Social theory

''Non-traditional'', border-spanning security problems pervade the global agenda.

A guide to the methods and techniques used to visually study and communicate culture and society.

Climate Change as Social Drama looks at the cultural sociology of climate change in public communication.

This book analyzes civil society as a field of organizations mobilizing on collective goals.

A unique contribution to the understanding of social science, showing the implications of quantum physics for the nature of human society.

This Handbook provides the requisite theoretical and methodological guidelines for undertaking social research addressing relevant contemporary social issues.

Climate Change as Social Drama looks at the cultural sociology of climate change in public communication.

This book analyzes civil society as a field of organizations mobilizing on collective goals.

Argues that practices of the sacred have shaped the frames of modern secular politics.

A unique contribution to the understanding of social science, showing the implications of quantum physics for the nature of human society.

Argues that practices of the sacred have shaped the frames of modern secular politics.

This Handbook provides the requisite theoretical and methodological guidelines for undertaking social research addressing relevant contemporary social issues.

An elegant and forceful argument that represents the claim to equality as central to the meaning of being human.

An elegant and forceful argument that represents the claim to equality as central to the meaning of being human.

This interdisciplinary, book-length study of the linguistics of organizational styling presents an innovative take on the notion of style.

This interdisciplinary, book-length study of the linguistics of organizational styling presents an innovative take on the notion of style.

This book studies patronage in South Asia to understand the vernacular workings of this political form.

An unrivalled overview of social theory and its development from 1945 to the present day.

An unrivalled overview of social theory and its development from 1945 to the present day.

New approach demonstrating how social science can be successful, focusing on context, values, and power.

An introduction to the philosophy of social science from a well-known author.

Examines the two distinct approaches taken when examining archaeological remains, one based on science, the other on social theory.

The principal thesis of Companions in Crime is that deviant behavior is predominantly social behavior.

Morality at the Ballot examines the ability of direct democracy (the process of deciding policy through the ballot) to increase turnout.

Morality at the Ballot examines the ability of direct democracy (the process of deciding policy through the ballot) to increase turnout.

Some of the most important questions of the social sciences in the twentieth century have been posed by scholars working at the intersections of social theory and history viewed on a grand scale.

The manuscript discusses the early days of communication research, explicitly the first works of Paul Lazarsfeld's radio and media research in Vienna, Newark, NJ, Princeton and New York during the years between the early 1930s, and the end of the 1940s.

The manuscript discusses the early days of communication research, explicitly the first works of Paul Lazarsfeld's radio and media research in Vienna, Newark, NJ, Princeton and New York during the years between the early 1930s, and the end of the 1940s.

Mary Douglas's seminal work Purity and Danger (Routledge, 1966) continues to be indispensable reading for both students and scholars today.

Mary Douglas's seminal work Purity and Danger (Routledge, 1966) continues to be indispensable reading for both students and scholars today.

Elementary Forms of Social Relations introduces the reader to social life as a perpetual quest by individuals to gain attention, respect and regard (status) accompanied by an effort to marshal defensive and offensive means (power) to overcome the reluctance of others to grant status.

Elementary Forms of Social Relations introduces the reader to social life as a perpetual quest by individuals to gain attention, respect and regard (status) accompanied by an effort to marshal defensive and offensive means (power) to overcome the reluctance of others to grant status.

As a discipline, social work needs an inclusive metatheory for both research and practice that goes beyond positivism and constructivism.

As a discipline, social work needs an inclusive metatheory for both research and practice that goes beyond positivism and constructivism.

Multiple correspondence analysis (MCA) is a statistical technique that first and foremost has become known through the work of the late Pierre Bourdieu (1930-2002).

Multiple correspondence analysis (MCA) is a statistical technique that first and foremost has become known through the work of the late Pierre Bourdieu (1930-2002).

This anthology on otherness and the media, first published in 1993, was prompted by the proliferation of writings centring on issues of 'difference', 'diversity', 'multiculturalism', 'representation' and 'postcolonial' discourses.

This anthology on otherness and the media, first published in 1993, was prompted by the proliferation of writings centring on issues of 'difference', 'diversity', 'multiculturalism', 'representation' and 'postcolonial' discourses.

The 1980s saw constant reports of an information revolution.

The 1980s saw constant reports of an information revolution.

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.

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.

This book, first published in 1992, challenges the elitism and cultural pessimism of much Anglo-American and Continental cultural debate with regard to the role and power of transnational media practices.

This book, first published in 1992, challenges the elitism and cultural pessimism of much Anglo-American and Continental cultural debate with regard to the role and power of transnational media practices.

A variety of theoretical approaches to the study of culture have emphasised the significance of the creation, maintenance, and the transgression of boundaries to identities - be they social, cultural, national or personal.

A variety of theoretical approaches to the study of culture have emphasised the significance of the creation, maintenance, and the transgression of boundaries to identities - be they social, cultural, national or personal.

This book, first published in 1987, sets out to examine and extend our understanding of Australian popular culture, and to counter the long-established, traditional criticism bewailing its lack.

This book, first published in 1987, sets out to examine and extend our understanding of Australian popular culture, and to counter the long-established, traditional criticism bewailing its lack.

Critical Theories and the Budapest School brings together new perspectives on the Budapest School in the context of contemporary developments in critical theory.

Critical Theories and the Budapest School brings together new perspectives on the Budapest School in the context of contemporary developments in critical theory.