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Contested Knowledge: Social Theory Today, 4th EditionISBN: 978-1-4443-5882-7
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328 pages
September 2011, Wiley-Blackwell
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Contested Knowledge is a well-established text offering up-to-date perspectives on social theory by one of the most important thinkers of our time. This fourth edition includes an exploration of globalization and a new section on the theories of global and world order. It provides a thoughtful and rigorous, yet highly accessible and reader-friendly account of social theory.
* Responds to current issues, debates, and new social movements
* Reviews sociological theory from a truly contemporary perspective
* Examines both classical and contemporary theories
* Combines social analysis and moral advocacy to demonstrate how social theory contributes to the making of a better world
* Challenges social scientists to renew their commitment to the important moral and political role social knowledge plays in public life
* A thoughtful and rigorous, yet highly accessible and reader-friendly account of social theory
* An accompanying website containing additional support for lecturers and students is available at www.blackwellpublishing.com/seidman
* Responds to current issues, debates, and new social movements
* Reviews sociological theory from a truly contemporary perspective
* Examines both classical and contemporary theories
* Combines social analysis and moral advocacy to demonstrate how social theory contributes to the making of a better world
* Challenges social scientists to renew their commitment to the important moral and political role social knowledge plays in public life
* A thoughtful and rigorous, yet highly accessible and reader-friendly account of social theory
* An accompanying website containing additional support for lecturers and students is available at www.blackwellpublishing.com/seidman
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