Social theory books

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This book revisits the arguments by which Harvey Sacks and Harold Garfinkel opposed the widespread attempt in the...  Read More >>

This book highlights social justice warriors embodying Gandhi's principles, working quietly for real change. Their...  Read More >>

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission...  Read More >>

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission...  Read More >>

This volume presents new essays on the theory and practice of recognition. In order to retain its overall plausibility...  Read More >>

This volume aims to remedy this deficit by introducing Petrażycki’s life and work specifically to an English-speaking...  Read More >>

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission...  Read More >>

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission...  Read More >>

The tech elite have a plan to survive the apocalypse- they want to leave us all behind. Five mysterious billionaires...  Read More >>

This book represents the first comprehensive century-long history of the disciplinary development of sociology in...  Read More >>

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How ordinary urban objects influence our behavior, exacerbate inequality, and encourage social change Assumptions...  Read More >>

This book offers a conceptual map of Habermas’ philosophy and a systematic introduction to his work. It does so...  Read More >>

What does it mean to be Latinx? This pressing question forms the core of Latinx Belonging, which brings together...  Read More >>

In a sequence of elegiac and deliciously droll observations, the distinguished Latin American writer, Eduardo Galeano...  Read More >>

Focuses on the revival of societal institutions after events such as natural disasters, pandemics, political turmoil,...  Read More >>

What does it mean to be Latinx? This pressing question forms the core of Latinx Belonging, which brings together...  Read More >>

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Through a multi-sited ethnography on maternal care in Ghana and India, this Element provides a first-hand look at...  Read More >>

This research explores the experiences of temporary migrant workers from Southeast Asia in Australia, demonstrating...  Read More >>

The embrace of competitive market principles, increasingly prevalent in our neoliberal age, often obscures the enduring...  Read More >>

Finalist for The Next Big Idea Bookclub Book of the Year Selection Behavioral Scientist and Greater Good Society...  Read More >>

Finalist for The Next Big Idea Bookclub Book of the Year Selection Behavioral Scientist and Greater Good Society...  Read More >>

Die Ambivalenz des Verständnisses von Ligaturen bei Dahrendorf, da sie einerseits Optionen einschränken, ihnen andererseits...  Read More >>