Contemporary Social Theory

Micro-Macro Links and Microfoundations in Sociology highlights recent developments in using micro-macro modelling to understand sociological phenomena. It includes contributions in substantive areas such as cooperation, social networks, and social segregation._x000D_ This book was originally publish..

Micro-Macro Links and Microfoundations in Sociology highlights recent developments in using micro-macro modelling to understand sociological phenomena. It includes contributions in substantive areas such as cooperation, social networks, and social segregation._x005F_x000D_ This book was originally p..

Over the past two decades there has been great interest in cosmopolitanism across the human and social sciences. This is the first comprehensive survey in one volume of the interdisciplinary field of cosmopolitan studies. With over forty chapters written by leading scholars of cosmopolitanism, this ..

The second edition of the Routledge International Handbook of Cosmopolitanism is an enlarged, revised and updated version of the first edition. It consists of 50 chapters across a broader range of topics in the social and human sciences. 18 entirely new chapters cover topics that have become increas..

Both sociology and social work focus on social problems, social structure, social integration and how individuals respond to and live within cultural and structural constraints. Today, both disciplines face the possibility of losing some of their most important characteristics to individualising tre..

The Contemporary Goffman highlights the continued relevance of Goffman to sociology and related disciplines – to theoretical discussions as well as to substantive empirical research – through contributions dealing with a variety of topics and themes...

The Contemporary Goffman highlights the continued relevance of Goffman to sociology and related disciplines – to theoretical discussions as well as to substantive empirical research – through contributions dealing with a variety of topics and themes...

This book explores how relational-cultural theory informs the practice of therapy and social change, power dynamics, vulnerability and the nature of change._x000D_ This book was published as a special issue in Women and Therapy...

Within the context of shifting social bonds in global culture, this book engages debates on the left from a range of disciplines (political philosophy, psychoanalysis, social psychology, and media and cultural studies) in an attempt to configure new meanings of identity, affect, community, and colle..

Within the context of shifting social bonds in global culture, this book engages debates on the left from a range of disciplines (political philosophy, psychoanalysis, social psychology, and media and cultural studies) in an attempt to configure new meanings of identity, affect, community, and colle..

This book tries to overcome the barriers that are built between and within the social science disciplines, and to counteract the unnecessary barriers created by the emergence of "schools of thoughts". It was originally published as a special issue of Innovation: The European Journal of Social Scienc..

This book offers a detailed and unified account of travelers’ lived experiences of travel and technology use, and an ethnographically-informed analysis of the social, cultural and spatial implications of the intersection between travel and technology...