Social theory

In this highly innovative book Robert Fine compares three great studies of modern political life: Hegel's Elements of the Philosophy of Right, Marx's Capital and Hannah Arendt's Origins of Totalitarianism, and argues that they are all profoundly radical texts, which jointly contribute to our understanding of the modern world.

Shows how developments in scientific observation and public policy have transformed our view of childhood.

First published in 1983, this book examines the problems of concept formation in the social sciences, and in particular sociology, from the standpoint of a realistic philosophy of science.

Commodified Bodies examines the social practice of organ transplantation and trafficking and scrutinises the increasingly neoliberal tendencies in the medical system.

From hospitals and prisons to schools and corporations: no matter how large or seemingly abstract, all institutions are ultimately the result of the actions and interactions of people.

For most of the twentieth century, modernity has been characterised by the formalisation of social relations as face to face interactions are replaced by impersonal bureaucracy and finance.

The Lesbian Revolution argues that lesbian feminists were a vital force in the Women's Liberation Movement (WLM).

Whatever else they may be doing, human beings are also and always expressing themselves whenever they are in the awareness of others.

Taylorism was criticised for its over-simplistic view of what motivated the worker.

European Social Problems is the first book to examine social issues in Europe from the perspective of the social sciences.

This book is abut the place of space in the study of class formation.

This book brings together a collection of emergent research that moves the debate on desistance beyond a general consideration of individual and social structural influences.

Erving Goffman (1922-82) was arguably one of the most influential American sociologists of the twentieth century.

A fresh theory of political judgement, using analysis of the Cuban Missile Crisis to provide new implications for political science.

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This book argues that the concept of care is a political and a moral concept.

This book is an introduction to the epistemology and practice of social science.

Theories of explanation in the social sciences vacillate between holism and individualism.

This highly original book challenges social choice theory by arguing for the importance of dynamic preferences and context in understanding important social phenomena.

Using extensive research, this book argues that successful African leaders consolidate their rule by developing strategic rural coalitions.

Algorithms: Technology, Culture, Politics develops a relational, situated approach to algorithms.

A systematic and original study of feminist issues, The Sceptical Feminist fights a battle on two fronts: against the view that little or nothing is wrong with women's position, and at the same time against much current feminist dogma.

A response to complex problems spanning disciplinary boundaries, Worlds of ScienceCraft offers bold new ways of conceptualizing ideas of science, sociology, and philosophy.

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

This Dictionary provides a unique and groundbreaking survey of both the historical and contemporary interrelations between ethics, theology and society.

Shedding light on the relationship between violence and contemporary society, this volume explores the distinctive but little-known theories of violence in the work of Georges Bataille and Jean Baudrillard, applying these to a range of violent events - events often labelled 'inexplicable' - in order to show how even the most extreme of acts can be seen as socially meaningful.

While the impacts of climate change become increasingly severe, efforts to prevent them suffer one blow after the other, as seen in the rise of far-right populist parties in Western democracies.

First published in 1971.

The anxiety over death persists in everyday life- though often denied or repressed- lingering as an unconscious worry or intuition that typically seems to compromise one's feelings of well-being and experience in a range of areas; coming out often as malaise, depression, and anger in much conduct.

In the Anthropocene sustainable development responds to socio-economic, environmental and political crises provoked by humankind due to global warming and the great acceleration of human intervention in ecosystems.

Is the EU enlargement the success EU institutions proclaim?

This book is the first attempt to introduce the current status of archival practices in Japan as well as the basic views of the populace on making records accessible to English readers.

Patricia Gonzalez se ha tomado en serio las ideas de las mujeres para repensar el concepto de autonomía en clave feminista.

First published in 1981, Values in Social Policy provides a means towards understanding the conflicts, contradictions and uncertainties involved in working in a welfare state.

Contemporary Social Theory helps students explore, describe, and discuss how social theory relates to their own experiences, popular culture, and the world in which they live.

In different ways, social theory and social history represent discourses that implicitly or explicitly highlight the need to apply perspectives on modern social realities that are conducive to discerning and scrutinizing the centrality of large-scale processes that have been influencing and shaping the relationships between individuals, social groups and forms of organization, and society as a whole.

Vera Kopsel investigates the relevance of local perceptions of landscape and nature for the current topic of adaptation to climate change.

The value of the book lies in its reassessment of the distinctive features of the Chicago School, of its contributions in the theoretical and methodological fields and of its influence on the growth of sociology throughout the world and in America in particular.

For over twenty years, A History of Anthropological Theory has provided a strong foundation for understanding anthropological thinking, tracing how the discipline has evolved from its origins to the present day.

In 1984, the celebrated sociologist and historian Norbert Elias convened a major conference on 'Civilisations and civilising processes' at the Centre for Interdisciplinary Research (University of Bielefeld).

First published in 1989, The Dialectics of Friendship explores the ideals and paradoxes of friendship against the backdrop of other relationships.

This book provides the first dedicated introduction to the cultural writings and analyses of the radical West Indian thinker C.

Originally published in 1924, Professor Hobhouse's theories and commentaries upon social development are an important milestone in the history of sociological thought.

This book, first published in 1987, is both simple in conception and ambitious in intention.

Although sociological research has examined the reproduction of Chile's elites, there is little empirical evidence as to how different forms of capital operate within them.

World-renowned social psychologists present some of the key developments in identity process theory, examining identity, social action and social change.

Drawing on a range of approaches from the social sciences and humanities, this handbook explores theoretical and empirical perspectives that address the articulation of law in society, and the social character of the rule of law.

Drawing upon a range of resources of critique (including critical realist social theory, realist international relations theory, the sociology of globalization, the Marxist critique of imperialism, and dependency theory), this book is an essential contribution to the critical understanding of nationalism and imperialism in the global age.

This book highlights an interdisciplinary terrain where the humanities and social sciences combine with digital methods.