Download or read book Politics, Sociology and Social Theory written by Anthony Giddens and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2013-05-28 with total page 381 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Built upon a series of critical encounters with major figures in classical and present-day social and political thought, this volume offers not only a challenging critique of major traditions of social and political analysis, but unique insights into the ideas which Giddens has developed over the past two decades.