a Social Movement: Poland 1980-1981. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Touraine, A. (1995). Critique of Modernity. Oxford: Blackwell. Touraine, A. (1999). "Chapter 9: Society Turns Back Upon Itself." The Blackwell Reader in Contemporary Social Theory. Ed. Anthony Elliott. New York: John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, 1999. Touraine, A. (2000). Can We Live Together?: Equality and Difference. Stanford, Calif.: Stanford University Press. Touraine, A. (2006). Le Monde des Femmes. Paris: Fayard. Touraine, A. (2007). New Paradigm for Understanding Today's World. Cambridge, Malden: Polity. Touraine, A. (2009). Thinking Differently. Cambridge, Malden: Polity. References Further reading Answers.com on Alain Touraine Jacques Hamel compares aspects of Pierre Bourdieu and Alain Touraine Comments of Touraine at Forum Barcelona 2004 "Alain Touraine and the concept of social movement," by Michel Wieviorka 1925 births Living people French sociologists Latin Americanists Lycée Louis-le-Grand alumni École Normale Supérieure alumni People from Calvados (department) Officiers of the Légion d'honneur Commanders of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences alumni Academic staff of the School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences