The Cosmopolitan Imagination
The Renewal of Critical Social Theory
Gerard Delanty

A fresh assessment of cosmopolitanism in social and political thought which links cosmopolitan theory with critical social theory.

Published October 2009 | Paperback | ISBN-13:9780521695459 | In stock

Social Theory
Twenty Introductory Lectures
Hans Joas, Wolfgang Knöbl, Translated by Alex Skinner

An unrivalled overview of social theory and its development from 1945 to the present day.

Published July 2009 | Paperback | ISBN-13:9780521690881 | In stock

The Cambridge Companion to Lévi-Strauss
Edited by Boris Wiseman

Presents a major reassessment of Lévi-Strauss, the influential anthropologist regarded as a major influence on the development of structuralism.

Published May 2009 | Paperback | ISBN-13:9780521608671 | In stock

Desire for Race
Sarah Daynes, Orville Lee

Examines the concept of race, suggesting ways in which it can free itself from outdated notions of biological essentialism.

Published October 2008 | Paperback | ISBN-13:9780521680479 | In stock

Climate Extremes and Society
Edited by Henry F. Diaz, Richard J. Murnane

A scientific exploration of changing climatic extremes and their impacts on society.

Published May 2008 | Hardback | ISBN-13:9780521870283 | In stock

Intellectuals and the Public Good
Creativity and Civil Courage
Barbara A. Misztal

A sociological account of civil courage and creative behaviour through the study of Nobel Peace Prize laureates.

Published September 2007 | Hardback | ISBN-13:9780521847186 | In stock

Explaining Social Behavior
More Nuts and Bolts for the Social Sciences
Jon Elster

An expanded and revised edition of the author’s critically acclaimed Nuts and Bolts for the Social Sciences.

Published June 2007 | Paperback | ISBN-13:9780521777445 | In stock

Making our Way through the World
Human Reflexivity and Social Mobility
Margaret S. Archer

Examines ‘internal conversations’ and their influence on how people make their way through the world.

Published June 2007 | Paperback | ISBN-13:9780521696937 | In stock