Polity Press

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)

Practical Health Promotion

By John Hubley, June Copeman, James Woodall

Science of Science and Reflexivity

By Pierre Bourdieu (College de France)

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

By Mark Poster

Words of the World: The Global Language System

By Abram De Swaan (University of Amsterdam)

Bonfire of Illusions: The Twin Crises of the Liberal World

By Alex Callinicos (King s College, London)

Political Philosophy: A Beginners' Guide for Students and Politicians

By Adam Swift

The Global Age: State and Society Beyond Modernity

By Martin Albrow (State University of New York - Stony Brook)

Disorganized Capitalism

By Claus Offe

Democracy and Human Rights

By David Beetham (University of Leeds)

Cultures in Conflict: Encounters Between European and Non-European Cultures, 1492-1800

By Urs Bitterli, R. Robertson

Children of Social Worlds

By Martin Richards, Paul Light

The Nation-State and Violence

By Anthony Giddens (London School of Economics and Political Science)

What is a Social Movement?

By Hank Johnston (San Diego State University)

The Polity Reader in Social Theory

By Polity

Political Argument in a Polarized Age: Reason and Democratic Life

By Scott F. Aikin, Robert B. Talisse

The Sexual Exploitation of Children

By Judith Ennew

Child Sexual Abuse

By J. S. La Fontaine

Curing Their Ills: Colonial Power and African Illness

By Megan Vaughan

In Other Words: Essays Towards a Reflexive Sociology

By Pierre Bourdieu (College de France)

Citizenship and National Identity

By David l. Miller

The Italian Renaissance: Culture and Society in Italy

By PETER BURKE

Fundamentalism

By Steve Bruce

New and Old Wars: Organized Violence in a Global Era

By Mary Kaldor

Engendering Democracy

By Anne Phillips

Timewatch: The Social Analysis of Time

By Barbara Adam

The Third Way and its Critics

By Anthony Giddens (London School of Economics and Political Science)

Political Scandal: Power and Visability in the Media Age

By John B. Thompson (University of Cambridge)