Sociology category: 22581 books
Human Societies
An Introduction
Language: English
Release Date: July 3, 2013
This book is a brief introduction to the study of society, which may be read without any previous knowledge of the social sciences.
Each chapter addresses a fundamental question about people in their various arrangements. The book begins by asking: what do people need from one another; what...
Reimagining Global Health
An Introduction
Language: English
Release Date: September 7, 2013
Bringing together the experience, perspective and expertise of Paul Farmer, Jim Yong Kim, and Arthur Kleinman, Reimagining Global Health provides an original, compelling introduction to the field of global health. Drawn from a Harvard course developed by their student Matthew Basilico, this work provides...
Food and Urbanism
The Convivial City and a Sustainable Future
Language: English
Release Date: February 26, 2015
Cities are home to over fifty percent of the world's population, a figure which is expected to increase enormously by 2050. Despite the growing demand on urban resources and infrastructure, food is still often overlooked as a key factor in planning and designing cities. Without incorporating food...
Social Policy and Planning for the 21st Century
In Search of the Next Great Social Transformation
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2016
The greatest problems facing humanity today are climate change, poverty, and the increasing separation between the rich and poor. The aim of this book is to examine the social constructions that have led to these breakdowns, and provide potential solutions that are based on a fundamental change in...
American Nightmares
Social Problems in an Anxious World
Language: English
Release Date: January 23, 2018
In an accessible and droll style, well-known sociologist Joel Best shines a light on how we navigate these anxious, insecure social times. While most of us still strive for the American Dream—to graduate from college, own a home, work toward early retirement—recent generations have been told...
What Does the Ruling Class Do When it Rules?
State Apparatuses and State Power under Feudalism, Capitalism and Socialism
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2016
The intricate practices of the elite and how they maintain their dominance.
In his new book, Göran Therborn – author of the now standard comparative work on classical sociology and historical materialism, Science, Class and Society – looks at successive state structures in an arrestingly fresh...
The Protestant Ethic Turns 100
Essays on the Centenary of the Weber Thesis
Language: English
Release Date: January 8, 2016
Marking the centennial anniversary of the first publication of Max Weber's "Protestant Ethic" essays, a group of internationally recognized Weber scholars review the significance of Weber's essays by addressing their original context, historical reception, and ongoing relevance. Lawrence...
by John R. Hall
Language: English
Release Date: May 28, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: May 28, 2013
This book examines the different ways in which order has been achieved in world affairs with a view to understanding current political dilemmas and opportunities.
International Ordersbegins by distinguishing between world order and international order in the spirit of Hedley Bull. This leads...
by Matthew S. Battaglioli, Richard Lynn
Language: English
Release Date: August 4, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: August 4, 2016
The Consequences of Equality is a critical analysis of egalitarianism. Economics, political theory, ethical theory, and sociology are all used to tackle some of the most controversial questions of the day: “What is the nature of equality?” “Are people truly equal, and in what ways?” “What...
The Social in Question
New Bearings
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
With postmodernism has come the questioning of the very idea of 'the social'. Thinkers form across the social sciences and humanities now agree that this one foundational concept can no longer be taken for granted as an objective or real characteristic of the world. However, their uncertainty has...
by J.G. Merguior
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2013
Jean-Jacques Rousseau and Max Weber, central thinkers to the discussion of political legitimacy, represent two very different stages and forms of social theory: early modern political philosophy and classical sociology. In these studies, Dr Merquior describes and assesses their individual contributions...
Return of the "L" Word
A Liberal Vision for the New Century
Language: English
Release Date: January 10, 2009
Somewhere in the 1970s liberals in the United States lost their way. After successes like the New Deal, they became arrogant. So argues Douglas Massey in Return of the "L" Word. Faced with the difficult politics of race and class, liberals used the heavy hand of government to impose policies...
Social Movements and Global Social Change
The Rising Tide
Language: English
Release Date: February 6, 2014
Social Movements and Global Social Change teaches students not only about how social change occurs but also how social movements can contribute to this change. The book links two concepts in sociology that are often related in real life, but that can seem disconnected in traditional approaches to...
The Other America
Poverty in the United States
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 1997
In the fifty years since it was published, The Other America has been established as a seminal work of sociology. This anniversary edition includes Michael Harrington’s essays on poverty in the 1970s and ’80s as well as a new introduction by Harrington’s biographer, Maurice Isserman. This illuminating,...