Fallgirls provides an analysis of the abuses that took place at Abu Ghraib in terms of social theory, gender and power, based on first-hand participant-observations of the courts-martials of Lynndie England and Sabrina Harman.
Since the 1970s, various approaches have tried to conceptualize "the global," yet few have addressed the full spectrum of social relationships. Expone..
The social scientific study of social movements remains largely shaped by categories, concepts and debates that emerged in North Atlantic societies in..
Public policy thinking and implementation is both a process of intellectual thought and rationale for governing. This book examines public policy and ..
Drugs and Culture presents alternative perspectives on psychoactive drugs, highlighting the socio-cultural features of drug use and regulation in mode..
In addition to considering the role of social theory in the imagination of alternative futures, this volume reflects on how social theory may assist u..
This ground-breaking book furthers the internal sociological analysis of ideas and styles of thought by showing that the defining but largely neglecte..
Civilized Violence provides a social and historical explanation for the popular appeal of cinema violence. Drawing on a range of disciplines, Hansen-M..
This volume of cutting-edge research brings together internationally recognized experts in the field of protest studies and contentious politics to an..
Fallgirls provides an analysis of the abuses that took place at Abu Ghraib in terms of social theory, gender and power, based on first-hand participan..
Academic autonomy has been a dominant issue among Latin American social studies, given that the production of knowledge in the region has been mostly ..
In this ground-breaking book, Shaun Best analyses the intellectual knowledge production of Zygmunt Bauman and his rise to academic stardom in the Engl..
Each chapter in this unique collection takes seriously Bauman’s analysis of modernity as ’liquid’, throwing new light upon global social problems, as ..