Social theory

This book examines the connection between central-local government relations and the transition of contemporary China, the urbanization process and social development.

Southern social movements have played an important role in shaping world history and politics.

In an era where new areas of life and new problems call for normative solutions while the plurality of values in society challenge the very basis for normative solutions, this book looks at a growing field of research on the relations between social and legal norms.

Diese intellektuelle Biographie unternimmt eine grundlegende Revision von Robert Michels’ politischem Werk und Leben.

Discussing the relationship between social work and sociology, this book explores how the two have become more and more divided, moving from one single discipline, to two separate, but related, fields.

This book develops a unique sociological approach to the analysis of transnational legal norms.

In this fifth edition of the best-selling core introductory textbook, Pete Alcock and Lee Gregory provide a comprehensive and engaging introduction to social policy.

Are human rights part of the problem or part of the solution in the current 'clash of civilizations'?

A novel introduction to the thought and practice of international relations from premodern India, China and the Islamic world, and how it relates to modern IR.

This book examines the social construction and representation of 'youth on the move' in the context of the migration process, using El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras as a case study to reinterpret the immigration process under the frameworks of coloniality and epistemologies of the South.

This book offers a political anthropological discussion of subversion, exploring its imbrication with technological and divinization practices, and uncovering some of its particular effects on human existence, from prehistory until the contemporary age.

This book explores the influence of Freudian psychoanalysis on Norbert Elias' theory of the civilizing process - an influence acknowledged by Elias himself - conducting a dialogue with a view to analyzing points of contact and distance between them.

Developing Cross-Cultural Measurement in Social Work Research and Evaluation, Second Edition is an applied practice-to-research text, with a focus on developing, assessing, and validating meaningful measurements across cultures and populations.

A timely revision in this global age, Human Behavior and the Social Environment, Macro Level develops a sophisticated and original view of the cultural, global, spiritual, and natural worlds that people inhabit, and explores the impact of these worlds on human behavior.

In this book, Stehr and Grundmann outline the theoretical significance and practical importance of the growing stratum of experts, counsellors and advisors in contemporary society, and claim that the growing spectrum of knowledge-based occupations has led to the pluralisation of expertise.

A Translational Sociology provides an interdisciplinary investigation of the key role of translation in society.

Temporal Regimes provides a theoretical framework for understanding the temporal structures of society; a conceptually rich, empirically nuanced and culturally embodied account of temporal phenomena in contemporary world.

This book explores the place of art in the modern world, but instead of asking what art is, it begins with the question of art's appeal in modernity.

The eminent scholar Lewis R.

In this reissued collection of essays, first published in 1985, Paul Q.

Bourdieu's theory of social fields is one of his key contributions to social sciences and humanities.

Nationally and internationally, we are being driven to reflect on how to respond to a changing world.

What is it like to work as a classical musician today?

Libertarians often bill their theory as an alternative to both the traditional Left and Right.

Both the force and the limitations of the globalizing forces operating in the world today can best be understood through an analysis of their concrete manifestations.

How do humans fit into the natural world?

This text, first published in 2006, presents the most important and influential social psychological theories and research programs in contemporary sociology.

This volume begins by challenging the bases of the recent scientization of sociology.

This book discusses how to develop green transitions which benefit, include and respect marginalised social groups.

The limits of one-dimensional theory are strikingly revealed in the schools that the founders of the major sociological traditions established.

This book systematically addresses Bourdieu's key ideas and concepts in the context of Marxist thought.

There are growing waves of 'desirable' migrants from Asia moving to New Zealand, a place experiencing increasing ethnic diversity, particularly in its largest metropolitan region Auckland.

Contemporary young people are situated within a complex and disorienting set of social changes that are reshaping how youth is constructed, governed and experienced across the globe.

This book explores how narratives have been and can be used to facilitate radical transformations towards a more sustainable future.

This book offers a model to bridge the differences between political theorists and social scientists, focusing on deliberative practices.

If crisis defines our era, we need a coherent socialist policy in response.

Antonio Gramsci is widely known today for his profound impact on social and political thought, critical theory and literary methodology.

This book reintroduces the work of Robert K.

Imagined Societies analyses how discussions of immigrant integration, culture, religion, and sexuality promote notions of national societies.

As a founder and managing director of Global Business Network, James Ogilvy helped develop the technique of scenario planning, which has become an integral part of strategic thinking in both business and government.

This book argues that it is time to step back and reassess the anti-corruption movement, which despite its many opportunities and great resources has ended up with a track record that is indifferent at best.

Recent debate about the ethical and regulatory dimensions of developments in genetics has sidelined societal and cultural aspects, which arguably are indispensable for a nuanced understanding of the complexities of the topic.

This lively and engaging new book addresses a topical and important area of study.

Atmosphere, the elusive ambiance of a place, enables or hinders its mobility in global consumption contexts.

This book explores the role human rights law plays in the formation, and protection, of our personal identities.

Most people take the conditions they work and live in as a given, believing it to be normal that societies are stratified and that organisations are hierarchical.

Why, since the financial crisis of 2008, has neoliberal capitalism remained seemingly impregnable?

This book puts in place the groundwork for an alternative theory of money in a sociological perspective, proceeding by way of a critique of existing theories.

In recent decades, the rise of world markets and the technological revolutions in transportation and communication have brought what was once distant and inaccessible within easy reach of the individual.