Understanding contemporary society : | theories of the present / | edited by Gary Browning, Abigail Halcli, and Frank Webster.
Understanding contemporary society : theories of the present /
edited by Gary Browning, Abigail Halcli, and Frank Webster.
- London ; Thousand Oaks, Calif. : SAGE, 2000.
- xvii, 502 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
New thinking in international relations theory / Kimberly Hutchings -- Utopia and dystopia / Stephen Crook -- Post-modernity / David Lyon -- Globalization / Barrie Axford -- Restructuring / Andrew Kilmister -- Cities in the global economy / Saskia Sassen -- Cultural studies / Richard Maxwell --Intellectuals / Carl Boggs -- Higher education / Frank Webster -- Mass communication / Kaarle Nordenstreng -- The Web / Vincent Mosco -- Nationalism / Murray Low -- Islam / Sarah Ansari -- Cultural pluralism today / Avigail Esenberg -- Families and households / Mary Maynard -- The Body / Chris Shilling -- Intimate choices / Ken Plummer -- Environmentalism / David Pepper -- Social movements / Abigail Halcli -- Social inequalities : coming to terms with complexity / Harriet Bradley. Theory, theorists and themes : a user's guide to understanding the present / Gary Browning, Abigail Halcli and Frank Webster -- Post-modernism : a guide for the perplexed / Christopher Norris -- Post-feminism / Mich©·le Barrett -- Post-history : living at the end / Krishan Kumar -- Post-Marxism / Terrell Carver -- Post-colonialism and beyond / Don Robotham -- Reflexive modernization / Ted Benton -- Narrative / Susan Stephenson -- Rational choice theory / John Scott -- Complexity theory / Tim Blackman -- Contemporary liberalism / Gary Browning -- Democracy : liberal and direct / Nick Hewlett --Communitarianism / Elizabeth Frazer --
0761959262 9780761959267
Sociology.
HM585 / .U53 2000
Includes bibliographical references and index.
New thinking in international relations theory / Kimberly Hutchings -- Utopia and dystopia / Stephen Crook -- Post-modernity / David Lyon -- Globalization / Barrie Axford -- Restructuring / Andrew Kilmister -- Cities in the global economy / Saskia Sassen -- Cultural studies / Richard Maxwell --Intellectuals / Carl Boggs -- Higher education / Frank Webster -- Mass communication / Kaarle Nordenstreng -- The Web / Vincent Mosco -- Nationalism / Murray Low -- Islam / Sarah Ansari -- Cultural pluralism today / Avigail Esenberg -- Families and households / Mary Maynard -- The Body / Chris Shilling -- Intimate choices / Ken Plummer -- Environmentalism / David Pepper -- Social movements / Abigail Halcli -- Social inequalities : coming to terms with complexity / Harriet Bradley. Theory, theorists and themes : a user's guide to understanding the present / Gary Browning, Abigail Halcli and Frank Webster -- Post-modernism : a guide for the perplexed / Christopher Norris -- Post-feminism / Mich©·le Barrett -- Post-history : living at the end / Krishan Kumar -- Post-Marxism / Terrell Carver -- Post-colonialism and beyond / Don Robotham -- Reflexive modernization / Ted Benton -- Narrative / Susan Stephenson -- Rational choice theory / John Scott -- Complexity theory / Tim Blackman -- Contemporary liberalism / Gary Browning -- Democracy : liberal and direct / Nick Hewlett --Communitarianism / Elizabeth Frazer --
0761959262 9780761959267
Sociology.
HM585 / .U53 2000