Books by Michael E. Brown

Provides original and critical analysis of the state of the social sciences and the humanities. This book examines the different disciplines that address human affairs - from sociology, philosophy, political science, and anthropology to the humanities in general - to understand their common ground.

The American welfare state is often blamed for exacerbating social problems confronting African Americans while failing to improve their economic lot. Michael K. Brown contends that our welfare system has in fact denied them the social provision it...

Examines the methods, controversies and difficulties involved in writing the history of communism. This book develops the idea of history as an immanent feature of human activities. It offers a distinctive approach to the connections between social theory, criticism, and historiography and to what is "social" about "social movements."