Pip Jones & Liz Bradbury 
Introducing Social Theory 

This revised edition of this extremely popular introduction to social theory has been carefully and thoroughly updated with the latest developments in this continually changing field. Written in a refreshingly lucid and engaging style, Introducing Social Theory provides readers with a wide-ranging, well organized and thematic introduction to all the major thinkers, issues and debates in classical and contemporary social theory.

Introducing Social Theory traces the development of social theorizing from the classical ideas about modernity of Durkheim, Marx and Weber, right up to a uniquely accessible review of contemporary theoretical controversies in sociology surrounding postcolonialism, gender and feminist theories, and public sociology.

Introducing Social Theory is the ideal textbook for students at all levels taking courses in sociology, from A-level students to undergraduates, who are looking to engage with social theory. Remarkably easy to follow and understand, the new edition lives up to its predecessors’ goal that students need never be intimidated by social theory again.

Table of Content

* 1. An Introduction to Sociological Theories

* 2. Marx and Marxism

* 3. Max Weber

* 4. Emile Durkheim

* 5. Interpretive Sociology: Action Theories

* 6. Language, Discourse and Power in Modernity: Jürgen Habermas and Michel Foucault

* 7. Social Structures and Social Action

* 8. Feminist and Gender Theories

* 9. Sociology and Its Publics

About the author

Pip Jones is a former Principal Lecturer in Sociology at Anglia Ruskin University
Liz Bradbury is a Principal Lecturer in Sociology at Anglia Ruskin University