Social theory books

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Markets: Perspectives from Economic and Social Theory

Markets: Perspectives from Economic and Social Theory...

Author: William A. Jackson (University of York, UK)
ISBN: 9781138936843
Format: Paperback
$83.99

Defining markets has never been an easy task. Despite their importance in economics, they are hard to pin down as...  Read More >>

Readings for Sociology

Readings for Sociology

Author: Garth Massey ,  Timothy O'Brien (University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee)
ISBN: 9780393674316
Format: Paperback
$175.56

The perfect mix of classic and contemporary readings.  Read More >>

Empathy Beyond US Borders: The Challenges of Transnational Civic Engagement

Empathy Beyond US Borders: The Challenges of Transnational...

Author: Gary J. Adler, Jr (Pennsylvania State University)
ISBN: 9781108474566
Format: Hardback
$243.23

For social scientists studying transnational civic engagement, activism or religious movements, this book analyzes...  Read More >>

Family Matters: Family Cohesion, Values, and Wellbeing (South African Social Attitudes Survey)

Family Matters: Family Cohesion, Values, and Wellbeing...

Author: Zitha Mokomane ,  Benjamin Roberts
ISBN: 9780796925268
Format: Paperback
$68.20

There has been considerable controversy in South Africa in recent years over an apparent crisis of the family. To...  Read More >>

The Bioethics of the """"Crazy Ape

The Bioethics of the """"Crazy Ape

Author: Oguz Kelemen
ISBN: 9786156405012
Format: Hardback
$304.70

Presents a wide range of bioethical topics. Bioethics as an applied field of philosophy should always try to establish...  Read More >>

War Narratives: Shaping Beliefs, Blurring Truths in the Middle East

War Narratives: Shaping Beliefs, Blurring Truths in...

Author: Caleb S. Cage
ISBN: 9781623497606
Format: Hardback
$71.50

A tightly packed and provocative book containing a series of connected essays on the many competing narratives -...  Read More >>

The Development of a Theory of Social Structure and Personality

The Development of a Theory of Social Structure and...

Author: Melvin L. Kohn
ISBN: 9781785270666
Format: Hardback
$105.00

Melvin Kohn, a pioneer in the cross-national, comparative and collaborative study of social structure and personality,...  Read More >>

Death Matters: Cultural Sociology of Mortal Life

Death Matters: Cultural Sociology of Mortal Life

Author: Tora Holmberg ,  Annika Jonsson
ISBN: 9783030114848
Format: Hardback
$284.60

This book investigates death as part of contemporary everyday experience and practices. Through a cultural sociological...  Read More >>

Thinking Collectively: Social Policy, Collective Action and the Common Good

Thinking Collectively: Social Policy, Collective Action...

Author: PAUL Dr SPICKER
ISBN: 9781447346913
Format: Electronic book text
$303.60

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Aging A-Z: Concepts Toward Emancipatory Gerontology

Aging A-Z: Concepts Toward Emancipatory Gerontology...

Author: Carroll L. Estes ,  with Nicholas B. DiCarlo
ISBN: 9781629584508
Format: Paperback
$79.99

This provocative, intellectually charged treatise serves as a concise and critical introduction to social gerontology,...  Read More >>

The Cultivation of Conformity: Towards a General Theory of Internal Secularisation

The Cultivation of Conformity: Towards a General Theory...

Author: Pink Dandelion
ISBN: 9781138740143
Format: Hardback
$305.00

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Aging A-Z: Concepts Toward Emancipatory Gerontology

Aging A-Z: Concepts Toward Emancipatory Gerontology...

Author: Carroll L. Estes ,  with Nicholas B. DiCarlo
ISBN: 9781629584492
Format: Hardback
$368.00

This provocative, intellectually charged treatise serves as a concise and critical introduction to social gerontology,...  Read More >>

Selen: Eine Materialgeschichte zwischen Industrie, Wissenschaft und Kunst

Selen: Eine Materialgeschichte zwischen Industrie, Wissenschaft...

Author: Johannes Hess
ISBN: 9783161568688
Format: Hardback
$62.10

Die Materialgeschichte des Selens zwischen 1870 und 1930 führt von Chemiefabriken durch elektrophysikalische Labore...  Read More >>

Die Ökonomie der Anderen: Der Kapitalismus der Ethnologen - eine transnationale Wissensgeschichte seit 1880

Die Ökonomie der Anderen: Der Kapitalismus der Ethnologen...

Author: Timo Luks
ISBN: 9783161569197
Format: Hardback
$195.36

Timo Luks geht von der Beobachtung aus, dass die aktuelle Wiederbelebung von Kapitalismustheorie und Kapitalismuskritik...  Read More >>

Guy Debord

Guy Debord

Author: Scott Mackenzie ,  Robert Ingram
ISBN: 9780719086861
Format: Hardback
$290.40

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Social Work and Research in Advanced Welfare States

Social Work and Research in Advanced Welfare States...

Author: Kjeld Hogsbro (Aalborg University, Denmark.) ,  Ian F Shaw (University of York, UK)
ISBN: 9780367152185
Format: Paperback
$94.99

The aim of this book is to exemplify the ways in which social work and research develop in ‘advanced’ welfare states...  Read More >>

Ontological Politics in a Disposable World: The New Mastery of Nature

Ontological Politics in a Disposable World: The New...

Author: Luigi Pellizzoni
ISBN: 9780367336097
Format: Paperback
$88.99

This book explores the intertwining of politics and ontology, shedding light on the ways in which, as our ability...  Read More >>

Critical Ethics of Care in Social Work: Transforming the Politics and Practices of Caring

Critical Ethics of Care in Social Work: Transforming...

Author: Bob Pease (University of Tasmania, Tasmania) ,  Anthea Vreugdenhil (University of Tasmania, Tasmania)
ISBN: 9780367152161
Format: Paperback
$88.99

This book argues that the concept of care is a political and a moral concept. It enables us to examine moral and...  Read More >>

Nietzsche and Sociology: Prophet of Affirmation

Nietzsche and Sociology: Prophet of Affirmation

Author: Anas Karzai
ISBN: 9780739150511
Format: Hardback
$240.00

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English National Identity and Football Fan Culture: Who Are Ya?

English National Identity and Football Fan Culture:...

Author: Tom Gibbons
ISBN: 9780367332914
Format: Paperback
$88.99

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Home: The Foundations of Belonging

Home: The Foundations of Belonging

Author: Paul O'Connor (United Arab Emirates University, Abu Dhabi) ,  Paul O'Connor
ISBN: 9780367332822
Format: Paperback
$92.99

This book offers an anthropological and historical perspective on home. Beginning with a vision of modernity as...  Read More >>

Critical Theories and the Budapest School: Politics, Culture, Modernity

Critical Theories and the Budapest School: Politics,...

Author: John Rundell (La Trobe University, Australia) ,  Jonathan Pickle
ISBN: 9780367332969
Format: Paperback
$92.99

This book sheds new light on the unique critiques of modernity offered by the school of thinkers associated with...  Read More >>

The New Narcissus in the Age of Reality Television

The New Narcissus in the Age of Reality Television

Author: Megan Collins (Prairie View A&M University, USA)
ISBN: 9780367332952
Format: Paperback
$92.99

This book explores the encouragement of the false self in our society and the ways in which this is portrayed in...  Read More >>

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