'This little book is full of insights about who we are and where we are going.' - Financial Times The most accessible book yet by one of the most influential thinkers of our time, Runaway World evaluates the ever-increasing impact of globalization today. Extending his arguments beyond the merely ec[...]

Anthony Giddens has been in the forefront of developments in social theory for the past decade. In "The Constitution of Society" he outlines the distinctive position he has evolved during that period and offers a full statement of a major new perspective in social thought, a synthesis and elaboratio[...]

Giddens’s analysis of the writings of Marx, Durkheim and Weber has become the classic text for any student seeking to understand the three thinkers who established the basic framework of contemporary sociology. The first three sections of the book, based on close textual examination of the orig[...]

Anthony Giddens has been in the forefront of developments in social theory for the past decade.

Social theory has undergone dramatic changes over the past fifteen years. The aim of this book is to provide a comprehensive survey of those changes, and an authoritative statement on current trends of development in social thought. The contents of the book range in a systematic way across the major[...]

In this major theoretical statement, the author offers a new and provocative interpretation of the institutional transformations associated with modernity. We do not as yet, he argues, live in a post--modern world.[...]

This is a new and revised edition of a book which has already established itself as a basic text in social theory. The first section of the work provides a concise critical analysis of some leading schools of thought in social philosophy, giving particular attention to phenomenology, ethnomethodolog[...]

Political radicals are normally thought of as Left-wing. In the 1990s, however, the Left seems more defensive, while the Right has become radical. This book presents a framework for radical politics, drawing on "philosophic conservatism", and applies this to values usually associated with the Left.[...]

The idea of finding a a third waya in politics has been widely discussed over recent months -- not only in the UK, but in the US, Continental Europe and Latin America. But what is the third way? Supporters of the notion havena t been able to agree, and critics deny the possibility altogether. Antho[...]

The idea of finding a "third way" in politics has become a focus of discussion across the world. Political leaders, in the US, Europe, Asia and Latin America claim to be following its principles. Yet the notion has also attracted much criticism. In this book, the author responds to the critics.[...]