Social theory Books

In this book Carmen Martinez-Vargas explores how academic participatory research and the way it is carried out can contribute to more, or less, social justice. Adopting theoretical and empirical approaches, and addressing multiple complex, intersectional...

Few of us, amidst our daily chores and responsibilities, consider how mundane infrastructures-from electrical grids to sewage systems-have developed over millennia in ways that enable everything we cherish, from democracy to technological innovation to...

It is widely asserted that we are now living in a post-truth society. What that means, this book argues, is that the contemporary global world is thoroughly infested not only with trickster figures but an entire and operational trickster logic; or, that...

Legal decisions continue to mystify: why was this person sentenced to 20 years in prison, but that person to just 10 years for the same crime? Why did one person sue for civil damages, but another let the matter drop? Legal rules are supposed to answer...

Utopian and intentional communities have dotted the American landscape since the colonial era, yet only in recent decades have archaeologists begun analyzing the material culture left behind by these groups. The case studies in this volume use...

'May you live in interesting times' was made famous by Sir Austen Chamberlain. The premise is that 'interesting times' are times of upheaval, conflict and insecurity - troubled times. With the growing numbers of displaced populations and the rise in the...

Presenting sixty theoretical ideas, David Zeitlyn asks 'How to write about anthropological theory without making a specific theoretical argument.' "David Zeitlyn has written a wryly engaging, short book on, essentially, why we should not become...

Are humans violent or peaceful by nature? We are both.In this ambitious and wide-ranging book, Agner Fog presents a ground-breaking new argument that explains the existence of differently organised societies using evolutionary theory. It combines natural...

During life's personal and professional cycle there is a given to the comings and goings. There is a given to decision-making processes as well as a given to product outcome orientation. Much is to be presented and stated vis-a-vis open pathways...

Symbols matter, and especially those present in public spaces, but how do they exert influence and maintain a hold over us? Why do such materialities count even in the intensely digitalized culture? This book considers the importance of urban symbols to...

""Beitr�����ge zur Geschichte des Pauperismus und der Prostitution in Hamburg"" ist ein Buch von Gustav Sch������nfeldt, das im Jahr 1897 ver������ffentlicht wurde. Das Buch besch�����ftigt sich mit der Geschichte von Armut und Prostitution in Hamburg...

This book presents a conceptual and methodological framework to understand South Asia by engaging with the practices of sociology and social anthropology in India and Nepal. It provides a new imagination of South Asia by connecting historical, political,...

This book lays out a framework for understanding connections between home and mobility, and situates this within a multidisciplinary field of social research. The authors show how the idea of home offers a privileged entry point into forced migration,...

El lector que tiene en sus manos un libro maldito en destapa las oscuras simas donde se esconde el Mal, muy a menudo disfrazado de la más alta bondad y de los conceptos más sublimes y solidarios.El autor sitúa al lector al otro lado del espejo y ahí cada...

Social science studies society, particularly the processes and relationships that establish and define an individual with society. Social science is comprised of various disciplines such as archaeology, anthropology, economics, geography, psychology,...

A social relation is a blanket term for any relationship between two or more individuals, groups or organizations. It forms the basis of social organisations, social structures, social movements and social systems. Social relations are composed of both...

El presente libro muestra una radiografía transversal de como las MiPyMes en Tamaulipas, utilizan, y el grado en el que lo hacen lo hacen, las diferentes herramientas estadísticas (Básicas) existentes, con el fin de Mejorar su operación y proporcionar a...

Le livre ""Paup�����risme et Bienfaisance dans le Bas-Rhin (1858)"" de Reboul-Deneyrol, L. J. est une �����tude approfondie sur la pauvret����� et la charit����� dans la r�����gion du Bas-Rhin en France au milieu du XIXe si�����cle. L'auteur examine les...

Interdisciplinary in approach, this book combines philosophy, sociology, history and psychology in the analysis of contemporary forms of suffering. With attention to depression, anxiety, chronic pain and addiction, it examines both particular forms of...

Interweaving rich ethnographic descriptions with an innovative theoretical approach, this book explores and unsettles conventional maps and understandings of Europe and the Americas. Through an examination of the recently inaugurated cross-border bridge...

Bringing together the work of scholars from across Europe, this book shows how Simmel's categories can be used to explore contemporary issues and further shed light on trends characteristic of global modernity. Thematically organised around the major...

This book explores the thought of Pierre Bourdieu, one of the most influential sociologists of the twentieth century, proposing a modification and extension of his concept of habitus. Building on Bourdieu's notion of the translational reproduction of...

This book investigates the phenomenon of science communication events, as spectacles for legitimising and communicating science to the public. With attention to events such as 'Science Slam', where scientists are asked to present their knowledge in new...

This book develops a contemporary theory of nationalism that addresses 21st century political challenges, exploring theoretical and empirical understandings of the concepts of 'the nation' and 'nationalism' and the failure of various theoretical accounts...

Presents a rhetorical critique of contemporary neoliberal biopolitics through a series of transdisciplinary case studies.

An innovative, deeply researched portrayal of power in society, this "comes along once in a lifetime from out of the blue" 1st book by a poet and patriot requests we do better as an American people. His is an argument we need to hear. A bit...

Author Guy D. Perkins has spent more than fifty years being around and observing dogs. He still learns from them every day-and also learns from humans, who are in the clan of "dogdum." To him, dogs are more interesting than many people. They fit directly...

The alt-right movement in the US has actively been endorsing the use of left theory to achieve its ends. This book asks if the alt-right's reference of left theory is just bad reading, in addition to drawing on the history of right-wing...

The book unravels the politics of representation and the process of exoticising women's bodies through the prism of external gaze and knowledge production. It brings out the intricacies of representational discourses around cultural practices of female...

Originally published in 1984, this book focuses, firstly, on how patients interpret and act in response to symptoms of illness; secondly on how social and psychological factors influence the treatment process; and thirdly, on certain kinds of illness...

This book presents the core ideas of early sociologist Gabriel Tarde and suggests a new pathway for sociology based on his foundational work. Rejecting anthropocentrism, Tarde highlights the contrast between the natural and the artificial, uniquely...

Mainstream gerontological scholarship has taken little heed of people ageing with disability, and they have also been largely overlooked by both disability and ageing policies and service systems. The Handbook on Ageing with Disability is the first to...

We are in the midst of a loneliness epidemic. A crisis that, despite being less visible, is every bit as serious as other global issues facing us today."The Loneliness Epidemic: Understanding and Overcoming the Modern Crisis of Social Isolation" offers a...

This edition of New Lives for Old, prepared for the centennial of Mead's birth, features introductions by Stewart Brand and Mead's daughter, Mary Catherine Bateson.When Margaret Mead first studied the Manus Islanders of New Guinea in 1928, they were...

The Study of Sociology, originally published in 1873, was Herbert Spencer's groundbreaking overview of the nascent science of social systems. His basic assertion was that societies were not the creations of a few 'great men,' as Nietzsche asserted, but...

Ein neues Buch stärkt die Position der Armen und dreht den Spieß um. Speed zeigt in seinem Essay eindringlich, provokant und intelligent, wie Armut in Volkswirtschaft, Politik und Kultur missverstanden und Entwicklungspotenzial in der Gesellschaft...

With a team of anthropologists and geographers, Insidious Capital explores "value and values" in what may well be the last phase of capitalist globalization. In a global perspective of fast transforming social spaces that move from East to West, the book...

Over the decades, there has been a world-wide transformation of so-called 'vernacular houses'. Based on ethnographic accounts from different regions, Houses Transformed investigates the changing practices of building houses in a transnational context. It...

"Mind-blowingly insightful." -Richard B. Norgaard, University of California, Berkeley, and author of Development BetrayedAn ancient myth's hidden meaning launches a mind-bending inquiry into the madness of modern civilization.A celebrated saga from...

El presente libro muestra una radiografía transversal de cómo las empresas en diferentes ramas en donde se desempeñan como industria, comercial, servicios hasta en la educación en Tamaulipas, utilizan las diferentes herramientas estadísticas (Básicas)...

El vertiginoso avance de las ciencias tecnológicas y pedagógicas ha generado un conocido binomio de innovación investigativa y aplicativa que suscita nuevos trayectos de desarrollo para mejorar el entendimiento y la intervención de la práctica educativa...