Social theory

Esteve examines crowd representations in American literature from the antebellum era to the early twentieth century.

This book examines the impact of globalisation on global public health issues and policy.

This 2003 book examines the impact of economic rationalism on members of the poorest parts of Australian society.

A new translation and introduction make this classic of social and political theory readily accessible.

Social Capital explains the importance of using social connections and social relations in achieving goals.

Goldman examines the origins of social policies, focusing on the Social Science Association.

Using newly discovered material, this book explores the development of Durkheim''s social realism.

This is a systematic philosophical study of the notion of a social practice.

Unique study re-evaluating the role of emotions in social interaction.

An overview of research methodologies in social science, historical and cultural studies which proposes transdisciplinary approach.

A philosophical hermeneutic study of the problem of cultural diversity and international morality.

Dignity at Work describes workers'' efforts to maintain and defend their dignity in the workplace.

The essays in this book trace the development of Joel Migdal''s ''state-in-society'' approach.

This book accessibly surveys the conceptual advances in economics for a broad social sciences audience.

A revindication of the concept of humanity and the primacy of practice over language.

Richard Roberts explores the religious consequences of the imposition of managerial modernity upon successive sectors of society.

This 2001 study sheds light on the historical development of the Third Republic French labour movement.

This book discusses how rulers cultivate their identity for their own self-justification and esteem.

This 2002 book studies the impact of the mobile phone on contemporary society.

Bartelson''s discussion of the suppositions and presuppositions of statehood is informed both historically and philosophically.

This book radically re-examines Europe's imaginaries of its origin in the ancient Greek world.

This book radically re-examines Europe's imaginaries of its origin in the ancient Greek world.

The Birth of the Gods is dedicated to Durkheim's effort to understand the basis of social integration.

The Birth of the Gods is dedicated to Durkheim's effort to understand the basis of social integration.

Culture is a living thing.

Culture is a living thing.

Originally published in 1996, Post-Marxist Marxism is a discussion of realism in a Post-Marxist context.

Originally published in 1996, Post-Marxist Marxism is a discussion of realism in a Post-Marxist context.

The new 'mobilities turn' has become a powerful perspective in social theory.

The new 'mobilities turn' has become a powerful perspective in social theory.

Originally published in 1976, Freedom and the Welfare State, critiques the Welfare State in Britain and analyses the relationship between freedom and welfare.

Originally published in 1976, Freedom and the Welfare State, critiques the Welfare State in Britain and analyses the relationship between freedom and welfare.

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Who is Howard S.

This book offers a history of sociological theory from a Christian perspective, tracing the origins of sociology from the beginnings of Western science as introduced by the Scholastics of the twelfth century, which, when combined with their emphasis on rationality, led to the Enlightenment "e;science of man"e;-an emphasis that eventually resulted in sociology, which combined empiricism and a Christian moral philosophy.

This book offers a history of sociological theory from a Christian perspective, tracing the origins of sociology from the beginnings of Western science as introduced by the Scholastics of the twelfth century, which, when combined with their emphasis on rationality, led to the Enlightenment "e;science of man"e;-an emphasis that eventually resulted in sociology, which combined empiricism and a Christian moral philosophy.

Winner of the 2020 Symposium Book Award by the Canadian Society for Continental Philosophy Stella Gaon provides the first fully philosophical account of the critical nature of deconstruction, and she does so by turning in an original way to psychoanalysis.

Winner of the 2020 Symposium Book Award by the Canadian Society for Continental Philosophy Stella Gaon provides the first fully philosophical account of the critical nature of deconstruction, and she does so by turning in an original way to psychoanalysis.

Left Universalism, Africacentric Essays presents a defense of universalism as the foundation of moral and political arguments and commitments.

Left Universalism, Africacentric Essays presents a defense of universalism as the foundation of moral and political arguments and commitments.

Originally published in 1994 The Politics of the Welfare State looks at how the privatization and marketization of education, health and welfare services in the past decade have produced a concept of welfare that is markedly different from that envisaged when the welfare state was initially created.

Originally published in 1994 The Politics of the Welfare State looks at how the privatization and marketization of education, health and welfare services in the past decade have produced a concept of welfare that is markedly different from that envisaged when the welfare state was initially created.

Originally published in 1984, Contradictions of the Welfare State is the first collection of Claus Offe's essays to appear in a single volume in English.

Originally published in 1984, Contradictions of the Welfare State is the first collection of Claus Offe's essays to appear in a single volume in English.

The Problem of the State provides a new perspective on what the social and political sciences can contribute to understandings of the state and the ambivalent place it occupies in our collective affairs.

The Problem of the State provides a new perspective on what the social and political sciences can contribute to understandings of the state and the ambivalent place it occupies in our collective affairs.

Well-being studies is an exciting and relatively new multi-disciplinary field, with data being gathered from different domains in order to improve social policies.

Well-being studies is an exciting and relatively new multi-disciplinary field, with data being gathered from different domains in order to improve social policies.

Migration and cosmopolitanism are said to be complementary.

Migration and cosmopolitanism are said to be complementary.