Social theory

How do contemporary young people construct their sexual identities?

Discusses the importance and development of analytical sociology, emphasizing the centrality of mechanisms in explaining social life.

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.

Professor Wesolowski presents a detailed study of Marx's theory of class structure and compares it with non-Marxist theories of social stratification, in particular the functionalist theory of stratification and the theory of power elite.

This book argues that the discourse of political Islam has strong connections to important, disturbing currents in Western philosophy and intellectual trends.

This book draws together debates from two burgeoning fields, liminality and informality studies, to analyze how dynamics of rule-bending take shape in Rome today.

In recent years the body has become one of the most popular areas of study in the arts, social sciences and humanities.

From the Foundations in Global Studies series, this text offers students a fresh, comprehensive, multidisciplinary entry point to the study of the social and cultural aspects of global studies.

In the past decade, post-structural policy analysis in education has evolved, primarily focusing on disrupting dominant narratives about education policy research, development and implementation, and the aims and outcomes of the policy-research nexus.

Mixed martial arts (MMA) is an emergent sport where competitors in a ring or cage utilize strikes (punches, kicks, elbows and knees) as well as submission techniques to defeat opponents.

The book explores how humans are distinct social beings whose relations nevertheless extend into nonhuman spheres in various ways.

Can the criminal justice system achieve justice based on its ability to determine the truth?

This book examines how child protection law has been shaped by the transition to late modernity and how it copes with the ever-changing concept of risk.

A comprehensive and scholarly exploration of the personal and philosophical origins of Andre Gorz's work, this book includes a unique analysis of his early untranslated texts, as well as critical discussion of his relationship to the work of Husserl, Sartre, Merleau-Ponty, Marx and Habermas.

Space weaponry, satellite surveillance and communications, and private space travel are all means in which outer space is being humanized: incorporated into society's projects.

Seafarer & Community (1973) examines life on shipboard and how the communities which rely on the sea for their livelihood exist.

Drawing upon unique and unprecedented survey data, this book shows how and why Brexit has changed British politics.

This book offers a new perspective on sociological studies of the consumer society, introducing neglected normative questions relating to the good life and human flourishing - subjects more commonly discussed in fields of moral, political, and social philosophy.

A new, hands-on approach to social inquiry for social scientists who wish to make a difference to policy and practice.

Provides a penetrating examination of how political rhetoric from public officials creates tensions via microaggression cues due to changing demographics, campaign rhetoric, and the use of social media.

The creation of the Frankfurt School of critical theory in the 1920s saw the birth of some of the most exciting and challenging writings of the twentieth century.

Explores the rise of Al Qaeda-influenced movements and militant Salafism, the most significant form of terrorism facing Western countries.

Extreme metal--one step beyond heavy metal--can appear bizarre or terrifying to the uninitiated.

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

Professor John Rex was one of Britain's most eminent sociologists, and a teacher of a whole generation of sociology students.

This a collection of essays about women, by women, which examine the production of femininity within a patriarchal society.

The Oppositional Imagination draws together elements from Marxism, analytical philosophy, post-structuralism, and post-colonial criticism to analyse the elusive interplay of culture and power.

Volume 53 of Studies in Symbolic Interaction is divided into three parts, providing contemporary readings of social situations.

The decline of the Christian churches in the West is undeniable but commentators differ in their understanding of what this represents.

Max Weber and His Contemporaries provides an unrivalled tour d'horizon of European intellectual life in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries and an assessment of the pivotal position within it occupied by Max Weber.

The Institutional Theory of the Firm examines recent and previous organization theory literature to advocate what Evans (1995) refers to as the "e;embedded autonomy"e; of the firm, as well as its role in being simultaneously anchored in, for example, corporate legislation and regulatory practices on the national, regional (i.

This powerful selection of essays proposes practices of reading and criticism to make the field of postcolonial studies more fully attentive to historical circumstances and socio-material conditions.

Treating 'religion' as a fully social, cultural, historical and material field of practice, this book presents a series of debates and positions on the nature and purpose of the 'Study of Religions', or 'Religious Studies'.

This book, first published in 1974, is the story of BBC Audience Research, a behind-the-scenes activity that has always been the subject of some curiosity.

Autobiographies of Transformation is a completely unique history of sociology in Central and Eastern Europe in the post-Communist era.

Exploring why South Africans rarely use activism to address food insecurity, this study proposes ways to reclaim the power of collective action.

This volume is an exploration of the ways in which political economy as a mode of analysis moves anthropology toward a vital, politically engaged form of scholarship.

Roger Holme's work in social and industrial psychology is widely respected.

Timely and original, this collection of essays from the leading figures in their fields throws new and valuable light on the significance and future of flanerie.

Dan Webb explores an undervalued topic in the formal discipline of Political Theory (and political science, more broadly): the urban as a level of political analysis and political struggles in urban space.

Nostalgia, a complex and multi-layered emotion, has gained interest since the turn of the century in both society and academic circles.

Originally published in 1980, Social Welfare: Why and How?

Diccionario Bilingue de Metaforas y Metonimias Cientifico-Tecnicas presents the extensive range of metaphoric and metonymic terms and expressions that are commonly used within the fields of science, engineering, architecture and sports science.

One of the main features of the contemporary environmental crisis is that no one has a clear idea of what is going on.

What defines the social practices we currently call norms?