Interrogating the Global Social Challenges
The Age of Crisis
$48.86
- Paperback
260 pages
- Release Date
26 June 2026
Summary
How can sociological thinking help us make sense of today’s biggest global challenges?
In what is understood as ‘an age of crisis’, headlines are dominated by topics such as climate change, migration, radicalisation and inequality. These topics are core to sociology, yet sociological insights are drowned out in public debate frequently dominated by technological optimism, economic rhetoric or polarising politics.
This accessibly written textbook centres the sociological voice.…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781529252736 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1529252733 |
| Author: | Richie Nimmo, Helen Holmes, Elisa Pieri, Barbora Černušáková, Isha Bhallamudi, Bridget Byrne, Siobhan O’Neill, Briony Hannell, Tine Buffel, Chris Phillipson |
| Publisher: | Bristol University Press |
| Imprint: | Bristol University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 260 |
| Release Date: | 26 June 2026 |
| Dimensions: | 156mm x 234mm |
Critics Review
‘To resist environmental collapse and challenge devastating inequalities requires facts, analysis and sociological imagination. This brilliant collection offers all three. Thought-provoking, evidence-based, and accessible, it is a powerful resource to build more hopeful futures. Sociology at its best.’ Bridget Anderson, University of Bristol
Richie Nimmo
Kevin Gillan is a Senior Lecturer in Sociology at the University of Manchester.
Vanessa May is Professor of Sociology at the University of Manchester and a member of the Morgan Centre for Research into Everyday Lives.
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