
Understanding Contemporary Society
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Key features of the book are: clearly structured and readable prose; bullet pointed summaries and annotated further reading for each topic; makes complex issues accessible to undergraduates; focuses on relevance and practicality; chapter lay-out which is ideal for teaching and seminar readings.
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A User's Guide to Understanding the Present
PART ONE: THEORIES
Postmodernism - Christopher Norris
A Guide for the Perplexed
Post-Feminism - Mich[gr]ele Barrett
Post-History - Krishan Kumar
Living at the End
Post-Marxism - Terrell Carver
Post-Colonialism and Beyond - Don Robotham
Reflexive Modernization - Ted Benton
Narrative - Susan Stephenson
Rational Choice Theory - John Scott
Complexity Theory - Tim Blackman
Contemporary Liberalism - Gary Browning
Democracy - Nick Hewlett
Liberal and Direct
Communitarianism - Elizabeth Frazer
New Thinking in International Relations - Kimberly Hutchings
Utopia and Dystopia - Stephen Crook
PART TWO: THEMES
Post-Modernity - David Lyon
Globalization - Barrie Axford
Restructuring - Andy Kilmister
Cities in the Global Economy - Saskia Sassen
Cultural Studies - Rick Maxwell
Intellectuals - Carl Boggs
Higher Education - Frank Webster
Mass Communication - Kaarle Nordenstreng
The Web - Vincent Mosco
Nationalism - Murray Low
Islam - Sarah Ansari
Cultural Pluralism Today - Avigail Eisenberg
Families and Households - Mary Maynard
The Body - Chris Shilling
Intimate Choices - Ken Plummer
Environmentalism - David Pepper
Social Movements - Abigail Halcli
Social Inequalities - Harriet Bradley
Coming to Terms with Complexity
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