Social theory books

Reflecting the diverse range of perspectives on design, this book brings together over seventy key texts. It includes...  Read More >>

'Our schools suck'. This is how many young people of color call attention to the kind of public education they are...  Read More >>

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Do the rich live longer than the poor? To what extent does class and occupational positions affect one's health?...  Read More >>

In his previous books Alain Touraine analysed the great changes that have transformed our personal and collective...  Read More >>

In his previous books Alain Touraine analysed the great changes that have transformed our personal and collective...  Read More >>

The dream of a cosmopolitical utopia has been around for thousands of years. Yet the promise of being locally situated...  Read More >>

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This introductory text explores the theory of social choice. This text is an important starting point for students...  Read More >>

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Discusses how multi-sited ethnography has established itself as a research method among anthropologists and sociologists....  Read More >>

A Marxist interpretation of Korean migrant workers struggles in Japan during the 1920s and 1930s.  Read More >>

A Marxist interpretation of Korean migrant workers struggles in Japan during the 1920s and 1930s.  Read More >>

Presents a conceptualization of authenticity with a survey of original empirical studies that are focused on the...  Read More >>

This classic volume was originally designed as an introduction to social science perspectives on a broad range of...  Read More >>

This volume by international authors deals with the role of gender dynamics in the development of post-conflict...  Read More >>

This newly expanded and reorganized collection of readings provides a compelling exploration of what arguably remains...  Read More >>

This newly expanded and reorganized collection of readings provides a compelling exploration of what arguably remains...  Read More >>

Why Unitary Social Science? pleads for a comprehensive appraisal of social reality.  Read More >>

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Prozorov offers a radical reinterpretation of contemporary Russian politics in terms of Agamben's philosophy. Reconstructing...  Read More >>

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A translation of a succinct introduction to the challenging and far-reaching thought of Theodor W. Adorno (1903-1969),...  Read More >>

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