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  • Consumption

    by Dr Robert Bocock, Robert Bocock ...
    Series series Key Ideas
    This book analyzes the main post-war features of consumption. It traces the historical development of consumption and discusses the major contributions made by sociologists in discussing the subject. Robert Bocock is Senior Lecturer in Sociology at the Open University. ... Read more

    $70.99 USD

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  • The Consequences of Modernity

    by Anthony Giddens ...
    In this major theoretical statement, the author offers a new and provocative interpretation of the institutional transformations associated with modernity. We do not as yet, he argues, live in a post-modern world. Rather the distinctive characteristics of our major social institutions in the closing period of the twentieth century express the emergence of a period of 'high modernity,' in which ... Read more

    $17.00 USD

  • What is Anthropology?

    by Thomas Hylland Eriksen ...
    Series series Anthropology, Culture and Society
    Leading anthropologist Thomas Hylland Eriksen shows how anthropology is a revolutionary way of thinking about the human world. Perfect for students, but also for those who have never encountered anthropology before, this book explores the key issues in an exciting and innovative way.Lucid and accessible, What is Anthropology? draws examples from current affairs as well as previous anthropological ... Read more

    $21.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The End Of Capitalism (As We Knew It)

    A Feminist Critique of Political Economy

    by J.K. Gibson-Graham ...
    In the mid-1990s, at the height of academic discussion about the inevitability of capitalist globalization, J. K. Gibson-Graham presented a groundbreaking and controversial argument for envisioning alternative economies. This new edition includes an introduction in which the authors address critical responses to The End of Capitalism and outline the economic research and activism they have been ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

  • The Ironic Spectator

    Solidarity in the Age of Post-Humanitarianism

    by Lilie Chouliaraki ...
    WINNER of the 2015 ICA Outstanding Book AwardThis path-breaking book explores how solidarity towards vulnerable others is performed in our media environment. It argues that stories where famine is described through our own experience of dieting or or where solidarity with Africa translates into wearing a cool armband tell us about much more than the cause that they attempt to communicate. They ... Read more

    $22.00 USD

  • Introducing Social Theory

    by Pip Jones, Liz Bradbury, Shaun LeBoutillier ...
    This revised edition of Pip Jones's extremely popular introduction to social theory, now benefiting from the collaboration of Shaun Le Boutillier and Liz Bradbury, has been carefully and thoroughly updated with the latest developments in this continually changing field. Written in a refreshingly lucid and engaging style, Introducing Social Theory provides readers with a wide-ranging, well ... Read more

    $26.00 USD

  • Space, Place and Gender

    by Doreen Massey ...
    This new book brings together Doreen Massey's key writings on three areas central to a range of disciplines. In addition, the author reflects on the development of these ideas and outlines her current position on these important issues.The book is organized around the three themes of space, place and gender. It traces the development of ideas about the social nature of space and place and the ... Read more

    $24.00 USD

  • Globalization and Culture

    by John Tomlinson ...
    Globalization is now widely discussed but the debates often remain locked within particular disciplinary discourses. This book brings together for the first time a social theory and cultural studies approach to the understanding of globalization.The book starts with an analysis of the relationship between the globalization process and contemporary culture change and goes on to relate this to ... Read more

    $20.00 USD

  • Key Concepts in Classical Social Theory

    by Alex Law ...
    Series series SAGE Key Concepts series
    This book's individual entries introduce, explain and contextualise the key topics within classical social theory. Definitions, summaries and key words are developed throughout with careful cross-referencing allowing students to move effortlessly between core ideas and themes.</p... ... Read more

    $67.49 USD

  • Cultural Sociology

    An Introduction

    by Les Back, Andy Bennett, Laura Desfor Edles, Margaret Gibson, David Inglis, Ron Jacobs, Ian Woodward ...
    Cultural Sociology: An Introduction is the first dedicated student textbook to address cultural sociology as a legitimate model for sociological thinking and research. Highly renowned authors present a rich overview of major sociological themes and the various empirical applications of cultural sociology.A timely introductory overview to this increasingly significant field which provides ... Read more

    $40.00 USD

  • Democracy, Lifelong Learning and the Learning Society

    Active Citizenship in a Late Modern Age

    by Peter Jarvis ...
    Series series Lifelong Learning and the Learning Society
    This is a book with a difference: it produces a completely new perspective on lifelong learning and the learning society and locates them within humanity itself. Five themes run through this book:Humankind has always been aware of the imperfections of human society: as a consequence, it has looked back to a mythological past and forward to a utopian future that might be religious, political, ... Read more

    $76.99 USD

  • Sociology

    An Introductory Textbook and Reader

    by Daniel Nehring, Ken Plummer ...
    This groundbreaking new introduction to sociology is an innovative hybrid textbook and reader. Combining seminal scholarly works, contextual narrative and in-text didactic materials, it presents a rich, layered and comprehensive introduction to the discipline. Its unique approach will help inspire a creative, critical, and analytically sophisticated sociological imagination, making sense of ... Read more

    $87.99 USD