Rob Stones Western Sydney University, Australia

Rob Stones is Professor of Sociology in the School of Social Sciences and Psychology at the University of Western Sydney. His books include Sociological Reasoning (1996) and Structuration Theory (2005). He continues to develop strong structuration theory and its use in case study research in a range of different substantive fields. He is currently completing Why Current Affairs Needs Social Theory, which will be published by Bloomsbury Academic (2014). A third edition of his edited volume Key Sociological Thinkers (2nd edition 2008) will be published in 2015. Recent articles and chapters in books include the following: Social theory and current affairs: A framework for greater intellectual engagement, British Journal of Sociology (2013); Strengths and limitations of Luc Boltanski's On Critique, In Simon Susen and Bryan S. Turner (Eds.) The Legacy of Luc Boltanski, London: Anthem Press (2013); Social theory, current affairs, and Thailand's political turmoil: Seeing beyond reds vs. yellows (with Ake Tangsupvattana), Journal of Power (2012); Theorising big IT programmes in healthcare: Strong structuration theory meets Actor Network Theory (with Trish Greenhalgh), Social Science and Medicine (2010). He is the Editor of two book series for Palgrave Macmillan, Traditions in Social Theory and Themes in Social Theory.