Polity is an academic publisher in the social sciences and humanities.

[2] Giddens later reported: "We didn't have any publishing experience or money".

[2] Polity remains a private limited company, with the sociologist John Thompson at Jesus College, Cambridge listed as director.

[1] The company specializes in the areas of sociology, politics, philosophy, history, media, political economy and related fields, aiming to publish textbooks and course books for students and scholars as well as academic texts in these fields.

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