Social theory

Max Weber (1864-1920) was one of the most prolific and influential sociologists of the twentieth century.

Körper spielen in sozialpädagogisch geführten Debatten um soziale Ungleichheits- und Ausschließungsverhältnisse eine weitestgehend vernachlässigte Rolle und dies obwohl gerade der Körper in seiner Sichtbarkeit vielleicht das letzte wichtigste Strukturmerkmal von Prozessen sozialer Ausgrenzung ist.

In Ethics and Human Reproduction, Christine Overall blends feminist theory and philosophical expertise to provide a coherent analysis of a range of moral questions and social policy issues pertaining to human reproduction and the new reproductive technologies.

We are spurred into action by our troubles and fears; but all too often our action fails to address the true causes of our worries.

This book places in historical context the continuing push-pull dynamics between national politics and the entrenched tradition of local control over law enforcement in the U.

Tavistock Press was established as a co-operative venture between the Tavistock Institute and Routledge & Kegan Paul (RKP) in the 1950s to produce a series of major contributions across the social sciences.

Drawing on Actor-Network Theory (ANT) and its sibling notion of assemblage, this book offers a conceptual and methodological alternative to dominant social movement theory.

This book offers a new perspective on the issue of modernity through a series of interconnected essays.

Originally published in 1942, during the Second World War and a time of great social and economic upheaval, Henry A.

No Place Like Home examines the emergence of home-based women workers as paradigmatic figures of contemporary capitalism, neoliberal governmentality, and socio-political contestation.

Since the late 1990s, development institutions have increasingly used the language of rights in their policy and practice.

On the occasion of Habermas s 80th birthday, the German publisher Suhrkamp brought out five volumes of Habermas s papers that spanned the full range of his philosophical thought, from the theory of rationality to the critique of metaphysics.

How can sociology inform our understanding of young people's experiences?

Photography as Social Transformation resituates the practices of photography within contemporary sociological thinking.

Originally published in 1988, The Rhythms of Society reflects the time-obsessed age we lived in when it was written.

First published in English as part of the Essays in the Theory of Society, this volume reissues the stand-alone Homo Sociologicus for which the author wrote a new introduction when it was originally published in 1973.

An understanding of the complex consequences of social processes and social design activities necessitates a holistic systemic perspective, systematised in the classic structural-functional research tradition, which is presented in Functionalist Construction Work in Social Science.

Comprehensive, critical and accessible, Criminology: A Sociological Introduction offers an authoritative overview of the study of criminology, from early theoretical perspectives to pressing contemporary issues such as the globalisation of crime, crimes against the environment, terrorism and cybercrime.

This book argues for a modern version of liberal arts education, exploring first principles within the divine comedy of educational logic.

'One may state Dilthey's significance in most general fashion by characterizing his work as the first thorough-going and sophisticated confrontation of history with positivism and natural science.

The topic of adolescent development in Europe is one which has received little academic attention in recent years.

Howard S.

When Henri Lefebvre published The Urban Revolution in 1970, he sketched a research itinerary on the emerging tendency towards planetary urbanization.

'One may state Dilthey's significance in most general fashion by characterizing his work as the first thorough-going and sophisticated confrontation of history with positivism and natural science.

This book demonstrates how horse breeding is entwined with human societies and identities.

Blending critical theory, conjunctural cultural studies, and assemblage theory, Making Sport Great Again introduces and develops the concept of uber-sport: the sporting expression of late capitalism's conjoined corporatizing, commercializing, spectacularizing, and celebritizing forces.

The Social Thought of Talcott Parsons offers an insightful new reading of the work of Talcott Parsons, keeping in view at once the important influences of Max Weber on his sociology and the central place occupied by methodology - which enables us to better understand the relationship between American and European social theory.

In everyday life, people negotiate on issues, entertain offers and counteroffers, and gain or lose in terms of economic capital, political power, communal status, and social influence.

This book uniquely illustrates the key concepts and issues involved with recent examples drawn from empirical research, highlighting the practical relevance of difficult theoretical and philosophical concepts to the way in which we think and talk about knowledge both in an everyday and in an academic/ sociological context.

This book is a compendium of pragmatism in the social sciences.

Ninety percent of the world's youth live in Africa, Latin America and the developing countries of Asia.

This book explores the 'material-discursive entanglement' of how we both make the world with our words and how the materiality of the world forces us to put words on it.

First published in 1973, this book is concerned with the question of whether Sociology is, or ought to be, a theoretical science.

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.

Nancy Fraser and Participatory Parity provides a philosophical framework based on the work of Nancy Fraser, examining how her ideas can be used to analyse contemporary issues in higher education and reimagine higher education practices.

Shortly before his death, Zygmunt Bauman spent several days in conversation with the Swiss journalist Peter Haffner.

Auguste Comte proclaimed himself the founder of sociology and, on the whole, this claim is accepted.

This book, first published in 1961 and revised in 1964, is both a critical study of a body of thought and an historical account of how Marxist theory arose from the context of European history in the 19th century.

Wilderness provides a multidisciplinary introduction into the diverse ways in which we make sense of wilderness: how we conceptualise it, experience it, interact with, and imagine it.

By controversially turning away from the current debates which surround social theory, this book provides an historical analysis of the profound burden of sociology and its implications today.

This book explores the dynamics of the "e;middle-class global rebellion"e; born of the frustration at declining living standards.

Rom Harre has pushed the boundaries of our thinking about people and societies and has challenged the orthodox philosophy of science and social psychology.

This book presents a critical analysis of the relation between sociological theory and recent debates in cultural studies.

Marx's approach to analyzing society and especially his critique of capitalist society, continues to influence the work of a large number of scholars world-wide.

Foundations of Social Theory: A Critical Introduction accessibly introduces students to classical and contemporary social theory, exploring the foundational theories which shape the discipline while also engaging critically with their contribution and presenting the more progressive and contemporary theorists in dialogue with canonical figures.

European social movements have become increasingly visible in recent years, generating intense public debates.

A subtle critique of declining communal virtues, arguing instead for active citizenship.