Social theory

Originally published in 1981 Social Welfare and the Failure of the State looks at how the 1980s have ushered in an intensification on the debate of the role of the state in social welfare.

In today's individualized, culturally diverse and globalized society, many sociologists have concluded that the conceptualizations developed by classical sociology are no longer sufficient to promote social cohesion.

Originally published in 1981 Law, State and Society confronts many of the most important issues within the developing field of law and society.

In this volume well-known scholars from India and Latin America - Enrique Dussel, Madhu Dubey, Walter D.

How do academic social scientists and survey professionals use social measurement techniques?

How can international aid professionals manage to deal with the daily dilemmas of working for the wellbeing of people in countries other than their own?

Adopting a conversation analytic approach informed by ethnomethodology, this book examines the process of socialization as it takes place within everyday parent-child interactions.

In a new reading of Immanuel Kant's work, this book interrogates his notions of the imagination and anthropology, identifying these - rather than the problem of reason - as the two central pivoting orientations of his work.

Designing Cultures of Care brings together an international selection of design researchers who, through a variety of design approaches, are exploring the ways in which design intersects with cultures of care.

Critical Social Theory and the End of Work examines the development and sociological significance of the idea that work is being eliminated through the use of advanced production technology.

'A celebration of human idiosyncrasy and of our talent for building shared meaning and solidarity out of the strangest material' - TLSFans takes the reader on a journey through a constellation of fandoms, and along the way demonstrates some fundamental truths about the human condition.

An international set of eminent scholars examine the contemporary relevance and continuing contribution of Karl Marx''s work.

In February 1934 fighting broke out in Linz between government forces and the Social Democratic Party.

This book examines the contribution social theory can make to understanding different human rights which operate in a variety of settings.

Ours is the era of 'reinvention'.

'Postmodernity' is often claimed as a great transformation in society and culture.

The concept of a "e;megamachine"e; - a closed system operating to a pre-established utilitarian purpose which results in the machinisation of humanity - has existed in various forms since at least the late 19th century.

Actor-systems dynamics is an innovative, multidisciplinary methodology for investigating and analyzing social struggles over economic resources and the related interplay between economic and socio-political institutions and processes.

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With business seemingly everywhere on television, from the risks of the retail and restaurant trade to pitching for investment or competing to become the next 'apprentice', The Television Entrepreneurs draws upon popular business-oriented shows such as The Apprentice and Dragons' Den to explore the relationship between television and business.

This title was first published in 2001: This book examines the liberal-communitarian debate from a new perspective.

In a world beset with problems, how can we encourage people to act differently?

With business seemingly everywhere on television, from the risks of the retail and restaurant trade to pitching for investment or competing to become the next 'apprentice', The Television Entrepreneurs draws upon popular business-oriented shows such as The Apprentice and Dragons' Den to explore the relationship between television and business.

First published in 1972, this book on Weber's methodological writings is today regarded as a modern classic in its field.

This book examines global governance through Foucaultian notions of governmentality and security, as well as the complex intersections between the two.

Der Band bietet einen Querschnitt durch gut fünfzehn Jahre technik- und innovationssoziologischer Forschungen am von Werner Rammert geleiteten Fachgebiet für Techniksoziologie an der TU Berlin.

This book is the first to systematically reconstruct Michel Foucault's political and philosophical thought across his career.

The Logical Foundations of Social Theory describes Gert Mueller's argument that physical, biological, social, moral, and cultural reality form an asymmetrical hierarchy of founding and controlling relationships that condition social reality rather than mechanically determining it.

This book considers the nature and possibilities of conceptual change and transformation under conditions of globalization, especially with regard to Chinese social and cultural concepts.

In the provocative opening essay Kenway and Fahey explore ways in which the notion of the imagination itself might be mobilized by researchers.

While there have been many sociological and psychological studies of humor, few can claim to be funny.

How do intellectuals engage with and affect their publics?

Human Rights and the Body is a response to the crisis in human rights, to the very real concern that without a secure foundation for the concept of human rights, their very existence is threatened.

Disenchantment is a key term in the self-understanding of modernity.

New materialism challenges the mechanistic models characteristic of early modern philosophy that regarded matter as largely passive and inert.

Globalisation is heavily dependent on physical transport, as people and goods travel over longer distances and with higher frequency.

A leading literary critic and psychoanalyst, Julia Kristeva is one of the most significant French thinkers writing today.

In his final work, Donald N.

This book addresses the widespread use of digital personal media in daily life.

Prior to the 1960s, when African Americans had little access to formal political power, black popular culture was commonly seen as a means of forging community and effecting political change.

Digital technology has vastly broadened and complexified social life, levelling opportunities for communication and producing a new awareness of the importance of diversity of social relations, as well as of life on the planet.

This book offers a cutting-edge overview of mobility, mobility justice and social justice, with contributions from a broad range of leading scholars.

Treating the market as a complex social category, and not just as a purely economic phenomenon, this book presents two frameworks for analyzing the market in relation to society.

Seven decades since Indian Independence, education takes the centre stage in every major discussion on development, especially when we talk about social exclusion, Dalits and reservations today.

Legal decisions continue to mystify: why was this person sentenced to 20 years in prison, but that person to just 10 years for the same crime?

What can social science, and demography in particular, reasonably expect to learn from biological information?

The Routledge International Handbook of Simmel Studies documents the richness, variety, and creativity of contemporary international research on Georg Simmel's work.