Social theory books

The book contains essays on current issues in Social and Political Sciences, such as the issues of governance and...  Read More >>

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

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There has been a well-documented `cultural turn' in social theory. The cultural turn is a movement beginning in...  Read More >>

Psychologists are increasingly interested in embodiment based on the assumption that thoughts, feelings, and behaviours...  Read More >>

The collector is a pseudo sub-species of human who endeavours to amass items for building wealth, in the pursuit...  Read More >>

This book examines how theory and theorists have achieved a global audience as never before in the post-Global Financial...  Read More >>

This study of sociology in the 21st century is divided into three parts which examine new horizons in theory and...  Read More >>

Sacred Science is an analysis of post-war discourses concerning health and illness.  Read More >>

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Citizenship is increasingly the core concept by which human belonging is defined but do we really understand what...  Read More >>

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The India Migration Report 2017 examines forced migration caused by political conflicts, climate change, disasters...  Read More >>

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While issues of marginalization and participation have engaged scholars across various disciplines and domains,...  Read More >>

This volume offers an unprecedented account of recent and future developments in the sociology of intellectuals....  Read More >>

With contributions from scholars around the world, this collection closely examines the concepts of race, nationality,...  Read More >>

This volume addresses this central problem of the linkage between human action and social structure in sociological...  Read More >>

After a period in which sociology was torn apart by the polarized claims of micro- and macro-methodology, an increasing...  Read More >>

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

This title was first published in 2001. An investigation of the new wave of militant political activity emerging...  Read More >>

This title was first published in 2003. This book offers a challenging new approach to social theory, building on...  Read More >>

In a tough opening statement, M. Brewster Smith outlines his own life course and contrasts it with the agenda of...  Read More >>

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