The first two editions of Models of Democracy have proven immensely popular among
students and specialists worldwide. In a succinct and far-reaching analysis, David Held …

The worldwide spread of neoliberalism has transformed economies, polities, and societies
everywhere. In conventional accounts, American and Western European economists, such …

First Published in 2004. This book provides a novel understanding of current thought and
enquiry in the study of popular culture and communications media. The populist sentiments …

This book analyzes the main post-war features of consumption. It traces the historical
development of consumption and discusses the major contributions made by sociologists in …

This welcome second edition of A History of Eastern Europe provides a thematic historical
survey of the formative processes of political, social and economic change which have …

Our experiences as university teachers have revealed two shared observations. First, the
majority of undergraduate geography students have an aversion to studying theory and do …

In this invaluable introduction to the major post-Second World War theories of Third World
development, Peter Preston takes as his focus the strategies used to analyze change in the …

Marvin Harris is arguably the most influential, prolific anthropological theorist of our time.
This book brings together many of the strands of his work of the past two decades into a …

With the publication of Specters of Marx in 1993, Jacques Derrida redeemed a longstanding
pledge to confront Marx's texts directly and in detail. His characteristically bravura …

Colin Sparks provides a challenging reassessment of the impact of the collapse of
communism on the media systems of Eastern Europe. He analyzes both the changes …