Hegemony

Studies in Consensus and Coercion

Edited by Richard Howson, Kylie Smith

The originality and depth of Gramsci's theory of hegemony is now evidenced in the wide-ranging intellectual applications within a growing corpus of research and writings...

April 2008 | Hardback: 978-0-415-95544-7 (Routledge)

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Citizenship between Past and Future

Edited by Engin F. Isin, Peter Nyers, Bryan S. Turner

Citizenship between Past and Future brings together some of the most prominent scholars in the field of citizenship studies to assess, critically and contextually, the...

March 2008 | Hardback: 978-0-415-45441-4 (Routledge)

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American Families

A Multicultural Reader

Edited by Stephanie Coontz

With its clear conceptual focus, well-chosen essays exploring the interactions between race-ethnicity, class, gender, and sexuality in shaping family life by leading names from across...

March 2008 | Paperback: 978-0-415-95821-9 (Routledge)

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Education Policy and Realist Social Theory

Primary Teachers, Child-Centred Philosophy and the New Managerialism

By Robert Wilmott

In Europe welfare state provision has been subjected to 'market forces'. Over the last two decades, the framework of economic competitiveness has become the defining...

2007 | Paperback: 978-0-415-46433-8 (Routledge)

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(Mis)recognition, Social Inequality and Social Justice

Nancy Fraser and Pierre Bourdieu

Edited by Terry Lovell

Nancy Fraser’s work provides a theory of justice from multiple perspectives which has created a powerful frame for the analysis of political, moral and pragmatic...

2007 | Paperback: 978-0-415-46494-9 (Routledge)

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Revitalizing Causality

Realism about Causality in Philosophy and Social Science

Edited by Ruth Groff

This cutting edge collection of new and previously published articles by philosophers and social scientists addresses just what it means to invoke causal mechanisms, or powers,...

2007 | Hardback: 978-0-415-37218-3 (Routledge)

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Charity and Mutual Aid in Europe and North America since 1800

Edited by Bernard Harris, Paul Bridgen

International in perspective, the essays in this volume are primarily concerned with two facets of the mixed economy of welfare--charity and mutual aid. Emphasizing the close...

2007 | Hardback: 978-0-415-36559-8 (Routledge)

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Frankfurt School Perspectives on Globalization, Democracy, and the Law

By William E. Scheuerman

Frankfurt School Perspectives on Globalization, Democracy, and the Law makes use of the work of first-generation Frankfurt School theorist Franz L. Neumann, in conjunction with...

2007 | Hardback: 978-0-415-70183-9 (Routledge)

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The End of the Welfare State?

Responses to State Retrenchment

Edited by Stefan Svallfors, Peter Taylor-Gooby

Throughout the world, politicians from all the main parties are cutting back on state welfare provision, encouraging people to use the private sector instead and...

2007 | Paperback: 978-0-415-46326-3 (Routledge)

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European Societies

Fusion or Fission?

Edited by Thomas Boje, Bart Van Steenbergen, Sylvia Walby

Are the recent developments in Europe bringing countries together or pulling them apart? The leading experts in this book (including Sheila Allen, Marlis Buchmann, Piotr...

2007 | Paperback: 978-0-415-46328-7 (Routledge)

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