1. Esping--Andersen is a leading authority on the welfare state.2. Offers a completely new theoretical framework for…

Muhlmann is highly regarded as one of the outstanding young scholars of journalism and political communication. Polity…

China s inexorable rise as a major world power is one of the defining features of the contemporary political landscape.…

aeo The only collection of Durkheima s political works available in English. aeo Introduction by Anthony Giddens, one of the…

aeo This book is a sequel to the acclaimed Theory of Communicative Action. aeo The work is inter--disciplinary, covering the…

In this new book, Ulrich Beck develops his now widely used concepts of second modernity, risk society and reflexive…

aeo An exciting new introductory textbook that clearly lays out and explores both traditional and non--traditional…

White identity is in ferment. White, European Americans living in the United States will soon share an unprecedented…

aeo An accessible and wide--ranging guide to the key debates in gender political theory. aeo Focuses on four central…

Family life in modern societies is being transformed by high rates of divorce. Such changes have given rise to concerns that…

In this important new book, Montserrat Guibernau answers a series of compelling questions about the future of national…

Second edition of a popular and lively introduction to the nature and role of consumption in modern societies. Includes new…

The Annual Review, produced in association with JCMS, The Journal of Common Market Studies, covers the key developments in…

The study of surveillance is more relevant than ever before. The fast growth of the field of surveillance studies reflects…

The author is one of Europe's foremost philosophers. His earlier work The Postmodern Condition is widely regarded as a…

Robert Brandom is one of the most renowned American philosophers today, discussed widely in analytic as well as continental…

Slavoj Zizek is one of the most widely-read and controversial philosophers writing today.…

This book is about the question of existence, the meaning of life . It is an enquiry into the contemporary human situation…

This fascinating book makes an important contribution to the history of the social sciences. It tells the largely hidden…

Fifty years after the term "meritocracy" was coined, this book asks where the idea of meritocracy has led.…

Jacques Ranciere is one of the leading philosophers in France today, well-known for his work on aesthetics, politics and the…

Friends and foes of international cooperation puzzle about how to explain order, stability, and predictability in a world…

An Introduction to the Theory of Knowledge, 2nd Edition guides the reader through the key issues and debates in contemporary…

This Book, provides an invaluable introduction to his historical and conceptual engagement with sociology.…

This volume brings together Bourdieua s highly original writings on language and on the relations between language, power…

Explores the dilemmas and tensions that practitioners are compelled to resolve in their work. Drawing on a broad range of…

This new text offers an introduction to the complex area of Middle East politics, Bromley formulates a new way of analysing…

This is an outstanding collection of essays which brings together for the first time the work of a group of writers…

This is the first book to bring together recent trends in feminist political theory and apply them directly to the problems…

This book is an original discussion of key problems in moral theory. The author argues that the work of recent feminist…

At a time when many public commentators are turning against multiculturalism in response to fears about militant Islam,…

This volume presents Habermas's most recent contributions to ethical theory, expanding and clarifying his controversial…

This book is a fully updated and expanded new edition of An Introduction to Continental Philosophy, first published in 1996.…

The Revenge of God is a compelling account of the resurgence of religious belief in the modern world. Kepel compares Islam,…

aeo New in paperback, this is a major contribution to the highly topical post--modernity debates. aeo Gianni Vattimo is the…

The idea that world politics can be understood in terms of a US dominated unipolarity became generally accepted during the…

This volume brings together for the first time key papers from the the work of influential social theorists Peter Miller and…

We celebrate, talk about, and worry a great deal about transitions in life. Going to college, having a first child, losing a…

aeo Concerns debates now at the core of social and political theory -- particularly the debate about the nature of…

Time is at the forefront of contemporary scholarly inquiry across the natural sciences and the humanities. Yet the social…

In his major investigation into the nature of humans, Peter Sloterdijk presents a critique of myth - the myth of the return…

This major new book is the most up--to--date account of current feminist debates, written by some of the worlda s leading…

aeo A lively, accessible introduction to the history of nature and the environment. aeo An outline of the major…

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In 1785 James Boswell and Dr Johnson were trying to come up with a way of distinguishing human beings from animals. The…

This volume presents Miliband's reflections on the world socialists face after the fall of communism and the fundamental…

A brilliant and highly original attempt to reconstruct the imaginative world of ordinary people - peasants, beggars, the…

aeo An important new book arguing for a new model of politics for our times. aeo Becka s previous books, including The Risk…