Sociology & Social Policy

This title was first published in 2000:  This text demonstrates the mutual effects of, and interconnections between, globalization, urbanization and rural stagnation, both theoretically and empirically...

Explores the sociological, political and economic aspects of sport. Shows how commerce, media and politics have re-shaped the games we love...

God and Caesar..

God in the Movies..

This book is an intervention into the contemporary debate on religion, politics and economy, focusing on the field of formation which emerges as these seemingly autonomous spheres encounter one another. It deals with the contemporary ‘return’ to religion in the horizon of the critique of religion, s..

This book is an intervention into the contemporary debate on religion, politics and economy, focusing on the field of formation which emerges as these seemingly autonomous spheres encounter one another. It deals with the contemporary ‘return’ to religion in the horizon of the critique of religion, s..

Godly Seed..

Godly Seed..

Fascinating study of one of the seminal sociologists of the twentieth century...

Going Abroad..

What is hidden in the taste of a madeleine - or in snatches of Bob Dylan songs, operatic arias, and the remembered sting of a rattan cane? An exploration of memory, Going Down for Air artfully combines two very different yet connected texts...

The world of the rich and influential philanthropic foundations, is a little known but pervasive power network in the US. In this text the author examines the 36 largest of these institutions and the invisible money that goes into them...