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Major Works: Political Sociology

You are currently browsing 1–10 of 34 new and published major works in the subject of Political Sociology — sorted by publish date from newer books to older books.

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Routledge Major Works has a strong international focus and each of the sets is edited by a leading expert in their field. This publishing programme continues to grow with new book series being created all the time. Worthy mentions include a new Sports Studies and Construction Series.

Titles published by Routledge Major Works cover an abundance of literature on leading and influential figures, key concepts, topics and sub-disciplines across the social sciences, humanities, behavioural sciences and law.

New and Published Books

  1. The Popular and the Political Routledge Library Editions: Political Science Volume 43

    By Michael Prior

    The failure of the left in Britain to achieve its objectives in the past, and the rapidly changing nature of popular involvement in politics in recent years, both suggest the need for a reappraisal of socialist strategy in the 1980s. The Popular and the Political explores the need to redefine...

    Published March 21st 2013 by Routledge

  2. Aspects of Toleration Routledge Library Editions: Political Science Volume 41

    Edited by John Horton, Susan Mendus

    Originally published in 1985, these essays relate philosophical questions about the meaning and justification of toleration to debates about such issues as religious freedom, racial discrimination, pornography and censorship. Many take their point of departure from classic works, especially J S...

    Published July 12th 2012 by Routledge

  3. Labour Theory of Culture Routledge Library Editions: Political Science Volume 42

    By Charles Woolfson

    Despite its importance in understanding the social relations of labour little attention has been paid by Western Marxists to evolutionary theory. Taking as a starting point an unfinished essay by Engels, the author argues that the human species must be seen as discontinuous with its nearest...

    Published July 12th 2012 by Routledge

  4. Race and Politics Routledge Library Editions: Political Science: Volume 38

    By Muhammad Anwar

    This book examines immigration and settlement patterns in Britain and at the civic position of ethnic minorities by outlining the development of race relations in the political context. It analyses the numbers, turnout patterns, voting behaviour and attitudes of the ethnic minorities to the...

    Published July 12th 2012 by Routledge

  5. Redefining Politics Routledge Library Editions: Political Science Volume 45

    By Adrian Leftwich

    This book challenges conventional conceptions of politics which focus largely on the institutions of government and the associated struggles for power around them. It argues that politics is involved in all the activities of cooperation and conflict whereby people organize the use, production and...

    Published July 12th 2012 by Routledge

  6. Capital and Politics Routledge Library Editions: Political Science Volume 44

    Edited by Roger King

    The main theme of this book is the relationship between capital and government in Britain, particularly the practice and organisation of capital in both national and local political processes. The chapters are primarily empirical in focus and deal with such topics as power, policy and the City of...

    Published July 12th 2012 by Routledge

  7. Political Discipline in a Free Society (Routledge Library Editions: Political Science Volume 40)

    By H. J. Blackham

    This book traces the rise and fall of political philosophies since the 17th century. The second part of the book shows how the general technique of cumulative learning from experience applies to social legislation and social services, party politics to defence strategy and to the trends that follow...

    Published July 12th 2012 by Routledge

  8. The Political Sciences Routledge Library Editions: Political Science vol 46

    General Principles of Selection in Social Science and History

    By Hugh Stretton

    Social science is a social activity as well as a method of discovery. The researchers’ values and politics colour their work and so do their choices of scientific method. This book is about both – the technical effects of values and the political effects of technique. The author reports what social...

    Published July 12th 2012 by Routledge

  9. The Language of Politics Routledge Library Editions: Political Science Volume 39

    By James T. Boulton

    This book focuses on the literature produced at the time of the controversy over Wilkes and the Middlesex elections and by the debate in England over the French Revolution. Writings by Junius, Johnson, Burke, Paine, Mackintosh, Wollstonecraft and Arthur Young among others are examined in order to...

    Published July 12th 2012 by Routledge

  10. Woman Citizen's Library (ES 6-vol. set)

    ? Planned and published by the Civics Society in Chicago from 1913 to 1914, this is a series of publications for the leaders of the women’s movement offering advice to American women on everything they should learn at the time when they were just about to obtain woman suffrage. ? In a total of...

    Published March 14th 2011 by Edition Synapse

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Forthcoming Books

  1. Politics and the Internet
    Edited by William H. Dutton
    To Be Published November 14th 2013
  2. Social Transformation in China
    Edited by Jieyu Liu
    To Be Published November 14th 2013

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