Polity

Social Media Abyss plunges into the paradoxical condition of the new digital normal versus a lived state of emergency. There is a heightened, post-...

Social Media Abyss plunges into the paradoxical condition of the new digital normal versus a lived state of emergency. There is a heightened, post-...

From selfies and memes to hashtags and parodies, social media are used for mundane and personal expressions of political commentary, engagement, an...

From selfies and memes to hashtags and parodies, social media are used for mundane and personal expressions of political commentary, engagement, an...

Social mobility has long been one of the central topics of sociology. It has been the subject of major theoretical contributions from the earliest ...

Social mobility has long been one of the central topics of sociology. It has been the subject of major theoretical contributions from the earliest ...

Social movements are now a popular subject of sociological investigation. This timely book offers a new approach to the study of such movements, in...

Social Movements in Global Politics is a timely new account of the unconventional, ‘extra-institutional’ activities of social movements. In the f...

Social Movements in Global Politics is a timely new account of the unconventional, ‘extra-institutional’ activities of social movements. In the f...

Recent years have seen an enormous increase in protests across the world in which citizens have challenged what they see as a deterioration of demo...

Recent years have seen an enormous increase in protests across the world in which citizens have challenged what they see as a deterioration of demo...

This major introductory textbook in social policy breaks new ground in arguing for the centrality of race, gender and class in welfare theory and p...

How do human societies provide for the wellbeing of their members? How far can we organize the ways in which we care for and about each other? And ...

Welfare states face profound challenges. Widening economic and social inequalities have been intensified by austerity politics, sharpened by the ri...

Welfare states face profound challenges. Widening economic and social inequalities have been intensified by austerity politics, sharpened by the ri...

Concepts like freedom, equality and justice have many uses – and even more misuses. In seeking to manage an increasingly complex world, it is more ...

How do human societies provide for the wellbeing of their members? How far can we organize the ways in which we care for and about each other? And ...

Concepts like freedom, equality and justice have many uses – and even more misuses. In seeking to manage an increasingly complex world, it is more ...

Built on the core concepts of social justice, individual rights, equality of opportunity and public participation in decision making, this volume p...

Built on the core concepts of social justice, individual rights, equality of opportunity and public participation in decision making, this volume p...

Important changes within the NHS and nursing have taken place over the last fifteen years. The healthcare environment has been transformed and the ...

Important changes within the NHS and nursing have taken place over the last fifteen years. The healthcare environment has been transformed and the ...

Contemporary social work cannot be understood without an appreciation of the broader context of social policy in which it takes place. Such an unde...

Contemporary social work cannot be understood without an appreciation of the broader context of social policy in which it takes place. Such an unde...