Social theory books

Discusses central issues regarding multiculturalism in Europe, based on studies of Norway and the Netherlands. Distinguishing...  Read More >>

Through an interdisciplinary range of case studies from across the Northern rim of Europe, this volume shows how...  Read More >>

Based on a series of empirical studies carried out in the US and Europe, this volume reveals the diversity of family...  Read More >>

Drawing on diverse theoretical and textual sources, The Gender of Suicide presents a critical study of the ways...  Read More >>

This book gives a nuanced and updated view of social movements in post-communist Europe, by looking at the cases...  Read More >>

The contributions in this volume pay homage to Zenon Ba?kowski, with a focus on problems concerning law's normalization...  Read More >>

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The Death and Life of the Urban Commonwealth draws on the theory of solidarism to develop a new defense of social...  Read More >>

Postcolonial Thought and Social Theory maps the convergences and differences between these two seemingly opposed...  Read More >>

Commodified Bodies examines the social practice of organ transplantation and trafficking and scrutinises the increasingly...  Read More >>

This volume maps the intersection between war and violence from a gendered postcolonial perspective. Its unique...  Read More >>

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The Sociology of Wilhelm Baldamus explores Baldamus’s concern that research should be underpinned by meticulous...  Read More >>

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This collection considers how time shapes globalization, and how globalization affects our experience of time, as...  Read More >>

The social scientific study of social movements remains largely shaped by categories, concepts and debates that...  Read More >>

Kierkegaard has been traditionally characterized as a Christian writer who placed supreme importance on the inward...  Read More >>

Explores integrated and root-cause-based explanations of complex social problems. Suitable for classroom purposes,...  Read More >>

Engaging with the idea that the world reveals not one, but many routes to modernity, this volume explores the role...  Read More >>

Examines the introduction of care management to social work practice using aspects of social theory, including George...  Read More >>

This interdisciplinary and cross-national volume brings together theory and research by prominent scholars within...  Read More >>

Tackling a fundamental metaphysical question, 'what kind of thing is a social group?', this book examines the ontological...  Read More >>

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