Publishers Polity Press

Lyotard: Towards a Postmodern Ph...

James D. Williams

Cover for James D. Williams · Lyotard: Towards a Postmodern Philosophy - Key Contemporary Thinkers (Paperback Book) (1998)

The Export of Meaning: Cross-Cul...

Cover for T Liebes · The Export of Meaning: Cross-Cultural Readings of Dallas (Paperback Book) (1994)

Global Culture Industry

Cover for Lash · Global Culture Industry (Hardcover Book) (2007)

The Social Structures of the Eco...

Cover for P Bourdieu · The Social Structures of the Economy (Hardcover Book) (2005)

The Power of the Past

Release November 18, 2025

Cover for Andy Wood · The Power of the Past (Paperback Book) (2025)

Baudrillard and the Media: A Cri...

Cover for W Merrin · Baudrillard and the Media: A Critical Introduction (Paperback Book) (2005)

Deadly Symbiosis: The Rise of Ne...

Release January 22, 2026

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Shakespeare and Music

Cover for Sanders · Shakespeare and Music (Hardcover Book) (2007)

The Language Revolution - Themes...

Cover for David Crystal · The Language Revolution - Themes for the 21st Century (Paperback Book) (2004)

The New Western Way of War: Risk...

Cover for M Shaw · The New Western Way of War: Risk-Transfer War and its Crisis in Iraq (Paperback Book) (2005)

Space and Power - Politics, War ...

Cover for Hirst · Space and Power - Politics, War and Architecture (Paperback Book) (2005)

Drugs, Intoxication and Society

Cover for Angus Bancroft · Drugs, Intoxication and Society (Paperback Book) (2009)

The Sociology of Globalization

Cover for Luke Martell · The Sociology of Globalization (Hardcover Book) (2010)

The Art of Shrinking Heads

Cover for DR Dufour · The Art of Shrinking Heads (Paperback Book) (2008)

Political Sociology for a Global...

Cover for M Drake · Political Sociology for a Globalizing World (Hardcover Book) (2010)

Philosophy of Religion: A Critic...

Cover for Beverley Clack · Philosophy of Religion: A Critical Introduction (Hardcover Book) [2nd edition] (2008)

Social Theory in the Twentieth C...

Cover for P Baert · Social Theory in the Twentieth Century and Beyond (Hardcover Book) [2nd edition] (2009)

Promotional Cultures - The Rise ...

Cover for A Davis · Promotional Cultures - The Rise and Spread of Advertising, Public Relations, Marketing and Branding (Hardcover Book) (2013)

Rural People and Communities in ...

Cover for David L. Brown · Rural People and Communities in the 21st Century: Resilience and Transformation (Paperback Book) (2011)

Society in Early Modern England

Philip Withington

Cover for Philip Withington · Society in Early Modern England (Paperback Book) (2010)

Citizenship and Immigration - Im...

Christian Joppke

Cover for Christian Joppke · Citizenship and Immigration - Immigration and Society (Paperback Book) (2010)

Inside the Gas Chambers - Eight ...

Cover for S Venezia · Inside the Gas Chambers - Eight Months in the Sonderkommando of Auschwitz (Hardcover Book) (2009)

Fractured Identities: Changing P...

Harriet Bradley

Cover for Harriet Bradley · Fractured Identities: Changing Patterns of Inequality (Hardcover Book) [2 Rev edition] (2016)

War and Conflict in Africa

Paul D. Williams

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Our Dark Side - A History of Per...

Cover for E Roudinesco · Our Dark Side - A History of Perversion (Paperback Book) (2009)

Presidential Campaign Communicat...

Craig Allen Smith

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Iraq: People, History, Politics ...

Gareth Stansfield

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Coltan - Resources

Cover for Michael Nest · Coltan - Resources (Paperback Book) (2011)

Race: A Philosophical Introduction

Cover for Paul C. Taylor · Race: A Philosophical Introduction (Hardcover Book) [2nd edition] (2013)

Richard Howells

Cover for Richard Howells · Visual Culture (Hardcover Book) [2nd edition] (2011)

Existentialism: An Introduction

Cover for Kevin Aho · Existentialism: An Introduction (Hardcover Book) (2014)

The Financial Crisis: Who is to ...

Cover for Howard Davies · The Financial Crisis: Who is to Blame? (Paperback Book) (2010)

Citizen Witnessing - Revisioning...

Cover for S Allan · Citizen Witnessing - Revisioning Journalism in Times of Crisis (Hardcover Book) (2013)

Social Exclusion - Key Concepts

Release February 24, 2026

Cover for Hilary Silver · Social Exclusion - Key Concepts (Paperback Book) (2026)

Environmental Ethics: An Overvie...

Cover for Robin Attfield · Environmental Ethics: An Overview for the Twenty-First Century (Hardcover Book) [2nd edition] (2014)

Cover for Peter Wagner · Modernity (Paperback Book) (2012)

Social Control - An Introduction 2e

Cover for J Chriss · Social Control - An Introduction 2e (Hardcover Book) [2nd edition] (2013)

Believe and Destroy: Intellectua...

Christian Ingrao

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Social Causes of Health and Disease

William C. Cockerham

Cover for William C. Cockerham · Social Causes of Health and Disease (Hardcover Book) [2nd edition] (2013)

Hermeneutics - Writings and Lect...

Cover for P Ricoeur · Hermeneutics - Writings and Lectures (Hardcover Book) (2013)

Ethics for Ocr Religious Studies...

Cover for Mark Coffey · Ethics for Ocr Religious Studies: the Complete Resource for As and A2 (Paperback Book) (2015)

Against Epistemology: A Metacrit...

Theodor W. Adorno

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Why the World Does Not Exist

Cover for Markus Gabriel · Why the World Does Not Exist (Hardcover Book) (2015)

The Cunning of Uncertainty

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Food & Society - Principles and ...

Cover for AE Guptill · Food & Society - Principles and Paradoxes 2e (Hardcover Book) [2nd edition] (2017)

Human Rights - Key Concepts

Michael Freeman

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Human Rights - Key Concepts

Michael Freeman

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Essential Concepts in Sociology

Anthony Giddens

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