Böcker i Sage Studies in International Sociology-serien

Will the cycles of boom and bust, peace and war of the past 500 years continue? The noted international contributors to this volume examine the question of future dominance of the core global systems and include comprehensive discussions of the economic, political and military role of the Pacific Rim, Japan and the former Soviet Union.

A collection of cutting edge essays from leading international names in social theory, social movement studies, political sociology and social contestation.

Knowledge, communication and creativity are obsessions of contemporary modern societies. The rhetoric of information, imagination, improvisation and play have invaded our daily lives and work spaces. This book offers explorations into the creative processes that are tied to knowledge production.

Cutting edge handbook from the International Sociological Association. Wide in scope and full of global case studies.

In recent social and political theory the term 'civil society' has achieved renewed currency. This volume offers a critical examination of the normative sense of 'civil society'. It includes analyses of civil society and democracy, citizenship, race and ethnicity, and post-communism.

Internationally eminent contributors to this book focus on issues of social movements and social class from the perspective of collective action. An important addition to current debate, the text discusses such topics as: middle-class radicalism, racism, class, the institutionalization of movements, urban politics, citizenship, education and democracy.

Argues that we can only make sense of environmental issues if we consider them as part of a more encompassing process of social transformation. This book provides a discussion of the central themes in environmental sociology, identifying two traditions: ecological modernization theory and risk society theory.

The contributors to this volume offer both a measured reassessment of the experience of labour movements in the 1980s and a re-interpretation of their role in the new circumstances of the 1990s.

The last decade has witnessed a revival of interest in the problems of modernity and modernization. In particular, three major processes have emerged as objects of debate: " The transformations of capitalism manifested in globalization andthe unfolding of post-industrial society" The rapid and strong economic development of countries outside the West" The political and economic transformations in the post-Soviet countriesof Eastern Europe

In recent social and political theory the term 'civil society' has achieved renewed currency. This volume offers a critical examination of the normative sense of 'civil society'. It includes analyses of civil society and democracy, citizenship, race and ethnicity, and post-communism.

This unique Handbook provides state of the art reviews of sociology conducted by prominent scholars. Drawing on dedicated knowledge and expertise, the book constitutes an unrivalled guide to the central theoretical and methodological perspectives in the discipline as a whole.