An Age of Limits

Social Theory for the 21st Century
2013. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-0-230-36060-0
Verlag: Palgrave MacMillan UK

Buch, Englisch, 257 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 4385 g

An Age of Limits outlines a new social theory for understanding contemporary society. Providing an analysis of why political, economic and cultural powers face constraints across the global North and beyond, this bold book argues that forces which address current challenges must confront the limits of the interplay between dominant institutions.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Schroeder, R.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein Gesellschaftstheorie
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Theorie, Politische Philosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Sozialphilosophie, Politische Philosophie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. From the Birth of the Modern World to the Age of Limits 2. Convergence and Divergence 3. The Paths towards Pluralist Democracy: Liberal versus Radical Interpretations 4. Free and Unfree Markets 5. The Paradoxes of Science, Technology and Social Change 6. The Limits to Transforming the Environment 7. Three Cultures 8. Modernization and the Politics of Development 9. Social Theory in the Face of the Future

Über Autor(innen)

Ralph Schroeder is Professor at the Oxford Internet Institute at the University of Oxford, UK. He is author of , , (edited with Ann-Sofie Axelsson), and, with Eric Meyer, Networks .