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Public health erupted into the world’s consciousness in early 2020 with the Covid pandemic and its multiple social and economic consequences. What ...

Graham Ward argues that the study of theology and religion, as a single academic discipline, plays a vital role in helping us to understand politic...

Graham Ward argues that the study of theology and religion, as a single academic discipline, plays a vital role in helping us to understand politic...

In this book Callinicos explores the relationship between social theory and historical writing drawing on a wide range of theories and theorists in...

This is a new introductory text providing an up-to-date account of leading theories of development. The book includes a discussion of classical acc...

Theories of Globalization offers students and scholars a comprehensive and critical introduction to the concept of globalization. Barrie Axford exp...

Theories of Globalization offers students and scholars a comprehensive and critical introduction to the concept of globalization. Barrie Axford exp...

Since the field of International Relations was established almost a century ago, many different theoretical approaches have been developed, each of...

Since the field of International Relations was established almost a century ago, many different theoretical approaches have been developed, each of...

Multiculturalism is one of the most controversial ideas in contemporary politics. In this new book George Crowder examines some of the leading resp...

Multiculturalism is one of the most controversial ideas in contemporary politics. In this new book George Crowder examines some of the leading resp...

Why do literary theorists see reading as an act of dispassionate textual analysis and meaning production, when historical evidence shows that reade...

Why do literary theorists see reading as an act of dispassionate textual analysis and meaning production, when historical evidence shows that reade...

Now available in paperback, Theories of Social Change presents a classic statement of Boudon's stance in social theory and empirical sociology. Bou...

In recent years there has been a rapid growth of interest in the sociological study of childhood. This new book draws together the major developmen...

In recent years there has been a rapid growth of interest in the sociological study of childhood. This new book draws together the major developmen...

This accessible text aims to give a theoretical overview of approaches to gender. The book discusses the major theories concerned with the ways in ...

This accessible text aims to give a theoretical overview of approaches to gender. The book discusses the major theories concerned with the ways in ...

Theory and Practice is one of Habermas's major works and is widely recognized as a classic in contemporary and social and political theory. Throug...

The breadth and depth of Zygmunt Bauman’s engagement with social theory and the history of social thought has perhaps been underestimated, in part ...

The breadth and depth of Zygmunt Bauman’s engagement with social theory and the history of social thought has perhaps been underestimated, in part ...

This is a short book about the most prominent sign of our times. The simple # sign is now used so widely that it is easy to overlook the fundament...

This is a short book about the most prominent sign of our times. The simple # sign is now used so widely that it is easy to overlook the fundament...

As people throughout the world react to globalization and revert to nationalism, they are proclaiming distinct cultural identities for themselves. ...