Social theory books

A new collection of essays, largely focussing on the history of informal housing movements - squatters and cotters,...  Read More >>

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This volume deals comprehensively with the work of Michel de Certeau, the author of one of the most diverse bodies...  Read More >>

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This volume deals comprehensively with the work of Michel de Certeau, the author of one of the most diverse bodies...  Read More >>

Michael Luntley gives a lively introduction to the debate over postmodernism. Covering the key questions of our...  Read More >>

Michael Luntley gives a lively introduction to the debate over postmodernism. Covering the key questions of our...  Read More >>

This volume encourages students to engage in critical thinking by exploring the main assumptions upon which behavioural...  Read More >>

What is chaos? How can it be measured? How are the models estimated? What is catastrophe? How is it modelled? How...  Read More >>

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This study explores the construction of female identity through fashion and appearance, showing how normative conceptions...  Read More >>

The civil war that has intermittently raged in the Sudan since independence in 1956 is, according to Francis Deng,...  Read More >>

Presents an analysis of the vocabulary of racism (prejudice, discrimination, segregation and violence), arguing...  Read More >>

The essays in this book weave together insights and arguments from such diverse traditions as German critical theory,...  Read More >>

Written with precision and clarity, this is a compelling analysis of the central problems of sociological theory...  Read More >>

Written with precision and clarity, this is a compelling analysis of the central problems of sociological theory...  Read More >>

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No detailed description available for ""Social Change and Modernization"".  Read More >>

Ranging over a rich variety of material from film and film literature, and encompassing a critical interrogation...  Read More >>

Contains essays on the sociology of place. Interrogates nature of time and place, how places are economically and...  Read More >>

Contains essays on the sociology of place. Interrogates nature of time and place, how places are economically and...  Read More >>

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The author shows that conceptions of rationality in current theories of science and law can account for neither...  Read More >>

The essays in this Festschrift are celebrations of the human mind in its manifold expressions - philosophical, scientific,...  Read More >>