Social theory

Utopian thought and experimental approaches to societal organization have been rare in the last decades of planning and politics.

This title reflects the general theme of the 2010 IACR annual conference that was held in Padova, Italy, the aim of which was to provide a fresh view on some cultural and structural changes involving Western societies after the world economic crisis of 2008, from the point of view of Critical Realism.

This title reflects the general theme of the 2010 IACR annual conference that was held in Padova, Italy, the aim of which was to provide a fresh view on some cultural and structural changes involving Western societies after the world economic crisis of 2008, from the point of view of Critical Realism.

Originally published in 1915, this pioneer study has long occupied an important place in the literature of sociology.

Originally published in 1915, this pioneer study has long occupied an important place in the literature of sociology.

Leading International scholars are bought together in Debating Durkheim to discuss controversial issues in the work of this increasingly important founding father of sociology.

Research collaboration in the form of networks, projects and centers has become one of the dominant modes of engaging in research, especially funded research, across all academic domains.

Research collaboration in the form of networks, projects and centers has become one of the dominant modes of engaging in research, especially funded research, across all academic domains.

How do scholars transform qualitative data into analysis?

How do scholars transform qualitative data into analysis?

Neoliberalism has been one of the most hotly contested themes in academic and political debate over the last 30 years.

This book investigates the intensifying struggle for excellence between universities in a globalized academic field.

This book investigates the intensifying struggle for excellence between universities in a globalized academic field.

Max Weber and His Contemporaries provides an unrivalled tour d'horizon of European intellectual life in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries and an assessment of the pivotal position within it occupied by Max Weber.

Max Weber and His Contemporaries provides an unrivalled tour d'horizon of European intellectual life in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries and an assessment of the pivotal position within it occupied by Max Weber.

For many scholars, the study of community and community development is at a crossroads.

For many scholars, the study of community and community development is at a crossroads.

Via a wide range of case studies, this book examines new forms of resistance to social injustices in contemporary Western societies.

Via a wide range of case studies, this book examines new forms of resistance to social injustices in contemporary Western societies.

This book is an ethnographic investigation of punk subculture as well as a treatise on the importance of place: a location with both physical form and cultural meaning.

This book is an ethnographic investigation of punk subculture as well as a treatise on the importance of place: a location with both physical form and cultural meaning.

This book examines the circulation of knowledge within globalization, focusing on the differences between centers and peripheries of knowledge production in the social sciences.

This book examines the circulation of knowledge within globalization, focusing on the differences between centers and peripheries of knowledge production in the social sciences.

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.

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.

Most people take the conditions they work and live in as a given, believing it to be normal that societies are stratified and that organisations are hierarchical.

Most people take the conditions they work and live in as a given, believing it to be normal that societies are stratified and that organisations are hierarchical.

This important book provides detailed critiques of the method of transcendental argumentation and the transcendental realist account of the concept of causal power that are among the core tenets of the bhaskarian version of critical realism.

This important book provides detailed critiques of the method of transcendental argumentation and the transcendental realist account of the concept of causal power that are among the core tenets of the bhaskarian version of critical realism.

This book, first published in 1983, with a second edition in 1992, investigates the emergence of the sociology of knowledge in Germany in the critical period from 1918 to 1933.

This book, first published in 1983, with a second edition in 1992, investigates the emergence of the sociology of knowledge in Germany in the critical period from 1918 to 1933.

Utility-based theory and the fallback choice-theoretic framework are shown to be biased, irremediably flawed and misleading.

Utility-based theory and the fallback choice-theoretic framework are shown to be biased, irremediably flawed and misleading.

This book was shortlisted for the 2015 BSA Philip Abrams Memorial Prize.

This book was shortlisted for the 2015 BSA Philip Abrams Memorial Prize.

"e;The New Criminology was written at a particular time and place; it was a product of 1968 and its aftermath: a world turned upside down .

"e;The New Criminology was written at a particular time and place; it was a product of 1968 and its aftermath: a world turned upside down .

This edited collection takes a critical perspective on Norbert Elias's theory of the "e;civilizing process,"e; through historical essays and contemporary analysis from sociologists and cultural theorists.

This edited collection takes a critical perspective on Norbert Elias's theory of the "e;civilizing process,"e; through historical essays and contemporary analysis from sociologists and cultural theorists.

In this lively and entertaining book, Gordon Marshall explores ten classic studies of British society to demonstrate the valuable qualities of British sociology, and its importance for understanding contemporary society.

In this lively and entertaining book, Gordon Marshall explores ten classic studies of British society to demonstrate the valuable qualities of British sociology, and its importance for understanding contemporary society.

Carl Jung has always lain at the edge of sociology's consciousness, despite the existence of a long-established Freudian tradition.

Carl Jung has always lain at the edge of sociology's consciousness, despite the existence of a long-established Freudian tradition.

Modernist Radicalism and its Aftermath investigates the ways in which Marx, Durkheim, Althusser and Habermas are all drawn towards foundationalism, and offers a framework for the analysis of foundationalism in social theory.

Modernist Radicalism and its Aftermath investigates the ways in which Marx, Durkheim, Althusser and Habermas are all drawn towards foundationalism, and offers a framework for the analysis of foundationalism in social theory.

Ernst Bloch is perhaps best known for his subtle and imaginative investigation of utopias and utopianism, but his work also provides a comprehensive and insightful analysis of western culture, politics and society.

Ernst Bloch is perhaps best known for his subtle and imaginative investigation of utopias and utopianism, but his work also provides a comprehensive and insightful analysis of western culture, politics and society.

This book is the first full length account of the significance of MacIntyre's work for the social sciences.

This book is the first full length account of the significance of MacIntyre's work for the social sciences.

these are just two of the issues addressed by Les Johnston, who argues that policing, far from being the exclusive preserve of public personnel, is an activity undertaken by a mixture of public, private, and quasi-public agents.