The social sciences emerged as a response to the intellectual challenges posed by modernity. The concept of modernity is central to sociology, philosophy and cultural studies and is still used as a critique of numerous traditions and disciplines including economics, politics, ethics, selfhood and knowledge. This text aims to provide academics and researchers with the most comprehensive collection of essays and material available and is aimed at all those seeking further information both within and beyond their own areas of interest. The articles included have been arranged into four volumes:...
The social sciences emerged as a response to the intellectual challenges posed by modernity. The concept of modernity is central to sociology, philoso...
The constraints of geography are shrinking and the world is becoming a single place. Globalization and the global society are increasingly occupying the centre of sociological debates. Widely discussed by journalists and a key goal for many businesses, globalization has become a buzz-word in recent years. In this extensively revised and restructured new edition of Globalization , Malcolm Waters provides a user-friendly introduction to the main arguments about the process, including a chapter on the critiques of the globalization thesis that have emerged since the first edition was...
The constraints of geography are shrinking and the world is becoming a single place. Globalization and the global society are increasingly occupying t...
Argues that the class perspective has become a political straightjacket, which obstructs understanding of contemporary social, cultural and political processes. This book guides the reader through the essentials of the class debate and asks whether class analysis still has validity.
Argues that the class perspective has become a political straightjacket, which obstructs understanding of contemporary social, cultural and political ...
This innovative textbook presents an up-to-date synthesis of the central debates in contemporary social thought. It offers a different framework for the study of social theory. By focusing on the core concepts and issues - rather than on schools of thought or individual theorists - Malcolm Waters relates past and present theory to the key concerns of sociology today.
Modern Sociological Theory gives a lucid overview of: the core concepts that sociological theory must address and attempt to reconcile - agency, rationality, structure and system; and the main phenomena that sociological...
This innovative textbook presents an up-to-date synthesis of the central debates in contemporary social thought. It offers a different framework for t...
