Sociology
Featured Books
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Land Dispossession and Everyday Politics in Rural Eastern India
Kenneth Bo Nielsen
‘Land Dispossession and Everyday Politics in Rural Eastern India’ analyses the political mobilization of farmers in Singur, West Bengal, in defence of their farmland. By foregrounding the everyday politics of popular mobilization, the book sheds new light on the internal politics of one of India’s most talked-about new land wars.
Anthem Press
Hardback
9781783087471
February 2018
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£115.00 / $115.00‘Land Dispossession and Everyday Politics in Rural Eastern India’ analyses the political mobilization of farmers in Singur, West Bengal, in defence of their farmland. By foregrounding the everyday politics of popular mobilization, the book sheds new light on the internal politics of one of India’s most talked-about new land wars.
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The Anthem Companion to Ernst Troeltsch
Edited by Christopher Adair-Toteff
‘The Anthem Companion to Ernst Troeltsch’ is a collection of eight essays by well-regarded Troeltsch specialists covering a wide range of topics of his thinking.
Anthem Press
Hardback
9781783082773
December 2017
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£115.00 / $115.00‘The Anthem Companion to Ernst Troeltsch’ is a collection of eight essays by well-regarded Troeltsch specialists covering a wide range of topics of his thinking.
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The Anthem Companion to Karl Mannheim
Edited by Volker Meja, David Kettler
“The Anthem Companion to Karl Mannheim” is an international collection of original articles on the classical sociologist Karl Mannheim and documents the current revitalization of the reception of this social thinker. Using “learning from Mannheim” as its motif, the chapters in this volume favor fresh negotiations with his works, including the writings published posthumously in recent decades.
Anthem Press
Hardback
9781783084807
December 2017
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£115.00 / $115.00“The Anthem Companion to Karl Mannheim” is an international collection of original articles on the classical sociologist Karl Mannheim and documents the current revitalization of the reception of this social thinker. Using “learning from Mannheim” as its motif, the chapters in this volume favor fresh negotiations with his works, including the writings published posthumously in recent decades.
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Structure, Agency and Biotechnology
The Case of the Rothamsted GM Wheat Trials
Aristeidis Panagiotou
“Structure, Agency, Biotechnology” argues for the significance of sociological theory and highlights the insights that it can offer into the study of agricultural biotechnology.
Anthem Press
Hardback
9781783087037
July 2017
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£115.00 / $115.00“Structure, Agency, Biotechnology” argues for the significance of sociological theory and highlights the insights that it can offer into the study of agricultural biotechnology.
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The Anthem Companion to Robert Park
Edited by Peter Kivisto
Not making a case for or against Robert Park, ‘The Anthem Companion to Robert Park’ encourages readers to consider the virtue of rethinking—and rereading—this major figure in American sociology.
Anthem Press
Hardback
9780857281845
June 2017
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£115.00 / $115.00Not making a case for or against Robert Park, ‘The Anthem Companion to Robert Park’ encourages readers to consider the virtue of rethinking—and rereading—this major figure in American sociology.
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The Anthem Companion to Auguste Comte
Edited by Andrew Wernick
A collection of new essays on Auguste Comte by leading Comte scholars, social theorists, philosophers and intellectual historians. The collection aims to further the critical re-examination of Auguste Comte, an important but long neglected figure, while also providing a multi-faceted introduction to key aspects of his thought, its genesis and its place in the modern Western tradition.
Anthem Press
Hardback
9780857281852
May 2017
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£115.00 / $115.00A collection of new essays on Auguste Comte by leading Comte scholars, social theorists, philosophers and intellectual historians. The collection aims to further the critical re-examination of Auguste Comte, an important but long neglected figure, while also providing a multi-faceted introduction to key aspects of his thought, its genesis and its place in the modern Western tradition.
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The Anthem Companion to Thorstein Veblen
Edited by Sidney Plotkin
“The Anthem Companion to Thorstein Veblen” offers a collection of original essays by leading scholars in the field of Veblen studies. Contributions span a wide range of Veblen’s concerns, with a special emphasis on Veblen’s significance for contemporary debates about epistemology, social evolution, values, higher education, capitalist development and politics.
Anthem Press
Hardback
9781783082797
May 2017
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£115.00 / $115.00“The Anthem Companion to Thorstein Veblen” offers a collection of original essays by leading scholars in the field of Veblen studies. Contributions span a wide range of Veblen’s concerns, with a special emphasis on Veblen’s significance for contemporary debates about epistemology, social evolution, values, higher education, capitalist development and politics.
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Brexit
Sociological Responses
Edited by William Outhwaite
Brexit traces the implications of the UK’s projected withdrawal from the EU, placing short-term political fluctuations in a broader historical and social context of the transformation of European and global society.
Anthem Press
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9781783086443
February 2017
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£115.00 / $115.00Brexit traces the implications of the UK’s projected withdrawal from the EU, placing short-term political fluctuations in a broader historical and social context of the transformation of European and global society.
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The Anthem Companion to Hannah Arendt
Edited by Peter Baehr, Philip Walsh
The Anthem Companion to Hannah Arendt describes and appraises Hannah Arendt’s principal works and their bearing on sociology, social thought and the predicaments of modern society.
Anthem Press
Hardback
9781783081851
January 2017
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£115.00 / $115.00The Anthem Companion to Hannah Arendt describes and appraises Hannah Arendt’s principal works and their bearing on sociology, social thought and the predicaments of modern society.
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Habermas and Giddens on Praxis and Modernity
A Constructive Comparison
Craig Browne
This major new contribution forms a constructive comparison of the social theories of Jürgen Habermas and Anthony Giddens that focuses on their approaches to modernity, their endeavours to develop new perspectives, and their critical rethinking of the modernist vision of an autonomous society.
Anthem Press
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9781783085002
January 2017
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£115.00 / $115.00This major new contribution forms a constructive comparison of the social theories of Jürgen Habermas and Anthony Giddens that focuses on their approaches to modernity, their endeavours to develop new perspectives, and their critical rethinking of the modernist vision of an autonomous society.
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Caste, Entrepreneurship and the Illusions of Tradition
Branding the Potters of Kolkata
Geir Heierstad
This ethnographic study is an empirical exploration of caste through the story of Indian potters who have transformed caste into a marketable brand in the business of selling sculptures. To these contemporary potters, caste is in their blood, caste is about being a creative and independent artist, and caste is about business, as they engage in a competitive market to sell their artworks.
Anthem Press
Hardback
9781783085163
January 2017
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£115.00 / $115.00This ethnographic study is an empirical exploration of caste through the story of Indian potters who have transformed caste into a marketable brand in the business of selling sculptures. To these contemporary potters, caste is in their blood, caste is about being a creative and independent artist, and caste is about business, as they engage in a competitive market to sell their artworks.
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The Anthem Companion to Everett Hughes
£115.00 / $115.00Edited by Rick Helmes-Hayes, Marco Santoro
Anthem Press
Hardback
9780857281784
December 2016
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The Anthem Companion to Georg Simmel
Edited by Thomas Kemple, Olli Pyyhtinen
'The Anthem Companion to Georg Simmel' brings together new interpretations of the work of this sociologist and philosopher.
Anthem Press
Hardback
9781783082780
October 2016
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£115.00 / $115.00‘The Anthem Companion to Georg Simmel’ brings together new interpretations of the work of this sociologist and philosopher.
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The Anthem Companion to Max Weber
Edited by Alan Sica
‘The Anthem Companion to Max Weber’ offers the best contemporary work on Max Weber, written by the best scholars currently working in this field. Original, authoritative and wide-ranging, the critical assessments of this volume will make it ideal for Weber students and scholars alike.
Anthem Press
Hardback
9781783083794
September 2016
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£115.00 / $115.00‘The Anthem Companion to Max Weber’ offers the best contemporary work on Max Weber, written by the best scholars currently working in this field. Original, authoritative and wide-ranging, the critical assessments of this volume will make it ideal for Weber students and scholars alike.
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The Anthem Companion to Pierre Bourdieu
Edited by Derek Robbins
'The Anthem Companion to Pierre Bourdieu' provides an introduction to the French sociologist’s thought and an evaluation of the international significance of his work from a range of national perspectives.
Anthem Press
Hardback
9781783085613
August 2016
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£115.00 / $115.00‘The Anthem Companion to Pierre Bourdieu’ provides an introduction to the French sociologist’s thought and an evaluation of the international significance of his work from a range of national perspectives.
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The Art and Science of Sociology
Essays in Honor of Edward A. Tiryakian
Edited by Roland Robertson, John Simpson
A festschrift honoring the work of Edward A. Tiryakian, consisting of a large number of essays.
Anthem Press
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9781783085644
July 2016
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£115.00 / $115.00A festschrift honoring the work of Edward A. Tiryakian, consisting of a large number of essays.
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Socialising the Biomedical Turn in HIV Prevention
Susan Kippax, Niamh Stephenson
This book addresses the major challenge for HIV prevention: that is, to reach beyond the limitations of biomedical approaches to disease and to design prevention strategies informed by and connected with the social realities of people’s lives.
Anthem Press
Hardback
9781783085040
June 2016
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£115.00 / $115.00This book addresses the major challenge for HIV prevention: that is, to reach beyond the limitations of biomedical approaches to disease and to design prevention strategies informed by and connected with the social realities of people’s lives.
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The Anthem Companion to C. Wright Mills
Edited by Guy Oakes
This companion comprises interpretive, critical, and exploratory essays on Mills’s chief writings as well as his interventions in the political conflicts of his time, stressing important aspects of his work that are neglected in the literature.
Anthem Press
Hardback
9780857281807
June 2016
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£115.00 / $115.00This companion comprises interpretive, critical, and exploratory essays on Mills’s chief writings as well as his interventions in the political conflicts of his time, stressing important aspects of his work that are neglected in the literature.
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The Anthem Companion to Ferdinand Tönnies
Edited by Christopher Adair-Toteff
This book is a collection of ten articles covering various aspects of the thought of Ferdinand Tönnies. Leading authorities on Tönnies have written these articles in a way that will appeal to both the general reader and the sociological specialist.
Anthem Press
Hardback
9780857281821
June 2016
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£115.00 / $115.00This book is a collection of ten articles covering various aspects of the thought of Ferdinand Tönnies. Leading authorities on Tönnies have written these articles in a way that will appeal to both the general reader and the sociological specialist.
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The Anthem Companion to Talcott Parsons
Edited by A. Javier Treviño
The Anthem Companion to Talcott Parsons offers the best contemporary work on Talcott Parsons, written by the best scholars currently working in this field. Original, authoritative and wide-ranging, the critical assessments of this volume will make it ideal for Parsons’s students and scholars alike.
Anthem Press
Hardback
9780857281838
June 2016
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£115.00 / $115.00The Anthem Companion to Talcott Parsons offers the best contemporary work on Talcott Parsons, written by the best scholars currently working in this field. Original, authoritative and wide-ranging, the critical assessments of this volume will make it ideal for Parsons’s students and scholars alike.
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Aboriginal Art and Australian Society
Hope and Disenchantment
Laura Fisher
This unique study tracks the way the Aboriginal art phenomenon has mediated Indigenous/non-indigenous relations in Australia. It illuminates the utopian and dystopian currents of thought that have arisen in relation to the art, and the contradictory social and political aspirations to which it has been anchored in public culture.
Anthem Press
Hardback
9781783085316
May 2016
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£115.00 / $115.00This unique study tracks the way the Aboriginal art phenomenon has mediated Indigenous/non-indigenous relations in Australia. It illuminates the utopian and dystopian currents of thought that have arisen in relation to the art, and the contradictory social and political aspirations to which it has been anchored in public culture.
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Islamic Ethos and the Specter of Modernity
Farzin Vahdat
Drawing on the work of Hegel, this book proposes a framework for understanding modernity in the Muslim world and analyzes the discourse of prominent Muslim thinkers and political leaders with reference to some of the most significant markers of modernity.
Anthem Press
Hardback
9781783084364
June 2015
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£115.00 / $115.00Drawing on the work of Hegel, this book proposes a framework for understanding modernity in the Muslim world and analyzes the discourse of prominent Muslim thinkers and political leaders with reference to some of the most significant markers of modernity.
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Ethnographies of Grey Zones in Eastern Europe
Relations, Borders and Invisibilities
Edited by Ida Harboe Knudsen, Martin Demant Frederiksen
Over the last two decades, Eastern European countries have experienced extensive changes in geo-political relocations and relations leading to everyday uncertainty. Based on ethnographic cases, this anthology explores how grey zones of governance, borders, relations and invisibilities affect everyday life in contemporary Eastern Europe.
Anthem Press
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9781783084128
April 2015
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£115.00 / $115.00Over the last two decades, Eastern European countries have experienced extensive changes in geo-political relocations and relations leading to everyday uncertainty. Based on ethnographic cases, this anthology explores how grey zones of governance, borders, relations and invisibilities affect everyday life in contemporary Eastern Europe.
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Indian and Chinese Immigrant Communities
Comparative Perspectives
Edited by Jayati Bhattacharya, Coonoor Kripalani
This interdisciplinary collection of essays offers a window onto the overseas Indian and Chinese communities in Asia. Contributions give insight on the interactive role of the cultural and religious ‘other’, the diasporic absorption of local beliefs and customs, and the practical business networks and operational mechanisms unique to these communities.
Anthem Press
Hardback
9781783083626
March 2015
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£115.00 / $115.00This interdisciplinary collection of essays offers a window onto the overseas Indian and Chinese communities in Asia. Contributions give insight on the interactive role of the cultural and religious ‘other’, the diasporic absorption of local beliefs and customs, and the practical business networks and operational mechanisms unique to these communities.