This is the first handbook focussing on classical social theory. It offers extensive discussions of debates, arguments, and discussions in classical theory and

The Handbook of Social Theory presents an authoritative and panoramic critical survey of the development, achievement and prospects of social theory.

This comprehensive collection of classical sociological theory is a definitive guide to the roots of sociology from its undisciplined beginnings to its current

We live in a society of organisations, organisations which have profound and pervasive effects on our lives at work and beyond. Contemporary society and its org

This Handbook provides the hidden common threads that tie sociological inquiry together and featuring eminent scholars, it separates itself from its predecessor