Social theory

This book considers the discourses that come into play in organizational change.

This book extends a previously published model of social evolution by using macroeconomic measures to indicate both the current state of the society, and its evolutionary trajectory.

In these works Professor Jordan studies the origins of modern social and cultural institutions in England.

This book explores the emergence and encouragement of the new narcissus in our society and the ways in which this is portrayed in reality television.

This book offers a history of sociological theory from a Christian perspective, tracing the origins of sociology from the beginnings of Western science as introduced by the Scholastics of the twelfth century, which, when combined with their emphasis on rationality, led to the Enlightenment "e;science of man"e;-an emphasis that eventually resulted in sociology, which combined empiricism and a Christian moral philosophy.

Starry Nights: Critical Structural Realism in Anthropology offers nothing less than a reinventing of the discipline of anthropology.

Using an innovative framework, this reader examines the most important and influential writings on modern class relations.

This book offers the first critical examination of the contributions of feminist new materialist thought to the study of sport, fitness, and physical culture.

Eurocentrism remains a prevailing feature of Western-dominated social scientific perspectives, tending to ignore alternative views originating outside the West and thus maintaining a form of scholarly hegemony.

This powerful book explicates the many ways in which colonial encounters continue to shape forced migration, ever evolving with times and various geographical contexts.

Politics with a Human Face presents a holistic understanding of identity formation in post-Soviet Europe, arguing that since politics is fundamentally a human affair.

Examines the conflict between modern and postmodern theories in sociology and attempts to bridge the divide between them.

Social Movements: The Key Concepts provides an insightful, contemporary introduction to some of the frequently encountered terms and groups that are central to the study of collective action and social and political activism.

One of the world's preeminent cultural anthropologists leaves a last work that fundamentally reconfigures how we study most other culturesFrom the perspective of Western modernity, humanity inhabits a disenchanted cosmos.

Counterpointing Los Angeles's central role in America's fantasy life - the city has been destroyed no less than 138 times in novels and films since 1909 - with its wanton denial of its own real history, Mike Davis creates a revelatory kaleidoscope of American fact, imagery, and sensibility.

This book brings together some of the world''s leading writers to engage with the most profound question in penology: why prison?

Today we hear much talk of crisis and comparisons are often made with the Great Depression of the 1930s, but there is a crucial difference that sets our current malaise apart from the 1930s: today we no longer trust in the capacity of the state to resolve the crisis and to chart a new way forward.

European thought is often said to be a gift to the rest of the world, but what if there is no gift as such?

By exploring the concepts of 'crisis' and 'critique', this study offers a thought-provoking re-examination of the political and social thought of Cornelius Castoriadis in light of the current world crisis and with regard to his radical critique of both the traditional Left and contemporary capitalist societies.

Why are America and Britain wealthier than ever but millions of children live in poverty, neighbourhoods want for basic amenities and the middle classes fear for their families, jobs and futures?

Contemporary Economic Sociology closely examines critical and contemporary issues in the sociology of economic life.

It seems clear that many formerly stable societies in wealthy developed countries appear to be falling into an apparent state of 'permacrisis' accompanied by an increasingly angry and irrational social and political culture that is undermining the peace and stability of our societies and democratic institutions, from the local to the global.

Many fathers are now providing hands-on, engaged care to babies and young children.

Anthony Smith's important work on the concept of social change, first published in 1973, puts forward the paradigm of historical change as an alternative to the functionalist theory of evolutionary change.

This volume describes and analyses a series of emotions prevalent in everyday life and culture, with each chapter exploring the main facets of a particular emotion and considering the ways in which it manifests itself in and informs our culture and lives.

This timely book provides the definitive concise introduction to the phenomenon of Zygmunt Bauman.

This book provides an interdisciplinary analysis of the correlates and consequences of residential relocation.

Pierre Bourdieu, the French sociologist, philosopher, and anthropologist, has been widely studied and analyzed in academic circles, particularly in sociology, where his ideas about power relations in social life helped to define the contemporary field.

There is no inevitable logic of capitalism.

A brief commentary on the necessity and the impossibility of black men's participation in the development of black feminist theory and politics, Black Men, Black Feminism examines the basic assumptions that have guided-and misguided-black men's efforts to take up black feminism.

An exciting look at how archaeology has dealt with the bodily senses and how it can offer a richer glimpse into the human sensory experience.

First published in 1973, this is a reissue of John Urry's important and influential study of the theory of revolution.

In a world in which individuals will undergo multiple career changes, is it possible any longer to conceive of a job as a meaningful vocation?

Fox examines the extent of government involvement in religion across the globe using both qualitative and quantitative methodology.

The past decades have seen significant advances in the sociological understanding of human emotion.

In Intersectionality as Critical Social Theory Patricia Hill Collins offers a set of analytical tools for those wishing to develop intersectionality's capability to theorize social inequality in ways that would facilitate social change.

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Activism on the Web examines the everyday tensions that political activists face as they come to terms with the increasingly commercialized nature of web technologies and sheds light on an important, yet under-investigated, dimension of the relationship between contemporary forms of social protest and internet technologies.

The fields of Critical Disability Studies and Critical Animal Studies are growing rapidly, but how do the implications of these endeavours intersect?

First published in 1972, this book rejects as inadequate the 'trait' and 'functionalist' theories of the professions and instead presents an alternative framework to analyse the contemporaneous occupational change in industrial societies.

This book presents a unified set of arguments about the nature of jurisprudence and its relation to the jurist's role.

This book proposes a novel approach to practising social and political analysis based on the role of logics.

There is increasing academic interest in how Pierre Bourdieu's sociology can be applied to management and organization studies (MOS).

This book introduces the readers to the dynamics of various kinds of social movements.

This book examines social inclusion in the education sector in India for scheduled tribes (ST), denotified tribes and nomadic tribes.

Sometimes social theory can seem dry and intimidating - as if it is something completely apart from everyday life.

How are identities formed among social workers, many of whom perform complex, challenging and ambiguous public sector functions on a regular basis?