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The concept of citizenship is central to a wide number of debates in the social sciences, and these three volumes provide a guide to the concept. They outline the history of citizenship, and trace its application to various debates within the social sciences.

The study of celebrity has developed and cohered into a flourishing field of social and cultural analysis. This book answers the urgent need for a wide-ranging collection which provides easy access to the key items of scholarly literature.

Part of "Routledge Critical Concepts in Sociology" series, this book helps to make sense of the great variety of perspectives and approaches in which social scientists and other thinkers have understood, and continue to understand, society.

'The information society' refers to a constellation of developments arising from the use of communication technologies in the acquisition, storage, and processing of information, and the role of information in supporting the creation and exchange of knowledge. This book provides a map of the area as it has emerged and developed over the years.

This international collection brings together a selection of the most influential work on the concept of the 'Family' and related issues. This collection will prove an invaluable resource for students and researchers alike.

A four-volume collection of research on the intellectual origins and the development of 'social exclusion', a critical concept in the social sciences in general and sociology in particular.