Social theory books

Applying and extending this theory to the urban landscape, the authors walk their home city with eyes open to the...  Read More >>

This collective monograph can be seen as a retrospective logbook of the long journey of the research group ""Me....  Read More >>

An introduction to the sociology of money, foregrounding how money embodies social relations  Read More >>

The uncertainty of not existing, in all its – individual, social, institutional and economical – manifestations...  Read More >>

An introduction to the sociology of money, foregrounding how money embodies social relations  Read More >>

"This book encompasses a specified review of welfare state theories, starting with the tradition established by...  Read More >>

This book synthesises several decades of research to extend beyond the limitations of a traditional functionalist...  Read More >>

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Exploring the significance of Norbert Elias's reflections on civilization for international relations, this book...  Read More >>

Additionally, given the new focus on Simmel and intimate relations, the book is of interest to scholars of relational...  Read More >>

Exploring the significance of Norbert Elias's reflections on civilization for international relations, this book...  Read More >>

Social capital-the capacity of people to cooperate toward common aims-is an indispensable element in a free and...  Read More >>

Tells the history of human migration. With a focus on the Habsburg Empire, this innovative work presents an integrated...  Read More >>

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Each of the chapters positions the subject of masculinity and disability as a site of cultural pedagogy by affirming...  Read More >>

The theme of this pamphlet is the knowledge, reread in its own origins and in the transformations of the middle-global...  Read More >>

This book examines the crossroads of quantum and critical approaches to International Relations and argues that...  Read More >>

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La societe investit dans la production de cadres normatifs, en meme temps qu'elle construit des moyens de les transgresser,...  Read More >>

The Politics of Well-Being argues that the relationship between well-being and ethical life has been overlooked....  Read More >>

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The Decline of the West, Volume I: Form and Actuality, by German historian Oswald Spengler, originally published...  Read More >>

"" ...the World-War was no longer a momentary constellation of casual facts due to national sentiments, personal...  Read More >>

The Decline of the West by German historian Oswald Spengler, originally published in German as Der Untergang des...  Read More >>

Introduces students to the fundamentals of sociology while also emphasizing the idea that perceptions based on one's...  Read More >>