Key Concepts (Polity) Series

50 primary works • 50 total works

Key Concepts is a series of concise and accessible textbooks exploring core concepts in the social sciences. The books focus on concepts that have a high degree of complexity surrounding them, and they get to the heart of debates about meaning and usage.
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Socialization

by Muriel Darmon

4.00 · 1 Ratings · 2 editions

How does society form and transform individuals? S…

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Class

by Will Atkinson

3.66 · 35 Ratings · 3 Reviews · published 2015 · 13 editions

Class is not only amongst the oldest and most cont…

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Ideology

by Marius S Ostrowski

4.00 · 2 Ratings · 1 edition

Over its long history, the concept of ideology has…

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Human Rights: An Interdisciplinary Approach

by Michael Freeman

3.66 · 115 Ratings · 7 Reviews · published 2002 · 28 editions

Human Rights is an introductory text that is both …

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Poverty

by Ruth Lister

4.21 · 24 Ratings · 2 Reviews · published 2004 · 10 editions

Poverty remains one of the most urgent issues of o…

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Concepts of the Self

by Anthony Elliott

3.65 · 60 Ratings · 6 Reviews · published 2001 · 22 editions

New edition of a successful key concepts book.
Clea…

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Social Capital

by Joonmo Son

5.00 · 1 Ratings · 3 editions

Social capital is a principal concept across the s…

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Intersectionality

by Patricia Hill Collins

4.04 · 515 Ratings · 55 Reviews · published 2016 · 26 editions

The concept of intersectionality has become a hot …

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Civil Disobedience

by William E. Scheuerman

4.06 · 17 Ratings · 7 editions

What is civil disobedience? Although Mahatma Gandh…

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Neoliberalism

by Damien Cahill

3.73 · 22 Ratings · 5 Reviews · 5 editions

For over three decades neoliberalism has been the …

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Sustainability

by Leslie Paul Thiele

3.37 · 51 Ratings · 4 Reviews · published 2013 · 18 editions

The pursuit of sustainability has generated lifest…

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Crime, The Mystery of the Common-Sense Concept

by Robert Reiner

3.17 · 6 Ratings · 8 editions

Crime is a source of endless fascination and fear.…

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Childhood

by Michael Wyness

4.25 · 4 Ratings · published 2014 · 7 editions

What is childhood? In recent years, a cluster of c…

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Toleration

by Andrew Jason Cohen

4.25 · 8 Ratings · 2 Reviews · published 2014 · 12 editions

In this engaging and comprehensive introduction to…

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Recognition

by Cillian Mcbride

0.00 · published 2013 · 6 editions

A tension between the desire to be respected as an…

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Ageing

by Christopher Phillipson

4.40 · 5 Ratings · 1 Reviews · published 2013 · 6 editions

Ageing populations represent a key global challeng…

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The City

by Deborah Stevenson

3.17 · 12 Ratings · published 2012 · 6 editions

This book is a fresh and engaging analysis of the …

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Gender

by Harriet Bradley

3.40 · 42 Ratings · 5 Reviews · published 1998 · 15 editions

Gender issues have become an increasingly prominen…

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Global Governance

by Timothy Sinclair

3.00 · 9 Ratings · 1 Reviews · published 2004 · 14 editions

In today’s uncertain world, the concept of global …

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Work: A Critique

by Steven Peter Vallas

4.17 · 12 Ratings · published 2011 · 7 editions

This book provides a critical overview of the myri…

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Mental Illness

by Joan Busfield

4.25 · 4 Ratings · 1 Reviews · published 2011 · 3 editions

Mental illness is a highly controversial and conte…

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Welfare

by Mary Daly

4.67 · 3 Ratings · published 2011 · 6 editions

Welfare is an important concept in the social scie…

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Nationalism (Polity Key Concepts in the Social Sciences series) by Anthony D. Smith

by Anthony D. Smith

4.00 · 5 Ratings · 8 editions

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Ethnicity

by Steve Fenton

3.50 · 2 Ratings · published 1999 · 7 editions

The phrase 'ethnic groupO is now part of daily new…

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Development

by Anthony Payne

3.67 · 18 Ratings · 3 Reviews · published 2008 · 10 editions

The concept of development has never been in great…

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Risk

by Jakob Arnoldi

4.00 · 9 Ratings · published 2009 · 11 editions

This book gives a comprehensive yet easily accessi…

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Youth

by Gill Jones

4.00 · 4 Ratings · published 2009 · 12 editions

This accessible book takes a fresh and original ap…

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Capitalism: With a New Postscript on the Financial Crisis and Its Aftermath

by Geoffrey Ingham

3.91 · 35 Ratings · 3 Reviews · published 2008 · 10 editions

Now with a substantial new postscript on the finan…

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Representation

by Monica Brito Vieira

3.67 · 15 Ratings · 1 Reviews · published 2013 · 10 editions

What is representation? What does it mean when a p…

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Fundamentalism

by Steve Bruce

3.45 · 29 Ratings · 1 Reviews · published 2001 · 17 editions

The new edition of Steve Bruce's Fundamentalism gr…

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Freedom: Contemporary Liberal Perspectives

by Katrin Flikschuh

4.00 · 5 Ratings · published 2007 · 10 editions

In this engaging new book, Katrin Flikschuh offers…

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Care

by Judith Phillips

3.20 · 5 Ratings · published 2007 · 4 editions

Care is a diverse and evolving concept. It is take…

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Sovereignty: The Evolution of an Idea

by Robert Jackson

3.28 · 32 Ratings · 4 Reviews · published 2007 · 13 editions

Sovereignty is at the very centre of the political…

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Empire

by Alejandro Colás

3.60 · 10 Ratings · 1 Reviews · published 2006 · 5 editions

The notion of empire has in recent years taken on …

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Equality

by Stuart White

3.25 · 8 Ratings · 1 Reviews · published 2006 · 3 editions

The demand for equality is central to modern polit…

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Global Justice

by Jon Mandle

3.62 · 8 Ratings · published 2006 · 6 editions

Global justice has become one of the most pressing…

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Trust

by Russell Hardin

3.47 · 15 Ratings · 1 Reviews · published 2006 · 2 editions

Can we trust our elected representatives or is pub…

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Minority Rights: Between Diversity and Community

by Jennifer Jackson Preece

3.69 · 13 Ratings · 1 Reviews · published 2005 · 7 editions

The question of minority rights is one of the grea…

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The Market

by Alan Aldridge

4.00 · 2 Ratings · published 2005 · 5 editions

The Market addresses one of the most controversial…

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The People

by Margaret Canovan

3.82 · 28 Ratings · 4 Reviews · published 2005 · 3 editions

This groundbreaking study sets out to clarify one …

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Justice

by Harry Brighouse

3.94 · 17 Ratings · 3 Reviews · published 2005 · 6 editions

Justice is a concise and accessible introduction t…

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Liberalism

by Paul Kelly

3.43 · 7 Ratings · 3 Reviews · published 2004 · 3 editions

Liberalism is an innovative introductory textbook …

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المجتمع الشبكي

by Darin Barney

3.65 · 34 Ratings · 4 Reviews · published 2004 · 11 editions

كتاب "المجتمع الشبكي" من سلسلة "ترجمان" هو الترجمة…

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Culture

by Fred Inglis

3.88 · 8 Ratings · published 2004 · 8 editions

Culture, Raymond Williams once wrote, is one of th…

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Governance

by Anne Mette Kjaer

3.62 · 24 Ratings · 1 Reviews · published 2004 · 8 editions

Governance is an easy-to read introduction to an i…

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Time

by Barbara Adam

3.81 · 21 Ratings · 1 Reviews · published 2004 · 4 editions

What is time? How has our relationship to time cha…

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Consumption

by Alan Aldridge

3.80 · 10 Ratings · published 2003 · 4 editions

This book provides a clear and concise introductio…

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Democracy

by Michael Saward

3.43 · 7 Ratings · published 2002 · 6 editions

This new textbook invites readers to explore their…

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Disability

by Colin Barnes

4.14 · 21 Ratings · 4 Reviews · published 2002 · 13 editions

For most of the twentieth century, people with dis…

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Power

by John P. Scott

3.38 · 29 Ratings · 1 Reviews · published 1994 · 9 editions

This far-reaching study gives a concise and cohere…

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Shelve Intersectionality

Shelve Civil Disobedience

Shelve Neoliberalism

Shelve Sustainability

Shelve Crime, The Mystery of the Common-Sense Concept

Shelve Childhood

Shelve Toleration

Shelve Recognition

Shelve Ageing

Shelve The City

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Shelve Global Governance

Shelve Work: A Critique

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