Polity

In this book, Gregor McLennan examines developments in two of the most central traditions of social and political theory - Marxism and pluralism - ...

The world almost conquered famine. Until the 1980s, this scourge killed ten million people every decade, but by early 2000s mass starvation had all...

The world almost conquered famine. Until the 1980s, this scourge killed ten million people every decade, but by early 2000s mass starvation had all...

From the breweries of Colorado and the faculties of Harvard to the Nobel Prize ceremonies in Stockholm, Marco D’Eramo guides us through the places ...

From the breweries of Colorado and the faculties of Harvard to the Nobel Prize ceremonies in Stockholm, Marco D’Eramo guides us through the places ...

What are we made up of? What holds material bodies together? Is there a difference between terrestrial matter and celestial matter – the matter tha...

In this book, the most prolific contemporary African American scholar and cultural theorist Molefi Kete Asante leads the reader on an informative j...

In this book, the most prolific contemporary African American scholar and cultural theorist Molefi Kete Asante leads the reader on an informative j...

Max Weber (1864-1920) is recognized throughout the world as the most important classic thinker in the social sciences – there is simply no one in t...

Max Weber (1864-1920) is recognized throughout the world as the most important classic thinker in the social sciences – there is simply no one in t...

Max Weber's writings on the politics of Wilhelmine in Germany and the Russian revolutions of 1905 and 1917 are much less well known than his contri...

In this accessible and engaging work, Kalberg shows how Weber's work casts a direct light upon issues of pressing importance for comparative-histor...

Max Weber is widely regarded as the most important and influential figure in the history of the social sciences. Among other things, he wrote exten...

In this important new book Rein Raud develops an original theory of culture understood as a loose and internally contradictory system of texts and ...

In this important new book Rein Raud develops an original theory of culture understood as a loose and internally contradictory system of texts and ...

From TV bulletins to social media newsfeeds, the media plays a massive role in shaping the world as we see it. In fact, different media have helped...

From TV bulletins to social media newsfeeds, the media plays a massive role in shaping the world as we see it. In fact, different media have helped...

Conflict over issues such as climate change, toxic waste and wilderness provides a key site for examining the shaping and negotiation of public deb...

Conflict over issues such as climate change, toxic waste and wilderness provides a key site for examining the shaping and negotiation of public deb...

The most intense hopes and fears of our collective lives centre around large-scale events – from competitions, celebrations and festivals to enviro...

The most intense hopes and fears of our collective lives centre around large-scale events – from competitions, celebrations and festivals to enviro...

Roger Silverstone's compelling new book places the global media at the heart of the moral future of civilisation. It argues that the media (the pre...

Roger Silverstone's compelling new book places the global media at the heart of the moral future of civilisation. It argues that the media (the pre...

Globalization and technological advances have had a dramatic impact on the relationship between media and politics. How can we understand the conne...