Modernity an introduction to modern societies

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The Enlightenment and the birth of social science / Peter Hamilton -- The development of the modern state / David Held -- The emergence of the economy / Vivienne Brown -- Changing social structures : class and gender / Harriet Bradley -- The cultural formations of modern society / Robert Bocock -- The West and the rest : discourse and power / Stuart Hall -- The State in advanced capitalist societies / Anthony McGrew -- Fordism and modern industry / John Allen -- Divisions of labor / Peter Braham -- Women and the domestic sphere / Helen Crowley -- The body and sexuality / Jeffrey Weeks --Religion, values, and ideology / Kenneth Thompson -- The 1989 revolutions and the triumph of liberalism / David Held -- A global society? / Anthony McGrew -- Environmental challenges / Steven Yearley -- Post-industrialism /post-Fordism / John Allen -- Social pluralism and post-modernity / Kenneth Thompson -- The question of cultural identity / Stuart Hall -- The Enlightenment project revisited / Gregor McLennan.