Polity

This far-reaching study gives a concise and coherent overview of the debates surrounding the analysis of social power. The concept of power is outl...

The definition of power varies across disciplines. Social scientists tend to deal with social power, philosophers of technology with the relation b...

The definition of power varies across disciplines. Social scientists tend to deal with social power, philosophers of technology with the relation b...

Michael Mann is one of the most influential sociologists writing today. His three-volume work The Sources of Social Power, the third volume of whic...

Michael Mann is one of the most influential sociologists writing today. His three-volume work The Sources of Social Power, the third volume of whic...

Power has been compared to the weather: people discuss it all the time, but very few really understand it. This book seeks to demystify this comple...

Power has been compared to the weather: people discuss it all the time, but very few really understand it. This book seeks to demystify this comple...

This brilliant new book by one of Europe's leading social thinkers throws light on the global power games being played out between global business,...

This brilliant new book by one of Europe's leading social thinkers throws light on the global power games being played out between global business,...

The third edition of this popular introductory textbook has been revised to provide a totally up-to-date and hands-on guide to the practical aspect...

This book offers a new analysis of some basic issues in sociology and social theory, arguing that the social sciencs can, and should, play a major ...

Contemporary understanding of human subjectivity has come a long way since the Cartesian 'thinking thing' or Freud's view of the self struggling wi...

Contemporary understanding of human subjectivity has come a long way since the Cartesian 'thinking thing' or Freud's view of the self struggling wi...

Pragmatism: An Introduction provides an account of the arguments of the central figures of the most important philosophical tradition in the Amer...

Pragmatism: An Introduction provides an account of the arguments of the central figures of the most important philosophical tradition in the Amer...

This exciting new book is the first comprehensive and critical study of the relationship between the Pragmatist tradition and political theory. Fes...

Employment relations in advanced, post-industrial democracies have become increasingly insecure and uncertain as the risks associated with work are...

Employment relations in advanced, post-industrial democracies have become increasingly insecure and uncertain as the risks associated with work are...

Trends towards economic globalization are changing the world in fundamental respects. Introduction. Part I. Diagnosing the Challenge:. 1. Democrat...

Many of us wonder what we could possibly do to end oppression, exploitation, and injustice. People have studied revolutions and protest movements f...

Many of us wonder what we could possibly do to end oppression, exploitation, and injustice. People have studied revolutions and protest movements f...

The second edition of Presidential Campaign Communication is designed to help readers understand and appreciate how the people of the United States...

The second edition of Presidential Campaign Communication is designed to help readers understand and appreciate how the people of the United States...

‘Presumed intimacy’ refers to a relationship that requires instant trust, confidence, disclosure and the recognition of vulnerability. Chris Rojek ...