The company specializes in the areas of sociology, media, politics, and social theory, aiming to publish textbooks and course books for students and scholars as well as academic texts in these fields. Its books are distributed by Wiley.
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^ ab"About". Cambridge, England: Polity. 14 March 2016. from the original on 10 August 2020. Retrieved 18 August 2020.
^ ab"Lord Giddens: accidental academic who reached the top". Times Higher Education (THE). 11 June 2017. from the original on 7 November 2023. Retrieved 13 February 2024.
^"POLITY PRESS LIMITED filing history - Find and update company information - GOV.UK". find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk. from the original on 7 November 2023. Retrieved 13 February 2024.
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