Social theory books

This book explores the intersection of culture and community as a basis for locally and regionally based development...  Read More >>

In states with weak institutions and strong ethno-regional challengers, consolidating politically by developing...  Read More >>

A social history of cheating and how American history -- through real estate, sports, finance, academics, and of...  Read More >>

First published in 1999, this book adopts an explicitly forward-looking and dynamic approach in trying to understand...  Read More >>

First published in 1998, Social Assessment Theory and Practice provides an innovative and comprehensive theoretical...  Read More >>

Individualism has been one of the driving forces in the rise of modern capitalism, and methodological individualism...  Read More >>

This book outlines a new conception of political aesthetics based on the notion of order as an aesthetic category...  Read More >>

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This ambitious book outlines the theoretical and practical implications of the recent technological revolution of...  Read More >>

Wie verandert ""Wertschatzende Kommunikation"" (WSK) Konflikte, wie sie tagein tagaus in den Klassenzimmern aller...  Read More >>

Erving Goffman effectively extends his argument in favor of a diagnosis of deviant behavior which takes account...  Read More >>

Erving Goffman effectively extends his argument in favor of a diagnosis of deviant behavior which takes account...  Read More >>

How can we preserve our humanity in an age of uncertainty? This work of radical optimism from the bestselling author...  Read More >>

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From leading East Asian scholars, this collection of case studies, distributed across five East Asian nations, examines...  Read More >>

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This book is a collection of fourteen papers on economic transition in Chinese society from 1978 to the early 21st...  Read More >>

This book is a collection of papers on the income distribution problem in Chinese society from 1978 to the early...  Read More >>

A new translation of two celebrated lectures on politics, academia, and the disenchantment of the world. A new...  Read More >>

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Can heterotopia help us make sense of globalisation? Against simplistic visions that the world is becoming one,...  Read More >>

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In Racism, Hypocrisy, and Bad Faith, Julius Bailey provides passionate and thoughtful analysis of the current state...  Read More >>

Translation of: Talking to strangers: What we should know about the people we don't know.  Read More >>

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