This fifth edition of An Introduction to Sociology provides an accessible and engaging introduction to sociology, without oversimplifying or passing over the important and exciting insights sociology has to offer. Building on the book's...

The work of French Philosopher Luce Irigaray has exerted a profound influence on feminist thinking of recent decades and provides a far-reaching challenge to western philosophy's entrenched patriarchal norms. This book guides the reader...

"Two Faces of Liberalism" von John Gray ist ein philosophisches Werk, das die Spannungen und Widersprüche innerhalb der liberalen Tradition untersucht. Gray argumentiert, dass es zwei Hauptströmungen des Liberalismus gibt: den "modernen"...

Welfare states face profound challenges. Widening economic and social inequalities have been intensified by austerity politics, sharpened by the rise in ethno-nationalism and exposed by the COVID-19 pandemic. At the same time, recent...

Sustainability is one of the buzzwords of our times and a key imperative for economic growth, technological development, social equity, and environmental quality. But what does it really mean and how is it being implemented around the...

"Groups as Agents" von Deborah Perron Tollefsen ist ein Buch, das sich mit der philosophischen Frage beschäftigt, ob Gruppen als eigenständige Akteure betrachtet werden können. Tollefsen untersucht die konzeptionellen und metaphysischen...

Sarah Nettleton's The Sociology of Health and Illness has become a cornerstone text, popular with students and academics alike for its rigorous and accessible overview of the field. Building on these strengths, the fourth edition...

Following the killing of George Floyd in 2020, a moral panic gripped the US and UK. To atone for an alleged history of racism, statues were torn down and symbols of national identity attacked. Across Universities, fringe theories became...

The trinity of government, military and publics has been drawn together into immediate and unpredictable relationships in a "new media ecology" that has ushered in new asymmetries in the waging of war and terror. To help us understand...

Orlando Patterson's classic study of slavery in Jamaica reveals slavery for what it was: a highly repressive and destructive system of human exploitation, which disregarded and distorted almost all of the basic prerequisites of normal...

This outstanding collection of essays brings together for the first time the writings of a group of well-known figures in the Marxist-feminist tradition. The essays subject the work of significant thinkers in classic and contemporary...

In its original formulation, 'culture' was intended to be an agent for change, a mission undertaken with the aim of educating 'the people' by bringing the best of human thought and creativity to them. But in our contemporary...