Social theory books

The authors demonstrate that the idiom of co-production importantly extends the vocabulary of the traditional social...  Read More >>

The debate on varieties of modernity is central to current social theory and research, and this book explores the...  Read More >>

Respect can be attained by gaining success, by developing talents, through financial independence and by helping...  Read More >>

Argues that understanding America's role in the development of global civil society will help achieve cultural and...  Read More >>

This book looks at the social and economic factors of schooling and will prove an intriguing read for sociologists,...  Read More >>

Andrew Collier is the boldest defender of objectivity - in science, knowledge, thought, action, politics, morality...  Read More >>

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Symbolic interactionism has a long history in sociology, social psychology, and related social sciences. In this...  Read More >>

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In cities across the US, grass-roots organizations are working to revitalize popular participation in disenfranchised...  Read More >>

Art and Social Theory provides a comprehensive introduction to sociological studies of the arts. It examines the...  Read More >>

In cities across the US, grass-roots organizations are working to revitalize popular participation in disenfranchised...  Read More >>

Throughout the 20th century, a scientifically oriented social science has dominated as the means for looking at...  Read More >>

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Zygmunt Bauman is one of the most important contemporary social thinkers. Bauman's work is put into its social and...  Read More >>

The important theories of Pierre Bourdieu and Alain Touraine, discussed in this book, seek to explain and resolve...  Read More >>

Uncovering how cash-in-hand economies are composed of not only the underground sector (work akin to formal employment...  Read More >>

Throughout the 20th century, a scientifically oriented social science has dominated as the means for looking at...  Read More >>

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This lively and highly original study explores the link between visual culture and religion in terms of tales, memory...  Read More >>

The aim of this book series is to provide a much needed outlet for the wealth of cross-cultural research that has...  Read More >>

Spatial analysis assists theoretical understanding and empirical testing in the social sciences, and rapidly expanding...  Read More >>

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The Christian Task Force on Central America in British Columbia, the Maritimes- Guatemala Breaking the Silence Network,...  Read More >>