Social theory books

A study and assessment of the career of Frederic Le Play (1806-1882), now recognised as a founder of modern sociology...  Read More >>

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These lectures develop simple models of complex social processes using nonlinear dynamics and mathematical biology....  Read More >>

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What does it mean to be ""social""? Is there any intrinsic ""mark"" of the social shared by behaviour, language,...  Read More >>

What does it mean to be ""social""? Is there any intrinsic ""mark"" of the social shared by behaviour, language,...  Read More >>

Examining in detail the work of consecration carried out by elite education systems, Bourdieu analyzes the distinctive...  Read More >>

Beginning with the provocative premise that the body is the anchor of the social order, this book delves into the...  Read More >>

The major purpose of Societies in Space is to encourage the involvement of the Social Sciences in the construction...  Read More >>

In this original and eye-opening study, Stefan Morawski sheds light on the often confused debate about postmodernism,...  Read More >>

Explores the obstacles and challenges involved in literary promotion in the developing world, with specific examples...  Read More >>

Discusses the writing process - from project development through preparation of a final draft. This book helps students...  Read More >>

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Taking an unorthodox look at the key philosophical assumptions in the social sciences, this work contends that social...  Read More >>

This book gives an overview of the state of the art in five different approaches to social science simulation on...  Read More >>

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This volume of essays explores the relationship between the natural and social worlds using general system theory....  Read More >>

Using examples from many different genres, this is a study of the representations of American cities, real and imagined,...  Read More >>

This book is a unique and agenda-setting interpretation of nature and ecology.  Read More >>

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Works such as The Bell Curve imply that any biosocial approach to social science is necessarily Social Darwinist...  Read More >>

Selected by Business Week as one of the 10 best business books of the year, this text is ""a major contribution...  Read More >>

How does the natural world relate to the social world? Why do we continue to have such a poor understanding? The...  Read More >>

In the light of the confusion surrounding the environmental crisis, Peter Dickens explores how the natural world...  Read More >>