Social theory books

Organizations are the dominant social invention for generating resources and distributing them. Relational Inequalities...  Read More >>

This book explores the ancient question of why man seeks to go beyond his limits. The author considers whether redemption...  Read More >>

A diverse collection of regional experts explore contemporary trends, alternative visions, and new directions for...  Read More >>

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This book draws upon the work of Georg Simmel to explore the limits, tensions and dynamism of social life through...  Read More >>

A study of the role of Civil Society in contemporary society and the relationship between Civil Society, Business...  Read More >>

A diverse collection of regional experts explore contemporary trends, alternative visions, and new directions for...  Read More >>

Questioning Performance Measurement: Metrics, Organizations and Power is the first book to interrogate the organizational...  Read More >>

This book reconsiders the place of the notions of crisis and critique as fundamental means to grasp the fragile...  Read More >>

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An incisive study of situated learning as transformational change in everyday life, aimed at students and researchers...  Read More >>

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This book brings together critical social theories and microsociological approaches to reveal the critical and cultural...  Read More >>

Across the world, violence inflicted in the name of family honor is attracting increasing attention. Family honor...  Read More >>

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Es gibt offensichtlich nicht nur Moden der Kleidung, der Frisur oder des Wohnens, sondern auch Moden in den Wissenschaften,...  Read More >>

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An exploration of cuteness and its immense hold on us, from emojis and fluffy puppies to its more uncanny, subversive...  Read More >>

This book examines identity formations and assertion in South Asia. Drawing on history, literature, politics, and...  Read More >>

Details a determined effort, in the midst of war, to bring essential veterinary services to an agrarian society...  Read More >>

'Regimes of Happiness' is a comparative and historical analysis of how human societies have articulated and enacted...  Read More >>

The second part then draws a prospective outline of the social formation known as the ‘morphogenic society,’ showing...  Read More >>

Gay New York brilliantly shatters the myth that before the 1960s gay life existed only in the closet, where gay...  Read More >>

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