In this book Anthony Giddens addresses a range of issues concerning current developments in social theory, relating them to the prospects for sociology in the closing decades of the twentieth century.Composed of closely integrated papers, all written over the past few years, the book includes seven
Social Theory and Modern Sociology
โ Scribed by Anthony Giddens
- Publisher
- Polity
- Year
- 1991
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 310
- Edition
- 1
- Category
- Library
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