num_pages: 224
description: This book provides a critical assessment of contemporary social theory for students in the social sciences. Delanty examines the writings of a number of key contemporary thinkers, including Habermas, Foucault, Bauman, Touraine, Giddens and Beck, and provides a clear account of the strengths and limitations of their work.
language: English
title: Social Theory in a Changing World: Conceptions of Modernity
titlecomplete: Social Theory in a Changing World: Conceptions of Modernity
genres: Sociology
ratings_count: 3
publisher: Polity