In the late 1980s and early 1990s Bauman published a number of books that dealt with the relationship between modernity, bureaucracy, rationality and social exclusion.
80ndate lõpus ja 90ndate alguses avaldas Bauman hulga raamatuid, mis tegelesid modernsuse, bürokraatia, ratsionaalsuse ja sotsiaalse tõrjutuse teemadega.