# A New Paradigm for Understanding Today's World

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- Authors: [Alain Touraine](https://www.bookquiver.com/alain-touraine)
- Publisher: Polity
- ISBN: 978-07-4563-672-6
- Pages: 232
- Published: 2007-10-01
- Language: en_US
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

Touraine is one of the leading social thinkers in the world today and many of his books have been published in English. In this book Touraine presents a new theoretical framework for understanding the contemporary world. It is a broad theoretical work which seeks to make sense of everyday experience at the beginning of the 21st century. This is a major new theoretical work by one of the leading sociologists in the world today. A great reference book for those studying sociology and social theory at any level.