Social theory

Semiotic Sociology provides solid ground for cultural analysis in the social sciences by building up a mediation between structuralist semiology (Saussure), pragmatist semiotics (Peirce), and phenomenological sociology (Schutz, Garfinkel, Berger and Luckmann).

This collection provides vivid ethnographic explorations of particular, local Christianities as they are experienced by different groups around the world.

This book provides a much-needed focus on the victimization experiences of those within the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, Queer, intersex, or asexual (LGBTQIA) communities.

Sixteen leading international sociologists are brought together in this volume to share their experiences of becoming practitioners in the field.

This is the first comprehensive overview of the work of Murray Bookchin, the left-libertarian social theorist and political ecologist who is widely regarded as the visionary precursor of anti-corporate politics.

This book offers a critical analysis of consumer credit markets and the growth of outstanding debt, presenting in-depth interview material to explore the phenomenon of mass indebtedness through the life trajectories of self-identified debtors struggling with the pressures of owing money.

Covering a range of important social theorists - from W.

This volume offers a comprehensive treatment of the historical developments underpinning our present understandings of the relationship between language and the social by integrating the study of language with key strands of sociological theory.

This book critically explores the development of radical criminology through a range of written Ancient Greek works including epic and lyrical poetry, drama and philosophy, across different chapters.

Fitting into Place adopts a multi-dimensional interdisciplinary approach to explore shifting geographies and temporalities that re-constitute 'city publics' - and the place of the 'public sociologist'.

Recent debates about national identity, belonging and community cohesion can appear to suggest that ethnicity is a static entity and that ethnic difference is a source of conflict in itself - Ethnicities and Values in a Changing World presents an alternative account of ethnicity.

It is often thought that the development of capitalism and the modernization of culture have brought about a profound decline of religious belief and commitment.

Open inquiry and engagement with a diverse range of views are long-cherished and central tenets of higher education and are pivotal to innovation and knowledge creation.

Culinary Man and the Kitchen Brigade offers an exploration of the field of normative subjectivity circulated within western fine dining traditions, presenting a theoretical analysis of the governing relationship between the chef, who embodies the Culinary Man, and the fine dining brigade.

The articles in this volume, originally published in a variety of journals between 1890 and 1937, deal with the themes of the distribution of income and welfare.

Selected extracts from Max Weber''s writings which reflect the full range of his concerns.

In this study of Christian Science and the culture in which it arose, Amy B.

This book, first published in 1987, is a landmark contribution to macrosociology that extends the tradition of Sorokin, Durkheim, Marx, Weber and other founders of the discipline in new and exciting directions.

In this exciting new book, Mike Michael uses case studies of mundane technologies such as the walking boot, the car and the TV remote control to question some of the fundamental dichotomies through which we make sense of the world.

This book looks at how the ideas of freedom, property, and order are expressed in modern social contract theories (SCTs).

An authoritative and comprehensive collection of essays redefining the relevance of Durkheim to the human sciences in the twenty-first century.

In his national bestseller Bowling Alone, Robert Putnam illuminated the decline of social capital in the US.

Pierre Bourdieu was the most influential sociologist of the late 20th century.

This book provides an exciting, accessible and wide-ranging guide to the development of classical and contemporary Durkheimian thought.

This book advances a new theory of what it means to be an autonomous individual with free will and an authentic self.

This book is about multiculturalism, broadly defined as the recognition, respect and accommodation of cultural differences.

Originally published in 1987 and now reissued with a substantial introduction by Robin Cohen, this wide-ranging work of comparative and historical sociology argues that a major engine of capital's growth lies in its ability to find successive cohorts of quasi-free workers to deploy in the farms, mines and factories of an expanding international division of labour.

Rational Choice Theory is flourishing in sociology and is increasingly influential in other disciplines.

Bringing together theory and public health practice, this interdisciplinary collection analyses three forms of nonconventional or radical sexualities: bareback sex, BDSM practices, and public sex.

In this book, the authors provide a much-needed general theory of interdisciplinarity and relate it to health/wellbeing research and professional practice.

Disenchantment is a key term in the self-understanding of modernity.

Silence and Society addresses the reality that social sciences have ignored the importance of silence in human communication.

In almost every human society some people get more and others get less.

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

Recent years have seen a dramatic re-emergence of interest in ontology.

The Psychopolitics of Food probes into the contemporary 'foodscape', examining culinary practices and food habits and in particular the ways in which they conflate with neoliberal political economy.

The Routledge Handbook of Social Work Theory provides an interdisciplinary and international introduction to social work theory.

With regard to developments in social theory, the past 30 years can be characterized as an Age of Deconstruction.

This book focuses on the transmission of ethnic identity across three generations of Italian-Australians, specifically Italian-Australians of Calabrian descent in the Adelaide region of Australia.

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.

This book, first published in 2000, explores the intersections of race, gender and gay identities in writings by contemporary American lesbians of colour in order to show how this subject is sometimes ignored, sometimes brutalised and is very rarely able to survive on her own terms by constructing her own identity acts of cultural revision.

Local leaders don't need to become professional facilitators or hire expensive consultants to run a great meeting.

This edited collection focuses on the comparative analysis of the application of Shari'a in countries with Muslim minorities (e.

Terry Eagleton's book, in this vital new series from Blackwell, focuses on discriminating different meanings of culture, as a way of introducing to the general reader the contemporary debates around it.

Practices - specific, recurrent types of human action and activity - are perhaps the most fundamental "e;building blocks"e; of social reality.

The public sphere provides a domain of social life in which public opinion is expressed by means of rational discourse and debate.

This book features a selection of the published writings and public presentations of Jim Dator.

This volume explores the constitutive role of rhetoric in socio-cultural relations, where discursive persuasion is so important, and contains both theoretical chapters as well as fascinating examples of the ambiguities and effects of rhetoric used (un)consciously in social praxis.