- Provides an authoritative overview of the main themes of social thought.
- Long essays and entries give full coverage to each topic.
- Covers major currents of thought, philosophical and cultural trends, and the individual social sciences from anthropology to welfare economics.
- New edition updates about 200 entries and includes new entries, suggestions for further reading, and a bibliography of all sources cited within the text.

- 858 pages
- English
- PDF
- Available on iOS & Android
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The Blackwell Dictionary of Modern Social Thought
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Modern social thought ranges widely from the social sciences to philosophy, political theories and doctrines, cultural ideas and movements, and the influence of the natural sciences.
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- THE BLACKWELL DICTIONARY OF: MODERN SOCIAL THOUGHT
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