This second edition of a popular and successful text offers an easily understood introduction to the theorists who have made a key contribution to the discipline of sociology. Its carefully formulated structure places the writers' passions in their social and intellectual context, summarises the central issues dealt with in their work and sketches out the intellectual legacy they have left behind them. With four new chapters on Theodor Adorno, Michael Mann, Dorothy Smith and Zygmunt Bauman, in addition to updated references and substantial new contextual material analysing the legacies of the theorists covered, this new edition has much to offer for students seeking to broaden their understanding of social theory.

Key Sociological Thinkers: Second Edition

Politics & Social Sciences

Rob Stones

Philosophy

Palgrave

The second edition of this popular and established text provides a comprehensive guide to 23 of the most influential thinkers in sociology. Written by leading academics in the field, Key Sociological Thinkers 2e provides a clear and contextualized introduction to classical and contemporary theory. Each chapter offers an insightful assessment of a different theorist, exploring their lives, works and legacies. Drawing upon examples from the everyday world, an innovative 'Seeing Things Differently' section in every chapter demonstrates how theoretical ideas can be used to illuminate aspects of social life in new ways. Included in this new edition: • Four new chapters, looking at Theodor Adorno, Michael Mann, Dorothy Smith and Zygmunt Bauman • Chapter updates on recent developments • An important new introduction • Three types of contents page to provide easy navigation of the text • Useful glossary boxes throughout, with their own dedicated contents page, to highlight and explain complex theoretical ideas. Key Sociological Thinkers 2e provides a stimulating overview of the best of sociological thought, from Karl Marx, Emile Durkheim and Georg Simmel to Nancy Chodorow, Michel Foucault and Anthony Giddens. It continues to be an essential text for all students of sociological theory.

Biographies & Memoirs

Stones,Rob (ed)

Professionals & Academics

A History of Australia (Palgrave Essential Histories series)

For tens of thousands of years, humans have imagined, visited and inhabited Australia as a place in which to make a future. From the first explorers, who sailed and eventually settled into the inlets and river mouths of the northern coast some sixty or eighty thousand years ago via the transportations of the eighteenth century to the anxious border controls of the twenty-first, and through the great migrations of the centuries in between, Australia's story-and its place in the world-have been shaped by movement and mobility. Mark Peel's History of Australia is an event- and issue-based history of Australia with a clear chronological narrative which succeeds brilliantly in bringing to life the ideas, hopes and journeys -- both physical and otherwise -- of Australians past and present.

History

Peel, Mark

Twomey, Christina

Australia & Oceania

For tens of thousands of years, humans have imagined, visited and inhabited Australia as a place in which to make a future. From the first explorers, who sailed and eventually settled into the inlets and river mouths of the northern coast some sixty or eighty thousand years ago via the transportations of the eighteenth century to the anxious border controls of the twenty-first, and through the great migrations of the centuries in between, Australia's story-and its place in the world-have been shaped by movement and mobility. Mark Peel's History of Australia is an event- and issue-based history of Australia with a clear chronological narrative which succeeds brilliantly in bringing to life the ideas, hopes and journeys -- both physical and otherwise -- of Australians past and present.

Long established as the leading text in the field, the 7th edition has been comprehensively updated and rewritten. Lively, accessible, student-friendly and truly international in its coverage, this edition, with a new chapter on Political Economy, includes a substantially enhanced range of case studies, debate boxes, charts and tables. Also available is a companion website with extra features to accompany the text, please take a look by clicking below - http://www.palgrave.com/politics/hague/index.html

Comparative Government and Politics

Rod Hague

Politics & Government

This is a student friendly resource for the rapidly developing field of cultural studies.Organized alphabetically, it provides a comprehensive selection of accessible definitions of key cultural studies terms, guides readers to critical reference for further reading and places cultural studies in disciplinary and interdisciplinary contexts.

Key Concepts in Cultural Studies (Palgrave Key Concepts)

Mikula, Maja

Anthropology

The New Politics of Gender Equality

Political interventions in pursuit of gender equality are currently high on the political agenda, but the transformative potential of women's policy agencies, gender quotas and gender mainstreaming is frequently compromised by the demands of neo-liberal governance on the one hand and essentialist assertions of group identity on the other. This book explores the potential of these strategies arguing that they need to be framed by considerations of democratic justice rather than technocratic utility and complex diversity rather than sexual difference.

Squires, Judith

Social Sciences

Mastering Arabic 1 is the most accessible, carefully-paced and lively introductory Modern Standard Arabic course on the market, and uses a effective tried and tested methodology which works for both classroom use and teach yourself learners. It offers lively dialogues, varied texts and exercises, and fascinating cultural insights - what you would expect from a modern Arabic language course but can't find! Mastering Arabic 1 is also available as a Book and CDs Pack.

Mastering Arabic (Palgrave Masters Series (Languages))

Reference

Jane Wightwick

Dictionaries & Thesauruses

This is a comprehensive course for adults with little or no previous knowledge of the language who want to understand, speak and read Arabic confidently. The book focuses on learning the script right from the start and covers a variety of situations you will encounter in Arab countries.

Mastering Arabic. Text, Jane Wightwick and Mahmoud Gaafar (Palgrave MacMillan Master)

Words, Language & Grammar

Mastering Arabic 1 is the most accessible, carefully-paced and lively introductory Modern Standard Arabic course on the market, and uses a effective tried and tested methodology which works for both classroom use and teach yourself learners. It offers lively dialogues, varied texts and exercises, and fascinating cultural insights - what you would expect from a modern Arabic language course but can't find!

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Key Sociological Thinkers: Second Edition

Key Sociological Thinkers: Second Edition

A History of Australia (Palgrave Essential Histories series)

A History of Australia (Palgrave Essential Histories series)

Comparative Government and Politics

Key Concepts in Cultural Studies (Palgrave Key Concepts)

The New Politics of Gender Equality

Mastering Arabic (Palgrave Masters Series (Languages))

Mastering Arabic. Text, Jane Wightwick and Mahmoud Gaafar (Palgrave MacMillan Master)

Mastering Arabic (Palgrave Masters Series (Languages)) 2nd edition by Wightwick, Jane, Gaafar, Mahmoud (2007) Paperback (Palgrave Master Series (Languages))