032624648
Format: Hardback
$183.00

In the early 1970s many sociologists, particularly radical theorists of crime and deviance, had rejected the belief...  Read More >>

Environmental Governance

Environmental Governance

Author: James Evans (University of Manchester, UK) ,  Craig Thomas
ISBN: 9781032369655
Format: Hardback
$284.00

This book discusses the first principles of governance, and provides a critical overview of the theories and approaches...  Read More >>

Alienation and Wellbeing

Alienation and Wellbeing

Author: Chris Yuill (Robert Gordon University)
ISBN: 9781529219296
Format: Hardback
$195.00

This book offers insights into the argument that capitalist society damages human health and well-being. Drawing...  Read More >>

Homo Sociologicus

Homo Sociologicus

Author: Ralf Dahrendorf
ISBN: 9781032197272
Format: Paperback
$60.99

First published in English as part of the Essays in the Theory of Society, this volume reissues the stand-alone...  Read More >>

Essays in the Theory of Society

Essays in the Theory of Society

Author: Ralf Dahrendorf
ISBN: 9781032196732
Format: Paperback
$62.99

Originally published in 1968, these ten essays by one of Europe’s leading sociological theorists deal with important...  Read More >>

Class and Conflict in an Industrial Society

Class and Conflict in an Industrial Society

Author: Ralf Dahrendorf
ISBN: 9781032196657
Format: Paperback
$62.99

Originally published in England in 1959, this book evolves a new theory of conflict in industrial society. By way...  Read More >>

The New Liberty: Survival and Justice in a Changing World: The Reith Lectures

The New Liberty: Survival and Justice in a Changing...

Author: Ralf Dahrendorf
ISBN: 9781032197357
Format: Paperback
$60.99

Originally published in 1975, Ralf Dahrendorf’s Reith Lectures were an important contribution to public debate,...  Read More >>

The Meaning of the Twentieth Century: The Great Transition

The Meaning of the Twentieth Century: The Great Transition...

Author: Kenneth Boulding
ISBN: 9781032189130
Format: Paperback
$60.99

Originally published in 1965 this book traces the forces which have brought the 20th century ‘post-civilisation’...  Read More >>

The Sage Handbook of Global Sociology

The Sage Handbook of Global Sociology

Author: Gurminder Bhambra ,  Lucy Mayblin
ISBN: 9781529772128
Format: Hardback
$349.31

The SAGE Handbook of Global Sociology provides essential insights on pressing global issues, from postcolonial governmentalities...  Read More >>

Digital Capitalism and New Institutionalism

Digital Capitalism and New Institutionalism

Author: Daniil Frolov
ISBN: 9781032212364
Format: Hardback
$284.00

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Societal Threads in Education: Exploring Perspectives from the Sociology of Learning

Societal Threads in Education: Exploring Perspectives...

Author: Rahul Malhotra
ISBN: 9798869079817
Format: Paperback
$65.23

Education as a product of society and as a force for social change Introduction Education is an essential part...  Read More >>

Beyond Description: Anthropologies of Explanation

Beyond Description: Anthropologies of Explanation

Author: Paolo Heywood ,  Matei Candea
ISBN: 9781501771576
Format: Paperback
$84.35

"""A survey of forms of explanation in social anthropology and ethnographic accounts of explanation to be found...  Read More >>

Selections from 'Extraordinary Popular Delusions' and 'The Madness of Crowds'

Selections from 'Extraordinary Popular Delusions' and...

Author: Charles Mackay
ISBN: 9781032301358
Format: Paperback
$60.99

This selection, first published in 1973, compiles a fascinating study of crowd psychology as it examines the moral...  Read More >>

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