“ Touraine's thorough mastery of modern social theory, politics, and history provides a richness and depth to the book lacking in much discussion of globalization and modernity. He is obviously a world-class thinker.” — Douglas Kellner, University of California, Los Angeles “ Touraine re-poses the issue of social solidarity which was so central to social thought at the end of the nineteenth century. . . . The book should be an important reference point for social and political theory in the new century.” — William Outhwaite, University of Sussex