Cover; Table of Contents; 1 -- Introduction: The 'Reality' of Social Theory; 2 -- A Mass Society?; 3 -- A Post-Industrial Society?; 4 -- A Consumer Society?; 5 -- A Post-Modern 'Society'?; 6 -- A McDonaldized Society?; 7 -- A Risk Society?; 8 -- A Global Society?; 9 -- Theorizing for 'Real'; References; Index
Summary
The author demonstrates that social theory need not be remote and obscure, but if used in imaginative ways, can be indispensable in challenging our common sense perceptions and understandings
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 176-183) and index
