Social theory

Dictionary of Critical Realism fulfils a vital gap in the literature, Critical Realism is often criticised for being too opaque and deploying too much jargon, thereby making the concepts inaccessible for a wider audience.

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

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

In Football and Accelerated Culture, Steve Redhead offers a new and challenging theorisation of global football culture, exploring the relationship between sport and culture in a rapidly shifting world.

In Football and Accelerated Culture, Steve Redhead offers a new and challenging theorisation of global football culture, exploring the relationship between sport and culture in a rapidly shifting world.

This book explores the rich intersection between faith, religion and performing arts in culture-based youth groups.

The financial/social cataclysm beginning in 2007 ended notions of a "e;great moderation"e; and the view that capitalism had overcome its systemic tendencies to crisis.

The financial/social cataclysm beginning in 2007 ended notions of a "e;great moderation"e; and the view that capitalism had overcome its systemic tendencies to crisis.

First published in 1921, this book explores the function of Reason in practical life.

First published in 1921, this book explores the function of Reason in practical life.

The Live Art of Sociology attends to the importance of 'the live' in contemporary social and political life.

Erotic dance is one of the most contentious issues in feminist debates today and a source of fascination in media and popular cultural representations.

Awareness of peer-on-peer abuse is on the rise and is a matter of increasing international concern.

Awareness of peer-on-peer abuse is on the rise and is a matter of increasing international concern.

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

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

This is the first detailed study of anti-semitism, as an ideology, among the British.

This is the first detailed study of anti-semitism, as an ideology, among the British.

This book, first published in 1978, examines the debate over immigration into Britain and raises the important point that the existence in the country of immigrant and minority groups is nothing new.

This book, first published in 1978, examines the debate over immigration into Britain and raises the important point that the existence in the country of immigrant and minority groups is nothing new.

First published in 1982, this book examines anti-semitism in the Western world.

First published in 1982, this book examines anti-semitism in the Western world.

Normativity and Naturalism in the Social Sciences engages with a central debate within the philosophy of social science: whether social scientific explanation necessitates an appeal to norms, and if so, whether appeals to normativity can be rendered "e;scientific.

Normativity and Naturalism in the Social Sciences engages with a central debate within the philosophy of social science: whether social scientific explanation necessitates an appeal to norms, and if so, whether appeals to normativity can be rendered "e;scientific.

Defining markets has never been an easy task.

Defining markets has never been an easy task.

This edited collection offers an empirical exploration of social memory in the context of politics, war, identity and culture.

This edited collection offers an empirical exploration of social memory in the context of politics, war, identity and culture.

This book, first published in 1986, examines the activities and beliefs of right-wing Conservatives and overt Fascists in inter-war Britain.

This book, first published in 1986, examines the activities and beliefs of right-wing Conservatives and overt Fascists in inter-war Britain.

Exploring the issues of class through in-depth studies of housing, sport, art, music and politics in Britain, Class and Everyday Life persuasively demonstrates the pervasive influence of class on everyday life and the need to centre a radical understanding of class within emancipatory political movements.

This volume, first published in 1975, is concerned with the politics of race relations; it is divided into theoretical, empirical and methodological studies together with an extensive bibliography.

The National Front was one of the most controversial political parties in Britain.

The National Front was one of the most controversial political parties in Britain.

There is a strong but unreliable view that immigration is a marginal and recent phenomenon.

There is a strong but unreliable view that immigration is a marginal and recent phenomenon.

The continuing interest in the history, ideas, structure and development of fascism in Britain in the twentieth century appears to show little sign of diminishing.

The continuing interest in the history, ideas, structure and development of fascism in Britain in the twentieth century appears to show little sign of diminishing.

This volume, first published in 1975, is concerned with the politics of race relations; it is divided into theoretical, empirical and methodological studies together with an extensive bibliography.

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

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

Social theories of the new cosmopolitanism have called attention to the central importance of translation, in areas such as global democracy, human rights and social movements, but translation studies has not engaged systematically with theories of cosmopolitanism.

Social theories of the new cosmopolitanism have called attention to the central importance of translation, in areas such as global democracy, human rights and social movements, but translation studies has not engaged systematically with theories of cosmopolitanism.

Professions and Metaphors: Understanding Professions in Society explores the way that two traditions have contributed to our understanding of both theory and society over recent decades.

Professions and Metaphors: Understanding Professions in Society explores the way that two traditions have contributed to our understanding of both theory and society over recent decades.

Criminological research has largely neglected the possibility that positive peer influence is a potentially powerful source of social control.

Criminological research has largely neglected the possibility that positive peer influence is a potentially powerful source of social control.

Renowned Marxist scholar and critical media theorist Christian Fuchs provides a thorough, chapter-by-chapter introduction to Capital Volume 1 that assists readers in making sense of Karl Marx's most important and groundbreaking work in the information age, exploring Marx's key concepts through the lens of media and communication studies via contemporary phenomena like the Internet, digital labour, social media, the media industries, and digital class struggles.

Renowned Marxist scholar and critical media theorist Christian Fuchs provides a thorough, chapter-by-chapter introduction to Capital Volume 1 that assists readers in making sense of Karl Marx's most important and groundbreaking work in the information age, exploring Marx's key concepts through the lens of media and communication studies via contemporary phenomena like the Internet, digital labour, social media, the media industries, and digital class struggles.

The second volume of Priscilla Alderson's popular and renowned book Childhoods Real and Imagined relates dialectical critical realism to childhood.