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1. Elusive Universality

   By Ernesto Laclau

   August 2011 | 978-0-415-22877-0 | Paperback (Routledge)

2. Security, War and Technology: Paul Virilio and the Global Politics of Disappearance

   By Mark Lacy

   This book analyses some of the key problems explored in Paul Virilio’s theorising on war and security. Virilio is one of the most challenging and provocative critics of technology, war and globalization. While many commentators focus on the new possibilities for mobility and communication in an...

   August 2011 | 978-0-415-57604-8 | Hardback (Routledge)

3. Opening the Black Box: The Everyday Life of Surveillance

   By Gavin Smith

   Social control has, in recent times, undergone a series of technological transformations. Closed Circuit Television (CCTV) which has become a common feature of the urban landscape is one such innovation. Substantial capital is invested in vast networks of surveillance cameras in a bid to shape...

   August 2011 | 978-0-415-58729-7 | Hardback (Routledge)

4. Sport, Culture and Society: An Introduction, 2nd Edition

   By Grant Jarvie

   It is impossible to fully understand contemporary society and culture without acknowledging the place of sport. Sport is part of our social and cultural fabric, possessing a social and commercial power that makes it a potent force in the world, for good and for bad. Sport has helped to start wars...

   July 2011 | 978-0-415-48393-3 | Paperback (Routledge)
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   Concept Formation in Social Science (Routledge Revivals)

   By William Outhwaite

   First published in 1983, this book examines the problems of concept formation in the social sciences, and in particular sociology, from the standpoint of a realistic philsophy of science. Beginning with a discussion of positivistic, hermeneutic, rationalist and realistic philsophies of science, Dr...

   July 2011 | 978-0-415-61126-8 | Paperback (Routledge)
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   Max Weber on Economy and Society (Routledge Revivals)

   By Robert Holton, Bryan Turner

   First published in 1989, this reissue concerns itself with the relevance of Max Weber's sociology for the understanding of modern times. The book outlines key tennets of Weber's sociology and points to the valuable legacy of Weber's thought in contemporary intellectual debate,...

   July 2011 | 978-0-415-61127-5 | Paperback (Routledge)

7. Max Weber: Collected Methodological Writings

   Edited by Sam Whimster

   July 2011 | 978-0-415-47898-4 | Hardback (Routledge)

8. Economy and Society: The Final Version by Max Weber

   Edited by Sam Whimster

   Economy and Society: The Final Version represents the codification of Weber’s thinking on the fundamental topics of social science: sociology as an interpretative science of society the economy treated in an interpretative manner the legitimacy of rulership and power the formation of class,...

   July 2011 | 978-0-415-42548-3 | Hardback (Routledge)

9. The Sociology of Music

   This new and musicologically informed version presents for the first time an accurate translation of a key text within Max Webers cultural sociology. This influential text examines the harmonic and melodic principles of literate Western art music in a...

   July 2011 | 978-0-415-57236-1 | Hardback (Routledge)
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    Race, Ethnicity and Social Theory: Theorizing the Other

    By John Solomos

    In Race, Ethnicity and Social Theory John Solomos provides a critical and comprehensive overview of recent theorising and debate about the role of race and ethnicity in contemporary societies. Written in an accessible style and drawing on a wide range of both theoretical and empirically focused...

    June 2011 | 978-1-85728-633-5 | Paperback (Routledge)