Social Theory and Modern Sociology

In this book, Anthony Giddens addresses a range of issues concerning current developments in social theory, relating them to the prospects for sociology in the closing decades of the twentieth century.

Composed fo closely integrated papers, all written over the past four years, the book inlcudes seven essays not previously published, plus two that have not appeared in English before.

In assessing the likely future evoltuion of sociology in particular, and the social sciences in general, the...