Politics and Social Theory: The Inescapably Social, the Irreducibly Political
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Politics and Social Theory: The Inescapably Social, the Irreducibly Political
By (Author) Will Leggett
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Red Globe Press
23rd December 2016
United Kingdom
Classifications
Tertiary Education
Non Fiction
Political science and theory
Social and political philosophy
303
Physical Properties
Hardback
184
Width 156mm, Height 234mm
463g
Description
Under present social conditions, neither social theorists nor political scientists can afford to ignore one another. This bookis a clear, structured accountof the relationship between politics and social theory, examining both the political content of social theory, and how social theory has illuminated our understanding of politics.
Author Bio
WILL LEGGETT is Senior Lecturer in Sociology in the School of Government and Society, University of Birmingham, UK and author of After New Labour: Social Theory and Centre-Left Politics. He researches and teaches in the fields of political sociology and social and political theory, and has particular interests in the relationship between social change, ideology and political identities and action. More recently he has focused on the rise of 'behaviour change' as a political objective: his 'The politics of behaviour change: nudge, neoliberalism and the state', won the 2015 Ken Young Prize for the best article in the journal Policy & Politics.
