This is a novel account of social change that supplants conventional understandings of `society' and presents a sociology that takes as its main unit...
The Established and the Outsiders is a classic text from one of the major figures of world sociology. This new edition includes a theoretical...
Global Modernities is a sustained commentary on the international character of the most microcosmic practices. It demonstrates how the global...
`This book is one of several indications that the sociology of tourism is on the move.... these articles raise relevant important themes in the study...
In this exciting book Michel Maffesoli argues that the conventional approaches to understanding solidarity and society are deeply flawed. He contends...
How can we interpret cyberspace? What is the place of the embodied human agent in the virtual world? This innovative collection examines the emerging...
This wide-ranging and accessible contribution to the study of risk, ecology and environment helps us to understand the politics of ecology and the...
In this wide-ranging and thought-provoking analysis of the sociocultural and personal meanings of food and eating, Deborah Lupton explores the...