Polity Press

Studies in the Theory of Ideology

By John B. Thompson (University of Cambridge, and Fellow of Jesus College, Cambridge)

Have Bacteria Won?

By Hugh Pennington

The Postcolonial Novel

By Richard Lane (Malaspina University-College, Canada)

Understanding Organizations

By Howard Lune (Associate Professor of Sociology, Hunter College, CUNY)

The Art of Life

By Zygmunt Bauman (Universities of Leeds and Warsaw)

The Enigma of Health: The Art of Healing in a Scientific Age

By Hans-Georg Gadamer (University of Heidelberg)

Comparative Politics in a Globalizing World

By Jeffrey Haynes (London Metropolitan University)

Global Social Problems

By Vic George (University of Kent at Canterbury), Robert M. Page (University of Birmingham)

The Sociology of Work: An Introduction

By Keith Grint

Sociology

By Anthony Giddens

Social Theory and the Environment

By David Goldblatt (Open University)

Challenging the Political Order: New Social and Political Movements in Western Democracies

By Russell J. Dalton, Manfred Kuecheler, Manfred Kuechler (Professor of Sociology, Hunter College, New York City, USA)

Capitalist Development and Democracy

By Dietrich Rueschemeyer, etc., Evelyne Huber Stephens (Assistant Professor of Political Science, Northwestern University, USA), John D. Stephens (Lecturer of Political Science

The New Scramble for Africa

By Padraig R. Carmody (Trinity College Dublin)

War and Conflict in Africa

By Paul D. Williams

Richer and More Equal: A New History of Wealth in the West

By Daniel Waldenstroem

The Enigma of the Gift

By Maurice Godelier

The Real Politics of the Horn of Africa: Money, War and the Business of Power

By Alex De Waal

Practical Health Promotion

By John Hubley, June Copeman, James Woodall

Africa's Moment

By Jean-Michel Severino, Olivier Ray

The State in Africa: The Politics of the Belly

By Jean-Francois Bayart

Sex and Pleasure in Western Culture

By Gail Hawkes (University of New England, Armidale, Australia)

Religion in the Contemporary World

By Dr. Alan Aldridge

Asymmetric Warfare: Threat and Response in the 21st Century

By Rod Thornton (King's College, London)

Words of the World: The Global Language System

By Abram De Swaan (University of Amsterdam)

Political Philosophy: A Beginners' Guide for Students and Politicians

By Adam Swift

Bonfire of Illusions: The Twin Crises of the Liberal World

By Alex Callinicos (King s College, London)

Violence and Civilization: An Introduction to the Work of Norbert Elias

By Jonathan Fletcher (University of Brussels)

Foucault, Marxism and History: Mode of Production Versus Mode of Information

By Mark Poster

Science of Science and Reflexivity

By Pierre Bourdieu (College de France)