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Product Description: This collection makes a strong case for the continuing relevance and dynamism of several perspectives informed by Marxism. It includes a magisterial essay on Marxism and state theory, a discussion of fundamentalist values using analytical Marxism, an introduction to Fromm's humanist Marxism, which anticipated many of the themes of current radical politics...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

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Product Description: This lively and engaging text introduces students to the major debates and data on the information society, and at the same time teaches them how to research it. It gives an overview of:* theorists of the information society, particularly Manuel Castells and Daniel Bell * social research methodologies, including positivist, interpretivist, critical and cultural * qualitative and quantitative research methods and criteria for social science evaluation...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

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