Social theory books

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The Tyranny of Numbers: Why Counting Can’t Make Us Happy

The Tyranny of Numbers: Why Counting Can’t Make Us Happy...

Author: David Boyle
ISBN: 9780006531999
Format: Paperback
$26.99

Measuring matters, but what does it mean? A fun and erudite exploration of how men have attempted, and still attempt,...  Read More >>

Happiness and Hardship: Opportunity and Insecurity in New Market Economies

Happiness and Hardship: Opportunity and Insecurity in...

Author: Carol L. Graham ,  Stefano Pettinato
ISBN: 9780815702412
Format: Paperback
$38.99

Subjective well being, or happiness, has been analyzed in detail by psychologists for decades. Yet only recently...  Read More >>

Philosophy of Social Science: The Philosophical Foundations of Social Thought

Philosophy of Social Science: The Philosophical Foundations...

Author: Ted Benton ,  Ian Craib
ISBN: 9780333774984
Format: Hardback
$330.00

A comprehensive introduction to philosophical problems in the social sciences, encompassing traditional and contemporary...  Read More >>

Health and the Construction of the Individual: A Social Study of Social Science

Health and the Construction of the Individual: A Social...

Author: Jane Ogden
ISBN: 9780415233071
Format: Paperback
$118.67

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Social Movements, Civil Society, and Radical Adult Education

Social Movements, Civil Society, and Radical Adult Education...

Author: Dr John D. Holst
ISBN: 9780897898119
Format: Hardback
$131.00

The idea that radical adult educators should build civil society through social movements is the dominant paradigm...  Read More >>

Global Civil Society 2001

Global Civil Society 2001

Author: Helmut K. Anheier ,  Marlies Glasius
ISBN: 9780199246441
Format: Paperback
$75.00

Many scholars, policy-makers and especially activists have begun to use the term ""global civil society"" but despite...  Read More >>

Revitalising Deprived Urban Neighbourhoods: An Assisted Self-Help Approach

Revitalising Deprived Urban Neighbourhoods: An Assisted...

Author: Colin C. Williams ,  Jan Windebank
ISBN: 9780754614821
Format: Hardback
$305.00

Drawing upon original studies of self-help activities taking place throughout UK cities, this book suggests a fresh...  Read More >>

Social Constructionism and Theology

Social Constructionism and Theology

Author: Chris Hermans ,  Immink
ISBN: 9789004123182
Format: Hardback
$364.32

Although its forms vary, social constructionism is one to which not only social scientists, but also researchers...  Read More >>

The Castells Reader on Cities and Social Theory

The Castells Reader on Cities and Social Theory

Author: Ida Susser (Hunter College)
ISBN: 9780631219330
Format: Paperback
$93.95

This collection of Castellsa classic writing, which also includes two new essays written specifically for this...  Read More >>

The Castells Reader on Cities and Social Theory

The Castells Reader on Cities and Social Theory

Author: Ida Susser (Hunter College)
ISBN: 9780631219323
Format: Hardback
$255.95

Manuel Castells' work represents a revolutionary rethinking of the processes of advanced capitalism and the generation...  Read More >>

Towards a Sociology of Pedagogy: The Contribution of Basil Bernstein to Research

Towards a Sociology of Pedagogy: The Contribution of...

Author: Basil Bernstein ,  Isabel Neves
ISBN: 9780820455853
Format: Paperback
$86.99

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Power and the Social

Power and the Social

Author: Sallie Westwood ,  Sallie Westwood
ISBN: 9780415162883
Format: Paperback
$39.99

This text looks at the different ways power has been theorized from Hobbes to Giddens and at the ways in which the...  Read More >>

Conversations and Transformations: Toward a New Ethics of Self and Society

Conversations and Transformations: Toward a New Ethics...

Author: Ananta Kumar Giri ,  Fred Dallmayr
ISBN: 9780739103227
Format: Paperback
$79.07

In this work, the author issues a call for scholars of contemporary social history and practice to grapple with...  Read More >>

The Obstructed Path: French Social Thought in the Years of Desperation 1930-1960

The Obstructed Path: French Social Thought in the Years...

Author: H. Stuart Hughes ,  Stanley Hoffmann
ISBN: 9780765808509
Format: Paperback
$126.76

The years of political and social despair in France-from the great depression through the Nazi occupation, Resistance,...  Read More >>

Veblen's Century: A Collective Portrait

Veblen's Century: A Collective Portrait

Author: Irving Horowitz
ISBN: 9780765808820
Format: Paperback
$59.49

Thorstein Veblen has a place of honor reserved for truly important figures  Read More >>

In Search of Civil Society

In Search of Civil Society

Author: Nicholas Deakin
ISBN: 9780333912782
Format: Hardback
$190.00

Civil society as a concept is discussed in the political arena. But what does it mean in practice and how does...  Read More >>

Veblen's Century: A Collective Portrait

Veblen's Century: A Collective Portrait

Author: Irving Horowitz
ISBN: 9780765800992
Format: Hardback
$98.30

Thorstein Veblen has a place of honor reserved for truly important figures  Read More >>

Max Weber-Gesamtausgabe: Band I/22,1: Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft. Gemeinschaften

Max Weber-Gesamtausgabe: Band I/22,1: Wirtschaft und...

Author: Max Weber ,  Wolfgang J. Mommsen
ISBN: 9783161475580
Format: Hardback
$546.48

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The Dress of Women: A Critical Introduction to the Symbolism and Sociology of Clothing

The Dress of Women: A Critical Introduction to the Symbolism...

Author: Charlotte Perkins Gilman ,  Michael R. Hill
ISBN: 9780313312700
Format: Hardback
$131.00

Originally serialized in 1915 in The Forerunner, and never before published in book form, The Dress of Women presents...  Read More >>

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