Social Theory

How can sociology explain the emergence of mental disorders in societies or individuals? This authoritative book makes a case for the renewal of the sociology of mental illness, proposing a reorganisation of this field around four areas: social...

Society and Economy-a work of exceptional ambition by the founder of modern economic sociology-is the first full account of Mark Granovetter's ideas about the diverse ways in which society and economy are intertwined.The economy is not a sphere separate...

'Today the smallest details of our daily lives are tracked and traced more closely than ever before, and those who are monitored often cooperate willingly with the monitors. From London and New York to New Delhi, Shanghai and Rio de Janeiro, video...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780648799948Author Wallea EaglehawkFormat PaperbackPage Count 236Imprint RevolutionariesPublisher RevolutionariesWeight(grams) 295gDimensions(mm) 210mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780679752554Author Michel FoucaultFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint Random House USA IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 249gDimensions(mm)...

The Young Max Weber and German Social Democracy examines the formative years of the classic social thinker once called the 'bourgeois Marx,' specifically focusing on his relationship to the foremost working-class organization of his time. Offering...

This book provides the history and genealogy of an increasingly important subject: liminality. Coming to the fore in recent years in social and political theory and extending beyond is original use as developed within anthropology, liminality has come to...

Published posthumously in the early 1920's, Max Weber's Economy and Society has since become recognized as one of the greatest sociological treatises of the 20th century, as well as a foundational text of the modern sociological imagination. The first...

Understanding Society and Knowledge proposes that knowledge, rather than nature, violence, or power, provides the basis of and driving force behind human action in modern society. It demonstrates how the legal containment of knowledge enables the...

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices...

Originally published in 1974, this book looks at the general problems regarding the sociology of law. It describes the various methods of sociological research which may be applied in the field of sociology of law and shows their advantages and empirical...

The late 1960s and early 1970s marked an era of profound social experimentation and cultural transformation. This period saw an explosion of countercultural movements, ranging from communes and alternative family structures to radical political...

Originally published in 1973, this book examines the difficulties which sociologists have in providing useful scientific definitions of terms like 'prejudice' and 'discrimination'. The author argues that such notions are essentially dependent on the...

Originally published in 1974, this book examines the nature of the commune movement, its members and the communal activities in which they are involved. It explains the forces in 20th Century society that moved people to form and join communes. The...

In Subtle Webs, Jose Eos Trinidad reveals how organizations outside schools have created an invisible infrastructure not only to affect local school districts but also to shape US education. He illustrates this by providing a behind-the-scenes look at...

Originally published in 1972, this book is an important introduction to the analytical aspects of sociology. It analyses the various strands in 20th Century sociological thought, illustrating the richness as much as the poverty of any particular approach...

Originally published in 1974, this book evaluates and compares three important styles of sociological research: positivism, symbolic interactionism and critique. The book describes and evaluates each research technique as an experience for the...

Flexible Authoritarianism challenges the idea that the transnational rise of authoritarianism is a backlash against economic globalization and neoliberal capitalism. Flexible authoritarianism--a form of government that simultaneously incentivizes a...

Photography as Social Transformation resituates the practices of photography within contemporary sociological thinking. It examines how photography influences and shapes social order in the social media age and offers a methodological framework for...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781324062523Author Dalton ConleyImprint W. W. Norton & CompanyPublisher W. W. Norton & CompanyWeight(grams) 676gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 178mm * 18mm

Five mysterious billionaires summoned Douglas Rushkoff to a desert resort for a private talk. The subject? How to survive the "Event": the societal collapse they know is coming. Rushkoff argues that these men were under the influence of The Mindset, a...

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Shifting from the idea that our current 'environmental question' arises from the history of metaphysics and its focus on 'Being' over 'Life'-and the attendant explorations of the thought of Heidegger and Heraclitus-this book unfolds a philosophical and...

Refiguring Identity in Corporate Times is aimed as a response to the narcissistic life-strategies promoted by the marketplace. It introduces an identity model that ensures a more inclusive, ethical, and authentic way of living ones own life-script. We...

This book explores the potential creation of a broader collaborative economy through commons-based peer production (P2P) and the emergent role of information and communication technologies (ICTs). The book seeks to critically engage in the political...

At a time of mass discontent, revolutionary weakness, and right-wing ascendancy, John Chalcraft presents a new theory of popular mobilization. From Subordination to Revolution is based on an innovative reading of the living Gramscian tradition, and it...

When activists, advocates, victims of injustice, and ordinary citizens seek to advance (or block) social justice and cohesion, they draw on morally charged ideals. But the wellsprings of solidarity in a society as diverse as Canada are complex and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9798891138117Author Paul C. MocombeFormat PaperbackPage Count 104Imprint Nova Science Publishers IncPublisher Nova Science Publishers Inc

In many Asian societies, the process of modernization often took place in a rapid and highly compressed fashion - not over centuries, as had happened in most Western societies, but in several decades. This enabled Asian societies to achieve high levels...

In many Asian societies, the process of modernization often took place in a rapid and highly compressed fashion - not over centuries, as had happened in most Western societies, but in several decades. This enabled Asian societies to achieve high levels...

Teaching as Radical Logic: Dialectic, Analectic, and Education features original contributions from leading scholars in the fields of decolonial theory, Marxist theory, and critical education. This volume revitalizes the cross-fertilizing dialogue...

Spirits of extraction revisits the troubling history of socially reformist, ostensibly anti-racist, Christianity and its role in the expansion of the extractive industries, British imperialism, and settler colonialism. The book explores key moments in...

In the past four or so decades, a significant amount of research efforts has been made to examine the rapid and constant social changes in China. However, most of the literature has focused on either macro- or micro-level issues, and what has not been...

The year 2020 marked the centennial of the death of Max Weber, the German sociologist, scholar of world religions, economic historian, social philosopher, and theoretician of modern political life. This volume presents a collection of essays on the...

Why do we seek to return to the past or rescue pieces of the past that may have value in the present? Why does nostalgia attach to an approach to the world, social rules, and material products that willfully rejected the past? Larry Bennett explores the...

Originally published in 1965, Social Policy became a classic text and one of the best-known and most widely-used textbooks in social administration. This Routledge Revival reissues the 5th edition of 1985. T. H. Marshall's masterly and unrivalled...

From tabloid headlines to scientific discoveries to investigative documentaries, the claim that truth is being revealed is commonplace today. Such attention-grabbing claims can conjure allure, sell products, launch careers, cement authority and much more...

Bauman argues that our lives are ruled by ambivalence. In this ambiguous world, liquified social structures can create an anxiety towards the 'other.' This innovative book takes Bauman's notions of 'liquid modernity' one step further to develop a theory...

Bauman argues that our lives are ruled by ambivalence. In this ambiguous world, liquified social structures can create an anxiety towards the 'other.' This innovative book takes Bauman's notions of 'liquid modernity' one step further to develop a theory...

Understanding Society and Knowledge proposes that knowledge, rather than nature, violence, or power, provides the basis of and driving force behind human action in modern society. It demonstrates how the legal containment of knowledge enables the...