Download or read book New Paradigm for Understanding Today's World written by Alain Touraine and published by Polity. This book was released on 2007-11-05 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.