Social theory books

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Science as Social Existence: Heidegger and the Sociology of Scientific Knowledge

Science as Social Existence: Heidegger and the Sociology...

Author: Jeff Kochan
ISBN: 9781783744107
Format: Paperback
$89.63

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The Global Encyclopaedia of Informality, Volume 2: Understanding Social and Cultural Complexity

The Global Encyclopaedia of Informality, Volume 2: Understanding...

Author: Alena Ledeneva
ISBN: 9781787351905
Format: Paperback
$77.63

Expertly practised by insiders but often hidden from outsiders, informal practices are, as this book shows, deeply...  Read More >>

Industrial Teesside, Lives and Legacies: A post-industrial geography

Industrial Teesside, Lives and Legacies: A post-industrial...

Author: Jonathan Warren
ISBN: 9783319645391
Format: Hardback
$232.85

This book evaluates the consequences of economic, social, environmental and cultural change on people living and...  Read More >>

An Anthropological Economy of Debt

An Anthropological Economy of Debt

Author: Bernard Hours ,  Pepita Ould Ahmed
ISBN: 9780815346456
Format: Paperback
$81.99

Who exactly is in debt - and what is inside it? Authors from many disciplines come together in this volume to ask...  Read More >>

The Making of Global and Local Modernities in Melanesia: Humiliation, Transformation and the Nature of Cultural Change

The Making of Global and Local Modernities in Melanesia:...

Author: Holly Wardlow ,  Joel Robbins
ISBN: 9780815347453
Format: Paperback
$79.99

Examining the kinds of efforts that have been made to adopt Western modernity in Melanesia, this work also explores...  Read More >>

Canonical Authors in Consumption Theory

Canonical Authors in Consumption Theory

Author: Søren Askegaard (University of Southern Denmark, Denmark) ,  Benoît Heilbrunn (ESCP Europe-Paris, France)
ISBN: 9781138648968
Format: Hardback
$305.00

Canonical Authors in Consumption Theory is the first work to compile the contributions of the greatest social thinkers...  Read More >>

Science as Social Existence: Heidegger and the Sociology of Scientific Knowledge

Science as Social Existence: Heidegger and the Sociology...

Author: Jeff Kochan
ISBN: 9781783744114
Format: Hardback
$134.51

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The Global Encyclopaedia of Informality, Volume 2: Understanding Social and Cultural Complexity

The Global Encyclopaedia of Informality, Volume 2: Understanding...

Author: Alena Ledeneva
ISBN: 9781787351912
Format: Hardback
$129.38

Expertly practised by insiders but often hidden from outsiders, informal practices are, as this book shows, deeply...  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: 9781138206977
Format: Hardback
$305.00

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

Social Generativity: A Relational Paradigm for Social Change

Social Generativity: A Relational Paradigm for Social...

Author: Mauro Magatti (Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Italy)
ISBN: 9781138059160
Format: Hardback
$305.00

The 2008 economic crisis called into question the sustainability of the individualistic consumer society. However,...  Read More >>

Youth, Risk and Russian Modernity

Youth, Risk and Russian Modernity

Author: Christopher Williams ,  Vladimir Chuprov
ISBN: 9781138708624
Format: Hardback
$189.00

Title first published in 2003. This timely and original book is the most comprehensive and authoritative analysis...  Read More >>

The Working-Classes in Victorian Fiction

The Working-Classes in Victorian Fiction

Author: P. J. Keating
ISBN: 9781138650084
Format: Paperback
$79.99

First published in 1971. The book examines the presentation of the urban and industrial working classes in Victorian...  Read More >>

Uncovering Social Life: Critical Perspectives from Sociology

Uncovering Social Life: Critical Perspectives from Sociology...

Author: Chris Shilling (University of Kent, UK) ,  Philip A. Mellor (University of Leeds, UK)
ISBN: 9781138934139
Format: Hardback
$336.00

In an era when rapid social change, the disappearance of traditional communities, the rise of political populism...  Read More >>

Socialisation During the Life Course

Socialisation During the Life Course

Author: Klaus Hurrelmann (Hertie School of Governance, Germany) ,  Ullrich Bauer (Bielefeld University, Germany)
ISBN: 9781138502185
Format: Paperback
$83.99

This text highlights new developments in the theory of socialisation, examining developmental tasks and the challenges...  Read More >>

Sociological Jurisprudence: Juristic Thought and Social Inquiry

Sociological Jurisprudence: Juristic Thought and Social...

Author: Roger Cotterrell
ISBN: 9781138052833
Format: Hardback
$305.00

This book presents a unified set of arguments about the nature of jurisprudence and its relation to the jurist’s...  Read More >>

Sociological Jurisprudence: Juristic Thought and Social Inquiry

Sociological Jurisprudence: Juristic Thought and Social...

Author: Roger Cotterrell
ISBN: 9781138052840
Format: Paperback
$83.99

This book presents a unified set of arguments about the nature of jurisprudence and its relation to the jurist’s...  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: 9781138203020
Format: Hardback
$305.00

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

Social Theory after the Internet: Media, Technology, and Globalization

Social Theory after the Internet: Media, Technology,...

Author: Ralph Schroeder
ISBN: 9781787351233
Format: Paperback
$38.81

Social Theory after the Internet focuses on everyday uses and effects of the internet, including information seeking...  Read More >>

Theory In Action: Theoretical Constructionism

Theory In Action: Theoretical Constructionism

Author: Hakon Leiulfsrud ,  Peter Sohlberg
ISBN: 9781608468348
Format: Paperback
$49.99

An invaluable guide for scholars and researchers looking to develop and practically apply critical social theory...  Read More >>

Institutions, Interaction and Social Theory

Institutions, Interaction and Social Theory

Author: Will Gibson (IOE, UCL’s Faculty of Education and Society, University College London, UK) ,  Dirk vom Lehn (King's College London Dept Mgmt, Franklin-Wilkins Bldg, London, UK)
ISBN: 9780230362116
Format: Paperback
$76.99

From hospitals and prisons to schools and corporations: no matter how large or seemingly abstract, all institutions...  Read More >>

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