Social theory

This book compares secularity in societies not shaped by Western Christianity, particularly in Asia, the Middle East, and North Africa.

Gender and Elections is the most comprehensive, reliable, and trustworthy resource on the role of gender in electoral politics.

Aimed at political sciences students and teachers, Ferreras presents the new idea of ''economic bicameralism'' to redefine firms as political entities.

Kessler-Mata argues for a constitutive theory of tribal sovereignty based on the interconnected relationships between tribes and non-federal governments.

Imagined Societies analyses how discussions of immigrant integration, culture, religion, and sexuality promote notions of national societies.

This book explores how political quotas mandating inclusion of marginalized groups socially impact the intergroup relations.

Volume 1 provides an overview of the core areas of sociology and the development of the discipline that is both comprehensive and up to date.

Imagined Societies analyses how discussions of immigrant integration, culture, religion, and sexuality promote notions of national societies.

This book explores how political quotas mandating inclusion of marginalized groups socially impact the intergroup relations.

Volume 1 provides an overview of the core areas of sociology and the development of the discipline that is both comprehensive and up to date.

Employing law and philosophy of economics, this book explores how copyright shapes ownership of ideas in the social media age.

Employing law and philosophy of economics, this book explores how copyright shapes ownership of ideas in the social media age.

Offers a new framework for understanding how religion and nationalism interact across diverse countries and religious traditions.

Offers a new framework for understanding how religion and nationalism interact across diverse countries and religious traditions.

World-renowned social psychologists present some of the key developments in identity process theory, examining identity, social action and social change.

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

World-renowned social psychologists present some of the key developments in identity process theory, examining identity, social action and social change.

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

Alessandro Ferrara explains what he terms ''the democratic horizon'' and reviews the challenges under which democracies must operate.

New perspectives on the complex social dynamics of bullying practices through analyses of children''s experiences, and parents'' and teachers'' perspectives.

An exciting look at how archaeology has dealt with the bodily senses and how it can offer a richer glimpse into the human sensory experience.

Alessandro Ferrara explains what he terms ''the democratic horizon'' and reviews the challenges under which democracies must operate.

New perspectives on the complex social dynamics of bullying practices through analyses of children''s experiences, and parents'' and teachers'' perspectives.

An exciting look at how archaeology has dealt with the bodily senses and how it can offer a richer glimpse into the human sensory experience.

This Companion provides a comprehensive overview of the influences that have shaped modern-day Japan.

A comprehensive text providing a critical perspective on Vygotsky and his work.

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

This Companion provides a comprehensive overview of the influences that have shaped modern-day Japan.

A comprehensive text providing a critical perspective on Vygotsky and his work.

This book locates the historical origins of modern global humanitarianism in the recurrent conflict over the ethical treatment of non-Europeans.

''Who is in authority?

A pioneering analysis of agonistic democracy, its history, central thinkers and contribution to contemporary political theory.

''Who is in authority?

A pioneering analysis of agonistic democracy, its history, central thinkers and contribution to contemporary political theory.

This book provides an innovative analysis, using sociological theory to examine world politics as a differentiated social realm.

Examines the relationship between gender, discourse and deliberation, focusing on how far consensus achieved through deliberation can reflect gender differences.

This book provides an innovative analysis, using sociological theory to examine world politics as a differentiated social realm.

Examines the relationship between gender, discourse and deliberation, focusing on how far consensus achieved through deliberation can reflect gender differences.

An Introduction to Japanese Society challenges the traditional notion that Japan comprises a uniform culture.

This book by Brian Skyrms is a study of ideas of cooperation and collective action.

Thinkers from the Classical Greeks to the First World War are represented in this collection of key international relations texts.

Hendrik Vollmer explores how disruption triggers social change, refocusing members of a collective on matters of membership, status and coalition.

Hendrik Vollmer explores how disruption triggers social change, refocusing members of a collective on matters of membership, status and coalition.

This book is an expanded and revised edition of the author''s critically acclaimed Nuts and Bolts for the Social Sciences.

This fourth volume of Michael Mann''s analytical history of social power covers the period from 1945 to the present.

This book integrates institutional and cultural analysis to understand neoliberalism as a syncretic social process and to explore the sources of social resilience.

This fourth volume of Michael Mann''s analytical history of social power covers the period from 1945 to the present.

This book integrates institutional and cultural analysis to understand neoliberalism as a syncretic social process and to explore the sources of social resilience.

Thinkers from the Classical Greeks to the First World War are represented in this collection of key international relations texts.