First published in 1989, this Routledge Revival is a major collection of essays on the competing traditions of social and political theory. The contributions, by international scholars, reflect the re-examination of the boundaries between the `political¿ and the `social¿, the `public¿ and `private¿, and `state¿ and `society¿. The reissue will be of great value to students in both sociology and political science.