Sociology

First published in 2006.

This international collection explores the relationships between society, place, gender and health, and how these play out in different parts of the world.

This international collection explores the relationships between society, place, gender and health, and how these play out in different parts of the world.

This book rethinks Marx's sociology as a form of realist social theory, extending Roy Bhaskar's philosophical realism into the social sciences.

This book rethinks Marx's sociology as a form of realist social theory, extending Roy Bhaskar's philosophical realism into the social sciences.

This book examines the interrelationship between telecommunications and tourism in shaping the nature of space, place and the urban at the end of the twentieth century.

This book examines the interrelationship between telecommunications and tourism in shaping the nature of space, place and the urban at the end of the twentieth century.

The author and contributors of this book seek to present alternatives to the mainstream discussions of gentrification.

The author and contributors of this book seek to present alternatives to the mainstream discussions of gentrification.

This volume represents the present state of theoretical debate in welfare state scholarship, drawing on research from western Europe, North America and Japan.

This volume represents the present state of theoretical debate in welfare state scholarship, drawing on research from western Europe, North America and Japan.

An Introduction to Theories of Popular Culture is widely recognized as an immensely useful textbook for students taking courses in the major theories of popular culture.

An Introduction to Theories of Popular Culture is widely recognized as an immensely useful textbook for students taking courses in the major theories of popular culture.

The constraints of geography are shrinking and the world is becoming a single place.

The constraints of geography are shrinking and the world is becoming a single place.

In this highly innovative book Robert Fine compares three great studies of modern political life: Hegel's Elements of the Philosophy of Right, Marx's Capital and Hannah Arendt's Origins of Totalitarianism, and argues that they are all profoundly radical texts, which jointly contribute to our understanding of the modern world.

In this highly innovative book Robert Fine compares three great studies of modern political life: Hegel's Elements of the Philosophy of Right, Marx's Capital and Hannah Arendt's Origins of Totalitarianism, and argues that they are all profoundly radical texts, which jointly contribute to our understanding of the modern world.

Cultural Criminology and the Carnival of Crime attempts to make sense of the current increase in violence, cruelty, hate and humiliation, which has come to permeate daily life.

Cultural Criminology and the Carnival of Crime attempts to make sense of the current increase in violence, cruelty, hate and humiliation, which has come to permeate daily life.

This volume is an introduction to the sociology of education and was originally published in 1953.

This volume is an introduction to the sociology of education and was originally published in 1953.

This is Volume II of nine in a collection on the Sociology of Culture.

This is Volume II of nine in a collection on the Sociology of Culture.

This is Volume XVII of eighteen in the Sociology of Development series.

This is Volume XVII of eighteen in the Sociology of Development series.

The UK has played a pivotal role in the development of New Public Management (NPM).

The UK has played a pivotal role in the development of New Public Management (NPM).

This collection deals with the transformation of urban movements in these new social, economic and political environments.

This collection deals with the transformation of urban movements in these new social, economic and political environments.

Is the internet really powerful enough to allow a sixteen year old to become the biggest threat to world peace since Adolf Hitler?

Is the internet really powerful enough to allow a sixteen year old to become the biggest threat to world peace since Adolf Hitler?

This is volume III of six in a series on the Sociology of East Asia.

This is volume III of six in a series on the Sociology of East Asia.

First published in 1998.

First published in 1998.

This is volume II of twenty-two of the Social Theory and Methodology series.

This is volume II of twenty-two of the Social Theory and Methodology series.

This is Volume I of twenty-two in the Social Theory and Methodology series.

This is Volume I of twenty-two in the Social Theory and Methodology series.

This book offers a new approach to design theory and practice that draws on Indigenous knowledges, methodologies and methods, presenting concepts of decolonising and Indigenous design that are interweaved as theory, storytelling, and practices.

First published in 1962.

First published in 1962.

First published in 1943.

First published in 1943.

Examining the rational individual, this book develops a new approach to the theory of social relations.

Examining the rational individual, this book develops a new approach to the theory of social relations.

This book provides an analytic overview and assessment of the changing nature of crime prevention, disorder and community safety in contemporary society.

This book provides an analytic overview and assessment of the changing nature of crime prevention, disorder and community safety in contemporary society.

Rational Choice Theory is flourishing in sociology and is increasingly influential in other disciplines.

Rational Choice Theory is flourishing in sociology and is increasingly influential in other disciplines.