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Preface=ix
Notes on contributors=x
1. Theory, theorists and themes: a user's guide to understanding the present/Gary Browning;Abigail Halcli;Frank Webster=1
Part I: Theories=25
The present as post=25
2. Post-modernism: a guide for the perplexed/Christopher Norris=25
3. Post-feminism/Michegravele Barrett=46
4. Post-history: living at the end/Krishan Kumar=57
5. Post-Marxism/Terrell Carver=71
6. Post-colonialism and beyond/Don Robotham=84
Explanation and understanding=97
7. Reflexive modernization/Ted Benton=97
8. Narrative/Susan Stephenson=112
9. Rational choice theory/John Scott=126
10. Complexity theory/Tim Blackman=139
Reconceiving the political=152
11. Contemporary liberalism/Gary Browning=152
12. Democracy: liberal and direct/Nick Hewlett=165
13. Communitarianism/Elizabeth Frazer=178
14. New thinking in international relations theory/Kimberly Hutchings=191
15. Utopia and dystopia/Stephen Crook=205
Part II: Themes=221
Characterizing the present=221
16. Post-modernity/David Lyon=221
17. Globalization/Barrie Axford=238
18. Restructuring/Andrew Kilmister=252
19. Cities in the global economy/Saskia Sassen=267
Culture, intellectuals and media=281
20. Cultural studies/Richard Maxwell=281
21. Intellectuals/Carl Boggs=296
22. Higher education/Frank Webster=312
23. Mass communication/Kaarle Nordenstreng=328
24. The Web/Vincent Mosco=343
Pluralism and identity=356
25. Nationalism/Murray Low=356
26. Islam/Sarah Ansari=372
27. Cultural pluralism today/Avigail Eisenberg=385
Intimate realms=402
28. Families and households/Mary Maynard=402
29. The Body/Chris Shilling=415
30. Intimate choices/Ken Plummer=432
Trends and movements=445
31. Environmentalism/David Pepper=445
32. Social movements/Abigail Halcli=463
33. Social inequalities: coming to terms with complexity/Harriet Bradley=476
Author and Subject Index=489