* A major new book that explores the relations between cosmopolitanism and culture. * Examines the ways in which major developments associated with globalization - such as immigration and terrorism - have had an impact on contemporary art.

The Welfare State Reader has rapidly established itself as vital source of outstanding original research. In the second edition of this highly respected reader, Pierson and Castles have comprehensively overhauled the content, bringing it wholly up-to-date with contemporary discussions about this most crucial area of social and political life.

Explores the causes of the crisis in the world's fisheries, and what needs to be done to address the situation. This title explains the structure of the fishing industry, the incentives that persuade individuals or companies to catch fish at unsustainable levels.

In this new book, Ulrich Beck develops his now widely used concepts of second modernity, risk society and reflexive sociology into a radical new sociological analysis of the cosmopolitan implications of globalization.

* This book is a cutting-edge critical analysis of our contemporary networked world. * Why are so many people so obsessed with social network sites like Facebook? Lovink dissects our collective obsession with identity and self-management together with the fragmentation and information overload endemic to contemporary online culture.

aeo The first book to engage the study of childhood with central issues of sociological theory. aeo The three authors are highly respected and widely read in this area. aeo The book draws together an enormous amount of international research.

Zygmunt Bauman is one of the leading figures in contemporary social thought. His work ranges across issues of ethics, culture and politics. It never forgets that social thought ought to help men and women make sense of their lives and aspire towards something different.

Explores the causes of the crisis in the world's fisheries, and what needs to be done to address the situation. This title explains the structure of the fishing industry, the incentives that persuade individuals or companies to catch fish at unsustainable levels.

New medical technologies are increasingly at the centre of novel transformations in the human and social body. Whilst reproduction, health, ageing and dying have long been areas for technical intervention, the emergence of molecular biology and information technology raise far--reaching political, social and subjective questions.