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Welcome to our Social Theory publishing program.
Take a look inside at teaching and learning tools that:

  • Reflect our high scholarly standards
  • Speak effectively to today's college students
  • Represent the most current pedagogical trends

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Social Theory

Social Theory: Roots and Branches

Fifth Edition

Peter Kivisto

 
Critical Social Theories

Critical Social Theories

Third Edition

Ben Agger

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Approaches to Social Research

Sixth Edition

Retail Price to Students:

$179.99

Royce A. Singleton and Bruce C. Straits

9780190614249
Hardcover
27 June 2017

A rigorous yet accessible research methods text for advanced students in the social sciences

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Writing in the Social Sciences: A Guide for Term Papers and Book Reviews

Second Edition

Retail Price to Students:

$79.99

Jake Muller

9780199009862
Paperback
01 December 2014

A clear, step-by-step guide to the entire writing process, ideal for social science students new to academic writing

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Discovering Qualitative Methods: Ethnography, Interviews, Documents, and Images

Third Edition

Retail Price to Students:

$99.99

Carol A. B. Warren and Tracy Xavia Karner

9780199349623
Paperback
28 May 2014

A rigorous but student-friendly and affordable introduction to qualitative research methods

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The Practice of Research: How Social Scientists Answer Their Questions

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$69.99

Shamus Khan and Dana R. Fisher

9780199827411
Paperback
29 July 2013

The most student-oriented methods reader to use first-person accounts to describe the actual research experience

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Critical Social Theories

Third Edition

Retail Price to Students:

$109.99

Ben Agger

9780199300808
Paperback
14 June 2013

A comprehensive analysis of today's leading critical social theories

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Understanding Society: A Survey of Modern Social Theory

Second Edition

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$149.99

Douglas Mann

9780195432503
Paperback
05 January 2011

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The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism

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$39.99

Max Weber and Stephen Kalberg

9780199747252
Paperback
01 July 2010

The most accurate and reader-friendly translation of The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism, by renowned Weber scholar Stephen Kalberg

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Observing the Observer: Understanding Our Selves in Field Research

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$94.99

Shulamit Reinharz

9780195397802
Paperback
05 May 2010

The only book that covers the issue of "reflexivity" in field research

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The Making of Social Theory: Order, Reason, and Desire

Second Edition

Retail Price to Students:

$179.99

Anthony Thomson

9780195430301
Paperback
12 March 2010

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The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism with Other Writings on the Rise of the West

Fourth Edition

Retail Price to Students:

$69.99

Max Weber

9780195332537
Paperback
04 September 2008

For the first time in one volume, this engaging text integrates Weber's exploration of the spirit of capitalism's origins with his larger project: a multi-causal analysis of the West's distinctiveness and its sources.

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Classical Sociological Theory

Second Edition

Retail Price to Students:

$149.99

Michael S. Kimmel

9780195187854
Paperback
20 October 2006

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Hobbes: A Very Short Introduction

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$11.95

Richard Tuck

9780192802552
Paperback
29 August 2002

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Rousseau: A Very Short Introduction

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$11.95

Robert Wokler

9780192801982
Paperback
06 December 2001

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Marx: A Very Short Introduction

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$11.95

Peter Singer

9780192854056
Paperback
18 January 2001

An eminent philosopher offers a brilliant, compact introduciton to the thinking of Karl Marx

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The Craft of Inquiry: Theories, Methods, Evidence

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$94.99

Robert R. Alford

9780195119039
Paperback
05 March 1998

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Classical Social Theory

Retail Price to Students:

$119.99

Ian Craib

9780198781172
Paperback
03 July 1997

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Four Sociological Traditions

Revised and Expanded Edition of Three Sociological Traditions

Retail Price to Students:

$89.99

Randall Collins

9780195082081
Paperback
03 March 1994

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Four Sociological Traditions: Selected Readings

Revised and Expanded Edition of Three Sociological Traditions

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$89.99

Randall Collins

9780195087024
Paperback
03 March 1994

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Feminist Methods in Social Research

Retail Price to Students:

$139.99

Shulamit Reinharz

9780195073867
Paperback
30 April 1992

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Sociological Insight: An Introduction to Non-Obvious Sociology

Second Edition

Retail Price to Students:

$69.99

Randall Collins

9780195074420
Paperback
02 April 1992

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