Social theory books

The book examines philosophical and sociological approaches within critical theory and more widely from the vantage...  Read More >>

Today a new kind of freedom fighter has emerged in our midst: liberal and open-minded, these individuals champion...  Read More >>

How Popular Culture Destroys our Political Imagination: Capitalism and its Alternatives in Film and Television explores...  Read More >>

Employing Gramscian conceptions of hegemony, this book demonstrates the inextricable links between politics, education,...  Read More >>

Public life is dominated from time to time by media storms around integrity. The behaviour of elected politicians...  Read More >>

Social Science: A Very Short Introduction offers an accessible overview of how social scientists understand and...  Read More >>

Today a new kind of freedom fighter has emerged in our midst: liberal and open-minded, these individuals champion...  Read More >>

How Popular Culture Destroys our Political Imagination: Capitalism and its Alternatives in Film and Television explores...  Read More >>

Employing Gramscian conceptions of hegemony, this book demonstrates the inextricable links between politics, education,...  Read More >>

This book considers post-19th-century Athens as a unique instance of a secret side of metropolitan capitalism.  Read More >>

This book explains how the Columbia model of sociology, which was based on the methodology of P. F. Lazarsfeld,...  Read More >>

Comparison is a central feature of the practice of interstate relations, yet it is rarely studied. This book demonstrates...  Read More >>

Capitalism produces crises and crises reproduce capitalism. We need an ecosocialist way out.  Read More >>

This book delves into the impacts and consequences of the policy of co-residence at the University of Oxford, investigating...  Read More >>

This book brings together the work of the late Anders Petersen, presenting his exciting and innovative transdisciplinary...  Read More >>

Constituent Power, Violence, and the State examines the question of political violence by placing the thought of...  Read More >>

Social theory is a crucial resource, a rich collection of insights into how human beings think and act, and how...  Read More >>

Social theory is a crucial resource, a rich collection of insights into how human beings think and act, and how...  Read More >>

Starting from the idea that economic relations are all social relations, and every economic fact is first a social...  Read More >>

Bringing together contributions from anthropology, sociology, religious studies, and philosophy, along with ethnographic...  Read More >>

This study of organizing and decluttering professionals helps us understand—and perhaps alleviate—the overwhelming...  Read More >>

Offering a unique, comprehensive, and critical introduction to increasingly visible social inequalities, this textbook...  Read More >>

The book explores the stakes for the social sciences around four central problems: the challenges of context; modes...  Read More >>

First published in 1924, this title was written to expand on an outline of the subject of social theory in order...  Read More >>

Discover the key to addressing social issues and creating lasting change with Innovative Approaches to Social Issues....  Read More >>