What's New| New section in Chapter 17 on Actor Network Theory showing how some of the abstract ideas from poststructural theory are being used by sociologists such as Bruno Latour.New section in the Appendix on discussing the chaos in theory and the disappearance of identifiable schools. New section on Globalization in Chapter 16. New section in Chapter 8 on Neo-Marxian theories of space, including discussions of Henri Lefebvre, Edward Soja and David Harvey. Completely revised Chapter 2 on Marx to include more examples and historical context, as well as to focus more on exploitation and Marx's materialist conception of history. More mention in the Introduction of the roots of modern theory in such previously under-recognized theorists as DuBois. All chapters updated to include current research on classical and contemporary theory and theorists. |
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