Books in the Key Ideas series

Revised edition of the author's Sexuality, 2009.

"With more and more trials and experiments taking place in different countries, this book provides both the theory and context for making sense of different basic income approaches, examining how the policy can be best implemented"--

Revised edition of the author's Community, 2010.

Argues that the virtual has become one of the key organising principles of contemporary society for the public realms of politics and business as well as private life from sex to shopping.

Captures the range of thought appropriate for scrutinizing the ambivalent idea of leisure. Analyzing key definitions, concepts and theories, this title offers the author's theory of liquid leisure, which asks some demanding questions about the present and the future of the idea in people's lives and its role in civil society.

Explores the key issues that arise in debates over modernity and postmodernity. It aims to provide students with an accessible introduction to both the contentious notion of postmodernity and the major themes and issues addressed in associated debates over the limits of modernity.

Most significant problems of contemporary life have their origins in nihilism and its paradoxical logic, which is simultaneously destructive to and constitutive of society. This book develops a systematic account of nihilism in its four main forms: escapism, radical nihilism, passive nihilism and 'perfect nihilism.'

In the modern world our lifestyle helps to define our attitudes and values as well as show our wealth and social position. This introduction to the concept of lifestyle offers a guide to how the term is used in sociological accounts to refer to this modern social form.

'Transnationalism' refers to multiple ties and interactions linking people or institutions across the borders of nation-states. This book surveys the broader meanings of transnationalism within the study of globalization, focusing on migrant transnational practices.

Explains what cosmopolitanism is and why it has grabbed the sociological imagination. This book explores the concept of cosmopolitanism and its application to contemporary issues. It offers a mix of theoretical and socio-political elements that are suitable for students and researchers in the fields of international political theory.

Investigating the social factors that make up the knowledge of children and childhood, this book aims to promote a greater appreciation of this stage of life. Viewing childhood from a social constructionist perspective, it gives a framework through which to understand private attitudes and public policy in relation to the child.