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1. Contemporary Social Theory

   An introduction, 2nd Edition

   By Anthony Elliott

   This book is arguably the definitive undergraduate textbook on contemporary social theory. Written by one of the world’s most acclaimed social theorists, Anthony Elliott provides a dazzlingly accessible and comprehensive introduction to modern social theory from the Frankfurt School to...

   To Be Published October 30th 2013 by Routledge
2. Routledge Handbook of Social and Cultural Theory

   Edited by Anthony Elliott

   Series: Routledge International Handbooks

   The Routledge Handbook of Social and Cultural Theory offers a concise, comprehensive overview of the convergences and divergences of social and cultural theory, and in so doing offers a novel agenda for social and cultural research in the twenty-first century. Key social and cultural theories,...

   To Be Published August 29th 2013 by Routledge
3. Reinvention

   By Anthony Elliott

   Series: Shortcuts

   Ours is the era of ‘reinvention’. From psychotherapy to life coaching, from self-help manuals to cosmetic surgery, and from corporate rebranding to urban redesign: the art of reinvention is inextricably interwoven with the lure of the next frontier, the breakthrough to the next boundary –...

   Published December 6th 2012 by Routledge
4. Routledge Companion to Contemporary Japanese Social Theory

   From Individualization to Globalization in Japan Today

   Edited by Anthony Elliott, Masataka Katagiri, Atsushi Sawai

   Series: Routledge Advances in Sociology

   The Routledge Companion to Contemporary Japanese Social Theory breaks new ground in providing a detailed, systematic appraisal of the major traditions of social theory prominent in Japan today – from theories of identity and individualization to globalization studies. The volume introduces readers...

   Published September 27th 2012 by Routledge
5. Human Security and Climate Change in Southeast Asia

   Managing Risk and Resilience

   Edited by Lorraine Elliott, Mely Caballero-Anthony

   Series: Routledge Security in Asia Pacific Series

   This book makes an important and timely contribution to debates about the relationship between climate change and security in Southeast Asia. It does so through a human security lens, drawing on local and regional expertise to discuss the threats that climate change poses to human security in...

   Published August 5th 2012 by Routledge
6. Routledge Handbook of Identity Studies

   Edited by Anthony Elliott

   Series: Routledge International Handbooks

   The Routledge Handbook of Identity Studies offers an exceptionally clear overview of the analysis of identity in the social sciences, and in so doing seeks to develop a new agenda for identity-studies in the twenty-first century. The key theories of identity, ranging from classical accounts to...

   Published June 22nd 2011 by Routledge
7. Mobile Lives

   By Anthony Elliott, John Urry

   Series: International Library of Sociology

   How should we understand the personal and social impacts of complex mobility systems? Can lifestyles based around intensive travel, transport and tourism be maintained in the 21st century? What possibility post-carbon lifestyles? In this provocative study of "life on the move", Anthony Elliott and...

   Published May 13th 2010 by Routledge
8. Globalization

   A Reader

   Edited by Charles Lemert, Anthony Elliott, Daniel Chaffee, Eric Hsu

   Expected to become a classic in the field and the classroom standard for teachers and their students, this book offers the most comprehensive, engaging selection of classic and contemporary readings on globalization currently available. Here, for the first time in print, is the full historical...

   Published March 28th 2010 by Routledge
9. The Routledge Companion to Social Theory

   Edited by Anthony Elliott

   Series: Routledge Companions

   The Routledge Companion to Social Theory provides an authoritative, comprehensive and provocative introduction to the key traditions of thought in social theory today. This ground-breaking reference work brings together major contributors, both established and emergent new voices, to reflect on the...

   Published November 17th 2009 by Routledge
10. The New Individualism

    The Emotional Costs of Globalization REVISED EDITION, 2nd Edition

    By Anthony Elliott, Prof Charles Lemert

    This is a new and revised edition of a book which has had a major impact upon the social sciences and public political debate. Anthony Elliott and Charles Lemert's THE NEW INDIVIDUALISM inspired readers with the dramatic suggestion that 'the reinvention craze' - from self-help and therapy culture...

    Published July 16th 2009 by Routledge