This book tackles one of the most pressing issues currently facing centre-left governments: social inequality. At a time when the traditional mechanisms of social cohesion have been undermined by greater individualism, the globalization of production,...
The most accessible book yet by one of the most influential thinkers of our time, Runaway World evaluates the ever-increasing impact of globalization today. Extending his arguments beyond the merely economic, Giddens shows how our growing interdependence...
This work clearly sets out future directions for New Labour. Anthony Giddens makes a case for changing the way we think about politics in the UK and encourages a comparative approach to the assessment of New Labour.
Giddens shows that developing a third way is not only a possibility but a necessity in modern politics. The third way represents the renewal of social democracy where the views of the old left have become obsolete and those of the new right are inadequate...
Political radicals are normally thought of as Left-wing. In the 1990s, however, the Left seems more defensive, while the Right has become radical. This book presents a framework for radical politics, drawing on
The theme of reflexivity has come to be central to social analysis. In this book three prominent social thinkers discuss the implications of "reflexive modernization" for social and cultural theory today.
"It is likely that this book will be regarded as the most important piece of grand sociological theory in English of the past decade."âMark Poster, University of California
This is the only collection of Durkheim's writings to draw upon the whole body of his work. Many of the texts in the book are here translated for the first time. Dr. Giddens takes his selections from a wide variety of sources and includes a number...