Social theory books

In Cultural Goods and the Limits of the Market, Russell Keat argues that cultural activities of this kind, and the...  Read More >>

This unique Handbook provides state of the art reviews of sociology conducted by prominent scholars. Drawing on...  Read More >>

Unsparing and important. . . . An informative, clearheaded and sobering book.—Jonathan Yardley, Washington Post...  Read More >>

Shows how consumption is important in dominating individual lives and the development and direction of society....  Read More >>

This updated edition explores a range of human conflict, offering basic principles and practical strategies for...  Read More >>

In this text, two social scientists from competing research traditions - the rationalist and the culturalist - try...  Read More >>

This text presents selections from Ferdinand Tonnies ""Kritik der offentlichen Meining (Critique of Public Opinion)""....  Read More >>

This work looks at cross-cultural lives and identities in the multicultural landscape. It covers such topics as:...  Read More >>

A surprising and innovative look at class that proposes new approaches to this important topic While references...  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 >>

This work looks at cross-cultural lives and identities in the multicultural landscape. It covers such topics as:...  Read More >>

A surprising and innovative look at class that proposes new approaches to this important topic While references...  Read More >>

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In this lucid and engaging introductory volume on the nature of society, Roger Trigg examines the scientific basis...  Read More >>

Explores issues such as the role of gender in the construction of domesticity, and the conflation of ideas of maternity...  Read More >>

This volume aims to provide a definition of social problems within sociology and to prepare the ground for the empirical...  Read More >>

This is an analysis of art as a social and perceptual system by one of Germany's leading social theorist of the...  Read More >>

Expanded edition contains new chapters on politics and postmodernism, and covers recent developments in the field....  Read More >>

Explores issues such as the role of gender in the construction of domesticity, and the conflation of ideas of maternity...  Read More >>

Eliminate manners and respect vanishes with them. The connection between the decline of manners and the increase...  Read More >>

In this text, the author packages postwar classics with contemporary discussions to examine the impact of social...  Read More >>

Danger in the Field is an analysis of the experience of different forms of danger in various research settings....  Read More >>

`The book is illuminatory; it operationalizes or provides keys to operationalizing a process that is shrouded in...  Read More >>

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This book is an analysis of the experience of different forms of danger in various qualitative research settings....  Read More >>