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Methodologies and Ethics for Social Sciences Research (9798369317266) |
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Aytekin Demircioglu/ IGI97917266/ Price:US$ 245.00
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Ethics, the moral compass guiding our actions, stands at the core of academic integrity. In the field of social sciences research, ethical violations persist as a silent threat, overshadowing the pursuit of knowledge. Uncovering the pervasive challenges, Methodologies and Ethics for Social Sciences Research boldly addresses the often-overlooked ethical breaches within scientific research. From plagiarism to the distortion of data, the book meticulously dissects common ethical pitfalls, emphasizing their significance in maintaining the credibility and trustworthiness of research outcomes. Recognizing the global nature of academic endeavors, the book sheds light on the cultural factors influencing ethical considerations, fostering a collective awareness among scholars.
Methodologies and Ethics for Social Sciences Research transcends geographical boundaries, offering a comprehensive exploration of research methodologies in social sciences. It equips researchers, academics, teachers, and students with the tools to navigate the intricate terrain of scientific inquiry while upholding ethical standards. With a focus on the multicultural perspective, the book features contributions from academics worldwide, enriching the narrative with diverse experiences and insights. By incorporating practical examples of ethical violations from different countries, it not only highlights common ethical dilemmas but also provides a foundation for a shared global understanding of research ethics.
Coverage:
The many academic areas covered in this publication include, but are not limited to:
¡ECase Research
¡EExperimental Research
¡EInterpretive Research
¡EQualitative Analysis
¡EQuantitative Analysis
¡EResearch Design
¡EResearch Ethics
¡EResearch Process
¡EResearch Sampling
¡EScience and Scientific Research
¡ESurvey Research
¡ETheories in Scientific Research
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The Sage Handbook of Global Sociology |
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Gurminder K. Bhambra/ 9781529772128/ Price:GBP 135.00
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The SAGE Handbook of Global Sociology addresses the ¡¥social¡¦, its various expressions globally, and the ways in which such understandings enable us to understand and account for global structures and processes. It demonstrates the vitality of thought from around the world by connecting theories and traditions, including reflections on European colonization, to build shared, rather than universal, understandings.
Across 36 chapters, the Handbook offers a series of perspectives and cases from different locations, enabling the reader better to understand the particularities of specific contexts and how they are connected to global movements and structures. By moving beyond standard accounts of sociology and social theory, this Handbook offers both valuable insight into and scholarly contribution to the field of global sociology.
Part 1: Politics
Part 2: Labour
Part 3: Kinship
Part 4: Belief
Part 5: Technology
Part 6: Ecology |
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The SAGE Handbook of Qualitative Research |
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Norman K. Denzin/ 9781071836743/ Price:GBP 96.00
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This new edition of the SAGE Handbook of Qualitative Research represents the sixth generation of the ongoing conversation about the discipline, practice, and conduct of qualitative inquiry. As with earlier editions, the Sixth Edition is virtually a new volume, with 27 of the 34 chapters representing new topics or approaches not seen in the previous edition, including intersectionality; critical disability research; postcolonial and decolonized knowledge; diffraction and intra-action; social media methodologies; thematic analysis, collaborative inquiry from the borderlands; qualitative inquiry and public health science; co-production and the politics of impact; publishing qualitative research; and academic survival. Authors in the Sixth Edition engage with questions of ontology and epistemology, the politics of the research act, the changing landscape of higher education, and the role qualitative researchers play in contributing to a more just, egalitarian society.
To mark the Handbook¡¦s 30-year history, we are pleased to offer a bonus PART VI in the eBook versions of the Sixth Edition: this additional section brings together and reprints ten of the most famous or game-changing contributions from the previous five editions. You can bundle the print + eBook version with bundle ISBN: 978-1-0719-2874-5. |
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Biosocial Evolutionary Analysis: Reconciling Biology, Psychology and Sociology |
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Jonathan H. Turner/ 9781035310012/ Price:GBP 31.95
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Senses of the Future: Conflicting Ideas of the Future in the World Today |
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Gerard Delanty/ 9783111242217/ Price:EUR 28.95
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Longitudinal Structural Equation Modeling |
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Todd D. Little/ 9781462553143/ Price:US$ 85.00
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Beloved for its engaging, conversational style, this valuable book is now in a fully updated second edition that presents the latest developments in longitudinal structural equation modeling (SEM) and new chapters on missing data, the random intercepts cross-lagged panel model (RI-CLPM), longitudinal mixture modeling, and Bayesian SEM. Emphasizing a decision-making approach, leading methodologist Todd D. Little describes the steps of modeling a longitudinal change process. He explains the big picture and technical how-tos of using longitudinal confirmatory factor analysis, longitudinal panel models, and hybrid models for analyzing within-person change. User-friendly features include equation boxes that translate all the elements in every equation, tips on what does and doesn't work, end-of-chapter glossaries, and annotated suggestions for further reading. The companion website provides data sets for the examples¡Xincluding studies of bullying and victimization, adolescents' emotions, and healthy aging¡Xalong with syntax and output, chapter quizzes, and the book¡¦s figures. |
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| SA05-517 |
Urbanization and Social Change in Developing Countries |
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Olu-Abiodun/ 9781682509128/ Price:US$ 160.00
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Urbanization in developing countries is accompanied by significant social changes, including shifts in employment patterns, migration, infrastructure development, and cultural transformations, which have wide-ranging impacts on individuals, communities, and societies as a whole. Focusing on the rapid urbanization in developing countries, this book examines the profound social changes occurring in urban areas. It explores the impact of urbanization on various aspects of society, including demographics, economy, infrastructure, and culture. It also addresses the challenges and opportunities associated with managing urban growth and promoting sustainable development in developing countries. |
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Diversity and Inclusion in the 21st Century |
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Mikami Hosmer/ 9781682509098/ Price:US$ 160.00
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In the 21st century, fostering diversity and inclusion has become essential for building equitable and inclusive societies, recognizing and valuing the differences in race, ethnicity, gender, sexuality, ability, and other identities, and promoting equal opportunities and representation for all. This book addresses the importance of diversity and inclusion in contemporary society. It explores the challenges and opportunities associated with promoting diversity in various contexts, including education, workplace, and community. It also examines strategies for creating inclusive environments and fostering social equity. |
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Crime and Deviance in Society |
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Mike Fischer/ 9781682509081/ Price:US$ 160.00
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Crime and deviance are social phenomena that involve behavior that violates established norms and laws within a society, and their study allows for a better understanding of the causes, consequences, and societal responses to such behaviors. Investigating the complex nature of crime and deviance, this book examines the social, cultural, and psychological factors contributing to criminal behavior. It covers the various theoretical perspectives, explores the impact of social institutions, and analyzes the role of law enforcement and criminal justice systems in addressing crime and deviance. |
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Current Approaches in Social Sciences |
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Chester Alexis C. Buama/ 9781774698853/ Price:US$ 165.00
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"Current Approaches in Social Sciences: An Explorative" is a comprehensive and insightful book that provides a broad overview of the current trends and approaches in social science research. The book is divided into different sections, each of which covers a different aspect of social science research. The first section focuses on theoretical and conceptual approaches to social science research, including topics such as critical theory, postmodernism, and feminist theory. This section provides a solid grounding in the theoretical underpinnings of social science research and provides a useful framework for understanding the various approaches to social science research. The book covers research methods and techniques, including both qualitative and quantitative methods. This section includes chapters on topics such as case study research, survey research, and content analysis, as well as more specialized techniques such as discourse analysis and digital ethnography. The authors provide detailed explanations of each method and offer practical advice on how to apply them in social science research. The final section of the book focuses on specific areas of social science research, including sociology, psychology, education, and communication studies. Each chapter provides an overview of the current research in the field and highlights key findings and trends. |
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Promoting Gender-Transformative Change through Social Protection |
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Rachael Moore/ 9781774699256/ Price:US$ 165.00
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Promoting gender-transformative change through social protection entails the deliberate design and implementation of policies and programs that effectively address the unique needs and challenges faced by women and girls. These initiatives not only aim to alleviate poverty and reduce vulnerability but also to challenge and transform the underlying gender norms and power dynamics that perpetuate inequality. By adopting a gender-responsive and inclusive approach to social protection measures, such as cash transfers, healthcare services, and employment opportunities, societies can harness their potential to advance gender equality and empower women. By ensuring equitable access to resources and opportunities, facilitating economic empowerment, enhancing access to education and healthcare, promoting women's decision-making autonomy, and challenging discriminatory gender roles and stereotypes, social protection programs can serve as catalysts for profound social and gender transformations, resulting in more equitable and just societies. "Promoting Gender-Transformative Change through Social Protection" is a seminal resource that comprehensively examines the intersection of gender and social protection. This book caters to scholars, practitioners, and students seeking a profound understanding of the crucial role, implementation, and impact of gender-transformative social protection. |
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A Community of Practice Approach to Improving Gender Equality |
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Rachael Moore/ 9781774699263/ Price:US$ 165.00
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Promoting gender-transformative change through social protection entails the deliberate design and implementation of policies and programs that effectively address the unique needs and challenges faced by women and girls. These initiatives not only aim to alleviate poverty and reduce vulnerability but also to challenge and transform the underlying gender norms and power dynamics that perpetuate inequality. By adopting a gender-responsive and inclusive approach to social protection measures, such as cash transfers, healthcare services, and employment opportunities, societies can harness their potential to advance gender equality and empower women. By ensuring equitable access to resources and opportunities, facilitating economic empowerment, enhancing access to education and healthcare, promoting women's decision-making autonomy, and challenging discriminatory gender roles and stereotypes, social protection programs can serve as catalysts for profound social and gender transformations, resulting in more equitable and just societies. "Promoting Gender-Transformative Change through Social Protection" is a seminal resource that comprehensively examines the intersection of gender and social protection. This book caters to scholars, practitioners, and students seeking a profound understanding of the crucial role, implementation, and impact of gender-transformative social protection. |
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Computational Models for Social Network Analysis |
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Ravi Ranjan Kumar/ 9781774699126/ Price:US$ 165.00
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This book delves into themes including social network theory, computational methods, data analysis, and the application of network models to understand complex social systems. Undergraduate students studying social sciences gain insights into network analysis, equipping them with valuable skills for analyzing social relationships and structures. Practitioners in fields such as sociology, anthropology, and data science expand their data analysis skills, making it a valuable resource for professionals engaged in social network analysis. Policymakers can draw from this knowledge to inform policies and interventions that leverage social network insights, and the general public gains awareness of the role of computational models in understanding human behavior and social networks. |
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Environment and Society |
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Hideki Ohdan/ 9781984688958/ Price:US$ 95.00
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A comprehensive exploration of the relationship between human societies and the natural world, offering a multidisciplinary perspective on environmental issues.
With its engaging narrative and insightful analysis, this book serves as a valuable resource for understanding the complex dynamics shaping our planet's future.
In its updated edition, this book has been extensively revised on a chapter by chapter basis. Some new chapters are also added. |
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Scientific Literacy and Critical Thinking Skills |
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Hilton Abilio/ 9781984688965/ Price:US$ 95.00
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Offers a comprehensive guide to enhancing one's understanding of scientific concepts and developing the ability to think critically in an ever-evolving world of knowledge.
In its updated edition, this book has been extensively revised on a chapter by chapter basis. Some new chapters are also added. |
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Life and Career Skills |
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Hirohide Shibutani/ 9781984688972/ Price:US$ 95.00
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A comprehensive guidebook that equips individuals with essential abilities and knowledge to thrive in both personal and professional spheres.
With practical insights and actionable advice, this book empowers readers to navigate challenges, build resilience, and achieve long-term success in their chosen paths.
In its updated edition, this book has been extensively revised on a chapter by chapter basis. Some new chapters are also added. |
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Biotechnology and Society |
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Hisaaki Yoshinaka/ 9781984688989/ Price:US$ 95.00
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Explores the relationship between scientific advancements and their impact on social, ethical, and environmental aspects, unraveling the complex interplay between biotechnology and the world we live in.
This thought-provoking book delves into the implications and responsibilities that come with harnessing the power of biotechnology, urging readers to critically examine its role in shaping our present and future.
In its updated edition, this book has been extensively revised on a chapter by chapter basis. Some new chapters are also added. |
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Becoming Transcultural |
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Huafen Sun/ 9781984689016/ Price:US$ 95.00
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Presents the exploration of the ever-evolving nature of cultural identities, weaving together personal narratives and insightful analysis to illuminate the transformative power of cross-cultural encounters.
With thought-provoking perspectives, it invites readers to embrace the complexities of our interconnected world and embark on a journey of self-discovery and empathy.
In its updated edition, this book has been extensively revised on a chapter by chapter basis. Some new chapters are also added. |
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Decision Making and Problem Solving in Daily Life |
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Huang Liang Kang/ 9781984689023/ Price:US$ 95.00
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A practical guide that equips readers with essential tools and strategies to navigate the complexities of everyday choices and challenges.
With insightful advice, this book empowers individuals to make informed decisions and overcome obstacles, fostering personal growth and success.
In its updated edition, this book has been extensively revised on a chapter by chapter basis. Some new chapters are also added. |
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Current Issues: Gender Equality |
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Marcus Thelen/ 9781984689504/ Price:US$ 110.00
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An insightful book that delves into the pressing challenges faced by individuals seeking equal rights and opportunities.
Through comprehensive coverage and thought-provoking analysis, it explores the complexities surrounding gender discrimination and highlights the urgent need for societal change.
With a compelling narrative and compelling arguments, this book serves as a powerful tool in fostering awareness and inspiring action towards a more equitable future. |
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Current Issues: Overpopulation |
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Maria Araceli Aleman/ 9781984689511/ Price:US$ 110.00
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An insightful book that tackles one of the most pressing challenges of our time.
It explores the complex consequences of overpopulation on various aspects of society, from environmental degradation to resource scarcity and social inequality.
With thought-provoking insights and potential solutions, this book offers a timely and indispensable contribution to the global conversation on population growth. |
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Current Issues: Deforestation |
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Maria Jose/ 9781984689528/ Price:US$ 110.00
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Current Issues: Artificial Intelligence |
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Maria Salvaleda/ 9781984689535/ Price:US$ 110.00
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Delves into the ethical and societal challenges posed by the rapid advancement of AI technology.
From algorithmic bias to privacy concerns, the book explores the complex landscape of AI's impact on various aspects of our lives.
With insightful analysis and real-world examples, it offers a balanced perspective on the opportunities and risks associated with AI, igniting a much-needed conversation on shaping a responsible AI future. |
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Current Issues: Child and Youth Safety Online |
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Maria-Dolores/ 9781984689542/ Price:US$ 110.00
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Current Issues: Food Insecurity |
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Mariana Machado/ 9781984689559/ Price:US$ 110.00
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Sheds light on the global crisis of insufficient access to nutritious food, examining its causes, consequences, and potential solutions.
Through in-depth research and real-life examples, this book explores the social, economic, and environmental factors driving food insecurity, urging readers to recognize the urgency of addressing this pressing issue for a more equitable and sustainable future.
With compelling insights and practical recommendations, it offers a comprehensive understanding of food insecurity and inspires individuals and policymakers to take action towards ending hunger. |
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Current Issues: Refugee Rights |
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Mariane Sentenac/ 9781984689566/ Price:US$ 110.00
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An insightful and timely book that delves deep into the complex challenges faced by refugees around the world.
It sheds light on the legal, social, and humanitarian aspects of the refugee crisis, provoking thought and fostering empathy.
This book serves as a crucial resource for anyone seeking a comprehensive understanding of the urgent need to protect and uphold the rights of displaced individuals. |
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Current Issues: Future Pandemic Preparation and Response |
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Mario Pirisi/ 9781984689573/ Price:US$ 110.00
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A timely and insightful book that delves into the crucial topic of pandemic management.
It explores the challenges faced during recent outbreaks and provides valuable recommendations for a more effective and proactive approach in the future.
This book is an essential read for anyone interested in understanding and mitigating the impact of pandemics on global health. |
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Current Issues: Disability Rights |
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Mark Burns/ 9781984689580/ Price:US$ 110.00
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A thought-provoking book that delves into the pressing challenges faced by individuals with disabilities in contemporary society.
With its comprehensive analysis and insightful narratives, it sheds light on the inequalities, discrimination, and barriers that persist, while offering potential solutions and avenues for change.
This empowering read encourages readers to become advocates for disability rights and advocates for a more inclusive and accessible world. |
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Current Issues: Cybersecurity |
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Marta De-la-Cruz/ 9781984689597/ Price:US$ 110.00
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Delves into the complex and evolving landscape of digital security, offering a comprehensive analysis of the challenges faced by individuals, organizations, and governments in the age of technology.
With expert insights and real-world examples, this book explores the escalating threats posed by cybercrime, data breaches, and emerging technologies, while also providing strategies to mitigate risks and protect sensitive information.
A must-read for anyone seeking a deeper understanding of the pressing cybersecurity issues that shape our digital lives. |
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Current Issues: Disinformation |
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Marta Ortega/ 9781984689603/ Price:US$ 110.00
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Covers the pervasive issue of disinformation in our digital age.
The book exposes the tactics employed by malicious actors to spread false narratives, and offers practical strategies to combat this growing menace.
This book is an essential read for anyone seeking to navigate the complex landscape of misinformation and safeguard the truth. |
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Chinese Social Networks in an Age of Digitalization: Liquid Guanxi |
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Anson Au/ 9781032522906/ Price:GBP 130.00
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Exploring Emotions in Social Life |
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Michael Hviid Jacobsen/ 9781032305233/ Price:GBP 130.00
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Bayesian Statistics for the Social Sciences |
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David Kaplan/ 9781462553549/ Price:US$ 69.00
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The second edition of this practical book equips social science researchers to apply the latest Bayesian methodologies to their data analysis problems. It includes new chapters on model uncertainty, Bayesian variable selection and sparsity, and Bayesian workflow for statistical modeling. Clearly explaining frequentist and epistemic probability and prior distributions, the second edition emphasizes use of the open-source RStan software package. The text covers Hamiltonian Monte Carlo, Bayesian linear regression and generalized linear models, model evaluation and comparison, multilevel modeling, models for continuous and categorical latent variables, missing data, and more. Concepts are fully illustrated with worked-through examples from large-scale educational and social science databases, such as the Program for International Student Assessment and the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study. Annotated RStan code appears in screened boxes; the companion website provides data sets and code for the book's examples.
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Social Theory and the Political Imaginary: Practice, Critique, and History |
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Craig Browne/ 9781032415949/ Price:GBP 130.00
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Social Research Methodology: Qualitative and Quantitative Designs |
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Avdhesh Jha/ 9781032624853/ Price:GBP 35.99
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Community Development, Social Action and Social Planning: A Practical Guide |
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Alan Twelvetrees/ 9781447360643/ Price:GBP 27.99
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Disrupting the Academy with Lived Experience-Led Knowledge |
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Maree Higgins/ 9781447366348/ Price:GBP 26.99
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This book firmly positions lived experience-led expertise as a unique and compelling form of knowledge in decolonising and disrupting research, teaching and advocacy.
Based on the insights of people with first-hand experiences, each chapter presents unique accounts and reflections on a diverse range of social justice issues. Together, the authors¡¦ perspectives centre lived experiences in the production of knowledge, challenge outsider-imposed views, and create new research and writing norms. They demonstrate that when lived experience experts lead the way, their knowledge of how to address social injustices can enrich, transform and decolonise research, teaching and advocacy.
This collection is an invaluable resource for academic and community-based researchers, practitioners, advocates, educators, policymakers, students and people whose lived experiences and views continue to be marginalised across diverse settings. |
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Disrupting the Academy with Lived Experience-Led Knowledge |
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Maree Higgins/ 9781447366331/ Price:GBP 80.00
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Photovoice Reimagined |
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Nicole Brown/ 9781447369387/ Price:GBP 14.99
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Over the past decades, ¡¥photovoice¡¦ has emerged as a participatory and creative research method in which participants capture and discuss their reality through photographs.
This indispensable ¡¥how-to¡¦ book with exercises and visual aids takes novice and veteran researchers through the practicalities and ethics of applying this approach. |
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Photovoice Reimagined |
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Nicole Brown/ 9781447369370/ Price:GBP 60.00
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Rights and Social Justice in Research: Advancing Methodologies for Social Change |
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Kathryn McGarry/ 9781447368298/ Price:GBP 85.00
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Can our research create conditions for people to flourish? What kinds of questions do we ask about the social world and how knowledge is produced? Does our approach to research itself matter?
This edited collection explores and illustrates the nature of research for social justice. Drawing on a diverse range of social research projects, it examines research with and for young people, marginalised communities and those who work to further social justice and human rights goals.
Providing key examples of the tools, processes and outcomes of research relevant to social justice, including where and how these frameworks can be used in the design and execution of research, this is a much-needed intervention to social research methodology. |
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Biographical Research and New Social Architecture: Challenges and Opportunities During a Global Pandemic |
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Lyudmila Nurse/ 9781447368908/ Price:GBP 80.00
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What are the building blocks of the new societal architectures after COVID-19? What are the evolving lifestyle patterns, social connections and relationality, and what can biographical research bring to explore these unprecedented societal circumstances?
This first book in a new series "Advances in Biographical Research" focuses on the place of biographical research in analysing and shaping social futures characterized by physical distancing and isolation, social fragmentation, trauma and vulnerability, including breaks in biographical trajectories.
Written by experienced and early career researchers, it demonstrates how biographical research responds to new societal architectures: theoretically and empirically. |
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Reimagining Faith and Abortion: A Global Perspective |
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Fiona Bloomer/ 9781447370154/ Price:GBP 80.00
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In this book, faith leaders, scholars and activists from around the globe provide their perspective on faith and abortion. They reflect on examples of faith organisations which have provided leadership on the issue as well as examining religious approaches from Buddhist, Christian, Jewish, Muslim and inter-faith perspectives.
Challenging the assumption that all people of faith are anti-abortion, this book provides a counterpoint to right-wing faith perspectives and outlines how faith communities reimagine abortion as an issue of social, pastoral and theological concern.
Providing perspectives from the global North and South, it includes settings where abortion is legal, and where it is restricted, and settings where abortion stigma is ever-present to settings where abortion is normalised. It also demonstrates the complex connections between faith and abortion, how women and pregnant people are positioned in society and how morality is claimed and challenged. |
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Permanent Racism: Race, Class and the Myth of Post-racial Britain |
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Paul Warmington/ 9781447360179/ Price:GBP 24.99
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Racism has no place in our society, we are told. In fact, its role is crucial but today public debate on race in Britain is constrained by a facile post-racialism. Its features are colourblind narratives, an ¡¥anti-antiracist¡¦ discourse and erasure of black working class identities.
This book examines and challenges the marginalisation of critical race analysis in debates on social justice. It reconceptualises Critical Race Theory from a British standpoint, foregrounding the concept of ¡¥permanent racism¡¦ and its importance in understanding race as a fully social relationship.
Highlighting the need to decolonise public debate and antiracism itself, the book provides an essential resource for academics, students and activists who wish to decolonise public debates on racism, social class, education and social policy.
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Permanent Racism: Race, Class and the Myth of Post-racial Britain |
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Paul Warmington/ 9781447360162/ Price:GBP 85.99
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Diversity and Welfare Provision: Tension and Discrimination in 21st Century Britain |
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Lee Gregory/ 9781447365150/ Price:GBP 85.99
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This book fills this gap, by exploring how diverse citizens¡¦ experience welfare provision. It aims to promote debate about the importance of social divisions in society and to address the gaps in research, in relation to race, ethnicity, disability, gender and LGBTQ.
It comes at a crucial time as we emerge out of a decade of austerity, a global pandemic and Brexit, where issues of diversity have been at the forefront of debates and renews the call for analysis within social policy, particularly on issues of diversity in the 21st century context. |
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The Sage Handbook of Social Network Analysis |
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John McLevey/ 9781529779615/ Price:GBP 135.00
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This new edition of The Sage Handbook of Social Network Analysis builds on the success of its predecessor, offering a comprehensive overview of social network analysis produced by leading international scholars in the field.
Brand new chapters provide both significant updates to topics covered in the first edition, as well as discussing cutting edge topics that have developed since, including new chapters on:
¡P General issues such as social categories and computational social science;
¡P Applications in contexts such as environmental policy, gender, ethnicity, cognition and social media and digital networks;
¡P Concepts and methods such as centrality, blockmodeling, multilevel network analysis, spatial analysis, data collection, and beyond.
By providing authoritative accounts of the history, theories and methodology of various disciplines and topics, the second edition of The SAGE Handbook of Social Network Analysis is designed to provide a state-of-the-art presentation of classic and contemporary views, and to lay the foundations for the further development of the area.
PART 1: GENERAL ISSUES
PART 2: APPLICATIONS
PART 3: CONCEPTS AND METHODS |
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The Sage Handbook of Mixed Methods Research Design |
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Cheryl N. Poth/ 9781529723960/ Price:GBP 135.00
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With contributions from over 80 of the biggest names and rising stars of the field, this Handbook is an essential resource for anyone interested in the contemporary, emerging, and evolving practice of mixed methods research and scholarship. Exploring new and novel applications of existing mixed methods research design practices, the handbook provides comprehensive integration guidance while showcasing how design innovations inspire and contribute to investigating previously under-researched social issues and populations. Through its unique focus on design and the diverse contexts in which mixed methods research is being applied, this Handbook prepares researchers for the changing conditions in which they will conduct studies. Newcomers and seasoned mixed methods researchers alike will find this Handbook a go-to source for tools to think and act ¡¥complexively¡¦ and creatively in research design. Using accessible language and illustrative examples, this Handbook is written for those with various roles and experience in mixed methods research design. The in-depth discussions led by the interdisciplinary group of 11 internationally renowned editorial section leads project our collective thinking of mixed methods research design into the future across the following six sections:
Section 1: Inspiring Diversity and Innovation in Mixed Methods Design
Section 2: The Craft of Mixed Methods Research Design
Section 3: Expanding Mixed Methods Design Approaches
Section 4: Designing Innovative Integrations with Technology
Section 5: Navigating Research Cultures in Mixed Methods Design
Section 6: Exploring Design Possibilities and Challenges for Mixed Methods Research
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Strategies for Cultural Assimilation of Immigrants and Their Children: Social, Economic, and Political Considerations |
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Harish Chandra Chandan/ 9781668448403/ Price:US$ 165.00
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When immigrants leave their home country to live in a host country that has a different culture, the acculturation process begins. There is subtle cultural, social, and political pressure on immigrants to adopt the cultural values of the host nation. The acculturation process occurs over time. Exposure to a new culture is often stressful, as one is exposed to new values, beliefs, and behaviors that may be different from their home culture.
Strategies for Cultural Assimilation of Immigrants and Their Children: Social, Economic, and Political Considerations increases awareness of the cultural assimilation process among parents, children, employers, and educators. This book discusses internal conflicts and promotes harmony and understanding. Covering topics such as civic literacy, mental health, and identity formations, this premier reference source is an excellent resource for sociologists, psychologists, government officials, educators and administrators of both K-12 and higher education, students of higher education, librarians, researchers, and academicians.
Coverage:
The many academic areas covered in this publication include, but are not limited to:
¡EAcculturation
¡EAcculturative Stress
¡ECivic Literacy
¡ECivil Participation
¡ECoping Strategies
¡EIdentity Formations
¡EMental Health
¡EMigrant Children
¡ESecond-Generation Migrants
¡EVisibility of Religion |
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Implications of Marginalization and Critical Race Theory on Social Justice |
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Harish Chandra Chandan/ 9781668436165/ Price:US$ 165.00
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Critical race theory is an emerging transdisciplinary, race-equity methodology that originated in legal studies and is grounded in social justice. Critical race theory questions the very foundation of the liberal order including equality theory, legal reasoning, enlightenment, rationalism, and neutral principles of the constitutional law. It deals with a broad perspective that includes economics, history, context, group and self-interest, feelings, and the unconscious. Further study on this theory is required to understand its various implications across fields.
Implications of Marginalization and Critical Race Theory on Social Justice raises awareness of racial justice and social equity by discussing the history and future directions of critical race theory across disciplines. The book considers how the theory can be applied in various areas such as education, psychology, political science, and law. Covering topics such as dehumanization, social discrimination, and victimization, this reference work is ideal for social psychologists, lawyers, political scientists, researchers, scholars, historians, academicians, practitioners, instructors, and students.
Coverage:
The many academic areas covered in this publication include, but are not limited to:
¡EBlack Women
¡ECritical Race Theory
¡EDehumanization
¡EDEI Training
¡EDiversity
¡EEquity
¡EEthnic Diversity
¡ESocial Discrimination
¡ESocial Justice
¡EVictimization |
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Intersecting Health, Livability, and Human Behavior in Urban Environments |
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Roberto Alonso Gonzalez-Lezcano/ 9781668469255/ Price:US$ 170.00
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The promotion of sustainable urban development and livable cities in the past three decades has effectively merged the themes of urban health, urban sustainability, and urban livability into an integrated research field. As more people are predicted to live in a relatively confined space, the balance between the physical/built environment, social environment, and urban dwellers becomes more delicate. Urban systems have evolved to be more complex than ever during this process. While complex systems often offer relative stability, delicate balance requires carefully designed plans and management to avoid collapse. It is, hence, of great interest and importance to know what future sustainable and livable cities look like.
Intersecting Health, Livability, and Human Behavior in Urban Environments considers how to improve the quality of the environment and healthy living in contemporary and future urban environments. Covering key topics such as environmental health, smart cities, and urban health, this premier reference source is ideal for policymakers, government officials, scholars, researchers, academicians, instructors, and students.
Coverage:
The many academic areas covered in this publication include, but are not limited to:
¡EEnvironmental Health
¡EHealth Systems
¡EInformation Technology
¡ELivability
¡ESmart Cities
¡ESmart Health
¡ESustainable Development
¡EUrban Health
¡EUrban Management
¡EUrban Planning |
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The SAGE Handbook of Survey Development and Application |
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Lucy R. Ford/ 9781529758498/ Price:GBP 135.00
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The SAGE Handbook of Survey Development and Application provides a practical resource that researchers can go to for cutting-edge tools to ensure they are employing the best survey research techniques.
This handbook not only covers the classic and innovational skills and approaches involved at every step of the survey research process, but also centres itself around applied, how-to guidance to aid readers in best practice.
Chapters engage with a broad range of topics including sampling issues, approaches to establishment of measurement equivalence, and the use of online labour pools in survey development.
With contributions from a global community of leading and emerging scholars across a wide variety of disciplines, this Handbook is focused on being applicable and accessible across the social sciences.
Containing over 120 tables and figures, checklists and tutorial guides, The SAGE Handbook of Survey Development and Application will serve as a one stop resource for survey research.
This handbook serves as a touchstone for a variety of fields such as Organizational Behavior, Industrial & Organizational Psychology, Management, Psychology, Educational Research, Marketing, Public Policy, and others.
PART 1: Conceptual Issues and Operational Definition
PART 2: Research Design Considerations
PART 3: Item Development
PART 4: Scale Improvement Methods
PART 5: Data Collection
PART 6: Data Management and Analysis
PART 7: Research Production and Dissemination
PART 8: Applications |
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Urban Poetics and Politics in Contemporary South Asia and the Middle East |
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Moussa Pourya Asl/ 9781668466513/ Price:US$ 165.00
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In today¡¦s world, it is crucial to understand how cities and urban spaces operate in order for them to continue to develop and improve. To ensure cities thrive, further study on past and current policies and practices is required to provide a thorough understanding.
Urban Poetics and Politics in Contemporary South Asia and the Middle East examines the poetics and politics of city and urban spaces in contemporary South Asia and the Middle East and seeks to shed light on how individuals constitute, experience, and navigate urban spaces in everyday life. This book aims to initiate a multidisciplinary approach to the study of city life by engaging disciplines such as urban geography, gender studies, feminism, literary criticism, and human geography. Covering key topics such as racism, urban spaces, social inequality, and gender roles, this reference work is ideal for government officials, policymakers, researchers, scholars, practitioners, academicians, instructors, and students.
Coverage:
The many academic areas covered in this publication include, but are not limited to:
¡EActivism
¡ECities
¡EDisease
¡EGender Roles
¡EGeography
¡ERacism
¡ESocial Inequality
¡ESocial Movements
¡EUrban Protests
¡EUrban Spaces |
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The SAGE Handbook of Digital Society |
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William Housley/ 9781526498779/ Price:GBP 120.00
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This SAGE Handbook brings together cutting edge social scientific research and theoretical insight into the emerging contours of digital society. Chapters explore the relationship between digitisation, social organisation and social transformation at both the macro and micro level, making this a valuable resource for postgraduate students and academics conducting research across the social sciences.
The topics covered are impressively far-ranging and timely, including machine learning, social media, surveillance, misinformation, digital labour, and beyond. This innovative Handbook perfectly captures the state of the art of a field which is rapidly gaining cross-disciplinary interest and global importance, and establishes a thematic framework for future teaching and research.
Part 1: Theorising Digital Societies
Part 2: Researching Digital Societies
Part 3: Sociotechnical Systems and Disruptive Technologies in Action
Part 4: Digital Society and New Social Dilemmas
Part 5: Governance and Regulation
Part 6: Digital Futures |
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Radical Sympathy |
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Brandon LaBelle/ 9783982316659/ Price:US$ 18.00
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Machine Learning for Social and Behavioral Research |
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Ross Jacobucci/ 9781462552924/ Price:US$ 62.00
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Today's social and behavioral researchers increasingly need to know: ¡§What do I do with all this data?¡¨ This book provides the skills needed to analyze and report large, complex data sets using machine learning tools, and to understand published machine learning articles. Techniques are demonstrated using actual data (Big Five Inventory, early childhood learning, and more), with a focus on the interplay of statistical algorithm, data, and theory. The identification of heterogeneity, measurement error, regularization, and decision trees are also emphasized. The book covers basic principles as well as a range of methods for analyzing univariate and multivariate data (factor analysis, structural equation models, and mixed-effects models). Analysis of text and social network data is also addressed. End-of-chapter ¡§Computational Time and Resources¡¨ sections include discussions of key R packages; the companion website provides R programming scripts and data for the book's examples. |
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Migrant Families and Religious Belonging |
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Giovanni Giulio Valtolina/ 9781643683904/ Price:EUR 148.00
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Over the past three decades, migration has become the main driver of population growth (or of preventing its decrease) in many EU countries. The presence of so many families with a migrant background is, however, to some extent, an unexpected phenomenon arising from the permanent settlement of migrant guest workers expected to be temporary residents and from other unplanned processes such as decolonization and the influx of asylum seekers. Moreover, family reunification is today one of the main legal channels by which migrants come to Europe, so it is no coincidence that the main issues animating European public debate on inter-ethnic coexistence involve family, religion, and the relationships between genders and generations. Finally, the migrant family has to some extent, become a lens through which to analyze many key topics connected with the present and future of European societies.
This work, Migrant Families and Religious Belonging, is a collection of nine essays exploring the relationship between family, religion, and immigration. These essays mainly focus on the integration process, with particular attention to the experience of migrants¡¦ offspring. The book consists of an introductory chapter and four thematic sections, and topics covered include gender equality, forced marriages, child fostering care, and religious radicalization.
The relationship between family, religion and immigration provides a fascinating perspective to explore and shed light on European society today. The book will be of interest to a wide range of academics, researchers, and practitioners. |
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Evaluation Roots: Theory Influencing Practice |
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Marvin C. Alkin/ 9781462551392/ Price:US$ 55.00
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Showing how evaluation practice looks when guided by theory, the third edition of the influential ¡§theory tree¡¨ book is significantly revised with over 80% new material, including a greater focus on equity and theories over theorists. Chapters from leading authorities describe the goals of each theory; the type of evaluation for which it is appropriate (formative, summary formative, summative, adaptive); the size of the program for which it is most applicable; specific prescriptions; and observable actions that help to define the theory. Readers are given the tools to select suitable approaches for the size, contexts and stage of an evaluation and their own personal values.
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Handbook of Structural Equation Modeling |
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Rick H. Hoyle/ 9781462544646/ Price:US$ 125.00
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The definitive one-stop resource on structural equation modeling (SEM) from leading methodologists is now in a significantly revised second edition. Twenty-three new chapters cover model selection, bifactor models, item parceling, multitrait¡Vmultimethod models, exploratory SEM, mixture models, SEM with small samples, and more. The book moves from fundamental SEM topics (causality, visualization, assumptions, estimation, model fit, and managing missing data); to major model types focused on unobserved causes of covariance between observed variables; to more complex, specialized applications. Each chapter provides conceptually oriented descriptions, fully explicated analyses, and engaging examples that reveal modeling possibilities for use with the reader's data. The expanded companion website presents full data sets, code, and output for many of the chapters, as well as bonus selected chapters from the prior edition.
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Principles and Practice of Structural Equation Modeling |
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Rex B. Kline/ 9781462551910/ Price:US$ 75.00
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Significantly revised, the fifth edition of the most complete, accessible text now covers all three approaches to structural equation modeling (SEM)¡Xcovariance-based SEM, nonparametric SEM (Pearl¡¦s structural causal model), and composite SEM (partial least squares path modeling). With increased emphasis on freely available software tools such as the R lavaan package, the text uses data examples from multiple disciplines to provide a comprehensive understanding of all phases of SEM¡Xwhat to know, best practices, and pitfalls to avoid. It includes exercises with answers, rules to remember, topic boxes, and a new self-test on significance testing, regression, and psychometrics. The companion website supplies helpful primers on these topics as well as data, syntax, and output for the book's examples, in files that can be opened with any basic text editor. |
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Transforming Identities in Contemporary Europe: Critical Essays on Knowledge, Inequality and Belonging |
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Elisabeth L. Engebretsen/ 9781032151113/ Price:GBP 130.00
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Ethnographic Research in the Social Sciences |
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Madhulika Sahoo/ 9781032492339/ Price:GBP 34.99
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| SA05-513 |
Feeding Anxieties: The Politics of Children's Food in Poland |
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Zofia Boni/ 9781800738713/ Price:US$ 135.00
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International Development: Navigating Humanity's Greatest Challenge |
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Michael Woolcock/ 9781509545155/ Price:US$ 22.95
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The Economic Sociology of Development |
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Andrew Schrank/ 9781509505265/ Price:US$ 22.95
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| SA05-510 |
A Guide to Social Distancing in the Post COVID Era: Balancing Safety and Normality |
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Chester Alexis C. Buama/ 9781774694008/ Price:US$ 165.00
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Social distancing or physical distancing is an intervention that requires humans to avoid physical proximity and contact with other human beings. The theory behind social distancing is that the reduction of probability of uninfected people getting in physical contact with infected ones will reduce overall infection rates over time and eventually help to eliminate the pathogen that is causing the disease. The book explores the implications and future of social distancing as the world slowly returns to something of normality. This book also explores the various aspects of social distancing, including its justifications, modalities, and consequences. |
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Sociology of Art |
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Maureen Kapute Mzuza/ 9781682508169/ Price:US$ 160.00
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Sociology of art is a subdiscipline of sociology that analyzes art as a social phenomenon. Moreover, in a globalized society, the nature of arts production, consumption and policy making is increasingly cosmopolitan, and arts are an important means for building social networks, challenging political regimes, and reaffirming and subverting social values across the globe. The book highlights the production and consumption of the arts, the social value of the arts, and analyses and critiques the impact and role of cultural policy and arts management. |
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Sociology of Children |
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Florence Boinett/ 9781682508176/ Price:US$ 160.00
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Sociologists study the influence of groups on human behavior. They study how humans behave in small groups, such as families and schools. This book provides a conceptual tool for thinking about the continuities, challenges, and changes that impact on how childhood is lived and experienced. This book gives all those who care about or for young children the tools and understanding to become powerful advocates for a better childhood and a better world. |
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Sociology of Culture |
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Yanqi Zhang/ 9781682508183/ Price:US$ 160.00
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For the last 40 years, American sociology has been transformed from the inside by the rapid growth of the study of culture, which includes both the study of meaning-making, identity, myths, and narratives and the study of cultural institutions and cultural production, diffusion, and reception. The purpose of the book is to encourage the development of this perspective through the organized interchange of ideas and research. It provides a comprehensive overview of contemporary scholarship in sociology and related disciplines focused on the complex relations of culture to social structures and everyday life. |
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Sociology of Economics |
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Stanley Baridam/ 9781682508190/ Price:US$ 160.00
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The field of economic sociology can be separated into the sociology of markets and the sociology of consumption. The sociology of markets views markets as socially constructed arenas where repeated exchanges occur between buyers and sellers under a set of formal and informal rules governing relations between competitors, suppliers, and customers. This book offers critical insights into its fundamental concepts and developments. |
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Sociology of Globalization |
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Patrick Ofori/ 9781682508206/ Price:US$ 160.00
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Globalization refers to the process of integrating governments, cultures, and financial markets through international trade into a single world market. Although the word ¡¥globalization¡¦ is widely used, its sociological meaning needs clarification. The aim of this book is to achieve that while returning to the basic premise that sociology is the primary discipline that charts changes within the world society. In order to understand world metamorphosis, there is an urgency to make available accurate and reliable data and match universally recognized definitions. Both of these suggestions bring us to the broader yet fundamental issue of the specific principles required within the social sciences. |
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Sociology of Health & Illness |
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Lam Dai Tran/ 9781682508213/ Price:US$ 160.00
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Health, or lack of health, was once merely attributed to biological or natural conditions. Sociologists have demonstrated that the spread of diseases is heavily influenced by the socioeconomic status of individuals, ethnic traditions or beliefs, and other cultural factors. The sociology of health and illness requires a global approach to analysis because the influence of societal factors varies throughout the world. The book covers three main areas: namely, the conceptualization of health and illness; the study of their measurement and social distribution; and the explanation of patterns of health and illness. |
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Sociology of Language |
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Rongjun Mu/ 9781682508220/ Price:US$ 160.00
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Sociology is a discipline in dialogue with other social sciences to understand and analyze, under the rules of the scientific method, societal organization, and social change. Organization and change occur both under specific conditions of social inequalities and in institutional frameworks. The book focuses upon the entire gamut of topics related to the social organization of language behavior, including not only language usage per se but also language attitudes and overt behaviors toward language and toward language users. |
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Sociology of Law |
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Mark Simons/ 9781682508237/ Price:US$ 160.00
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Sociology of law is a scientific field that studies the social preconditions of the law and the justice system, and their effects on society. This book provides a sociological perspective on the relationship between law and society through a critical analysis of the basic processes of law, issues of social power and legal institutions, and law reform and social change. The book focuses on understanding legal practices and decision-making, the challenges in defining and implementing rights, the effectiveness of regulation, the crisis being experienced by civil courts, and the challenges facing the legal profession. |
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Collaborative Qualitative Research |
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Thalia M. Mulvihill/ 9781462550265/ Price:US$ 40.00
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Meeting a key need for qualitative researchers, this practical book presents tools for creating productive partnerships and managing each phase of a collaborative project. The authors provide guidelines for working across disciplines, status differentials (such as professor and student), and geographical locations. Collaboration within particular qualitative traditions¡Xcross-cultural research, duoethnography, participatory action research, arts-based collaborations, and others¡Xis described and illustrated with exemplars of published studies. Readers learn how to build research teams, formulate research questions, gather and analyze data, and assess how collaborations are working. Ethical questions are highlighted throughout: Who owns collaborative research? Who decides what aspects of the findings should be disseminated? How can inequitable power relations be redressed? Within-chapter ¡§Pedagogical Pathways¡¨ sections provide practice exercises and opportunities for reflection. |
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Beauty Is a Way of Life |
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Magdalena Gimbut/ 9789815097320/ Price:US$ 150.00
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Rural underdevelopment in China is a multidimensional issue that calls for a solution concerning the local economy, culture, history, and identity. As part of a wider project aiming for rural revival, the development-through-art program sets itself apart through its emphasis on rural residents' self-management and initiative in seeking changes. In this book, the authors provide an account of this program and its implementation in three Chinese villages, namely Gejia, Dingwang, and Chengyang. They analyze the changes resulting from the program through a combination of the phenomenological approach and an array of sociological concepts. These include Heidegger's concept of dwelling, the concepts of placemaking and place identity, and Eliade's concept of the center and its symbolism. The last part of the book focuses on this program's potential impact on the prospects of these rural places and, in particular, the possible economic and civilizational benefits to be gained from tourism development.
What's New
Presents an exhaustive analysis of the development-through-art program launched in the three Chinese villages of Gejia, Chengyang,and Dingwang. |
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Machine Learning for Social and Behavioral Research |
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Ross Jacobucci/ 9781462552931/ Price:US$ 93.00
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Today's social and behavioral researchers increasingly need to know: ¡§What do I do with all this data?¡¨ This book provides the skills needed to analyze and report large, complex data sets using machine learning tools, and to understand published machine learning articles. Techniques are demonstrated using actual data (Big Five Inventory, early childhood learning, and more), with a focus on the interplay of statistical algorithm, data, and theory. The identification of heterogeneity, measurement error, regularization, and decision trees are also emphasized. The book covers basic principles as well as a range of methods for analyzing univariate and multivariate data (factor analysis, structural equation models, and mixed-effects models). Analysis of text and social network data is also addressed. End-of-chapter ¡§Computational Time and Resources¡¨ sections include discussions of key R packages; the companion website provides R programming scripts and data for the book's examples. |
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Water Beings: From Nature Worship to the Environmental Crisis |
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Veronica Strang/ 9781789146882/ Price:GBP 30.00
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Early human relationships with water were expressed through beliefs in serpentine aquatic deities: rainbow-coloured, feathered or horned serpents, giant anacondas and dragons. Representing the powers of water, these beings were bringers of life and sustenance, world creators, ancestors, guardian spirits and law makers. Worshipped and appeased, they embodied people¡¦s respect for water and its vital role in sustaining all living things.
Yet today, though we still recognize that ¡¥water is life¡¦, fresh- and saltwater ecosystems have been critically compromised by human activities. This major study of water beings, and what has happened to them in different cultural and historical contexts, demonstrates how and why some ¡V but not all ¡V societies have moved from worshipping water to wreaking havoc upon it, and asks what we can do to turn the tide. |
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The Escape from Poverty: Breaking the Vicious Cycles Perpetuating Disadvantage |
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Olivier De Schutter/ 9781447370604/ Price:GBP 45.00
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The perpetuation of poverty across generations damages lives. It weakens social cohesion and the economy and undermines environmental sustainability. This book examines why poverty is carried on from one generation to the next and what needs to be done to eradicate it.
This book draws on a wide variety of sources and academic disciplines (social sciences, economics, law, community development, neuroscience and developmental psychology) along with the lived experience of people in poverty. Challenging the myths and prejudices about poverty that hinder progress, it calls for a comprehensive approach based on ensuring real equality of opportunity for all. It stresses the need to intervene early to combat child poverty and break the vicious cycles that perpetuate poverty and disadvantage. |
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Stones: A Material and Cultural History |
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Cally Oldershaw/ 9781789147711/ Price:GBP 25.00
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From small beach pebbles to huge megaliths, stones have been revered, collected, enhanced, sculpted or engraved for practical and artistic purposes throughout the ages. They have been used to delineate boundaries and to build homes and shelters, and utilized for cooking, games and competitions. This surprising and fascinating compendium of stone facts, myths and stories reveals the impact and importance of stones in our history and culture.
Cally Oldershaw introduces the science in an accessible way and covers the aesthetic appeal of stones, their practical uses and metaphysical properties. With an eclectic mix of examples from the Stone Age to the present, Stones engagingly excavates the story of this essential matter. |
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Straightforward Statistics |
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Patrick White/ 9781447363255/ Price:GBP 19.99
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Are you struggling with introductory statistics? Are you trying to get ahead in your course, but feel like you're going around in circles? This short and down-to-earth textbook will give you the knowledge and confidence you need to get acquainted with the fundamentals of statistical concepts and techniques.
Assuming no prior knowledge, and avoiding jargon and dense equations, it will ease your anxiety and demonstrate the value of good descriptive analysis. |
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Straightforward Statistics |
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Patrick White/ 9781447363682/ Price:GBP 85.00
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Handbook of Research on Managing the Urban-Rural Divide Through an Inclusive Framework |
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Ayobami Abayomi Popoola/ 9781668462584/ Price:US$ 270.00
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In recent years, the growing disparities between rural and urban areas in developing countries have been a cause of major concern. The rural-urban gap remains the single most well-documented development and welfare disparity in the developing world. This gap can be seen in the low economic activities, higher poverty levels, and lower quality infrastructure and services in rural areas as opposed to urban areas. While the magnitude of this rural-urban divide is well-documented, very little has been documented about its impact on inclusive and sustainable urban development.
The Handbook of Research on Managing the Urban-Rural Divide Through an Inclusive Framework aims to capture the spatial and socio-economic divide between rural and urban areas and provides a road map to revamping the discussion that surrounds the urban-rural sphere. Covering key topics such as development, food security, and rural regions, this premier reference source is ideal for policymakers, government officials, industry professionals, researchers, academicians, practitioners, scholars, instructors, and students.
Coverage:
The many academic areas covered in this publication include, but are not limited to:
¡EDevelopment
¡EFood Security
¡EGovernance Systems
¡EIndigenous Knowledge
¡ELeadership
¡EPolicies
¡ERural Development
¡ERural Regions
¡ESustainability
¡EUrbanization |
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Uncomfortably Off: Why the Top 10% of Earners Should Care about Inequality |
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Marcos Gonzalez/ 9781447367512/ Price:GBP 19.99
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Media attention is often focused on the very richest, the 1%, and their capacity to influence politics and shape society. But they are not the only ones who drive politics, the public conversation and much of the private sector. The focus of this book is on the larger group between the 1% and the 10%. These are the managers and professionals of our media, business, the third sector, political parties and academia and are just as influential.
However, many would not recognise themselves as high earners at all. In fact, earning around ¢G60,000 a year in Britain places you in the top 10% of income earners. Maybe you¡¦re surprised you fall into this category, or are not as far off as you thought.
But despite this group¡¦s relative advantage and comfort, these high earners don¡¦t feel politically empowered. They worry about their income and are anxious about the future. Most of them are more likely to move down the income ladder than up it.
Drawing attention to this powerful section of society, this book explains why, even if you are relatively near the top, it is in your interest that inequality is reduced and you can help make that happen.
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Research Anthology on Modern Violence and Its Impact on Society, 3-Vols/Set. |
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Information Resources Management Association/ 9781668474648/ Price:US$ 985.00
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Violence on both large and small scales has a tremendous impact on society. The causes and impacts of violence have been under study for decades; however, in the modern era, it is important to remain knowledgeable of the current research on violence. As tragic events flood news headlines around the world, it is essential to evaluate violence, its causes, and its impact on society in order to mitigate and prevent violence globally.
The Research Anthology on Modern Violence and Its Impact on Society discusses the causes, ideologies, and perceptions of modern violence and examines its impact on society. It presents emerging research on modern violence in multiple dimensions from interpersonal to mass violence. Covering topics such as gun violence, radicalization, and victim-offender overlap, this major reference work is an essential resource for sociologists, politicians, government officials, law enforcement, community leaders, educators and administrators of both K-12 and higher education, students of higher education, psychologists, criminologists, victimologists, researchers, and academicians.
Coverage:
The many academic areas covered in this publication include, but are not limited to:
¡EChild-Centric Violence
¡EDigital Games
¡EGun Violence
¡EJournalism
¡EMass Shootings
¡EMass Violence
¡ENonviolent Cultural Development
¡ENonviolent Teaching
¡ERadicalization
¡ESchool Shootings
¡ESocial and Economic
¡EVictim-Offender Overlap
¡EVigilantism |
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Outrageous!: The Story of Section 28 and Britain's Battle for LGBT Education |
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Paul Baker/ 9781789147094/ Price:GBP 9.99
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Outrageous! tells the full story: the background to the Act, how the press fanned the flames and what politicians said during debates, how protestors fought back to bring about the repeal of the law in the 2000s, and its eventual legacy. Based on detailed research, interviews with key figures ¡V including Ian McKellen, Michael Cashman and Angela Mason ¡V and personal recollection, it is an impassioned, warm, often moving account of unthinkable prejudice enshrined within law, and of the power of community to overcome it. |
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Empowerment Evaluation and Social Justice: Confronting the Culture of Silence |
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David M. Fetterman/ 9781462551958/ Price:US$ 40.00
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Empowerment Evaluation and Social Justice: Confronting the Culture of Silence |
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David M. Fetterman/ 9781462551965/ Price:US$ 60.00
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Evaluation Roots: Theory Influencing Practice |
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Marvin C. Alkin/ 9781462551408/ Price:US$ 83.00
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Showing how evaluation practice looks when guided by theory, the third edition of the influential ¡§theory tree¡¨ book is significantly revised with over 80% new material, including a greater focus on equity and theories over theorists. Chapters from leading authorities describe the goals of each theory; the type of evaluation for which it is appropriate (formative, summary formative, summative, adaptive); the size of the program for which it is most applicable; specific prescriptions; and observable actions that help to define the theory. Readers are given the tools to select suitable approaches for the size, contexts and stage of an evaluation and their own personal values.
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Cost-Inclusive Evaluation: Planning It, Doing It, Using It |
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Nadini Persaud/ 9781462551248/ Price:US$ 50.00
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Is a given treatment, intervention, or program worth it? How can a program do more or better with less? Evaluating the costs of a program can be the missing link between a superficial evaluation and one that will get changes made and funding delivered. In accessible language and without complex formulas, this book provides a roadmap for measuring program costs and outcomes and analyzing cost-effectiveness, cost¡Vbenefit, and cost¡Vutility. Also explained are simplified ways to use economic appraisal methodologies¡Xsuch as net present valuation, internal rate of return computation, and payback period determination¡Xin a cost-inclusive evaluation. Instructive examples span a range of human services, education, and health care contexts. Other evaluator- and student-friendly features include helpful graphics, procedure steps, end-of-chapter discussion questions, and acronym and key term glossaries. |
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Cost-Inclusive Evaluation: Planning It, Doing It, Using It |
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Nadini Persaud/ 9781462551255/ Price:US$ 75.00
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Is a given treatment, intervention, or program worth it? How can a program do more or better with less? Evaluating the costs of a program can be the missing link between a superficial evaluation and one that will get changes made and funding delivered. In accessible language and without complex formulas, this book provides a roadmap for measuring program costs and outcomes and analyzing cost-effectiveness, cost¡Vbenefit, and cost¡Vutility. Also explained are simplified ways to use economic appraisal methodologies¡Xsuch as net present valuation, internal rate of return computation, and payback period determination¡Xin a cost-inclusive evaluation. Instructive examples span a range of human services, education, and health care contexts. Other evaluator- and student-friendly features include helpful graphics, procedure steps, end-of-chapter discussion questions, and acronym and key term glossaries. |
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Philanthropic Response to Disasters: Gifts, Givers and Consequences |
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Alexandra Williamson/ 9781447362531/ Price:GBP 85.99
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Migrants and Refugees in Europe: Work Integration in Comparative Perspective |
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Simone Baglioni/ 9781447364511/ Price:GBP 27.99
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The motivations of migrants for travelling to Europe vary, and the quality of the processes involved in their settlement and contribution to social and economic development are inextricably linked to their prospects of finding and sustaining good-quality work.
This book explores the labour market integration of migrants, refugees and asylum seekers across seven European countries: the Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, Greece, Italy, Switzerland and the UK. Using empirical data from the Horizon2020 SIRIUS Project, it investigates how legal, political, social and personal circumstances combine to determine the work trajectory for migrants who choose Europe as their home.
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Research and Evaluation for Busy Students and Practitioners: A Survival Guide |
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Helen Kara/ 9781447366249/ Price:GBP 24.99
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Research doesn¡¦t exist in a bubble but co-exists with a multitude of other tasks and commitments, yet there is more need for people to save time than ever before.
Brilliantly attuned to the demands placed on researchers, this book considers how students, academics and professionals alike can save time and stress without compromising the quality of their research or its outcomes. |
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Research and Evaluation for Busy Students and Practitioners: A Survival Guide |
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Helen Kara/ 9781447366270/ Price:GBP 90.00
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White Minds: Everyday Performance, Violence and Resistance |
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Guilaine Kinouani/ 9781447357469/ Price:GBP 14.99
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It is widely understood that race is a social fact with profound implications for life chances, group identity, collective representation and for the social order. ¡¥Whiteness¡¦, the source of race-based inequality and injustice is perpetuated through power, violence and an array of complex processes which help protect the status quo.
While there has been much focus on the psychological harm of racism on people of colour, less attention has been paid to the role of psychological functioning of white groups in maintaining unequal social configurations.
In this much-needed book, Guilaine Kinouani, a leading thinker and commentator on race, deftly cuts to the heart of the problem, arguing that whiteness is a historically and socially located psychological phenomenon. She examines how the psychological and psychic factors involved in the reproduction of whiteness intersect with macro structures, shedding light on everyday race dynamics, race inequality and racial violence of interest to all who seek to understand the impact of ¡¥whiteness¡¦ so they can be more effective anti-racists. |
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Re-Imagining Sexual Harassment: Perspectives from the Nordic Region |
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Maja Lundqvist/ 9781447366522/ Price:GBP 28.99
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This book opens for new understandings of sexual harassment by bringing researchers, writers, and policymakers in the Nordic region into dialogue in an ambitious volume. It asks what role juridical frameworks can and should play in prevention and raises questions about how the image of Nordic states ¡V as gender equal, colour blind and with strong welfare ¡V affects the work against sexual harassment in the region.
Re-imagining definitions of justice, violence, exploitation and work, this book offers knowledge of immediate importance for everyone working to prevent sexual harassment, through research, policy making, or in everyday practice. |
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Psychology at the Heart of Social Change: Developing a Progressive Vision for Society |
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Mick Cooper/ 9781447361039/ Price:GBP 14.99
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o create a world in which people thrive, we need to know what thriving is. Over the past century, psychotherapy - and its parent discipline, psychology - has built up a rich, vibrant, and highly practical understanding of human wellbeing and distress. This book shows why we need, and can create, a progressive politics that is profoundly informed by insights from the psychotherapeutic and psychological domain, moving us from a politics of blame to a politics of understanding.
In this vision of the world -- surrounded by a culture of radical acceptance - all individuals can live fulfilling lives. We need progressive political forces to develop greater understandings of psychological needs and processes; and to work with others in a spirit of collaboration, dialogue and respect. |
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Psychology at the Heart of Social Change: Developing a Progressive Vision for Society |
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Mick Cooper/ 9781447361022/ Price:GBP 85.00
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COVID-19 and Racism: Counter-Stories of Colliding Pandemics |
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Vini Lander/ 9781447366737/ Price:GBP 45.00
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Offering a snapshot of experiences through counter story-telling and micro narratives, this collection assesses the racialised responses to the pandemic and investigates acts of discrimination that have occurred within social, political and historical contexts.
Capturing the divisive discourses which have dominated this contemporary moment, this is a unique and creative resource that shows how structural racism continues to operate insidiously, offering invaluable insights for policy, practicend critical race and ethnic studies. |
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COVID-19 and Social Determinants of Health: Wicked Issues and Relationalism |
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Adrian Bonner/ 9781447364955/ Price:GBP 29.99
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This book, part of the Social Determinants of Health series, extends the ideas developed in the previous volumes by reviewing the impact of COVID-19 on local and national governance from the perspectives of public health, social care and economic development.
Drawing on case studies from across the UK and beyond, it explores the pandemic and other ¡¥wicked¡¦ issues including climate change, homelessness, unemployment and domestic abuse through the lens of relationalism, and proposes necessary system changes. |
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COVID-19 and Social Determinants of Health: Wicked Issues and Relationalism |
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Adrian Bonner/ 9781447364948/ Price:GBP 90.99
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Practical Psychometrics: A Guide for Test Users |
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Benjamin J. Lovett/ 9781462552092/ Price:US$ 45.00
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This is the first practitioner-oriented guide to basic psychometrics¡Xthe science behind test construction and validation. It is an essential course text and clinical reference for anyone who needs to select and administer diagnostic tests or review test score data obtained by others. Without assuming any mathematical background, the author describes the fundamentals of diagnostic testing, how to interpret score data, and how specific tests are used in school psychology, special education, counseling, and other contexts. Concepts such as reliability, validity, and fairness and test bias are explained in an accessible, conversational way. Detailed case examples illustrate the dos and don'ts of presenting test score data to clients, parents, and teachers in oral feedback and written reports. |
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Practical Psychometrics: A Guide for Test Users |
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Benjamin J. Lovett/ 9781462552108/ Price:US$ 68.00
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This is the first practitioner-oriented guide to basic psychometrics¡Xthe science behind test construction and validation. It is an essential course text and clinical reference for anyone who needs to select and administer diagnostic tests or review test score data obtained by others. Without assuming any mathematical background, the author describes the fundamentals of diagnostic testing, how to interpret score data, and how specific tests are used in school psychology, special education, counseling, and other contexts. Concepts such as reliability, validity, and fairness and test bias are explained in an accessible, conversational way. Detailed case examples illustrate the dos and don'ts of presenting test score data to clients, parents, and teachers in oral feedback and written reports. |
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Research Design: Quantitative, Qualitative, Mixed Methods, Arts-Based, and Community-Based Participatory Research Approaches |
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Patricia Leavy/ 9781462548972/ Price:US$ 50.00
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With a new chapter on the literature review, this accessible step-by-step guide to using the five major approaches to research design is now in a thoroughly revised second edition. The prior edition's user-friendly features are augmented by a new companion website with worksheets keyed to each chapter. For each approach, the text presents a template for a research proposal and explains how to conceptualize and fill in every section. Interdisciplinary research examples draw on current events and social justice issues. Unique coverage includes hot topics¡Xreplication studies, data sharing, and preregistration; tailoring proposals to different audiences; and more. Terminology commonly used in each approach is identified and key moments of ethical decision making are flagged. The book includes a general introduction to social research, an in-depth discussion of ethics, and a chapter on how to begin a research study. |
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Research Design: Quantitative, Qualitative, Mixed Methods, Arts-Based, and Community-Based Participatory Research Approaches |
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Patricia Leavy/ 9781462550883/ Price:US$ 75.00
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With a new chapter on the literature review, this accessible step-by-step guide to using the five major approaches to research design is now in a thoroughly revised second edition. The prior edition's user-friendly features are augmented by a new companion website with worksheets keyed to each chapter. For each approach, the text presents a template for a research proposal and explains how to conceptualize and fill in every section. Interdisciplinary research examples draw on current events and social justice issues. Unique coverage includes hot topics¡Xreplication studies, data sharing, and preregistration; tailoring proposals to different audiences; and more. Terminology commonly used in each approach is identified and key moments of ethical decision making are flagged. The book includes a general introduction to social research, an in-depth discussion of ethics, and a chapter on how to begin a research study. |
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Principles and Practice of Structural Equation Modeling |
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Kline, Rex B./ 9781462552009/ Price:US$ 113.00
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Significantly revised, the fifth edition of the most complete, accessible text now covers all three approaches to structural equation modeling (SEM)¡Xcovariance-based SEM, nonparametric SEM (Pearl¡¦s structural causal model), and composite SEM (partial least squares path modeling). With increased emphasis on freely available software tools such as the R lavaan package, the text uses data examples from multiple disciplines to provide a comprehensive understanding of all phases of SEM¡Xwhat to know, best practices, and pitfalls to avoid. It includes exercises with answers, rules to remember, topic boxes, and a new self-test on significance testing, regression, and psychometrics. The companion website supplies helpful primers on these topics as well as data, syntax, and output for the book's examples, in files that can be opened with any basic text editor. |
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Fighting for Empowerment in an Age of Violence |
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Milica Boskovic/ 9781668449653/ Price:US$ 165.00
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In today¡¦s modern world, persistent violence against vulnerable groups and minorities permeates societies, making it difficult for them to flourish. Empowering these groups has never been more important as society attempts to evolve and focus on inclusion. To understand the best practices and challenges of empowerment for minorities, further study is required.
Fighting for Empowerment in an Age of Violence analyzes the different forms of violence against vulnerable groups and minorities, states their civil rights, and illustrates the forms of weakening and violence supported by authorities against their own citizens. The book also highlights the challenges for people marked as unequal or weak and the possibilities that the 21st century offers to empower them. Covering topics such as gender roles, political violence, societal security, and globalization, this reference work is ideal for government officials, sociologists, psychologists, politicians, security experts, activists, researchers, academicians, practitioners, scholars, educators, and students.
Coverage:
The many academic areas covered in this publication include, but are not limited to:
¡ECivil Fight
¡ECyber Sphere
¡EEcological Movements
¡EEmpowerment
¡EGender Roles
¡EGlobalization
¡EMigration
¡EMinorities
¡EPolitical Violence
¡ESocial Disorders
¡ESocietal Security
¡EViolence |
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Practices, Challenges, and Prospects of Digital Ethnography as a Multidisciplinary Method |
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Jahid Siraz Chowdhury/ 9781668460252/ Price:US$ 165.00
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Ethnography in the digital age presents new methods for research. It encourages scientists to think about how we live and study in a digital, material, and sensory world. Digital ethnography considers the impact of digital media on the methods and processes by which we perform ethnography and how the digital, methodological, practical, and theoretical aspects of ethnographic research are becoming increasingly interwoven. This planet does not exist in a static state; as technology grows and shifts, we must learn how to appropriately analyze these changes.
Practices, Challenges, and Prospects of Digital Ethnography as a Multidisciplinary Method examines the pervasiveness of digital media in digital ethnography¡¦s setting and practice. It investigates how digital settings, techniques, and procedures are reshaping ethnographic practice and explores the ethnographic-theoretical interactions through which ¡§old¡¨ opinions are influenced by digital ethnography practice, going beyond merely transferring conventional concepts and techniques into digital research settings. Covering topics such as data triangulation, indigenous living systems, and digital technology, this premier reference source is an essential resource for libraries, students, teachers, sociologists, anthropologists, social workers, historians, political scientists, geographers, public health officials, archivists, government officials, researchers, and academicians.
Coverage:
The many academic areas covered in this publication include, but are not limited to:
¡EAcademic Performance
¡EBelt and Road Initiative (BRI)
¡ECross-Cultural Digital Ethnography
¡EData Triangulation
¡EData Trustworthiness
¡EDigital Autoethnography
¡EDigital Ethnography
¡EDigital Technology
¡EEthnographic Research
¡EIndigenous Living Systems
¡EOnline Services
¡EPatient Autonomy-Based Ethics of Informed Consent |
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Applied Guide for Event Study Research in Supply Chain Management |
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Lincoln C. Wood/ 9781799889700/ Price:US$ 165.00
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While researchers have commonly used event studies in other research areas, the use in supply chain management research is limited¡Xbut growing. However, there remain several important research design considerations that must be accounted for over the process of planning, executing, and writing event studies. Because of this, many issues and sources of uncertainty emerge among students and early researchers. There is a need for a comprehensive guide to these common issues and how to address them, delving into the nuances and steps to take.
Applied Guide for Event Study Research in Supply Chain Management supports graduate students and researchers to understand how to develop, execute, and publish event studies, specifically in the area of supply chain management, with valuable support for wider management studies. This book anticipates many reviewer and editorial concerns and questions and explores how to design a study that addresses issues before they arise, or how to tackle the issue during the review process. Covering topics such as alternative study designs, event study methods, and interpreting research results, this premier reference source is an indispensable resource for students and faculty of higher education, business executives and managers, librarians, government officials, researchers, and academicians.
Coverage:
The many academic areas covered in this publication include, but are not limited to:
¡EAlternative Study Designs
¡ECross-Sectional Regression
¡EData Management
¡EEvent Study Assumptions
¡EEvent Study Methods
¡EInterpreting Research Results
¡ELiterature and Archival Data
¡EManuscript Writing
¡EResearch Design
¡ESample Development
¡ESupply Chain Management Cases |
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Applying Mind Genomics to Social Sciences |
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Arthur Kover/ 9781799884101/ Price:US$ 165.00
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Mind genomics is the next level of apprehension of human behavior. It seeks to comprehend what drives consumers and people in general in their day-to-day decision making. It reaches out where surveys and focus groups are inadequate tools to help us better understand how people feel and how they will behave in a particular situation. While allowing for a more encapsulating method that works well with big data, mind genomics offers a more nuanced view of the complex societal and political reality.
Applying Mind Genomics to Social Sciences presents an overview of mind genomics as applied to the food industry, commerce, business services, tourism, healthcare, and even legal service. Its focus, however, explores the new avenues of mind genomics in social and political sciences. The book offers a combination of rich data combined with a new methodological approach and fresh analytical insights, which helps us better grasp and understand the complex reality of society. Covering topics such as human thought, decision making, and cognitive science, this premier reference source is a dynamic resource for political scientists, sociologists, psychologists, business leaders, marketers, government officials, journalists, students and faculty of higher education, libraries, doctoral and postdoctoral candidates, researchers, and academicians.
Coverage:
The many academic areas covered in this publication include, but are not limited to:
¡EAmerican Politics
¡ECognitive Science
¡ECurrent Events
¡EDecision Making
¡EExperimental Design
¡EHuman Thought
¡EMind Genomics
¡EPolitical Science
¡ESensory Analysis
¡ESocial Sciences
¡ESociology |
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Evolution of Peace Leadership and Practical Implications |
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Erich Paul Schellhammer/ 9781799897378/ Price:US$ 165.00
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Faced with conflict and opposition across disciplines and industries, understanding and utilizing peace throughout leadership roles has never been more important than in today¡¦s world. Ensuring leaders are prepared and educated in the benefits of peaceful resolution and management is crucial to create a more thoughtful and civilized society. Further study on the best practices, opportunities, and challenges of implementing peace into leadership roles is needed for successful adoption.
Evolution of Peace Leadership and Practical Implications develops essential themes in the field of peace leadership and combines theoretical frameworks and practical applications to provide a comprehensive discussion on the history and current state of peace leadership and peace leadership education. Covering topics such as peacebuilding, social justice, and the Sustainable Development Goals, this reference work is an essential guide for managers, business owners, policymakers, scholars, practitioners, researchers, academicians, instructors, and students.
Coverage:
The many academic areas covered in this publication include, but are not limited to:
¡EBusiness Leadership
¡ECulture of Peace
¡EFaculty Development
¡EGender Equity
¡EInternational Relations
¡ELeadership
¡ELeadership Education
¡EPeacebuilding
¡ESocial Justice
¡ESustainable Development Goals |
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| VA05-588 |
The SAGE Handbook of Qualitative Research in the Asian Context |
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Safary Wa-Mbaleka/ 9781529779622/ Price:GBP 120.00
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Qualitative research is growing in Asia and globally. In an Asian context, this requires an awareness of a completely different set of norms, practices, and expectations than those covered by books from a western perspective. This handbook truly celebrates these differences. Spanning the full research process, from philosophy and ethics to design and methods and through data collection, management, analysis, and dissemination, it focuses specifically on the practicalities needed to conduct effective and culturally responsive research in the Asian context.
This handbook extends beyond researchers actually in Asia and also speaks to researchers working with Asian participants, researching in Asian immigrant neighbourhoods, and studying the larger global topics like socioeconomic challenges, climate change, or technological advancement. This is the first book to focus specifically on qualitative research in the Asian context and includes diverse contributors from Asia such as the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, India, Oman, China, South Korea, Indonesia, Kazakhstan, Hong Kong, and from other continents such as North America, South America, Africa, Europe, and Oceania.
Section 1: Foundations of Qualitative Research in Asia
Section 2: Qualitative Research Designs
Section 3: Best Practices in Dealing with Qualitative Research Data
Section 4: Other Qualitative Research Topics |
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The SAGE Handbook of Qualitative Research Design, 2-Vols/Set. |
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Uwe Flick/ 9781526484321/ Price:GBP 265.00
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Qualitative research design is continually evolving. It is not only more established in disciplines beyond the traditional social sciences in which it is a standard choice, but also just as impacted by the changes in what data, technologies, and approaches researchers are using. This Handbook takes readers through the foundational theories, functions, strategies, and approaches to qualitative research design, before showcasing how it negotiates different data and research environments and produces credible, actionable impact beyond the study.
Containing contributions from over 90 top scholars from a range of social science disciplines, this Handbook is not just an anthology of different qualitative research designs and how/when to use them; it is a complete exploration of how and why these designs are shaped and how, why, and into what they are evolving. This is a valuable resource for Master¡¦s and PhD level students, faculty members, and researchers across a wide range of disciplines such as health, nursing, psychology, social work, sociology, and education.
Volume One:
Part I: Concepts of Designing Designs in Qualitative Research
Part 2: Theories and Epistemological Contexts of Designing Qualitative Research
Part 3: Elements of Designing Qualitative Research
Part 4: Basic Designs and Research Strategies in Qualitative Research
Part 5: Mixing Methods in Designing Qualitative Research
Volume Two:
Part 6: Designing Qualitative Research for Specific Kinds of Data
Part 7: Designing Qualitative Online and Multimodal Research
Part 8: Designing Qualitative Research for Specific Groups and Areas
Part 9: Designing Qualitative Research in Disciplinary Fields
Part 10: Designing Qualitative Research for Impact |
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Opportunities and Challenges for Computational Social Science Methods |
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Enes Abanoz/ 9781799885542/ Price:US$ 165.00
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We are living in a digital era in which most of our daily activities take place online. This has created a big data phenomenon that has been subject to scientific research with increasingly available tools and processing power. As a result, a growing number of social science scholars are using computational methods for analyzing social behavior. To further the area, these evolving methods must be made known to sociological research scholars.
Opportunities and Challenges for Computational Social Science Methods focuses on the implementation of social science methods and the opportunities and challenges of these methods. This book sheds light on the infrastructure that should be built to gain required skillsets, the tools used in computational social sciences, and the methods developed and applied into computational social sciences. Covering topics like computational communication, ecological cognition, and natural language processing, this book is an essential resource for researchers, data scientists, scholars, students, professors, sociologists, and academicians.
Coverage:
The many academic areas covered in this publication include, but are not limited to:
¡EBig Data
¡EComputational Communication
¡EDigital World
¡EEcological Cognition
¡EEthnography
¡EMachine Learning
¡EMicroeconomics
¡ENatural Language Processing
¡EOpinion Mining
¡ESemantic Saturation
¡ESocial Network Analysis
¡ESociopolitical Research |
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Social Justice Research Methods for Doctoral Research |
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Robin Throne/ 9781668446256/ Price:US$ 165.00
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Doctoral researchers are increasingly focusing on the social justice aspects of dissertation research problems and are often uncertain on how to incorporate societal change issues within a dissertation format. Due to the current climate, this interest in social justice is likely to continue to increase. Many aim to affect change within their discipline, workplace, or communities as they conduct dissertation research across doctoral program areas.
Social Justice Research Methods for Doctoral Research presents contemporary social justice research method strategies and incorporates the aspects of social justice into research design. This major reference work illustrates how, why, and where to incorporate conventional and creative social justice research methodologies across both qualitative and quantitative approaches from various theoretical and conceptual perspectives. Covering topics such as community-based research, educational leadership, and cancel culture, this book serves as a dynamic resource for researchers, post-graduate students, researcher supervisors, librarians, methodologists, research program developers, and education administrators.
Coverage:
The many academic areas covered in this publication include, but are not limited to:
¡ECase Studies
¡ECommunity-Based Research
¡ECounter Narrative Methodology
¡ECritical Duoethnography
¡EDiversity, Equity, and Inclusion
¡EEducational Leadership
¡EIntersectional Approaches
¡EIntersectionality
¡ETrauma
¡EUniversity-Community Partnerships
¡EUrban Human Services
¡EYouth-Led Action Research |
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The SAGE Handbook of Social Media Research Methods |
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Anabel Quan-Haase/ 9781529720969/ Price:GBP 120.00
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The SAGE Handbook of Social Media Research Methods spans the entire research process, from data collection to analysis and interpretation. This second edition has been comprehensively updated and expanded, from 39 to 49 chapters. In addition to a new section of chapters focussing on ethics, privacy and the politics of social media data, the new edition provides broader coverage of topics such as:
¡EData sources
¡EScraping and spidering data
¡ELocative data, video data and linked data
¡EPlatform-specific analysis
¡EAnalytical tools
¡ECritical social media analysis
Written by leading scholars from across the globe, the chapters provide a mix of theoretical and applied assessments of topics, and include a range of new case studies and data sets that exemplify the methodological approaches.
This Handbook is an essential resource for any researcher or postgraduate student embarking on a social media research project.
PART 1: Conceptualising and Designing Social Media Research
PART 2: Collecting Data
PART 3: Qualitative Approaches to Social Media Data
PART 4: Quantitative Approaches to Social Media Data
PART 5: Diverse Approaches to Social Media Data
PART 6: Research & Analytical Tools
PART 7: Social Media Platforms
PART 8: Privacy, Ethics and Inequalities |
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Beer and Society: How We Make Beer and Beer Makes Us |
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Eli Revelle Yano Wilson/ 9781666904338/ Price:US$ 95.00
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Future of Cities: Planning, Infrastructure, and Development |
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Ashok Kumar/ 9781032282992/ Price:GBP 35.99
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Applied Missing Data Analysis |
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Craig K. Enders/ 9781462549863/ Price:US$ 75.00
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The most user-friendly and authoritative resource on missing data has been completely revised to make room for the latest developments that make handling missing data more effective. The second edition includes new methods based on factored regressions, newer model-based imputation strategies, and innovations in Bayesian analysis. State-of-the-art technical literature on missing data is translated into accessible guidelines for applied researchers and graduate students. The second edition takes an even, three-pronged approach to maximum likelihood estimation (MLE), Bayesian estimation as an alternative to MLE, and multiple imputation. Consistently organized chapters explain the rationale and procedural details for each technique and illustrate the analyses with engaging worked-through examples on such topics as young adult smoking, employee turnover, and chronic pain. The companion website includes datasets and analysis examples from the book, up-to-date software information, and other resources. |
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An Introductory Guide to R: Easing the Learning Curve |
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Eric L. Einspruch/ 9781462549887/ Price:US$ 35.00
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Afriendly, straightforward guide that does not assume knowledge of programming, this book helps new R users hit the ground running. Eric L. Einspruch provides an overview of the software and shows how to download and install R, RStudio, and R packages. Featuring example code, screenshots, tips, learning exercises, and worked-through examples of statistical techniques, the book demonstrates the capabilities and nuances of these powerful free statistical analysis and data visualization tools. Fundamental aspects of data wrangling, analysis, visualization, and reporting are introduced, using both Base R and Tidyverse approaches. Einspruch emphasizes processes that support research reproducibility, such as use of comments to document R code and use of R Markdown capabilities. The book also helps readers navigate the vast array of R resources available to further develop their skills. |
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Knowledge, Patents, Power: The Making of a Patent System in the Dutch Republic |
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Marius Buning/ 9789004320390/ Price:EUR 138.00
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In Knowledge, Patents, Power, Marius Buning tells the complex story of how the emergence of a Dutch patent regime is related to wider issues concerning governmental control and innovation. Buning analyses the institutional framework in which "innovative knowledge" could develop in the Dutch Republic from a variety of perspectives. This is not only a comprehensive study of patent law and its administrative and legal framework during the first four decades of the Dutch republic, it also opens up new perspectives on a wide range of issues in cultural and political history¡X from truth claims in early modern science to issues concerning mercantilism and Dutch seventeenth-century processes of state formation. |
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Towards a Productive Aesthetics: Contemporary and Historical Interventions in Blake and Brecht |
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Keith O'Regan/ 9789004501843/ Price:EUR 125.00
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In Towards a Productive Aesthetics: Contemporary and Historical Interventions in Blake and Brecht, Keith O¡¦Regan mobilises a constellative approach to compare the political-aesthetic strategies of William Blake (1757-1827) and Bertolt Brecht (1898-1956). O¡¦Regan traces two similar trajectories in each author¡¦s work: an exploration of how capitalist domination defines conjunctures, and an investigation of how historical figures, themes and terrains illustrate past failures or losses that can be cleaved open for radical possibilities in the present. Brecht and Blake posit an ¡§oppositional aesthetics of the now¡¨ that articulates a theory of experience under capitalism, while counter-posing an oppositional form of existence. |
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Globalization/Glocalization: Developments in Theory and Application: Essays in Honour of Roland Robertson |
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Peter Beyer/ 9789004500358/ Price:EUR 125.00
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In the immense literature on globalization, the work of Roland Robertson stands out. In particular, his insistence that globalization manifests itself primarily as glocalization, the simultaneity of the global and the local, of homogenization and heterogenization continues to influence how a wide variety of observers understand the process, including those who contest it. In honour of Robertson¡¦s lifetime contributions, this volume brings together a set of essays that demonstrate the cogency of his approach, point out directions in which it can be further developed, and illustrate the insight it can provide in topics as varied as religion, football, wine, morality, and UFOs. |
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The Making of Modern Japan: Power, Crisis, and the Promise of Transformation |
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Myles Carroll/ 9789004466517/ Price:EUR 170.00
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In The Making of Modern Japan, Myles Carroll offers a sweeping account of post-war Japanese political economy, exploring the transition from the post-war boom to the crisis of today and the connections between these seemingly discrete periods.
Carroll explores the multifarious international and domestic political, economic, social and cultural conditions that fortified Japan¡¦s post-war hegemonic order and enabled decades of prosperity and stability. Yet since the 1990s, a host of political, economic, social and cultural changes has left this same hegemonic order out of step with the realities of the contemporary world, a contradiction that has led to three decades of crisis in Japanese society. Can Japan make the bold changes required to reverse its decline? |
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From Feudalism to Capitalism: Social and Political Change in Castile and Western Europe, 1250-1520 |
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Carlos Astarita/ 9789004258372/ Price:EUR 215.00
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Carlos Astarita's From Feudalism to Capitalism: Social and Political Change in Castile and Western Europe, 1250¡V1520 presents for an English-speaking readership a major intervention in a number of debates in Marxist historiography. The work has four thematic nuclei: the socio-political evolution that led to the feudal state, the genesis of capitalist rural production, the class struggle and the relationship of these factors with the commercial flow between regions. Received interpretations are revaluated through a series of original case studies that greatly enrich our understanding of theoretical terms, and suggest new interpretations of the absolutist state, the temporal validity of the law of value and the origins of capitalism. |
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The Coronavirus Crisis and Its Teachings: Steps towards Multi-Resilience |
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Roland Benedikter/ 9789004469525/ Price:EUR 172.00
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In The Coronavirus Crisis and Its Teachings: Steps towards Multi-Resilience Roland Benedikter and Karim Fathi first describe the pluri-dimensional characteristics of the Coronavirus crisis. Then they draw the pillars for a more ¡§multi-resilient¡¨ Post-Corona world including socio-political recommendations of how to generate it. The Coronavirus crisis proved to be a bundle crisis consisting of multiple, interconnected crisis dimensions.
Before Corona, most concepts of a ¡§resilient society¡¨ implied a rather isolated focus on only one crisis at a time. Future preparedness in the 21st century will require a multi- and transdisciplinary risk-management concept that the authors call ¡§multi-resilience¡¨. ¡§Multi-resilience¡¨ means to systematically enhance universal resilience competencies of societies, such as collective intelligence or overall responsiveness, being appliable to pluri-dimensional crisis contexts. If the Coronavirus crisis in retrospect will have contributed to implement multi-resilience, then it will ultimately have contributed to progress. |
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Neoliberalism or Developmentalism: The PT Governments in the Eye of the Storm |
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Alfredo Saad-Filho/ 9789004471924/ Price:EUR 169.00
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This book collects essays on the political economy of Brazil, focusing on the federal administrations led by the Workers¡¦ Party (PT), under Presidents Lula and Dilma Rousseff. The essays examine the economic, political, and social aspects of these governments, and a whole spectrum of policies implemented ¡V or not ¡V between 2003 and 2016, with implications for the subsequent period up to, and including, the administration led by Jair Bolsonaro. It is shown that those governments were neoliberal, but in different ways when compared with other administrations in that country. Their similarities and differences are examined in detail.
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Concrete Critical Theory: Althusser's Marxism |
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William S. Lewis/ 9789004503359/ Price:EUR 110.00
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Taking an analytic and historical approach, this work develops and defends Althusserian critical theory. This theory, it is argued, produces knowledge of how a particular class of people, in a particular time, in a particular place, is dominated, oppressed, or exploited. Moreover, without relying on a general notion of human emancipation, concrete critical theory can suggest political means for the alleviation of these conditions. Because it puts Althusser¡¦s ideas in dialogue with contemporary social science and philosophy, the book as a whole makes contributions to Althusser studies, to Anglo-American political philosophy, and to current debates in the philosophy of the social sciences. |
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Decentering Comparative Analysis in a Globalizing World |
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Olivier Giraud/ 9789004466586/ Price:EUR 206.00
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Decentering Comparative Analysis in a Globalizing World aims to go beyond the traditional criticism in comparative analysis. It wants to shed new light on the question of comparing as a form of categorizing. In this perspective, three relevant dimensions to question the naturalized categories of comparison are mobilized: ethnocentrism, the nation, and academic disciplines. Based on original empirical work, the volume proposes to use comparative categories by mixing and shifting the analytical perspectives. It brings together contributions that come to terms with the historicity of the comparative method in the social sciences. It eventually deals with the key issue of comparability of various cases, in the enlarged context of a globalizing world.
Contributors are: Anna Amelina, Camille Boullier, Catherine Cavalin, Serge Ebersold, Andreas Eckert, Mouhamedoune Abdoulaye Fall, Isabel Georges, Olivier Giraud, Aissa Kadri, Wiebke Keim, Michel Lallement, Marie Mercat-Bruns, Luis Felipe Murillo, Kiran Klaus Patel, Lea Renard, Ferruccio Ricciardi, Paul-Andre Rosental, Pablo Salazar-Jaramillo, Stephanie Tawa-Lama, Nikola Tietze, Tania Toffanin, Michel Vincent and Benedicte Zimmermann. |
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Karl Marx, Historian of Social Times and Spaces |
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George Garcia-Quesada/ 9789004501799/ Price:EUR 120.00
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Through a discussion with current perspectives in philosophy of history ¡V especially with a critical approach to Paul Ric?ur¡¦s work ¡V and a rigorous reading of Karl Marx¡¦s oeuvre, Karl Marx, Historian of Social Times and Spaces proposes an interpretation of Marx's concept and method of historical knowledge. In this sense the examination of Marx's concepts of social space and social time serve to highlight the possibilities of his work in terms of the explanation of the dynamics of complex multilinear development of human societies and of capitalism in particular. |
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Marx Matters |
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David Fasenfest/ 9789004504769/ Price:EUR 161.00
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Marx Matters is an examination of how Marx remains more relevant than ever in dealing with contemporary crises. This volume explores how technical dimensions of a Marxian analytic frame remains relevant to our understanding of inequality, of exploitation and oppression, and of financialization in the age of global capitalism. Contributors track Marx in promoting emancipatory practices in Latin America, tackle how Marx informs issues of race and gender, explore current social movements and the populist turn, and demonstrate how Marx can guide strategies to deal with the existential environmental crises of the day. Marx matters because Marx still provides the best analysis of capitalism as a system, and his ideas still point to how society can organize for a better world. |
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3GE Collection on Social Science: Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking |
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3G Editorial Board/ 9781984660091/ Price:US$ 160.00
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Explores the issue of human trafficking for forced labor and sexual slavery, focusing on its representation in recent scholarly accounts and advocacy as well as in other media.
It examines the wide range of factors and agents that enable these practices, such as technology, cultural practices, social and economic conditions, and the role of governments and international organizations. |
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Knowledge and Civil Society |
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Hongzhou Zhang/ 9781682508022/ Price:US$ 150.00
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Civil society organisations provide a voice for society's disorganized and voiceless segments. They raise social awareness and advocate for change by empowering local communities to create new programmes to meet their own needs. In order to develop policy and implement new strategies, civil society collaborates with the government. The book focuses on the role of civil society in the creation, dissemination, and interpretation of knowledge in geographical contexts. |
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Childhood and Youth Sociology |
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Mutlu Ozcan/ 9781682508015/ Price:US$ 150.00
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The study of society not only has a value in modern complex society, it becomes indispensable. This book develops a broad understanding of childhood and youth in its social, political and cultural contexts on a degree which also provides a sociological perspective on how society works and changes. The book also investigates how children shape and are shaped by the social worlds in which they live. It will show the experiences of children in the different contexts and institutions that make up the landscape of contemporary childhood, and to a lesser extent, experiences of the adults charged with their care. |
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Cultural Governance |
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Isabel Fernandes/ 9781682508008/ Price:US$ 150.00
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Culture lies at the heart of governance. It informs a group¡¦s rules and values about what is the ¡¥right way¡¦ of exercising power and governing¡Xand what is the ¡¥wrong way¡¦. Cultural governance is governance of culture. The book examines the role of culture in promoting democracy and good governance. Increased participation in culture has an indirect impact on effective, democratic societies in a number of ways. The book also examines that for culture to promote democracy and good governance, actions should be taken towards cultural re-orientation with the aim of making it useful to our democracy and governance. |
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Scientific Discovery in the Social Sciences |
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Likun Tan/ 9781682507995/ Price:US$ 150.00
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Teaching the scientific method is a staple of standard introductory social science courses such as sociology, anthropology, psychology, and political science. The purpose of this book is to indicate why such misconceptions occur and to point out some implications and suggestions for teaching the scientific method in the social sciences. This book examines issues arising from scientific discovery in the social sciences. It features a range of disciplines including behavioral sciences, computer science, finance, and statistics with an emphasis on philosophy. |
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Social Science and Historical Perspectives |
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Meng Ma/ 9781682507988/ Price:US$ 150.00
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Social science is the study of society and the manner in which people behave and influence the world around us. History was long regarded as the principal school subject in the field of human relationships. Increased attention to geography, the gradual separation of civics from history, and the introduction of sociology and economics into school programs made it necessary to think in terms of a group of social studies instead of the single subject of history. The rise of the field of the social studies has caused some uneasiness as to its significance and as to its effects upon the study of history. This book introduces the story of ¡¥social science¡¦, with coverage of history, politics, economics, sociology, psychology, anthropology, and geography. |
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How to Write a Research Paper: A Handbook for International Students |
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Hamed Barjesteh/ 9781774690789/ Price:US$ 155.00
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Writing a research paper will help you develop or improve your reading skills. Writing a research paper is the primary channel for passing on knowledge to scientists working in the same field or related fields. It helps you in developing reading for critical evaluation not just for the purpose of knowledge. This book will strengthen the critical thinking skill of postgraduate students about how to answer the question. We hope that reading this book helps the intended readership to maximize their academic potential. |
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Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking: Twin Evils From the Past Hunting the Present and Future |
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Sudha Menon/ 9781774690635/ Price:US$ 155.00
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This book reflects the dark realities of modern slavery and human trafficking and analyses the horrifying human and social cost of these processes. Adopting an eclectic and multidisciplinary approach, this book offers a profound understanding on modern slavery and human trafficking and its devastating consequences on human lives. The book covers a wide variety of themes including the legacy of modern slavery, economic exploitation of migrants, patterns of exploitation, globalisation and the changing nature of slavery and the policy response towards human trafficking and slavery. The book that unflinchingly illustrates the torments endured by the powerless victims of slavery and human trafficking is ideal for undergraduate and graduate students of International Law, Human Rights, Sociology, Political Science and International Relations. |
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Debating Same Sex Marriage: An Example of a Cultural Revolution |
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Margaret F. Bello/ 9781774690642/ Price:US$ 155.00
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There was a time when merely expressing same-sex attractions could get you hanged in many countries across the globe. Now, we are talking about same-sex marriage. This book charts the debates and evolution of same-sex marriage as a key point and process in the acceptance of sexual minorities. The book also raises questions about as-yet-unanswered questions about the future of LGBT people and marriage in general. |
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Why the World Fails to Prepare for Pandemics: Complacence, Complicity and Crisis modes |
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P. M. Ananth/ 9781774690659/ Price:US$ 155.00
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The book is written with a multidisciplinary ethos in mind. Hence, it may be useful for undergraduates studying biology, social biology, epidemiology, public health, sociology, social work, psychology, public administration, and many other related disciplines. I have deliberately avoided rooting myself in a specific discipline because one of the main lessons of pandemics is that they do not follow linearity and disciplinary silos. They instead impact on various facets of human life which have been invariably studied by a host of experts from a range of disciplines. Hopefully, this book will raise public consciousness about our vulnerabilities, strengths, threats, and opportunities so that we are better equipped the next time a Covid-19 happens. |
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Social Theory and Social Movements |
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Margaret F. Bello/ 9781774691656/ Price:US$ 155.00
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In this book, the key concepts of social theory and social movement have been outlined. This book also explains the theories of political protests and social movements, along with the theory of social enterprise and pluralism. It also lays emphasis on movements, from national to global social movement, network movements, alternative globalization and new media. It also explains the social movements starting from the ancient to contemporary times, which also deals with capitalism, culture, and the reinvention of everyday life. apart from this, it further illustrates the inequality, inclusion, and protests as also the action forms, repositories and cycle of protests. |
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The Theory and Practice of Item Response Theory |
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R. J. de Ayala/ 9781462547753/ Price:US$ 75.00
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Noted for addressing both the ¡§hows¡¨ and ¡§whys¡¨ of item response theory (IRT), this text has been revised and updated with the latest techniques (multilevel models, mixed models, and more) and software packages. Simple to more complex models are covered in consistently formatted chapters that build sequentially. The book takes the reader from model development through the fit analysis and interpretation phases that would be performed in practice. To facilitate understanding, common datasets are used across chapters, with the examples worked through for increasingly complex models. Exemplary model applications include free (BIGSTEPS, NOHARM, Facets, R packages) and commercial (BILOG-MG, flexMIRT, SAS, WINMIRA, SPSS, SYSTAT) software packages. The companion website provides data files and online-only appendices. |
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Handbook of Research on Advanced Research Methodologies for a Digital Society, 2-Vols/Set. |
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Gabriella Punziano/ 9781799884736/ Price:US$ 545.00
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The Handbook of Research on Advanced Research Methodologies for a Digital Society covers the different strands of methods most affected by the change in a digital society and develops a broader theoretical reflection on the future of social research in its challenge to always be fitting, suitable, adaptable, and pertinent to the society to be studied. The chapters are geared towards unlocking the future frontiers and potential for social research in the digital society. They include theoretical, epistemological, and ontological reflections about the digital research methods as well as innovative methods and tools to collect, analyze, and interpret data. This book is ideal for social scientists, practitioners, librarians, researchers, academicians, and students interested in social research methodology and its developments in the digital scenario.
Coverage:
The many academic areas covered in this publication include, but are not limited to:
¡EArtificial Intelligence
¡EBig Data
¡EData Collection and Analysis
¡EDigital Methods
¡EDigital Society
¡EDigital Technologies
¡EEthnography
¡ELearning Algorithms
¡EMixed Methods
¡EResearch Methods
¡ESocial Networking
¡ESocial Sciences
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Handbook of Research on Historical Pandemic Analysis and the Social Implications of COVID-19 |
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Antonio Cortijo Ocana/ 9781799879879/ Price:US$ 270.00
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The current health situation has been described as chaotic and devastating. Humanity¡¦s trust in the future and in its human capacity to overcome a disaster of such magnitude is even starting to wither away. If science still lacks a response to the pandemic, can the humanities offer something to cope with this situation? The world can adopt a historical perspective and realize that this is not the first time a global pandemic has struck. Issues including illness, suffering, endurance, resilience, human survival, etc. have been dealt with by literature, philosophy, psychology, and sociology throughout the ages and should be explored once again in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Handbook of Research on Historical Pandemic Analysis and the Social Implications of COVID-19 explores the issue of disease from a variety of philosophical, legal, historical, and social perspectives to offer both comprehension and consolation to the human psyche. This group of scholars within the fields of education, psychology, linguistics, history, and philosophy provides a comprehensive view of the humanities as it relates to the pandemic within the frame of human reaction to pain and calamity. This book also looks at the impact the COVID-19 pandemic has had on society in a multidisciplinary capacity that examines its effects in education, government, business, and more. Covering topics such as public health legislation, sociology, impacts on women, and population genetics, this book is essential for sociologists, psychologists, communications experts, historians, researchers, students, and academicians.
Coverage:
The many academic areas covered in this publication include, but are not limited to:
¡EHealth Communication
¡EHistory of Pandemics
¡EInfectious Diseases
¡ELiterature
¡EOnline Learning
¡EPopulation Genetics
¡EPsychological Effects
¡EPublic Health Legislation
¡ESociology
¡EUniversal Pandemic Response
¡EWomen Studies |
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The Strengths Approach in Practice: How It Changes Lives |
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Avril Bellinger/ 9781447359692/ Price:GBP 26.99
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n the global emergencies our world faces, the strengths approach is needed now more than ever. Commonly misunderstood, its true power as a whole systems approach to release the potential of individuals, communities and their environments has been neglected. For those brave enough, this book offers theoretical and practical encouragement.
The authors use a case study of their work with a unique NGO in the UK that combines student placements with support for refugees. They illustrate what it really means to adopt a strengths approach in practice. Chapters include the strengths approach to funding, organisational development, management and governance as well as immigration law, student learning and research.
This book will give readers grounds for optimism as well as transferable practices for challenging social injustice. |
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Researching Voluntary Action: Innovations and Challenges |
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Jon Dean/ 9781447356684/ Price:GBP 80.00
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In the first book of its kind, this volume brings together a range of experts to review key methodological issues in the study of voluntary action, charitable behaviour and participation in voluntary organisations.
Using case studies from around the world ¡V from ethnography to media analysis and surveys to peer research ¡V chapters illustrate the challenges of researching altruistic actions and our conceptualisations of them. Across different fields and methods, authors unpick the methodological innovations and challenges in their own research to help guide future study.
Demystifying research and deepening our ability to understand the role of the third sector, this accessible book is suitable for social researchers at all levels. |
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The Flexibility Paradox: Why Flexible Working Leads to (Self-)Exploitation |
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Heejung Chung/ 9781447354772/ Price:GBP 80.00
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Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, flexible working has become the norm for many workers. This volume offers an original examination of flexible working using data from 30 European countries and drawing on studies conducted in Australia, the US and India. Rather than providing a better work-life balance, the book reveals how flexible working can lead to exploitation, which manifests differently for women and men i.e. more care responsibilities or increased working hours.
Taking a critical stance, this book investigates the potential risks and benefits of flexible working and provides crucial policy recommendations for overcoming the negative consequences. |
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Hunger, Whiteness and Religion in Neoliberal Britain: An Inequality of Power |
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Maddy Power/ 9781447358541/ Price:GBP 80.00
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Exploring why food aid exists and the deeper causes of food poverty, this book addresses neglected dimensions of traditional food aid and food poverty debates.
It argues that the food aid industry is infused with neoliberal governmentality and shows how food charity upholds Christian ideals and white privilege, maintaining inequalities of class, race, religion and gender. However, it also reveals a sector that is immensely varied, embodying both individualism and mutual aid.
Drawing upon lived experiences, it documents how food sharing amid poverty fosters solidarity and gives rise to alternative modes of food redistribution among communities. By harnessing these alternative ways of being, food aid and communities can be part of movements for economic and racial justice.
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Doing Your Research Project with Documents: A Step-by-Step Guide to Take You from Start to Finish |
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Aimee Grant/ 9781447344032/ Price:GBP 21.99
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Students and researchers have an abundance of materials and sources available to them via the internet for use in their projects. However, there is little practical guidance available on the fundamentals of performing qualitative research with documents.
This valuable book enables readers to undertake high-quality, robust research using documents as data. Encouraging critical consideration of research design, the book guides readers step-by-step through the process of planning and undertaking a research project based on documentary analysis. It covers selecting a research topic and sample through to analysing and writing up the data.
The book includes:
¡E A wealth of case studies demonstrating how lessons can be applied in practice;
¡E Summary boxes and suggestions for further reading in each chapter to guide learning;
¡E Helpful online resources to facilitate designing your own research.
Accessible and comprehensive, this book will be invaluable for both students and researchers alike who are new to documentary analysis. |
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Doing Qualitative Desk-Based Research: A Practical Guide to Writing an Excellent Dissertation |
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Barbara Bassot/ 9781447362432/ Price:GBP 24.99
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This essential book provides all the guidance and advice you will need to complete your project. Using two key visual pedagogical tools, the Metaphorical Tent and the Research Triangle, the book shows you how to produce a vibrant and stimulating in-depth qualitative research that draws on high quality data readily available via the internet. The book:
¡E takes you through the research process step-by-step, from choosing a topic to writing up conclusions;
¡E examines a wide range of written, visual and audio data sources;
¡E includes helpful case studies to demonstrate practical application of concepts. |
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Handbook of Research on Protecting and Managing Global Indigenous Knowledge Systems |
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Rendani Tshifhumulo/ 9781799874928/ Price:US$ 270.00
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Indigenous knowledge systems (IKS) are a combination of knowledge systems encompassing technology; social, economic, and philosophical learning; or educational, legal, and governance systems. The lack of documentation of these systems presents a problem as the knowledge is fading away over time. In response, it is essential that policies and strategies are undertaken to ensure that these systems are protected and sustained for generations to come.
The Handbook of Research on Protecting and Managing Global Indigenous Knowledge Systems is a comprehensive reference source that works to preserve indigenous knowledge systems through research. Focusing on key concepts such as tools of indigenous knowledge management and African indigenous symbols, the book preserves and promotes indigenous knowledge through research and fills the void staff and students within the field of indigenous knowledge systems face with the current lack of research and resources. This book is ideal for university students, lecturers, researchers, academicians, policymakers, historians, sociologists, and anyone interested in the field of indigenous knowledge systems.
Coverage:
The many academic areas covered in this publication include, but are not limited to:
¡EClimate Change
¡EFood Security Systems
¡EGender in Language Communication
¡EHealthcare Providers
¡EHealthcare Systems
¡EKnowledge Management
¡ELanguages and Communication Systems
¡ELife Skills Education
¡EMusic in African Cultures
¡EScience and Technology
¡ESymbols and Signs |
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Research Anthology on Physical and Intellectual Disabilities in an Inclusive Society, 4-Vols/Set. |
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Information Resources Management Association/ 9781668435427/ Price:US$ 1425.00
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Discussions surrounding inclusivity have grown exponentially in recent years. In today¡¦s world where diversity, equity, and inclusion are the hot topics in all aspects of society, it is more important than ever to define what it means to be an inclusive society, as well as challenges and potential growth. Those with physical and intellectual disabilities, including vision and hearing impairment, Down syndrome, locomotor disability, and more continue to face challenges of accessibility in their daily lives, especially when facing an increasingly digitalized society. It is crucial that research is brought up to date on the latest assistive technologies, educational practices, work assistance, and online support that can be provided to those classified with a disability.
The Research Anthology on Physical and Intellectual Disabilities in an Inclusive Society provides a comprehensive guide of a range of topics relating to myriad aspects, difficulties, and opportunities of becoming a more inclusive society toward those with physical or intellectual disabilities. Covering everything from disabilities in education, sports, marriages, and more, it is essential for psychologists, psychiatrists, pediatricians, psychiatric nurses, clinicians, special education teachers, social workers, hospital administrators, mental health specialists, managers, academicians, rehabilitation centers, researchers, and students who wish to learn more about what it means to be an inclusive society and best practices in order to get there.
Coverage:
The many academic areas covered in this publication include, but are not limited to:
¡EAbuse
¡EBullying
¡EDisabilities and Education
¡EDisabilities and Sports
¡EHuman Rights in the Classroom
¡EInclusivity
¡EIntellectual Disabilities
¡EPersonalized Learning
¡EPhysical Disabilities
¡ESocial Justice
¡ESpecialized Care
¡EStress and Anxiety
¡ETechnology and Disabilities |
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The Rise of External Actors in Education: Shifting Boundaries Globally and Locally |
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Christopher Lubienski/ 9781447359005/ Price:GBP 80.00
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Increasingly it is not just the state that determines the content, delivery and governance of education. The influence of external actors has been growing, the boundaries between internal and external have become blurred and their partnerships have become more complex.
This book considers how schooling systems are being influenced by the rise of external actors, including private companies, NGOs, parent organisations, philanthropies and international assessment frameworks.
It explores how the public, private and third sectors are becoming increasingly intertwined. Introducing new theoretical frameworks, it examines diverse sites ¡X including Cambodia, Israel, Poland, Chile, Australia, Brazil and the US ¡X to study the role of policies, institutions and contextual factors shaping the changing relationships between those seeking to influence schooling. |
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Handbook of Research on Interdisciplinary Perspectives on the Threats and Impacts of Pandemics |
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Sahver Omeraki Cekirdekci/ 9781799886747/ Price:US$ 270.00
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The COVID-19 pandemic shook the world to its core. After a brief pause, organizations of all kinds had to adapt to the new circumstances given to them with very little time. The presence of the pandemic caused multiple threats that caused several disruptions to the norms, beliefs, and practices in various domains of everyday life. Both from macro and micro perspectives, individuals, households, markets, institutions, and governments developed strategies to respond to the new environment¡Xresponses that hope to eliminate or at least decrease the threats of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Handbook of Research on Interdisciplinary Perspectives on the Threats and Impacts of Pandemics explores the COVID-19 pandemic from an interdisciplinary perspective and determines how future pandemics may impact society. Beginning as a health threat, the pandemic has led the way to economic, social, psychological, political, and informational crises necessitating the examination of the phenomenon from different academic disciplines. Covering topics such as distance education, human security, and predictions, this handbook of research is an essential resource for scholars, managers, media representatives, governors, health officials, government officials, policymakers, students, professors, researchers, and academicians.
Coverage:
The many academic areas covered in this publication include, but are not limited to:
¡EAdaptability
¡EAnxiety
¡EBlockchain applications
¡ECoping With Pandemics
¡ECOVID-19 Pandemic
¡EDeep Learning
¡EDistance Education
¡EFood Safety
¡EFreedoms
¡EGovernmental Policies
¡EHuman Security
¡EInactivation Mechanisms
¡EMachine Learning Algorithms
¡ENutritional Behaviors
¡EPandemic Predictions
¡EPsychological Responses to Pandemics
¡ERetailing
¡ERisk Management
¡ESocial Reactions
¡EState Security
¡EStock Market
¡ESustainable Development
¡EVaccination |
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Introduction to Mediation, Moderation, and Conditional Process Analysis: A Regression-Based Approach |
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Hayes, Andrew F./ 9781462549030/ Price:US$ 75.00
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Acclaimed for its thorough presentation of mediation, moderation, and conditional process analysis, this book has been updated to reflect the latest developments in PROCESS for SPSS, SAS, and, new to this edition, R. Using the principles of ordinary least squares regression, Andrew F. Hayes illustrates each step in an analysis using diverse examples from published studies, and displays SPSS, SAS, and R code for each example. Procedures are outlined for estimating and interpreting direct, indirect, and conditional effects; probing and visualizing interactions; testing hypotheses about the moderation of mechanisms; and reporting different types of analyses. Readers gain an understanding of the link between statistics and causality, as well as what the data are telling them. |
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Research Anthology on Innovative Research Methodologies and Utilization Across Multiple Disciplines |
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Information Resources Management Associatio/ 9781668438817/ Price:US$ 415.00
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Research methodology is as old as academia itself. Research methodology shifts in strategy as it crosses different disciplines and theories. This, too, is true with the shifting landscape of research opportunities and technologies available to global researchers. To achieve the most accurate and substantial research, it is important to be knowledgeable of emerging research methodologies.
The Research Anthology on Innovative Research Methodologies and Utilization Across Multiple Disciplines discusses the most recent global research innovations made across multiple fields. This anthology further discusses how these research methodologies can be applied to a variety of specific fields. Covering topics such as creative thinking, qualitative research, and the research method landscape, this book is essential for students and faculty of higher education, scientists, researchers, sociologists, computer scientists, and academicians.
Coverage:
The many academic areas covered in this publication include, but are not limited to:
¡EAcademic Research
¡ECase Studies
¡ECreative Thinking
¡EDoctoral Research
¡EMultidisciplinary Research
¡EQualitative Research
¡EResearch Design
¡EResearch Method Landscape
¡EResearch Technology
¡ETeaching Strategy |
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Handbook of Research on Mixed Methods Research in Information Science |
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Patrick Ngulube/ 9781799888444/ Price:US$ 380.00
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Mixed methods research is becoming prevalent in many fields, yet little has been done to elevate mixed methods research in information science. A comprehensive picture of information science and its problems is needed to further understand and address the issues associated with it as well as how mixed methods research can be adapted and used.
The Handbook of Research on Mixed Methods Research in Information Science discusses the quality of mixed methods studies and methodological transparency, sampling in mixed methods research, and the application of theory in mixed methods research throughout various contexts. Covering topics such as the issues and potential directions for further research in mixed methods, this comprehensive major reference work is ideal for researchers, policymakers, academicians, librarians, practitioners, instructors, and students.
Coverage:
The many academic areas covered in this publication include, but are not limited to:
¡EInformation Science
¡EInformation Science Issues
¡ELibrary Science
¡EMethodological Pluralism
¡EMethodological Transparency
¡EMixed Methods
¡EMulti-Methods
¡EResearch Methods
¡ETheory in Mixed Methods
¡ETriangulation |
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Handbook of Research on Ethnic, Racial, and Religious Conflicts and Their Impact on State and Social Security |
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Emilia Alaverdov/ 9781799889113/ Price:US$ 270.00
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The resolution of conflicts based on religious and ethnic contradictions is a time-consuming process. Under certain conditions, a religious conflict became a form of expression of class, estate, interethnic contradictions, and the confrontation of states. However, we know that all religions call for peace, tolerance, and understanding. There is a need to realize that social injustice, inequality, and hostility toward any religious and ethnic groups fluctuates depending on the extent to which religious and ethnic differences are linked to economic, political, or national interests.
The Handbook of Research on Ethnic, Racial, and Religious Conflicts and Their Impact on State and Social Security forms a civil position and identity and provides knowledge of the development of conflict preconditions. This research explains conflict avoidance and solutions and creates a solid base for ethnic and religious integration while being aware of conflict consequences and avoiding xenophobia. Covering topics such as economic crisis, radicalization, and spiritual security, this book is an indispensable resource for students of higher education, professors, faculty, libraries, researchers, policymakers, community leaders, human rights activists, religious leaders, and academicians.
Coverage:
The many academic areas covered in this publication include, but are not limited to:
¡EEconomic Crisis
¡EEthnic Conflicts
¡EEthnic Diversity
¡EHuman Rights Protection
¡ELegal Consequences
¡EModern Geopolitics
¡EOccupied Territories
¡EPeace Development
¡ERadicalization
¡ESocial Detachment
¡ESpiritual Security
¡ESymbolic Borders
¡ETax Compliance Behavior
¡EYouth Depression |
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Outrageous!: The Story of Section 28 and Britain's Battle for LGBT Education |
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Paul Baker/ 9781789145618/ Price:GBP 15.99
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The next day Section 28 passed into law, forbidding local authorities from teaching ¡¥the acceptability of homosexuality as a pretended family relationship¡¦. It would send shockwaves through British society, silencing gay pupils and teachers while galvanizing mass protests and the formation of the LGBTQ+ rights groups OutRage! and Stonewall.
Outrageous! tells the full story: the background to the Act, how the press fanned the flames and what politicians said during debates, how protestors fought back to bring about the repeal of the law in the 2000s, and its eventual legacy. Based on detailed research, interviews with key figures ¡V including Ian McKellen, Michael Cashman and Angela Mason ¡V and personal recollection, it is an impassioned, warm, often moving account of unthinkable prejudice enshrined within law, and of the power of community to overcome it. |
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Writing a Proposal for Your Dissertation: Guidelines and Examples |
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Terrell, Steven R./ 9781462550234/ Price:US$ 35.00
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The encouraging book that has guided thousands of students step by step through crafting a strong dissertation proposal is now in a thoroughly revised second edition. It includes new guidance for developing methodology-specific problem statements, an expanded discussion of the literature review, coverage of the four-chapter dissertation model, and more. Terrell demonstrates how to write each chapter of the proposal, including the problem statement, purpose statement, and research questions and hypotheses; literature review; and detailed plans for data collection and analysis. ¡§Let's Start Writing¡¨ exercises serve as building blocks for drafting a complete proposal. Other user-friendly features include case-study examples from diverse disciplines, ¡§Do You Understand¡¨ checklists, and end-of-chapter practice tests with answers. Appendices present an exemplary proposal written three ways to demonstrate quantitative, qualitative, and mixed methods approaches, and discuss how to structure a four-chapter dissertation. |
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Writing a Proposal for Your Dissertation: Guidelines and Examples |
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Terrell, Steven R./ 9781462550258/ Price:US$ 53.00
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The encouraging book that has guided thousands of students step by step through crafting a strong dissertation proposal is now in a thoroughly revised second edition. It includes new guidance for developing methodology-specific problem statements, an expanded discussion of the literature review, coverage of the four-chapter dissertation model, and more. Terrell demonstrates how to write each chapter of the proposal, including the problem statement, purpose statement, and research questions and hypotheses; literature review; and detailed plans for data collection and analysis. ¡§Let's Start Writing¡¨ exercises serve as building blocks for drafting a complete proposal. Other user-friendly features include case-study examples from diverse disciplines, ¡§Do You Understand¡¨ checklists, and end-of-chapter practice tests with answers. Appendices present an exemplary proposal written three ways to demonstrate quantitative, qualitative, and mixed methods approaches, and discuss how to structure a four-chapter dissertation. |
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Re/Invention: Methods of Social Fiction |
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Patricia Leavy/ 9781462547685/ Price:US$ 35.00
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From Patricia Leavy, a leader in arts-based research, this is the first comprehensive guide to what social fiction is and how to write it. In an engaging, personal tone, Leavy explores the unique contribution that creative writing¡Xsuch as novels, series, and short stories¡Xcan make to addressing qualitative research questions. In-depth discussions of narrative models (such as the three-act structure) and elements (such as plot, metaphor, dialogue) are accompanied by excerpts from Leavy's published fiction, reflections on the writing process, and technical suggestions. The book offers evaluation criteria for social fiction as well as practical publishing advice. Instructive features include ¡§tip bubbles¡¨ with additional writing hints, end-of-chapter ¡§Skill Building¡¨ and ¡§Rethink Your Research¡¨ exercises, and an appendix with suggested readings. |
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Re/Invention: Methods of Social Fiction |
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Patricia Leavy/ 9781462550296/ Price:US$ 53.00
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From Patricia Leavy, a leader in arts-based research, this is the first comprehensive guide to what social fiction is and how to write it. In an engaging, personal tone, Leavy explores the unique contribution that creative writing¡Xsuch as novels, series, and short stories¡Xcan make to addressing qualitative research questions. In-depth discussions of narrative models (such as the three-act structure) and elements (such as plot, metaphor, dialogue) are accompanied by excerpts from Leavy's published fiction, reflections on the writing process, and technical suggestions. The book offers evaluation criteria for social fiction as well as practical publishing advice. Instructive features include ¡§tip bubbles¡¨ with additional writing hints, end-of-chapter ¡§Skill Building¡¨ and ¡§Rethink Your Research¡¨ exercises, and an appendix with suggested readings. |
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Safeguarding Young People Beyond the Family Home: Responding to Extra-Familial Risks and Harms |
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Carlene Firmin/ 9781447367253/ Price:GBP 14.99
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During adolescence, young people are exposed to a range of risks beyond their family homes including sexual and criminal exploitation, peer-on-peer abuse and gang-related violence. However, it has only been over the past two decades that the critical safeguarding implications of these harms have started to be recognised. Social care organisations are increasingly experimenting with new approaches but continue to experience challenges in supporting affected young people and their families.
This book analyses the results of the first rapid evidence assessment of social care organisations¡¦ responses to risks and harms outside the home across 10 countries. The authors highlight key areas for service development, give insights into how these risks and harms can be understood, and consider wider implications for policy and practice. |
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Global Perspectives on Youth Arts Programs: How and Why the Arts Can Make a Difference |
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Frances Howard/ 9781447357100/ Price:GBP 80.00
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How do young people develop through youth arts programs and how can these programs reflect and extend young people¡¦s personal interests? How can youth arts support participatory democracy and social change?
Frances Howard puts forward a powerful case for the value of youth arts programs, whilst acknowledging and interrogating the complexities involved, including unequal access to provision and the class-based harm that can be inadvertently practiced within them.
Drawing on the author's own practice experience, alongside a range of international case studies showing best practice, this grounded and accessible text will be welcome reading to academics, students and practitioners across Education, Youth and Community courses. |
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Protecting and Safeguarding Children in Schools: A Multi-Agency Approach |
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Mary Baginsky/ 9781447358275/ Price:GBP 24.99
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Schools play a vital role in safeguarding children and young people, yet there has been little research into how schools identify and respond to child protection concerns, and their engagement with local authority children¡¦s services.
This book highlights the findings of a major ESRC-funded study on the child protection role played by schools, their decision-making processes and involvement in inter-agency working. Crucial reading for academics, practitioners and managers in children¡¦s social care and education, it evaluates the impact of recent policy developments, including the Academies and Free Schools programme, as well as the restructuring of local authority children¡¦s services. |
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Protecting and Safeguarding Children in Schools: A Multi-Agency Approach |
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Mary Baginsky/ 9781447358268/ Price:GBP 80.00
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Growing Up and Getting By: International Perspectives on Childhood and Youth in Hard Times |
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John Horton/ 9781447352907/ Price:GBP 29.99
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Young People's Participation: Revisiting Youth and Inequalities in Europe |
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Maria Bruselius-Jensen/ 9781447345428/ Price:GBP 27.99
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Young people¡¦s participation is an urgent policy and practice concern across countries and context. This book showcases original research evidence and analysis to consider how, under what conditions and for what purposes young people participate in different parts of Europe.
Focusing on the interplay between the concepts of youth, inequality and participation, this book explores how structural changes, including economic austerity, neoliberal policies and new patterns of migration, affect the conditions of young people¡¦s participation and its aims.
With contributions from a range of subject experts, including young people themselves, the book challenges current policies and practices on young people¡¦s participation. It asks how young people can be better supported to take part in social change and decision-making and what can be learnt from young people¡¦s own initiatives. |
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Peacebuilding, Conflict and Community Development |
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John Eversley/ 9781447359340/ Price:GBP 26.99
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How do local communities effectively build peace and reconciliation before, during and after open violence? This trailblazing book gives practical examples, from the Global North, the former Soviet bloc and Global South, on communities addressing conflict in divided and contested societies.
The book draws on a range of critical perspectives and practitioner analysis. The diverse case studies demonstrate the considerable knowledge, skills, commitment, courage and relationships within local communities that a critical community development approach can support and encourage.
Concluding with activists¡¦ perspectives on working with the challenges of violence, the book offers insights for both an understanding of the root causes of conflict and for bottom-up peacebuilding. |
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Peacebuilding, Conflict and Community Development |
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John Eversley/ 9781447359333/ Price:GBP 80.00
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Young People, Radical Democracy and Community Development |
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Janet Batsleer/ 9781447362760/ Price:GBP 29.99
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Young people are often at the forefront of democratic activism, whether self-organised or supported by youth workers and community development professionals. Focusing on youth activism for greater equality, liberty and mutual care - radical democracy - this timely collection explores the movement¡¦s impacts on community organisations and workers. Essays from the Global North and Global South cover the Black Lives Matter movement, environmental activism and the struggles of refugees.
At a time of huge global challenges, youth participation is a dynamic lens through which all community development scholars and participants can rethink their approaches. |
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Young People, Radical Democracy and Community Development |
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Janet Batsleer/ 9781447362753/ Price:GBP 85.00
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Ending the Social Care Crisis: A New Road to Reform |
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Richard Humphries/ 9781447364450/ Price:GBP 14.99
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Ensuring effective, sustainable and affordable care and support for people of all ages is an urgent public policy challenge. This vital book outlines a different vision of social care as an essential part of the country¡¦s economic and social infrastructure that enables people to live good lives.
Drawing on the history of social care, international comparisons and lived experience, it sets out a different road to reform that will secure political traction and public support for change.
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Hope Under Neoliberal Austerity: Responses from Civil Society and Civic Universities |
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Mel Steer/ 9781447356837/ Price:GBP 26.99
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The Practitioner Guide to Participatory Research with Groups and Communities |
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Kaz Stuart/ 9781447362272/ Price:GBP 16.99
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The book offers a blueprint for your research project, taking you through each stage of the process, from planning your project to disseminating your findings. Keeping in mind imperatives such as engagement, involvement and voice, the book explores how best to conduct your research in ways which are meaningful for the participants.
The book includes valuable resources such as reflection points, chapter summaries and further reading lists. It will encourage and empower practitioners to plan and execute participatory research projects with confidence.
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Researching and Writing Differently |
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Ilaria Boncori/ 9781447368144/ Price:GBP 80.00
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This powerful new book gives voice to non-conforming narratives, suggesting innovative, messy and nuanced ways of organizing the reading and writing of scholarship in management and organization studies. In doing so it spotlights how different methods and approaches can represent voices of inequality and reveal previously silenced topics.
Informed by feminist and critical perspectives, this will be an invaluable resource for current and future scholars in management and organization studies and other social sciences.
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Virtual Reality Methods: A Guide for Researchers in the Social Sciences and Humanities |
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Phil Jones/ 9781447360759/ Price:GBP 47.99
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The book provides a user-friendly, non-technical methods guide to using ready-made VR content and 360¢X video as well as creating custom materials. It examines the advantages and disadvantages of different approaches to using VR, providing helpful, real-world examples of how researchers have used the technology. The insights drawn from this analysis will inspire scholars to explore the possibilities of using VR in their own research projects. |
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The Flexibility Paradox: Why Flexible Working Leads to (Self-)Exploitation |
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Heejung Chung/ 9781447354789/ Price:GBP 26.99
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Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, flexible working has become the norm for many workers. This volume offers an original examination of flexible working using data from 30 European countries and drawing on studies conducted in Australia, the US and India. Rather than providing a better work-life balance, the book reveals how flexible working can lead to exploitation, which manifests differently for women and men, such as more care responsibilities or increased working hours.
Taking a critical stance, this book investigates the potential risks and benefits of flexible working and provides crucial policy recommendations for overcoming the negative consequences.
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Global Agenda for Social Justice 2 |
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Glenn W. Muschert/ 9781447367406/ Price:GBP 14.99
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The Global Agenda for Social Justice provides accessible insights into some of the world¡¦s most pressing social problems and proposes practicable international public policy responses to those problems.
Written by a highly respected team of authors brought together by the Society for the Study of Social Problems (SSSP), chapters examine topics such as education, violence, discrimination, substance abuse, public health, and environment. The volume provides recommendations for action by governing officials, policy makers, and the public around key issues of social justice.
The book will be of interest to scholars, practitioners, advocates, journalists, and students interested in public sociology, the study of social problems, and the pursuit of social justice. |
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A Beginner's Guide to Building Better Worlds: Ideas and Inspiration from the Zapatistas |
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Levi Gahman/ 9781447362159/ Price:GBP 24.99
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This ambitious book offers radical alternatives to conventional ways of thinking about the planet¡¦s most pressing challenges, ranging from alienation and exploitation to state violence and environmental injustice.
Bridging real-world examples of resistance and mutual aid in Zapatista territory with big-picture concepts like critical consciousness, social reproduction and decolonisation, the authors encourage readers to view themselves as co-creators of the societies they are a part of ¡V and ¡¥be Zapatistas wherever they are'.
Written by a diverse team of first-generation authors, this book offers an emancipatory set of anti-colonial ideas related to both refusing liberal bystanding and collectively constructing better worlds and realities. |
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A Beginner's Guide to Building Better Worlds: Ideas and Inspiration from the Zapatistas |
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Levi Gahman/ 9781447362135/ Price:GBP 85.00
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Handbook of Research on Digital Violence and Discrimination Studies |
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Fahri Ozsungur/ 9781799891871/ Price:US$ 270.00
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Digital violence continues to increase, especially during times of crisis. Racism, bullying, ageism, sexism, child pornography, cybercrime, and digital tracking raise critical social and digital security issues that have lasting effects. Digital violence can cause children to be dragged into crime, create social isolation for the elderly, generate inter-communal conflicts, and increase cyber warfare. A closer study of digital violence and its effects is necessary to develop lasting solutions.
The Handbook of Research on Digital Violence and Discrimination Studies introduces the current best practices, laboratory methods, policies, and protocols surrounding international digital violence and discrimination. Covering a range of topics such as abuse and harassment, this major reference work is ideal for researchers, academicians, policymakers, practitioners, professionals, instructors, and students.
Coverage:
The many academic areas covered in this publication include, but are not limited to:
¡EAbuse
¡EAgeism
¡ECyberbullying
¡ECybercrime
¡EDigital Transformation
¡EDigital Violence
¡EEthics
¡EFeminism
¡EGender Discrimination
¡EHarassment
¡EMedia Studies
¡ERacism |
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Research Anthology on Racial Equity, Identity, and Privilege, 3-Vols/Set. |
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Information Resources Management Association/ 9781668445075/ Price:US$ 985.00
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Past injustice against racial groups rings out throughout history and negatively affects today¡¦s society. Not only do people hold onto negative perceptions, but government processes and laws have remnants of these past ideas that impact people today. To enact change and promote justice, it is essential to recognize the generational trauma experienced by these groups.
The Research Anthology on Racial Equity, Identity, and Privilege analyzes the impact that past racial inequality has on society today. This book discusses the barriers that were created throughout history and the ways to overcome them and heal as a community. Covering topics such as critical race theory, transformative change, and intergenerational trauma, this three-volume comprehensive major reference work is a dynamic resource for sociologists, community leaders, government officials, policymakers, education administration, preservice teachers, students and professors of higher education, justice advocates, researchers, and academicians.
Coverage:
The many academic areas covered in this publication include, but are not limited to:
¡EAccess to Education
¡EBlack Lives Matter
¡ECritical Race Theory
¡ECulturally Responsive Teaching
¡EIntergenerational Trauma
¡EMiseducation
¡EPrivilege
¡EProfessional Development
¡ERacial Equity
¡ERacial Identity
¡ERacism
¡ETransformative Change
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An Introductory Guide to R: Easing the Learning Curve |
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Eric L. Einspruch/ 9781462549894/ Price:US$ 53.00
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Afriendly, straightforward guide that does not assume knowledge of programming, this book helps new R users hit the ground running. Eric L. Einspruch provides an overview of the software and shows how to download and install R, RStudio, and R packages. Featuring example code, screenshots, tips, learning exercises, and worked-through examples of statistical techniques, the book demonstrates the capabilities and nuances of these powerful free statistical analysis and data visualization tools. Fundamental aspects of data wrangling, analysis, visualization, and reporting are introduced, using both Base R and Tidyverse approaches. Einspruch emphasizes processes that support research reproducibility, such as use of comments to document R code and use of R Markdown capabilities. The book also helps readers navigate the vast array of R resources available to further develop their skills. |
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Collaborative Qualitative Research |
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Thalia M. Mulvihill/ 9781462550272/ Price:US$ 60.00
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Meeting a key need for qualitative researchers, this practical book presents tools for creating productive partnerships and managing each phase of a collaborative project. The authors provide guidelines for working across disciplines, status differentials (such as professor and student), and geographical locations. Collaboration within particular qualitative traditions¡Xcross-cultural research, duoethnography, participatory action research, arts-based collaborations, and others¡Xis described and illustrated with exemplars of published studies. Readers learn how to build research teams, formulate research questions, gather and analyze data, and assess how collaborations are working. Ethical questions are highlighted throughout: Who owns collaborative research? Who decides what aspects of the findings should be disseminated? How can inequitable power relations be redressed? Within-chapter ¡§Pedagogical Pathways¡¨ sections provide practice exercises and opportunities for reflection. |
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Handbook of Research on Global Institutional Roles for Inclusive Development |
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Neeta Baporikar/ 9781668424483/ Price:US$ 270.00
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With the history of multilateral governance and the impact of the global pandemic, there is no doubt that we are at a transition between the system that marked the decades after the Second World War and a more extensive system of international governance that will characterize the world for the next generation. That system may keep the long-standing promise to serve the world's least advantaged, or it may serve to marginalize them further. For more than a century and a half, the most powerful national governments have created institutions of multilateral governance that promise to make a more inclusive world, a world serving women, working people, the colonized, the ¡§backward,¡¨ the destitute, and the despised. That promise and the real impact need deliberation and discussion.
The Handbook of Research on Global Institutional Roles for Inclusive Development examines the concepts that have powerfully influenced development policy and, more broadly, examines the role of ideas in these institutions and how they have affected the current development discourse. It enhances the understanding of how these ideas travel within systems and how they are translated into policy, modified, distorted, or resisted. Covering topics such as ethical consumption, academic migration, and sustainable global capitalism, this book is an essential resource for government officials, activists, management, academicians, researchers, students and educators of higher education, and educational administration and faculty.
Coverage:
The many academic areas covered in this publication include, but are not limited to:
¡EAcademic Migration
¡EAccess to Higher Education
¡ECompetency Development
¡EDigital Inclusion
¡EEconomic Development
¡EEducational Transformation
¡EEthical Consumption
¡EParticipatory Governance
¡ESmall and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs)
¡ESocio-Intercultural Organizational Development
¡ESustainable Development Goals
¡ESustainable Global Capitalism
¡EUneven Regional Development |
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Transgender in the Post-Yugoslav Space: Lives, Activisms, Culture |
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Bojan Bili?/ 9781447367611/ Price:GBP 85.00
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Written by an interdisciplinary collective of authors, this powerful book documents the largely unknown histories and politics of trans lives, activisms, and culture across the post-Yugoslav states.
The volume sheds light on a diversity of gender embodiments and explores how they have navigated the murky waters of war, capitalism, and transphobia while forging a niche for themselves within the regional and transnational LGBTQ movements.
By unleashing the knowledge concentrated in trans lives, this book not only resists trans erasures in Eastern Europe, but also underscores the potential for survival, self-transformation, and engagement in politically challenging circumstances. |
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Basic Income Experiments: Theory, Practice and Politics |
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De Wispelaere/ 9781447346852/ Price:GBP 12.99
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Available Open Access under CC-BY-NC licence. Basic income remains a controversial policy proposal, as both policymakers and the public question its feasibility, costs and social consequences. As a result, basic income experiments are being set up around the world to better inform policymakers¡¦ decisions. However, there is little consensus about what kinds of questions these experiments can or cannot answer, how they should be designed, and what role, if any, they play in rolling out basic income policy.
This book offers a detailed review of completed, ongoing and planned basic income experiments in order to examine the value of and complications inherent in conducting such experiments and to provide best-practice guidelines for future social experimentation and policy development. |
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Racism and Ethnic Inequality in a Time of Crisis: Findings from the Evidence for Equality National Survey |
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Nissa Finney/ 9781447368847/ Price:GBP 19.99
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Drawing from the Evidence for Equality National Survey (EVENS), the book compares the experiences of ethnic and religious minority groups and White British people in work and finances, housing and communities, health and wellbeing, policing and politics, racism and discrimination in the UK. Using unrivalled data in terms of population and topic coverage and complete with bespoke graphics, contributors present new evidence of ethnic inequalities and racism, opening them up to debate as crucial social concerns.
Written by leading international experts in the field, this is a must-read for anyone interested in contemporary ethnic inequalities and racism, from academics and policymakers to voluntary and community sector organisations.
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Black and Brown Leadership and the Promotion of Change in an Era of Social Unrest |
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Sonia Rodriguez/ 9781799872368/ Price:US$ 165.00
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Black and Brown Leadership and the Promotion of Change in an Era of Social Unrest amplifies the voices of leaders who identify as Black, LatinX, Indigenous, or people of color as they navigate leadership during a time of tumultuous change and social unrest. More specifically, it portrays dilemmas that marginalized communities encounter while advocating for justice and social change within whitestream organizational systems. The chapters delve into the definitions, perceptions, and lived experiences of Americanism, identity, otherness, and racism as it relates to leadership and discusses the issues, dilemmas, struggles, and successes that persons of color experience in leadership roles in business and education. This book is valuable for practitioners and researchers working in the field of social justice leadership in various disciplines, social justice activists and advocates, teachers, policymakers, politicians, managers, executives, practitioners, researchers, academicians, and students interested in how leaders of color can succeed, navigate hostile spaces, and ultimately create a change in mindsets and practices that will lead to justice.
Coverage:
The many academic areas covered in this publication include, but are not limited to:
¡EAuthentic Activism
¡EDiscrimination
¡EDiversity
¡EEducational Leadership
¡EEquality
¡EIntersectionality
¡ELeadership
¡EOppression
¡ERacial and Cultural Inequity
¡ERacial Justice
¡ESocial Justice |
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Asian Families and Intimacies, 4-Vols/Set. |
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OCHIAI Emiko/ 9789353286200/ Price:GBP 745.00
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Asian Families and Intimacies comprises important and influential writings that form the academic and intellectual heritage of societies across Asia. In Asian societies, a special cultural and social value is attributed to ¡¥the family¡¦, and there is deep public concern throughout the region with ongoing changes in the family and in intimate relations. However, a closer look reveals considerable diversity in Asian families and intimate relations, and in their different trajectories of change.
In these volumes, various facets of intimate relations and the interaction between the private and the public spheres assume special importance. The articles reflect on aspects of intimacy in historical and contemporary times, ideals and realities, and differences in family practices between different social strata. The writings discuss the varying and intersecting processes of ¡¥Sinicization¡¦, ¡¥Sanskritization¡¦, ¡¥Islamization¡¦, ¡¥Modernization¡¦ and ¡¥Globalization¡¦ across the Asian region.
Most of the articles in the volumes have been newly translated from various Asian languages, though there are some texts that were originally written in English. Contemporary texts that represent new and emerging areas of scholarship on family relations as well as texts considered ¡¥canonical¡¦ in their context of production have been included. In each part, the editors have introduced and analysed the themes taken up in the papers, and their wider intellectual and social contour. |
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Transforming Urban Nightlife and the Development of Smart Public Spaces |
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Hisham Abusaada/ 9781799870043/ Price:US$ 215.00
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Transforming Urban Nightlife and the Development of Smart Public Spaces analyzes the patterns of transformations of nightlife in public life. The book investigates urban nightlife transformations and the challenge of enhancing the sense of belonging in sensitive areas such as local communities and historical sites. The chapters present new insights to control the chaotic intervention related to the elements of traditional or digital technology, whether from citizens themselves or local authorities. The objective also is to document urban nightlife transformations that enhance the sense of belonging in historical sites. Important topics covered include urban-gamification, digital urban art, urban socio-ecosystems, and reimagining space in the urban nightlife. This book is ideal for urban planners, developers, social scientists, technologists, civil engineers, architects, policymakers, government officials, practitioners, researchers, academicians, and students who are interested in urban nightlife and nightscape and the smart technologies used for transformation.
Topics Covered
The many academic areas covered in this publication include, but are not limited to:
¡EAtmosphere
¡ECommunity Well-Being
¡EDigital Art
¡EDigital Technologies
¡EGreen Land Uses
¡ENightlife Settings
¡ESmart Citizens and Smart Cities
¡ESmart Public Spaces
¡ESocial Engagement
¡EUrban Design
¡EUrban Nightlife
¡EUrban-Gamification |
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Research Anthology on Empowering Marginalized Communities and Mitigating Racism and Discrimination, 3-Vols/Set. |
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Information Resources Management Association/ 9781799885474/ Price:US$ 985.00
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The Research Anthology on Empowering Marginalized Communities and Mitigating Racism and Discrimination is a three-volume, hand-selected compilation of the highest quality research on the empowerment of marginalized communities that have been experiencing ongoing discrimination. To shed light on the underpinnings of disparities between marginalized groups and overreaching society, this text explores social justice applications and practices and the changes being made or pushed for around the globe that promote equality, fair treatment, and inclusivity. This book is ideal for sociologists, teachers, activists, practitioners, managers, administrators, policymakers, government officials, researchers, academicians, and students working in fields such as gender studies, race studies, social justice, behavioral studies, history, sociology, anthropology, psychology, law, as well as anyone interested in the current practices and advances in mitigating racism and discrimination in society.
Topics Covered
The many academic areas covered in this publication include, but are not limited to:
¡EAcademic Injustice
¡EActivism
¡ECulturally Responsive Teaching
¡ECyber Racism
¡EDiversity
¡EEquality
¡EGender Studies
¡EHuman Rights
¡EIdentity
¡EInclusivity
¡EIncome Inequality
¡ERacial Equity
¡ERacial Literacy
¡ERacialized Perceptions
¡ERacism and Discrimination
¡ESocial Exclusion
¡ESocial Justice |
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Promoting Qualitative Research Methods for Critical Reflection and Change |
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Viktor Wang/ 9781799876007/ Price:US$ 215.00
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Promoting Qualitative Research Methods for Critical Reflection and Change provides readers with a comprehensive array of qualitative research methods, which can be implemented in a variety of contexts for a variety of purposes. The chapters explore the impact, uses, and methodologies for qualitative research across various fields of research. This book is ideal for practitioners, researchers, academicians, and students interested in the use of qualitative research methods.
Topics Covered
The many academic areas covered in this publication include, but are not limited to:
¡EAction Research
¡ECase Studies
¡EData Analysis
¡EData Collection
¡EFeminist Research
¡EGrounded Theory
¡EParticipatory Research
¡EPhenomenology
¡EQualitative Research Methods
¡ESelf-Study |
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Strategies and Tactics for Multidisciplinary Writing |
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Kemi Elufiede/ 9781799844778/ Price:US$ 215.00
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Across a wide range of fields of study and academic interests, there is often a common denominator in the need for successful, concise, and well-researched communications in the form of writing. Whether it be accessing credible research, pre-writing practices, or taking writing to the next level from good to excellent, there is a constant need for teaching writing skills and methods effectively as well as utilizing what has been learned within real-life applications to create quality written content. With composers of the written word ranging from students to researchers to business owners and more, multidisciplinary writing encompasses a range of research devoted to enhancing writing skills and providing an understanding of the writing process across diverse fields of interest.
Strategies and Tactics for Multidisciplinary Writing provides writers in the professional and academic sphere resources for enhancing their writing skills through a clear understanding of the writing process. The chapters focus on the multiple stages of writing including planning, researching, drafting, revising, and more. While highlighting specific topics such as writing in virtual environments, topic research, writing for the internet, and pre-writing practices, this book is ideally intended for writers in the professional and academic spheres as well as practitioners, stakeholders, researchers, academicians, and students interested in multidisciplinary writing.
Topics Covered
The many academic areas covered in this publication include, but are not limited to:
¡ECredibility
¡EEthics in Writing
¡EMultidisciplinary Writing
¡EPre-Writing
¡EProject Formatting
¡EProject Planning
¡EProofreading, Editing, and Revising
¡EReferences and Citation
¡EResearch Methods
¡EWriting for Publication
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Examining the Socio-Technical Impact of Smart Cities |
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Fenio Annansingh/ 9781799853268/ Price:US$ 210.00
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Smart city development and governance is a technological issue and a complex mechanism of the political understanding of technology, environmental interest, and urban interactions in terms of both economic gains and other public values. A smart city is defined by the technology it possesses and how it integrates and uses that technology to improve operational efficiency, propel citizen engagement, and justify inward migration. Understanding the principles and policies at work creates a full understanding of smart cities.
Examining the Socio-Technical Impact of Smart Cities is an essential publication that enhances our theoretical understanding of the socio-technical impact of smart cities by promoting the conceptual interactions between social and governmental structures (people, task, structure) with new technologies. Highlighting a wide range of topics including community inclusion, cultural innovation, and public safety, this book is ideally designed for urban planners, entrepreneurs, engineers, government officials, policymakers, academicians, researchers, and students.
Topics Covered
The many academic areas covered in this publication include, but are not limited to:
¡EArtificial Intelligence
¡EBig Data
¡EBlockchain
¡ECloud Computing
¡ECommunity Inclusion
¡ECultural Innovation
¡ECybersecurity
¡EE-Government
¡EICT Infrastructure
¡EInformation Security
¡EInternet of Things
¡EPublic Safety
¡ESmart Urban Mobility
¡ESmart Workforce
¡ESustainability |
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Data Analysis and Methods of Qualitative Research: Emerging Research and Opportunities |
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Silas Memory Madondo/ 9781799885498/ Price:US$ 185.00
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An intellectual property discussion is central to qualitative research projects, and ethical guidelines are essential to the safe accomplishment of research projects. Undertaking research studies without adhering to ethics may be dangerous to researchers and research subjects. Therefore, it is important to understand and develop practical techniques for handling ethics with a specific focus on qualitative projects so that researchers conducting this type of research may continue to use ethical practices at every step of the project.
Data Analysis and Methods of Qualitative Research: Emerging Research and Opportunities discusses in detail the methods related to the social constructionist paradigm that is popular with qualitative research projects. These methods help researchers undertake ideal qualitative projects that are free from quantitative research techniques/concepts all while acquiring practical skills in handling ethics and ethical issues in qualitative projects. The chapters each contain case studies, learning outcomes, question and answer sections, and discuss critical research philosophies in detail along with topics such as ethics, research design, data gathering and sampling methods, research outputs, data analysis, and report writing. Featuring a wide range of topics such as epistemology, probability sampling, and big data, this book is ideal for researchers, practitioners, computer scientists, academicians, analysts, coders, and students looking to become competent qualitative research specialists.
Topics Covered
The many academic areas covered in this publication include, but are not limited to:
¡EBig Data
¡ECoding
¡EData Analysis
¡EEpistemology
¡EEthics
¡EEthnography
¡EOntology
¡EProbability Sampling
¡EQualitative Philosophy
¡EQualitative Research
¡EResearch Methodology
¡ESnowball Sampling
¡ESocial Constructionist Philosophy
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Indigenous Research of Land, Self, and Spirit |
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Robin Throne/ 9781799837299/ Price:US$ 205.00
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Indigenous cultures meticulously protect and preserve their traditions. Those traditions often have deep connections to the homelands of indigenous peoples, thus forming strong relationships between culture, land, and communities. Autoethnography can help shed light on the nature and complexity of these relationships.
Indigenous Research of Land, Self, and Spirit is a collection of innovative research that focuses on the ties between indigenous cultures and the constructs of land as self and agency. It also covers critical intersectional, feminist, and heuristic inquiries across a variety of indigenous peoples. Highlighting a broad range of topics including environmental studies, land rights, and storytelling, this book is ideally designed for policymakers, academicians, students, and researchers in the fields of sociology, diversity, anthropology, environmentalism, and history.
Topics Covered
The many academic areas covered in this publication include, but are not limited to:
¡EAfrican Diaspora
¡EArts-Based Research
¡EAutoethnography
¡EEnvironmental Studies
¡EHeirs¡¦ Property Challenges
¡EIndigenous Cultures
¡ELand Rights
¡ELandscape as Agency
¡ENative American Communities
¡EStorytelling
¡EWomen¡¦s Studies |
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Cultural Perspectives on Global Research Epistemology: Emerging Research and Opportunities |
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F. Sigmund Topor/ 9781522589846/ Price:US$ 150.00
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Cultural values and structures differ in societies throughout the world. For example, the traditional conformism of Confucian countries is vastly dissimilar from the individualistic values of Western societies. In today¡¦s globalized environment, the greatest challenge is the collaboration of diverse cultures. The comprehension of global epistemology and the understanding of diverse cultural perspectives is needed in order to sustain global harmony and intercultural congruence.
Cultural Perspectives on Global Research Epistemology: Emerging Research and Opportunities is a pivotal reference source that discusses the effect of globalization on intercultural communication and critical thinking and analyzes Eastern and Western societies from an epistemological standpoint. While highlighting topics including uncertainty avoidance, Confucianism, and cultural heritage, this book is ideally designed for researchers, scientists, anthropologists, sociologists, educators, practitioners, and students seeking current research on epistemic discordance in global research.
Topics Covered
The many academic areas covered in this publication include, but are not limited to:
¡ECollectivism
¡EConfucianism
¡ECultural Heritage
¡EEducation Systems
¡EGlobalization
¡EIndividualism
¡ELinguistics
¡EMedical Tourism
¡EPower Distance
¡EUncertainty Avoidance |
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The SAGE Handbook of Participatory Research and Inquiry, 2-Vols/Set. |
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Danny Burns/ 9781526440501/ Price:GBP 265.00
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This SAGE Handbook presents contemporary, cutting-edge approaches to participatory research and inquiry. It has been designed for the community of researchers, professionals and activists engaged in interventions and action for social transformation, and for readers interested in understanding the state of the art in this domain. The Handbook offers an overview of different influences on participatory research, explores in detail how to address critical issues and design effective participatory research processes, and provides detailed accounts of how to use a wide range of participatory research methods. Chapters cover pioneering new participatory research techniques including methods that can be operationalised at scale, approaches to engaging the poorest and most marginalised, and ways of harnessing technologies to increase the scope of participation, amongst others.
Drawing upon a wide range of disciplines, and bringing together contributing authors from across the globe, this Handbook will be of interest to an international readership from across the broad spectrum of social sciences, including social policy, development studies, geography, sociology, criminology, political science, health and social care, education, psychology, business & management. It will also be an insightful and practical resource for facilitators, community workers, and activists for social change.
Part 1: Introduction
Part 2: Key Influences and Foundations of Participatory Research
Part 3: Critical Issues in the Practice of Participatory Research
Part 4: Methods and Tools
Part 4.1: Dialogic and Deliberative Processes
Part 4.2: Digital Technologies in Participatory Research
Part 4.3: Participatory Forms of Action Orientated Research
Part 4.4: Visual and Performative Methods
Part 4.5: Participatory Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning
Part 4.6: Mixing and Mashing Participatory and Formal Research
Part 5: Final Reflections |
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Impact of Immigration and Xenophobia on Development in Africa |
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Mavhungu Abel Mafukata/ 9781799870999/ Price:US$ 205.00
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Impact of Immigration and Xenophobia on Development in Africa analyzes the genesis and evolution of immigration in Africa and how this has resulted in social challenges such as xenophobia within the continent. The book focuses on demonstrating how immigrant skills and expertise can be positively utilized to assist African development and asserts the existence of xenophobia in respective countries does not assist Africa¡¦s quest of resolving its own challenges. The chapters within this book therefore explore how this subsequent output of xenophobia has impacted African development and focuses on the revival of Pan-Africanism as a uniting instrument and ideology for Africans. This book is a valuable reference tool for activists, retired and practicing politicians, governments, policymakers, practitioners, stakeholders, researchers, students, and academicians.
Topics Covered
The many academic areas covered in this publication include, but are not limited to:
¡EAfrican Philosophy
¡EAfrican Studies
¡ECitizenship
¡EEconomic Development
¡EEthics
¡EImmigrant Entrepreneurship
¡EImmigration
¡EPolitical Rhetoric
¡ESocial Challenges
¡EXenophobia |
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Social, Educational, and Cultural Perspectives of Disabilities in the Global South |
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Sibonokuhle Ndlovu/ 9781799848677/ Price:US$ 205.00
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Technology and research for disabilities and disability support are largely produced by the Global North even though it is utilized globally, including in the Global South. For this reason, the encouragement of greater research efforts and technological creation are essential for advanced disability support in the Global South.
Social, Educational, and Cultural Perspectives of Disabilities in the Global South is an essential scholarly publication that examines scholarship and academics with disabilities, with an emphasis on the disruption of stereotypes as well as lived experience. Featuring a wide range of topics such as feminist theory, student motivation, and artificial intelligence, this book is ideal for academicians, academic professionals, researchers, policymakers, and students.
Topics Covered
The many academic areas covered in this publication include, but are not limited to:
¡EArtificial Intelligence
¡EAutism
¡EDisability Scholarship
¡EEconomics
¡EFeminist Theory
¡EReligion
¡ESpecial Education
¡EStudent Motivation
¡EStudents With Disabilities
¡EWork-Life Balance |
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Approaches and Processes of Social Science Research |
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Icarbord Tshabangu/ 9781799866220/ Price:US$ 215.00
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Approaches and Processes of Social Science Research presents new research methodologies in the social science field and aims at providing a broad introduction to the methodology of social research in its main theoretical foundations as well as in its practical applications. Readers will develop a critical thinking attitude about social problems which in turn will sharpen their analytic approach to research. This book includes four main parts: philosophical perspectives, strategies for conducting research, common approaches for handling and collecting data, and critical aspects of research writing throughout the process. While highlighting topics such as critical theory in research, ethical issues, research processes, data analysis, and more, this book is ideal for researchers in the social sciences and practitioners, stakeholders, academicians, and students interested in deepening their understanding of the ideas and the practices of social science research.
Topics Covered
The many academic areas covered in this publication include, but are not limited to:
¡EAcademic Writing
¡EConstructivism
¡ECritical Theory
¡EData Analysis
¡EData Collection
¡EDissertation Writing
¡EEthical Issues in Research
¡EEthnographic Research
¡EPositivist Research
¡EQualitative Methods
¡EQuantitative Methods
¡EResearch Methodologies
¡EResearch Writing
¡ESocial Issues
¡ESocial Sciences |
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Overcoming Fieldwork Challenges in Social Science and Higher Education Research |
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Abir El Shaban/ 9781799858263/ Price:US$ 215.00
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Conducting social science and education research studies that require involvement in fieldwork is not an easy task. Many graduate students and novice researchers face difficulties efficiently and effectively conducting the practical aspects of their research in fieldwork. One reason for this difficulty may be due to the lack of finding and/or accessing authentic and realistic descriptions of previously conducted fieldwork experiences and processes in a variety of fields. This could be the case whether the research is going to be on a virtual platform or in a real and actual context. Thus, it is critical to shed light on the successes and pitfalls of the personal experiences of fieldwork.
Overcoming Fieldwork Challenges in Social Science and Higher Education Research is an essential reference book that draws on the experience of conducting fieldwork in different contexts and world regions that are relevant to social science and education studies. The diverse experiences in research processes and contexts that this book offers provide readers with an authentic and realistic description of how research data is collected, the tools needed to envision some of the challenges that they might face, and how to effectively solve them. Highlighting topics such as methodology, data collection, and fieldwork partnerships in fields that include counseling, psychology, language studies, and teacher education, this book is ideal for social science and education studies professors who have research as a mandatory part of their curriculum, administrators and policymakers, independent and novice researchers, and graduate students planning to conduct their research studies with humans in different contexts.
Topics Covered
The many academic areas covered in this publication include, but are not limited to:
¡ECounseling
¡EData Collection
¡EEthnographic Challenges
¡EFieldwork Partnerships
¡EMethodology
¡EOnline Game Research
¡EPost-Disaster Research
¡EPsychology
¡EQualitative Research
¡ETeacher Education |
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Handbook of Research on Cultural Heritage and Its Impact on Territory Innovation and Development |
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Lidia Oliveira/ 9781799867012/ Price:US$ 270.00
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Cultural heritage is perceived as the glue that keeps individuals together and makes them feel a part of something larger. It is the past that allows individuals to understand their present and move towards the future. In networked society, it is impossible to think about cultural heritage and its preservation and maintenance without including the digital processes and ICT systems, as well as its impact on territorial innovation.
The Handbook of Research on Cultural Heritage and Its Impact on Territory Innovation and Development is a critical and comprehensive reference book that analyzes how preservation and sustainability of cultural heritage occurs in countries, as well as how it contributes to territorial innovation. Moreover, the book examines how technological tools contribute to its preservation and sustainability, as well as its dissemination. Highlighting topics that include public policies, spatial development, and architectural heritage, this book is ideal for cultural heritage professionals, government officials, policymakers, academicians, researchers, and students.
Topics Covered
The many academic areas covered in this publication include, but are not limited to:
¡EArchitectural Heritage
¡ECultural Heritage
¡EGreen Innovation
¡EInternet of Things
¡EPublic Policies
¡ESocial Innovation
¡ESocial Networks
¡ESpatial Development
¡ESustainability
¡ETerritorial Development
¡ETerritorial Innovation |
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Theoretical and Practical Approaches to Social Innovation |
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Chamindika Weerakoon/ 9781799845881/ Price:US$ 215.00
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Theoretical and Practical Approaches to Social Innovation illuminates and consolidates multiple views of social innovation theory, research, and practice, which to date have not been presented in one publication. The book provides an in-depth theoretical and practical understanding coupled with an assessment of the current research in multidisciplinary perspectives complemented by case studies representing each knowledge cluster in social innovation research. In this unique way, this book links theory to practice demonstrating praxis. While highlighting topics such as social enterprise, urban studies, management, ecological resilience, and social policy and networks, this book is ideal for students, academics, practitioners, researchers, and entrepreneurs looking to expand their knowledge, skills, and passion, and to sustainably pursue their social missions to bring about real social change that can transform communities and ignite innovative approaches to solving social challenges.
Topics Covered
The many academic areas covered in this publication include, but are not limited to:
¡EBusiness Practices
¡EEcological Resilience
¡EGrassroots Innovation
¡ELegislation and Governance
¡ESocial Enterprise and Entrepreneurship
¡ESocial Innovation and Theory
¡ESocial Movements
¡ESocial Policy and Network
¡ESocial Sciences
¡EUrban Studies |
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Handbook of Research on Using Global Collective Intelligence and Creativity to Solve Wicked Problems |
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Ziska Fields/ 9781799823858/ Price:US$ 260.00
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Today¡¦s world is continually facing complex and life-threatening issues that are too difficult or even impossible to solve. These challenges have been titled ¡§wicked¡¨ problems due to their radical and multifarious nature. Recently, there has been a focus on global cooperation and gathering creative and diverse methods from around the world to solve these issues. Accumulating research and information on these collective intelligence methods is vital in comprehending current international issues and what possible solutions are being developed through the use of global collaboration.
The Handbook of Research on Using Global Collective Intelligence and Creativity to Solve Wicked Problems is a pivotal reference source that provides vital research on the collaboration between global communities in developing creative solutions for radical worldwide issues. While highlighting topics such as collaboration technologies, neuro-leadership, and sustainable global solutions, this publication explores diverse collections of problem-solving methods and applying them on a global scale. This book is ideally designed for scholars, researchers, students, policymakers, strategists, economists, and educators seeking current research on problem-solving methods using collective intelligence and creativity.
Topics Covered
The many academic areas covered in this publication include, but are not limited to:
¡ECollaboration Technologies
¡ECollective Creativity
¡ECopenhagen Consensus
¡ECreative Problem Solving
¡EEducational Practices
¡EGlobal Collaboration
¡EGlobal Crowd Wisdom
¡EIndependent Decision Making
¡ENeuro-Leadership
¡EParticipatory Platforms
¡ESustainable Global Solution |
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Redefining Theory and Practice to Guide Social Transformation: Emerging Research and Opportunities |
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Beth Fisher-Yoshida/ 9781799866275/ Price:US$ 215.00
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Redefining Theory and Practice to Guide Social Transformation: Emerging Research and Opportunities addresses the need practitioners and social change agents have in finding processes and practices to use in the field to engage with and transform communities. This critical reference book provides an innovative fieldwork method that leads to social transformation and suggests ways to further develop the relationship between academic theories and practices around social conflicts with the existing local knowledge. The chapters include mini case studies that have been developed over the years from the authors¡¦ work with youth and community leaders with the objective of providing a methodology that allows practitioners to approach the field by engaging with local actors in ways that are generative and trustworthy, yet rigorous. While highlighting the practices, notions, and technologies that are at work in conflict, post-conflict, or transitioning out of conflict settings by local community leaders, this book is ideally for practitioners in the field of conflict, peacebuilding, and social and conflict transformation; community leaders and social organizers; as well as practitioners, stakeholders, researchers, academicians, and students interested in social transformation.
Topics Covered
The many academic areas covered in this publication include, but are not limited to:
¡ECommunity Empowerment
¡ECommunity Leadership
¡EConflict Resolution
¡EConflict Transformation
¡EEvaluation and Assessment
¡EFieldwork
¡EPeacebuilding
¡ERelationship Building
¡ESelf-Awareness
¡ESocial Transformation
¡EStudent Learning |
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Handbook of Research on Creative Cities and Advanced Models for Knowledge-Based Urban Development |
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Aly Abdel Razek/ 9781799849483/ Price:US$ 270.00
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Discussing global society entails discussing the predominant characteristics of knowledge-based activities in all walks of life. Its main characteristics are based on creativity, innovation, freedom, and networking. The emergence of such a society poses several challenges to all disciplines of social sciences. Within such a context, sociologists must have practical encounters to the theoretical, methodological, and empirical challenges imposed within contemporary global society. In this vein, studying creative cities from an interdisciplinary perspective helps provide critical readings of the phenomenon and the different levels of the concept in reality.
The Handbook of Research on Creative Cities and Advanced Models for Knowledge-Based Urban Development provides global models and best practices of creative cities worldwide and illustrates different theoretical blueprints for the better understanding of contemporary global society. While defining key concepts of creative cities, global society, and creative class, the book also clarifies the main differences between hubs, parks, and precincts and their contributions to knowledge-based development. Covering topics that include knowledge economy, social inclusion, and urban mobility, this comprehensive reference is ideal for sociologists, urban planners/designers, political scientists, economists, anthropologists, historians, policymakers, researchers, academicians, and students.
Topics Covered
The many academic areas covered in this publication include, but are not limited to:
¡ECreative Cities
¡ECulture
¡EEducation
¡EKnowledge Economy
¡EKnowledge Management
¡EKnowledge Society
¡ELand Use
¡ESocial Inclusion
¡ESocioeconomic Development
¡ESustainability
¡EUrban Development
¡EUrban Mobility |
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Dialectical Perspectives on Media, Health, and Culture in Modern Africa |
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Alfred O. Akwala/ 9781522580911/ Price:US$ 205.00
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Communication plays a critical role in enhancing social, cultural, and business relations. Research on media, language, and cultural studies is fundamental in a globalized world because it illuminates the experiences of various populations. There is a need to develop effective communication strategies that will be able to address both health and cultural issues globally.
Dialectical Perspectives on Media, Health, and Culture in Modern Africa is a collection of innovative research on the impact of media and especially new media on health and culture. While highlighting topics including civic engagement, gender stereotypes, and interpersonal communication, this book is ideally designed for university students, multinational organizations, diplomats, expatriates, and academicians seeking current research on how media, health, and culture can be appropriated to overcome the challenges that plague the world today.
Topics Covered
The many academic areas covered in this publication include, but are not limited to:
¡ECivic Engagement
¡ECulture Shock
¡EE-Learning Technologies
¡EGender Stereotypes
¡EHealth Communication
¡EHealth Promotions
¡EInterpersonal Communication
¡EMobile Phone Application
¡EReproductive Health Services
¡ESocial Media |
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Open Access Implications for Sustainable Social, Political, and Economic Development |
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Priti Jain/ 9781799850182/ Price:US$ 215.00
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Open access publishing can be used as a strategic tool to avail access to information and achieve universal literacy. Open access has gained importance over the past 15 years by making knowledge available to all, without any barrier of affordability or restrictions on using this knowledge to inform and develop. Open access contributes to scientific research excellence, disseminates research results to a wider community, and promotes multi-disciplinary and collaborative research. Issues of sustainable development and open access are major concerns in librarianship and information management, particularly as the international library and information management community is focusing on how to contribute to the Sustainable Development Goals.
Open Access Implications for Sustainable Social, Political, and Economic Development is a pivotal reference source that provides an understanding of the concept of open access within the context of social, political, and economic development and deliberates the critical issues and challenges that face the implementation of open access and its impact on the global economy and sustainable development. While highlighting a broad range of topics including digital scholarship, open data, and ethics, this book is ideally designed for librarians, information science professionals, government officials, policymakers, academicians, researchers, and students.
Topics Covered
The many academic areas covered in this publication include, but are not limited to:
¡EDigital Repositories
¡EDigital Scholarship
¡EEthics
¡EMassive Open Online Courses
¡EOpen Access Development
¡EOpen and Distance Learning
¡EOpen Data
¡EPolicy and Regulations
¡ERecords Management
¡EResearch Infrastructure
¡EResearch Transformation
¡ERole of Libraries
¡ESustainable Development Goals |
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Practice-Based and Practice-Led Research for Dissertation Development |
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Robin Throne/ 9781799866640/ Price:US$ 205.00
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The number of practice-based or practice-led doctorate programs continues to grow across the U.S. Doctoral students who seek a terminal practitioner doctorate typically conduct practice-based research within the dissertation research used as the culmination of the degree program. These terminally degreed graduates return to educational practice to improve practice, impact innovation, and solve the complex problems of practice through research-based decision making.
Practice-Based and Practice-Led Research for Dissertation Development provides the most current research, innovation, and insights into practice-based research conducted within U.S. practitioner doctorate programs across fields that include management, education, computer science, health sciences, and social and behavioral sciences. The book illustrates the latest uses of practitioner research and highlights current findings for the dissemination and use of practice-based and practice-led research within these settings. Covering topics that include self-inquiry methods, action research, and high-impact writing support, this book is an ideal reference source for doctoral scholars, doctoral research supervisors, faculty, program deans, higher education leadership, and doctorate program developers.
Topics Covered
The many academic areas covered in this publication include, but are not limited to:
¡EAction Research
¡EAutoethnography
¡EDissertation
¡EDoctoral Programs
¡EOnline Students
¡EPractice-Based Research
¡EPractice-Led Research
¡EResearch Chairs
¡ESelf-Inquiry Methods
¡EWriting Support |
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Memory, Conflicts, Disasters, and the Geopolitics of the Displaced |
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Clara Rachel Eybalin Casseus/ 9781799844389/ Price:US$ 205.00
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Transnational migration studies tend to conceptualize a clear spatial distinction between refugee camps and their surroundings as ¡§spaces of the displaced¡¨ and ¡§spaces of the citizen¡¨ respectively. However, the geography of memory, when seen through the prism of a space-state-citizenship relationship, is much more complicated and difficult to disentangle. Only when examining cultural preservation of memories of displacement can we shed light on these complex connections.
Memory, Conflicts, Disasters, and the Geopolitics of the Displaced is a collection of innovative research that examines the preservation of socio-cultural memory in the wake of disaster and violence. Featuring coverage of a broad range of topics including conscription, refugee culture, and climate change, this book is ideally designed for human rights workers, activists, historians, policymakers, government officials, researchers, academicians, and students in the fields of sociology, anthropology, geography, politics, and urban planning.
Topics Covered
The many academic areas covered in this publication include, but are not limited to:
¡ECitizenship
¡EClimate Change
¡ECollective Memory
¡EConscription
¡ECultural Reshaping
¡EDecolonization
¡EMobility Patterns
¡ERecord Keeping
¡ERefugee Culture
¡EResource Management
¡ESocial Connection
¡ETransnational Migration
¡EUrban Development |
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Niklas Luhmann Am Ovg Luneburg: Zur Entstehung Der Systemtheorie |
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Timon Beyes/ 9783428159321/ Price:EUR 39.90
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Outside and In-Between: Theorizing Asian-Canadian Exclusion and the Challenges of Identity Formation |
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Rose Ann Torres/ 9789004461383/ Price:EUR 166.00
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Asian Canadians¡Xwhether immigrant, international students, naturalized, native-born, or other¡Xare hampered in their exploration and articulation of self by the dearth of critical writing both for them, and by them. Despite the influx of Asian students and their inflated tuition rates to Canadian postsecondary institutions, they are strikingly underrepresented in the literature of the academy. Critical theory focusing on Asian identity, anti-Asian racism, and the Asian-Canadian experience is limited, or presented as an artifact of the past.
Across the globe¡Xbut particularly in the English-speaking West¡Xthe internationalization of higher education continues its upward trend. 2017 data from the Canadian Bureau for International Education positioned Canada as the fourth-leading destination for international students seeking post-secondary education. The fact that the vast majority of international students at Canadian colleges and universities come from Asia has been well documented in domestic media, but the lived experiences and perspectives of these transnational individuals have not. This edited collection provides much-needed theorizing of Asian-Canadian lived experiences, focusing on such themes as: multiculturalism, diversity, race, culture, agency, education, community activism, citizenship, identity, model minority myths, gender, colonization, neoliberalism, and others. |
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The Presence of China and the Chinese Diaspora in Portugal and Portuguese-Speaking Territories |
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Sofia Gaspar/ 9789004472983/ Price:EUR 100.00
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This book brings together works by specialists from various areas of the social sciences to reflect on the presence of China in Portugal and in Portuguese-speaking territories. From the first Chinese coolies that migrated to the former Portuguese colonies more than 100 years ago, to the current investments along the Belt and Road Initiative, we take the pulse of this historic, social, political and economic presence and flows, that continues to renew and reinvent itself in the face of the challenges of contemporaneity. |
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Uygarligin Huzursuzlugu |
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Sigmund Freud/ 9786257361637/ Price:NT$ 100.00
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Assessing the Landscape of Taiwan and Korean Studies in Comparison |
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J. Bruce Jacobs/ 9789004461307/ Price:EUR 116.00
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Marxism Missing, Missing Marxism: From Marxism to Identity Politics and Beyond |
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Tom Brass/ 9789004445772/ Price:EUR 180.00
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Critical Research Methodologies: Ethics and Responsibilities |
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Rose Ann Torres/ 9789004445550/ Price:EUR 155.00
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Key Elements of Social Theory Revolutionized by Marx |
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Paul Zarembka/ 9789004432697/ Price:EUR 144.00
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Rethinking Marxist Approaches to Transition: A Theory of Temporal Dislocation |
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Onur Acaroglu/ 9789004436664/ Price:EUR 175.00
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Chinese Families Upside Down: Intergenerational Dynamics and Neo-Familism in the Early 21st Century |
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Yunxiang Yan/ 9789004450226/ Price:EUR 138.00
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| SA05-498 |
Statistics Translated: A Step-by-Step Guide to Analyzing and Interpreting Data |
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Steven R. Terrell/ 9781462545407/ Price:US$ 55.00
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Roping the reader in with humor and real-world case examples presented as mysteries to be solved, this engaging text has been updated with new cases, the latest version of SPSS, and new coverage of multivariate analysis of variance. Steven R. Terrell prepares students and practitioners to become informed consumers of statistics so that they can make decisions based on data, and understand decisions others have made. He identifies six simple steps and guides readers to master them¡Xfrom identifying a researchable problem to stating a hypothesis; identifying independent and dependent variables; and selecting, computing, and interpreting appropriate statistical tests. All techniques are demonstrated both manually and with the help of SPSS software. |
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Composite-Based Structural Equation Modeling: Analyzing Latent and Emergent Variables |
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Jorg Henseler/ 9781462545605/ Price:US$ 70.00
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This book presents powerful tools for integrating interrelated composites¡Xsuch as capabilities, policies, treatments, indices, and systems¡Xinto structural equation modeling (SEM). Jorg Henseler introduces the types of research questions that can be addressed with composite-based SEM and explores the differences between composite- and factor-based SEM, variance- and covariance-based SEM, and emergent and latent variables. Using rich illustrations and walked-through data sets, the book covers how to specify, identify, estimate, and assess composite models using partial least squares path modeling, maximum likelihood, and other estimators, as well as how to interpret findings and report the results. Advanced topics include confirmatory composite analysis, mediation analysis, second-order constructs, interaction effects, and importance-performance analysis. Most chapters conclude with software tutorials for ADANCO and the R package cSEM. The companion website includes data files and syntax for the book's examples, along with presentation slides. |
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Pioneering Social Research: Life Stories of a Generation |
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Paul Thompson/ 9781447333524/ Price:GBP 80.00
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Presenting the landmark Pioneers life stories project, this one-of-a-kind book documents how modern social research in the UK was shaped.
It sheds new light on the lives, methods and motivations of men and women who helped develop a new world of research methodology, pioneered feminist research, and first confronted the issues of race and ethnicity.
It combines the fascinating history of the generations who built outstanding and influential social research with providing a major resource for current research and ¡V especially for methods ¡V for future teaching. |
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Illustrated Dictionary of Sociology |
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3G Editorial Board/ 9781984645821/ Price:US$ 55.00
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The 2nd edition of this dictionary is an updated compilation of the definitions and explanations of sociological terms together with state-of-the-art scientific and practical terms, presented in an easy-to-use, A-Z order with pictures and figures as well as examples are given to clarify the terms.
A perfect tool for understanding of sociological terms for Higher Secondary to Undergraduate students and improving their spelling and grammar. |
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Theory, Research, and Patterns in Social Deviance |
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A K Malordy/ 9781682507100/ Price:US$ 150.00
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Deviance provides the key to understanding the disruption and recalibration of society that occurs over time. Systems of deviance create norms and tell members of a given society how to behave by laying out patterns of acceptable and unacceptable behavior. The sociology of deviance and social control is a sub discipline of sociology that is also informed by concepts and theories from social psychology and social constructionism. This book explores the theory and research of social deviance in contemporary society. The book provides a balanced overview of theories, concepts and research related to the topic. |
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Qualitative Research Methods |
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Viktor M. Okonoda/ 9781682506868/ Price:US$ 150.00
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The researchers of various disciplines often use qualitative and quantitative research methods and approaches for their studies. Some of these researchers like to be known as qualitative researchers; others like to be regarded as quantitative researchers. The book compiles state of the art research and reviews on methods of data collection, specific approaches to qualitative research, and current issues in the field. The book discusses the development of social research in advanced economies and relates the rise of qualitative research to social changes. In addition, the rise of qualitative inquiry meant that the everyday reality which produces statistical relationships between the variables of quantitative analysis is given more attention. This book also aims to discuss the advantages and disadvantages of using qualitative and quantitative research approaches and methods. The qualitative research admits the researchers to discover the participants¡¦ inner experience, and to figure out how meanings are shaped through and in culture. |
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Drugs, Alcohol, and Social Problems |
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Remy Kilo Serge/ 9781682506844/ Price:US$ 150.00
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Alcohol is a drug and induces or increases a great deal of criminal conduct, almost certainly more than street drugs combined. Alcohol abuse may increase the probability that individuals will expose certain crimes, such as assault or murder, either by lowering their inhibitions or judgment or by increasing their irritation and anger. Being a victim of certain types of crimes, such as child or sexual abuse, makes it much more likely that some individuals will develop alcohol abuse disorders later in life. This book examines existing literature, with particular emphasis on the temporal dynamics of drug markets and the consequences of prohibition. This book will serve as an ideal reference not only for students but also for policy makers, drugs and alcohol counselors, treatment agencies and everyone interested in doing research on drugs, alcohol and crime. |
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Introduction to the Social Sciences: The Study of Human Relationships |
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Sudha Menon/ 9781774076668/ Price:US$ 155.00
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This book is a composite thesis on social sciences. In an age where the hard sciences are being prioritized for developmental purposes, this book is a welcome commentary on the centrality of social sciences. The book highlights the specific disciplines that comprise the social sciences. It also highlights the ways in which the study of human relationships and human nature can aid in the developmental process. The book therefore makes the case for including the social sciences into the highest echelons of the education system. |
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Triangulation in Social Research: Mixing Qualitative and Quantitative Approaches |
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Margaret F. Bello/ 9781774076675/ Price:US$ 155.00
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This book introduces triangulation as a research philosophy and practice. The book is particularly relevant to undergraduate who are in the earliest stages of their research careers. The book explains the rationale for triangulation which involves a deliberate and purposive mixture of the quantitative and qualitative approaches. In doing so, the book critiques the notion that triangulation can be used as a gateway for avoiding the complex methodological decisions that are necessary when researching new or complex ideas. |
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The Design and Delivery of Social Services: New Modalities and Emphasis for Selfsufficiency |
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Rodolfo B. Valdenarro/ 9781774076699/ Price:US$ 155.00
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This book explores the ways in which social services are designed and delivered. It highlights the rationale for providing social services, even where the communities that are references are relatively advanced on the human development index. The book highlights the critical role that social services play in the developing world where the social safety net is either non-existent or highly ineffective. Moreover, the book highlights the importance of following social principles such as equality and equity when designing and delivering social services. |
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Social Perspectives On Poverty: Diagnosing The Causes and Effects of Deprivation |
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Rodolfo B. Valdenarro/ 9781774076712/ Price:US$ 155.00
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Poverty is a major problem in many nations across the world including both - the developed as well as the developing ones. It is a major hindrance to holistic development of the society and social equality. It deprives many people the basic rights such as those of education, health, housing, food etc. The book 'Social Perspectives on Poverty: Diagnosing the causes and effects of deprivation' analyzes the various cause of poverty in the society, to find the root cause and also analyzes the subsequent impact of those causes, so as to understand the condition of society that is stuck in poverty. |
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Overview of Modern Patriarchy: A Subjective View of a Maledominated World |
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Margaret F. Bello/ 9781774076798/ Price:US$ 155.00
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This book reconsiders and reconstructs patriarchy as a societal system. In particular, the book looks at the social construction of patriarchy which allows it to embed within societies even when those societies are seemingly "developed". The book critiques specific aspects of popular and traditional culture which help to sustain the patriarchal system. In doing so, this book highlights the experiences of those who are outside the higher echelons of patriarchy. Moreover, the book highlights the extensive nature of patriarchy which as political, social, economic, technological, environmental and legal implications. |
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Gender and Other Identities: Complex Conceptualizations in the New Age |
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Margaret F. Bello/ 9781774076804/ Price:US$ 155.00
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A person or an organization is known by many identities. There are several categories under which they can be classified. One of them is the gender of a person. Other identities may contain their ethnicity, age, race, religion etc. It has grown to be an extremely complex procedure to classify a person into the various identities in the present times and is becoming even more difficult to do so with every passing day. The book 'Gender and Other Identities: Complex conceptualizations in the new age' outlines this complexity in detail and explains the reason behind each identity of classification. |
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Social Injustice and Inequality in the Developed World |
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Sudha Menon/ 9781774077931/ Price:US$ 155.00
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The developed world moves at a very rapid pace. The perception is that it is a perfect place to live and guarantees equal rights and freedom to the people. However, the reality is far from it. There are various instances and examples of social injustice and inequality in a developed world and this book 'Social Injustice and Inequality in the Developed World' covers all those instances, emphasizing on the need to curb them and act upon these limitations to let the humanity progress to new and unbiased levels. |
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Culture, Identity, and Politics |
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Claire N. Jackson/ 9781682506820/ Price:US$ 150.00
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A political culture is a reflection of a government, but it also incorporates elements of history and tradition that may predate the current regime. Political cultures matter because they shape a population¡¦s political perceptions and actions. Within the nation itself, political culture can lead to party systems and often is directly related to an individual¡¦s position in life. This book contains state of the art studies exploring the relationship between culture and politics in the modern world. The book explores the relationship between cultural identity and human rights in the light of the dynamics of identity formation, based on the immediate external culture of any multicultural society. Overall, this book looks at the politics of culture and identity in contemporary world. |
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Longitudinal Structural Equation Modeling with Mplus: A Latent State-Trait Perspective |
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Christian Geiser/ 9781462538782/ Price:US$ 65.00
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An in-depth guide to executing longitudinal confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) and structural equation modeling (SEM) in Mplus, this book uses latent state¡Vtrait (LST) theory as a unifying conceptual framework, including the relevant coefficients of consistency, occasion-specificity, and reliability. Following a standard format, chapters review the theoretical underpinnings, strengths, and limitations of the various models; present data examples; and demonstrate each model's application and interpretation in Mplus, with numerous screen shots and output excerpts. Coverage encompasses both traditional models (autoregressive, change score, and growth curve models) and LST models, for analyzing single- and multiple-indicator data. The book discusses measurement equivalence testing, intensive longitudinal data modeling, and missing data handling, and provides strategies for model selection and reporting of results. User-friendly features include special-topic boxes, chapter summaries, and suggestions for further reading. |
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Poverty Alleviation |
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Wang Sangui/ 9789814915120/ Price:US$ 150.00
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To achieve the national goal of building a moderately prosperous society in all respects by 2020, China must make sure that her poor population and areas attain prosperity along with the rest of the country. However, at the end of 2012, there were still nearly 100 million Chinese people living in poverty. To solve this problem, Xi Jinping developed his theory on poverty alleviation, which has led the country to take a targeted approach to reducing poverty. This book examines the origins, formation, and innovative ideas of the theory, the keys to implementing it successfully, the achievements China has made in reducing poverty, the challenges it still faces, and the implications of its experience to the global fight against poverty. |
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Reporting from Wuhan: Guangming Daily Coverage of China's Battle against COVID-19 |
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Guangming Daily Wuhan Frontline Reporting Team/ 9789814922449/ Price:US$ 150.00
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The Chinese New Year of 2020 has left an indelible mark on the minds of millions of Chinese people. Wuhan, a metropolitan city located strategically in central China and known for centuries as a major transportation hub, became the epicenter of COVID-19 overnight. The whole city has since plunged into a tough battle against this mysterious, highly infectious, and fatal epidemic. Legions of ordinary people¡Xmedical workers, volunteers, deliverymen, construction workers, and so on¡Xhave participated in this battle, with many of them coming from other cities and provinces of the country.
Guangming Daily, one of China¡¦s most read newspapers, dispatched a group of seasoned journalists to Wuhan shortly after the outbreak of the coronavirus, and has since released a series of feature articles digging deep into this battle. Reporting from Wuhan collects 17 of these articles published from January 30 to February 15, 2020, telling the stories of some of these brave fighters working day and night in various capacities, in a city that has united and survived in strength and love. |
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Value Without Fetish: Uno Kozo's Theory of 'Pure Capitalism' in Light of Marx's Critique of Political Economy |
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Elena Louisa Lange/ 9789004297388/ Price:EUR 215.00
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Doing Human Service Ethnography |
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Katarina Jacobsson/ 9781447355793/ Price:GBP 28.99
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Bringing together both theoretical and practical material, this book shows researchers how ethnography can be carried out within human service settings. It provides an invaluable guide on how to apply ethnographic creativeness and offers a more humanistic and context-sensitive approach in the field of health and social care to generating valid knowledge about today¡¦s service work. |
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Rethinking Value Chains: Tackling the Challenges of Global Capitalism |
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Florence Palpacuer/ 9781447359173/ Price:GBP 14.99
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Today, production processes have become fragmented with a range of activities divided among firms and workers across borders. These global value chains are being strongly promoted by international organizations, such as the World Bank and the World Trade Organization, but social and political backlash is mounting in a growing variety of forms.
This ambitious volume brings together academics and activists from Europe to address the social and environmental imbalances of global production. Thinking creatively about how to reform the current economic system, this book will be essential reading for those interested in building sustainable alternatives at local, regional and global levels. |
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Creative Writing for Social Research: A Practical Guide |
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Richard Phillips/ 9781447355984/ Price:GBP 27.99
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This groundbreaking book brings creative writing to social research. Its innovative format includes creatively written contributions by researchers from a range of disciplines, modelling the techniques outlined by the authors. The book is user-friendly and shows readers:
¡E how to write creatively as a social researcher;
¡E how creative writing can help researchers to work with participants and generate data;
¡E how researchers can use creative writing to analyse data and communicate findings.
Inviting beginners and more experienced researchers to explore new ways of writing, this book introduces readers to creatively written research in a variety of formats including plays and poems, videos and comics. It not only gives social researchers permission to write creatively but also shows them how to do so. |
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City Regions and Devolution in the UK: The Politics of Representation |
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David Beel/ 9781447355014/ Price:GBP 80.00
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Rich in case study insights, this book provides a critique of city-region building and considers how governance restructuring shapes the political, economic, social and cultural geographies of devolution. Reviewing the Greater Manchester, Sheffield, Swansea Bay City Regions, Cardiff Capital Region and the North Wales Growth Deal, the authors address the tensions and opportunities for local elites and civil society actors.
Based on original empirical material, situated within cutting edge academic and policy debates, this book is a timely and lively engagement with the shifting geographies of economic and social development in Britain. |
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Doing Accessible Social Research: A Practical Guide |
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Daniela Aidley/ 9781447351092/ Price:GBP 21.99
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Nearly 20% of the population has a disability. Despite this, mainstream research often does not explicitly address the methodological and practical issues that can act as barriers to disabled people¡¦s participation in social research. In this book, Aidley and Fearon provide a concise, practical introduction to making it easier for everyone to take part in your research.
Requiring no prior knowledge about accessible research methods, the book:
¡E Explains how removing barriers to participation improves the quality of your research;
¡E Covers the research process from design, to collecting data, to dissemination and publication;
¡E Includes checklists and further readings, as well as useful examples and vignettes to illustrate how issues play out in practice.
This book will be invaluable to researchers from a variety of backgrounds looking to increase participation in their research, whether postgraduate students, experienced academic researchers, or practitioners and professionals. |
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Engaging Black and Minority Ethnic Groups in Health Research: 'Hard to Reach' ? Demystifying the Misconceptions |
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Natalie Darko/ 9781447359128/ Price:GBP 80.00
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In this crucial contribution to current debates, Natalie Darko exposes the misconception that health research and health services are equally effective for all and highlights their failures in engaging with Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) groups.
Drawing on case studies, this book presents essential examples of culturally tailored recruitment, engagement and partnerships with BME groups in research and public engagement. Drawing attention to the organisational, structural and cultural barriers that prevent access for BME groups, this important book exposes the practices within health research, clinical practice, commissioning and health services that perpetuate the stereotyping of BME groups as ¡¥hard to reach¡¦. |
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Sex/Gender and Self-Determination: Policy Developments in Law, Health and Pedagogical Contexts |
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Zowie Davy/ 9781447345657/ Price:GBP 26.99
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At a time when gender diversity is gaining increasing public attention, this book presents a poignant account of the current policy approaches to self-determining sex and gender in the UK and beyond.
Davy shows how legal, medical and pedagogical policy developments are interconnected, while unique interviews with parents of sex/gender expansive children reveal how policy affects and is affected by experiences and advocacy.
Written by an internationally renowned scholar, this book sparks new debate on the challenges and opportunities surrounding sex/gender self-determination. |
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Ability, Inequality and Post-Pandemic Schools: Rethinking Contemporary Myths of Meritocracy |
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Alice Bradbury/ 9781447347026/ Price:GBP 19.99
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In this thought-provoking book, Alice Bradbury discusses how, before the pandemic, the education system assumed ability to be measurable and innate, and how this meritocracy myth reinforced educational inequalities ¡V a central issue during the crisis.
Drawing on a project on ability grouping practices, Bradbury analyses how the recent educational developments of datafication and neuroscience have revised these ideas about how we classify and label children, and how we can rethink the idea of innate intelligence as we rebuild a post-pandemic schooling system. |
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Statistics Translated: A Step-by-Step Guide to Analyzing and Interpreting Data |
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Steven R. Terrell/ 9781462545414/ Price:US$ 115.00
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Roping the reader in with humor and real-world case examples presented as mysteries to be solved, this engaging text has been updated with new cases, the latest version of SPSS, and new coverage of multivariate analysis of variance. Steven R. Terrell prepares students and practitioners to become informed consumers of statistics so that they can make decisions based on data, and understand decisions others have made. He identifies six simple steps and guides readers to master them¡Xfrom identifying a researchable problem to stating a hypothesis; identifying independent and dependent variables; and selecting, computing, and interpreting appropriate statistical tests. All techniques are demonstrated both manually and with the help of SPSS software. |
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Longitudinal Structural Equation Modeling with Mplus: A Latent State-Trait Perspective |
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Christian Geiser/ 9781462544240/ Price:US$ 122.00
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An in-depth guide to executing longitudinal confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) and structural equation modeling (SEM) in Mplus, this book uses latent state¡Vtrait (LST) theory as a unifying conceptual framework, including the relevant coefficients of consistency, occasion-specificity, and reliability. Following a standard format, chapters review the theoretical underpinnings, strengths, and limitations of the various models; present data examples; and demonstrate each model's application and interpretation in Mplus, with numerous screen shots and output excerpts. Coverage encompasses both traditional models (autoregressive, change score, and growth curve models) and LST models, for analyzing single- and multiple-indicator data. The book discusses measurement equivalence testing, intensive longitudinal data modeling, and missing data handling, and provides strategies for model selection and reporting of results. User-friendly features include special-topic boxes, chapter summaries, and suggestions for further reading. |
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Tales of the Earth: Native North American Creation Mythology |
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David Leeming/ 9781789144994/ Price:GBP 18.00
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Tales of the Earth is a comprehensive yet concise overview of Native American mythologies. After outlining theories of the origins of Native North Americans, David Leeming considers the creation myths of many tribes, emphasizing four commonly occurring figures: the Great Spirit, the trickster, the goddess and the hero. Leeming suggests that in addition to these figures, Native American mythologies have in common a deep reverence for the earth, and for community responsibility as opposed to individualism ¡V tenets that stand in stark contrast to the concepts of exceptionalism and Manifest Destiny that characterize the United States, a nation that was built on ancient tribal land. |
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Constructing Social Research Objects: Constructionism in research practice |
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Hakon Leiulfsrud/ 9789004351585/ Price:EUR 149.00
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Feeding the City: The Political Economy of Urban Provisioning |
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Candan Turkkan/ 9789004424517/ Price:EUR 187.00
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Evaluating and Valuing in Social Research |
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Thomas A. Schwandt/ 9781462547326/ Price:US$ 40.00
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Much applied research takes place as if complex social problems¡Xand evaluations of interventions to address them¡Xcan be dealt with in a purely technical way. In contrast, this groundbreaking book offers an alternative approach that incorporates sustained, systematic reflection about researchers' values, what values research promotes, how decisions about what to value are made and by whom, and how judging the value of social interventions takes place. The authors offer practical and conceptual guidance to help researchers engage meaningfully with value conflicts and refine their capacity to engage in deliberative argumentation. Pedagogical features include a detailed evaluation case, ¡§Bridge to Practice¡¨ exercises and annotated resources in most chapters, and an end-of-book glossary. |
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Evaluating and Valuing in Social Research |
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Thomas A. Schwandt/ 9781462547333/ Price:US$ 90.00
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Much applied research takes place as if complex social problems¡Xand evaluations of interventions to address them¡Xcan be dealt with in a purely technical way. In contrast, this groundbreaking book offers an alternative approach that incorporates sustained, systematic reflection about researchers' values, what values research promotes, how decisions about what to value are made and by whom, and how judging the value of social interventions takes place. The authors offer practical and conceptual guidance to help researchers engage meaningfully with value conflicts and refine their capacity to engage in deliberative argumentation. Pedagogical features include a detailed evaluation case, ¡§Bridge to Practice¡¨ exercises and annotated resources in most chapters, and an end-of-book glossary. |
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Bayesian Structural Equation Modeling |
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Sarah Depaoli/ 9781462547746/ Price:US$ 75.00
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This book offers researchers a systematic and accessible introduction to using a Bayesian framework in structural equation modeling (SEM). Stand-alone chapters on each SEM model clearly explain the Bayesian form of the model and walk the reader through implementation. Engaging worked-through examples from diverse social science subfields illustrate the various modeling techniques, highlighting statistical or estimation problems that are likely to arise and describing potential solutions. For each model, instructions are provided for writing up findings for publication, including annotated sample data analysis plans and results sections. Other user-friendly features in every chapter include ¡§Major Take-Home Points,¡¨ notation glossaries, annotated suggestions for further reading, and sample code in both Mplus and R. The companion website supplies datasets; annotated code for implementation in both Mplus and R, so that users can work within their preferred platform; and output for all of the book¡¦s examples. |
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Handbook of Research on Economic and Social Impacts of Population Aging |
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Yilmaz Bayar/ 9781799873273/ Price:US$ 270.00
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The increases in global wealth and the developments in the field of health have led to decreases in mortality rates, increases in life expectancy, and decreases in fertility rate, leading to a population that is rapidly consisting more and more of older individuals. The demographic changes affect nearly all parts of society including economics, education, health, social security systems, socio-cultural activities, and more. Thus, it is essential to study the impacts that an aging population will have on society.
The Handbook of Research on Economic and Social Impacts of Population Aging analyzes the economic and social impacts of population aging from a multidisciplinary perspective. Covering topics such as life expectancy, social welfare, health, social security, and more, this book is essential for social scientists, sociologists, demographers, economists, medical professionals, government officials, policymakers, professionals, researchers, managers, students, and academicians looking to understand the effects of an aging population on modern society.
Coverage:
The many academic areas covered in this publication include, but are not limited to:
¡EDemographics
¡EDigitalization
¡EEconomic Growth
¡EFertility Rate
¡EGlobalization
¡EHealth Expenditures
¡EHuman Capital
¡ELabor Market
¡ELife Expectancy
¡EMortality Rate
¡EPopulation Aging
¡ERetirement
¡ESocial Security
¡ESocial Welfare
¡ESocietal Transformation Framework
¡ESocio-Economic Development |
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Handbook of Research on the Impact of COVID-19 on Marginalized Populations and Support for the Future |
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Haris Abd Wahab/ 9781799874805/ Price:US$ 295.00
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The Handbook of Research on the Impact of COVID-19 on Marginalized Populations and Support for the Future represents a way of acknowledging an improved, pandemic-free, and prosperous environment for everyone in the future where society does not leave behind any poor or marginalized individuals. The book is a representation of the voice of the marginalized people in the new normal attempting to draw on a comprehensive knowledge bank, which includes anthropology, sociology, gender studies, media, education, indigenous dimension, philosophy, bioethics, care ethics, and more. This book focuses solely on the marginalized people, examines the oppressed communities in depth, and provides insights on how we should stand by these vulnerable people. This book is a valuable tool for social workers, government bodies, policymakers, social justice advocates, human rights activists, researchers in gender and race studies, practitioners, academicians, and students interested in how COVID-19 has impacted marginalized populations and how social justice can be advocated for in the future.
Coverage:
The many academic areas covered in this publication include, but are not limited to:
¡ECleaning Women/Maids
¡ECOVID-19
¡EEconomic Classes
¡EEthics
¡EFrontline Workers
¡EHomeless
¡EHuman Security
¡EIndigenous Peoples
¡ELGBTQ+ Communities
¡EMarginalized Populations
¡EMental Health
¡EMigrant Workers
¡ERace Studies
¡ERefugee Communities
¡ETransgender
¡EYouth Vulnerability
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Youth Prospects in the Digital Society: Identities and Inequalities in an Unravelling Europe |
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John Bynner/ 9781447351481/ Price:GBP 25.99
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In an age when the next generation have worse prospects than those of their parents, this book appraises the challenges young people face resulting from the instability of their lives.
Based on youth experience of education, employment and political participation in England and Germany, the book examines the impact of digitalisation in the context of rising inequality, accelerating technological transformation, fragile European institutions, growing nationalism and mental and economic stress arising from the COVID-19 pandemic.
The insights gained point to young peoples¡¦ agency as central to acquiring the skills and resources needed to shape their future in the digital society. |
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Arts, Culture and Community Development |
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Rosie Meade/ 9781447340515/ Price:GBP 26.99
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Highlighting examples from Lebanon, Latin America, China, Ireland, India, Sri Lanka and beyond, this exciting book explores the relationship between the arts, culture and community development.
Academics and practitioners from six continents discuss how diverse communities understand, re-imagine or seek to change personal, cultural, social, economic or political conditions while using the arts as their means and spaces of engagement.
Investigating the theory and practice of ¡¥cultural democracy¡¦, this book explores a range of aesthetic forms including song, music, muralism, theatre, dance, and circus arts. |
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Hope Under Neoliberal Austerity: Responses from Civil Society and Civic Universities |
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Mel Steer/ 9781447356820/ Price:GBP 80.00
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Neoliberal-driven austerity has changed the role of the state, public service provision and citizenship. Thriving in today¡¦s society is a challenge for communities around the world as governments increasingly promote privatisation, centralised control, individual responsibility and battle with the impacts of Covid19.
Co-authored by practitioners and academics and based on case studies of collaborations between civil society and the civic university, this book uses the North East of England as a lens to explore how different communities have responded to changing circumstances. The case studies present examples of actions aiming to create hope and inspiration for communities in challenging times. |
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Creating Participatory Research: Principles, Practice and Reality |
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Louise Warwick-Booth/ 9781447352372/ Price:GBP 27.99
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What is participatory research, and how can participatory methods be implemented in practice?
This valuable textbook provides an accessible, pragmatic how-to guide for using participatory methods in research. Drawing on their variety of experience in the field, the authors:
¡E outline the principles of participatory research;
¡E explore the practice of utilising participatory methods;
¡E lay out the realities of using such approaches within a range of settings.
Providing practical advice, real-world examples, and packed with reflective questions, top tips and suggested further reading, this book will be an essential resource for students and researchers alike. |
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Postcards: The Rise and Fall of the World's First Social Network |
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Lydia Pyne/ 9781789144840/ Price:GBP 30.00
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Although postcards are usually associated with cheeky seaside tableaus and banal holiday pleasantries, they are made possible by sophisticated industries and institutions, from printers to postal services. When they were invented postcards established what is now taken for granted in modern times: the ability to send and receive messages around the world easily and inexpensively. Fundamentally they are about creating personal connections ¡V connections between people, places and beliefs.
This book examines postcards on a global scale, to understand them as artifacts that are at the intersection of history, science, technology, art and culture. It shows how postcards were the first global social network and also, here in the twenty-first century, how postcards are not yet extinct. |
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The Fires of Lust: Sex in the Middle Ages |
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Katherine Harvey/ 9781789144895/ Price:GBP 20.00
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The medieval humoral system of medicine suggested that it was possible to die from having too much ¡V or too little ¡V sex, while the Roman Catholic Church taught that virginity was the ideal state. Holy men and women committed themselves to lifelong abstinence in the name of religion. Everyone was forced to conform to restrictive rules about who they could have sex with, in what way, how often, and even when, and could be harshly punished for getting it wrong. Other experiences are more familiar. Like us, medieval people faced challenges in finding a suitable partner or trying to get pregnant (or trying not to). They also struggled with many of the same social issues, such as whether prostitution should be legalized. Above all, they shared our fondness for dirty jokes and erotic images.
By exploring their sex lives, the book brings ordinary medieval people to life, and reveals details of their most personal thoughts and experiences. Ultimately, it provides us with an important and intimate connection to the past. |
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The Safety and Security of Cultural Heritage in Zones of War or Instability |
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Romiti, B./ 9781643682129/ Price:EUR 104.00
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This book presents papers delivered at the NATO Advanced Research Workshop entitled ¡§Cultural heritage¡¦s safety and security in zones of war or instability¡¨, hosted online by the University of Rome from 25 to 27 November 2020. NATO has always been a leading player in the protection of cultural property (CPP) in the areas in which it intervenes, indeed, the protection of cultural property and common heritage is part of NATO¡¦s core values. In addition to this, the illicit trade in antiquities and archaeological finds represents another danger to cultural heritage and can help to finance the terrorist groups that manage to seize these assets. The workshop aimed to explore ways to protect and safeguard cultural heritage in war zones or from terrorist attacks, and a group of international experts were invited to contribute presentations on selected topics of direct relevance to the processes in NATO with regard to CPP. Topics included: the experiences of international institutions; conservation and restoration; and countermeasures, technologies and examples of successful interventions. |
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This Separated Isle: Invisible Britain |
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Paul Sng/ 9781447354055/ Price:GBP 20.00
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Qualitative and Digital Research in Times of Crisis: Methods, Reflexivity, and Ethics |
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Helen Kara/ 9781447363798/ Price:GBP 85.00
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Including contributions on qualitative and digital research from Europe, Asia, Africa, Australasia, and the Americas, this volume explores the creative and thoughtful ways in which researchers have adapted methods and rethought relationships in response to challenges arising from crises. Their collective reflections, strategies, and practices highlight the importance of responsive, ethical, and creative research design and the need to develop methods for fostering mutual, reflexive, and healthy relationships in times of crisis. |
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Making Research Matter: Steps to Impact for Health and Care Researchers |
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Tara Lamont/ 9781447361152/ Price:GBP 19.99
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Providing the why, what, who, how and when of research impact, the book helps researchers turn raw findings into useful, high-impact evidence for policymakers, practitioners and the public. It includes insightful interviews from leading journalists, science communicators, researchers and influencers in health and social care, as well as practical exercises, insider tips and case studies. The book will help researchers at all stages of their career to maximise the impact of their work. |
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Making the Most of Your Research Journal |
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Nicole Brown/ 9781447360049/ Price:GBP 14.99
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Providing practical guidance based on real-life examples, this book shows researchers different forms and ways of keeping a research journal and how to get the most out of journaling.
Appealing to postgraduate students, new and experienced researchers, the book:
¡E provides a theoretical grounding and information about knowledge and sensory systems and reflexivity;
¡E presents a practical exploration of what a journal looks like and when and how to record entries;
¡E includes helpful end-of-chapter exercises and online resources.
Providing valuable food for thought and examples to experiment with, the book highlights the different forms of research journals and entries so that readers can find what works for them. Giving researchers licence to do things differently, the book encourages and enables readers to develop their own sense of researcher identity and voice. |
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Making the Most of Your Research Journal |
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Nicole Brown/ 9781447360032/ Price:GBP 80.00
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"Local Civil Society
Place, Time and Boundaries" |
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Robin Mann/ 9781447356486/ Price:GBP 80.00
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Drawing on place-based field investigations and new empirical analysis, this original book investigates civil society at local level.
The concept of civil society is contested and multifaceted, and this text offers assessment and clarification of debates concerning the intertwining of civil society, the state and local community relations. Analysing two Welsh villages, the authors examine the importance of identity, connection with place and the impact of social and spatial boundaries on the everyday production of civil society.
Bringing into focus questions of biography and temporality, the book provides an innovative account of continuities and changes within local civil society during social and economic transformation. |
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The Richer, The Poorer: How Britain Enriched the Few and Failed the Poor. A 200-Year History |
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Stewart Lansley/ 9781447363217/ Price:GBP 19.99
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The Richer, The Poorer charts the rollercoaster history of both rich and poor and the mechanisms that link wealth and impoverishment. This landmark book shows how, for 200 years, Britain¡¦s most powerful elites have enriched themselves at the expense of surging inequality, mass poverty and weakened social resilience.
Stewart Lansley reveals how Britain¡¦s model of ¡¥extractive capitalism¡¦ ¡V with a small elite securing an excessive slice of the economic cake ¡V has created a two-century-long ¡¥high-inequality, high-poverty¡¦ cycle, one broken for only a brief period after the Second World War. Why, he asks, are rich and poor citizens judged by very different standards? Why has social progress been so narrowly shared? With growing calls for a fairer post-COVID-19 society, what needs to be done to break Britain¡¦s destructive poverty/inequality cycle? |
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The Richer, The Poorer: How Britain Enriched the Few and Failed the Poor. A 200-Year History |
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Stewart Lansley/ 9781447363200/ Price:GBP 85.00
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Reshaping Social Policy to Combat Poverty and Inequality |
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Augustine Nduka Eneanya/ 9781799809692/ Price:US$ 205.00
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The gap between various social classes occurs due to inequality in various social categories arising from lack of opportunities and exclusion from resource distribution due to various attributes of these societal classifications. The social problems of poverty and inequality created by economic uncertainty become a compelling force for states to introduce welfare programs.
Reshaping Social Policy to Combat Poverty and Inequality is a critical scholarly publication that delivers extensive coverage of policy practice and a unique emphasis on the broad issues and human dilemmas inherent in the pursuit of social justice. The book further explores how the economic fluctuations and political change interact with shifting social values to shape and re-shape social policies. Highlighting a range of topics such as economics, discrimination, and sustainable development, this book is essential for policymakers, academicians, researchers, social psychologists, sociologists, government officials, and students.
Topics Covered
The many academic areas covered in this publication include, but are not limited to:
¡EDiscrimination
¡EEconomics
¡EGender Inequality
¡EInequality
¡EPay Gap
¡EPoverty Reduction
¡ESocial Exclusion
¡ESocial Policy
¡ESustainable Development
¡EWealth Inequality |
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Young Adult Sexuality in the Digital Age |
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Rachel Kalish/ 9781799831877/ Price:US$ 215.00
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Technology is rapidly advancing, and each innovation provides opportunities for such technology to mesh with the human enactment of physical intimacy or to be used in the quest for information about sexuality. However, the availability of this technology has complicated sexual decision making for young adults as they continually navigate their sexual identity, orientation, behavior, and community.
Young Adult Sexuality in the Digital Age is a pivotal reference source that improves the understanding of the combination of technology and sexual decision making for young adults, examining the role of technology in sexual identity formation, sexual communication, relationship formation and dissolution, and sexual learning and online sexual communities and activism. While highlighting topics such as privacy management, cyber intimacy, and digital communications, this book is ideally designed for therapists, social workers, sociologists, psychologists, counselors, healthcare professionals, scholars, researchers, and students.
Topics Covered
The many academic areas covered in this publication include, but are not limited to:
¡ECyber Intimacy
¡EDigital Communications
¡EExplicit Material
¡EHookup Culture
¡EPrivacy Management
¡EPublic Health
¡EReproductive Rights
¡ESexual Behavior
¡ESexual Harassment
¡ESocial Media |
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Multidisciplinary Perspectives on Media Fandom |
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Robert Andrew Dunn/ 9781799833239/ Price:US$ 215.00
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Leisure time today is driven by fandom. Once viewed as a social pariah, the fan and associated fandom as a whole has transformed into a popularized social construct researchers are still attempting to understand. Popular culture in the modern era is defined and dominated by the fan, and the basis of fandom has established its own identity across several platforms of media. As some forms of fandom have remained constant, including sports and cinema, other structures of fandom are emerging as the mass following of video games and cosplay are becoming increasingly prominent. Fandom has been established as an important facet in today¡¦s society, and necessary research is required for understanding how fandom is shaping society as a whole.
Multidisciplinary Perspectives on Media Fandom is a pivotal reference source that provides vital research that reviews some of the most exigent facets of today¡¦s fandom and highlights understudied cultures of fandom as well as emerging intricacies of established fandom. While promoting topics such as esports, influencer culture, and marketing trends, this publication explores both qualitative and quantitative approaches as well as the methods of social science and critical perspectives. This book is ideally designed for marketers, media strategists, brand managers, consumer behavior analysts, researchers, academics, and students.
Topics Covered
The many academic areas covered in this publication include, but are not limited to:
¡EBranding
¡EConsumer Behavior
¡EDigital Media
¡EeSports
¡EInfluencer Culture
¡EMarketing Trends
¡EMobile Gaming
¡EOnline Community
¡ESocial Identity
¡ESports Media |
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African Studies: Breakthroughs in Research and Practice, 2-Vols/Set. |
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Information Resources Management Association/ 9781799830191/ Price:US$ 655.00
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Global interest in African studies has been rapidly growing as researchers realize the importance of understanding the impact African communities can have on the economy, development, education, and more. As the use, acceptance, and popularity of African knowledge increases, it is crucial to explore how this community-based knowledge provides deeper insights, understanding, and influence on such things as decision making and problem solving.
African Studies: Breakthroughs in Research and Practice examines the politics, culture, language, history, socio-economic development, methodologies, and contemporary experiences of African peoples from around the world. Highlighting a range of topics such as indigenous knowledge, developing countries, and public administration, this publication is an ideal reference source for sociologists, policymakers, anthropologists, government officials, economists, instructors, researchers, academicians, and graduate-level students in a variety of fields.
Topics Covered
The many academic areas covered in this publication include, but are not limited to:
¡ECultural Engagement
¡EDeveloping Countries
¡EE-Government
¡EGovernance Processes
¡EIndigenous Knowledge
¡EPolitical Climate
¡EPoverty Reduction
¡EPublic Administration
¡ESustainable Development
¡EUrban Planning |
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Handbook of Research on the Impact of Culture in Conflict Prevention and Peacebuilding |
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Essien Essien/ 9781799825746/ Price:US$ 270.00
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The contemporary conflict scenarios are beyond the reach of standardized approaches to conflict resolution. Given the curious datum that culture is implicated in nearly every conflict in the world, culture can also be an important aspect of efforts to transform destructive conflicts into more constructive social processes. Yet, what culture is and how culture matters in conflict scenarios is contested and regrettably unexplored.
The Handbook of Research on the Impact of Culture in Conflict Prevention and Peacebuilding is a critical publication that examines cultural differences in conflict resolution based on various aspects of culture such as morals, traditions, and laws. Highlighting a wide range of topics such as criminal justice, politics, and technological development, this book is essential for educators, social scientists, sociologists, political leaders, government officials, academicians, conflict resolution practitioners, world peace organizations, researchers, and students.
Topics Covered
The many academic areas covered in this publication include, but are not limited to:
¡EAnti-Social Behavior
¡ECriminal Justice
¡EEducation
¡EGender
¡EHealthcare
¡EIndustrialization
¡EPolitics
¡EReligion
¡ESocial Interaction
¡ETechnological Development |
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Handbook of Research on Leadership and Advocacy for Children and Families in Rural Poverty |
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H. Carol Greene/ 9781799827870/ Price:US$ 295.00
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Rural poverty encompasses a distinctive deprivation in quality of life related to a lack of educational support and resources as well as unique issues related to geographical, cultural, community, and social isolation. While there have been many studies and accommodations made for the impoverished in urban environments, those impoverished in rural settings have been largely overlooked and passed over by current policy.
The Handbook of Research on Leadership and Advocacy for Children and Families in Rural Poverty is an essential scholarly publication that creates awareness and promotes action for the advocacy of children and families in rural poverty and recommends interdisciplinary approaches to support the cognitive, social, and emotional needs of children and families in poverty. Featuring a wide range of topics such as mental health, foster care, and public policy, this book is ideal for academicians, counselors, social workers, mental health professionals, early childhood specialists, school psychologists, administrators, policymakers, researchers, and students.
Topics Covered
The many academic areas covered in this publication include, but are not limited to:
¡EChronic Poverty
¡ECultural Traditions
¡EFoster Care
¡EGeography
¡ELeadership
¡EMental Health
¡EPolitics
¡EPublic Policy
¡ESocial Capital
¡ESocial Work
¡EUniversity-School Partnerships |
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Toward Sustainability Through Digital Technologies and Practices in the Eurasian Region |
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Gainiya Tazhina/ 9781799825517/ Price:US$ 215.00
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In today¡¦s modernized world, implementing technology into the infrastructures of communities has become a common custom. The idea of digital economy has proven to be an efficient, dynamic, and highly adaptable mode of performance, and regions across the globe have begun applying these digital approaches to their populated foundation. One region of the world that has recently begun using modern technologies is Eurasia. As they continue their technological transition from ¡§theory¡¨ to ¡§practice,¡¨ significant research is needed on the emergence of sustainability in these countries.
Toward Sustainability Through Digital Technologies and Practices in the Eurasian Region is a pivotal reference source that provides vital research on the implementation of digital initiatives within Eurasian countries and their social and economic principles. While highlighting topics such as educational technologies, mobile applications, and sustainable business, this publication explores the cultural aspects and social interaction of digital applications within this region of the world. This book is ideally designed for economists, IT professionals, educators, researchers, social scientists, policymakers, academicians, and students.
Topics Covered
The many academic areas covered in this publication include, but are not limited to:
¡ECircular Economy
¡EDigitalization
¡EEducational Leadership
¡EEducational Technologies
¡EEmerging Markets
¡EMobile Applications
¡EMultilingual Lessons
¡EProject Management
¡EStudent Production
¡ESustainable Business |
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The SAGE Handbook of Global Sexualities, 2-Vols/Set. |
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Zowie Davy/ 9781526424129/ Price:GBP 265.00
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This two-volume Handbook provides a major thematic overview of global sexualities, spanning each of the continents, and its study, which is both reflective and prospective, and includes traditional approaches and emerging themes. The Handbook offers a robust theoretical underpinning and critical outlook on current global, glocal, and ¡¥new¡¦ sexualities and practices, whilst offering an extensive reflection on current challenges and future directions of the field. The broad coverage of topics engages with a range of theories, and maintains a multi-disciplinary framework.
PART ONE: Understanding Sexuality: Epistemologies/Conceptual and Methodological Challenges
PART TWO: Enforcing and Challenging Sexual Norms
PART THREE: Interrogating/Undoing Sexual Categories
PART FOUR: Enhancement Practices and Sexual Markets/Industries
PART FIVE: Sexual Rights and Citizenship (And the Governance of Sexuality)
PART SIX: Sexuality and Social Movements
PART SEVEN: Language and Cultural Representation
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Migration Policies in Asia, 5-Vols/Set. |
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Yoshikazu Shiobara/ 9789353286224/ Price:GBP 875.00
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This title aims to be the main reference work on the topic of migration policies in Asia. It integrates studies on the migration policies of a large number of Asian countries, published in major academic journals all over the world, to facilitate the further development of this new area of study. The editors aim to balance the composition of chapters in each volume in terms of the variety of regions, countries, topics and academic disciplines for balanced coverage of migration across Asia. This is an interdisciplinary collaborative project with Japan Association for Migration Policy Studies (JAMPS). While the contributions are from not just Asia but across the world, the content avoids Euro-centric perspectives and focus on the points of view of Asian scholars when covering the history and contemporary situation of migration policies in Asia. Several countries from the East, South-East and South Asian regions are covered.
The Set is organized into the following parts:
Part 1: History, Theory, and Empirical Research
Part 2: Policies on Migrant Workers and International Students
Part 3: Irregular Migration, Forced Migration, and Statelessness
Part 4: Social Integration and Family Migration |
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Fostering Collaborations Between African American Communities and Educational Institutions |
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Patrice Wynette Jones/ 9781799811817/ Price:US$ 215.00
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Historically, African American communities were marked by a strong sense of community, promoted by limited resources and racial segregation. However, with integration, African American populations grew less concentrated in the same areas, and this population of people began to rely less on each other. In an effort to attain equality, which still at times feels elusive and challenged, the sense of community and impact of education once prevalent among African Americans has suffered.
Fostering Collaborations Between African American Communities and Educational Institutions is a pivotal reference source that explores pre-segregation experiences of community and education, as well as the changes among HBCUs and public education in predominately African American and poor areas. The book sheds light on the relationship between racial and educational disparities and reveals the impact of community and cultural co-dependence in moving African Americans toward a more socially equitable place within American culture. Covering topics such as the achievement gap, community relationships, and teacher education, this publication is ideally designed for educators, higher education faculty, HBCUs, researchers, policymakers, non-profit organizers, historians, sociologists, academicians, and students.
Topics Covered
The many academic areas covered in this publication include, but are not limited to:
¡EAchievement Gap
¡EBlack Christian Education
¡ECommunity Relationships
¡EEducation
¡EHistorically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU)
¡EInclusivity and Collaboration
¡EIntegration
¡EPoverty
¡ERacial Disparity
¡ERacism
¡ESegregation
¡ESocioeconomic Achievement Disparity
¡ETeach |
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Applied Social Science Approaches to Mixed Methods Research |
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Mette Lise Baran/ 9781799810254/ Price:US$ 205.00
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Research that has been presented primarily by quantitative research can benefit from the voice of the participants and the added value of the different perspective that qualitative research can provide. The purpose of mixed methods research is to draw from the positive aspects of both research paradigms to better answer the research question. This type of research is often used in schools, businesses, and non-profit organizations as they strive to address and resolve questions that will impact their organizations.
Applied Social Science Approaches to Mixed Methods Research is an academic research publication that examines more traditional and common research methods and how they can be complimented through qualitative counterparts. The content within this publication covers an array of topics such as entrepreneurship, social media, and marginalization. It is essential for researchers, academicians, non-profit professionals, business professionals, and higher education faculty, and specifically targets master or doctoral students committed to writing their theses, dissertations, or scholarly articles, who may not have had the benefit of working on a traditional research team.
Topics Covered
The many academic areas covered in this publication include, but are not limited to:
¡EBias
¡EData Collection
¡EEntrepreneurship
¡EEthics
¡ELGBTQ+
¡EMarginalization
¡EMilitary
¡EQualitative Research
¡ESocial Media
¡ESocial Sciences |
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Adapting Human Thinking and Moral Reasoning in Contemporary Society |
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Hiroshi Yama/ 9781799818113/ Price:US$ 195.00
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Studies on human thinking have focused on how humans solve a problem and have discussed how human thinking can be rational. A juxtaposition between psychology and sociology allows for a unique perspective of the influence on human thought and morality on society.
Adapting Human Thinking and Moral Reasoning in Contemporary Society is an in-depth critical resource that provides comprehensive research on thinking and morality and its influence on societal norms as well as how people adapt themselves to the novel circumstances and phenomena that characterize the contemporary world, including low birthrate, the reduction of violence, and globalization. Furthermore, cultural differences are considered with research targeted towards problems specific to a culture. Featuring a wide range of topics such as logic education, cognition, and knowledge management systems, this book is ideal for academicians, sociologists, researchers, social scientists, psychologists, and students.
Topics Covered
The many academic areas covered in this publication include, but are not limited to:
¡EArgumentative Theory
¡ECognition
¡EContemporary Civilization
¡EDiversity
¡EEvolutionary Psychology
¡EIntellectual Capital
¡EKnowledge Management Systems
¡ELogic Education
¡EMoral Reasoning
¡EMorality
¡EPathology |
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Recent Social, Environmental, and Cultural Issues in East Asian Societies |
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Mika Markus Mervio/ 9781799818076/ Price:US$ 215.00
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East Asian societies continue to react to developments occurring in the Western part of the world as well as influence development elsewhere due to the global reach of East Asian economies and the increased political weight of East Asian societies. These systems have distinctive features often connected with local social and cultural traditions. However, these traditions are constantly being reinterpreted, and the changing meanings attached to them must be taken into account.
Recent Social, Environmental, and Cultural Issues in East Asian Societies is an essential research book that explores various social, environmental, and cultural issues challenging modern East Asian cultures and their implications on society. Featuring a wide range of topics such as local identity, social risk, and government policy, this book is ideal for researchers, policymakers, sociologists, managers, anthropologists, politicians, diplomats, academicians, and students.
Topics Covered
The many academic areas covered in this publication include, but are not limited to:
¡EAesthetics
¡EChildcare
¡EEnvironmental Change
¡EGovernment Policy
¡EHealth Finance Reform
¡EIdentity
¡ELocal Identity
¡EPolitics
¡EPublic Policy
¡ESanitation Development
¡ESocial Risk |
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Indigenous Studies: Breakthroughs in Research and Practice, 2-Vols/Set. |
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Information Resources Management Association/ 9781799804239/ Price:US$ 655.00
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Global interest in indigenous studies has been rapidly growing as researchers realize the importance of understanding the impact indigenous communities can have on the economy, development, education, and more. As the use, acceptance, and popularity of indigenous knowledge increases, it is crucial to explore how this community-based knowledge provides deeper insights, understanding, and influence on such things as decision making and problem solving.
Indigenous Studies: Breakthroughs in Research and Practice examines the politics, culture, language, history, socio-economic development, methodologies, and contemporary experiences of indigenous peoples from around the world, as well as how contemporary issues impact these indigenous communities on a local, national, and global scale. Highlighting a range of topics such as local narratives, intergenerational cultural transfer, and ethnicity and identity, this publication is an ideal reference source for sociologists, policymakers, anthropologists, instructors, researchers, academicians, and graduate-level students in a variety of fields.
Topics Covered
The many academic areas covered in this publication include, but are not limited to:
¡ECultural Resource Management
¡EEthnicity and Identity
¡EIndigenous Knowledge System
¡EIndigenous Languages
¡EIndigenous Populations
¡EIntergenerational Cultural Transfer
¡ELocal Narratives
¡ETribal Policy, Politics, and Administration
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Multidisciplinary Issues Surrounding African Diasporas |
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Uche T. Onyebadi/ 9781522550792/ Price:US$ 205.00
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Members of diasporic populations often have a unique, dual persona consisting of one¡¦s migrant role as a permanent or transient member of a new country and one¡¦s role as a citizen of one¡¦s home country. Like all diaspora, the African diaspora is further composed of sub-groups of people of a variety of backgrounds and disciplines, such that there is a need for studies that properly encompass and address the African diaspora across a multitude of fields and pedagogies, including architecture, education, and business.
Multidisciplinary Issues Surrounding African Diasporas is a pivotal reference source that explores the philosophical and epistemological issues regarding the African diaspora identity and navigates these individuals¡¦ opportunities for professional and academic growth. Featuring coverage on a wide range of topics such as higher education, cultural engagement, and xenophobia, this publication is ideally designed for sociologists, anthropologists, humanities scholars, political scientists, cultural studies academicians, university board members, researchers, and students.
Topics Covered
The many academic areas covered in this publication include, but are not limited to:
¡ECommunity Immersion
¡ECultural Engagement
¡EGender and Diversity
¡EHigher Education
¡ELife Course Perspectives
¡ENational Movements
¡EResponsibility Management
¡ESocial Networking
¡EWorkforce Ethics
¡EXenophobia |
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Globalization and Its Impact on Violence Against Vulnerable Groups |
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Milica S. Boskovic/ 9781522596271/ Price:US$ 205.00
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Violence is most common when there is a power disparity between two groups of people, and those with less power are far more likely to become the victim in a violent situation. Environment has as much influence on whether or not violence will occur as the person or people involved, and this relationship has drawn the attention of researchers worldwide.
Globalization and Its Impact on Violence Against Vulnerable Groups is an essential source that provides research that delves deeply into occurrences of violence and the environmental and personal influences that lead to violence in order to better understand and prevent it from happening. Featuring a wide range of topics such as e-blackmail, human displacement, and psychology, this book is ideal for criminologists, law enforcement, psychologists, therapists, academicians, sociologists, anthropologists, government officials, researchers, and students.
Topics Covered
The many academic areas covered in this publication include, but are not limited to:
¡EClimate Change
¡EE-Blackmail
¡EGender Violence
¡EGlobalization
¡EHuman Displacement
¡EIllegal Migration
¡EInternet Violence
¡EPsychology
¡ERefugee Women
¡ESyrian Youth
¡EYouth Conflicts |
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The SAGE Handbook of International Migration |
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Christine Inglis/ 9781412961752/ Price:GBP 130.00
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The SAGE Handbook of International Migration provides an authoritative and informed analysis of key issues in international migration, including its crucial significance far beyond the more traditional questions of immigrant settlement and incorporation in particular countries. Bringing together chapters contributed by an international cast of leading voices in the field, the Handbook is arranged around four key thematic parts:
¡EPart 1: Disciplinary Perspectives on Migration
¡EPart 2: Historical and Contemporary Flows of Migrants
¡EPart 3: Theory, Policy and the Factors Affecting Incorporation
Part 4: National and Global Policy Challenges in Migration
The last three decades have seen the rapid increase and diversification in the types of international migration, and this Handbook has been created to meet the need among academics and researchers across the social sciences, policy makers and commentators for a definitive publication which provides a range of perspectives and insights into key themes and debates in the field. |
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The SAGE Handbook of Media and Migration |
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Kevin Smets/ 9781526447210/ Price:GBP 130.00
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The SAGE Handbook of Media and Migration offers a comprehensive overview of media and migration through new research, as well as a review of present scholarship in this expanding and promising field. It explores key interdisciplinary concepts and methodologies, and how these are challenged by new realities and the links between contemporary migration patterns and its use of mediated processes. Although primarily grounded in media and communication studies, the Handbook builds on research in the fields of sociology, anthropology, political science, urban studies, science and technology studies, human rights, development studies, and gender and sexuality studies, to bring to the forefront key theories, concepts and methodological approaches to the study of the movement of people.
In seven parts, the Handbook dissects important areas of cross-disciplinary and generational discourse for graduate students, early career researcher, migration management practitioners, and academics in the fields of media and migration studies, international development, communication studies, and the wider social science discipline.
Part One: Keywords and Legacies
Part Two: Methodologies
Part Three: Communities
Part Four: Representations
Part Five: Borders and Rights
Part Six: Spatialities
Part Seven: Conflicts |
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| SA05-497 |
Creative Research Methods: A Practical Guide |
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Helen Kara/ 9781447356745/ Price:GBP 27.99
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Written in an accessible, practical and jargon-free style, with reflective questions, boxed text and a companion website to guide student learning, it offers numerous examples of creative methods in practice from around the world. This new edition includes a wealth of new material, with five extra chapters and over 200 new references. Spanning the gulf between academia and practice, this useful book will inform and inspire researchers by showing readers why, when, and how to use creative methods in their research. |
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Children and Young People's Participation in Disaster Risk Reduction |
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Maggie Mort/ 9781447354390/ Price:GBP 53.99
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Drawing on participatory research with more than five hundred and fifty children internationally, this book argues for a radical transformation in children¡¦s roles and voices in disasters. It shows practitioners, policymakers and researchers how more child-centred disaster management, that recognises children¡¦s capacity to enhance disaster resilience, actually benefits at-risk communities as a whole. |
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| SA05-496 |
Method Meets Art: Arts-Based Research Practice |
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Patricia Leavy/ 9781462538973/ Price:US$ 47.00
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Ideal for courses in multiple disciplines, the third edition of this award-winning text has been revised and updated with new topics, examples, and guiding questions to introduce each chapter¡¦s sections. Patricia Leavy presents a practical guide to the full range of arts-based research (ABR) genres¡Xnarrative inquiry, fiction-based research, poetry, music, dance, theatre, film, and visual art. Each chapter is paired with an exemplary research article or online video link (at the companion website) that demonstrates the techniques in action. Following a consistent format, chapters review how each genre developed, explore its methodological variations and the kind of research questions it can address, and describe diverse sample studies. Checklists and practical advice help readers harness the power of these innovative techniques for their own studies or dissertations. |
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| SA05-496 |
Theory Construction and Model-Building Skills: A Practical Guide for Social Scientists |
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James Jaccard/ 9781462542437/ Price:US$ 57.00
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This accessible, hands-on text has now been revised and updated, with expanded coverage of topics including how theory may emerge from exploratory data analysis. The book prepares graduate students, new researchers, and even seasoned investigators to develop their own theories and build on existing ones. Concrete strategies are provided to help readers generate ideas, define constructs, and think through relationships and processes that link constructs. Compelling examples from multiple disciplines illustrate the use of quantitative, qualitative, and mixed methods orientations to theory construction. The text also offers practical advice for writing effectively about theories in papers and grant applications. Readers learn by doing via application and concept exercises, demonstration boxes, and practical guidelines. The extensive companion website includes (www.theory-construction.com) PowerPoint slides of all of the book¡¦s figures, primers on advanced topics, video demonstrations, supplemental exercises, and other resources. |
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Factory Politics in the People's Republic of China |
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Joel Andreas/ 9789004421745/ Price:EUR 136.00
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Over the past seven decades¡Xsince the 1949 Revolution¡Xevery aspect of Chinese society has been profoundly transformed multiple times. No sector has experienced more tumultuous twists and turns than industry. The eight articles contained in this volume examine these twists and turns, focusing on those aspects of industrial relations that involve contention and power, that is, factory politics. They were selected among articles that have appeared in the Chinese journal Open Times (?©ñ?¥N) over the past decade. Because Open Times has a well-earned reputation for publishing diverse viewpoints, it has been able to attract some of the very best scholarship in China. |
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Researching With: A Decolonizing Approach to Community-Based Action Research |
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Jessica Smartt Gullion/ 9789004424838/ Price:EUR 31.00
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Many community health interventions fail, wasting tax dollars and human resources. These interventions are typically designed by subject matter experts who don¡¦t have direct experience with the local community. In contrast, successful interventions are built from the ground up, planned and implemented by the people that will benefit from them, using community-based action research. Researching With: A Decolonizing Approach to Community-Based Action Research is a guide for how to do research that is inclusive, engages in community-building, and implements a decolonizing framework. This text advocates for a collaborative approach, researching with communities, rather than conducting research on them. Reviewing both theory and method, Jessica Smartt Gullion and Abigail Tilton offer practical tips for forming community partnerships and building coalitions. Researching With also includes helpful information about incorporating community work into a successful academic career. This book can be used as supplemental or primary reading in courses in sociology, social work, health research, nursing, public health, qualitative inquiry, and research methods, and is also of value to individual researchers and graduate students writing their thesis. |
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Varieties of Post-communist Capitalism: A comparative analysis of Russia, Eastern Europe and China |
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Ivan Szelenyi/ 9789004413184/ Price:EUR 149.00
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This book intends to be a contribution to the ¡§varieties of capitalism¡¨ paradigm. The theoretical background is Weber¡¦s theory of legitimacy. Was communism ever ¡§legitimate¡¨? What kind of legitimacy claims were made in the transition from communism to capitalism? Central Europe was closer to the Western ¡§liberal¡¨ model. Russia built capitalism in a patrimonial way. China followed its own unique way; some called it ¡§socialism with Chinese characteristics¡¨. Putin experiments with an innovation for post-communist capitalism. He confronts the ¡§oligarchs¡¨ and reallocates property from those who challenge his political authority to old and new loyal ones. In conclusion, the central question is to what extent is ¡§Putinism¡¨ a generic model for post-communist capitalism? |
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Gramsci's Laboratory: Philosophy, History and Politics |
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Alvaro Bianchi/ 9789004417793/ Price:EUR 139.00
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The purpose of Gramsci¡¦s Laboratory is to interpret the relationship between philosophy and politics in Gramsci¡¦s Quaderni del carcere. A milestone in contemporary Brazilian Gramsci reception, the book argues that in Gramsci¡¦s work the unity of theory and practice is unfolded theoretically through the unity of philosophy, history and politics.
Bianchi argues that this unity was developed in the research project that Gramsci carried out in prison, and was thus a product of the ¡¥determination in the last instance¡¦ of politics itself. His book demonstrates that a correct understanding of this unity requires us to recognise that history and philosophy are constitutive elements of the political field from which they claim to keep their distance. |
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Intellectuals, Inequalities and Transitions: Prospects for a Critical Sociology |
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Tamas Demeter/ 9789004360365/ Price:EUR 155.00
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This volume is devoted to the central themes in Ivan Szelenyi¡¦s sociological oeuvre comprising of empirical explorations and their theoretical refinement in the last 50 years. The contributors have been asked to take interpretive and critical stances on his work, and to clarify the relevance of his insights. Ivan Szelenyi has been asked to write a concluding chapter, and respond to the present reflections on his work. The ensuing volume discusses Szelenyi¡¦s captivating scholarship as being grounded in a complex program for the political economy of socialisms and post-socialist capitalisms, and introduces him as a neoclassical sociologist whose research projects continue to investigate inequalities created by the interaction of markets and redistributive structures in various societies. |
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Weaponized Whiteness: The Constructions and Deconstructions of White Identity Politics |
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Fran Shor/ 9789004410565/ Price:EUR 124.00
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Weaponized Whiteness by Fran Shor interrogates the meanings and implications of white supremacy and, more specifically, white identity politics from historical and sociological perspectives. By analyzing the constructions and deconstructions of white identity politics throughout U.S. history and up through the present, these collected essays provide insight into the deep roots and resonances of white identity politics and the challenges that have emerged, in particular, since the 1960s. |
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Frantz Fanon and Emancipatory Social Theory: A View from the Wretched |
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Dustin J. Byrd/ 9789004400597/ Price:EUR 155.00
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In Frantz Fanon and Emancipatory Social Theory: A View from the Wretched, Dustin J. Byrd and Seyed Javad Miri bring together a collection of essays by a variety of scholars who explore the lasting influence of Frantz Fanon, psychiatrist, revolutionary, and social theorist. Fanon¡¦s work not only gave voice to the ¡§wretched¡¨ in the Algerian War of Independence (1954-1962), but also shaped the radical resistance to colonialism, empire, and racism throughout much of the world. His seminal works, such as Black Skin, White Masks, and The Wretched of the Earth, were read by The Black Panther Party in the United States, anti-imperialists in Africa and Asia, and anti-monarchist revolutionaries in the Middle East. Today, many revolutionaries and scholars have returned to Fanon¡¦s work, as it continues to shed light on the nature of colonial domination, racism, and class oppression. |
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Nietzsche and Critical Social Theory: Affirmation, Animosity, and Ambiguity |
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Christine A. Payne/ 9789004337350/ Price:EUR 201.00
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Nietzsche and Critical Social Theory: Affirmation, Animosity and Ambiguity brings together scholars from a variety of disciplinary background to assess the salience of Nietzsche for critical social theory today. In the context of global economic crises and the rise of authoritarian regimes across the U.S. and Europe, the question asked by these scholars is: why Nietzsche now? Containing several innovative interventions in the areas of queer theory, political economy, critical race theory, labour history, hip-hop aesthetics, sociology, the Frankfurt School, social movements studies, science and technology studies, pedagogy, and ludic studies, this volume pushes Nietzsche studies in new directions, seeking to broaden the appeal of Nietzsche beyond philosophy and political theory. |
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The Political Economy of the Spectacle and Postmodern Caste |
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John Asimakopoulos/ 9789004297043/ Price:EUR 134.00
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In The Political Economy of the Spectacle and Postmodern Caste, John Asimakopoulos analyzes the political economy of the society of the spectacle, a philosophical concept developed by Guy Debord and Jean Baudrillard. Using the analytical tools of social science, while historicizing, Asimakopoulos reveals that all societies in every epoch have been and continue to be caste systems legitimized by various ideologies. He concludes there is no such thing as capitalism (or socialism)¡Xonly a caste system hidden behind capitalist ideology. Key features of the book include its broad interdisciplinary-nonsectarian approach with quantitative and qualitative data. The Political Economy of the Spectacle and Postmodern Caste is well written and clear, making it accessible to the general public. |
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The Rhythm of Modernization: How Values Change over Time |
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Raul Tormos/ 9789004360242/ Price:EUR 124.00
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In The Rhythm of Modernization, Raul Tormos analyses the pace at which belief systems change across the developed world during the modernization process. It is often assumed that value change follows the slow rhythm of generational replacement. This book, however, reports trends that contradict this assumption in the field of values. Challenging Inglehart¡¦s modernization theory, the transition from traditional to modern values happens much quicker than predicted. Many ¡§baby-boomers¡¨ who were church-going, morally conservative materialists when they were young, become unchurched and morally tolerant postmaterialists in their later years. Using surveys from multiple countries over many years, and applying cutting-edge statistical techniques, this book shows how citizens quickly adapt their belief systems to new circumstances throughout their lives. |
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Sentiment, Language, and the Arts: The Japanese- Brazilian Heritage |
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Shuhei Hosokawa/ 9789004393714/ Price:EUR 117.00
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Sentiments, Language, and the Arts: The Japanese-Brazilian Heritage explores the complex feelings of Japanese immigrants in Brazil, focusing on their yearning for ¡§home¡¨ as a way of interpreting the shifting nature of their identity. To understand the immigrants¡¦ lives and feelings from their own perspective, Hosokawa looks closely at their poetry, linguistic activities such as the borrowing of Portuguese words, amateur speech contests, and a fantasy about the shared origins of Japanese and the Brazilian indigenous language Tupi. He also examines the issue of group identity through the performing arts, analyzing the reception of Japanese sopranos who sang the title role in Madam Butterfly, participation in Carnival parades, and the oral storytelling of their history in popular narratives called rokyoku. Translated from Japanese by Paul Warham. |
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| SA05-493 |
Creating Community-Led and Self-Build Homes: A Guide to Collaborative Practice in the UK |
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Martin Field/ 9781447344391/ Price:GBP 9.99
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In Creating community-led and self-build homes, Martin Field explores the ways in which people and communities across the UK have been striving to create the homes and neighbourhood communities they want.
Giving context to contemporary practices in the UK, the book examines ¡¥self-build housing¡¦ and ¡¥community-led housing¡¦, discussing the commonalities and distinctions between these in practice, and what could be learned from other initiatives across Europe.
Looking at both individual methods and ¡¥models¡¦ of local practice, including cohousing, co-operatives, community land trusts, empty homes and other ¡¥intentional communities¡¦, the book examines what has constrained such initiatives to date and how future policies and practice might be shaped. |
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| SA05-491 |
Child Poverty: Aspiring to Survive |
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Morag C. Treanor/ 9781447334682/ Price:GBP 26.99
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Child poverty is rising across affluent Western societies; how it is measured is vital to how governments act to prevent, alleviate or eliminate it. While the roots of childhood poverty are fiercely debated and contested, they are all too often misrepresented in policy and media discourses.
Seeking to redress this problem, Treanor places children¡¦s experiences, needs and concerns at the centre of this critical examination of the contemporary policies and political discourses surrounding poverty in childhood. She examines a broad range of structural, institutional and ideological factors common across developed nations, and their impacts, to interrogate how poverty in childhood is conceptualised and operationalised in policy and to forge a radical pathway for an alternative future. |
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Ending Homelessness?: The Contrasting Experiences of Denmark, Finland and Ireland |
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Mike Allen/ 9781447347170/ Price:GBP 79.99
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Homelessness is on the increase in most European states and remains at stubbornly high levels across developed nations. This is despite increased policy attention, economic provision and the implementation of strategies that have promised to stop homelessness in its tracks, rather than simply manage the crisis.
Providing an in-depth exploration of the experiences of Ireland, Denmark and Finland in their various initiatives designed to end homelessness, this book presents an authoritative comparative account of policies and strategies that have worked, along with an exposition of those that have not.
Making an invaluable and timely contribution to the current debate, it provides essential policy lessons for the multiple jurisdictions seeking to successfully bring homelessness to an end. |
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Imagining Regulation Differently: Co-creating for Engagement |
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Morag McDermont/ 9781447348023/ Price:GBP 29.99
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There is an urgent need to rethink relationships between systems of government and those who are ¡¥governed¡¦. This book explores ways of rethinking those relationships by bringing communities normally excluded from decision-making to centre stage to experiment with new methods of regulating for engagement.
Using original, co-produced research, it innovatively shows how we can better use a ¡¥bottom-up¡¦ approach to design regulatory regimes that recognise the capabilities of communities at the margins and powerfully support the knowledge, passions and creativity of citizens. The authors provide essential guidance for all those working on co-produced research to make impactful change. |
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Illustrated Handbook of Globalisation and Development |
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3G Editorial Board/ 9781984635402/ Price:US$ 180.00
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Globalization is the process of increased interconnectedness among countries.
The prosperous economic development that is typically gained because of the increased interconnectedness among countries usually results in a better standard of living, and an overall improved quality of life.
This handbook attempts to explain what role globalization has played and its overall impact on economic development. |
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3GE Collection on Social Science: Social Innovation and Democratic Leadership |
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3G Editorial Board/ 9781984635631/ Price:US$ 160.00
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Democratic leadership is a style of leadership found in human resources theory and participative management.
In this book, you will learn what democratic leadership and some of its advantages and disadvantages.
It provides ideas and tools to help foster social change. |
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3GE Collection on Social Science: Social Inequality Across the Generations |
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3G Editorial Board/ 9781984635648/ Price:US$ 160.00
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Social inequality is the existence of unequal opportunities and rewards for different social positions or statuses within a group or society that have the effect of limiting or harming a group's social status, social class, and social circle.
Social inequality results from a society organized by hierarchies of class, race, and gender that broker access to resources and rights in ways that make their distribution unequal.
This collection presents insights from multiple disciplines to illuminate the complex ways that socioeconomic status, race, and gender shape the nearly every aspect of lives across the generations. |
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3GE Collection on Social Science: Social Theory and Social Movements |
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3G Editorial Board/ 9781984635655/ Price:US$ 160.00
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The guiding purpose of sociological theory is to name these thoughts and movements so that they can be shared with a wider audience.
The purpose of sociological theory is to give scientists and scholars a way to think and write about human behavior that is categorizable and smaller in scope than talking about society as a whole.
Sociological theory often overlaps with major movements in politics or philosophy.
Overall, this book attempts to understand social order and what creates social change. |
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3GE Collection on Social Science: Understanding Social Problems |
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3G Editorial Board/ 9781984635662/ Price:US$ 160.00
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Social problems are the general factors that affect and damage society.
Whether social problems emerge as issues of social justice or social order, they are usually associated with the idea that ?something must be done'.
Social problems represent conditions that should not be allowed to continue because they are perceived to be problems for society, requiring society to react to them and find remedies.
Gives a balanced, student-centered approach to provide a comprehensive exploration of social problems. |
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3GE Collection on Social Science: Violence and Society |
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3G Editorial Board/ 9781984636096/ Price:US$ 160.00
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This book will focus on violence in our society by critically evaluating theory, research public policy, action and representation related to the causes and control of violence.
This book examines the root causes and consequences of violent behavior exhibited by individuals in our society. |
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3GE Collection on Social Science: Drugs and Society |
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3G Editorial Board/ 9781984636102/ Price:US$ 160.00
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Provides a comprehensive examination of the past and present roles of drugs in society with a focus on theory, research, policy, and practice.
This book will look at issues surrounding drug use and its relationship to crime, medicalization in our society, and various movements aimed at drugs. |
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Race and Social Change |
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3G Editorial Board/ 9781984636195/ Price:US$ 100.00
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The study of social change within and between societies is a central concern in classical and contemporary sociology.
Demonstrates ability to critically analyse sociological theories and concepts of comparative social change.
Essential for everyone who has a passion to learn, to converse and connect with each other, and for the personal and systemic leadership required for social change for the betterment of self, others and society. |
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Curren Issues: Defining Sexual Consent |
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3G Editorial Board/ 9781984636430/ Price:US$ 100.00
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Consent is an agreement between participants to engage in sexual activity.
There are many ways to give consent, and some of those are discussed in this book.
Going out with someone or being in a relationship can make you feel many different things - happiness, nervousness, excitement and love.
Sometimes it can also be confusing, especially when it comes to intimacy and sex.
By highlighting the underlying preconceptions and prejudices in the language of courtrooms today, this important book paves the way towards a fairer judicial system for the future. |
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Curren Issues: Gun Control |
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3G Editorial Board/ 9781984636447/ Price:US$ 100.00
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In recent years, political discourse about gun control has become increasingly volatile and this book illuminates the various reasons why.
Discusses the history of guns and gun control, and relevant laws and legal cases.
Will stimulate and clarify readers' thinking on the key issues surrounding guns especially on the debate over gun control. |
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Curren Issues: Transgender Rights |
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3G Editorial Board/ 9781984636478/ Price:US$ 100.00
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Transgender people come from all walks of life.
Transgender rights are not just limited to bathroom bills, though the controversial issue has dominated news headlines for the past few years.
Covers the growing acceptance of the transgender community throughout the years, the discrimination transgender men and women face each day, and how governments are making changes to fix the issues. |
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Colonial and Postcolonial Africa |
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3G Editorial Board/ 9781984636492/ Price:US$ 100.00
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This book provides novel outlooks on the history of exploitation in Africa by examining postcolonial misrule as a product of colonial exploitation.
This book offers new perspectives on the history of exploitation in Africa by examining postcolonial misrule as a product of colonial exploitation. |
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Colonial and Postcolonial Asia |
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3G Editorial Board/ 9781984636508/ Price:US$ 100.00
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Colonialism is alien or foreign political rule or control imposed on a people.
Colonialism can take many forms: it can be political, legal, economic, cultural and social.
This book provides the study of substantive and conceptual issues that bear comparison with postcolonial analyses with the rest of the postcolonial world. |
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Colonial and Postcolonial Middle East |
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3G Editorial Board/ 9781984636515/ Price:US$ 100.00
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Before tracing the rise of British prominence in the Middle East after 1798, it is important to note the historical antecedents of Britain's involvement in the region as well as the political and economic condition of the Ottoman Empire and Iran on the eve of Britain's ascendance.
It covers a wide and significant range of political, social, and cultural issues in the Middle East during that period.
This book will assess Post-Colonialism's ideals as applied to international phenomena and the conduct of statecraft. |
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Focus on Asia: Poverty |
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3G Editorial Board/ 9781984636522/ Price:US$ 100.00
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Poverty is a multifaceted concept, which may include social, economic, and political elements.
This book focuses on the major policy challenges facing developing Asia and how the region sustains rapid economic growth to reduce multidimensional poverty through socially inclusive and environmentally sustainable measures. |
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Focus on Asia: Rising Income Inequality |
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3G Editorial Board/ 9781984636539/ Price:US$ 100.00
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Rising income inequality is a key challenge for policy makers in developing Asia.
Income inequality is one of the most profound social, economic, and political challenges of our time.
Presents a new and challenging analysis of economic inequality, focusing primarily on economic inequality in highly developed countries. |
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Focus on Asia: Ethnic and Religious Conflicts |
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3G Editorial Board/ 9781984636553/ Price:US$ 100.00
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Subnational conflicts are the most deadly, widespread, and enduring violent conflicts in Asia.
In South and Southeast Asia, active conflicts affect regions that are roughly the size of Indonesia and inhabited by more than 130 million people.
Providing the systematic, empirical study of the role that religion plays in ethnic violence, this book focuses on religious and ethnic conflict in a complex part of the world. |
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Focus on Asia: Disaster Management |
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3G Editorial Board/ 9781984636560/ Price:US$ 100.00
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Exploring methods for preparing organizations for disasters, this book discusses not only tried and true tactics, but also areas often overlooked during the reactive and post-disaster phases.
This book aims to serve as a guide for the teachers and students of the knowledge and skills in managing the human aspect of the disasters. |
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Communication, Culture and Society |
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3G Editorial Board/ 9781984636751/ Price:US$ 85.00
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As an examination of cultural institutions, ideologies, artifacts, and productions, work in cultural studies and communication is concerned with the integral relationship of cultural practices to relationships of power.
This book presents an examination of cultural institutions, ideologies, artifacts, and productions, work in cultural studies and communication is concerned with the integral relationship of cultural practices to relationships of power. |
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General Sociology (Book with DVD) |
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3G Editorial Board/ 9781984636843/ Price:US$ 90.00
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An introduction to the organizing themes and ideas, empirical concerns, and analytical approaches of the discipline of sociology.
Focuses on both classical and contemporary views of modern society, on the nature of community, and on inequality, with special attention to class, race, and gender.
Discusses as well the institutionalized areas of society, including the family, the economy, and the polity. |
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Transforming Glasgow: Beyond the Post-industrial City |
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Keith Kintrea/ 9781447349778/ Price:GBP 79.99
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Thirty years after Glasgow turned towards regeneration, indicators of its built environment, its health, economic performance and its quality of life remain below UK averages. This interdisciplinary study examines the ongoing transformation of Glasgow as it has transitioned from a de-industrial to a post-industrial city during the 21st Century. Looking at diverse issues of urban policy, regeneration, and economic and social change, it considers the evolving lived experiences of Glaswegians.
Contributors explore the necessary actions required to secure the gains of regeneration and create an economically competitive, socially just and sustainable city, establishing a theory that moves beyond post-industrialism that serves as a model for similar cities globally. |
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Supervising to Inspire Doctoral Researchers |
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Pam Denicolo/ 9781526465023/ Price:GBP 32.99
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Disciplines and Ideas in the Social Sciences (Book with DVD) |
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3G Editorial Board/ 9781984625212/ Price:US$ 90.00
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Focusing on the disciplines of economics, sociology, political science, and history, this edition examines how social science came to model itself on natural science and liberal politics.
The edition is revised and updated with the latest information and new chapters are added.
This updated edition offers students real advice in navigating the ever-changing academic landscape. |
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Disciplines and Ideas in the Applied Social Sciences (Book with DVD) |
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3G Editorial Board/ 9781984625229/ Price:US$ 90.00
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Introduces a variety of social science methodologies applicable to a range of social and political science disciplines.
The edition is revised and updated with the latest information and new chapters are added.
This updated edition offers students real advice in navigating the ever-changing academic landscape. |
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The Contemporary World (Book with DVD) |
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3G Editorial Board/ 9781984625304/ Price:US$ 90.00
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This book brings together global perspectives on polity, economy and international strategy.
Details the scientific achievements of the contemporary world and analyzing the key scientific trends, discoveries, and personalities of the modern age.
The edition is revised and updated with the latest information and new chapters are added.
This updated edition offers students real advice in navigating the ever-changing academic landscape. |
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Science, Technology and Society (Book with DVD) |
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3G Editorial Board/ 9781984625342/ Price:US$ 90.00
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This book explores the dynamic relationship between science, technology and society, examining how it has contributed to economic growth and national well-being.
This edition is thoroughly updated with new chapters and the latest coverage of the topics.
Subject matter has been fully revised in such a way that makes the concepts clear and understandable to readers. |
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Principles of Ethical Behavior (Book with DVD) |
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3G Editorial Board/ 9781984625359/ Price:US$ 90.00
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This updated edition provides tools from the study of ethics, scientific management practices, and behavioral psychology to ensure that ethical behavior is the foundation for workplace practices.
Subject matter has been fully revised in such a way that makes the concepts clear and understandable to readers.
Fully updated throughout, some new chapters covering current topics are also added in this revised edition. |
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Gender and Violence: Interdisciplinary Perspectives |
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Linda Alhidary/ 9781682506257/ Price:US$ 150.00
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Gender-based violence involves power imbalances where, most often, men are the perpetrators and women the victims. During this book, we will explore in detail the causes and contributing factors of gender-based violence, various effects of gender-based violence on victims and their families, perpetrators and the society as a whole, as well as examine a variety of possible social responses to the phenomenon. This book will serve as an essential reading for anyone interested in gender studies, women¡¦s studies, social work, sociology, and law and health studies. |
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Human Rights for Development |
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A.K. Ranciere/ 9781682506264/ Price:US$ 150.00
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Human rights are what hold together human society in relation to governments or ¡§right bearers¡¨. It is of paramount importance to clarify the roles and limits of civil society in the protection of human rights. Human rights also guarantee people the means necessary to satisfy their basic needs, such as food, housing, and education, so they can take full advantage of all opportunities. Providing a unique and insightful examination into the underexplored issues, this book emphasizes the critical evaluation of contemporary human rights law and practices. |
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Big Data and Social Science |
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Sudha Menon/ 9781774072691/ Price:US$ 155.00
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Big Data and Social Science discusses about how big data and social science can be employed in a system. This book comprises topics and explanations about types of big data, different big data systems and type of datasets that are considered big data. This book also sheds light on social science in aspect of big data, the web and data as well as computational social science. Readers are also given insights about topics such as necessities of computational social sciences, necessary skills for computational social science and the importance of computational social science. Discussions about text analysis in the world of big data and information visualization are also laid down in a simple manner. |
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Social Science and Policy Challenges |
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Sudha Menon/ 9781774072707/ Price:US$ 155.00
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Social Science and Policy Challenges provides a global perspective on the social science and gives an idea about the formulation of policies based on analyses in social science. The book explains the policy making process and the economic policies related to social science. The readers are informed about the role of politics in the making of policy and explained the ways in which a society develops through the process of policy development. Also discussed in the book is the role of environment and society in policy making, the use of technology in the process and the challenges that arise while formulating the policies, so that the readers are fully updates about the process of policy making. |
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Social Sustainability |
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Sudha Menon/ 9781774072714/ Price:US$ 155.00
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Social Sustainability provides the readers with a global perspective on the social science and the subject of sustainability. It associates the social change with that of sustainability and discusses the various socio-ecological systems and the related sustainability. Also discussed in the book is the cultural ecosystem and its relationship with social science, the effect of social science on modern cities, the sustainability challenges with regard to social science, the subject of urban regeneration and social sustainability and the future of sustainability in the developing societies. These aspects provide a deep insight on the sustainability of the societies and its various elements. |
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Digital Technologies for Agricultural and Rural Development |
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Akansha Singh/ 9781774072851/ Price:US$ 155.00
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Digital Technologies for Agricultural and Rural Development explains the readers what digital technologies mean and the importance they hold. It also explains them the meaning of agricultural development and takes them through the process of knowledge sharing and creation. Also discusses in the book are the ways in which the information systems are helping in the development of the rural areas, the various changes in technology in the agricultural sector, the of technology with respect to climate change and the future insight on the use of technology in the agricultural sector. |
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Gender Discrimination |
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Chester Alexis C. Buama/ 9781774073315/ Price:US$ 155.00
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Gender Discrimination makes the readers aware about the various ways in which the society is suffering from gender discrimination and the manners in which the gender discrimination affects the people that are associated with it. It provides the various aspects on the gender discrimination and tells the readers how to deal with such situations and the ways to tackle these situation with legality. This book also discusses about the global overview on the gender discrimination, gender discrimination at work place, discrimination in terms of gender taken as a CSR, the various impacts of gender discrimination and the legal support for this kind of discrimination. |
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Violence and Society |
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Anne Wade/ 9781774073339/ Price:US$ 155.00
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Violence And Society is a book that provides the readers with a deep look into the relation between the occurrence of violence and the effect it has on the society, as it causes various other problems and gives rise to other issues that may pop up in the various parts of the society. This book also discusses about the various states of violence, the occurrence of violence in the families, political violence, violence taking place in democracies, the role of video games in developing a violent nature and the relation of terrorism to violence. |
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Becoming a Behavioral Science Researcher: A Guide to Producing Research That Matters |
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Rex B. Kline/ 9781462538799/ Price:US$ 42.00
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Acclaimed for helping novice behavioral scientists hit the ground running as producers of meaningful research, this text now has been extensively revised with 55% new material, including current guidance on open science; transparency; replication; and quantitative, qualitative, and mixed methods reporting standards. The book provides the conceptual knowledge and practical skills needed to bridge the gap between introductory research design and analysis courses and execution of an independent study. In a candid, conversational style, Rex B. Kline guides the reader to choose appropriate research designs and analysis options; avoid common fallacies in interpreting the outcomes of statistical tests; make informed measurement choices; screen data for problems that could yield inaccurate results; and craft effective theses, journal articles, and presentations. Revised pedagogical features include engaging examples from published studies and student theses, as well as end-of-chapter exercises with answers.
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Blue Marble Evaluation: Premises and Principles |
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Michael Quinn Patton/ 9781462541942/ Price:US$ 42.00
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As a transdisciplinary profession, evaluation has much to offer to global change interventions that work toward a sustainable future across national boundaries, sectors, and issues. This book introduces Blue Marble evaluation, which provides a framework for developing, adapting, and evaluating major systems change initiatives involving complex networks of stakeholders. Michael Quinn Patton demonstrates how the four overarching principles and 12 operating principles of this innovative approach allow evaluators, planners, and implementers to home in on sustainability and equity issues in an intervention. Compelling case examples, bulleted review lists, charts, and 80 original exhibits and graphics connect the global and local, the human and ecological. Rooted in utilization-focused, developmental, and principles-focused evaluation, Blue Marble evaluation is designed to tackle problems outside the reach of traditional evaluation practice. |
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Child Poverty: Aspiring to Survive |
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Morag C. Treanor/ 9781447334668/ Price:GBP 79.99
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Child poverty is rising across affluent western societies and how it is measured is vital to how governments act to prevent, alleviate or eliminate it. While the roots of childhood poverty are fiercely debated and contested, they are all too often misrepresented in policy and media discourses.
Seeking to redress this, Treanor places children¡¦s experiences, needs and concerns at the centre of this critical examination of the contemporary policies and political discourses surrounding poverty in childhood. She examines a broad range of structural, institutional and ideological factors common across developed nations, and their impacts, to interrogate how poverty in childhood is conceptualised and operationalised in policy and forge a radical pathway for an alternative future. |
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Theory Construction and Model-Building Skills: A Practical Guide for Social Scientists |
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James Jaccard/ 9781462542444/ Price:US$ 117.00
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This accessible, hands-on text has now been revised and updated, with expanded coverage of topics including how theory may emerge from exploratory data analysis. The book prepares graduate students, new researchers, and even seasoned investigators to develop their own theories and build on existing ones. Concrete strategies are provided to help readers generate ideas, define constructs, and think through relationships and processes that link constructs. Compelling examples from multiple disciplines illustrate the use of quantitative, qualitative, and mixed methods orientations to theory construction. The text also offers practical advice for writing effectively about theories in papers and grant applications. Readers learn by doing via application and concept exercises, demonstration boxes, and practical guidelines. The extensive companion website includes (www.theory-construction.com) PowerPoint slides of all of the book¡¦s figures, primers on advanced topics, video demonstrations, supplemental exercises, and other resources. |
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Blue Marble Evaluation: Premises and Principles |
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Michael Quinn Patton/ 9781462541959/ Price:US$ 92.00
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As a transdisciplinary profession, evaluation has much to offer to global change interventions that work toward a sustainable future across national boundaries, sectors, and issues. This book introduces Blue Marble evaluation, which provides a framework for developing, adapting, and evaluating major systems change initiatives involving complex networks of stakeholders. Michael Quinn Patton demonstrates how the four overarching principles and 12 operating principles of this innovative approach allow evaluators, planners, and implementers to home in on sustainability and equity issues in an intervention. Compelling case examples, bulleted review lists, charts, and 80 original exhibits and graphics connect the global and local, the human and ecological. Rooted in utilization-focused, developmental, and principles-focused evaluation, Blue Marble evaluation is designed to tackle problems outside the reach of traditional evaluation practice. |
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Communities, Archives and New Collaborative Practices |
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Simon Popple/ 9781447341895/ Price:GBP 79.99
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SLINGS & ARROWS: How Toxic Narratives Perpetuate Poverty in Indian Country |
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David W. Bland/ 9781733040891/ Price:US$ 28.00
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Slings & Arrows is a story about how a small company persevered and struck a blow against the poisonous narratives keeping Indian families in poverty while winning a billion and a half dollars for housing and economic development on reservation lands. Author David Bland witnessed the power of negative stories forty years ago while working to provide affordable housing and economic development in African American communities in Virginia. He heard tall tales about Indian Country as the Community Affairs Manager at the Minneapolis Federal Reserve Bank, observing how bankers and investors wielded power over Indian people on reservations across the country. In Slings & Arrows, he writes: ¡§When you look at the impact that stories about Native Americans have on bankers and investors in Indian Country you begin to see that capital is less available to Indians not just because of Indian trust land, but the lack of trust in Indians.¡¨ |
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Poverty in Italy: Features and Drivers in a European Perspective |
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Chiara Saraceno/ 9781447352211/ Price:GBP 79.99
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Three experienced Italian sociologists explore the structural and cultural dimensions of poverty in their country. Comparing Italy¡¦s regime with other European countries, they consider the interplay of conditions in the labour market, the family and welfare arrangements as causes of poverty.
This in-depth analysis explores how forced familialism, unbalanced gender arrangements, territorial cleavages and sluggish growth have rendered Italy vulnerable to financial crisis. As old risks of poverty have worsened, new risks have emerged and children, the working poor and migrants have become the ¡¥new poor¡¦.
Combining theoretical and empirical tools, this is a topical fresh take on the understanding of poverty in Italy that is even more crucial considering the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic. |
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Agenda For Social Justice: Solutions For 2020 |
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Glenn Muschert/ 9781447354284/ Price:GBP 14.99
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The Agenda for Social Justice: Solutions for 2020 provides accessible insights into some of the most pressing social problems in the United States and proposes public policy responses to those problems.
Written by a highly respected team of authors brought together by the Society for the Study of Social Problems (SSSP), it offers recommendations for action by elected officials, policy makers, and the public around key issues for social justice, including a discussion of the role of key issues of sustainability and technology in the development and timbre of future social problems. It will be of interest to scholars, practitioners, advocates, and students interested in public sociology and the study of social problems. |
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The Other America: White Working Class Perspectives on Race, Identity and Change |
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Harris Beider/ 9781447337065/ Price:GBP 19.99
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Widely stereotyped as anti-immigrant, against civil-rights or supporters of Trump and the right, can the white working class of America really be reduced to a singular group with similar views?
Based on extensive interviews across five cities at a crucial point in US history, this significant book showcases what the white working class think about many of the defining issues of the age - from race, identity and change to the crucial on-the-ground debates occurring at the time of the 2016 US election. |
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The Good Glow: Charity and the Symbolic Power of Doing Good |
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Jon Dean/ 9781447344902/ Price:GBP 24.99
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This book analyses the reality of how charity operates in the social world; how the personal benefits of giving and volunteering are vital for getting charitable acts to happen; how the altruism associated with gifts isn't always what it seems; how charity misbehaviour or bad management gets overlooked; and how charity symbols are weaponised against those who don't participate.
Drawing on original data and a novel application of the sociology of Bourdieu, this book examines a wide range of examples from culture, politics and society to provide an entertaining critique of how contemporary charity works. |
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The Poverty of Nations: A Relational Perspective |
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Paul Spicker/ 9781447343332/ Price:GBP 24.99
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Poverty is much more than a lack of resources. It involves a complex set of social relationships, such as economic disadvantage, insecurity or a lack of rights. These relational elements tell us what poverty is ¡V what it consists of, what poor people are experiencing, and what problems need to be addressed.
This book examines poverty in the context of the economy, society and the political community, considering how states can respond to issues of inequality, exclusion and powerlessness. Drawing on examples of social policy in both rich and poor countries, this is an accessible contribution to the debate about the nature of poverty and responses to it. |
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The Short Guide to Sociology |
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Mark Doidge/ 9781447352402/ Price:GBP 15.99
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This illuminating book offers a fresh and contemporary guide to the field of sociology. By demonstrating the versatility of the sociological imagination, the authors reveal the ways in which thinking sociologically can help us to understand the personal, social and structural changes going on in the world around us.
Using real world case studies, the book addresses key sociological themes such as:
¡P global social transformations
¡P social divisions and inequalities
¡P social theory and its practical applications
¡P the personal and the political
Providing a set of concepts, tools and perspectives for analysing our social world, the book equips the reader with an understanding of how to start thinking sociologically. With helpful features such as end-of-chapter summaries, key definitions and recommended readings, it is an invaluable resource for students taking an introductory sociology course or those studying sociology at further or higher education level. |
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Religion and Belief Literacy: Reconnecting a Chain of Learning |
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Adam Dinham/ 9781447344650/ Price:GBP 26.99
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This book presents a crisis of religion and belief literacy to which education at every level is challenged to respond.
As understanding different religions, beliefs and religious influences becomes increasingly important, it fills a gap for a resource, which brings together and links different dimensions of the debate around religious literacy, from theoretical approaches to teaching and policy. |
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Ethnicity, Race and Inequality in the UK: State of the Nation |
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Claire Alexander/ 9781447351252/ Price:GBP 19.99
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Available Open Access under CC-BY-NC licence. 50 years after the establishment of the Runnymede Trust and the Race Relations Act of 1968 which sought to end discrimination in public life, this accessible book provides commentary by some of the UK¡¦s foremost scholars of race and ethnicity on data relating to a wide range of sectors of society, including employment, health, education, criminal justice, housing and representation in the arts and media.
It explores what progress has been made, identifies those areas where inequalities remain stubbornly resistant to change, and asks how our thinking around race and ethnicity has changed in an era of Islamophobia, Brexit and an increasingly diverse population. |
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Social Divisions: Inequality and Diversity in Britain |
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Geoff Payne/ 9781447355120/ Price:GBP 29.99
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Revised, restructured and updated to reflect the latest data and debates, this new edition of the widely used, classic textbook offers students an accessible account of the major social divisions that structure social life. Written by internationally known sociologists and experts, |
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Using Evidence to End Homelessness |
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Ligia Teixeira/ 9781447352860/ Price:GBP 24.99
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Available open access under CC-BY-NC license. Homelessness is unequivocally devastating. In the UK, people affected by homelessness are ten times more likely to die than their peers in the general population, yet we still miss important opportunities to adequately address the issue.
The Centre for Homelessness Impact brings together this urgent book gathering the insights and experiences of leaders in government, academia and the third sector to present new evidence-based strategies to end homelessness.
Demonstrating why and how a new movement is needed that embraces data and evidence as integral to ending homelessness effectively, this book provides crucial methods to underpin future policy, practice and funding decisions. |
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Method Meets Art: Arts-Based Research Practice |
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Patricia Leavy/ 9781462544073/ Price:US$ 97.00
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Ideal for courses in multiple disciplines, the third edition of this award-winning text has been revised and updated with new topics, examples, and guiding questions to introduce each chapter¡¦s sections. Patricia Leavy presents a practical guide to the full range of arts-based research (ABR) genres¡Xnarrative inquiry, fiction-based research, poetry, music, dance, theatre, film, and visual art. Each chapter is paired with an exemplary research article or online video link (at the companion website) that demonstrates the techniques in action. Following a consistent format, chapters review how each genre developed, explore its methodological variations and the kind of research questions it can address, and describe diverse sample studies. Checklists and practical advice help readers harness the power of these innovative techniques for their own studies or dissertations. |
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Dyadic Data Analysis. |
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Kenny, David A./ 9781462546138/ Price:US$ 55.00
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No Home for You Here: A Memoir of Class and Culture |
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Adam Theron-Lee Rensch/ 9781789142006/ Price:GBP 15.95
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No Home for You Here is a memoir of a life lived in the shadow of Ronald Reagan. Raised in rural Ohio, Adam Theron-Lee Rensch tells a story of a millennial trying, and failing, to leave behind the shame of growing up poor in the middle of nowhere. Interweaving personal narrative and political criticism with recent social and political history, No Home for You Here shows how the interrelationship of class, culture and identity stifles working-class solidarity by constructing an imagined cultural divide that those in power use to maintain the status quo. No Home for You Here is a timely, passionate call for class consciousness in an era of economic crisis and staggering inequality. |
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Social Exclusion of Youth in Europe: The Multifaceted Consequences of Labour Market Insecurity |
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Marge Unt/ 9781447358725/ Price:GBP 95.99
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Policymakers throughout Europe are enacting policies to support youth labour market integration. However, many young people continue to face unemployment, job insecurity and the subsequent consequences.
Adopting a mixed-method and multilevel perspective, this book provides a comprehensive investigation into the multifaceted consequences of social exclusion. Drawing on rich pan-European comparative and quantitative data, and interviews with young people from across Europe, this text gives a platform to the unheard voices of young people.
Contributors derive crucial new policy recommendations and offer fresh insights into areas including youth well-being, health, poverty, leaving the parental home and qualifying for social security. |
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African American Suburbanization and the Consequential Loss of Identity |
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Patricia H. Hoffman-Miller/ 9781522578352/ Price:US$ 185.00
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African Americans migrated from southern regions of the United States, the Caribbean, and Africa during the early 20th century, settling in large urban communities in the Midwestern, Northern, and Western regions of the United States. During the early 21st century, African Americans continued their post-industrialized transition from their initial urban locations to suburban and exurban locations, with class, income, and education being the predominant factors in determining locations of choice. However, the result of this 21st century exodus gave rise to an increased sense of isolation, loss of identify, and the gradual erosion of political power unique to urban communities in the late 20th century.
African American Suburbanization and the Consequential Loss of Identity is a critical scholarly resource that examines the experiences of African Americans and the development of African American identities. It represents an important opportunity for an examination of the implications of this 21st century exodus, giving voice to all aspects of African American-lived experiences in suburban communities. Featuring a wide range of topics such as higher education, criminal justice, and social media, this book is ideal for professionals, educators, social scientists, political leaders, law enforcement, students, and researchers.
Topics Covered
The many academic areas covered in this publication include, but are not limited to:
¡EAfrican American Identity
¡ECriminal Justice
¡EFemale Educators
¡EFraternities and Sororities
¡EHigher Education
¡EIsolation
¡EK-12 Education
¡EMale College Students
¡EMedia Communication
¡ESocial Structures
¡ESuburbanization
¡ETourism |
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Examining the Social and Economic Impacts of Conflict-Induced Migration |
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Esther Akumbo Nyam/ 9781522576150/ Price:US$ 185.00
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Worldwide conflict continues to force the migration of citizens seeking safety, shelter, and stability. This conflict-induced migration has social and economic impacts not only on the individuals and families that are forced to flee but also on the communities and environment.
Examining the Social and Economic Impacts of Conflict-Induced Migration is an essential reference source that examines the theoretical and practical basis of induced migration in regions under conflict and the impact of sociology and economy on this type of relocation and how it can be managed for global sustainable peace. Featuring research on topics such as conflict theory, media agenda, and state economics, this book is ideally designed for sociologists, economists, policymakers, government functionaries, peace keepers, non-governmental organizations, academicians, researchers, and students.
Topics Covered
The many academic areas covered in this publication include, but are not limited to:
¡EConflict Theory
¡EDigital Communication
¡EGeographical Imperatives
¡EInformation Dissemination
¡EMedia Agenda
¡EPublic Health
¡ESocial Mobilization
¡ESocio-Political Stabilization
¡ESocio-Religious Inducement
¡EState Economics |
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Autoethnography and Heuristic Inquiry for Doctoral-Level Researchers: Emerging Research and Opportunities |
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Robin Throne/ 9781522593652/ Price:US$ 135.00
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Many resources exist to help new doctoral investigators to understand and engage with the tenets and philosophies that underpin doctoral-level research to allow for a sample of self-as-subject research. Every day, new forms of researcher-participant data collection and analysis protocols and contributions to the respective discipline in the use of these methods are designed by doctoral researchers and other scholars for heuristic inquiry and autoethnography.
Autoethnography and Heuristic Inquiry for Doctoral-Level Researchers: Emerging Research and Opportunities is an essential research publication that explores the conventions of autoethnography or heuristic research within the specific context of doctoral-level research. In contrast to similar resources, this book presents various and unique systematic methods and procedures used within current research for data collection, analysis, interpretation and representations of data, and study contributions to illustrate the varied nuances and many choices doctoral-level researchers have when their research design is founded on the principles and tenets of autoethnography or heuristic inquiry. Thus, this book is ideal for doctoral research supervisors, doctoral students, independent researchers, and academicians.
Topics Covered
The many academic areas covered in this publication include, but are not limited to:
¡EAutoethnography
¡EData Collection
¡EData Representation
¡EHeuristic
¡EIntrospection
¡EPositionality
¡EResearch
¡ESelf-as-Subject
¡ESocial Consciousness
¡ESocietal Implications |
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Handbook of Research on Transdisciplinary Knowledge Generation |
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Victor X. Wang/ 9781522595311/ Price:US$ 285.00
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Traditional methods of viewing the world through the scientific method or instrumental knowledge do not adequately serve the needs of theory, research, and practice within an increasingly complex world. Through transdisciplinary theory, the focus is on a new form of learning and problem solving involving cooperation among different parts of society to meet the complex challenges of society.
The Handbook of Research on Transdisciplinary Knowledge Generation is a critical scholarly resource that examines mutual learning across disciplinary lines as a strategy by which to understand the world and apply practical knowledge. Featuring a wide array of topics such as linguistic diversity, medical education, and social constructivism, this book is essential for educational professionals, researchers, students, administrators, and academicians.
Topics Covered
The many academic areas covered in this publication include, but are not limited to:
¡EHealthcare
¡EHigher Education
¡ELearning Analytics
¡ELinguistic Diversity
¡EManagement Strategy
¡EMedical Education
¡ESocial Constructivism
¡ESocial Work
¡ESTEM
¡EWorkforce Development |
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Knowledge Management Techniques for Risk Management in IT Projects: Emerging Research and Opportunities |
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Muhammad Noman Riaz/ 9781522583899/ Price:US$ 135.00
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There are many risks associated with IT projects that have the potential to threaten the success of the project at any stage of its development life cycle. By seeking commonalities between knowledge management and risk management, a way by which they can be integrated together to reduce these risks can be determined.
Knowledge Management Techniques for Risk Management in IT Projects: Emerging Research and Opportunities is a collection of innovative research that examines the tools and techniques of knowledge management and integrates them with risk management techniques for better analysis of risks that can occur in different stages of IT projects. While highlighting topics including benchmark monitoring, integration management, and knowledge banks, this book is ideally designed for project managers, risk consultants, managers, industry professionals, researchers, and academicians.
Topics Covered
The many academic areas covered in this publication include, but are not limited to:
¡EBenchmark Monitoring
¡EClassification Techniques
¡EDatabase Utilization
¡EForming Communities of Practice
¡EIntegration Management
¡EKnowledge Banks
¡ELinkage Arrangements
¡EManagement Tools
¡EResearch Methodology
¡ERisk Verification |
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Sexual Violence and Effective Redress for Victims in Post-Conflict Situations: Emerging Research and Opportunities |
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Jean de Dieu Sikulibo/ 9781522581949/ Price:US$ 145.00
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All too often in situations of armed conflicts, rape and other acts of sexual violence are used as military tactics. The use of sexual violence as a strategy of war is distinctively destructive and not only leaves victims with significant psychological scars but also tears apart the fabric of families and affected communities.
Sexual Violence and Effective Redress for Victims in Post-Conflict Situations: Emerging Research and Opportunities is a collection of innovative research that analyzes these crimes and their implications for the needs of victims in post-conflict justice processes and how these needs can be effectively addressed in order to support the affected community. To conduct this analysis, it explores the distinct aspects of these crimes to understand the nature and extent of the social challenges and damage facing the victim, and examines the challenges and limitations of international criminal justice in dealing with a wide range of victim needs. While highlighting topics including judicial accountability, victims¡¦ rights, and criminal justice, this book is ideally designed for psychologists, therapists, government officials, academicians, policymakers, and researchers.
Topics Covered
The many academic areas covered in this publication include, but are not limited to:
¡EAccountability Mechanisms
¡ECriminal Justice
¡ECriminal Proceedings
¡EJudicial Accountability
¡EJurisprudence
¡ESexual Violence
¡ETransitional Justice
¡EVictims¡¦ Needs
¡EVictims¡¦ Rights
¡EWitnesses |
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Handbook of Research on Indigenous Knowledge and Bi-Culturalism in a Global Context |
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Shahul Hameed/ 9781522560616/ Price:US$ 265.00
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Society is continually moving towards global interaction, and nations often contain citizens of numerous cultures and backgrounds. Bi-culturalism incorporates a higher degree of social inclusion in an effort to bring about social justice and change, and it may prove to be an alternative to the existing dogma of mainstream Europe-based hegemonic bodies of knowledge.
The Handbook of Research on Indigenous Knowledge and Bi-Culturalism in a Global Context is a collection of innovative studies on the nature of indigenous bodies¡¦ knowledge that incorporates the sacred or spiritual influence across various countries following World War II, while exploring the difficulties faced as society immerses itself in bi-culturalism. While highlighting topics including bi-cultural teaching, Africology, and education empowerment, this book is ideally designed for academicians, urban planners, sociologists, anthropologists, researchers, and professionals seeking current research on validating the growth of indigenous thinking and ideas.
Topics Covered
The many academic areas covered in this publication include, but are not limited to:
¡EAfricology
¡EBicultural Teaching
¡ECareer Counseling
¡EEducation Empowerment
¡EGender Analysis
¡EIntergenerational Trauma
¡ELeadership Theory
¡ENutrition and Dietetics
¡EOrganizational Culture
¡ESocial Change
¡ESocial Services |
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Social Research Methodology and New Techniques in Analysis, Interpretation, and Writing |
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M. Rezaul Islam/ 9781522578970/ Price:US$ 195.00
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The importance of scientific investigation and research is becoming more pronounced in today¡¦s society, with many organizations relying on this research to make informed decisions. As such, research methodology courses have been integrated into undergraduate and master¡¦s programs at most academic institutions where students are being challenged to conduct and write research.
Social Research Methodology and New Techniques in Analysis, Interpretation, and Writing is a pivotal reference source that provides vital research on the main concepts of research writing, including the guidelines of research methodology and proposal designing. While highlighting topics such as mixed method research, research objectives, and project proposals, this publication provides examples of eight PhD proposals and the frameworks used in organizing qualitative, quantitative, and mixed method research. This book is ideally designed for graduate-level students, academicians, researchers, educators, scholars, education administrators, and policymakers seeking current research on the key steps and techniques used in organizing social research proposals.
Topics Covered
The many academic areas covered in this publication include, but are not limited to:
¡EGlobal Institutions
¡EMixed Method Research
¡EPractice Research
¡EProject Proposals
¡EQualitative and Quantitative Research
¡EResearch Design
¡EResearch Guidelines
¡EResearch Methodology
¡EResearch Objective
¡EResearch Proposals
¡EScientific Investigation |
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Marketing Peace for Social Transformation and Global Prosperity |
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Alexandru-Mircea Nedelea/ 9781522574644/ Price:US$ 195.00
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War and conflict continually plague many nations around the world and have led to mass causalities, a shortage of resources, and political turmoil. To eradicate this ongoing issue, individuals, companies, and governments need to establish a fundamental change in the distribution of the world¡¦s assets, resources, and ideals.
Marketing Peace for Social Transformation and Global Prosperity is a pivotal reference source that provides vital research on the development of programs and campaigns destined to impose and sustain ideas that lead to conflict resolution. Through analyzing and proposing various peace marketing campaigns, it showcases how individuals and corporations can employ various tactics to enhance and achieve political, social, and individual peace and promote the sustainability of resources and education. Highlighting topics such as civic engagement, conflict management, and symbolism, this book is ideally designed for policymakers, business leaders, professionals, theorists, researchers, and students.
Topics Covered
The many academic areas covered in this publication include, but are not limited to:
¡ECivic Engagement
¡ECommunication Design
¡EConflict Management
¡EGlobal Leadership
¡ENonprofit Organizations
¡EPeace Development
¡EPolitical Factors
¡ESocial Cohesion
¡ESocial Media Impact
¡ETraditional Peace Practices
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Scholarly Publishing and Research Methods Across Disciplines |
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Victor C.X. Wang/ 9781522577300/ Price:US$ 195.00
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There is no singular ¡¥best¡¦ method of research. The differing nature of various research endeavors warrant multiple ways of generating knowledge, sharing knowledge, and more importantly, avoiding errors. More recently, the dichotomy between quantitative and qualitative approaches has begun to dissolve as the integrated approach of mixed methods gains popularity.
Scholarly Publishing and Research Methods Across Disciplines is a collection of innovative findings on the methods and applications of research in scholarly publishing, ranging from the analyzation of mixed methods and qualitative/quantitative research, to Dewey¡¦s scientific method and more. Highlighting a range of topics including higher education, digital divide, and model development, this publication applies a cross-disciplinary viewpoint that will appeal to researchers, graduate students, academicians, librarians, scholars, and industry-leading experts around the globe seeking an understanding of the limitations and strengths in research techniques.
Topics Covered
The many academic areas covered in this publication include, but are not limited to:
¡EBook Proposals
¡EDigital Divide
¡EEducation Research
¡EFactor Analysis
¡EHigher Education
¡EModel Development
¡EQualitative Research
¡EQuantitative and Qualitative Data Gathering
¡EScale Development
¡EStudent Researchers
¡ESurvey Research |
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Handbook of Research on Rural Sociology and Community Mobilization for Sustainable Growth |
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Qaiser Rafique Yasser/ 9781522571582/ Price:US$ 245.00
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Rural areas are a key sector in every nation¡¦s economy due to a sizeable majority of the population living therein, as well as their impact on global agriculture and food security. Rural development transcends the availability of infrastructure, technology, and industrialization to also encompass the enviro-cultural and psycho-social needs of its inhabitants. The necessity for greater and deliberate efforts targeting all aspects of development of these rural areas is required to sustain growth.
The Handbook of Research on Rural Sociology and Community Mobilization for Sustainable Growth is an essential reference source investigating how global trends, state policies, and grassroots movements affect contemporary rural areas in both developed and developing countries. Featuring research on topics such as gender and rural development, micro-financing, and water resource management, this book is ideally designed for government officials, policy makers, professionals, researchers, and students seeking coverage on the sustainable development of rural areas.
Topics Covered
The many academic areas covered in this publication include, but are not limited to:
¡EGender and Rural Development
¡ELand Policy and Administration
¡ELand Resources Management
¡EMicro-Financing
¡EOrganic Food Production
¡EPrivate Sector Development
¡ERural Education
¡ESanitation and Hygiene
¡ESustainable development
¡EWater Resources Management |
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Ethics in Research Practice and Innovation |
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Antonio Sandu/ 9781522563105/ Price:US$ 195.00
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A particularly important component of any research project is its ethical dimensions which can refer to varied categories of practice ¡V from the protection of human subjects involved in medical and social research to the publication of results research. More recently, with the estimation of the possible consequences of the implementation of technology, it is important for today¡¦s researchers to address the standards of scientific practice and avoid unethical behavior.
Ethics in Research Practice and Innovation is an essential reference source that discusses current and historical aspects of ethical values in scientific research and technologies, as well as emerging perspectives of conducting ethical research in a variety of fields. Featuring research on topics such as clinical trials, human subjects, and informed consent, this book is ideally designed for practitioners, medical professionals, nurses, researchers, scientists, scholars, academicians, policy makers, and students seeking coverage on the ethical risks and limitations of research practice.
Topics Covered
The many academic areas covered in this publication include, but are not limited to:
¡EClinical Trials
¡EEthics of Risk
¡EFamily Research
¡EHuman Subjects
¡EInformed Consent
¡EMisconduct
¡EOrganizational Criminology
¡EPsychiatry
¡EResearch Integrity
¡ERisk-Benefit Evaluation
¡EShared Responsibility
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Social Issues Surrounding Harassment and Assault: Breakthroughs in Research and Practice, 2-Vols/Set. |
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Information Resources Management Association/ 9781522570363/ Price:US$ 495.00
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Violent behavior is an unavoidable aspect of human nature, and as such, it has become deeply integrated into modern society. Examining violence through a critical, academic, and social perspective can lead to a better understanding of its foundations and implications.
Social Issues Surrounding Harassment and Assault: Breakthroughs in Research and Practice explores the social and cultural influences of harassment and assault on human life and activity. Highlighting a range of pertinent topics such as child abuse and neglect, support services, and sexual harassment, this book is an ideal reference source for clinicians, sociologists, practitioners, researchers, and graduate-level students interested in all aspects of social issues related to harassment and assault.
Topics Covered
The many academic areas covered in this publication include, but are not limited to:
¡EChild Abuse and Neglect
¡ECultural and Social Norms
¡EFamily Violence
¡ESexual Harassment
¡ESocial Effects of Abuse
¡ESocial Exclusion
¡ESupport Services
¡EWorkplace Safety |
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Socio-Cultural Influences on Teenage Pregnancy and Contemporary Prevention Measures |
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Devi Akella/ 9781522561088/ Price:US$ 195.00
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Teenage pregnancy is a public health concern that is growing more prevalent in both developed and developing countries. Understanding the problems of teenage motherhood and suggesting relevant preventive strategies and interventions can help break the cycle of poverty, poor education, and risky behaviors that can lead to health and child welfare issues.
Socio-Cultural Influences on Teenage Pregnancy and Contemporary Prevention Measures is an essential reference source that discusses the causes and factors responsible for early motherhood, as well as the mental and psychological outlooks of teen mothers. Featuring research on topics such as minority populations, family dynamics, and sex education, this book is ideally designed for healthcare students, medical professionals, practitioners, nurses, and counselors seeking coverage on the issues, reasons, and outcomes of teenage pregnancy, as well as preventive strategies to combat teenage motherhood.
Topics Covered
The many academic areas covered in this publication include, but are not limited to:
¡EDeveloping Countries
¡EFamily Dynamics
¡EHealth Services
¡EHuman Rights
¡EMinority Populations
¡EPrevention Strategies
¡ESex Education
¡ESocial Media
¡ESociocultural Diversity
¡EStigmatization |
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Scholarly Content and Its Evolution by Scientometric Indicators: Emerging Research and Opportunities |
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Zahid Ashraf Wani/ 9781522559450/ Price:US$ 135.00
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The twenty-first century brought unique developments in science and technology. Research surged as individuals sought to uncover hidden knowledge, leading to the introduction of research evaluation to ensure precise and fair research output and dissemination.
Scholarly Content and Its Evolution by Scientometric Indicators: Emerging Research and Opportunities is a pivotal reference source that provides vital research on the application of research evaluation, specifically through the lens of scientometrics. While highlighting topics such as bibliometrics and the h-index, this publication explores a full range of research indicators available for the evaluation and assessment of scientific literature. This book is ideally designed for scholars, professors, academicians, researchers, and graduate-level students seeking current research on metric science.
Topics Covered
The many academic areas covered in this publication include, but are not limited to:
¡EBibliometrics
¡ECognitive Structures
¡ECommunication
¡EEconomics
¡EEmpirical Pedagogy
¡EExperimental Pedagogy
¡EIndicators
¡ELiterature
¡EQuantitative Evaluation
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Post-Holocaust Studies in a Modern Context |
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Nitza Davidovitch/ 9781522562580/ Price:US$ 185.00
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In the modern age, post-Holocaust studies should embrace the variety of media and cultural channels available to enable the comprehension of the current population. When implementing these channels, individuals have to take into account a holistic approach to ensure all aspects of this area are integrated to ensure an inclusive understanding of the Holocaust.
Post-Holocaust Studies in a Modern Context is a critical scholarly resource that explores the impact of post-Holocaust issues on current social issues across the globe such as the Western approach to immigration and the shaping and reshaping of national ethos across the globe. Featuring a wide range of topics such as millennials, cultural heritage, artistry, educational programs, and historical experience, this book is a vital resource for students, professors, researchers, and readers of popular social science interested in the fate of the Jewish people and the sociological forces that influence the post-WWII era.
Topics Covered
The many academic areas covered in this publication include, but are not limited to:
¡EArt and Music
¡ECultural Heritage
¡EEducational Programs
¡EHistorical Experience
¡EHolocaust Denial
¡EHolocaust Inversion
¡EMigration of Polish Jews |
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Practice and Progress in Social Design and Sustainability |
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Kin Wai Michael Siu/ 9781522541837/ Price:US$ 195.00
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Designers provide creative solutions for user problems and identify the needs of users in a given environment. However, it is often difficult to understand the social design of a product or service.
Practice and Progress in Social Design and Sustainability is a critical scholarly resource that provides groundbreaking research on social contributions to design. Featuring coverage on a broad range of topics such as rural sustainability, ecological farmhouse designs, and community public spaces, this book is geared towards architects, designers, program planners, entrepreneurs, and engineers seeking information about design for resolving social issues.
Topics Covered
The many academic areas covered in this publication include, but are not limited to:
¡ECommunity Public Spaces
¡EEcological Farmhouse Designs
¡EInclusiveness in Design
¡EPlay Spaces for Children
¡ERural Sustainability
¡ESocial Design Through Collaboration
¡ESustainable Value Creation |
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The SAGE Handbook of Current Developments in Grounded Theory |
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Antony Bryant/ 9781473970953/ Price:GBP 130.00
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Building on the success of the bestselling The SAGE Handbook of Grounded Theory (2007), this title provides a much-needed and up-to-date overview, integrating some revised and updated chapters with new ones exploring recent developments in grounded theory and research methods in general. The highly-acclaimed editors have once again brought together a team of leading academics from a wide range of disciplines, perspectives and countries. This is a method-defining resource for advanced students and researchers across the social sciences.
Part One: The Grounded Theory Method: 50 Years On
Part Two: Theories and Theorizing in Grounded Theory
Part Three: Grounded Theory in Practice
Part Four: Reflections on Using and Teaching Grounded Theory
Part Five: GTM and Qualitative Research Practice
Part Six: GT Researchers and Methods in Local and Global Worlds |
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Present Your Research: Little Quick Fix |
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Zina O'Leary/ 9781526464712/ Price:GBP 8.99
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See Numbers in Data: Little Quick Fix |
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John MacInnes/ 9781526466792/ Price:GBP 8.99
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Statistical Significance: Little Quick Fix |
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John MacInnes/ 9781526466785/ Price:GBP 8.99
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Write a Questionnaire: Little Quick Fix |
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Helen Kara/ 9781526467751/ Price:GBP 8.99
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Know Your Variables: Little Quick Fix |
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John MacInnes/ 9781526458841/ Price:GBP 8.99
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Care Relations in Southeast Asia: The Family and Beyond |
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Patcharawalai Wongboonsin/ 9789004384187/ Price:EUR 121.00
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BrCare Relations in Southeast Asia: The Family and Beyond, edited by Patcharawalai Wongboonsin and Jo-Pei Tan, examines the care relations and transactions within and beyond the family network across three middle-income Southeast Asian countries, namely the Federation of Malaysia, the Kingdom of Thailand and the Socialist Republic of Vietnam at the national and sub-national level. On the national level, changes and continuity in care relations along the changing demographic, socio-economic and political contexts of each country are addressed. On the sub-national level, the complex dimensions of care relations are analyzed by looking at the attitude towards and practice of elderly and child care within, between and beyond the family system. These regional analyses are based on merged data of three most recent family surveys in Kuala Lumpur, Bangkok Metropolis, and Hanoi. Alternative and innovative policy recommendations for current and future challenges are also offered. Contains contributions by: Asmidawati Ashari, Ki Soo Eun, Tengku Aizan Hamid, Rahimah Ibrahim, Thuttai Keeratipongpaiboon, Nguyen Huu Minh, Pataporn Sukontamarn, Jo-Pei Tan, Tran Thi Minh Thi, Kua Wongboonsin and Patcharawalai Wongboonsin |
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The Marxist Conception of the State: A Contribution to the Differentiation of the Sociological and the Juristic Method |
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Max Adler/ 9789004297821/ Price:EUR 118.00
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This translation of Max Adler¡¦s Die Staatsauffassung des Marxismus enables English readers to know a significant perspective on Marx¡¦s theory of the state, which was central to the interwar period in which he was writing (1922). In an extended dialogue with democratic jurist Hans Kelsen, Adler shows that the so-called necessity of law as the neutral arbiter of a democratic society has been heretofore a flawed imposition of the authoritative understandings of the ruling classes. Adler¡¦s brings to his argument the Kantian concept of ¡§sociation¡¨, where every human judgment perforce sets its determinations within its view of the social whole, demonstrating that an accurate comprehension of interdependent equality that realizes an objective ¡§sociation¡¨ can only occur in a ¡§classless¡¨ society. |
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Urban Chinese Governance, Contention, and Social Control in the New Millennium |
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William Hurst/ 9789004408623/ Price:EUR 159.00
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This collection includes seven essays translated from the leading Chinese-language journal Open Times. Bringing together a wide range of leading experts across several disciplines, this book offers critical insights on some of the most important questions of contemporary urban Chinese politics and society. Drawing on extensive research across different localities and issues in China, the chapters offer rich data and fresh analyses of the shifting contours of urban governance, social mobilization and contention, and mechanisms of social control in the new Millennium. Taken together, this collection represents the most comprehensive look in some years at how urban Chinese political institutions have adapted and responded to challenges and how social actors and groups have mobilized to press for redress of substantial new grievances. |
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Sustainable Development Goals in Southeast Asia and ASEAN: National and Regional Approaches |
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Ronald Holzhacker/ 9789004378230/ Price:EUR 119.00
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The international community has come together to pursue certain fundamental, common goals over the coming period to 2030 to make progress toward ending poverty and hunger, improving social and economic well-being, preserving the environment and combating climate change, and maintaining peace. The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) have been agreed to by states, which have in turn adopted national targets and action plans.
This volume studies the governance and implementation of these goals in Southeast Asia, in particular the difficulties in the shift from the international to the national, the multi-level challenges of implementation, and the involvement of stakeholders, civil society, and citizens in the process. Contributors to this volume are scholars from across Southeast Asia who research these issues in developing (Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar), middle-income (Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam), and developed countries (Brunei, Singapore) in the region. The perspectives on governance and the SDGs emerge from the fields of political science, international relations, geography, economics, law, health, and the natural sciences. |
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Multiple Globalizations: Linguistic Landscapes in World-Cities |
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Eliezer Ben-Rafael/ 9789004360839/ Price:EUR 139.00
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This work studies aspects of the symbolic construction of public spaces by means of linguistic resources (i.e. linguistic landscapes or LLs) in a number of world-cities. The sociology of language leads us to this field and to study the intermingling impacts of globalization, the national principle and multiculturalism ¡V each one conveying its own distinct linguistic markers: international codes, national languages and ethnic vernaculars. Eliezer and Miriam Ben-Rafael study the configurations of these influences, which they conceptualize as multiple globalization, in the LLs of downtowns, residential quarters, and marginal neighborhoods of a number of world-cities. They ask how far worldwide codes of communication gain preeminence, national languages are marginalized and ethnic vernaculars impactful. They conclude by suggesting a paradigm of multiple globalizations. |
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Marx, Women, and Capitalist Social Reproduction: Marxist-Feminist Essays |
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Martha E. Gimenez/ 9789004278936/ Price:EUR 164.00
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In Marx, Women and Capitalist Social Reproduction, Martha E. Gimenez offers a distinctive perspective on social reproduction which posits that the relations of production determine the relations of social reproduction, and links the effects of class exploitation and location to forms of oppression predominantly theorised in terms of identity. Grounding her analysis on Marx¡¦s theory and methodology, Gimenez examines the relationship between class, reproduction and the oppression of women in different contexts such as the reproduction of labour power, domestic labour, feminisation of poverty, and reproductive technologies. Because most women and men, whether members of dominant or oppressed groups, are working class, she argues that the future of feminist politics is inextricably tied to class politics and the fate of capitalism. |
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Hegel for Social Movements |
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Andy Blunden/ 9789004395831/ Price:EUR 155.00
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Hegel for Social Movements by Andy Blunden is an introduction to the reading of Hegel intended for those already active in social movements. It introduces Hegel¡¦s ideas in a way which will be useful for those fighting for social change, and while some familiarity with philosophy would be an advantage for the reader, the main pre-requisite is a commitment to the practical pursuit of ideal aims. The book covers the whole sweep of Hegel¡¦s writing, but focuses particularly on the Logic and Hegel¡¦s social theory ¡V the Philosophy of Right. Blunden brings to his exposition an original interpretation of Hegel¡¦s Logic as the logic of social change, utilizing his expertise in Vygotsky¡¦s cultural psychology and Soviet Activity Theory. |
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Superstition: A Very Short Introduction |
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Stuart Vyse/ 9780198819257/ Price:GBP 8.99
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Social Innovation: How Societies Find the Power to Change |
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Geoff Mulgan/ 9781447353799/ Price:GBP 14.99
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The 21st century has brought a cornucopia of new knowledge and technologies. But there has been little progress in our ability to solve social problems across the globe.
Geoff Mulgan is a pioneer in the global field of social innovation. Building on his experience advising international governments, businesses and foundations, he explains how it provides answers to today¡¦s global social, economic and sustainability issues. He argues for matching R&D in technology and science with a socially focused R&D and harnessing creative imagination on a larger scale than ever before.
Weaving together history, ideas, policy and practice, he shows how social innovation is now coming of age, offering a comprehensive view of what can be done to solve the global social challenges we face. |
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Quasi-Experimentation: A Guide to Design and Analysis |
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Charles S. Reichardt/ 9781462540204/ Price:US$ 52.00
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Featuring engaging examples from diverse disciplines, this book explains how to use modern approaches to quasi-experimentation to derive credible estimates of treatment effects under the demanding constraints of field settings. Foremost expert Charles S. Reichardt provides an in-depth examination of the design and statistical analysis of pretest¡Vposttest, nonequivalent groups, regression discontinuity, and interrupted time-series designs. He details their relative strengths and weaknesses and offers practical advice about their use. Comparing quasi-experiments to randomized experiments, Reichardt discusses when and why the former might be a better choice than the latter in the face of the contingencies that are likely to arise in practice. Modern methods for elaborating a research design to remove bias from estimates of treatment effects are described, as are tactics for dealing with missing data and noncompliance with treatment assignment. Throughout, mathematical equations are translated into words to enhance accessibility. Adding to its discussion of prototypical quasi-experiments, the book also provides a complete typology of quasi-experimental design options to help the reader craft the best research design to fit the circumstances of a given study. |
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Women and Religion: Contemporary and Future Challenges in the Global Era |
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Elisabetta Ruspini/ 9781447336402/ Price:GBP 28.99
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This edited collection provides interdisciplinary, global, and multi-religious perspectives on the relationship between women¡¦s identities, religion, and social change in the contemporary world. The book discusses the experiences and positions of women, and particular groups of women, to understand patterns of religiosity and religious change. It also addresses the current and future challenges posed by women¡¦s changes to religion in different parts of the world and among different religious traditions and practices.
The contributors address a diverse range of themes and issues including the attitudes of different religions to gender equality; how women construct their identity through religious activity; whether women have opportunity to influence religious doctrine; and the impact of migration on the religious lives of both women and men. |
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Women, Peace and Welfare: A Suppressed History of Social Reform, 1880-1920 |
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Ann Oakley/ 9781447332626/ Price:GBP 19.99
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Between 1880 and 1920 many women researched the conditions of social and economic life in Western countries. They were driven by a vision of a society based on welfare and altruism, rather than warfare and competition.
Ann Oakley, a leading sociologist, undertook extensive research to uncover this previously hidden cast of forgotten characters. She uses the women¡¦s stories to bring together the histories of social reform, social science, welfare and pacifism.
Her fascinating account reveals how their efforts, connected through thriving transnational networks, lie behind many features of modern welfare states and reminds us of their powerful vision of a more humane way of living ¡V a vision that remains relevant today. |
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Hubris and Progress: A Future Born of Presumption |
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Carlo Bordoni/ 9781138364622/ Price:GBP 34.99
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Creating Winning Grant Proposals: A Step-by-Step Guide |
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Anne L. Rothstein/ 9781462539086/ Price:US$ 36.00
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Providing clear-cut steps for producing each section of a competitive grant proposal, this hands-on book is filled with examples from actual RFPs and proposals, practical tools, and writing tips. Prominent educator and successful proposal writer Anne L. Rothstein shares a systematic process created over decades of experience in the field. She details how to: achieve group consensus around a project; identify likely funding sources; establish need; develop objectives; assemble a Master Project Table and other needed tables, figures, and charts; create an effective logic model; prepare an evaluation; put together a budget; tailor the proposal to meet the requirements of funders; and avoid common errors. |
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Data in Society: Challenging Statistics in an Age of Globalisation |
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Jeff Evans/ 9781447348221/ Price:GBP 31.99
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Statistical data and evidence-based claims are increasingly central to our everyday lives. Critically examining ¡¥Big Data¡¦, this book charts the recent explosion in sources of data, including those precipitated by global developments and technological change. It sets out changes and controversies related to data harvesting and construction, dissemination and data analytics by a range of private and governmental social organisations in multiple settings.
Analysing the power of data to shape political debate, the presentation of ideas to us by the media, and issues surrounding data ownership and access, the authors suggest how data can be used to uncover injustices and to advance social progress. |
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Dualisation of Part-Time Work: The Development of Labour Market Insiders and Outsiders |
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Heidi Nicolaisen/ 9781447348603/ Price:GBP 79.99
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This book brings together leading international authors from a number of fields to provide an up to date understanding of part-time work at national, sector, industry and workplace levels. The contributors critically examine part-time employment in different institutional settings across Europe, the USA, Australia and Korea. This analysis serves as a prism to investigate wider trends, particularly in female employment, including the continued increase in part-time work and processes that are increasingly creating dualization and inequality between ¡¥good¡¦ and ¡¥bad¡¦ jobs. |
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The Sociology of Debt |
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Mark Featherstone/ 9781447339526/ Price:GBP 79.99
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Over the course of the last ten years the issue of debt has become a serious problem that threatens to destroy the global socio-economic system and ruin the everyday lives of millions of people. This collection brings together a range of perspectives of key thinkers on debt to provide a sociological analysis focused upon the social, political, economic, and cultural meanings of indebtedness.
The contributors to the book consider both the lived experience of debt and the more abstract processes of financialisation taking place globally. Showing how debt functions on the level of both macro- and microeconomics, the book also provides a more holistic perspective, with accounts that span sociological, cultural, and economic forms of analysis. |
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What's Wrong with Work? |
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Lynne Pettinger/ 9781447340089/ Price:GBP 12.99
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Why does work matter? As changes occur in how work is organised across the globe, What¡¦s wrong with work shows that how workers are treated has wide implications beyond the lives of workers themselves.
Recognising gender, race, class and global differences, the book looks at three kinds of increasingly important work ¡V green work, IT work and the ¡¥gig¡¦ economy - within the context of the neoliberal society, the promises of technologisation and anticipated environmental catastrophe. It considers the ways formal work is often dependent on informal work, especially domestic work and care work.
Accessible and engaging, it concludes by considering political and ethical questions in what might make work better, arguing that there is a collective responsibility to address bad work. |
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EU Migrant Workers, Brexit and Precarity: Polish Women's Perspectives from Inside the UK |
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Eva A. Duda-Mikulin/ 9781447351627/ Price:GBP 47.99
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This book presents a female Polish perspective, using findings from research carried out with migrants interviewed before and after the Brexit vote ¡V voices of real people who made their home in the UK. It looks at how migrants view Brexit and what it means for them, how their experiences compare pre- and post-Brexit vote, and their future plans, as well as considering the wider implications of the migrant experience in relation to precarity and the British paid labour market. |
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Critical Dialogues: Thinking Together in Turbulent Times |
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John Clarke/ 9781447350989/ Price:GBP 26.99
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In this engaging and original book, John Clarke is in conversation with twelve leading scholars about the dynamics of thinking critically in the social sciences. The conversations range across many fields and explore the problems and possibilities of doing critical intellectual work in ways that are responsive to changing conditions.
By emphasizing the many voices in play, in conversation with, as well as against, others, Clarke challenges the individualising myth of the heroic intellectual. He underlines the value of thinking critically, collaboratively and dialogically.
The book also provides access to a sound archive of the original conversations. |
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Urban Food Sharing: Rules, Tools and Networks |
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Anna R. Davies/ 9781447349822/ Price:GBP 47.99
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Available Open Access under CC-BY-NC licence. This book explores the history and current practice of food sharing. Illustrated by rich case studies from around the world, the book uses new empirical data to set an agenda for research and action. The book will be an important resource for researchers, policy makers and sharing innovators to explore the impacts and sustainability potential of such sharing for cities. |
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Dimensions of Impact in the Social Sciences: The Case of Social Policy, Sociology and Political Science Research |
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Tina Haux/ 9781447324089/ Price:GBP 42.99
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Impact has become a central part of the assessment criteria for academic worth. It has been adopted by many research funding bodies, and it is firmly embedded in the British Research Excellence Framework. However, a clear definition of impact remains elusive and guidance on how exactly to achieve it is often superficial.
This concise, informative book analyses impact across the social sciences. It draws on the analysis of the most highly ranked British impact case studies from the 2014 Research Excellence Framework, as well as fifteen interviews with senior academics, providing a longitudinal and critical framing of impact. The author concludes with valuable recommendations of how and when scholars can achieve impact. |
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Understanding Race and Ethnicity: Theory, History, Policy, Practice |
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Sangeeta Chattoo/ 9781447339663/ Price:GBP 27.99
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In the last few years, national and international politics have been characterised by the erasure of ¡¥race¡¦ and ethnicity within public policy and discourse. Events such as the escalation in ¡¥race¡¦ hate crime associated with the EU Referendum in the UK, the rise of the far right across European polities, or Donald Trump¡¦s promise to build a wall across Mexico, contradict the political rhetoric of the ¡¥arrival¡¦ of a ¡¥post-race¡¦ era. |
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Childhood Experiences of Separation and Divorce: Reflections From Young Adults |
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Sue Kay-Flowers/ 9781447338666/ Price:GBP 26.99
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Using innovative, participatory research methods, this book offers new insights into the issues surrounding parental separation or divorce from the unique perspective, and retrospectives, of young adults. As they look back on their childhood, their views provide valuable insights into how children experience and accommodate their parents¡¦ separation.
Drawing on the qualitative research findings, Kay-Flowers develops a new framework to provide a useful analytical tool for academics and practitioners working with children and families to make sense of young people¡¦s experiences and puts forward suggestions for improving support for children in the future. |
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Global Youth Migration and Gendered Modalities |
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Glenda Tibe Bonifacio/ 9781447340195/ Price:GBP 90.99
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Youth migration is a global phenomenon, and it is gendered. This collection presents original studies on gender and youth migration from the 19th century onwards, from international and interdisciplinary perspectives.
An international group of contributors explore the imperial histories of youth migration, their identities and sexualities, the impact of education, policies and practices, and the roles, contribution and challenges of young migrants in certain industries and services, as well as in communities.
These cross-disciplinary themes include cases from Albania, Bangladesh, Canada, Ethiopia, France, Hungary, Italy, Philippines, Senegal, Syria, Turkey, United Kingdom and United States. |
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The End of Aspiration?: Social Mobility and Our Children's Fading Prospects |
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Duncan Exley/ 9781447348320/ Price:GBP 12.99
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Why is it getting harder to secure a job that matches our qualifications, buy a home of our own and achieve financial stability?
Underprivileged people have always faced barriers, but people from middle-income families are increasingly more likely to slide down the social scale than climb up.
Duncan Exley, former Director of the Equality Trust, draws on expert research and real life experiences ¡V including from an actor, a politician, a billionaire entrepreneur and a surgeon ¡V to issue a wake-up call to break through segregated opportunity. He offers a manifesto to reboot our prospects and benefit all. |
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Heritage as Community Research: Legacies of Co-Production |
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Helen Graham/ 9781447345299/ Price:GBP 79.99
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Heritage as Community Research explores the nature of contemporary heritage research involving university and community partners. Putting forward a new view of heritage as a process of research and involvement with the past, undertaken with or by the communities for whom it is relevant, the book uses a diverse range of case studies, with many chapters co-written between academics and community partners. Through this extensive work, the Editors show that the process of research itself can be an empowering force by which communities stake a claim in the places they live. |
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Conducting Personal Network Research: A Practical Guide |
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Christopher McCarty/ 9781462538386/ Price:US$ 47.00
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Written at an introductory level, and featuring engaging case examples, this book reviews the theory and practice of personal and egocentric network research. This approach offers powerful tools for capturing the impact of overlapping, changing social relationships and contexts on individuals' attitudes and behavior. The authors provide solid guidance on the formulation of research questions; research design; data collection, including decisions about survey modes and sampling frames; the measurement of network composition and structure, including the use of name generators; and statistical modeling, from basic regression techniques to more advanced multilevel and dynamic models. Ethical issues in personal network research are addressed. User-friendly features include boxes on major published studies, end-of-chapter suggestions for further reading, and an appendix describing the main software programs used in the field. |
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Spark. |
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Patricia Leavy/ 9781462538157/ Price:US$ 14.95
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Professor Peyton Wilde has an enviable life teaching sociology at an idyllic liberal arts college¡Xyet she is troubled by a sense of fading inspiration. One day an invitation arrives. Peyton has been selected to attend a luxurious all-expense-paid seminar in Iceland, where participants, billed as some of the greatest thinkers in the world, will be charged with answering one perplexing question. Meeting her diverse teammates¡Xtwo neuroscientists, a philosopher, a dance teacher, a collage artist, and a farmer¡XPeyton wonders what she could ever have to contribute. The ensuing journey of discovery will transform the characters' work, their biases, and themselves. This suspenseful novel shows that the answers you seek can be found in the most unlikely places. It can be read for pleasure, is a great choice for book clubs, and can be used as unique and inspiring reading in qualitative research and other courses in education, sociology, social work, psychology, and communication. |
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Handbook of Arts-Based Research. |
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Patricia Leavy/ 9781462540389/ Price:US$ 52.00
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Meeting Development Goals in Small Urban Centers |
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Sudha Menon/ 9781773614724/ Price:US$ 160.00
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Global urbanisation has prompted a focus on megacities that overlooks the needs and vulnerabilities of smaller settlements. This book examines the urban growth trends and patterns of various rapidly growing metropolitan regions from the perspective of geography. This book will be of great interest to students, teachers, and researchers in development studies, and highly relevant to anyone with an interest in urban studies, geography, political economy, sociology, and African studies. |
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Research Methodology in Arts, Science and Humanities |
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Surbhi Jain/ 9781773613543/ Price:US$ 155.00
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Research Methodology in Arts, Science and Humanities examines various aspects of research methodologies required in the field of arts, science and humanities. The book is divided into three different parts where the first part is dedicated towards the research methodologies used in the field of arts, following with the methodologies used in the field of science and humanities as part II and Part III respectively. Provides the reader with the insights into the three different field and the methodologies required to know more about the three. |
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Social Organization & Community |
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Adila Kokab/ 9781773613468/ Price:US$ 155.00
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Social Organization & Community examines various aspects of social organization and community with an extensive information related o the history of organizations. It includes basic theories related to social organization and community with few models required to have a well-structured community amongst the people. Provide the reader with the insights into the development of various social organizations for community in different religions. |
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Sociology: World Edition |
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/ 9781680949155/ Price:US$ 95.00
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Intended for scholars and students of sociology, social science methodology, business, economics, and social researchers.
This wide-ranging edition provides a comprehensive overview of the field of education as viewed from a sociological perspective. |
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Focus on Asia: Health |
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/ 9781680948486/ Price:US$ 100.00
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This edition provides a comprehensive look at how policy leads to better health in Asia.
Explores how disease patterns and health problems in Asia and the Pacific, and collective responses to them, have been shaped over time by cultural, economic, social, demographic, environmental and political factors. |
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Racial Inequality |
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/ 9781680949582/ Price:US$ 100.00
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This book makes clear that color blind racism is as insidious now as ever and looks at the policy of affirmative action as it has evolved in various parts of the world.
Understanding Inequality provides students and academics with the basic hermeneutics for considering new thought on ethnicity, class, and gender in the 21st century. |
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Current Issues: Umemployment |
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/ 9781984623119/ Price:US$ 100.00
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Unemployment is currently the major economic concern; this book examines the effectiveness of current policies in the battle against unemployment.
High unemployment is widely regarded as the most important challenge facing European policymakers today; this book provides a thorough analysis of the theoretical and empirical aspects of the economics of unemployment in developed countries. |
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Population, Resources and Conflicts |
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/ 9781984623140/ Price:US$ 100.00
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This book reflects on the causes of resource-based conflicts and competition, and presents solutions for safely and sustainably providing resources with a focus on material flow management.
Assesses different approaches to and conceptualizations of resource fairness and justice and applies them to the analysis of resource conflicts. |
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Decision Making and Problem Solving in Daily Life |
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/ 9781984624796/ Price:US$ 90.00
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This edition will help you to learn key techniques and models to confidently make the right decisions.
Addresses the need for a new range of problem solving and decision making strategies for dealing with the problems of the modern life. |
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Philosophical Perspectives on the Individual and Society |
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/ 9781984624802/ Price:US$ 90.00
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This book demonstrates the value of approaching education from a sociological and philosophical perspective.
Examines the controversial social issue of the welfare state, and offers philosophical thoughts on the limits and liabilities of government and society. |
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Consumers, Environment and Sustainable Consumption |
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/ 9781984624826/ Price:US$ 90.00
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An understanding of the patterns and driving forces of consumption will lead to strategies to improve resource efficiency.
This book offers a fresh look at sustainable consumption, exploring how grassroots community action can spread ideas in society. |
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Introduction to Social Justice |
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/ 9781984624840/ Price:US$ 90.00
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Social justice assigns rights and duties in the institutions of society, which enables people to receive the basic benefits and burdens of cooperation.
This book takes a new approach to teaching students to think and learn about issues of race and diversity. |
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Environment and Society |
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/ 9781984624871/ Price:US$ 90.00
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This book presents a systematic survey of concepts and issues central to the environment in society.
Covering the key issues in this important field, this book will change the way students think about the relationship between the environment and society today. |
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Asia & the World |
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/ 9781984624918/ Price:US$ 90.00
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Offers a fresh, comprehensive, multidisciplinary introduction to Asia.
Addresses the historic power struggles that have shaped the region and the prognosis for success in overcoming a turbulent past and an uncertain, divided present. |
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Food and Culture |
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/ 9781984624956/ Price:US$ 90.00
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Provides current information on the health, culture, food, and nutrition habits of the most common ethnic and racial groups living.
Presents an engaging, entertaining, and informative exploration of the interactions among history, culture, and food. |
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Historical Foundations of the Modern World |
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/ 9781984624970/ Price:US$ 90.00
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This insightful and wide-ranging book traces the genesis of international intellectual thought, connecting international and global history with intellectual history.
The book expands our understanding of the increasingly significant role religion plays in the ongoing construction of the modern world. |
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Life and Career Skills |
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/ 9781984624994/ Price:US$ 90.00
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Guides the reader in gaining job skills, seeking work, interviewing, negotiating salaries and benefits, and thriving in the workplace.
Offers information and advice on how to survive and thrive in the workplace, including interview dos and don'ts and tips on communicating with coworkers. |
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Biotechnology and Society |
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/ 9781984625007/ Price:US$ 90.00
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A guide to understanding biotechnology, providing definitions of words and terms associated with the science, reviewing the history of the field, featuring profiles of important people in biotechnology.
The book presents a clear, authoritative picture of the relationship between biotechnology and society today, and how our conceptions and misconceptions of it could shape future developments. |
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Focus on Asia: Art, Technology and Languages |
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/ 9781680947892/ Price:US$ 100.00
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This book examines art, technology, and language in Asia to show students the richness and diversity of culture across the region.
This Handbook addresses the historical, social, cultural, political, philosophical, artistic and economic dimensions of the region¡¦s new media. |
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Becoming Transcultural |
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/ 9781984624833/ Price:US$ 90.00
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The book addresses the intercultural exchanges as well as the cultural trans-formation that takes place in urban spaces.
Grounded in both theory and practice, with implications for both, this book is about children¡¦s perspectives on the borders that society erects, and their actual, symbolic, ideational and metaphorical movement across those borders. |
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Understanding Equal Rights |
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/ 9781984622914/ Price:US$ 100.00
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Traces the history of the Equal Rights Amendment, explains why it failed to pass, and assesses its chances for future passage.
Examines existing theories of international law and offers a compelling alternative Marxist view, including women in the workforce and issues that they face¡Xsexual harassment, equal pay, and maternity leave. |
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Advancement of Technologies in Research |
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Vikas Mishra/ 9781773615288/ Price:US$ 170.00
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This book examines the applicability and usefulness of new technologies, as well as the pitfalls of these methods in research practices, serving as a practical guide for designing and conducting research projects. Experience is provided in the design of research studies, in the analysis and interpretation of data, and in report presentation. The book presents contributions made by researchers from the entire world, serving as a valuable tool for scientists, researchers, graduate students and professionals. |
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Evolutionary Systems and Society |
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K C Aiden/ 9781682505823/ Price:US$ 150.00
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Evolutionary computation research frequently relies on the analysis of the time, and knows solutions or measures of the quality of solutions found as metrics for comparing different selection schemes, representations, and operators. This book explores how the diversity of species within communities affects adaptive evolution to a changing environment. This book presents insight into future research directions to provide a mechanistic understanding and predictive capability for community and ecosystem responses to environmental change. |
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Human Behavior in the Social Environment: A Social Systems Approach |
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Anne Anderson/ 9781682505816/ Price:US$ 145.00
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This book explores the impact of relationship contexts, social cognition, emotion, and human development. The book proposes that the validity and usefulness of psychological science will be enhanced by better integration of relationship contexts into theories and research. Exploring the conceptual foundations of the understanding human behavior and the social environment knowledge, this book will be of an ideal reference tool for students and practitioners. |
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Snobbery: The Practices of Distinction |
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David Morgan/ 9781447340348/ Price:GBP 12.99
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Snobbery is a more serious matter than some may think: the arguments around Brexit and Trump show that accusations of snobbery have become part of political discourse and public sentiment, building social divisions and reflecting deeper issues of class inequality.
Social class is not simply about wealth, health and life-chances but also about everyday social experience, such as being included or excluded. As social inequality grows, snobbery is becoming ever more pertinent.
This book takes a fresh and engaging look at this key issue, drawing on literature, popular culture and autobiography as well as sociology and history. David Morgan explores the complex history and different varieties of snobbery as well as its all-pervasive character to reveal why, despite claims about the openness of our society, it is still a matter of public concern. |
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Being an Evaluator: Your Practical Guide to Evaluation. |
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Donna R. Podems/ 9781462537808/ Price:US$ 47.00
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Demystifying the evaluation journey, this is the first evaluation mentoring book that addresses the choices, roles, and challenges that evaluators must navigate in the real world. Experienced evaluator and trainer Donna R. Podems covers both conceptual and technical aspects of practice in a friendly, conversational style. She focuses not just on how to do evaluations but how to think like an evaluator, fostering reflective, ethical, and culturally sensitive practice. Extensive case examples illustrate the process of conceptualizing and implementing an evaluation¡Xclarifying interventions, identifying beneficiaries, gathering data, discussing results, valuing, and developing recommendations. The differences (and connections) between research, evaluation, and monitoring are explored. Handy icons identify instructive features including self-study exercises, group activities, clarifying questions, facilitation and negotiation techniques, insider tips, advice, and resources. |
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Funding, Power and Community Development |
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Niamh McCrea/ 9781447336174/ Price:GBP 31.99
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This edited collection critically explores the funding arrangements governing contemporary community development and how they shape its theory and practice.
International contributions from activists, practitioners and academics consider the evolution of funding in community development and how changes in policy and practice can be understood in relation to the politics of neoliberalism and contemporary efforts to build global democracy from the ¡¥bottom up¡¦.
Thematically, the collection explores matters such as popular democracy, the shifting contours of the state-market relationship, prospects for democratising the state, the prospects for community autonomy, the effects of managerialism and hybrid modes of funding such as social finance.
The collection is thus uniquely positioned to stimulate critical debate on both policy and practice within the broad field of community development. |
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Grandparenting Practices around the World: Reshaping Family |
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Virpi Timonen/ 9781447340645/ Price:GBP 79.99
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The book contains analyses of topics that have so far received relatively little attention, such as transnational grandparenting and gender differences in grandparenting practices. It is the only collection that brings together theory-driven research on grandparenting from a wide variety of cultural and welfare state contexts - including chapters on Europe, North America, Africa, Asia and Australia - drawing broad lines of debate rather than focusing at a country level.
Building on the success of ¡¥Contemporary grandparenting¡¦, edited by Virpi Timonen and Sarah Arber, this book further deepens our understanding of how social structures continue to shape grandparenting across a wide range of cultural and economic contexts. The book is essential reading and reference for researchers, students and policy-makers who want to understand the growing influence of grandparents in ageing families and societies across the world. |
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Contemporary Feminist Research from Theory to Practice. |
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Patricia Leavy/ 9781462520251/ Price:US$ 36.00
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Exploring the breadth of contemporary feminist research practices, this engaging text immerses the reader in cutting-edge theories, methods, and practical strategies. Chapters review theoretical work from around the globe and describe approaches to conducting quantitative, qualitative, and community-based research with participants; doing content or media analysis; and evaluating programs or interventions. Ethical issues are addressed and innovative uses of digital media highlighted. The focus is studying gender inequities as they are experienced by individuals and groups from diverse cultural, racial, and socioeconomic backgrounds, and with diverse gender identities. Delving into the process of writing and publishing feminist research, the text covers timely topics such as public scholarship, activism, and arts-based practices. The companion website features interviews with prominent feminist researchers. |
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Macmillan Encyclopedia of Families, Marriages, and Intimate Relationships, 2-Vols/Set. |
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James J. Ponzetti/ 9780028664613/ Price:US$ 678.00
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Macmillan Encyclopedia of Families, Marriages, and Intimate Relationships will provide up-to-date information on such diverse topics as adolescent parenthood, family planning, cohabitation, widowhood, domestic violence, child abuse and neglect, codependency, and commuter marriages. Wide-ranging in scope, this encyclopedia complements courses in a variety of disciplines, including sociology, psychology, anthropology, gender/women¡¦s studies, and others. Features include a thematic outline and a comprehensive index. |
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Disability Experiences: Memoirs, Autobiographies, and Other Personal Narratives, 2-Vols/Set. |
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G. Thomas Couser/ 9781410388049/ Price:US$ 381.00
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Disability Experience: Memoirs, Autobiographies, and Other Personal Narratives presents essays on 200 narrative works written by persons with disabilities. The disabilities covered are mostly physical, but psychological/psychiatric conditions, developmental/intellectual impairments, and addiction are also included. While most are written by disabled persons themselves, a small number of biographies and family memoirs (such as those written by parents or spouses) were included when the advisory board felt they were important contributions to communicating the disability experience.
The works date from as early as 1470 to as recent as 2018. While most of the authors are from the US, one-third of the works are by authors from elsewhere around the globe. Care was also given to represent a wide range of other cultures, heritage, and lifestyles, in areas such as religion, sexual orientation, gender identification, color, and other factors that, along with disability, constitute intersectional experiences. At least half the works included represent such at least one diversity factor.
All entries are signed, and each begins with a brief summary of the work and list of key information. The body of each essay provides an overview of the work and the subject¡¦s life, and discussion of historical and cultural context, themes, and critical reception. All essays have one or two sidebars and a bibliography; half also have a photo.
The work includes a pedagogical piece from the editor that discusses ways the contents can be used in the classroom. This is followed by a three-part thematic outline organizing the entries by disabilities and conditions that are represented in the works; by formats other than autobiography or memoir, such as graphic memoir or poetry; and by other themes, both disability-related and other.
The volume also includes a subject index and a list of other recommended memoirs and anthologies not covered within. |
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Global Encyclopedia of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer (LGBTQ) History, 3-Vol/Set. |
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Howard Chiang/ 9780684325538/ Price:US$ 854.00
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The Global Encyclopedia of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender History will provide a global view of the history of LGBTQ, covering significant figures and events worldwide. Wide-ranging in scope, this encyclopedia complements courses in a variety of disciplines, including history, American studies, literature, psychology, sociology and others. Features include a thematic outline and a comprehensive index. |
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Pathways to Recovery and Desistance: The Role of the Social Contagion of Hope |
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David Best/ 9781447349303/ Price:GBP 24.99
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This is the first book that uses the latest research evidence to build guidance on community-based rehabilitation with the aim of challenging stigma and marginalisation. The case studies discussed, and a strengths-based approach emphasizes the importance of long-term recovery and the role that communities and peers play in the process. Best examines effective methods for community growth, offers sustainable ways of promoting social inclusion and puts forward a new drug strategy and a new reform policy for prisons. |
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Cultural Intermediaries Connecting Communities: Revisiting Approaches to Cultural Engagement |
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Phil Jones/ 9781447344995/ Price:GBP 79.99
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Environmental Justice, Popular Struggle and Community Development |
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Anne Harley/ 9781447350835/ Price:GBP 79.99
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Women and Community Action: Local and Global Perspectives |
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Lena Dominelli/ 9781447341543/ Price:GBP 79.99
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Ethics, Equity and Community Development |
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Sarah Banks/ 9781447345107/ Price:GBP 79.99
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Everyday Europe: Social Transnationalism in an Unsettled Continent |
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Ettore Recchi/ 9781447334200/ Price:GBP 85.99
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Drawing on unique research and rich data on cross-border practices, this book offers an empirically-based view on Europeans¡¦ interconnections in everyday life. It looks at the ways in which EU residents have been getting closer across national frontiers: in their everyday experiences of foreign countries ¡V work, travel, personal networks ¡V but also their knowledge, consumption of foreign products, and attitudes towards foreign culture.
These evolving European dimensions have been enabled by the EU-backed legal opening to transnational economic and cultural transactions, while also differing according to national contexts. The book considers how people reconcile their increasing cross-border interconnections and a politically separating Europe of nation states and national interests. |
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Creating Winning Grant Proposals: A Step-by-Step Guide |
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Anne L. Rothstein/ 9781462539093/ Price:US$ 86.00
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Providing clear-cut steps for producing each section of a competitive grant proposal, this hands-on book is filled with examples from actual RFPs and proposals, practical tools, and writing tips. Prominent educator and successful proposal writer Anne L. Rothstein shares a systematic process created over decades of experience in the field. She details how to: achieve group consensus around a project; identify likely funding sources; establish need; develop objectives; assemble a Master Project Table and other needed tables, figures, and charts; create an effective logic model; prepare an evaluation; put together a budget; tailor the proposal to meet the requirements of funders; and avoid common errors. |
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Quasi-Experimentation: A Guide to Design and Analysis |
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Charles S. Reichardt/ 9781462540259/ Price:US$ 112.00
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Featuring engaging examples from diverse disciplines, this book explains how to use modern approaches to quasi-experimentation to derive credible estimates of treatment effects under the demanding constraints of field settings. Foremost expert Charles S. Reichardt provides an in-depth examination of the design and statistical analysis of pretest¡Vposttest, nonequivalent groups, regression discontinuity, and interrupted time-series designs. He details their relative strengths and weaknesses and offers practical advice about their use. Comparing quasi-experiments to randomized experiments, Reichardt discusses when and why the former might be a better choice than the latter in the face of the contingencies that are likely to arise in practice. Modern methods for elaborating a research design to remove bias from estimates of treatment effects are described, as are tactics for dealing with missing data and noncompliance with treatment assignment. Throughout, mathematical equations are translated into words to enhance accessibility. Adding to its discussion of prototypical quasi-experiments, the book also provides a complete typology of quasi-experimental design options to help the reader craft the best research design to fit the circumstances of a given study. |
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Patricia Leavy/ 9781462538164/ Price:US$ 55.00
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Professor Peyton Wilde has an enviable life teaching sociology at an idyllic liberal arts college¡Xyet she is troubled by a sense of fading inspiration. One day an invitation arrives. Peyton has been selected to attend a luxurious all-expense-paid seminar in Iceland, where participants, billed as some of the greatest thinkers in the world, will be charged with answering one perplexing question. Meeting her diverse teammates¡Xtwo neuroscientists, a philosopher, a dance teacher, a collage artist, and a farmer¡XPeyton wonders what she could ever have to contribute. The ensuing journey of discovery will transform the characters' work, their biases, and themselves. This suspenseful novel shows that the answers you seek can be found in the most unlikely places. It can be read for pleasure, is a great choice for book clubs, and can be used as unique and inspiring reading in qualitative research and other courses in education, sociology, social work, psychology, and communication. |
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Funding, Power and Community Development |
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Niamh McCrea/ 9781447336150/ Price:GBP 79.99
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Understanding Race and Ethnicity: Theory, History, Policy, Practice |
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Sangeeta Chattoo/ 9781447339656/ Price:GBP 79.99
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The Class Ceiling: Why it Pays to be Privileged |
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Sam Friedman/ 9781447336068/ Price:GBP 19.99
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Politicians continually tell us that anyone can get ahead. But is that really true? This important book takes readers behind the closed doors of elite employers to reveal how class affects who gets to the top.
Friedman and Laurison show that a powerful ¡¥class pay gap¡¦ exists in Britain¡¦s elite occupations. Even when those from working-class backgrounds make it into prestigious jobs, they earn, on average, 16% less than colleagues from privileged backgrounds. But why is this the case? . Drawing on 200 interviews across four case studies - television, accountancy, architecture, and acting ¡V they explore the complex barriers facing the upwardly mobile.
This is a rich, ambitious book that demands we take seriously not just the glass but also the class ceiling. |
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Childhood Experiences of Separation and Divorce: Reflections From Young Adults |
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Sue Kay-Flowers/ 9781447338659/ Price:GBP 74.99
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A Life in Nature: At Home and Abroad |
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Napier Shelton/ 9780999557273/ Price:US$ 24.00
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In A Life in Nature the author describes the role nature has played in his life, explores the kinds of relationships people have with nature, assesses the importance of these relationships in caring for our Earth home, and stresses the need to help children form a bond with nature, for their own health and for growth into adult responsibility for restoring environmental health.
Beginning with his third year, he traces his own relationships with nature, as they expand geographically from his own backyard to other parts of Washington, D.C., then to other parts of America and finally the world. Emotionally and intellectually, the relationship grows from an attachment to pets, then a feeling for wild animals, plants, and landscapes that merges over time with scientific interest in these things and ecological systems, and finally ethical concerns about all life. Along the way there is a great love of birds, involvement with conservationists, writing for the National Park Service and free lance, and exploring nature and environmental issues in Malaysia, Nigeria, Turkey, and Azerbaijan, as he shares parts of his diplomat wife¡¦s time in those countries. |
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The Harms Of Work: An Ultra-Realist Account Of The Service Economy |
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Anthony Lloyd/ 9781529204032/ Price:GBP 28.99
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Gender, Ageing And Extended Working Life: Cross-National Perspectives |
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Aine Ni Leime/ 9781447325123/ Price:GBP 28.99
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Nations that are raising retirement ages appear to work on the assumption that there is appropriate employment available for people who are expected to retire later. 'Gender, ageing and extended working life' challenges both this narrative, and the gender-neutral way the expectation for extending working lives is presented in most policy-making circles.
The international contributors to this book - part of the Ageing in a Global Context series - apply life-course approaches to understanding evolving definitions of work and retirement. They consider the range of transitions from paid work to retirement that are potentially different for women and men in different family circumstances and occupational locations, and offer solutions governments should consider to enable them to evaluate existing policies.
Based on evidence from Australia, Germany, Ireland, Portugal, Sweden, the United Kingdom and the United States, this is essential reading for researchers and students, and for policymakers who formulate and implement employment and pensions policy at national and international levels. |
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Global Internet Governance, 4-Vols/Set. |
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Laura DeNardis/ 9781138889910/ Price:GBP 1050.00
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The editor of this new Routledge title argues that our economic and social lives are now utterly dependent upon the successful coordination of the Internet. Moreover, as the Internet expands from its current form to an ¡¥Internet of things¡¦, she suggests that its stability and security will soon be recognized as important as other global concerns, like battling terrorism and fighting climate change.
Who controls the Internet? The question has profound implications for our access to knowledge, the pace of economic growth, and the protection of human rights, not least freedom of expression and the right to privacy. And the question¡¦s importance has been underscored in recent times by landmark events, including revelations about the actual and potential power of social-media companies, and the breathtaking extent of surveillance by intelligence and security organizations, such as the NSA in the United States and Britain¡¦s GCHQ.
It is perhaps only in the last several years that issues about and around the governance of the Internet have entered the public consciousness, but serious academic and policy work dates back decades. And now there is a critical mass of scholarship that can usefully be collected under the rubric of ¡¥Internet Governance¡¦. Like the Internet itself, leading theorists and researchers in the field are distributed globally, and work in disciplines across the social sciences and humanities. Indeed, much of the relevant literature remains inaccessible or is highly specialized and compartmentalized, so that it is difficult for many of those who are interested in the subject to obtain an informed, balanced, and comprehensive overview. This new four-volume collection, published as part of Routledge¡¦s acclaimed series, Critical Concepts in Sociology, meets the need for a reference work to make sense of the subject¡¦s vast and dispersed literature and the continuing explosion in research output. |
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Handbook of Research on Multicultural Perspectives on Gender and Aging |
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Rekha Pande/ 9781522547723/ Price:US$ 225.00
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As people grow older, cultural issues arise. Recognizing how social influences guide and restrict people leads to a better understanding of one¡¦s self and helps people as they age.
The Handbook of Research on Multicultural Perspectives on Gender and Aging provides emerging research on midlife issues, physical aspects of aging, and the emotional value in the context of the culture in which people are living. While highlighting topics such as elderly disabilities, quality of life, and gender dimensions, this publication explores self-esteem in older members of society. This book is an important resource for academicians, healthcare professionals, professionals, researchers, and students seeking current research on the social and cultural characteristics of growing old.
Topics Covered
The many academic areas covered in this publication include, but are not limited to:
¡EDementia
¡EElderly Disabilities
¡EGender Dimensions
¡EInclusion and Exclusion
¡EQuality of Life
¡ESocio-Environment
¡ESustainable Development
¡EWidowhood |
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E-Planning and Collaboration: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications, 3-Vols/Set. |
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Information Resources Management Association/ 9781522556466/ Price:US$ 945.00
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As population growth accelerates, researchers and professionals face challenges as they attempt to plan for the future. E-planning is a significant component in addressing the key concerns as the world population moves towards urban environments.
E-Planning and Collaboration: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications contains a compendium of the latest academic material on the emerging interdisciplinary areas of e-planning and collaboration. Including innovative studies on data management, urban development, and crowdsourcing, this multi-volume book is an ideal source for planners, policymakers, researchers, and graduate students interested in how recent technological advancements are enhancing the traditional practices in e-planning.
Topics Covered
The many academic areas covered in this publication include, but are not limited to:
¡ECitizen E-Participation
¡ECrowdsourcing
¡EData Management
¡EData Mining
¡EDigital Divide
¡EOnline Data Portals
¡EUrban Development
¡EVirtual 3D Urban Models |
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Contemporary Approaches to Ethnographic Research, 4-Vols/Set. |
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Hughes, Kahryn/ 9789386602541/ Price:GBP 745.00
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This collection brings together readings from the vast range of ethnographic perspectives and practices to offer a multi-dimensional, detailed exploration of the ¡¥theory¡¦ and ¡¥practice¡¦ of ethnographic research, with a major emphasis on the contemporary application of the same. This is undertaken with the objective of offering a single, comprehensive teaching and research resource for those interested in this approach to data collection and analysis. The collection comprises four volumes that will collectively: i) consider what constitutes ¡¥contemporary ethnography¡¦ as a research tool; ii) critically discuss the definitional debates surrounding ethnography; iii) illustrate how ethnography can be used in contemporary social science research where a significant emphasis is placed on the everyday, the virtual and the visual; and finally iv) reflect upon the practical, methodological, analytical and ethical aspects of current ethnographic research practice.
Volume 1: Contemporary Ethnographies: Transformation, Change and Continuities
Volume 2: Current Ethnographic Practices: Working in the ¡¥Contemporary Field¡¦
Volume 3: Digital Ethnography: Researching Online Worlds
Volume 4: Contemporary Ethnographic Analysis: Interpretation, Meaning and Representation |
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Innovations in Measuring and Evaluating Scientific Information |
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Jeyasekar, J. John/ 9781522534570/ Price:US$ 195.00
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Across a variety of disciplines, data and statistics form the backbone of knowledge. To ensure the reliability and validity of data appropriate measures must be taken in conducting studies and reporting findings.
Innovations in Measuring and Evaluating Scientific Information provides emerging research on the theoretical base of scientific research and information literacy. While highlighting topics, such as bibliographical databases, forensic research, and trend analysis, this book explores visualization tools, software, and techniques for science mapping and scientific literature. This book is an important resource for scientific researchers, policy makers, research funding agencies, and students.
Topics Covered
The many academic areas covered in this publication include, but are not limited to:
¡EBibliographical Databases
¡ECollaborative Research
¡EEducational Resources
¡EForensic Research
¡EMulti-Dimensional Scaling
¡EScience Mapping
¡EScientific Research
¡ETrend Analysis
¡EVisualization Software |
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Handbook of Research on Civic Engagement and Social Change in Contemporary Society |
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Chhabra, Susheel/ 9781522541974/ Price:US$ 245.00
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Outreach and engagement initiatives are crucial in promoting community development and social change. This can be achieved through a number of methods including public policy and urban development.
The Handbook of Research on Civic Engagement and Social Change in Contemporary Society is a critical scholarly resource that examines the unexplored field of applying social change to civic engagement in an effort to enlarge public welfare activities. Featuring coverage on a broad range of topics, such as civic education, sustainable development, and child labor, this publication is geared towards academicians, researchers, and students seeking current research on civic engagement and public welfare.
Topics Covered
The many academic areas covered in this publication include, but are not limited to:
¡EChild Labor
¡ECitizen Services
¡ECivic Education
¡EPoverty Reduction
¡ERural Development
¡ESocial Media
¡ESustainable Development
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Social, Psychological, and Forensic Perspectives on Sexual Abuse |
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Gopalan, Rejani Thudalikunnil/ 9781522539582/ Price:US$ 195.00
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Sexual abuse, a topic still struggling to break free of its social taboos, is an issue that must be addressed, assessed, and discussed in order to further efforts for prevention and treatment.
Social, Psychological, and Forensic Perspectives on Sexual Abuse is an important resource that comprehensively examines the prevalence, assessment, causes, and impacts of sexual violence from cultural, legal, psychosocial, theoretical, and medical viewpoints. Discussing difficult but relevant issues including forensic assessment, legal ramifications, mental health, risk assessment, and effects on family life, this book is geared towards researchers, mental health professionals, clinicians, and special educators seeking current research on prevention, assessment, and rehabilitation in sexual abuse.
Topics Covered
The many academic areas covered in this publication include, but are not limited to:
¡EHuman Behavior and Psychology
¡ELegal Assessment
¡EMarriage and Parenting Issues
¡EMedical and Forensic Assessment
¡EMental Health
¡ERehabilitation
¡ERisk Assessment
¡ESexual Abuse and Violence
¡ESexuality
¡ESociology
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The SAGE Handbook of Contemporary China, 2-Vols/Set. |
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Weiping Wu/ 9781473948945/ Price:GBP 290.00
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The study of contemporary China constitutes a fascinating yet challenging area of scholarly inquiry. Recent decades have brought dramatic changes to China's economy, society and governance. Analyzing such changes in the context of multiple disciplinary perspectives offers opportunites as well as challenges for scholars in the field known as contemporary China Studies. The SAGE Handbook of Contemporary China is a two-volume exploration of the transformations of contemporary China, firmly grounded in the both disciplinary and China-specific contexts. Drawing on a range of scholarly approaches found in the social sciences and history, an international team of contributors engage with the question of what a rapidly changing China means for the broader field of contemporary China studies, and identify areas of promising future research. Part 1: Context: History, Economy, and the Environment Part 2: Economic Transformations Part 3: Politics and Government Part 4: China on the Global Stage Part 5: China's Foreign Policy Part 6: National and Nested Identities Part 7: Urbanization and Spatial Development Part 8: Poverty and Inequality Part 9: Social Change Part 10: Future Directions for Contemporary China Studies |
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The SAGE Handbook of Frankfurt School Critical Theory, 3-Vols/Set. |
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Beverley Best/ 9781473953345/ Price:GBP 440.00
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The SAGE Handbook of Frankfurt School Critical Theory expounds the development of critical theory from its founding thinkers to its contemporary formulations in an interdisciplinary setting. It maps the terrain of a critical social theory, expounding its distinctive character vis-a-vis alternative theoretical perspectives, exploring its theoretical foundations and developments, conceptualising its subject matters both past and present, and signalling its possible future in a time of great uncertainty. Taking a distinctively theoretical, interdisciplinary, international and contemporary perspective on the topic, this wide-ranging collection of chapters is arranged thematically over three volumes: Volume I: Key Texts and Contributions to a Critical Theory of Society Volume II: Themes Volume III: Contexts This Handbook is essential reading for scholars and students in the field, showcasing the scholarly rigor, intellectual acuteness and negative force of critical social theory, past and present.
SECTION 01: The Frankfurt School and Critical theory
SECTION 02: Theoretical Elaborations of a Critical Social Theory
SECTION 03: Critical Reception and Further Developments
SECTION 04: State, Economy, Society
SECTION 05: Culture and Aesthetics
SECTION 06: Contexts of the emergence of Critical Theory
SECTION 07: Contexts of the later developments of Critical Theory
SECTION 08: Elements of Critical Theory in Contemporary Social and Political Movements and Theories
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The SAGE Handbook of Qualitative Research Ethics |
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Iphofen, Ron/ 9781473970977/ Price:GBP 130.00
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This handbook is a much-needed and in-depth review of the distinctive set of ethical considerations which accompanies qualitative research. This is particularly crucial given the emergent, dynamic and interactional nature of most qualitative research, which too often allows little time for reflection on the important ethical responsibilities and obligations
Contributions from leading international researchers have been carefully organised into six key thematic sections:
Part One: Thick Descriptions Of Qualitative Research Ethics
Part Two: Qualitative Research Ethics By Technique
Part Three: Ethics As Politics
Part Four: Qualitative Research Ethics With Vulnerable Groups
Part Five: Relational Research Ethics
Part Six: Researching Digitally
This Handbook is a one-stop resource on qualitative research ethics across the social sciences that draws on the lessons learned and the successful methods for surmounting problems ¡V the tried and true, and the new. |
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Global Perspectives on Human Migration, Asylum, and Security |
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Akrivopoulou, Christina M./ 9781522528173/ Price:US$ 185.00
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Unstable social climates are causing the displacement of large numbers of people around the world. Thus, the issue of safe replacement arises causing the need for new policies and strategies regarding immigration.
Global Perspectives on Human Migration, Asylum, and Security is a timely reference source for the latest research on the challenges, risks, and policies of current relocation and refugee flows, as well as address security problems in relation to these aspects of immigration. Featuring coverage on a wide variety of topics and perspectives such as terrorism, racism, and human rights, this publication is ideally designed for academicians, policy makers, researchers, and practitioners seeking current research on the current societal happenings of refugee integration around the world.
Topics Covered
The many academic areas covered in this publication include, but are not limited to:
¡EDigital Media
¡EDiversity
¡EHuman Rights
¡ERacism
¡EReligion
¡ETerrorism |
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Social Considerations of Migration Movements and Immigration Policies |
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Sefika Sule Ercetin/ 9781522533221/ Price:US$ 195.00
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In the globalized era, a higher level of attention is given to various migration, immigration, and refugee movements. By undertaking research on these concepts, their impact on contemporary society can be better understood.
Social Considerations of Migration Movements and Immigration Policies is a pivotal reference source for the latest scholarly material on the socio-economic effects of immigration and refugee crises on regional and international levels. Including a range of innovative perspectives such as peace building, political refugees, and civil protection, this book is ideally designed for researchers, academics, graduate students, policy makers, and practitioners interested in the social dimensions of migration and immigration policies.
Topics Covered
¡EAsylum Applications
¡ECivil Protection
¡EHuman Resources Practices
¡EHumanitarian Aid
¡EPeace Building
¡EPolitical Refugees
¡ESocial Capital |
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Global Ideologies Surrounding Children's Rights and Social Justice |
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Tshabangu, Icarbord/ 9781522525783/ Price:US$ 195.00
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Social rights are a pivotal concern for all of society, including today¡¦s population of children. The study of the rights, or lack thereof, that children have must be undertaken to ensure that future generations are thriving members of their communities.
Global Ideologies Surrounding Children's Rights and Social Justice highlights the trials and tribulations that children have often had to overcome to be considered true citizens of their communities. Featuring comprehensive coverage on a wide range of applicable topics such as child abuse, socio-economic rights, social injustice, and welfare issues, this is a critical reference source for educators, academicians, students, and researchers interested in studying new approaches for the social advancement of children.
Topics Covered
¡EChild Abuse
¡EChild Labor
¡EChild Poverty
¡EInclusive Education
¡EInteragency Collaboration
¡ESocial Injustice
¡ESocio-Economic Rights
¡EWelfare Issues |
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| VA05-497 |
The SAGE Handbook of Qualitative Data Collection. |
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Flick, Uwe/ 9781473952133/ Price:GBP 135.00
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How we understand and define qualitative data is changing, with implications not only for the techniques of data analysis, but also how data are collected. New devices, technologies and online spaces open up new ways for researchers to approach and collect images, moving images, text and talk. The SAGE Handbook of Qualitative Data Collection systematically explores the approaches, techniques, debates and new frontiers for creating, collecting and producing qualitative data. Bringing together contributions from internationally leading scholars in the field, the handbook offers a state-of-the-art look at key themes across six thematic parts:
Part I Charting the Routes
Part II Concepts, Contexts, Basics
Part III Types of Data and How to Collect Them
Part IV Digital and Internet Data
Part V Triangulation and Mixed Methods
Part VI Collecting Data in Specific Populations
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Systematic Reviews and Research, 4-Vols/Set. |
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Gough, David/ 9781473952188/ Price:GBP 645.00
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Systematic reviews gather the findings of prior research to advance knowledge and inform decisions for policy, practice and personal lives. Review authors have applied the principles of working systematically and transparently across all types of qualitative, quantitative and mixed methods. Systematic reviews have become an increasingly important aspect of research across all areas of social policy from health, to education and environmental science and management studies. This major work has been designed to:
¡EBring together the key cutting edge historical and contemporary papers on the nature and methods of systematic reviews;
¡ERepresent the most interesting and exciting approaches and strategies in the literature including controversies and debates;
¡EInclude a breadth of disciplinary fields that use systematic reviews;
¡EProvide succinct editorial introductions to enable the reader to understand how the papers relate to each other and to other publications
The contents have been arranged thematically, and each volume includes a mix of historical and contemporary papers, providing a thorough and balanced overview of all key areas.
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Critical Social Research Ethics, 4-Vols/Set. |
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Smart, Barry/ 9781473907577/ Price:GBP 645.00
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This Major Work focuses on critical social research, shedding a light on the wider philosophical and methodological issues and disputes associated with the topic of research ethics as they have arisen primarily in the social sciences but also in a number of other disciplinary fields. The four volumes contain an impressive range of contributions, both historical and contemporary in scope, arranged into eight thematic sections covering: Philosophy, ethics and social inquiry: themes and issues Alternative perspectives on ethics, science and social research Universities, ethical principles and the practice of social research Ethics committees and ethical review: analysis and critique (Un)ethical research, contested knowledge and critical social inquiry Questions of ethics, consent, and confidentiality Divisions, differences, and diversity: critical ethical dilemmas in social research Elites and social research: critical engagements Providing a thorough critical overview of key debates and developments over the decades, as well as considering emerging concerns and possible future directions for research, this Major Work is essential reading for scholars engaged in all areas of social research. |
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The SAGE Handbook of Youth Work Practice. |
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Pam Alldred/ 9781473939523/ Price:GBP 130.00
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The SAGE Handbook of Youth Work Practice showcases the value of professional work with young people as it is practiced in diverse forms in locations around the world. The editors have brought together an international team of contributors who reflect the wide range of approaches that identify as youth work, and the even wider range of approaches that identify variously as community work or community development work with young people, youth programmes, and work with young people within care, development and (informal) education frameworks. The Handbook is structured to explore histories, current practice and future directions:
Part One: 'Youth Work' and Approaches to Professional Work with Young People
Part Two: Professional Work With Young People: Projects and Practices to Inspire
Part Three: Values and Ethics in Work with Young People
Part Four: Current Challenges and Hopes for the Future
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| VA05-491-2 |
The City: Post-Modernity, 4-Vols/Set. |
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Latham, Alan/ 9781473937703/ Price:GBP 675.00
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These four volumes present a series of thematic explorations of key developments and debates on the topic of cities and city life in a post-modern context.
Arranged thematically, the volumes draw together articles exploring: the relationship between the dynamics of contemporary globalisation, post-modernity, and urban development; the ways in which many contemporary cities are increasingly defined as centres of consumption rather than production; the multiple modernities defining contemporary city life around the world; and recent attempts to rethink our understandings of the materiality and complexity of cities.
Volume One: Globalization And The Contemporary City
Volume Two: Lifestyle, Consumption And The Unequal City
Volume Three: Multiple Modernities And The Postcolonial City
Volume Four: Complexity And Materiality |
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The City: Modernity, 4-Vols/Set. |
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Latham, Alan/ 9781473937710/ Price:GBP 675.00
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This four-volume Major Work brings together key literatures which offer perspectives on the emergence of the modern city and its connection with the project of modernity. The volumes explore the historical rise of the modern city and theorisations of the dynamics of city-based economic development; the nature of modernist city planning, governance and design; the role that the modern city has played in the rise of societies based on mass consumption; and the intertwining of expression, art and experience in the modern city.
This collection has been built on the premise that cities need to be understood as interdisciplinary objects of study, and the contents have been drawn from a wide variety of sources with roots in areas such as urban anthropology, development studies, economics, history, geography and sociology. The result is a unique and valuable resource for scholars based in a variety of social science and humanities disciplines.
Volume I: The Modern city: Evolution and Development
Volume II: Planning, Governing and Designing the Modern City
Volume III: Consumption, Politics and Popular culture in the Modern City
Volume IV: Modernity, Representation and the City |
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The City: Modernity and Post-Modernity, 8-Vols/Set. |
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Latham, Alan/ 9781526402844/ Price:GBP 1200.00
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Cities are sites of great wealth and poverty, of hope and despair, of social and economic dynamism, as well as tradition and established power. Social scientists and humanities scholars have over the past three decades generated an impressive range of perspectives for making sense of the vast complexities of cities. These perspectives tell both of the economic, social and political dynamism cities generate, and point to possible lines of future development. This 8-volume benchmark collection brings together a hugely diverse collection of the most influential and important papers on this topic. The first four volumes, The City: Modernity, focus on the emergence of the modern city and its connection with the project of modernity. The final four volumes, The City: Post-Modernity, will focus more exclusively on the contemporary city, looking at the subject through the lenses of globalization and post-colonialism, amongst others.
This collection has been built on the premise that cities need to be understood as interdisciplinary objects of study, and the contents have been drawn from a wide variety of sources with roots in areas such as urban anthropology, development studies, economics, history, geography and sociology. The result is a unique and valuable resource for scholars based in a variety of social science and humanities disciplines.
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Community Planning and Development, 4-Vols/Set. |
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Phillips, Rhonda/ 9781138023093/ Price:GBP 1000.00
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Community development refers to planned efforts aimed at producing assets to increase the ability and capacity of inhabitants to enhance quality of life. There are many types of assets recognized in community development, including social, physical, human, financial and environmental. Community development can be considered both as a process of developing the ability to act collectively, and an outcome: 1) taking collective action and 2) the result of that action for improvement in a community in any or all realms.
A key feature within community development is the notion of social capital or social capacity, generally recognized by both researchers and practitioners as the resources embedded within relationships among people and organizations that help facilitate collaboration and cooperation. A rich history of community development shows the connection to engagement, advocacy, housing rights, anti-poverty and other socially focused concerns. The focus of planning entails the establishment of goals, policies, and procedures for a social or economic unit, such as in a city, community, region or nation. Community planning and development thus seeks to foster viable communities by promoting integrated approaches that provide decent housing, a suitable living environment, and expand economic opportunities for low and moderate income persons.
This four-volume set covers the wide social, economic, political, environmental and urban contexts for community planning and development. Providing both foundation contexts as well as addressing current issues, the collection brings together the most relevant overviews and critiques of community planning and development, applicable to both developing and developed countries. The set is fully indexed, and provides a comprehensive overview newly written by the editor as well as an introduction for each volume. It provides an essential work of reference, designed to be useful to scholars, students, and researchers as a vital research resource. |
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| VA05-31-2c |
The SAGE Handbook of Industrial, Work & Organizational Psychology, Volume 3: Managerial Psychology and Organizational Approaches. |
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Ones, Deniz S./ 9781446207239/ Price:GBP 125.00
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The SAGE Handbook of Industrial, Work & Organizational Psychology, Volume 2: Organizational Psychology. |
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Ones, Deniz S./ 9781446207222/ Price:GBP 125.00
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The SAGE Handbook of Industrial, Work & Organizational Psychology, Volume 1: Personal Psychology and Employee Performance. |
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Ones, Deniz S./ 9781446207215/ Price:GBP 125.00
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The first volume in The SAGE Handbook of Industrial, Organizational and Work Psychology introduces key concepts in personnel and employee performance from cognitive ability and the psychological predictors used in assessments to employee and team values.
The editor and contributors present a clear overview of key research in the areas of behaviour change and how to assess individual job performance ¡V making Volume I indispensable for anyone working in or studying Human Resource Management. |
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The SAGE Handbook of Industrial, Work & Organizational Psychology, 3-Vols/Set. |
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Ones, Deniz S./ 9781446287316/ Price:GBP 415.00
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The second edition of this best-selling Handbook presents a fully updated and expanded overview of research, providing the latest perspectives on the analysis of theories, techniques, and methods used by industrial, work, and organizational psychologists. Building on the strengths of the first edition, key additions to this edition include in-depth historical chapter overviews of professional contexts across the globe, along with new chapters on strategic human resource management; corporate social responsibility; diversity, stress, emotions and mindfulness in the workplace; environmental sustainability at work; aging workforces, among many others. Providing a truly global approach and authoritative overview, this three-volume Handbook is an indispensable resource and essential reading for professionals, researchers and students in the field.
Volume One: Personnel Psychology and Employee Performance
Volume Two: Organizational Psychology
Volume Three: Managerial Psychology and Organizational Approaches
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| SA05-499 |
Christianity, Colonization, and Gender Relations in North Sumatra |
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Sita T. van Bemmelen/ 9789004345744/ Price:EUR 125.00
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| SA05-496 |
Research Question: Little Quick Fix |
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Zina O'Leary/ 9781526456885/ Price:GBP 8.99
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| SA05-496 |
Research Proposal: Little Quick Fix |
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Zina O'Leary/ 9781526456892/ Price:GBP 8.99
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Understand Probability: Little Quick Fix |
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John MacInnes/ 9781526458834/ Price:GBP 8.99
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Know Your Numbers: Little Quick Fix |
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John MacInnes/ 9781526458858/ Price:GBP 8.99
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Precarious Work |
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Arne L. Kalleberg/ 9781838679217/ Price:GBP 34.99
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| SA05-479 |
Program Evaluation Theory and Practice: A Comprehensive Guide. |
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Donna M. Mertens/ 9781462532759/ Price:US$ 78.00
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The leading text that covers both the theory and practice of evaluation in one engaging volume has now been revised and updated with additional evaluation approaches (such as mixed methods and principles-focused evaluation) and new methods (such as technologically based strategies). The book features examples of small- and large-scale evaluations from a range of fields, many with reflective commentary from the evaluators; helpful checklists; and carefully crafted learning activities. Major theoretical paradigms in evaluation¡Xand the ways they inform methodological choices¡Xare explained. Readers learn effective strategies for clarifying their own theoretical assumptions; working with stakeholders; developing questions; using quantitative, qualitative, and mixed methods designs; selecting data collection and sampling strategies; analyzing data; and communicating and utilizing findings. The new companion website provides extensive recommended online resources and tools, organized by chapter.
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| SA05-478 |
Research Ethics in the Real World: Euro-Western and Indigenous perspectives |
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Helen Kara/ 9781447344759/ Price:GBP 23.99
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Research ethics and integrity are growing in importance as academics face increasing pressure to win grants and publish, and universities promote themselves in the competitive HE market. Research Ethics in the Real World is the first book to highlight the links between research ethics and individual, social, professional, institutional, and political ethics. Drawing on Indigenous and Euro-Western research traditions, Helen Kara considers all stages of the research process, from the formulation of a research question to aftercare for participants, data and findings. She argues that knowledge of both ethical approaches is helpful for researchers working in either paradigm.
Students, academics, and research ethics experts from around the world contribute real-world perspectives on navigating and managing ethics in practice. Research Ethics in the Real World provides guidance for quantitative, qualitative, and mixed-methods researchers from all disciplines about how to act ethically throughout your research work. This book is invaluable in supporting teachers of research ethics to design and deliver effective courses. |
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The Harms of Work: An Ultra-Realist Account of the Service Economy |
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Anthony Lloyd/ 9781529204018/ Price:GBP 85.99
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As the percentage of people working in the service economy continues to rise, there is a need to examine workplace harm within low-paid, insecure, flexible and short-term forms of ¡¥affective labour¡¦. This is the first book to discuss harm through an ultra-realist lens and examines the connection between individuals, their working conditions and management culture.
Using data from a long-term ethnographic study of the service economy, it investigates the reorganisation of labour markets and the shift from security to flexibility, a central function of consumer capitalism. It highlights working conditions and organisational practices which employees experience as normal and routine but within which multiple harms occur.
Challenging current thinking within sociology and policy analysis, it reconnects ideology and political economy with workplace studies and uses examples of legal and illegal activity to demonstrate the multiple harms within the service economy.
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Women and Religion: Contemporary and Future Challenges in the Global Era |
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Elisabetta Ruspini/ 9781447336358/ Price:GBP 79.99
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This edited collection provides interdisciplinary, global, and multi-religious perspectives on the relationship between women¡¦s identities, religion, and social change in the contemporary world. The book discusses the experiences and positions of women, and particular groups of women, to understand patterns of religiosity and religious change. It also addresses the current and future challenges posed by women¡¦s changes to religion in different parts of the world and among different religious traditions and practices.
The contributors address a diverse range of themes and issues including the attitudes of different religions to gender equality; how women construct their identity through religious activity; whether women have opportunity to influence religious doctrine; and the impact of migration on the religious lives of both women and men. |
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Teaching Qualitative Research: Strategies for Engaging Emerging Scholars. |
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Raji Swaminathan/ 9781462536702/ Price:US$ 36.00
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This timely resource provides a framework for teaching students how to think qualitatively and become more critical and reflexive researchers. Presented are a wealth of pedagogical tools that instructors across the disciplines can tailor to their own needs, including thought-provoking discussion questions, group work exercises, and field activities. The authors discuss issues and choices in course design, including approaches to assessment and grading, and share sample syllabi for both online and face-to-face course formats. Exploring the complexities and debates that surround teaching qualitative research, the book argues for a holistic model of preparing novice researchers. It demonstrates effective ways to engage students in the qualitative inquiry process from start to finish¡Xfrom understanding positionality and crafting a research problem to writing up findings for different audiences. |
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| SA05-476 |
Youth Employment: Th STYLE handbook |
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Jacqueline O'Reilly/ 9781447350347/ Price:GBP 21.99
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After the financial crisis of 2008 youth unemployment soared across Europe, leaving a generation of highly qualified young people frustrated in their search for secure, meaningful work.
With contributions from over 90 authors and more than 60 individual contributions this collection summarises the findings of a large-scale EU funding project on Strategic Transitions for Youth Labour in Europe (STYLE).
Including the often overlooked and unheard voices of young people themselves, this eclectic range of contributions discuss the distinctive characteristics of the current phase of youth employment.
It provides a comprehensive analysis of the causes of European youth unemployment and assesses the effectiveness of labour market policies across the region. |
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Global Agenda for Social Justice |
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Glenn W. Muschert/ 9781447349129/ Price:GBP 15.99
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The Global Agenda for Social Justice provides accessible insights into some of the world¡¦s most pressing social problems and proposes international public policy responses to those problems. Written by a highly respected team of authors brought together by the Society for the Study of Social Problems (SSSP), chapters examine topics such as criminal justice, media concerns, environmental problems, economic problems, and issues concerning sexualities and gender. They offer recommendations for action by governing officials, policy makers, and the public around key issues of social justice. It will be of interest to scholars, practitioners, advocates, and students interested in public sociology, the study of social problems and the pursuit of social justice. |
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Peak Inequality: Britain's Ticking Time Bomb |
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Danny Dorling/ 9781447349075/ Price:GBP 12.99
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Inequality is the key political issue of our time. Danny Dorling wrote his seminal work Injustice: Why social inequality persists in 2010, and as an early proponent of rapidly reducing economic inequalities, he is now much sought-after as one of the foremost contributors to the debates surrounding it.
Here Dorling brings together brand new material alongside a carefully curated selection of his most recent writing on inequality from publications as wide ranging as the Daily Telegraph, the Guardian, New Statesman, Financial Times and the China People¡¦s Daily.
Covering key inequality issues including politics, housing, education and health, he explores whether we have now reached ¡¥peak inequality¡¦. He concludes, crucially, by predicting what the future holds for Britain, as attempts are made to defuse the ticking time bomb while we simultaneously try to negotiate Brexit and react to the wider international situation of a world of people demanding to become more equal. |
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Poverty Propaganda: Confronting the Myths |
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Tracy Shildrick/ 9781447323983/ Price:GBP 26.99
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Does ¡¥real¡¦ poverty still exist in Britain? How do people differentiate between the supposed ¡¥deserving¡¦ and ¡¥undeserving¡¦ poor? Is there a culture of worklessness passed down generation to generation? Bringing together historical and contemporary material, Poverty Propaganda: Confronting the myths sheds new light on how poverty is understood in contemporary Britain.
Written in straightforward language, it debunks many popular myths and misconceptions about poverty, its prevalence, causes and consequences, and concludes with suggestions for change. |
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Connecting Families?: Information and Communication Technologies, Generations, and the Life Course |
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Barbara Barbosa Neves/ 9781447339946/ Price:GBP 79.99
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This edited collection takes a lifecourse and generational perspective covering theory, including posthumanism and strong structuration theory, and methodology, including digital and cross-disciplinary methods. It presents a series of case studies on topics such as intergenerational connections, work-life balance, transnational families, digital storytelling and mobile parenting.
It will give students, researchers and practitioners a variety of tools to make sense of how ICTs are used, appropriated and domesticated in family life. These tools allow for an informed and critical understanding of ICTs and family dynamics. |
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| SA05-476 |
Women's work: How mothers manage flexible working in careers and family life |
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Zoe Young/ 9781529202038/ Price:GBP 26.99
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What¡¦s it really like to be a mother with a career working flexibly?
Drawing on over 100 hours of interview data, this book is the first to go inside women¡¦s work and family lives in a year of working flexibly.
The private labours of going part-time, job sharing, and home working are brought to life with vivid personal stories.
Taking a sociological and feminist perspective, it explores contemporary motherhood, work-life balance, emotional work in families, couples and housework, maternity transitions, interactions with employers, work design and workplace cultures, and employment policies.
It concludes that there is an opportunity to make employment and family life work better together and offers unique insights from women¡¦s lived experiences on how to do it. |
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| SA05-474 |
Embodied Research in Migration Studies: Using creative and participatory approaches |
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Elena Vacchelli/ 9781447339069/ Price:GBP 47.99
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The definition of data in qualitative research is expanding. This book highlights the value of embodiment as a qualitative research tool and outlines what it means to do embodied research at various points of the research process. It shows how using this non-invasive approach with vulnerable research participants, such as migrant, refugee and asylum seeking women can help service users or research participants to be involved in the co- production of services and in participatory research.
Drawing on both feminist and post-colonial theory, the author uses her own research with migrant women in London, focusing specifically on collage making and digital storytelling, whilst also considering other potential tools for practicing embodied research such as yoga, personal diaries, dance and mindfulness. Situating the concept of ¡¥embodiment¡¦ on the map of research methodologies, the book combines theoretical groundwork with actual examples of application to think pragmatically about intersectionality through embodiment. |
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Measurement Theory and Applications for the Social Sciences. |
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Deborah L. Bandalos/ 9781462532131/ Price:US$ 78.00
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Which types of validity evidence should be considered when determining whether a scale is appropriate for a given measurement situation? What about reliability evidence? Using clear explanations illustrated by examples from across the social and behavioral sciences, this engaging text prepares students to make effective decisions about the selection, administration, scoring, interpretation, and development of measurement instruments. Coverage includes the essential measurement topics of scale development, item writing and analysis, and reliability and validity, as well as more advanced topics such as exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis, item response theory, diagnostic classification models, test bias and fairness, standard setting, and equating. End-of-chapter exercises (with answers) emphasize both computations and conceptual understanding to encourage readers to think critically about the material. |
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Illustrated Dictionary of Sociology. |
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This illustrated dictionary provides concise definitions and explanations of sociological terms together with state-of-the-art scientific and practical terms, presented in an easy-to-use, A-Z order with pictures and figures as well as examples are given to clarify the terms.
A perfect tool for understanding of sociological terms for Higher Secondary to Undergraduate students and improving their spelling and grammar. |
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Understanding Culture, Society, and Politics. (With DVD) |
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3G Editorial Board/ 9781680947151/ Price:US$ 1250.00
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Offers students real world practices in navigating the ever-changing academic background.
This book affirms to the remarkable development in the past two decades of a cultural paradigm for social and political analysis and critically examines many of the assumptions that underpin that understanding. |
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Disciplines and Ideas in the Social Sciences. (With DVD) |
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3G Editorial Board/ 9781680947304/ Price:US$ 125.00
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Focusing on the disciplines of economics, sociology, political science, and history, this edition examines how social science came to model itself on natural science and liberal politics.
The edition is revised and updated with the latest information and new chapters are added. This updated edition offers students real advice in navigating the ever-changing academic landscape. |
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Disciplines and Ideas in the Applied Social Sciences. (With DVD) |
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3G Editorial Board/ 9781680947311/ Price:US$ 125.00
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Introduces a variety of social science methodologies applicable to a range of social and political science disciplines.
The edition is revised and updated with the latest information and new chapters are added. This updated edition offers students real advice in navigating the ever-changing academic landscape. |
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Science, Technology and Society (With DVD) |
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3G Editorial Board/ 9781680957334/ Price:US$ 125.00
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This book explores the dynamic relationship between science, technology and society, examining how it has contributed to economic growth and national well-being.
Improves your understanding of the way in which advances in science and technology influence society and vice versa. |
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Living in the IT Era. (With DVD) |
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3G Editorial Board/ 9781680957150/ Price:US$ 125.00
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As the world becomes more and more interconnected, technology has begun to be considered as a convenient and useful tool for communication between individuals, a situation that has facilitated participation in some of the engagements that were challenging sometimes.
This book examines the role of translation with regard to the emerging digital technologies and analyses their social, cultural and political consequences. |
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3GE Collection on Political Science: Social Change. |
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3G Editorial Board/ 9781680959567/ Price:US$ 160.00
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This book describes the social challenges that exist in current globalization politics, and examines the communicative processes, strategies and tactics through which social change interventions are constituted in response.
The book focuses on how social policies can be transformed to promote social justice for all groups.
This text is designed to introduce undergraduates and graduates to the study of social theory, social change and World development. |
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| SA05-468 |
Community Organising Against Racism: 'Race', Ethnicity and Community Development. |
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Gary Craig/ 9781447333760/ Price:GBP 29.99
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In this unique global collection, Gary Craig and his contributors blend theory and practice-based case studies to review how different community development approaches can empower minority ethnic communities to confront racism and overcome social, economic and political disadvantage.
The book explores key questions about the empowerment and capacity-building of minority ethnic groups. Using case studies from across the ¡¥developed¡¦ world, and in differing social and economic contexts, contributors explore these issues in working with asylum-seeker communities, addressing tensions between minorities and building alliances, in work with Gypsy, Roma and Traveller communities, and using arts-based approaches.
The book will stimulate wider debates about the role of community development in relation to ¡¥race¡¦ and ethnicity at a time when ¡¥race¡¦ is being ¡¥invisibilised¡¦ in public policy, and will be an invaluable resource for policy-makers, politicians, academics, and students from many disciplines. |
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| SA05-468 |
Poverty and Social Exclusion in the UK, Vol. 1: The Nature and Extent of the Problem. |
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Esther Dermott/ 9781447332176/ Price:GBP 27.99
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The largest UK research study on poverty and social exclusion ever conducted reveals startling levels of deprivation. 18m people are unable to afford adequate housing; 14m can¡¦t afford essential household goods; and nearly half the population have some form of financial insecurity.
Defining poverty as those whose lack of resources forces them to live below a publicly agreed minimum standard, this text provides unique and detailed insights into the nature and extent of poverty and social exclusion in the UK today.
Written by a team of leading academics, the book reports on the extent and nature of poverty for different social groups: older and younger people; parents and children; ethnic groups; men and women; disabled people; and across regions through the recent period of austerity. It reflects on where government policies have made an impact and considers potential future developments. |
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Poverty and Social Exclusion in the UK, Vol. 2: The Dimensions of Disadvantage. |
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Glen Bramley/ 9781447334279/ Price:GBP 35.99
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How many people live in poverty in the UK, and how has this changed over recent decades? Are those in poverty more likely to suffer other forms of disadvantage or social exclusion? Is exclusion multi-dimensional, taking different forms for different groups or places?
Based on the largest UK study of its kind ever commissioned, this fascinating book provides the most detailed national picture of these problems. Chapters consider a range of dimensions of disadvantage as well as poverty - access to local services or employment, social relations or civic participation, health and well-being. The book also explores relationships between these in the first truly multi-dimensional analysis of exclusion.
Written by leading academics, this is an authoritative account of welfare outcomes achieved across the UK. |
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| SA05-467 |
Collaborative, Participatory, and Empowerment Evaluation: Stakeholder Involvement Approaches. |
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Fetterman, David M./ 9781462532827/ Price:US$ 36.00
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From pioneering leaders in the field, this is the first book to provide a solid foundation for three major stakeholder involvement approaches: collaborative, participatory, and empowerment evaluation. Highlighting differences among the approaches, the authors focus on the role of the evaluator, who may be in charge of the evaluation, share control, or serve as a "critical friend," leaving stakeholders in control. Practitioners are guided to select and implement the most appropriate framework for the purpose and scope of a given evaluation and the needs of community members and funders. For each approach, a chapter on essential features is followed by two chapters presenting actual sample evaluations¡Xfor example, early childhood and community health initiatives, an aquarium, a project with Google, and more. The concluding chapter discusses similarities and circumstances in which the approaches can be combined. |
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Evaluation Essentials: From A to Z. |
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Alkin, Marvin C./ 9781462532407/ Price:US$ 47.00
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Thoroughly revised and updated, this engaging text has given thousands of students and new evaluators the practical information and expert advice needed to conduct or use evaluations. In 26 concise sections, the book describes how to articulate answerable evaluation questions, collect and analyze data using both quantitative and qualitative methods, and deal with contingencies that might alter the traditional sequence of an evaluation. Special strengths of the text are its attention to individual, organizational, and community culture and emphasis on building collaborative relationships with stakeholders. An in-depth case study and related end-of-section exercises (including group activities) help students put themselves in the evaluator role. Other pedagogical features include section titles written as questions, bulleted recaps of each section, "Thinking Ahead" and "Next Steps" pointers, cautionary notes, and suggestions for further reading.
New to This Edition
New and expanded topics: evaluation contracts, budgeting, surveys, data visualization, qualitative coding and memoing, factors affecting evaluation use, and context-sensitive evaluation.
Revised case study with extended exercises that guide the reader to complete a simulated evaluation.
End-of-section "Quick Read" links to recommended American Evaluation Association blog posts.
Four entirely new sections (such as "How Do You Strengthen Relationships with Stakeholders?" and "How Do We Plan a Process-Focused Evaluation Design?"), plus other changes and additions throughout. |
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Fulfilling the Potential of Your Doctoral Experience. |
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Denicolo, Pam/ 9781473974791/ Price:GBP 33.99
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Principles-Focused Evaluation: The GUIDE. |
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Patton, Michael Q./ 9781462531820/ Price:US$ 52.00
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How can programs and organizations ensure they are adhering to core principles¡Xand assess whether doing so is yielding desired results? From evaluation pioneer Michael Quinn Patton, this book introduces the principles-focused evaluation (P-FE) approach and demonstrates its relevance and application in a range of settings. Patton explains why principles matter for program development and evaluation and how they can serve as a rudder to navigate the uncertainties, turbulence, and emergent challenges of complex dynamic environments. In-depth exemplars illustrate how the unique GUIDE framework is used to determine whether principles provide meaningful guidance (G) and are useful (U), inspiring (I), developmentally adaptable (D), and evaluable (E). User-friendly features include rubrics, a P-FE checklist, firsthand reflections and examples from experienced P-FE practitioners, sidebars and summary tables, and end-of-chapter application exercises. |
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Handbook of Arts-Based Research. |
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Leavy, Patricia/ 9781462521951/ Price:US$ 135.00
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Bringing together interdisciplinary leaders in methodology and arts-based research (ABR), this comprehensive handbook explores the synergies between artistic and research practices and addresses issues in designing, implementing, evaluating, and publishing ABR studies. Coverage includes the full range of ABR genres, including those based in literature (such as narrative and poetic inquiry); performance (music, dance, playbuilding); visual arts (drawing and painting, collage, installation art, comics); and audiovisual and multimethod approaches. Each genre is described in detail and brought to life with robust research examples. Team approaches, ethics, and public scholarship are discussed, as are innovative ways that ABR is used within creative arts therapies, psychology, education, sociology, health sciences, business, and other disciplines. The companion website includes selected figures from the book in full color, additional online-only figures, and links to online videos of performance pieces. |
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St. James Encyclopedia of Hip Hop Culture |
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/ 9781410380814/ Price:US$ 369.00
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The St. James Encyclopedia of Hip Hop Culture presents more than 200 entries that examine the history and contributions of hip hop to American and global culture. It provides academic and public libraries with a much-needed authoritative reference resource defining, exploring, and analyzing this significant aspect of culture and history.
Hip hop culture is studied within countless disciplines at the university level, including history, sociology, anthropology, business, marketing, design, and of course music, dance, and art. Hip hop is being incorporated into K-12 curriculum as well, to engage students in learning English language arts, history, and even science. And hip hop is included in programing at large public libraries like Queens Library, honoring its local history and culture with ¡§8 Days of Nonstop Hip Hop¡¨ in May 2015. The Schomburg Center (NYPL) hosted ¡§First Friday ¡¥Hip Hop¡¦ edition¡¨ in May 2016, with similar programming at other urban libraries engaging their communities.
Entries in the work discuss the music (rap and DJing), dance (breakdancing), and visual arts (graffiti) that are the artistic expressions of hip hop culture, and feature the people, places, events, and works that started the movement and established hip hop as a global phenomenon. Entries also examine hip hop¡¦s influence in other artistic arenas such as fashion, film, and poetry; its impact on education, politics, social activism, racial and ethnic identity, and globalization; and its many contributions to American, urban, black, and Latino cultures.
Entries are alphabetically arranged, and also point to related entries within the work. Each entry also contains a bibliography; the volume as a whole also provides a general reading list on hip hop culture, as well as a thematic outline of the contents. 180 color photos illuminate the text. The volume concludes with a robust subject index. |
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Unlocking Current Issues: Transgender Life. |
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/ 9781410380937/ Price:US$ 57.00
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The concept of a transgender identity may be unfamiliar to some. Transgender Life provides students with an understanding of the transgender experience, starting with evidence and treatment of transgender people throughout history, challenges related to coming out as transgender, dealing with gender dysphoria, questions related to transitioning, and a discussion of rights and legal issues, with a variety of perspectives represented. |
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Unlocking Current Issues: Race and the Law. |
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/ 9781410380968/ Price:US$ 57.00
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¡§Equality and justice for all.¡¨ This founding principle of America has been evolving through fits and starts since the country¡¦s inception. Race and the Law traces the intersection of race and the law from America¡¦s earliest days, through the era of slavery, the civil rights movement, and into the twenty-first century. Various points-of view and key players in the public discourse are represented, with a clear summary of positions. Contemporary opinions from across the political and cultural spectrum are represented. |
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Unlocking Current Issues: Immigration in America. |
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/ 9781410380951/ Price:US$ 57.00
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An issue in the news, and very personal to many, Immigration in America tackles this complicated topic by first presenting a historical overview of immigration as well as various points-of-view and key players in the public discourse on immigration. Discussions of immigration laws and border security, economic impacts of immigrants, and immigration reform are covered from a wide variety of perspectives. |
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Unlocking Current Issues: Guns in America. |
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/ 9781410380944/ Price:US$ 57.00
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From open carry, to concealed handguns, to mass shootings, the issue of gun ownership and laws surrounding ownership is consistently in the headlines. Guns in America provides students with historical context of gun ownership in America, tracing the issue from colonial roots, to the establishment of the NRA, to today¡¦s highly charged and often politicized debates around issues like assault rifle bans, open carry laws, and more. |
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Unlocking Current Issues: Bullying. |
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/ 9781410380920/ Price:US$ 57.00
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Bullying persists in society, with many students witnessing first-hand the damage bullying behavior can inflict. But why does bullying continue and what can be done? Bullying presents students with context for today¡¦s concerns on this topic, including a history of bullying through the ages and early studies and attempts to curb bullying behavior. Chapters also cover cyberbullying, anti-bullying campaigns, and issues facing students and caregivers today, like whether cyberbullying should be criminalized. |
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Unlocking Current Issue, 5-Vols/Set. |
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/ 9781410380913/ Price:US$ 259.00
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Unlocking Current Issues provides students with foundational knowledge of a topic. Each title presents the evolution of the topic, with a focus on providing historical evidence of key moments in the development of the topic through excerpts of primary documents and contextual information, and presenting information on ¡§key players¡¨ in the debate over time, with a clear summary of positions. Representations of contemporary opinions from across the political and cultural spectrum are also included. Primary documents like Supreme Court rulings are annotated with explanatory text to clarify legal jargon and concepts for better comprehension. The comprehensive informational text, written at an accessible 8th grade reading level, is augmented by relevant charts and graphs, timelines, and other visual elements. Critical thinking questions and activities spur students to synthesize ideas beyond the text. A built-in Instructional Guide provides a path for classroom use and offers strong curriculum support.
Unlocking Current Issues: Bullying
Unlocking Current Issues: Gender Identity
Unlocking Current Issues: Guns in America
Unlocking Current Issues: Immigration in America
Unlocking Current Issues: Race and the Law
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Immigration and Migration: In Context, 2-Vols/Set. |
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Riggs, Thomas/ 9781410338945/ Price:US$ 467.00
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Immigration and Migration: In Context provides students with key data to understand the roots of the issues that make contemporary migration and immigration so contentious around the globe. The set explores the social, political, and cultural factors that impact, and are affected by, immigration and human migration. Each entry will contain a brief introduction to the topic, an overview of the historical background, and a discussion of the impact and issues surrounding the topic. The subject is covered from a global perspective. The set includes such hot-button topics as undocumented immigration/unauthorized residents, asylum seekers, refugees, the refugee crisis in Europe, and more. The set includes primary sources, sidebars, photos, and illustrations. The work provides students with evidence to enhance and support discussions around the ethics, economics, impacts, and benefits of human migration.
Features and Benefits
¡E158 entries, between 1,500 and 3,000 words each
¡EAbout 50 primary sources and 60 sidebars that enhance knowledge of the subject or a related topic
¡E200 photos (most in color but some historical b/w images), illustrations, graphs, etc., to highlight the text
¡EAbundant cross-references to help readers make connections between entries
¡EA glossary of terms (compiled from the entry-specific Words to Know lists)
¡EA chronology of events, general bibliography, and list of organizations
¡EA general subject index offering access to places, subjects, titles, and proper names mentioned in the text
¡ESupports ELA standards for history and social studies, NCSS standards for Civics, Economics, Geography (Human Population: Spatial Patterns and Movements; Global Interconnections: Changing Spatial Patterns), and History: Change, Continuity, and Context
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Gender: Space |
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This volume of the Macmillan Interdisciplinary Handbooks series on gender studies uses varying perspectives to engage central concerns in scholarship on gender and space. Gender: Space creatively engages the correspondence between people and space. The volume explores various sites through which gender, gender norms, and gendered identities are constructed and deconstructed, and the multiple ways gendered bodies make, occupy, reclaim, and discover space in a mutually constituting relationship. Its 20 chapters examine such topics as memory and land loss, LGBT families and public policy, the environment and industrial labor, and food access in the united states. Chapters are written by eminent scholars, are peer reviewed, include illustrations, and offer bibliographies to encourage further research. The volume concludes with a glossary and a comprehensive index. |
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Women's work: How mothers manage flexible working in careers and family life |
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Zoe Young/ 9781529202021/ Price:GBP 79.99
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Professional Health Regulation in the Public Interest: International Perspectives |
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Marty Chamberlain/ 9781447332268/ Price:GBP 79.99
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There are significant variations in how healthcare systems and health professionals are regulated globally. One feature that they increasingly have in common is an emphasis on the value of including members of the public in quality assurance processes. While many argue that this will help better serve the public interest, others question how far the changing regulatory reform agenda is still dominated by medical interests.
Bringing together leading academics worldwide, this collection compares and critically examines the ways in which different countries are regulating healthcare in general, and health professions in particular, in the interest of users and the wider public. It is the first book in the Sociology of Health Professions series. |
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Women, Peace And Welfare: A Suppressed History Of Social Reform, 1880-1920 |
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Ann Oakley/ 9781447332565/ Price:GBP 75.00
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Between 1880 and 1920 many women researched the conditions of social and economic life in Western countries. They were driven by a vision of a society based on welfare and altruism, rather than warfare and competition.
Ann Oakley, a leading sociologist, undertook extensive research to uncover this previously hidden cast of forgotten characters. She uses the women¡¦s stories to bring together the histories of social reform, social science, welfare and pacifism.
Her fascinating account reveals how their efforts, connected through thriving transnational networks, lie behind many features of modern welfare states and reminds us of their powerful vision of a more humane way of living ¡V a vision that remains relevant today. |
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Poverty Propaganda: Confronting the Myths |
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Tracy Shildrick/ 9781447323976/ Price:GBP 79.99
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Does ¡¥real¡¦ poverty still exist in Britain? How do people differentiate between the supposed ¡¥deserving¡¦ and ¡¥undeserving¡¦ poor? Is there a culture of worklessness passed down generation to generation? Bringing together historical and contemporary material, Poverty Propaganda: Confronting the myths sheds new light on how poverty is understood in contemporary Britain.
Written in straightforward language, it debunks many popular myths and misconceptions about poverty, its prevalence, causes and consequences, and concludes with suggestions for change. |
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It's Basic Income: The Global Debate |
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Amy Downes/ 9781447343905/ Price:GBP 15.99
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Is a Universal Basic Income the answer to an increasingly precarious job landscape?
Could it bring greater financial freedom for women, tackle the issue of unpaid but essential work, cut poverty and promote greater choice? Or is it a dead-end utopian ideal that distracts from more practical and cost-effective solutions?
Contributors from musician Brian Eno, think tank Demos Helsinki, innovators such as California¡¦s Y Combinator Research and prominent academics such as Peter Beresford OBE offer a variety of perspectives from across the globe on the politics and feasibility of basic income.
Sharing research and insights from a variety of nations ¡V including India, Finland, Uganda, Brazil and Canada - the collection provides a comprehensive guide to the impact this innovative idea could have on work, welfare and inequality in the 21st century. |
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Teaching Qualitative Research: Strategies for Engaging Emerging Scholars. |
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Raji Swaminathan/ 9781462536719/ Price:US$ 86.00
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This timely resource provides a framework for teaching students how to think qualitatively and become more critical and reflexive researchers. Presented are a wealth of pedagogical tools that instructors across the disciplines can tailor to their own needs, including thought-provoking discussion questions, group work exercises, and field activities. The authors discuss issues and choices in course design, including approaches to assessment and grading, and share sample syllabi for both online and face-to-face course formats. Exploring the complexities and debates that surround teaching qualitative research, the book argues for a holistic model of preparing novice researchers. It demonstrates effective ways to engage students in the qualitative inquiry process from start to finish¡Xfrom understanding positionality and crafting a research problem to writing up findings for different audiences. |
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Program Evaluation Theory and Practice: A Comprehensive Guide. |
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Mertens, Donna M./ 9781462536337/ Price:US$ 138.00
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The leading text that covers both the theory and practice of evaluation in one engaging volume has now been revised and updated with additional evaluation approaches (such as mixed methods and principles-focused evaluation) and new methods (such as technologically based strategies). The book features examples of small- and large-scale evaluations from a range of fields, many with reflective commentary from the evaluators; helpful checklists; and carefully crafted learning activities. Major theoretical paradigms in evaluation¡Xand the ways they inform methodological choices¡Xare explained. Readers learn effective strategies for clarifying their own theoretical assumptions; working with stakeholders; developing questions; using quantitative, qualitative, and mixed methods designs; selecting data collection and sampling strategies; analyzing data; and communicating and utilizing findings. The new companion website provides extensive recommended online resources and tools, organized by chapter.
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Contemporary Feminist Research from Theory to Practice. |
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Patricia Leavy/ 9781462536283/ Price:US$ 86.00
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Exploring the breadth of contemporary feminist research practices, this engaging text immerses the reader in cutting-edge theories, methods, and practical strategies. Chapters review theoretical work from around the globe and describe approaches to conducting quantitative, qualitative, and community-based research with participants; doing content or media analysis; and evaluating programs or interventions. Ethical issues are addressed and innovative uses of digital media highlighted. The focus is studying gender inequities as they are experienced by individuals and groups from diverse cultural, racial, and socioeconomic backgrounds, and with diverse gender identities. Delving into the process of writing and publishing feminist research, the text covers timely topics such as public scholarship, activism, and arts-based practices. The companion website features interviews with prominent feminist researchers. |
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Being an Evaluator: Your Practical Guide to Evaluation. |
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Donna R. Podems/ 9781462537815/ Price:US$ 97.00
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Demystifying the evaluation journey, this is the first evaluation mentoring book that addresses the choices, roles, and challenges that evaluators must navigate in the real world. Experienced evaluator and trainer Donna R. Podems covers both conceptual and technical aspects of practice in a friendly, conversational style. She focuses not just on how to do evaluations but how to think like an evaluator, fostering reflective, ethical, and culturally sensitive practice. Extensive case examples illustrate the process of conceptualizing and implementing an evaluation¡Xclarifying interventions, identifying beneficiaries, gathering data, discussing results, valuing, and developing recommendations. The differences (and connections) between research, evaluation, and monitoring are explored. Handy icons identify instructive features including self-study exercises, group activities, clarifying questions, facilitation and negotiation techniques, insider tips, advice, and resources. |
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Religion and Welfare in Europe: Gendered and Minority Perspectives |
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Lina Molokotos-Liederman/ 9781447343523/ Price:GBP 28.99
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Using welfare as a prism, Religion and Welfare in Europe explores regional conceptions and variations in welfare and religion across Europe.
Methodological approaches to research and practice draw thematic comparisons on these issues using case studies focused on gendered and minority perspectives as they relate to the varied provision of social welfare in selected European countries.
Contributors offer comparative insights on majority-minority relations concerning practices, patterns and mechanisms of social welfare provision, explaining how these lead to conflict, cohesion or ¡V as is so often the case ¡V the grey area in between.
The book will be of interest not only to religion and social policy researchers, but to welfare practitioners and policy advisors with a particular interest in the interaction between religion, social welfare, minorities and gender. |
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Minority Women and Austerity: Survival and Resistance in France and Britain |
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Leah Bassel/ 9781447327141/ Price:GBP 26.99
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In the first book of its kind, Bassel and Emejulu explore minority women¡¦s experiences of and resistances to austerity measures in France and Britain. Minority women are often portrayed as passive victims. However, Minority women and austerity demonstrates how they use their race, class, gender and legal status as a resource for collective action in the face of the neoliberal colonisation of non-governmental organisations, the failures of left-wing politics and the patronising initiatives of policy-makers.
Using in-depth case studies, this book explores the changing relations between the state, the market and civil society which create opportunities and dilemmas for minority women activists. Through an intersectional ¡¥politics of survival¡¦ these women seek to subvert the dominant narratives of ¡¥crisis¡¦ and ¡¥activism¡¦. |
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Research Ethics in the Real World: Euro-Western and Indigenous perspectives |
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Helen Kara/ 9781447344742/ Price:GBP 79.99
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Comedy and critique: Stand-up comedy and the professional ethos of laughter |
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Daniel R. Smith/ 9781529200157/ Price:GBP 47.99
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Comedy and Critique explores British professional stand-up comedy in the wake of the Alternative Comedy movement of the late twentieth century, seeing it as an extension of the politics of the New Left: standing up for oneself as anti-racist, feminist and open to a queering of self and social institutions.
Daniel Smith demonstrates that the comic sensibility pervading contemporary humour is as much ¡¥speaking truth to power¡¦ as it is realising one¡¦s position ¡¥in¡¦ power. The professionalisation of New Left humour offers a challenge to social and cultural critique. Stand-up comedy has made us all sociologists of self, identity and cultural power while also resigning us to a place where a comic sensibility becomes an acknowledgment of the necessity of social change. |
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Protest Camps in International Context: Spaces, Infrastructures and Media of Resistance |
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Gavin Brown/ 9781447329428/ Price:GBP 29.99
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From the squares of Spain to indigenous land in Canada, protest camps are a tactic used around the world. Since 2011 they have gained prominence in recent waves of contentious politics, deployed by movements with wide-ranging demands for social change. Through a series of international and interdisciplinary case studies from five continents, this topical collection is the first to focus on protest camps as unique organisational forms that transcend particular social movements¡¦ contexts. Whether erected in a park in Istanbul or a street in Mexico City, the significance of political encampments rests in their position as distinctive spaces where people come together to imagine alternative worlds and articulate contentious politics, often in confrontation with the state.
Written by a wide range of experts in the field the book offers a critical understanding of current protest events and will help better understanding of new global forms of democracy in action. |
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Austerity, Community Action, and the Future of Citizenship in Europe |
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Shana Cohen/ 9781447331063/ Price:GBP 26.99
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The politics of austerity has seen governments across Europe cut back on welfare provision. As the State retreats, this edited collection explores secular and faith-based grassroots social action in Germany and the United Kingdom that has evolved in response to changing economic policy and expanding needs, from basic items such as food to more complex means to move out of poverty.
Bringing together scholars from different disciplines and practitioners in several areas of social intervention, the book explores how the conceptualization and constitutive practices of citizenship and community are changing because of the retreat of the State and the challenge of meeting social and material needs, creating new opportunities for local activism.
The book provides new ways of thinking about social and political belonging and about the relations between individual, collective, and State responsibility. |
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Intimacy and Ageing: New Relationships in Later Life |
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Torbjorn Bildtgard/ 9781447326502/ Price:GBP 26.99
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To begin new relationships in later life is increasingly common in large parts of the Western world. This timely book addresses the gap in knowledge about late life repartnering and provides a comprehensive map of the changing landscape of late life intimacy.
Part of the Ageing in a Global Context series, the book examines the changing structural conditions of intimacy and ageing in late modernity. How do longer lives, changing norms and new technologies affect older people¡¦s relationship careers, their attitudes to repartnering and in the formation of new relationships? Which forms do these new unions take? What does a new intimate relationship offer older men and women and what are the consequences for social integration? What is the role and meaning of sex?
By introducing a gains-perspective the book challenges stereotypes of old age as a period of loss and decline. It also challenges the image of older people as conservative, and instead presents them as an avant-garde that often experiment with new ways of being together. |
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Alternatives to Neoliberalism: Towards Equality and Democracy |
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Bryn Jones/ 9781447331179/ Price:GBP 27.99
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In this collection, innovative and eminent social and policy analysts, including Colin Crouch, Anna Coote, Grahame Thompson and Ted Benton, challenge the failing but still dominant ideology and policies of neo-liberalism.
The editors synthesise contributors¡¦ ideas into a revised framework for social democracy; rooted in feminism, environmentalism, democratic equality and market accountability to civil society.
This constructive and stimulating collection will be invaluable for those teaching, studying and campaigning for transformative political, economic and social policies. |
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Co-Producing Research: A Community Development Approach |
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Sarah Banks/ 9781447340768/ Price:GBP 31.99
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Offering a critical examination of the nature of co-produced research, this important new book draws on materials and case studies from the ESRC funded project ¡¥Imagine ¡V connecting communities through research¡¦. Outlining a community development approach to co-production, which privileges community agency, the editors link with wider debates about the role of universities within communities. With policy makers in mind, contributors discuss in clear and accessible language what co-production between community groups and academics can achieve. The book will be valuable for practitioners within community contexts, and researchers interested in working with communities, activists, and artists. |
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Co-Producing Research: A Community Development Approach
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Sarah Banks/ 9781447340751/ Price:GBP 79.99
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Divercities: Understanding Super Diversity in Deprived and Mixed Neighbourhoods |
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Stijn Oosterlynck/ 9781447338178/ Price:GBP 79.99
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How do people deal with diversity in deprived and mixed urban neighbourhoods? This edited collection provides a comparative international perspective on superdiversity in cities, with explicit attention given to social inequality and social exclusion on a neighbourhood level.
Although public discourses on urban diversity are often negative, this book focuses on how residents actively and creatively come and live together through micro-level interactions. By deliberately taking an international perspective on the daily lives of residents, the book uncovers the ways in which national and local contexts shape living in diversity.
The book will be a valuable resource for researchers and students of poverty, segregation and social mix, conviviality, the effects of international migration, urban and neighbourhood policies and governance, multiculturality, social networks, social cohesion, social mobility, and super-diversity. |
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Achieving Implementation and Exchange: The Science of Delivering Evidence-Based Practices to At-Risk Youth |
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Lawrence A. Palinkas/ 9781447338130/ Price:GBP 29.99
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Converting research evidence into practice is an issue of growing importance to many fields of policy and practice worldwide. This book, by a leading implementation specialist in child welfare and mental health, addresses the frustrating gap between research conducted on effective practices and the lack of routine use of such practices.
Drawing on implementation science, the author introduces a model for reducing the gap between research and practice. This model highlights the roles of social networks, research evidence, practitioner/policymaker decision-making, research-practice-policy partnerships, and cultural exchanges between researchers and practitioners and policymakers.
He concludes with a discussion of how the model may be used to develop more widespread use of evidence-based practices for the prevention and treatment of behavioural and mental health problems in youth-serving systems of care, as well as partnerships that promote ongoing quality improvement in services delivery. |
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Achieving Implementation and Exchange: The Science of Delivering Evidence-Based Practices to At-Risk Youth |
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Child Sexual Abuse: Whose Problem?: Reflections from Cleveland (Revised edition) |
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In Cleveland in 1987 a medical diagnosis of child sexual abuse was made in 127 children, resulting in their removal from home. The consequent intense scrutiny and public criticism around the case, together with the subsequent Butler-Sloss inquiry, resulted in the medical evidence being discredited, giving rise to a system which relies on children to speak out about their abuse. This book argues that this 1987 crisis continues to shape child protection today, resulting in opportunities to protect children being missed.
Now re-issued with a substantial new introduction and concluding reflections, this book provides the only account by key professionals directly involved in the Cleveland cases, allowing readers to understand what really took place in Cleveland and why it continues to matter today. It analyses the many failures to address the plight of sexually abused children and makes constructive suggestions for the way forward to provide more effective interventions for children at risk. |
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Vital Bodies: Living with Illness |
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Charlotte Bates/ 9781447335061/ Price:GBP 23.99
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This book is the story of twelve people, each living with long-term illness. Delving into the routines and rhythms of everyday life, the book reveals the significance of the things that we usually take for granted, from what we eat to when we sleep, how we move, and what we wear. Learning from the lives portrayed, it explores ideas of care, vulnerability and choice, questioning what it means to live a modern life with illness and illuminating the vitality of bodies along the way.
Juxtaposing academic text with rich descriptions and vivid illustrations, including video stills, journal extracts, and drawings, the book highlights the sensory and emotional intimacies of visual sociology and demonstrates the use and value of sensuous scholarship. |
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Vital Bodies: Living with Illness
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Charlotte Bates
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Turning the Tide: AIDS in Nigeria |
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Phyllis Kanki/ 9781732698802/ Price:US$ 92.00
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This book covers the history and progress of HIV prevention and treatment efforts in Nigeria. The book highlights the successful collaborations that developed over the years between Nigerian HIV/AIDS specialists and their Western counterparts. Launched in 2003, US President George W. Bush started the President¡¦s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, the largest effort by any nation to combat a single disease. He envisioned that the program would ¡§¡Kturn the tide against AIDS in the most afflicted nations of Africa and the Caribbean.¡¨ The result of these relationships has been a sustainable infrastructure of indigenous, well-established public and private health entities. This collaborative effort has demonstrated a reduction in the impact of the HIV/AIDS epidemic on the people of Nigeria with 800,000 currently receiving life-saving treatment. Similar strides have been made in prevention, systems strengthening, human capital and infrastructure capacity development efforts. |
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Essentials of Research Methods in Human Sciences, 3-Vols/Set. |
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Metsamuuronen, Jari/ 9789386042965/ Price:GBP 205.00
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These books, as a whole, serve as a ¡§one-stop-shop¡¨ or ¡§all-in-one guide¡¨ in introducing those at the very beginning of research, beginner university students, distance education students and students in vocational higher education (polytechnics), to the world of basic research methodology ¡V to both the basic qualitative and quantitative methodology. At the same time, the books suits for non-mathematician and non-statistician professional researchers, professors, and lecturers of varied disciplines by providing a practical understanding of tens of possibilities of analysing the dataset. These provide a step-by-step guidance on running of statistical analyses with SPSS dialogue boxes, interpretation of results.
The set is divided into three volumes:
Volume 1: Elementary Basics leads the beginners into the basics ¡V of research as a process, test construction, qualitative research, statistical description and ¡V inference as well as into the basics of futures studies.
Volume 2: Multivariate Analysis teaches analyzing the quantitative dataset with the classical multivariate methods, such as Regression analysis, Factor analysis, Analysis of Variance, and Discrimination ¡V and Classification analysis. The practical part is illustrated by using SPSS software.
Volume 3: Advanced Analysis teaches advanced methods in analyzing a quantitative dataset, with Non-parametric statistics, Experimental studies, Multi-level modeling, Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) and Path Modeling as well as Survival analysis. |
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The Parsis of India: Continuing at the Crossroads, 4-Vols/Set. |
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Desai, Armaity S./ 9789386042927/ Price:GBP 205.00
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A four-volume series, The Parsis of India is the first comprehensive analysis of the Parsi community and its demographic decline with a pan-India focus. It brings together scholarly articles and empirical work from multiple locations using the mixed method research approach and addresses key concerns impacting the demography of this ethno-religious minority. Extensive in scope and investigative in analysis, this is the only major socio-psycho-anthropological work in over a decade on the dwindling Parsi community.
The series will be useful for academicians, researchers and policy-makers interested in the Parsi community in particular, and in minority communities in general. It will also serve as a handy reference for the community and its leadership.
Vol 1: The Indian Parsis: Themes Old and New edited by Shalini Bharat and Armaity S. Desai
Vol 2: Contemporary Parsis: Marriage, Family and Community by Shalini Bharat
Vol 3: The World of Indian Parsi Youth: Status and Perceptions by Lata Narayan
Vol 4: The Parsi Elderly: To Live with Dignity by S. Siva Raju |
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Discrimination and Diversity: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications, 4-Vols/Set. |
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Information Resources Management Association (USA)/ 9781522519331/ Price:US$ 975.00
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The growing presence of discrimination and isolation has caused negative changes to human interactions. With the ubiquity of these practices, there is now an increasingly urgent need to close this divide.
Discrimination and Diversity: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications provides a critical look at race, gender, and modern day discrimination and solutions to creating sustainable diversity across numerous contexts and fields. Including innovative studies on anti-discrimination measures, gender discrimination, and tolerance, this multi-volume book is an ideal source for professionals, practitioners, graduate students, academics, and researchers working in equality, as well as managers and those in leadership roles.
Topics Covered
The many academic areas covered in this publication include, but are not limited to:
¡EAnti-Discrimination Measures
¡EAttributional Ambiguity
¡EDiversity Management
¡EEqual Opportunity
¡EGender Discrimination
¡EOrganizational Culture
¡ETolerance |
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The SAGE Handbook of Political Sociology, 2-Vols/Set. |
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Outhwaite, William/ 9781473919464/ Price:GBP 305.00
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The SAGE Handbook of Political Sociology offers a comprehensive and contemporary look at this evolving field of study. The focus is on political life itself and the chapters, written by a highly-respected and international team of authors, cover the core themes which need to be understood in order to study political life from a sociological perspective, or simply to understand the political world.
The two volumes are structured around five key areas:
PART 1: TRADITIONS AND PERSPECTIVES
PART 2: CORE CONCEPTS
PART 03: POLITICAL IDEOLOGIES AND MOVEMENTS
PART 04: TOPICS
PART 05: WORLD REGIONS
This future-oriented and cross-disciplinary handbook is a landmark text for students and scholars interested in the social investigation of politics. |
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The SAGE Handbook of the 21st Century City. |
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Hall, Suzanne/ 9781473907560/ Price:GBP 135.00
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The SAGE Handbook of the 21st Century City focuses on the dynamics and disruptions of the contemporary city in relation to capricious processes of global urbanisation, mutation and resistance. An international range of scholars engage with emerging urban conditions and inequalities in experimental ways, speaking to new ideas of what constitutes the urban, highlighting empirical explorations and expanding on contributions to policy and design. The handbook is organised around nine key themes, through which familiar analytic categories of race, gender and class, as well as binaries such as the urban/rural, are readdressed. These thematic sections together capture the volatile processes and intricacies of urbanisation that reveal the turbulent nature of our early twenty-first century:
¡EHierarchy: Elites and Evictions
¡EProductivity: Over-investment and Abandonment
¡EAuthority: Governance and Mobilisations
¡EVolatility: Disruption and Adaptation
¡EConflict: Vulnerability and Insurgency
¡EProvisionality: Infrastructure and Incrementalism
¡EMobility: Re-bordering and De-bordering
¡ECivility: Contestation and Encounter
¡EDesign: Speculation and Imagination
This is a provocative, inter-disciplinary handbook for all academics and researchers interested in contemporary urban studies. |
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The SAGE Handbook of New Urban Studies. |
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Hannigan, John/ 9781412912655/ Price:GBP 135.00
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The last two decades have been an exciting and richly productive period for debate and academic research on the city. The SAGE Handbook of New Urban Studies offers comprehensive coverage of this modern re-thinking of urban theory, both gathering together the best of what has been achieved so far, and signalling the way to future theoretical insights and empirically grounded research.
Featuring many of the top international names in the field, the handbook is divided into nine key sections:
SECTION 1: THE GLOBALIZED CITY
SECTION 2: URBAN ENTREPRENEURIALISM, BRANDING, GOVERNANCE
SECTION 3: MARGINALITY, RISK AND RESILIENCE
SECTION 4: SUBURBS AND SUBURBANIZATION: STRATIFICATION, SPRAWL, SUSTAINABILITY
SECTION 5: DISTINCTIVE AND VISIBLE CITIES
SECTION 6: CREATIVE CITIES
SECTION 7: URBANIZATION, URBANITY AND URBAN LIFESTYLES
SECTION 8: NEW DIRECTIONS IN URBAN THEORY
SECTION 9: URBAN FUTURES
This is a central resource for researchers and students of Sociology, Cultural Geography and Urban Studies. |
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Rural Planning and Development, 4-Vols/Set. |
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Gallent, Nick/ 9781138016347/ Price:GBP 1050.00
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This collection offers a comprehensive selection of journal articles and book chapters that provide readers with an historical overview of rural planning, collating the canonical writings on the subject in one essential reference work. Each volume begins with an editorial introduction by the editor explaining the context and choice of contents, with the set organised thematically, from the concept of the rural, to the policy and governance aspects, through to the considerations of environmental change.
Sections will consider the key concepts of rural development with a broad range of representative published sources included. Reflecting various approaches in the best scholarship, this will be of major assistance for students of planning and geography quickly locating the best information on the built environment in rural locations.
Volume 1: Defining the Rural
Volume 2: Rural Planning ¡V Strategy and Actions
Volume 3: Rural Development
Volume 4: Rural Future |
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Family Dynamics and Romantic Relationships in a Changing Society |
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Silton, Nava/ 9781522524045/ Price:US$ 215.00
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As society changes and develops, personal relationships can be significantly affected by evolving cultures. By examining amorous and familial bonds in the present era, a comprehensive understanding of relationship formation and development can be established.
Family Dynamics and Romantic Relationships in a Changing Society provides a thorough examination of the types of emotional relationships that different cultures participate in. Highlighting innovative topics across a range of relevant areas such as LGBTQ relationships, long-distance relationships, interracial dating, and parental techniques, this publication is an ideal resource for all academicians, students, librarians, and researchers interested in discovering more about social and emotional interactions within human relationships.
Topics Covered
¡EAttachment Security
¡EBullying
¡EClose-Distance
¡EDigital Media
¡EEmotional Availability
¡EInterracial Dating
¡ELong-Distance
¡EParent-Child Relationship
¡ERomance |
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Creating a Sustainable Vision of Nonviolence in Schools and Society |
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Singh, Swaranjit/ 9781522522096/ Price:US$ 195.00
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A nonviolent environment provides many benefits to its population. Although all industries can reap the rewards of nonviolence, its positive impacts can particularly be examined in applied disciplines like conflict resolution, child development, criminal justice, and social work.
Creating a Sustainable Vision of Nonviolence in Schools and Society is a unique reference source that discusses the value that nonviolent spaces can add to educational institutions and societies. Featuring extensive coverage on relevant topics including conflict skills, intersectional dialogue, mentoring, co-existence, and police brutality, this is an outstanding resource of academic material for educators, academicians, graduate students, and researchers seeking to expand their knowledge on nonviolent methods and techniques for educational environments.
Topics Covered
The many academic areas covered in this publication include, but are not limited to:
¡ECo-Existence
¡EConflict Skills
¡EIntersectional Dialogue
¡EMentoring
¡EPeace Education
¡EPolice Brutality
¡EPublic School Curriculum
¡ERestorative Practices
¡EYouth Leadership
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Handbook of Research on the Facilitation of Civic Engagement through Community Art |
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Hersey, Leigh Nanney/ 9781522517276/ Price:US$ 275.00
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Outreach and engagement initiatives are crucial in promoting community development. This can be achieved through a number of methods, including avenues in the fine arts.
The Handbook of Research on the Facilitation of Civic Engagement through Community Art is a comprehensive reference source for emerging perspectives on the incorporation of artistic works to facilitate improved civic engagement and social justice. Featuring innovative coverage across relevant topics, such as art education, service learning, and student engagement, this handbook is ideally designed for practitioners, artists, professionals, academics, and students interested in active citizen participation via artistic channels.
Topics Covered
¡EArt Education
¡EAt-Risk Youth
¡ECommunity Violence
¡EFundraising
¡EMusic and Festivals
¡EParticipatory Photography
¡EService Learning
¡EStudent Engagement |
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Urban Planning After Disasters, 4-Vols/Set. |
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Olshansky, Robert/ 9781138776531/ Price:GBP 300.00
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This four-volume collection brings together the most important canonical and cutting-edge papers in the essential topic of planning after disasters. This is the first coherent academic reference work to date.
These selections emphasize knowledge regarding reconstruction and recovery of communities, the policies designed to facilitate successful reconstruction, the processes of planning, the processes of reconstruction, and the outcomes of all of the above. They draw from publications describing reconstruction cases all over the world, for which there is a rapidly growing literature. They emphasize governance, management, and planning for reconstruction, and also include some papers that describe and evaluate reconstruction outcomes. The selections emphasize physical reconstruction, but also include key readings on the economic recovery of cities after disasters.The set is introduced in a comprehensive editorial piece by the editor which locates the articles in context and explores the issues and topics at hand.
Volume 1 - Theoretical Foundations: Unique Aspects of Post-Disaster Reconstruction
Volume 2 ¡V Governance and Planning: Government Perspectives
Volume 3 - Governance and Planning: Community Perspectives
Volume 4 ¡V Housing and Economy Recovery |
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Violence and Society: Breakthroughs in Research and Practice, 2-Vols/Set. |
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Information Resources Management Association/ 9781522509882/ Price:US$ 500.00
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Violent behavior is an unavoidable aspect of human nature, and as such it has become deeply integrated into modern society. Examining violence through a critical and academic perspective can lead to a better understanding of its foundations and implications.
Violence and Society: Breakthroughs in Research and Practice explores the social and cultural influences of violence on human life and activity. Focusing on emerging research perspectives, case studies, and future outlooks, this comprehensive collection is an essential reference source for graduate-level students, sociologists, researchers, professionals, and practitioners interested in the effects of violence in contemporary culture.
Topics Covered
¡EDomestic Violence
¡EGang Violence
¡EGender Dynamics
¡EHate Groups
¡ERace and Culture
¡ESafety and Prevention Measures
¡ETechnology-Mediated Violence
¡ETerrorism |
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Intercultural Relations and Ethnic Conflict in Asia |
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Swati Jaywant Rao Bute/ 9781522505822/ Price:US$ 150.00
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Many geographically diverse regions in the world contain a rich variety of cultures within them. While some have many socio-cultural similarities, tensions can still arise to make such areas unstable and vulnerable.
Intercultural Relations and Ethnic Conflict in Asia is a critical reference source for the latest scholarly research on the economic, political, and socio-cultural disputes occurring throughout various South Asian countries and the effects of these struggles on citizens and governments. Highlighting pertinent issues relating to patterns of conflict, the role of media outlets, and governmental relations, this book is ideally designed for academicians, upper-level students, practitioners, and professionals.
Topics Covered
¡EAsymmetric Warfare
¡EBuddhism
¡ECitizen Journalism
¡ECommunalism
¡EIslamic Modernism
¡ENew Media
¡EWar Coverage
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Youth Cultures, 4-Vols/Set |
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Bennett, Andy/ 9781473918870/ Price:GBP 710.00
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There is now almost 100 years of rich literature relating to youth culture. This major work brings together the best of this literature, from 'benchmark' essays to contemporary developments, in order to critically evaluate and assess the body of academic work. The perspective is truly global, with the selected articles addressing cultures in Europe, North America, South America, Africa, Asia, Australasia and the Middle East. The articles are organised into four thematic volumes:
Volume 1: Histories of Youth Culture
Volume 2: Subcultures and Style
Volume 3: Youth, Music and Media
Volume 4: Global Youth Culture
This is a highly valuable reference collection for researchers in all fields of youth culture including sociology, media and cultural studies and social anthropology.
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The SAGE Handbook of Online Research Methods |
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Fielding, Nigel G/ 9781473918788/ Price:GBP 130.00
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Online research methods are popular, dynamic and fast-changing. Following on from the great success of the first edition, published in 2008, The SAGE Handbook of Online Research Methods, Second Edition offers both updates of existing subject areas and new chapters covering more recent developments, such as social media, big data, data visualization and CAQDAS.
Bringing together the leading names in both qualitative and quantitative online research, this new edition is organised into nine sections:
1. Online Research Methods
2. Designing Online Research
3. Online Data Capture and Data Collection
4. The Online Survey
5. Digital Quantitative Analysis
6. Digital Text Analysis
7. Virtual Ethnography
8. Online Secondary Analysis: Resources and Methods
9. The Future of Online Social Research
The SAGE Handbook of Online Research Methods, Second Edition is an essential resource for anyone interested in the contemporary practice of computer-mediated research and scholarship. |
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| VA05-472 |
Sleep, 4-Vols/Set. |
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Hsu, Eric L./ 9781138848214/ Price:GBP 925.00
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Once operating in relative obscurity, the sociological study of sleep has in recent years become a flourishing area of scholarly research generating unique insights into the ways in which sleep is socially negotiated, influenced, and organized.
Now, this new title from Routledge¡¦s Critical Concepts in Sociology series brings together in one ¡¥mini library¡¦ the essential groundbreaking and pivotal sociological texts. Furthermore, the development of the sociology of sleep has greatly informed¡Xand been informed by¡Xother academic subjects, such as anthropology, history, and geography. Consequently, the synthetic and cross-disciplinary quality of sleep research is fully reflected in the learned editor¡¦s selection of major works to ensure that the collection will be welcomed by sleep researchers across the social sciences, and beyond.
The first of four volumes covers the intricate theoretical foundations of the sociology of sleep. Volume II, meanwhile, focuses on pioneering sleep research in the social sciences more generally. The third volume features groundbreaking scholarship on the various types of sleep cultures that exist in the contemporary Western world. Finally, Volume IV ventures beyond the Western world to make sense of sleep research that is situated in a multitude of different time periods and social contexts, and to offer an avowedly global perspective.
Supplemented with a full index and the editor¡¦s newly written introductory essay, Sleep is a vital reference tool for established researchers and advanced students alike. |
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The SAGE Handbook of Qualitative Research. |
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Denzin, Norman K./ 9781483349800/ Price:GBP 140.00
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The substantially updated and revised Fifth Edition of this landmark handbook presents the state-of-the-art theory and practice of qualitative inquiry. Representing top scholars from around the world, the editors and contributors continue the tradition of synthesizing existing literature, defining the present, and shaping the future of qualitative research. The Fifth Edition contains 19 new chapters, with 16 revised¡Xmaking it virtually a new volume¡Xwhile retaining six classic chapters from previous editions. New contributors to this edition include Jamel K. Donnor and Gloria Ladson-Billings; Margaret Kovach; Paula Saukko; Bryant Keith Alexander; Thomas A. Schwandt and Emily F. Gates; Johnny Saldana; Uwe Flick; Mirka Koro-Ljungberg, Maggie MacLure, and Jasmine Ulmer; Maria Elena Torre, Brett G. Stoudt, Einat Manoff, and Michelle Fine; Jack Bratich; Svend Brinkmann; Eric Margolis and Renu Zunjarwad; Annette N. Markham; Alecia Y. Jackson and Lisa A. Mazzei; Jonathan Wyatt, Ken Gale, Susanne Gannon, and Bronwyn Davies; Janice Morse; Peter Dahler-Larsen; Mark Spooner; and David A. Westbrook.
Part One: Locating the Field
Part Two: Paradigms and Perspectives in Contention
Part Three: Strategies of Inquiry
Part Four: Methods of Collecting and Analyzing Empirical Materials
Part Five: The Art and Practices of Interpretation, Evaluation, and Presentation
Part Six: Into the Future of Qualitative Research |
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Thinking Through Methods: A Social Science Primer |
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John Levi Martin/ 9780226431727/ Price:US$ 32.00
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Emerging Conceptions of Work, Management and the Labor Market |
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Steven Vallas/ 9781838679248/ Price:GBP 24.99
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The Impact of Co-Production: From Community Engagement to Social Justice. |
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Ersoy, Aksel/ 9781447330295/ Price:GBP 29.99
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Bringing together academics, artists, practitioners and ¡¥community activists¡¦, this book explores the possibilities for, and tensions of, social justice work under the contemporary drive for community-orientated ¡¥impact¡¦ in the academy.
Threading a line between celebratory accounts of institutionalised community engagement, self-professed ¡¥radical¡¦ scholarship for social change and critical accounts of the governmentalisation of community, the book makes an original contribution to all three fields of scholarship.
Showcasing experimental research and co-production practices taking place in the UK, Australia, Sweden and Canada and within universities, independent research organisations and internationally prestigious museums and galleries, the book considers what research impact could look like for a wide range of audiences and how universities could engage with different publics in ways that would be relevant and useful, but may not necessarily be easily measurable.
Asking hard questions of the current impact agenda, the book offers an insight into emerging routes towards co-production for social justice. |
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| SA05-467 |
Religion and Welfare in Europe: Gendered and Minority Perspectives. |
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Molokotos-Liederman, Lina/ 9781447318972/ Price:GBP 90.99
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sing welfare as a prism, Religion and Welfare in Europe explores regional conceptions and variations in welfare and religion across Europe.
Methodological approaches to research and practice draw thematic comparisons on these issues in terms of minorities and gender, using case studies focused on gendered and minority perspectives as they relate to the varied provision of social welfare in selected European countries.
Contributors offer comparative insights on majority-minority relations concerning practices, patterns and mechanisms of social welfare provision, explaining how these lead to conflict, cohesion or ¡V as is so often the case ¡V the grey area in between.
The book will be of interest not only to religion and social policy researchers, but to welfare practitioners and policy advisors with a particular interest in the interaction between religion, social welfare, minorities and gender. |
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Abortion Wars: The Fight for Reproductive Rights. |
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Orr, Judith/ 9781447339113/ Price:GBP 13.99
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2017 marks the 50th anniversary of the social change brought about by Britain¡¦s 1967 Abortion Act. However the struggle for abortion rights is far from over. In this hard-hitting timely new book Judith Orr, leading pro-choice campaigner, argues that it¡¦s time women had the right to control their fertility without the practical, legal and ideological barriers they have faced for generations.
Combining analysis of media coverage, statistics, popular culture and social attitudes with powerful first-hand accounts of women¡¦s experiences she measures the Act¡¦s impact showing that full reproductive rights are yet to be won. In Britain anti-abortion campaigners attack women¡¦s rights under existing law, elsewhere women must cross borders or buy pills online while in the US, Ireland, Poland and Latin America harsh restrictions on abortion are provoking increased resistance. The book highlights current debates over decriminalisation and argues for abortion provision fit for the 21st century. |
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| SA05-467 |
Women's Emancipation and Civil Society Organisations: Challenging or Maintaining the Status Quo? |
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Schwabenland, Christina/ 9781447324782/ Price:GBP 31.99
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Women are at the heart of civil society organisations. Through them they have achieved many successes, challenged oppressive practices at a local and global level and have developed outstanding entrepreneurial activities. Yet Civil Service Organisation (CSO) research tends to ignore considerations of gender and the rich history of activist feminist organisations is rarely examined.
This collection examines the nexus between the emancipation of women, and their role(s) in these organisations. Featuring contrasting studies from a wide range of contributors from different parts of the world, it covers emerging issues such as the role of social media in organising, the significance of religion in many cultural contexts, activism in Eastern Europe and the impact of environmental degradation on women¡¦s lives. Asking whether involvement in CSOs offers a potential source of emancipation for women or maintains the status quo, this anthology will also have an impact on policy and practice in relation to equal opportunities. |
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Father Involvement in the Early Years: An International Comparison of Policy and Practice. |
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Adler, Marina A./ 9781447319009/ Price:GBP 29.99
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Fatherhood is in transition and being challenged by often contradictory forces: societal mandates to be both an active father and provider, men¡¦s own wish to be more involved with their children, and the institutional arrangements in which fathers work and live. This book explores these phenomena in the context of cross-national policies and their relation to the daily childcare practices of fathers. It presents the current state of knowledge on father involvement with young children in six countries from different welfare state regimes with unique policies related to parenting in general and fathers in particular: Finland, Germany, Italy, Slovenia, the UK and the USA. |
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Blinded by Science: The Social Implications of Epigenetics and Neuroscience. |
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Wastell, David/ 9781447322344/ Price:GBP 29.99
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In recent years, new areas of biology, especially epigenetics and neuroscience, have enthralled the public imagination. They have been used as powerful arguments for developing social policy in a particular direction, from early intervention in the lives of disadvantaged children to seeking 'biomarkers' as identifiers of criminality.
This timely book, written by leading commentators, critically examines the capabilities and limitations of these biotechnologies, exploring their implications for policy and practice.
The book will enable social scientists, policy makers, practitioners and interested general readers to understand how the new biologies of epigenetics and neuroscience have increasingly influenced the fields of family policy, mental health, child development and criminal justice.
The book will facilitate much needed debate about what makes a good society and how best to build one. It also draws attention to the ways that the uncertainties of the original science are lost in their translation into the everyday world of practice and policy. |
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Demystifying Evaluation: Practical Approaches for Researchers and Users. |
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Parsons, David/ 9781447333906/ Price:GBP 14.99
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Social research practitioners and others working in the public and voluntary sectors, in academia and consultancy are increasingly under pressure to provide policy-related evidence with limited resources and rising expectations. Demystifying evaluation is an accessible introductory guide setting the foundations for tackling those challenges, explaining the options open to evaluators, their merits and uses, and how to make appropriate choices of research methods.
Drawing on his experience of policy and programme evaluations for the public sector and outside, David Parsons provides a practical roadmap cutting across different evaluation theories. He covers issues such as managing expectations of evaluation, using and mixing quantitative and qualitative methods, engaging stakeholders and providing action-orientated approaches to help end-users. |
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Changing Communities: Stories of Migration, Displacement and Solidarities. |
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Mayo, Marjorie/ 9781447329329/ Price:GBP 27.99
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ssues of displacement and dispossession have become defining characteristics of a globalised 21st century. People are moving within and across national borders, whether displaced, relocated or moving in search of better livelihoods.
This book brings theoretical understandings of migration and displacement together with empirical illustrations of the creative, cultural ways in which communities reflect upon their experiences of change, and how they respond, including through poetry and story-telling, photography and other art forms, exploring the scope for building communities of solidarity and social justice.
The concluding chapters identify potential implications for policy and professional practice to promote communities of solidarity, addressing the structural causes of widening inequalities, taking account of different interests, including those related to social class, gender, ethnicity, age, ability and faith. |
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The New Social Mobility: How the Politicians Got it Wrong. |
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Payne, Geoff/ 9781447310655/ Price:GBP 26.99
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Despite becoming a big issue in public debate, social mobility is one of the most misunderstood processes of our time. In this accessible and engaging text, Geoff Payne, one of Britain¡¦s leading mobility analysts, presents up-to-date sociological research evidence to demonstrate how our politicians have not grasped the ways in which mobility works. The new social mobility argues for considering a wider range of dimensions of mobility and life chances, notably the workings of the labour market, to assess more accurately the causes and consequences of mobility as social and political processes. Bringing together a range of literature and research, it covers key themes of mobility analysis, and offers a critical and original approach to social mobility. This important book will challenge the well-established opinions of politicians, pressure groups, the press, academics and the public; it is also sufficiently comprehensive to be suitable for teaching and of interest to a broad academic audience. |
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Austerity, Community Action, and the Future of Citizenship in Europe. |
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Cohen, Shana/ 9781447331032/ Price:GBP 85.99
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The politics of austerity has seen governments across Europe cut back on welfare provision. As the State retreats, this edited collection explores secular and faith-based grassroots social action in Germany and the United Kingdom that has evolved in response to changing economic policy and expanding needs, from basic items such as food to more complex means to move out of poverty.
Bringing together scholars from different disciplines and practitioners in several areas of social intervention, the book explores how the conceptualization and constitutive practices of citizenship and community are changing because of the retreat of the State and the challenge of meeting social and material needs, creating new opportunities for local activism.
The book provides new ways of thinking about social and political belonging and about the relations between individual, collective, and State responsibility. |
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Building Better Societies: Promoting Social Justice in a World Falling Apart. |
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Atkinson, Rowland/ 9781447332039/ Price:GBP 21.99
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What would it take to make society better? For the majority, conditions are getting worse and this will continue unless strong action is taken. This book offers a wide range of expert contributors outlining what might help to make better societies and which mechanisms, interventions and evidence are needed when we think about a better society.
The book looks at what is needed to prevent the proliferation of harm and the gradual collapse of civil society. It argues that social scientists need to cast aside their commitment to the established order and its ideological support systems, look ahead at the likely outcomes of various interventions and move to the forefront of informed political debate.
Providing practical steps and policy programmes, this is ideal for academics and students across a wide range of social science fields and those interested in social inequality. |
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Consulting Skills for Social Researchers. |
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Haslam, Simon/ 9781447333869/ Price:GBP 14.99
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Consulting skills help researchers frame and define research projects, manage the social research process, engage with stakeholders and influence change. This practitioner-oriented text is the first to help social researchers and those active in the social research sector develop these skills, drawn from the International Council of Management Consulting Institutes¡¦ consulting competence framework. It will aid understanding of effective consulting skills in the UK and international social research community and will be invaluable for all those commissioning, managing and conducting social research. |
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Doing Reflexivity: An Introduction. |
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Dean, Jon/ 9781447330851/ Price:GBP 29.99
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Reflexivity is vital in social research projects, but there remains relatively little advice on how to execute it in practice. This book provides social science researchers with both a strong rationale for the importance of thinking reflexively and a practical guide to doing reflexivity within their research. The first book on the subject to build primarily on the theoretical and empirical contributions of Pierre Bourdieu's reflexive work, it combines academic analysis with practical examples and case studies, drawing both on recent reflexive research projects and original empirical data from new projects conducted by the author. Written in an engaging and accessible style, the book will be of interest to researchers from all career stages and disciplinary backgrounds, but especially early-career researchers and students who are struggling with subjectivity, positionality, and the realities of being reflexive. |
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| SA05-466 |
Race and Transatlantic Identities. |
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Kenney, Elizabeth T./ 9780415792530/ Price:GBP 120.00
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| SA05-464 |
Reasoning with Data: An Introduction to Traditional and Bayesian Statistics Using R. |
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Stanton, Jeffrey M./ 9781462530267/ Price:US$ 47.00
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Engaging and accessible, this book teaches readers how to use inferential statistical thinking to check their assumptions, assess evidence about their beliefs, and avoid overinterpreting results that may look more promising than they really are. It provides step-by-step guidance for using both classical (frequentist) and Bayesian approaches to inference. Statistical techniques covered side by side from both frequentist and Bayesian approaches include hypothesis testing, replication, analysis of variance, calculation of effect sizes, regression, time series analysis, and more. Students also get a complete introduction to the open-source R programming language and its key packages. Throughout the text, simple commands in R demonstrate essential data analysis skills using real-data examples. The companion website provides annotated R code for the book's examples, in-class exercises, supplemental reading lists, and links to online videos, interactive materials, and other resources.
Pedagogical Features
Playful, conversational style and gradual approach; suitable for students without strong math backgrounds.
End-of-chapter exercises based on real data supplied in the free R package.
Technical explanation and equation/output boxes.
Appendices on how to install R and work with the sample datasets. |
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| SA05-464 |
Successful Academic Writing: A Complete Guide for Social and Behavioral Scientists. |
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Singh, Anneliese A./ 9781462529391/ Price:US$ 31.00
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Using rich examples and engaging pedagogical tools, this book equips students to master the challenges of academic writing in graduate school and beyond. The authors delve into nitty-gritty aspects of structure, style, and language, and offer a window onto the thought processes and strategies that strong writers rely on. Essential topics include how to: identify the audience for a particular piece of writing; craft a voice appropriate for a discipline-specific community of practice; compose the sections of a qualitative, quantitative, or mixed-methods research article; select the right peer-reviewed journal for submitting an article; and navigate the publication process. Readers are also guided to build vital self-coaching skills in order to stay motivated and complete projects successfully.
User-Friendly Features
Exercises (with answers) analyzing a variety of texts.
Annotated excerpts from peer-reviewed journal articles.
Practice opportunities that help readers apply the ideas to their own writing projects.
Personal reflections and advice on common writing hurdles.
End-of-chapter Awareness and Action Reminders with clear steps to take. |
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| SA05-463 |
The CIPP Evaluation Model: How to Evaluate for Improvement and Accountability. |
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Stufflebeam, Daniel L./ 9781462529247/ Price:US$ 122.00
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| SA05-463 |
Modern Sociological Theory. |
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Ritzer, George/ 9781506325620/ Price:GBP 77.00
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| SA05-463 |
Covert Research: The Art, Politics and Ethics of Undercover Fieldwork. |
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Calvey, David/ 9781849203845/ Price:GBP 35.99
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| SA05-463 |
Research Design and Methodology. |
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Gallo, Jurex C./ 9781680959123/ Price:US$ 145.00
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| SA05-462 |
Qualitative Research: Analyzing Life. |
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Johnny Saldana/ 9781506305493/ Price:GBP 58.00
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| SA05-462 |
The CIPP Evaluation Model: How to Evaluate for Improvement and Accountability. |
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Stufflebeam, Daniel L./ 9781462529230/ Price:US$ 62.00
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The authoritative presentation of a leading evaluation approach, this book describes the CIPP (Context, Input, Process, and Product) Model¡¦s origin, concepts, and procedures. Unlike many models, CIPP provides for feedback throughout a program. Richly illustrated with evaluation cases, the book covers methods for engaging stakeholders; designing, budgeting, and contracting evaluations; collecting, analyzing, and reporting information; and conducting metaevaluations. User-friendly features include 26 reproducible checklists and forms and references to relevant computer programs. Purchasers get access to a companion website where they can download and print the reproducible tools as well as supplementary materials, including the CIPP Evaluation Model Checklist.
User-Friendly Features
Introduction boxes providing an overview of each chapter.
Within-chapter recaps of key concepts.
End-of-chapter review questions and exercises.
End-of-book glossary.
Appendix listing hundreds of CIPP evaluations across disciplines. |
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| SA05-461 |
The Concept and Measurement of Violence against Women and Men. |
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Walby, Sylvia/ 9781447332633/ Price:GBP 14.99
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The book is a guide to how the measurement of violence can be best achieved. It shows how to make femicide, rape, domestic violence, and FGM visible in official statistics. It offers practical guidance on definitions, indicators and coordination mechanisms. It reflects on theoretical debates on ¡¥what is gender¡¦, ¡¥what is violence¡¦, and ¡¥the concept of coercive control¡¦. and introduces the concept of ¡¥gender saturated context¡¦. Analysing the socially constructed nature of statistics and the links between knowledge and power, it sets new standards and guidelines to influence the measurement of violence in the coming decades. |
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| SA05-460 |
Social Structure and Change. |
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Pilkey, C./ 9781682512869/ Price:US$ 140.00
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Social structure is the patterned social arrangements in society that are both emergent from and determinant of the actions of the individuals. It is the system of socioeconomic
stratification, social institutions, or, other patterned relations between large social groups. This book deals with urban and institutional development, economic development, income distribution, labor relations, ethnic relationships and problems, the role of women, and changes in education. |
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| SA05-460 |
Social Stratification and Mobility. |
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Robinson, Allen/ 9781682512883/ Price:US$ 145.00
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Social stratification is a society¡¦s categorization of people into socioeconomic strata, based upon their occupation and income, wealth and social status, or derived power. As such, stratification is the relative social position of persons within a social group, category, geographic region, or social unit. Social mobility is defined as the movement of individuals, families, households, or other categories of people within or between layers or tiers in an open system of social stratification. This book provides refreshing take on existing theories, incorporates the latest data, and lends new perspectives to classic debates. |
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| SA05-458 |
Digital Sociologies. |
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Daniels, Jessie/ 9781447329015/ Price:GBP 35.99
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Providing a much needed overview of the growing field of digital sociology, this handbook connects digital media technologies to the traditional sociological areas of study, like labour, culture, education, race, class and gender. Rooted in a critical understanding of inequality as foundational to digital sociology and is edited by leaders in the field. It includes topics ranging from web analytics, wearable technologies, social media analysis and digital labour. This rigorous, accessible text explores contemporary dilemmas and problems of the digital age in relation to inequality, institutions and social identity, making it suitable for use for a global audience on a variety of social science courses and beyond. Offering an important step forward for the discipline of sociology Digital sociologies is an important intellectual benchmark in placing digital at the forefront of investigating the social. |
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| SA05-457 |
Regression Analysis and Linear Models: Concepts, Applications, and Implementation. |
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Darlington, Richard B./ 9781462521135/ Price:US$ 90.00
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Ephasizing conceptual understanding over mathematics, this user-friendly text introduces linear regression analysis to students and researchers across the social, behavioral, consumer, and health sciences. Coverage includes model construction and estimation, quantification and measurement of multivariate and partial associations, statistical control, group comparisons, moderation analysis, mediation and path analysis, and regression diagnostics, among other important topics. Engaging worked-through examples demonstrate each technique, accompanied by helpful advice and cautions. The use of SPSS, SAS, and STATA is emphasized, with an appendix on regression analysis using R. The companion website (www.afhayes.com) provides datasets for the book's examples as well as the RLM macro for SPSS and SAS.
Pedagogical Features:
Chapters include SPSS, SAS, or STATA code pertinent to the analyses described, with each distinctively formatted for easy identification.
An appendix documents the RLM macro, which facilitates computations for estimating and probing interactions, dominance analysis, heteroscedasticity-consistent standard errors, and linear spline regression, among other analyses.
Students are guided to practice what they learn in each chapter using datasets provided online.
Addresses topics not usually covered, such as ways to measure a variable¡¦s importance, coding systems for representing categorical variables, causation, and myths about testing interaction. |
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Growth Modeling: Structural Equation and Multilevel Modeling Approaches. |
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Grimm, Kevin J./ 9781462526062/ Price:US$ 79.00
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Growth models are among the core methods for analyzing how and when people change. Discussing both structural equation and multilevel modeling approaches, this book leads readers step by step through applying each model to longitudinal data to answer particular research questions. It demonstrates cutting-edge ways to describe linear and nonlinear change patterns, examine within-person and between-person differences in change, study change in latent variables, identify leading and lagging indicators of change, evaluate co-occurring patterns of change across multiple variables, and more. User-friendly features include real data examples, code (for Mplus or NLMIXED in SAS, and OpenMx or nlme in R), discussion of the output, and interpretation of each model's results.
User-Friendly Features
Real, worked-through longitudinal data examples serving as illustrations in each chapter.
Script boxes that provide code for fitting the models to example data and facilitate application to the reader's own data.
"Important Considerations" sections offering caveats, warnings, and recommendations for the use of specific models.
Companion website supplying datasets and syntax for the book's examples, along with additional code in SAS/R for linear mixed-effects modeling. |
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The Production of Reality: Essays and Readings on Social Interaction. |
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O'Brien, Jodi/ 9781452217833/ Price:GBP 90.00
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Gender: God |
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Sian Melvill Hawthorne/ 9780028663173/ Price:US$ 231.00
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This volume of the Macmillan Interdisciplinary Handbooks series on gender studies engages feminist, queer, and transgender perspectives on religion. Gender: God offers a critical examination of diverse conceptualizations of God and explores the roles they play in society and which have practices and assumptions about gender and sexuality at their heart. Its 23 chapters examine such topics as the imago Dei, Goddess Spirituality, the imitatio Christi, origin myths, postcolonial, queer, critical race, and disability theologies,sacred spaces, and blasphemy. Chapters are written by eminent scholars, are peer reviewed, include illustrations, and offer bibliographies to encourage further research. The volume concludes with a glossary and a comprehensive index.
Features and Benefits
¡EAll chapters in GENDER: GOD are newly commissioned and hence based on fresh and topical research and debates from a variety of fields--including philosophy, disability studies, literature, art, social sciences, (old and new) media, history, politics, and religion.
¡EChapters (23 total) are written by eminent scholars and are peer reviewed.
¡EThe volume will include a glossary, bibliographies of worked cited and suggestions for further reading, approximately 30 relevant images, and an index. |
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Gender: War |
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Peto, Andrea/ 9780028663227/ Price:US$ 231.00
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Part of the Macmillan Interdisciplinary Handbooks series on gender studies, Gender: War examines war through the discipline of gender and sexuality studies. Containing 24 chapters, the volume demonstrates that bodies and other allegedly passive material/other allegedly passive objects have a history and also agency. Chapters describe feminist interventions in war and violence history¡¦s genealogy, present incarnations, and possibilities for the future in the context of gender and sexuality studies. Chapters are written by eminent scholars, are peer reviewed, include illustrations, and offer bibliographies to encourage further research. The volume concludes with a glossary and a comprehensive index. |
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Gender: Laughter |
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Papenburg, Bettina/ 9780028663180/ Price:US$ 231.00
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Part of the Macmillan Interdisciplinary Handbooks series on gender studies, Gender: Laughter examines the forms and function of laughter through the discipline of gender and sexuality studies. Comprised of 25 chapters, the volume assesses laughter and related forms of cultural expression, such as artworks, discourses, genres, and styles, and their deployment in feminist and queer theory and activism as well as in the cultural sphere at large. How does laughter signify and spur the empowerment of women, queers, and racialized subjects, and how does it generate solidarity among and between minority groups? Chapters are written by eminent scholars, are peer reviewed, include illustrations, and offer bibliographies to encourage further research. The volume concludes with a glossary and a comprehensive index. |
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Gender: Matter |
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Alaimo, Stacy/ 9780028663203/ Price:US$ 231.00
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Part of the Macmillan Interdisciplinary Handbooks series on gender studies, Gender: Matter focuses on matter and its relation to gender. Organized around four parts totaling 28 chapters, the volume maps out feminist engagements with matter and materiality. The volume approaches matter not from a natural sciences perspective but from a humanities and social science perspective, asking what role matter plays in feminist, queer, and other social and political theories. The volume also grapples with how changes to matter, or the biophysical world, affect what sex and gender may mean in the twenty-first century. Chapters are written by eminent scholars, are peer reviewed, include illustrations, and offer bibliographies to encourage further research. The volume concludes with a glossary and a comprehensive index. |
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Gender: Animals |
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Juno Salazar Parrenas/ 9780028663166/ Price:US$ 231.00
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This volume of the Macmillan Interdisciplinary Handbooks series on gender studies engages feminist, queer, and transgender perspectives on animals. Gender: Animals traces how non-human and human animals are crucial subjects in gender studies, especially when it comes to understanding matters of life and death, difference and diversity, carnality, and representation. Its 21 chapters examine such topics as feminist food politics, veterinary care, zoos, microbes, breeding, chattel slavery, industrial slaughter, and animal internet stardom. Chapters are written by eminent scholars, are peer reviewed, include illustrations, and offer bibliographies to encourage further research. The volume concludes with a glossary and a comprehensive index.
Features and Benefits
¡EAll chapters in GENDER: ANIMALS are newly commissioned and hence based on fresh and topical research and debates from a variety of fields--including philosophy, disability studies, literature, art, film, social sciences, (old and new) media, history, politics, and religion.
¡EChapters (21 total) are written by eminent scholars and are peer reviewed.
¡EThe volume will include a glossary, bibliographies of worked cited and suggestions for further reading, approximately 25 relevant images, and an index. |
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Successful Academic Writing: A Complete Guide for Social and Behavioral Scientists. |
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Singh, Anneliese A./ 9781462529407/ Price:US$ 81.00
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Using rich examples and engaging pedagogical tools, this book equips students to master the challenges of academic writing in graduate school and beyond. The authors delve into nitty-gritty aspects of structure, style, and language, and offer a window onto the thought processes and strategies that strong writers rely on. Essential topics include how to: identify the audience for a particular piece of writing; craft a voice appropriate for a discipline-specific community of practice; compose the sections of a qualitative, quantitative, or mixed-methods research article; select the right peer-reviewed journal for submitting an article; and navigate the publication process. Readers are also guided to build vital self-coaching skills in order to stay motivated and complete projects successfully.
User-Friendly Features
Exercises (with answers) analyzing a variety of texts.
Annotated excerpts from peer-reviewed journal articles.
Practice opportunities that help readers apply the ideas to their own writing projects.
Personal reflections and advice on common writing hurdles.
End-of-chapter Awareness and Action Reminders with clear steps to take. |
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Reasoning with Data: An Introduction to Traditional and Bayesian Statistics Using R. |
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Stanton, Jeffrey M./ 9781462530274/ Price:US$ 97.00
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Death Penalty in a Nutshell. |
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Streib, Victor/ 9781634603027/ Price:US$ 58.00
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Living on the Margins: Undocumented Migrants in a Global City |
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Alice Bloch/ 9781447319375/ Price:GBP 27.99
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Living on the margins offers a unique insight into the working lives of undocumented (or ¡¥irregular¡¦) migrants living in London, and their employers. Breaking new ground, this topical book exposes the contradictions in policies, which marginalise and criminalise these migrants, while promoting exploitative labour market policies. However, the book reveals that the migrants can be active agents in shaping their lives within the constraint of status. Taking an inter-disciplinary approach, this fascinating book offers an international context to the research and provides theoretical, policy and empirical analyses. It will appeal to undergraduate and postgraduate students, researchers and academics, as well as policy makers, practitioners and interested non-specialists. |
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Poverty and Social Exclusion in the UK: Volume 1, The Nature and Extent of the Problem |
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Esther Dermott/ 9781447332152/ Price:GBP 85.99
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The largest UK research study on poverty and social exclusion ever conducted reveals startling levels of deprivation. 18m people are unable to afford adequate housing; 14m can¡¦t afford essential household goods; and nearly half the population have some form of financial insecurity.
Defining poverty as those whose lack of resources forces them to live below a publicly agreed minimum standard, this text provides unique and detailed insights into the nature and extent of poverty and social exclusion in the UK today.
Written by a team of leading academics, the book reports on the extent and nature of poverty for different social groups: older and younger people; parents and children; ethnic groups; men and women; disabled people; and across regions through the recent period of austerity. It reflects on where government policies have made an impact and considers potential future developments. |
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Doing Reflexivity: An Introduction |
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Jon Dean/ 9781447330844/ Price:GBP 85.99
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Building Better Societies |
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Rowland Atkinson/ 9781447332022/ Price:GBP 85.99
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The New Social Mobility: How the Politicians Got It Wrong |
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Geoff Payne/ 9781447310662/ Price:GBP 79.99
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Despite becoming a big issue in public debate, social mobility is one of the most misunderstood processes of our time. In this accessible and engaging text, Geoff Payne, one of Britain¡¦s leading mobility analysts, presents up-to-date sociological research evidence to demonstrate how our politicians have not grasped the ways in which mobility works. The new social mobility argues for considering a wider range of dimensions of mobility and life chances, notably the workings of the labour market, to assess more accurately the causes and consequences of mobility as social and political processes. Bringing together a range of literature and research, it covers key themes of mobility analysis, and offers a critical and original approach to social mobility. This important book will challenge the well-established opinions of politicians, pressure groups, the press, academics and the public; it is also sufficiently comprehensive to be suitable for teaching and of interest to a broad academic audience. |
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Rethinking Poverty: What Makes a Good Society? |
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Barry Knight/ 9781447340607/ Price:GBP 10.99
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n our society, a wealthy minority flourish, while around one-fifth experience chronic poverty and many people on middle incomes fear for their futures.
Social policy has failed to find answers to these problems and there is now a demand for a new narrative to enable us to escape from the crisis in our society.
With the aim of ending poverty, this book argues that we need to start with the society we want, rather than framing poverty as a problem to be solved. It calls for a bold forward-looking social policy that addresses continuing austerity, under-resourced organisations and a lack of social solidarity.
Based on a research programme carried out by the Webb Memorial Trust involving leading organisations, academics, community activists, children, and surveys of more than 12,000 people living in poverty, a key theme is power which shows that the way forward is to increase people¡¦s sense of agency in building the society that they want. |
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Poverty and Social Exclusion in the UK: Volume 2, The Dimensions of Disadvantage |
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Glen Bramley/ 9781447334224/ Price:GBP 85.99
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The Inequality Crisis: The Facts and What We Can Do About It |
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Roger Brown/ 9781447337584/ Price:GBP 13.99
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What are the causes of the rise in economic inequality in the West and what can be done about it?
Inequality has at last taken centre stage in the political discourse, but there is very little to explain the inequality debates and to offer solutions for the UK.
Written by an award-winning academic and policymaker, this introductory book provides a comprehensive survey of all the available evidence, looking at both sides of the inequality argument.
Fully up-to-date with the latest developments from Brexit in the UK to Donald Trump¡¦s election in the USA, this accessible and jargon-free introduction is international in scope and packed with fascinating facts and quotes. |
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Principles-Focused Evaluation: The GUIDE. |
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Patton, Michael Q./ 9781462531905/ Price:US$ 112.00
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How can programs and organizations ensure they are adhering to core principles¡Xand assess whether doing so is yielding desired results? From evaluation pioneer Michael Quinn Patton, this book introduces the principles-focused evaluation (P-FE) approach and demonstrates its relevance and application in a range of settings. Patton explains why principles matter for program development and evaluation and how they can serve as a rudder to navigate the uncertainties, turbulence, and emergent challenges of complex dynamic environments. In-depth exemplars illustrate how the unique GUIDE framework is used to determine whether principles provide meaningful guidance (G) and are useful (U), inspiring (I), developmentally adaptable (D), and evaluable (E). User-friendly features include rubrics, a P-FE checklist, firsthand reflections and examples from experienced P-FE practitioners, sidebars and summary tables, and end-of-chapter application exercises. |
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Evaluation Essentials: From A to Z. |
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Alkin, Marvin C./ 9781462532414/ Price:US$ 97.00
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Thoroughly revised and updated, this engaging text has given thousands of students and new evaluators the practical information and expert advice needed to conduct or use evaluations. In 26 concise sections, the book describes how to articulate answerable evaluation questions, collect and analyze data using both quantitative and qualitative methods, and deal with contingencies that might alter the traditional sequence of an evaluation. Special strengths of the text are its attention to individual, organizational, and community culture and emphasis on building collaborative relationships with stakeholders. An in-depth case study and related end-of-section exercises (including group activities) help students put themselves in the evaluator role. Other pedagogical features include section titles written as questions, bulleted recaps of each section, "Thinking Ahead" and "Next Steps" pointers, cautionary notes, and suggestions for further reading.
New to This Edition
New and expanded topics: evaluation contracts, budgeting, surveys, data visualization, qualitative coding and memoing, factors affecting evaluation use, and context-sensitive evaluation.
Revised case study with extended exercises that guide the reader to complete a simulated evaluation.
End-of-section "Quick Read" links to recommended American Evaluation Association blog posts.
Four entirely new sections (such as "How Do You Strengthen Relationships with Stakeholders?" and "How Do We Plan a Process-Focused Evaluation Design?"), plus other changes and additions throughout. |
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Collaborative, Participatory, and Empowerment Evaluation: Stakeholder Involvement Approaches. |
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Fetterman, David M./ 9781462532834/ Price:US$ 86.00
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From pioneering leaders in the field, this is the first book to provide a solid foundation for three major stakeholder involvement approaches: collaborative, participatory, and empowerment evaluation. Highlighting differences among the approaches, the authors focus on the role of the evaluator, who may be in charge of the evaluation, share control, or serve as a "critical friend," leaving stakeholders in control. Practitioners are guided to select and implement the most appropriate framework for the purpose and scope of a given evaluation and the needs of community members and funders. For each approach, a chapter on essential features is followed by two chapters presenting actual sample evaluations¡Xfor example, early childhood and community health initiatives, an aquarium, a project with Google, and more. The concluding chapter discusses similarities and circumstances in which the approaches can be combined. |
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The Impact of Co-Production: From Community Engagement to Social Justice |
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Aksel Ersoy/ 9781447330288/ Price:GBP 85.99
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Left-Handed In An Islamic World: An Anthropologist's Journey into the Middle East |
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John P. Mason/ 9780998147710/ Price:US$ 26.00
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A major aim of the book is to present stories of Arabs the author met and lived with as a social anthropologist. The stories cover a period from 1968-2012. Lawrence of Arabia serves as an inspiration for the journey. Throughout the book the author calls upon a significant amount of history to give a background and to contextualize the stories.
The stories describe the social lives of Arabs in a variety of places, those living in an oasis village, others in a mid-sized city, and yet others in a major metropolis. Some of the places are conflict or post-conflict zones. One is in a state of war. The countries include Libya and Egypt for longer periods and many other Arab countries for shorter visits. In most of the stories, the Arabs are Muslims, though in some they are Christians.
The book presents Islam in its many shapes and different contexts. At its ¡¥best,¡¦ Islam will be seen as lived by Libyan Desert oasis villagers in creating a harmonious, well-lived life. In other cases, Islam will be glimpsed in ways not so favorable, especially in the treatment of non-Muslim Arabs living in Islamic societies. The author touches on a few theories as to why conflict is endemic to the Middle East. But none of these theories accounts fully for the recent emergence of the egregious behavior of such self-acclaimed groups as the Islamic State or ISIS, who pervert the religion to achieve their renewed Caliphate prophesies. |
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Community organising against racism: 'Race', ethnicity and community development |
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Gary Craig/ 9781447333746/ Price:GBP 90.99
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Challenging the Myth of Gender Equality in Sweden |
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Lena Martinsson/ 9781447325970/ Price:GBP 27.99
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Sweden is often considered one of the most gender-equal countries in the world and held up as a model to follow, but the reality is more complex. This is the first book to explode the myth of Swedish gender equality, both offering a new perspective for an international audience, and suggesting how equality might be rethought more generally.
While the authors argue that the gender-equality mantra in Sweden has led to a society with increased opportunities for some, they also assert that the dominant norm of gender equality has become nationalistic and builds upon heteronormative and racial principles. Examining the changing meanings and parameters of gender equality against the country's social-democratic tradition and in the light of contemporary neoliberal ideologies, the book constitutes an urgent contribution to the debates about gender-equality policies and politics. |
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Social Protection After the Crisis: Regulation Without Enforcement |
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Steve Tombs/ 9781447313762/ Price:GBP 27.99
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UK austerity policies include anti-regulatory pressures to ¡¥free up¡¦ private capital to produce wealth, employment and tax revenues. This topical book by a recognised scholar on the regulation of corporate crime and social harm considers the economic, political and social consequences of the economic crisis, the nature of social protection and the dynamics of the current crisis of regulation. It is unique in documenting how economic and social welfare are inconsistent with corporate freedom, and in an empirical and theoretical analysis of regulatory reform within the context of wide-scale social change.
Based on empirical research and with a focus on environmental, food, and workplace safety, it considers how we reached the current crisis of anti-regulation and how we might overcome it. The author proposes radically rethinking ¡¥regulation¡¦ to address conceptual, policy and practical issues, making the book essential reading for those interested in this important topic. |
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Brain Culture: Shaping Policy through Neuroscience |
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Jessica Pykett/ 9781447314059/ Price:GBP 29.99
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This unique book offers a timely analysis of the impact of rapidly advancing knowledge about the brain, mind and behaviour on contemporary public policy and practice. Examining developments in behaviour change policies, neuroscience, architecture and urban design, education, and workplace training programmes the book analyses the global spread of research agendas, policy experiments and everyday practice informed by ¡¥brain culture¡¦. It offers an alternative, geographically informed set of explanations for what matters in explaining how people behave and how citizens¡¦ behaviour should be governed. It will be of interest to students and academics across the social and behavioural sciences. |
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Ageing and Globalisation |
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Martin Hyde/ 9781447322306/ Price:GBP 27.99
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Population ageing and globalisation represent two of the most radical social transformations that have occurred. This book provides, for the first time, an accessible overview of how they interact.
Ageing has been conventionally framed within the boundaries of nation states, yet demographic changes, transmigration, financial globalization and the global media have rendered this perspective problematic. This much-needed book is the first to apply theories of globalisation to gerontology, including Appadurai¡¦s theory, allowing readers to understand the implications of growing older in a global age.
This comprehensive introduction to globalisation for gerontologists is part of the Ageing in a Global Context series, published in association with the British Society of Gerontology. It will be of particular interest to advanced undergraduate and postgraduate students and academics in this area. |
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Population Growth and Rapid Urbanization in the Developing World |
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Benna, Umar G./ 9781522501879/ Price:US$ 205.00
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As the global population continues to boom, particularly in the developing countries, it has become necessary to find ways to handle this increase through various policy tools that address population growth and urbanization problems. The urbanization process has both potentials issues as well as opportunities to move societies forward that need to be exploited.
Population Growth and Rapid Urbanization in the Developing World examines trends, challenges, issues and strategies adopted by developing countries in the face of population growth and rapid urbanization and its impact on urban environments. The book explores patterns of population growth and urbanization, use of different governance approaches in addressing challenges, as well as different tools and systems of appropriate allocation to address issues. The book is a comprehensive reference for academicians, students, practitioners, professionals, managers, urban planners and government officials.
Topics Covered
¡EDigital Technology
¡EEffective Management
¡EEthical Issues
¡EGovernance
¡EHard Infrastructure Systems
¡EService Provision
¡ESocial Equity
¡ESoft Infrastructure Systems
¡ETransportation Systems |
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Generating Data, 4-Vols/Set |
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Curtis, Bruce/ 9781473907829/ Price:GBP 745.00
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Generating data is the defining aspect of empirical work. Data in this respect is understood as information-capacitated material that must be discovered, mined, unearthed - or a near limitless range of similar adjectives. This major work cross-cuts a number of substantive methodologies and is structured around seven groupings of research in four-volumes which provide the context for data generation:
Volume One: Naturalistic research
Volume Two: Interrogative research and Experimental research
Volume Three: Material research and De-centred research
Volume Four: Biographic research and Secondary research
Drawing on highly influential articles from sociology, social psychology, social anthropology, and education, this is a vital
collection for researchers across the social sciences.
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The SAGE Handbook of Survey Methodology |
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Wolf, Christof/ 9781446282663/ Price:GBP 135.00
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Survey Methodology is becoming a more structured field of research, deserving of more and more academic attention. The SAGE Handbook of Survey Methodology explores both the increasingly scientific endeavour of surveys and their growing complexity, as different data collection modes and information sources are combined.
The handbook takes a global approach, with a team of international experts looking at local and national specificities, as well as problems of cross-national, comparative survey research. The chapters are organized into seven major sections, each of which represents a stage in the survey life-cycle:
¡ESurveys and Societies
¡EPlanning a Survey
¡EMeasurement
¡ESampling
¡EData Collection
¡EPreparing Data for Use
¡EAssessing and Improving Data Quality
The SAGE Handbook of Survey Methodology is a landmark and essential tool for any scholar within the social sciences. |
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Combating Violent Extremism and Radicalization in the Digital Era |
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Khader, Majeed/ 9781522501565/ Price:US$ 190.00
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Advances in digital technologies have provided ample positive impacts to modern society; however, in addition to such benefits, these innovations have inadvertently created a new venue for criminal activity to generate.
Combating Violent Extremism and Radicalization in the Digital Era is an essential reference for the latest research on the utilization of online tools by terrorist organizations to communicate with and recruit potential extremists and examines effective countermeasures employed by law enforcement agencies to defend against such threats. Focusing on perspectives from the social and behavioral sciences, this book is a critical source for researchers, analysts, intelligence officers, and policy makers interested in preventive methods for online terrorist activities.
Topics Covered
¡EDeradicalization Methods
¡ELinguistic Techniques
¡EOnline News Media
¡EPropaganda
¡EPsychological Implications
¡ESocial Media Analytics
¡ESpear Phishing |
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Handbook of Research on Chaos and Complexity Theory in the Social Sciences |
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Sefika Sule Ercetin/ 9781522501480/ Price:US$ 305.00
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The concept of ¡§chaos¡¨, and chaos theory, though it is a field of study specifically in the field of mathematics with applications in physics, engineering, economics, management, and education, has also recently taken root in the social sciences. As a method of analyzing the way in which the digital age has connected society more than ever, chaos and complexity theory serves as a tactic to tie world events and cope with the information overload that is associated with heightened social connectivity.
The Handbook of Research on Chaos and Complexity Theory in the Social Sciences explores the theories of chaos and complexity as applied to a variety of disciplines including political science, organizational and management science, economics, and education. Presenting diverse research-based perspectives on mathematical patterns in the world system, this publication is an essential reference source for scholars, researchers, mathematicians, social theorists, and graduate-level students in a variety of disciplines.
Topics Covered
¡EComplex Systems Theory
¡EEconomics
¡EGlobal Conflict
¡EInformal Organizations
¡ELeadership
¡EOrganizational Entropy
¡ESocial Networks
¡ESocial Policies
¡ESocio-Economic Development
¡EUniversity Systems
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| VA05-471 |
Childhood Studies, 4-Vols/Set. |
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Montgomery, Heather/ 9781138014992/ Price:GBP 300.00
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This landmark publication from Routledge reflects the widespread recognition of Childhood Studies as a significant and mature area of cross-disciplinary study and research. And as serious scholarly work in and around Childhood Studies blossoms as never before, this new four-volume collection from Routledge¡¦s acclaimed Critical Concepts in the Social Sciences series meets the need for an authoritative reference work to make sense of a rapidly growing and ever more complex corpus of literature.
With contributions from a broad range of disciplines (including Sociology, Social Policy, Social Work, Education, Anthropology, Cultural Studies, History, Geography, and Law), Childhood Studies assembles the key theoretical and empirical major works in a ¡¥one-stop¡¦ resource. It covers themes such as: generational relations; everyday lives; practice and participation; and children¡¦s rights and their place in the world. The collection shows how Childhood Studies has widened its focus from developmental issues to the broader concerns of children in society, as actors and agents, and as subjects of policy intervention. Edited by a leading scholar, Childhood Studies is an indispensable resource for all those concerned with the study of children and childhood.
Volume 1: Contextualising Childhood: Theories and Debates
Volume 2: Global and Transnational Childhoods
Volume 3: Children¡¦s Daily Lives
Volume 4: Children¡¦s Rights and Children¡¦s Welfare |
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Space, 4-Vols/Set. |
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Merriman, Peter/ 9780415718226/ Price:GBP 1050.00
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While often eluding the attention of the everyman, ¡¥space¡¦ has been a longstanding concern of geographers (and of great interest to scholars from many other parts of the academy). ¡¥Space¡¦ has been variously treated as absolute, relative, and relational; as a container or backdrop; as a social, aesthetic, and material construct or production; as marked by geographies of power and social difference; as an experiential or perceptual realm; as represented and not representable; as topographical and topological; and as fixed and in constant flux.
Now, this new title from Routledge¡¦s Critical Concepts in Geography series provides the first authoritative reference work to enable users to make sense of space and spatiality in geography, and in related disciplines. Edited by Peter Merriman, a prominent cultural geographer and author of Mobility, Space and Culture (Routledge 2012), Space is a four-volume collection of classic and cutting-edge contributions.
The gathered works in Volume I explicate the philosophical and scientific foundations of contemporary thinking about space and spatiality, while the second volume examines the production of social, economic, and political spaces¡Xtracing, for example, the emergence of social space in sociology and geography; Marxist writings on the socio-political production of capitalist spaces; studies of the spatialities of power; and different approaches to the emergence and constitution of spatial structures, networks, and relations. Volume III brings together important pieces on inhabitation, dwelling, and spaces of embodiment, identity, and difference.
The final volume in the collection focuses on the vibrant and dynamic spatialities of the world, including poststructuralist examinations of how space is practised, performed, and in process; literature on the vibrant materiality, hybridity, and technological production of spaces; and a selection of major works which explore the cultural representation and articulation of spaces. |
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Urban Ecology, 4-Vols/Set. |
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Douglas, Ian/ 9780415729376/ Price:GBP 300.00
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Urban Ecology is a rapidly developing area of research and study. Drawing on the work of many disciplines¡Xincluding geography, planning, landscape architecture, sociology, economics, anthropology, engineering, and climatology¡Xurban ecologists argue that an understanding of the relationships between living organisms and their urban environment as an integrated social-ecological system is an essential component of the decision-making and planning needed to create viable¡Xand sustainable¡Xcities around the world.
Now, Ian Douglas, one of Urban Ecology¡¦s founding fathers (and editor of Routledge¡¦s Handbook of Urban Ecology (2010), has brought together in four volumes the canonical and the very best cutting-edge research. The collection enables users readily to comprehend the philosophies, theories, and history of Urban Ecology, and make sense of the biophysical character of the urban environment, and the diverse habitats found within it. Urban Ecology also assembles essential works exploring how science can be put into practice to generate significant health, economic, and environmental benefits.
With a full index, together with a comprehensive introduction, newly written by the editor, which places the collected material in its historical and intellectual context, Urban Ecology is an essential work of reference. The collection will be particularly useful as a database allowing scattered and often fugitive material to be easily located. It will also be welcomed as a crucial tool permitting rapid access to less familiar¡Xand sometimes overlooked¡Xtexts. For researchers, students, practitioners, and policy-makers, it is a vital one-stop research and pedagogic resource. |
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Actor-Network Theory Research, 4-Vols/Set. |
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Nimmo, Richie/ 9781473902169/ Price:GBP 725.00
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Actor Network Theory has grown into one of the most innovative and influential approaches for social science research. Originating in the field of science and technology studies with scholars Michel Callon, Bruno Latour and John Law, it is now used widely across the social sciences and beyond. In this four-volume collection, Richie Nimmo brings together defining research articles on Actor-Network Theory to chart its emergence, development and transformation over time, as well as its application in multiple fields.
This comprehensive major work is organised thematically and features sections on:
Part One - Emergence, Development and Transformation:
The Sociology of Translation
Techno-Politics and Sociotechnical Relations
Reflexivity, Heterogeneity and Symmetry
Topology and Post-Social Ontologies
Materiality and Ontological Politics
Method Assemblages and Inscriptions
Critiques and Clarifications
Part Two - Translations, Parallels and Mobilisations:
Performing Markets, Finance and Economics
Arts, Taste and Cultures
Bodies, Medicine and Disabilities
Hybrid Geographies and Spaces
Ecologies, Natures and Environments
Animal Actants and Multi-Species Assemblages
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| VA05-461 |
The SAGE Handbook of Cultural Sociology. |
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Inglis, David/ 9781446271971/ Price:GBP 135.00
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Cultural sociology - or the sociology of culture - has grown from a minority interest in the 1970s to become one of the largest and most vibrant areas within sociology globally. In The SAGE Handbook of Cultural Sociology, a global range of experts explore the theory, methodology and innovations that make up this ever-expanding field.
The Handbook's 40 original chapters have been organised into five thematic sections:
¡ETheoretical Paradigms
¡EMajor Methodological Perspectives
¡EDomains of Inquiry
¡ECultural Sociology in Contexts
¡ECultural Sociology and Other Analytical Approaches
Both comprehensive and current, The SAGE Handbook of Cultural Sociology will be an essential reference tool for both advanced students and scholars across sociology, cultural studies and media studies.
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The SAGE Deaf Studies Encyclopedia, 3-Vols/Set. |
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Gertz, Genie/ 9781452259567/ Price:GBP 455.00
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The time has come for a new in-depth encyclopedic collection of entries defining the current state of Deaf Studies at an international level using critical and intersectional lenses encompassing the field. The emergence of Deaf Studies programs at colleges and universities and the broadened knowledge of social sciences (including but not limited to Deaf History, Deaf Culture, Signed Languages, Deaf Bilingual Education, Deaf Art, and more) have served to expand the activities of research, teaching, analysis, and curriculum development. The field has experienced a major shift due to increasing awareness of Deaf Studies research since the mid-1960s. The field has been further influenced by the Deaf community¡¦s movement, resistance, activism and politics worldwide, as well as the impact of technological advances, such as in communications, with cell phones, computers, and other devices.
This new Encyclopedia shifts focus away from the medical model that has view deaf individuals as needing to be remedied in order to correct so-called hearing and speaking deficiencies for the sole purpose of assimilation into mainstream society. The members of deaf communities are part of a distinct cultural and linguistic group with a unique, vibrant community, and way of being.
As precedence, The SAGE Deaf Studies Encyclopedia carves out a new and critical perspective that breathes meaning into organic deaf experiences through a new critical theory lens. Such a focus is novel in that it comes from deaf and hearing allies of the communities where historically, institutions of medicine and disability ride roughshod over authentic experiences.
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Research Ethics in Practice, 3-Vols/Set. |
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Scott-Jones, Julie/ 9781446287576/ Price:GBP 525.00
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This three-volume Major Work explores the subject of ethics as an aspect of research practice.
As many researchers have noted, research design and implementation are two different things; in the ¡¥field¡¦, ethical issues can change and new issues can emerge. What are and are not ethical issues, and the contested and evolving nature of ethics, are a couple of key aspects considered in this collection¡¦s collated literature, and particularly in relation to the different ethical strategies utilised by researchers.
The selected papers in this Major Work are contextualised by introductory passages written by the editor, which explore the rationale, key themes and issues.
Volume One: Power, politics and reflexivity
Volume Two: Covert research
Volume Three: Contemporary issues and challenges
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Research Ethics in Context, 3-Vols/Set. |
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Scott-Jones, Julie/ 9781446282861/ Price:GBP 525.00
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The focus of this Major Work is unequivocally cross-disciplinary: the three-volume collection contains landmark papers which explore ethics issues in context across all research that involves human subjects, taking a look at aspects such as consent, sensitivity, protection from harm, and data protection.
Crucially, a cross-disciplinary approach enables scholars to learn from the best (and worst) practice of others, and helps to cultivate understanding of how many of today¡¦s ethical codes of practice emerged in response to the unethical practice of individuals within a range of disciplines.
The literature is arranged thematically by volume, introduced by the editor¡¦s introduction which provides the context and rationale behind the selection of papers.
Volume One: Historical Context
Volume Two: Classic Cases Redux
Volume Three: Core concepts
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Research Ethics: Context and Practice, 6-Vols/Set. |
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Scott-Jones, Julie/ 9781446295274/ Price:GBP 925.00
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This six-volume collection explores both the contextual and the practical sides of research ethics. The focus of the three volumes on Context is unequivocally cross-disciplinary, containing landmark papers which explore ethics issues in context across all research that involves human subjects, taking a look at aspects such as consent, sensitivity, protection from harm, and data protection.
The three volumes on Practice look at the distinction between design and implementation, exploring how in the ¡¥field¡¦, ethical issues can change and new issues can emerge. What are and are not ethical issues, and the contested and evolving nature of ethics, are a couple of key aspects considered in the literature in these volumes, and particularly in relation to the different ethical strategies utilised by researchers.
As a single resource, this Major Work provides unparalleled coverage of the most significant literature to emerge from this field of study over the past few decades. The papers selected to appear in the volumes are contextualised by introductory passages written by the editor, exploring the rationale behind the selection, the key themes and issues.
Part I: Context
Volume One: Historical Context
Volume Two: Classic Cases Redux
Volume Three: Core Concepts
Part II: Practice
Volume One: Power, Politics and Reflexivity
Volume Two: Covert Research
Volume Three: Contemporary Issues and Challenges
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Indonesia's Overseas Labour Migration Programme, 1969-2010 |
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Wayne Palmer/ 9789004325449/ Price:EUR 75.00
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Understanding Global Cultures: Metaphorical Journeys Through 34 Nations, Clusters of Nations, Continents, and Diversity |
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Martin J. Gannon/ 9781483340074/ Price:GBP 100.00
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Abetting Batterers: What Police, Prosecutors, and Courts Aren't Doing to Protect America's Women. |
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Klein, Andrew R./ 9781442248274/ Price:US$ 40.00
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Responding to Youth Violence Through Youth Work. |
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Seal, Mike/ 9781447323105/ Price:GBP 27.99
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Draws on the findings of a two-year European research project to offer answers to the 'problem' of how to respond to violence involving young people that continues to challenge youth workers and policy makers.
The book combines elements of critical theory, psychosocial criminology and applied existential philosophy to present a new model for responding meaningfully and effectively to these issues, demonstrated through a series of case studies and insider accounts generated through peer research. |
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Narcissistic Parenting in an Insecure World: A History of Parenting Culture 1920 to Present. |
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Hendrick, Harry/ 9781447322566/ Price:GBP 27.99
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The book charts the shift from the liberal and progressive parenting styles of the 1940s-70s, to the more 'behavioural', punitive and managerial methods of childrearing today, made popular by 'experts' such as Gina Ford and Supernanny Jo Frost, and by New Labour's parent education programmes.
This trend, Hendrick argues, is symptomatic of the sour, mean-spirited and vindictive social norms found throughout society today. It undermines the better instincts of parents and, therefore, damages parent-child relations. Instead, he proposes, parents should focus on understanding and helping their children as they work at growing up. |
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Grassroots Youth Work: Policy, Passion and Resistance in Practice. |
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Tania de St Croix/ 9781447328605/ Price:GBP 26.99
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The voices of grassroots youth workers are rarely heard in policy, research or public debate. This book paints a picture of passionate practitioners who build meaningful relationships with marginalised young people, at a time when their practice is threatened by spending cuts, target cultures and market imperatives.
Written by an experienced youth worker, this engaging book uses interviews, dialogue and research diary excerpts to bring youth work practice and theory to life. Offering perspectives not found elsewhere in the literature, it will interest researchers and practitioners in youth and community work, education, social work, and health and social care. Its rich, empirical research will resonate internationally. |
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How Inequality Runs in Families: Unfair Advantage and the Limits of Social Mobility. |
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Calder, Gideon/ 9781447331537/ Price:GBP 10.99
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Most people agree that every child deserves an equal chance to flourish. Most also value family life. Yet the family plays a surprisingly crucial part in maintaining inequality from one generation to the next. The children of disadvantaged parents typically achieve less and die younger. Early in their school careers, even the most able among them fall behind their better-off peers. They are then 8 times less likely to attend a top university. In the UK, as in other rich countries, the ¡¥playing-field¡¦ is anything but level.
This book explores how seemingly mundane aspects of family life ¡V from the right to inherit income, to the reading of bedtime stories ¡V raise fundamental questions of social justice. Taking fairness seriously, it argues, means rethinking what equality of opportunity means. |
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Inequality and African-American Health: How Racial Disparities Create Sickness. |
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Hill, Shirley A./ 9781447322825/ Price:GBP 27.99
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This book shows how living in a highly racialized society affects health through multiple social contexts, including neighborhoods, personal and family relationships, and the medical system.
Black-white disparities in health, illness, and mortality have been widely documented, but most research has focused on single factors that produce and perpetuate those disparities, such as individual health behaviors and access to medical care.
This is the first book to offer a comprehensive perspective on health and sickness among African Americans, starting with an examination of how race has been historically constructed in the US and in the medical system and the resilience of racial ideologies and practices. Racial disparities in health reflect racial inequalities in living conditions, incarceration rates, family systems, and opportunities. These racial disparities often cut across social class boundaries and have gender-specific consequences.
Bringing together data from existing quantitative and qualitative research with new archival and interview data, this book advances research in the fields of families, race-ethnicity, and medical sociology. |
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Social Problems in Popular Culture. |
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Maratea, R. J./ 9781447321583/ Price:GBP 24.99
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¡¥Popular culture¡¦ is more than just a broad term for entertainment and frivolous diversions and is highly relevant to many aspects of society.
In this exciting textbook, the authors offer insights into the important, but often overlooked, relationship between popular culture and social problems. Drawing on historical and topical examples, they apply an innovative theoretical framework to examine how facets of popular culture¡Xfrom movies and music, to toys and games, as well as billboards, bumper stickers, and bracelets¡Xshape how we think about, and respond to, social issues.
Including student features, evocative case studies and online material, this is the first book to make the link between popular culture and social problems and will help students understand the relationship between them. Deftly combining the fun and irreverence of popular culture with a critical scholarly inquiry, this timely book delivers an engaging account of how our interactions with popular culture matter more than we think! |
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Harmful Societies: Understanding Social Harm. |
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Pemberton, Simon/ 9781847427953/ Price:GBP 26.99
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While the notion of social harm has long interested critical criminologists it is now being explored as an alternative field of study, which provides more accurate analyses of the vicissitudes of life.
However, important aspects of this notion remain undeveloped, in particular the definition of social harm, the question of responsibility and the methodologies for studying harm. This book, the first to theorise and define the social harm concept beyond criminology, seeks to address these omissions and questions why some capitalist societies appear to be more harmful than others. In doing so it provides a platform for future debates, in this series and beyond.
It will be a valuable resource for academics and researchers across criminology, sociology, social policy, socio-legal studies and geography. |
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Agenda for Social Justice: Solutions for 2016. |
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Muschert, Glenn/ 9781447332886/ Price:GBP 11.99
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The Agenda for Social Justice: Solutions 2016 provides accessible insights into some of the most pressing social problems in the United States and proposes public policy responses to those problems. Written by a highly respected team of authors brought together by the Society for the Study of Social Problems (SSSP), it offers recommendations for action by elected officials, policy makers, and the public around key issues for social justice, including a discussion of the role of key issues of sustainability and technology in the development and timbre of future social problems. It will be of interest to scholars, practitioners, advocates, and students interested in public sociology and the study of social problems. |
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Human Behavior in the Social Environment: Perspectives on Development, the Life Course, and Macro Contexts. |
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Rogers, Anissa T./ 9781138676015/ Price:GBP 110.00
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| SA05-456 |
Survey Scales: A Guide to Development, Analysis, and Reporting. |
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Johnson, Robert L./ 9781462526963/ Price:US$ 48.00
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Synthesizing the literature from the survey and measurement fields, this book explains how to develop closed-response survey scales that will accurately capture such constructs as attitudes, beliefs, or behaviors. It provides guidelines to help applied researchers or graduate students review existing scales for possible adoption or adaptation in a study; create their own conceptual framework for a scale; write checklists, true-false variations, and Likert-style items; design response scales; examine validity and reliability; conduct a factor analysis; and document the instrument development and its technical quality. Advice is given on constructing tables and graphs to report survey scale results. Concepts and procedures are illustrated with "Not This/But This" examples from multiple disciplines. |
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Elementary Regression Modeling: A Discrete Approach. |
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Wojtkiewicz, Roger A./ 9781506303475/ Price:GBP 47.99
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Hypothesis Testing and Model Selection in the Social Sciences. |
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Weakliem, David L./ 9781462525652/ Price:US$ 56.00
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Examining the major approaches to hypothesis testing and model selection, this book blends statistical theory with recommendations for practice, illustrated with real-world social science examples. It systematically compares classical (frequentist) and Bayesian approaches, showing how they are applied, exploring ways to reconcile the differences between them, and evaluating key controversies and criticisms. The book also addresses the role of hypothesis testing in the evaluation of theories, the relationship between hypothesis tests and confidence intervals, and the role of prior knowledge in Bayesian estimation and Bayesian hypothesis testing. Two easily calculated alternatives to standard hypothesis tests are discussed in depth: the Akaike information criterion (AIC) and Bayesian information criterion (BIC). |
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State Crime and Immorality: The Corrupting Influence of the Powerful. |
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Monaghan, Mark/ 9781447316756/ Price:GBP 29.99
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This is the first book to examine the activities of UK and international ¡¥role models¡¦ through the lens of state crime and social policy. Written by experts in the field of sociology and social policy, it defines the ideal state as a single, functioning whole which ensures uniformity in the name of legitimacy. It then details the ways that states do not constitute the ideal in terms of the dangers associated with the maintenance of legitimacy and state power. Anti-democratic measures, such as the invasions of other nation states, the idea that the media can both reinforce and influence the state and the problems of over-zealous policing of a state¡¦s own populace, are covered. Using the topical example of Rupert Murdoch and the activities of his media organisation to show how powerful individuals and corporations can and do exert political influence, the book provides a comprehensive discussion of state immorality and deviance generally and state crime in particular. It will appeal to range of academics and practitioners in broader disciplines such as criminology, sociology, politics and political science. |
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Race Policy and Multiracial Americans. |
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Korgen, Kathleen O./ 9781447316503/ Price:GBP 25.99
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Race Policy and Multiracial Americans is the first book to look at the impact of multiracial people on race policies¡Xwhere they lag behind the growing numbers of multiracial people in the U.S. and how they can be used to promote racial justice for multiracial Americans. Using a critical mixed race perspective, it covers such questions as: Which policies aimed at combating racial discrimination should cover multiracial Americans? Should all (or some) multiracial Americans benefit from affirmative action programmes? How can we better understand the education and health needs of multiracial Americans?This much-needed book is essential reading for sociology, political science and public policy students, policy makers, and anyone interested in race relations and social justice. |
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Living on the Margins: Undocumented Migrants in a Global City. |
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Bloch, Alice/ 9781447319368/ Price:GBP 79.99
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Living on the margins offers a unique insight into the working lives of undocumented (or ¡¥irregular¡¦) migrants living in London, and their employers. Breaking new ground, this topical book exposes the contradictions in policies, which marginalise and criminalise these migrants, while promoting exploitative labour market policies. However, the book reveals that the migrants can be active agents in shaping their lives within the constraint of status. Taking an inter-disciplinary approach, this fascinating book offers an international context to the research and provides theoretical, policy and empirical analyses. It will appeal to undergraduate and postgraduate students, researchers and academics, as well as policy makers, practitioners and interested non-specialists. |
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Applied Meta-Analysis for Social Science Research. |
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Card, Noel A./ 9781462525003/ Price:US$ 43.00
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Developmental Evaluation Exemplars: Principles in Practice. |
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Patton, Michael Q./ 9781462522965/ Price:US$ 43.00
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Responding to evaluator and instructor demand, this book presents a diverse set of high-quality developmental evaluation (DE) case studies. Twelve insightful exemplars illustrate how DE is used to evaluate innovative initiatives in complex, dynamic environments, including a range of fields and international settings. Written by leading practitioners, chapters offer a rare window into what it takes to do DE, what roles must be fulfilled, and what results can be expected. Each case opens with an incisive introduction by the editors. The book also addresses frequently asked questions about DE, synthesizes key themes and lessons learned from the exemplars, and identifies eight essential principles of DE. |
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At Home with Autism: Designing Housing for the Spectrum. |
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Steele, Kim/ 9781447307976/ Price:GBP 95.99
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At Home with Autism: Designing Housing for the Spectrum introduces readers to conditions and aspirations of adults on the autism spectrum that demand a new approach to how we provide, locate, design and develop homes in which they live. The book argues that there is no singular stellar residential model, just as there is no singular prototype of autism. Grounded in an extensive array of research sources, the book identifies resident-focused quality of life goals, and profiles design guidelines directed to those goals. The book implores those involved in housing design, production and policy to expand their exposure to what is possible, what is desirable, and to direct their efforts towards expanding residential choices for those on the spectrum. |
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Qualitative Research from Start to Finish. |
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Yin, Robert K./ 9781462517978/ Price:US$ 63.00
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This book will help readers understand the practice of qualitative research¡Xwhether they want to do it, teach it, or just learn about it. All the major research phases are encompassed (startup, design, data collection, analysis, and composing), including newly emerging trends. Numerous easy-to-read vignettes show how other scholars have successfully implemented specific procedures. Equally distinctive, the book presents qualitative research as an adaptive craft. The array of choices among different procedures and methods enables readers to customize their own studies and to accommodate different worldviews and genres. |
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Gender: Nature |
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Iris van der Tuin/ 9780028663210/ Price:US$ 231.00
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Gender: Nature retraces feminist and queer engagements with biology and science in scholarship, activism, art, and everyday life. The volume¡¦s 25 chapters are organized in 5 categories¡Xdisciplines, fields, maps, displays, and transgressions¡Xand discuss the specific questions feminists and woman scientists have asked as well as the themes they have focused on. Such themes include history, medicine and health, literature and science, rural and urban environments, nature in the laboratory and museum, food, and sexuality. Chapters are written by eminent scholars, are peer reviewed, include illustrations, and offer bibliographies to encourage further research. The volume concludes with a glossary and a comprehensive index. |
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Gender: Love |
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Nash, Jennifer C./ 9780028663197/ Price:US$ 231.00
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Gender: Love takes up the question of where and how love is. The chapters collected in this volume track a variety of locations in which feminist and queer scholars have located, as well as critically interrogate, the multiple meanings of love. The volume¡¦s 23 chapters are grouped into 5 themes: interpersonal, self and spirituality, politics of love, histories of love, and love for sale. The volume as a whole covers a wide range of topics, including desire, maternity, revolution, self-love, and social media. Each chapter presents a particular area of feminist and queer study around love, explores current debates in the field of gender and sexuality studies, and poses questions for future research. Chapters are written by eminent scholars, are peer reviewed, include illustrations, and offer bibliographies to encourage further research. The volume concludes with a glossary and a comprehensive index. |
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Gender: Sources Perspectives And Methodologies |
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Renee C. Hoogland/ 9780028662817/ Price:US$ 231.00
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Gender: Sources, Perspectives, and Methodologies serves as a primer to the study of gender, including women's, queer, and men's studies. By employing literature, film, art, history, and other disciplines, the approximately 32 chapters identify areas of critical thought and practice in gender and sexuality studies; provide an overview of central themes, current topics, and seminal debates; and offer resources for further research. Targeting undergraduates as well as the educated lay reader, Gender: Sources, Perspectives, and Methodologies introduces themes of subsequent volumes in the series as well as a selection of additional topics (e.g., new media, music, disability). Chapters are written by eminent scholars, are peer reviewed, include illustrations, and offer bibliographies to encourage further research. The volume concludes with a glossary and a comprehensive index.
Features and Benefits
¡EGENDER: SOURCES, PERSPECTIVES, AND METHODOLOGIES introduces the field of gender studies.
¡ESubsequent volumes in the GENDER set are dedicated to such broad themes as Time, Space, Laughter, War, Animals, Love, Matter, God, and Nature.
¡EAll chapters in GENDER: SOURCES, PERSPECTIVES, AND METHODOLOGIES are newly commissioned and hence based on fresh and topical research and debates from a variety of fields--including philosophy, anthropology, literature, art, music, social sciences, (old and new) media, history, law, management, economics, digital humanities, rhetoric, politics, science, and religion.
¡EAll chapters are written by eminent scholars and are peer reviewed.
¡EThe volume will include a glossary, bibliographies of worked cited and suggestions for further reading, approximately 30 relevant images/charts/graphs, and an index.
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Responding to Youth Violence Through Youth Work |
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Mike Seal/ 9781447323099/ Price:GBP 79.99
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Tackling Child Sexual Abuse: Radical Approaches to Prevention, Protection and Support |
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Sarah Nelson/ 9781447313861/ Price:GBP 79.99
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Student Lives in Crisis: Deepening Inequality in Times of Austerity |
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Lorenza Antonucci/ 9781447318231/ Price:GBP 79.99
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Grassroots Youth Work: Policy, Passion and Resistance in Practice |
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Tania de St Croix/ 9781447328599/ Price:GBP 85.99
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Survey Scales: A Guide to Development, Analysis, and Reporting. |
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Johnson, Robert L./ 9781462526970/ Price:US$ 98.00
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Synthesizing the literature from the survey and measurement fields, this book explains how to develop closed-response survey scales that will accurately capture such constructs as attitudes, beliefs, or behaviors. It provides guidelines to help applied researchers or graduate students review existing scales for possible adoption or adaptation in a study; create their own conceptual framework for a scale; write checklists, true-false variations, and Likert-style items; design response scales; examine validity and reliability; conduct a factor analysis; and document the instrument development and its technical quality. Advice is given on constructing tables and graphs to report survey scale results. Concepts and procedures are illustrated with "Not This/But This" examples from multiple disciplines. |
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Social Problems in Popular Culture |
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R. J. Maratea/ 9781447321576/ Price:GBP 74.99
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Digital Sociologies |
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Jessie Daniels/ 9781447329008/ Price:GBP 90.99
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Blamestorming, Blamemongers and Scapegoats: Allocating Blame in the Criminal Justice Process |
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Gavin Dingwall/ 9781447304999/ Price:GBP 28.99
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We live in a society that is increasingly preoccupied with allocating blame: when something goes wrong someone must be to blame. Bringing together philosophical, psychological, and sociological accounts of blame, this is the first detailed criminological account of the role of blame in which the authors present a novel study of the legal process of blame attribution, set in the context of criminalisation as a social and political process. This timely and topical book will be essential reading for anyone working or researching in the criminal justice field. It will also be of wider interest to anyone wishing to discover the role of blame in modern society. |
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Social Policy in a Cold Climate: Policy, Poverty and Inequality in England |
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Ruth Lupton/ 9781447327714/ Price:GBP 85.99
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Inequality and African-American Health: How Racial Disparities Create Sickness |
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Shirley A. Hill/ 9781447322818/ Price:GBP 79.99
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Understanding Community: Politics, Policy and Practice |
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Peter Somerville/ 9781447316077/ Price:GBP 79.99
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Class, Inequality and Community Development |
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Mae Shaw/ 9781447322450/ Price:GBP 79.99
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Animals in Religion: Devotion, Symbol and Ritual |
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Barbara Allen/ 9781780235691/ Price:GBP 40.00
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Animals in Religion explores the role and presence of animals within a wide range of religious traditions, from ensouled narratives within oral tradition to religious texts, myths and accompanying legends. Some of the material may have a familiar ring, such as the stories of St Francis of Assisi and Ganesha, but other, unusual facts also make an appearance.
This book proposes a deeper respect for our four-legged, ?nned and feathered brethren. From the principle of ahimsa (non-violence) in Jainism, Buddhism and Hinduism, to the laws which relate to tza¡¦ar ba¡¦alei chayim (avoiding the suffering/pain of living creatures) in Judaism, we encounter the interdependence of life. The Jainist notion of ¡¥reverence for life¡¦, the pronouncement in Genesis that ¡¥it was good¡¦ and the Islamic belief that all species are Muslim allow us to come to a realization, or a deeper appreciation, that non-human animals have value in our religious traditions, as well as in our hearts and homes. The book examines animals not only in all the major monotheistic religions but in the beliefs of the Egyptian, Mesoamerican and Indigenous peoples of North America and Australasia as well as of the Vikings and Druids. |
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Living by Numbers: In Defence of Quantity |
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Steven Connor/ 9781780236469/ Price:GBP 15.00
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Ideas about numbers, magnitudes and frequencies shape and give texture to almost everything we feel, say, dream and do. In Living by Numbers, Steven Connor explores the many ways in which we live in, and by, a world of numbers.
Connor homes in on the unsuspected weirdness of the number one, the links between horror, counting and the uncountable, and the close associations of numbers and death. He considers the way we make sense of crowds, swarms, masses and multitudes, and demonstrates the work of calculation that is always present in poems, jokes, laughter and pleasure. He shows how we use numbers to adjust ourselves to chance and uncertainty, examines the pressure of numbers in the experience of music, explains how they exert their force in painting, and reveals the many different ways in which numbers and quantities have taken visual form in diagrams, charts and infographics. Against the lazy and conventional assumption that human life needs to be defended against the alien and malign power of numbers, this book illustrates how essential the feeling for numbers is in all aspects of contemporary existence, arguing that no creativity or invention is in fact possible without numbers. Living by Numbers opens up for the first time the richness, variety and subtlety of how we do things with numbers and, just as importantly, how they do things with us. |
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Anatomy Museum: Death and the Body Displayed. |
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Hallam, Elizabeth/ 9781861893758/ Price:GBP 35.00
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The display of dead bodies is not a practice confined to morgues and funeral homes. Anatomy museums around the world showcase preserved corpses in service of education and medical advancement, but they are little-known and have been largely hidden from the public eye. In this book, Elizabeth Hallam investigates the anatomy museum and how it reveals the fascination and fears that surround the dead body in Western societies.
Hallam explores the history of these museums and how they operate in the current cultural environment. Their regulated access increasingly clashes with evolving public mores regarding the taboos surrounding the exposed body, as demonstrated by the internationally popularity of the Body Worlds exhibition. The book examines such related topics as artistic works that employ the images of dead bodies and body parts and the larger ongoing debate over the disposal of corpses. Issues such as aesthetics and science, organ and body donations for medicine and public education, and the dead body in Western religion and ritual are also discussed here in fascinating depth.
Anatomy Museum provides a cultural and historical perspective on the controversial and emotive practices that render the dead body visible in contemporary Western societies. Moreover, it dares to investigate the techniques of preservation, display and visual representation that hold the dead within the social and cultural spaces of the living. |
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Language, Society and Culture in Hong Kong. |
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Li, Eden Sum-hung/ 9789888238125/ Price:NT$ 1790.00
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Language, Society and Culture in Hong Kong is a comprehensive introduction to the socio-cultural linguistic issues in Hong Kong society, one of the most linguistically interesting communities in the world. Hong Kong shares a number of similarities with other post-colonial Asian societies such as Singapore, Malaysia and the Philippines; however, unlike these Asian countries, which gained independence after World War II, Hong Kong became a city of the People¡¦s Republic of China (PRC) after the handover of sovereignty in 1997. |
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Healthy Cities, 4-Vols/Set. |
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Corburn, Jason/ 9781138794191/ Price:GBP 1150.00
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While the fields of modern city planning and public health emerged together in the nineteenth century to address urban inequities and infectious diseases, they were largely disconnected for much of the twentieth century. In the twenty-first century, planning and public health are reconnecting to address the new health challenges of urbanization and globalization: from racial and ethnic disparities to land-use sprawl, to providing basic services to the millions of urban poor around the world living in informal slum settlements.
Reconnecting the fields of planning and public health to address these and other twenty-first-century urban health challenges is the focus of this new four-volume collection from Routledge. It brings together the very best foundational and cutting-edge research and scholarship. |
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Local and Regional Development, 4-Vols/Set. |
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Pike, Andy/ 9781138775671/ Price:GBP 300.00
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Geographers (and other social scientists) working in local and regional development ultimately seek to understand how¡Xand to what extent¡Xlocal and regional policy can positively affect economic growth and progress. This area of research and study throws up difficult and challenging questions, such as: what are the sources of regional development? And how do we account for the uneven development of regions, an apparent feature of geographical development in general, and one which seems to be reinforced by globalization?
This new four-volume collection from Routledge meets the need for a comprehensive reference work to allow users to make better sense of the voluminous scholarly and practical literature on these and other issues. Indeed, the sheer scale of the research output¡Xand the breadth of the field¡Xmakes this title especially welcome.
Local and Regional Development has been assembled by the same editorial team behind Routledge¡¦s award-winning Handbook of Local and Regional Development (2010) (978-0-415-54831-1). The collection is fully indexed and has a comprehensive introduction, newly written by the editors, which places the material in its intellectual context. It is an essential work of reference and is destined to be valued by scholars, advanced students, and policy-makers as a vital one-stop research resource. |
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Mobilities, 4-Vols/Set. |
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Jensen, Ole B./ 9781138021198/ Price:GBP 1050.00
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This new title creates a state-of-the-art reference work for all students and scholars with an interest in the ¡¥mobilities turn¡¦ and its contributions to a deeper understanding of the contemporary and mobile world. The entries chosen all are amongst the most creative and thought provoking of this diverse field. The selection covers diverse topics such as theories, concepts, methods, and approaches as well as exploring various modes of mobilities and the relationship to everyday life practices. The pieces also cover the ¡¥politics of mobilities¡¦ from local urban planning schemes to geopolitical issues of refugees and environmental degradation. The spaces and territories marked by mobilities as well as the sites marked by the bypassing of such are explored. Moreover, the architectural and technological dimensions to infrastructures and sites of mobilities will be included alongside issues of power, social exclusion, consumption, surveillance and mobilities history, to mention some of the many themes covered by this reference work of the best previously published material. The focus is on the academic contributions to this understanding by primarily focusing on works and publications in the aftermath of the seminal book and landmark text ¡¥Sociology Beyond Societies. Mobilities for the 21th Century¡¦ by John Urry (Routledge, 2000) which in many ways have worked as the starting point for the ¡¥mobilities turn¡¦. |
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| VA05-463 |
Planning Theory, 4-Vols/Set. |
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Madanipour, Ali/ 9780415746366/ Price:GBP 300.00
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This four-volume collection covers planning theory in conjunction with social, political, economic, and cultural theory. The set is organized both chronologically and thematically, beginning with the key trends in the nineteenth century but primarily concentrating on the subsequent periods, which start from the rise of systematized city planning a century ago and flourished after the mid-twentieth-century social scientific challenges to the technical preoccupations of planning. In each period, the main theoretical movements are introduced through some of the most prominent contemporary writers, reflecting the various approaches in the best scholarship.
Planning Theory includes a full index and a comprehensive introduction, newly written by Ali Madanipour, which places the collected material in its historical and intellectual context. It is an essential work of reference and is destined to be valued by scholars and advanced students as a vital research tool.
Volume I: Planning with Creativity
Part 1: Terrain and Trajectory
Part 2: Groundwork for Planning
Part 3: Spatial Visions and Social Orders
Volume II: Planning with Efficiency
Part 1: Rational Planning: Ends and Means
Part 2: Incremental Planning: Engagement and Adjustment
Part 3: Plural Planning: Participation, Advocacy, and Equity
Part 4: Complexity Planning: Systems and Linkages
Volume III: Planning with Flexibility
Part 1: Critical Planning: Structures, Institutions, and Environment
Part 2: Diversity Planning: Race, Gender, and Culture
Part 3: Dialogical Planning: Communication, Negotiation, and Collaboration
Volume IV: Planning with Contingency
Part 1: Critical Planning: Power, Conflict, and Social Justice
Part 2: Deliberative Planning: Participation, Communication and Consensus
Part 3: Spatial Planning: Adaptive Systems, Networks, and Strategies
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Exploring Psychedelic Trance and Electronic Dance Music in Modern Culture. |
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Simao, Emilia/ 9781466686656/ Price:US$ 185.00
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The popularization and cult-like following of electronic music has provoked new relations between men and machines, art and technology, and modern shamans and disc jockeys. New technologies and multimedia tools have awakened neo-ritual practices through the emergence of Psychedelic Trance parties, evoking tribal experiences inspired by a new shamanism, mediated by high-tech guide elements.
Exploring Psychedelic Trance and Electronic Dance Music in Modern Culture investigates the expansive scope of Electronic Music Dance Culture (EMDC), the rise of Psychedelic Trance culture, and their relationship with new digital platforms. Drawing from perspectives in sociology, anthropology, psychology, aesthetics and the arts, religious studies, information technologies, multimedia communication, shamanism, and ritualism, this book analyzes the impact of new technologies on individual and collective behaviors in cyberspace. This innovative reference source is ideal for use by academicians, researchers, upper-level students, practitioners, and theorists.
Focusing on a variety of topics relating to sub-cultures, human behavior, and popular culture, this title features timely research on alternative culture, electronic music festivals, ethnography, music and religion, psychedelic drugs, Psytrance, rave culture, and trance parties.
Topics Covered
¡EAlternative Culture
¡EElectronic Music Festivals
¡EEthnography
¡EMusic and Religion
¡EPsychedelic Drugs
¡EPsytrance
¡ERave Culture
¡ETrance Parties |
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| VA05-457 |
Handbook of Research on Social, Economic, and Environmental Sustainability in the Development of Smart Cities. |
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Vesco, Andrea/ 9781466682825/ Price:US$ 325.00
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As population growth accelerates, researchers and professionals face challenges as they attempt to plan for the future. Urban planning is a significant component in addressing the key concerns as the world population moves towards the city and leaves the rural environment behind, yet there are many factors to consider for a well rounded community.
The Handbook of Research on Social, Economic, and Environmental Sustainability in the Development of Smart Cities brings together the necessary research and interdisciplinary discussion to address dilemmas created by population growth and the expansion of urban environments. This publication is an essential reference source for researchers, academicians, investors, and practitioners interested in the urban planning and technological advancements necessary for the creation of smart cities.
Topics Covered
¡ECitizen Participation
¡EFuture Energy Systems
¡ESustainable Built Environment
¡EUrban Green Areas
¡EUrban Planning
¡EUrban Transportation Systems
¡EVehicle Electrification
¡EWireless Access Networks |
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| VA05-454 |
The SAGE Encyclopedia of Intercultural Competence, 2-Vols/Set. |
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Bennett, Janet M./ 9781452244280/ Price:GBP 365.00
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In 1980, SAGE published Geert Hofstede's Culture's Consequences. It opens with a quote from Blaise Pascal: ¡§There are truths on this side of the Pyrenees that are falsehoods on the other.¡¨ The book became a classic¡Xone of the most cited sources in the Social Science Citation Index¡Xand subsequently appeared in a second edition in 2001.
This new SAGE Encyclopedia of Intercultural Competence picks up on themes explored in that book. Cultural competence refers to the set of attitudes, practices, and policies that enables a person or agency to work well with people from differing cultural groups. Other related terms include cultural sensitivity, transcultural skills, diversity competence, and multicultural expertise. What defines a culture? What barriers might block successful communication between individuals or agencies of differing cultures? How can those barriers be understood and navigated to enhance intercultural communication and understanding? These questions and more are explained within the pages of this new reference work.
Key Features:
¡E300 to 350 entries organized in A-to-Z fashion in two volumes
¡ESigned entries that conclude with Cross-References and Suggestions for Further Readings
¡EThematic ¡§Reader's Guide¡¨ in the front matter grouping related entries by broad topic areas
¡EChronology that provides a historical perspective of the development of cultural competence as a discrete field of study
¡EResources appendix and a comprehensive Index
The SAGE Encyclopedia of Intercultural Competence is an authoritative and rigorous source on intercultural competence and related issues, making it a must-have reference for all academic libraries.
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Cross-Cultural Research, 4-Vols/Set. |
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Peterson, Mark F./ 9781446287323/ Price:GBP 725.00
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Including both classic and contemporary readings, this four-volume Major Work evaluates, explains and highlights the key issues in multiple disciplines where the term ¡§culture¡¨ has a partially unique and partially shared history.
Further elaboration on the key ideas and debates in this is provided through the editor¡¦s original introduction, which guides the reader through issues and areas such as the potential for integration, paradigmatic nuances in the term ¡§culture¡¨.
Volume One: Cultural Anthropology: History, Controversy and Current Status
Volume Two: Culture and Related Concepts in Sociology and Economics
Volume Three: Cross Cultural Psychology and Communication: Value Dimensions and Cognition
Volume Four: Culture in Organizational and Political Theory |
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| VA05-452 |
Nationalism, Cultural Indoctrination, and Economic Prosperity in the Digital Age. |
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Christiansen, Bryan/ 9781466674929/ Price:US$ 205.00
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With a background of technological and communication innovations, socialization research, particularly as it refers to cultural and academic learning, has become increasingly connected with the business and economic aspects of global societies.
Nationalism, Cultural Indoctrination, and Economic Prosperity in the Digital Age examines the doctrines that society is expected not to question, particularly the influence these beliefs have on business and the prosperity of the world as a whole. This book is an essential resource for business executives, scholar-practitioners, and students who need a multidisciplinary approach to the effects of culture on cognitive strategies and professional methodologies.
Topics Covered
¡EBusiness and Technology Trends
¡EClass Conflict and Economic Inequality
¡ECultural Indoctrination and Intelligence
¡ECultural Integrity and Integration
¡EDiversity Management
¡EEthics and Politics
¡EGlobal Education
¡EMass Media and Globalization
¡ESocial Psychology
¡EStereotypes
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| VA05-451 |
Modern Societal Impacts of the Model Minority Stereotype. |
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Hartlep, Nicholas Daniel/ 9781466674677/ Price:US$ 175.00
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The model minority stereotype is a form of racism that targets Asians and Asian-Americans, portraying this group as consistently hard-working and academically successful. Rooted in media portrayal and reinforcement, the model minority stereotype has tremendous social, ethical, and psychological implications.
Modern Societal Impacts of the Model Minority Stereotype highlights current research on the implications of the model minority stereotype on American culture and society in general as well as Asian and Asian-American populations. An in-depth analysis of current social issues, media influence, popular culture, identity formation, and contemporary racism in American society makes this title an essential resource for researchers, educational administrators, professionals, and upper-level students in various disciplines.
Topics Covered
¡ECultural Formation
¡EDiscrimination
¡EEthnic Studies
¡EMedia and Racism
¡EPopular Culture
¡ESelf-Identity and Racism
¡ESocial Justice |
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| VA05-450 |
Research Methods: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications, 4-Vols/Set. |
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Information Resources Management Association/ 9781466674561/ Price:US$ 2350.00
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Across a variety of disciplines, data and statistics form the backbone of knowledge. To ensure the reliability and validity of data, appropriate measures must be taken in conducting studies and reporting findings.
Research Methods: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications compiles chapters on key considerations in the management, development, and distribution of data. With its focus on both fundamental concepts and advanced topics, this multi-volume reference work will be a valuable addition to researchers, scholars, and students of science, mathematics, and engineering.
Topics Covered
¡EEvolutionary Algorithms
¡EFuzzy Logic
¡EMixed Methods
¡EPopulation and Sampling
¡EProbability Theory
¡EQualitative
¡EQuantitative
¡EResearch Methods
¡EStatistical Analysis |
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| VA05-449 |
The SAGE Encyclopedia of Alcohol, 3-Vols/Set. |
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Martin, Scott C./ 9781483325255/ Price:GBP 465.00
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The SAGE Encyclopedia of Alcohol: Social, Cultural, and Historical Perspectives examines the history of alcohol worldwide and goes beyond the historical lens to examine alcohol as a cultural and social phenomenon, used both for good and for ill. While these roots are traced back through nearly all human societies for the past thousands of years, many results are still present in today's society. Some examples include Germany's repute of being known as a ¡§beer culture¡¨ and France's as a ¡§wine culture.¡¨ With alcohol having many purposes and significance, it has become a strong part of cultures around the world as usage ranges from religious purposes to a simple toast to a seal business deal.
Key Features:
¡E550 entries are organized A-to-Z.
¡EEntries, authored and signed by academics, conclude with cross references and further readings.
¡EBack matter includes a timeline, appendices (alcohol statistics, toasts in languages from around the world, etc.), and a helpful Resource Guide directing students to classic books, journals, and web sites for more in-depth study.
This reference work will serve as a general, non-technical resource for students and researchers who are interested in expanding their knowledge on social, cultural, and historical perspectives on topics relating to alcohol.
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| VA05-448 |
Collaborative Knowledge in Scientific Research Networks. |
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Diviacco, Paolo/ 9781466665675/ Price:US$ 200.00
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Research inherently requires collaborative efforts between individuals, databases, and institutions. However, the systems that enable such interpersonal cooperation must be properly suited in facilitating such efforts to avoid impeding productivity.
Collaborative Knowledge in Scientific Research Networks addresses the various systems in place for collaborative e-research and how these practices serve to enhance the quality of research across disciplines. Covering new networks available through social media as well as traditional methods such as mailing lists and forums, this publication considers various scientific disciplines and their individual needs. Theorists of collaborative scientific work, technology developers, researchers, and funding agency officials will find this book valuable in exploring and understanding the process of scientific collaboration.
Topics Covered
¡ECognitive Bias
¡ECollaborative Scientific Research
¡ECollaborative Work
¡ECommunication in Scientific Research
¡EKnowledge Reification
¡EOntologies
¡ESemantic Web
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| VA05-445 |
Child Maltreatment, 3-Vols/Set. |
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Munro, Eileen/ 9781473903944/ Price:GBP 525.00
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The protection of children from maltreatment is a worldwide challenge. Social context plays a significant role in both the definition and society¡¦s responses to child maltreatment. The core concept of child maltreatment is socially constructed with variations in its meaning over time and between cultures, creating significant challenges and resulting in a tension between respecting different cultures yet having one law or standard applicable for all children.
This Major Work serves a significant function in pulling together literature demonstrating the different lessons that have been learned, pulling out common elements where possible, and helping to clarify the nature of the differences.
VOLUME ONE: Describing and understanding child maltreatment
VOLUME TWO: Preventing child maltreatment
VOLUME THREE: Responding to child maltreatment |
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| VA05-443 |
Enhancing Qualitative and Mixed Methods Research with Technology. |
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Hai-Jew, Shalin/ 9781466664937/ Price:US$ 225.00
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In light of the expensive nature of quantitative research, such as experiments, researchers must seek other methods of understanding the world around them. As such, new qualitative methods are gaining ground in the modern research community.
Enhancing Qualitative and Mixed Methods Research with Technology explores the integration of new digital tools into the research process. Including current information on data visualization, research design, information capture, as well as social media analysis, this publication serves as an ideal reference source for academicians, scientists, information specialists, business managers, and upper-level students involved in interdisciplinary research.
Topics Covered
¡EData Extraction
¡EData Processing
¡EHuman-Information Interaction
¡ELiterature Reviews
¡EPrimary Information Collection
¡EResearch Methods
¡EResearch Presentation |
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| VA05-439 |
The SAGE Handbook of Regression Analysis and Causal Inference. |
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Henning Best/ 9781446252444/ Price:GBP 135.00
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Edited and written by a team of leading international social scientists, this Handbook provides a comprehensive introduction to multivariate methods. The Handbook focuses on regression analysis of cross-sectional and longitudinal data with an emphasis on causal analysis, thereby covering a large number of different techniques including selection models, complex samples, and regression discontinuities.
Each Part starts with a non-mathematical introduction to the method covered in that section, giving readers a basic knowledge of the method¡¦s logic, scope and unique features. Next, the mathematical and statistical basis of each method is presented along with advanced aspects. Using real-world data from the European Social Survey (ESS) and the Socio-Economic Panel (GSOEP), the book provides a comprehensive discussion of each method¡¦s application, making this an ideal text for PhD students and researchers embarking on their own data analysis.
PART I: ESTIMATION AND INFERENCE
PART II: REGRESSION ANALYSIS FOR CROSS-SECTIONS
PART III: CAUSAL INFERENCE AND ANALYSIS OF LONGITUDINAL DATA |
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Latent Variables and Factor Analysis, 4-Vols/Set. |
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Babones, Salvatore/ 9781446294604/ Price:GBP 725.00
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This four-volume Major Work contains texts which explore both the foundations of latent variables and factor analysis, and specific contemporary challenges in the field.
The collection has been designed as a multi-disciplinary resource, with literature drawn from many different areas of study, such as sociology, psychology, education and political science.
In the editor's introductory essay, a general approach to the meaning and use of latent variables in the social sciences is laid out, the basics of factor analysis and how it works are explained, and the logic that guided the selection of literature included in the collection is elaborated upon. The combination of these elements makes for a truly comprehensive and user-friendly research tool, invaluable to social scientists across a range of disciplines.
Volume One: The Conceptualization and Operationalization of Variables
Volume Two: Applications of Unmeasured Variables
Volume Three: Factor Analysis for Latent Variables
Volume Four: Advanced Topics
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| VA05-433 |
Contemporary Trends in Evaluation Research, 4-Vols/Set. |
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Coryn, Chris L. S./ 9781446266373/ Price:GBP 725.00
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Evaluation is an essential characteristic of the human condition, and perhaps the single most important and sophisticated cognitive process in the repertoire of human reasoning and logic. Evaluation serves society by providing affirmations of worth, value and improvement to name just a few, and is a process which permeates all areas of human activity, scholarship and production.
This work is split into four volumes:
¡EVolume One: Contains articles featuring contemporary issues and emerging trends in evaluation
¡EVolume Two: Contains articles highlighting recent theoretical, methodological, and empirical developments in quantitative evaluation designs
¡EVolume Three: Contains a summation of articles on recent developments in qualitative and mixed methods evaluation practice
¡EVolume Four: Contains a synthesis of articles on enduring issues of evaluation training and practice
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| VA05-430 |
The SAGE Handbook of Popular Music. |
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Bennett, Andy/ 9781446210857/ Price:GBP 135.00
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The SAGE Handbook of Popular Music provides a highly comprehensive and accessible summary of the key aspects of popular music studies. The text is divided into 9 sections:
¡ETheory and Method
¡EThe Business of Popular Music
¡EPopular Music History
¡EThe Global and the Local
¡EThe Star System
¡EBody and Identity
¡EMedia
¡ETechnology
¡EDigital Economies
Each section has been chosen to reflect both established aspects of popular music studies as well as more recently emerging sub-fields. The handbook constitutes a timely and important contribution to popular music studies during a significant period of theoretical and empirical growth and innovation in the field.
This is a benchmark work which will be essential reading for educators and students in popular music studies, musicology, cultural studies, media studies and cultural sociology.
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The SAGE Encyclopedia of World Poverty, 5-Vols/Set. |
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Odekon, Mehmet A./ 9781483345703/ Price:GBP 730.00
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The SAGE Encyclopedia of World Poverty, Second Edition addresses the persistence of poverty across the globe while updating and expanding the landmark first edition, originally published in 2006 prior to the economic calamities of 2008. For instance, while continued high rates of income inequality might be unsurprising in developing countries such as Mexico, the Organization of Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) reported in May 2013 even countries with historically low levels of income inequality have experienced significant increases over the past decade, including Denmark, Sweden, and Germany. The UN and the World Bank also emphasize the persistent nature of the problem. It is not all bad news. In March 2013, the Guardian newspaper reported, "Some of the poorest people in the world are becoming significantly less poor, according to a groundbreaking academic study which has taken a new approach to measuring deprivation. The report, by Oxford University's poverty and human development initiative, predicts that countries among the most impoverished in the world could see acute poverty eradicated within 20 years if they continue at present rates." On the other hand, the UN says environmental threats from climate change could push billions more into extreme poverty in coming decades. All of these points lead to the need for a revised, updated, and expanded edition of the Encyclopedia of World Poverty, Second Edition. |
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| SA05-485 |
Applying the Rasch Model: Fundamental Measurement in the Human Sciences |
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Trevor G. Bond/ 9780415833424/ Price:GBP 46.99
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| SA05-484 |
East Asian Cultures in Perspective |
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Joanne Mattern/ 9781612285641/ Price:US$ 33.95
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| SA05-451 |
Using Mplus for Structural Equation Modeling: A Researcher's Guide. |
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Kelloway, E. K./ 9781452291475/ Price:GBP 34.99
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| SA05-450 |
Access to Justice for Disadvantaged Communities. |
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Mayo, Marjorie/ 9781447311058/ Price:GBP 27.99
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Access to justice for all, regardless of the ability to pay, has been a core democratic value. But this basic human right has come under threat through wider processes of restructuring, with an increasingly market-led approach to the provision of welfare. Professionals and volunteers in Law Centres in Britain are struggling to provide legal advice and access to welfare rights to disadvantaged communities. Drawing upon original research, this unique study explores how strategies to safeguard these vital services might be developed in ways that strengthen rather than undermine the basic ethics and principles of public service provision. The book explores how such strategies might strengthen the position of those who provide, as well as those who need, public services, and ways to empower communities to work more effectively with professionals and progressive organisations in the pursuit of rights and social justice agendas more widely. |
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| SA05-450 |
The Governance of Female Drug Users: Women's Experiences of Drug Policy. |
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Du Rose, Natasha/ 9781847426727/ Price:GBP 85.99
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This book is the first to examine how female drug user's identities, and hence their experiences, are shaped by drug policies. It analyses how the subjectivities ascribed to women users within drug policy sustain them in their problematic use and reinforce their social exclusion. Challenging popular misconceptions of female users, the book calls for the formulation of drug policies to be based on gender equity and social justice. It will appeal to academics in the social sciences, practitioners and policy makers. |
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| SA05-450 |
Sociologists' Tales: Contemporary Narratives on Sociological Thought and Practice. |
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Twamley, Katherine/ 9781447318675/ Price:GBP 25.99
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Navigating a career in the discipline of sociology can be very challenging, yet it is intensely rewarding. Sociologists¡¦ Tales is the first book to bring together the thoughts and experiences of key UK sociologists from different generations of British sociology, many internationally recognised, reflecting on why they have chosen a career in sociology, how they have managed to do it and what advice they would offer the next generation. This unique volume provides an understanding of sociology and its importance, and will have wide appeal among students and young sociologists thinking about their future. |
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White Working Class Voices: Multiculturalism, Community-Building and Change. |
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Beider, Harris/ 9781447313960/ Price:GBP 27.99
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Popular views of white working-class communities are common but knowledge of their views on multiculturalism and change less so. This important book provides the first substantial analysis of white working-class perspectives on themes of multiculturalism and change in the UK, creating an opportunity for these 'silent voices' to be heard. Based on over 200 interviews in multiple sites the results are startling - challenging politicians, policy makers and researchers. Improving our understanding of how this group went from 'hero to zero', became framed as racist, resistant to change and disconnected from politics, the book suggests a new and progressive agenda for white working class communities to become a fully inclusive part of a modern and diverse country in the 21st century. The book will be valuable to academics and students as well as policy-makers and practitioners in national government and organisations. |
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Social-Spatial Segregation: Concepts, Processes and Outcomes. |
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Lloyd, Christopher D./ 9781447301349/ Price:GBP 30.99
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This edited volume brings together leading researchers from the United States, the United Kingdom and Europe to look at the processes leading to segregation and its implications. With a methodological focus, the book explores new methods and data sources that can offer fresh perspectives on segregation in different contexts. It considers how the spatial patterning of segregation might be best understood and measured, outlines some of the mechanisms that drive it, and discusses its possible social outcomes. Ultimately, it demonstrates that measurements and concepts of segregation must keep pace with a changing world. This volume will be essential reading for academics and practitioners in human geography, sociology, planning and public policy. |
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Domestic Violence and Sexuality: What's Love Got To Do with It? |
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Donovan, Catherine/ 9781447307440/ Price:GBP 29.99
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This book provides the first detailed discussion of domestic violence and abuse in same sex relationships, offering a unique comparison between this and domestic violence and abuse experienced by heterosexual women and men. It examines how experiences of domestic violence and abuse may be shaped by gender, sexuality and age, including whether and how victims/survivors seek help, and asks, what¡¦s love got to do with it? A pioneering methodology, using both quantitative and qualitative research, provides a reliable and valid approach that challenges the heteronormative model in domestic violence research, policy and practice. The authors develops a new framework of analysis ¡V practices of love ¡V to explore empirical data. Outlining the implications of the research for practice and service development, the book will be of interest to policy makers and practitioners in the field of domestic violence, especially those who provide services for sexual minorities, as well as students and academics interested in issues of domestic and interpersonal violence. |
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| SA05-450 |
Women and Alcohol: Social Perspectives. |
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Staddon, Patsy/ 9781447318897/ Price:GBP 28.99
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Issues relating to alcohol 'misuse' can only properly be understood within their social and environmental contexts. This research and practice based book explores social models of alcohol misuse to offer a sociological approach to its treatment. Through considering the social meaning of women's alcohol use, the book challenges current policy and practice in the field. It raises concerns about the political role of 'treatment' in making women behave, or to be 'well', and aims to develop a new approach to women's drinking and new ways of aiding recovery, at national and local levels. With contributions from service users, academics and practitioners, this is essential reading for those studying addiction, gender and the social background to alcohol problems. |
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| SA05-450 |
Getting By: Estates, Class and Culture in Austerity Britain. |
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Mckenzie, Lisa/ 9781447309956/ Price:GBP 16.99
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The poor in the UK have been increasingly stigmatised over the last 30 years, and the cultural and symbolic aspects of being working class today are as significant to inequality as the economic circumstances which produce it. Meanwhile, many of the communities in which the poor live have become the subject of great public concern and media scorn. This unique book uses the past history of a typical neighbourhood as one of the threads connecting past and present working class lives. St Ann¡¦s Estate in Nottingham is notorious as the place where the city¡¦s gangs, guns, drugs, and single mothers reside and is known as the place where the feckless, the unemployed and those who are unwilling or unable to make something of their lives end up as long-term residents. Lisa Mckenzie, a resident of St Ann¡¦s for more than 20 years and now an academic and activist, uses her ¡¥insider¡¦ status to offer a rare insight into life on St Ann¡¦s by using the stories of those who live there. Gaining access to those who are often wary of outsiders, she provides local and personal understanding to offer an important account of the complexities of living in poor neighbourhoods in contemporary Britain. |
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| SA05-447 |
Researching the Lifecourse: Critical Reflections from the Social Sciences. |
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Worth, Nancy/ 9781447317524/ Price:GBP 79.99
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The lifecourse perspective continues to be an important subject in the social sciences. Researching the Lifecourse offers a distinctive approach in that it truly covers the lifecourse (childhood, adulthood and older age), focusing on innovative methods and case study examples from a variety of European and North American contexts. This original approach connects theory and practice from across the social sciences by situating methodology and research design within relevant conceptual frameworks. This diverse collection features methods that are linked to questions of time, space and mobilities while providing practitioners with practical detail in each chapter. |
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| SA05-446 |
Ethnic Identity and Inequalities in Britain: The Dynamics of Diversity. |
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Jivraj, Stephen/ 9781447321811/ Price:GBP 23.99
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Providing the first comparative text on data from the last 3 population censuses, this important book provides easy to interpret analysis of the dynamics of ethnic identity and inequalities in contemporary Britain. While providing a comprehensive overview, it also challenges misconceptions associated with greater ethnic diversity, including increased segregation, exclusive growth of minority groups through immigration and a national identity crisis. The contributions, all from experts in the field, highlight persistent inequalities in access to housing, employment, education and good health faced by some ethnic groups. The book will appeal to policy makers, community groups, academics, undergraduates, postgraduates and act as an authoritative text to cite in reports, dissertations and funding applications. |
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| SA05-446 |
Dark Secrets of Childhood: Media Power, Child Abuse and Public Scandals. |
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Powell, Fred/ 9781447317852/ Price:GBP 30.99
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Child-abuse reports in the media make for ¡¥good stories¡¦ but at what cost? This ground-breaking book explores the relationship between the media, child abuse and shifting adult-child power relations which, in Western countries, has spawned an ever-expanding range of laws, policies and procedures introduced to address the ¡¥explosion¡¦ of interest in the issue of child abuse. Revelations of child sexual abuse by Roman Catholic clergy in Ireland ¡V and its ¡¥cover-up¡¦ by Church authorities ¡V have given rise to one of the greatest institutional scandals of modern history. Through in-depth analysis of 20 years of media representation of the issue the book draws significant insights on the media¡¦s influence and its impact on civil society. Highly topical and of interest and relevance to lecturers and researchers in the areas of childhood studies, sociology of childhood, child protection and social work, social and public policy and human rights as well as policymakers, this book provides an important contribution to the international debate about child abuse as reflected to the public through the power of the media. |
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| SA05-446 |
Harmful Societies: Understanding Social Harm. |
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Pemberton, Simon/ 9781847427946/ Price:GBP 79.99
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While the notion of social harm has long interested critical criminologists it is now being explored as an alternative field of study, which provides more accurate analyses of the vicissitudes of life. However, important aspects of this notion remain undeveloped, in particular the definition of social harm, the question of responsibility and methodologies for studying harm. This book is the first to theorise and define the social harm concept beyond criminology and seeks to address these omissions and in doing so provide a platform for future debates, in this series and beyond. It will be a valuable resource for academics and researchers across criminology, sociology, social policy, socio-legal studies and geography. |
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| SA05-446 |
Propensity Score Analysis: Fundamentals and Developments. |
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Pan, Wei/ 9781462519491/ Price:US$ 56.00
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This book is designed to help researchers better design and analyze observational data from quasi-experimental studies and improve the validity of research on causal claims. It provides clear guidance on the use of different propensity score analysis (PSA) methods, from the fundamentals to complex, cutting-edge techniques. Experts in the field introduce underlying concepts and current issues and review relevant software programs for PSA. The book addresses the steps in propensity score estimation, including the use of generalized boosted models, how to identify which matching methods work best with specific types of data, and the evaluation of balance results on key background covariates after matching. Also covered are applications of PSA with complex data, working with missing data, controlling for unobserved confounding, and the extension of PSA to prognostic score analysis for causal inference. User-friendly features include statistical program codes and application examples. |
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| SA05-443 |
Inside Social Enterprise: Looking to the Future. |
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Fitzhugh, Helen/ 9781447310358/ Price:GBP 23.99
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Social enterprises, real businesses that trade for a social purpose, are a growing phenomena with an increasing role to play in society, but there is widespread confusion and controversy over the definition of the term. This exciting book includes nearly forty interviews with the most influential and experienced social enterprise practitioners, supporters, thinkers and policy makers. In their own words, they discuss their organisations, values and world-changing goals, providing fresh clarity and understanding on the real value of social enterprises. Jargon-free, the book delivers a lively and clear introduction as to what social enterprises are, how they can change individual lives and, by challenging assumptions, may even offer new directions for the future of capitalism. It is a unique guide for aspiring practitioners, students, researchers and public sector staff. |
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| SA05-443 |
Advances in Membership Categorisation Analysis. |
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Fitzgerald, Richard/ 9781446270738/ Price:GBP 46.99
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| SA05-442 |
Participatory Research: Working with Vulnerable Groups in Research and Practice. |
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Aldridge, Jo/ 9781447305644/ Price:GBP 79.99
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This book examines the nature of participatory research in the social sciences and its role in increasing participation among vulnerable or marginalised populations. Drawing on engaging in-depth case studies, it examines the ways in which inclusion and collaboration in research can be enhanced among vulnerable participants, such as those with profound learning difficulties, victims of abuse and trauma and multiply vulnerable children and young people, and shows how useful it can be with these groups. The book will be an invaluable resource for research methods students, researchers and academics in many countries who want to put participatory research methods into practice. |
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| SA05-442 |
Applied Qualitative Research Design: A Total Quality Framework Approach. |
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Roller, Margaret R./ 9781462515752/ Price:US$ 58.00
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| SA05-442 |
Confirmatory Factor Analysis for Applied Research. |
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Brown, Timothy A./ 9781462517794/ Price:US$ 123.00
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| SA05-441 |
Confirmatory Factor Analysis for Applied Research. |
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Brown, Timothy A./ 9781462515363/ Price:US$ 63.00
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| SA05-440 |
Precarious Lives: Forced Labour, Exploitation and Asylum. |
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Lewis, Hannah/ 9781447306900/ Price:GBP 79.99
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This ground breaking book presents the first evidence of forced labour among displaced migrants who seek refuge in the UK. Through a critical engagement with contemporary debates about precarity, unfreedom and socio-legal status, the book explores how asylum and forced labour are linked, and enmeshed in a broader picture of modern slavery produced through globalised working conditions. Drawing on original evidence generated in fieldwork with refugees and asylum seekers, this is important reading for students and academics in social policy, social geography, sociology, politics, refugee, labour and migration studies, and policy makers and practitioners working to support migrants and tackle forced labour. |
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Applied Qualitative Research Design: A Total Quality Framework Approach. |
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Roller, Margaret R./ 9781462519088/ Price:US$ 118.00
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Religious Literacy In Policy And Practice |
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Dinham, Adam/ 9781447316657/ Price:GBP 79.99
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It has long been assumed that religion is in decline in the West: however it continues to have an important yet contested role in individual lives and in society at large. Furthermore half a century or so in which religion and belief were barely talked about in public has resulted in a pressing lack of religious literacy, leaving many ill-equipped to engage with religion and belief when they encounter them in daily life ¡V in relationships, law, media, the professions, business and politics, among others. This valuable book is the first to bring together theory and policy with analysis and expertise on practices in key areas of the public realm to explore what religious literacy is, why it is needed and what might be done about it. It makes the case for a public realm which is well equipped to engage with the plurality and pervasiveness of religion and belief, whatever the individual¡¦s own stance. It is aimed at academics, policy-makers and practitioners interested in the policy and practice implications of the continuing presence of religion and belief in the public sphere. |
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Sociologists' Tales: Contemporary Narratives on Sociological Thought and Practice. |
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Twamley, Katherine/ 9781447318668/ Price:GBP 79.99
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Navigating a career in the discipline of sociology can be very challenging, yet it is intensely rewarding. Sociologists¡¦ Tales is the first book to bring together the thoughts and experiences of key UK sociologists from different generations of British sociology, many internationally recognised, reflecting on why they have chosen a career in sociology, how they have managed to do it and what advice they would offer the next generation. This unique volume provides an understanding of sociology and its importance, and will have wide appeal among students and young sociologists thinking about their future. |
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Qualitative Research from Start to Finish, Second Edition. |
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Yin, Robert K./ 9781462521340/ Price:US$ 123.00
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This book will help readers understand the practice of qualitative research¡Xwhether they want to do it, teach it, or just learn about it. All the major research phases are encompassed (startup, design, data collection, analysis, and composing), including newly emerging trends. Numerous easy-to-read vignettes show how other scholars have successfully implemented specific procedures. Equally distinctive, the book presents qualitative research as an adaptive craft. The array of choices among different procedures and methods enables readers to customize their own studies and to accommodate different worldviews and genres. |
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World Report 2015: Events of 2014. |
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Human Rights Watch/ 9781447325482/ Price:GBP 22.99
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CUSTOMERS IN NORTH AMERICA: COPIES ARE AVAILABLE FROM WWW.SEVENSTORIES.COM The 25th annual World Report summarizes human rights conditions in more than ninety countries and territories worldwide, reflecting extensive investigative work undertaken in 2014 by Human Rights Watch staff in close partnership with domestic rights activists. The World Report 2015 focuses in particular on the roles--positive or negative--played in each country by key domestic and international figures. Human Rights Watch executive director Kenneth Roth¡¦s introduction addresses the tumultuous events of the past year, and describes inattention to human rights as an aggravating factor in the rise of brutal non-state actors such as ISIS and Boko Haram. Other essays focus on the strangulation of civil society by both repressive and so-called democratic countries; the need to keep surveillance on the human rights agenda; the alarming rise of explosive weapons in populated areas; and human rights abuses linked to mega-sporting events. |
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Dark Secrets of Childhood: Media Power, Child Abuse and Public Scandals. |
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Powell, Fred/ 9781447317845/ Price:GBP 85.99
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Child-abuse reports in the media make for ¡¥good stories¡¦ but at what cost? This ground-breaking book explores the relationship between the media, child abuse and shifting adult-child power relations which, in Western countries, has spawned an ever-expanding range of laws, policies and procedures introduced to address the ¡¥explosion¡¦ of interest in the issue of child abuse. Revelations of child sexual abuse by Roman Catholic clergy in Ireland ¡V and its ¡¥cover-up¡¦ by Church authorities ¡V have given rise to one of the greatest institutional scandals of modern history. Through in-depth analysis of 20 years of media representation of the issue the book draws significant insights on the media¡¦s influence and its impact on civil society. Highly topical and of interest and relevance to lecturers and researchers in the areas of childhood studies, sociology of childhood, child protection and social work, social and public policy and human rights as well as policymakers, this book provides an important contribution to the international debate about child abuse as reflected to the public through the power of the media. |
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Sixteen for '16: A Progressive Agenda for a Better America. |
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Babones, Salvatore/ 9781447324409/ Price:GBP 11.99
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The progressive movement is on the march in America and this accessible book points toward a destination. Sixteen for '16 offers a new agenda for the 2016 US election crafted around sixteen core principles that all progressives can believe in, from securing jobs to saving the Earth. Decades of destructive social, economic, and political policies have devastated poor, working, and even middle class American communities. It is now clear to everyone that the emperor has no clothes, that harsh austerity does not bring prosperity, and that the wealthy have no intention to see their wealth trickle down. Each generation is no longer better off than the ones that came before. America needs jobs, infrastructure, a rededication to public education, universal healthcare, higher taxes on higher incomes, a more secure Social Security, an end to the rule of the bankers, stronger unions, a living minimum wage, better working conditions, an end to the prison state, secure reproductive rights, voter equality, a more moral foreign policy, a more sane environmental policy, and action on global warming. Sixteen for '16 is a manifesto which makes the argument for each of these positions, clearly, concisely, and supported by hard data. As ambitious as these policies are, they represent a beginning, not an end. The progressive agenda laid out in Sixteen for '16 charts a realistic path toward a better tomorrow. |
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Privatising Probation: Is Transforming Rehabilitation the End of the Probation Ideal? |
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Deering, John/ 9781447327288/ Price:GBP 12.99
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Over the past 20 years, there have been many changes to probation governance in England and Wales aimed at controlling it from central government. However, the changes introduced under the Transforming Rehabilitation (TR) agenda, introduced in 2013, are unprecedented: the service has been divided and part-privatised and no longer exists as a unified public body. This topical book looks at the attitudes of probation practitioners and managers to the philosophy, values, and practicalities of TR. Based on a unique online survey of over 1300 respondents which found that they were unequivocally opposed to its broad aims and objectives, it provides unique insights into the values, attitudes and beliefs of probation staff and their delivery of services. Including broader discussion of the privatization/marketization debate, the context of privatisation of criminal justice services and questions of legitimacy and governance, this is essential reading for everyone interested in the future of the service. |
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Injustice: Why Social Inequality Still Persists. |
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Dorling, Danny/ 9781447320753/ Price:GBP 11.99
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In the five years since the first edition of Injustice there have been devastating increases in poverty, hunger and destitution in the UK. Globally, the richest 1% have never held a greater share of world wealth, while the share of most of the other 99% has fallen in the last five years, with more and more people in debt, especially the young. Economic inequalities will persist and continue to grow for as long as we tolerate the injustices which underpin it. This fully rewritten and updated edition revisits Dorling¡¦s claim that Beveridge¡¦s five social evils are being replaced by five new tenets of injustice: elitism is efficient; exclusion is necessary; prejudice is natural; greed is good and despair is inevitable. By showing these beliefs are unfounded, Dorling offers hope of a more equal society. We are living in the most remarkable and dangerous times. With every year that passes it is more evident that Injustice is essential reading for anyone concerned with social justice and wants to do something about it. |
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Research Justice: Methodologies for Social Change. |
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Jolivette, Andrew J./ 9781447324638/ Price:GBP 30.99
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Research Justice (RJ) is a strategic framework and methodological intervention that seeks to transform structural inequities in research. Research Justice: Methodologies for Social Change builds upon the methodological frameworks developed by the national non-profit organization, DataCenter Research for Justice and is the first book to take a radical approach to socially just, community centred research. Challenging traditional models for conducting social science research within marginalized populations, it examines the relationships and intersections between research, knowledge construction, and political power/legitimacy in society. Presenting a new and highly innovative concept of Collective Ceremonial Research Responsiveness, it envisions equal political power and legitimacy for different forms of knowledge including the cultural, spiritual and experiential. The book examines how the co-existence of these various forms of knowledge can lead to greater equality in public policies and laws that rely on data and research to produce social change. Offering a much-needed analysis of the intersections between Research Methods, Public Policy, Cultural Studies, Anthropology, and Sociology, this unique book will be of wide interest to researchers and students in a variety of disciplines. |
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Hidden Stories of the Stephen Lawrence Inquiry: Personal Reflections. |
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Stone, Richard/ 9781447308478/ Price:GBP 10.99
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Young people who come into contact with police officers on the streets today have little idea of the significance of the stabbing to death of Stephen Lawrence in a racist attack in 1993. Only their parents or grandparents remember the daily exposures of police incompetence and indirect racism which were given high profile in the media for six months. The repercussions of the case are still ongoing with the long overdue conviction in 2012 of two of the original suspects, and in the same year a number of racist assaults by police. This accessible and engaging book includes analysis of hitherto inaccessible transcripts. These dramatically show how the Inquiry was undermined to the point of failure to produce the desired results. Dr Stone also discusses contemporary issues and the relevance of the Inquiry today. This paperback edition is updated with a new Afterword, including revelations about police surveillance on members of the public who attended the Lawrence Inquiry, Dr Stone¡¦s meeting with Mark Ellison QC prior to the release of his report on possible corruption and the role of undercover policing in the Stephen Lawrence case, and proposals for action on implementation of the agenda set by the Lawrence Inquiry. Hard-hitting and full of insightful detail, this book makes essential reading for academics, students, researchers and anyone interested in institutional racism, particularly in the police. |
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Precarious Lives: Forced Labour, Exploitation and Asylum. |
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Lewis, Hannah/ 9781447306917/ Price:GBP 27.99
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This ground breaking book presents the first evidence of forced labour among displaced migrants who seek refuge in the UK. Through a critical engagement with contemporary debates about precarity, unfreedom and socio-legal status, the book explores how asylum and forced labour are linked, and enmeshed in a broader picture of modern slavery produced through globalised working conditions. Drawing on original evidence generated in fieldwork with refugees and asylum seekers, this is important reading for students and academics in social policy, social geography, sociology, politics, refugee, labour and migration studies, and policy makers and practitioners working to support migrants and tackle forced labour. |
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White Working Class Voices: Multiculturalism, Community-Building and Change. |
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Beider, Harris/ 9781447313953/ Price:GBP 79.99
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Popular views of white working-class communities are common but knowledge of their views on multiculturalism and change less so. This important book provides the first substantial analysis of white working-class perspectives on themes of multiculturalism and change in the UK, creating an opportunity for these 'silent voices' to be heard. Based on over 200 interviews in multiple sites the results are startling - challenging politicians, policy makers and researchers. Improving our understanding of how this group went from 'hero to zero', became framed as racist, resistant to change and disconnected from politics, the book suggests a new and progressive agenda for white working class communities to become a fully inclusive part of a modern and diverse country in the 21st century. The book will be valuable to academics and students as well as policy-makers and practitioners in national government and organisations. |
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Christmas: The Sacred to Santa. |
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Moore, Tara/ 9781780235141/ Price:GBP 12.99
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Christmas: The Sacred to Santa takes us on a journey from its historical origins to its modern incarnation as a global commercial event. Along the way we encounter a vast array of religious personages, fictional characters and mythic figures that have become associated with its celebration, from Saint Nicholas to the Magi, Scrooge and Krampus. Moore explores how the great traditions such as Christmas trees, feasting and gift-giving emerged, as well as how Christmas has been portrayed in culture, from the literary works of Charles Dickens to the now annual bout of films and seasonal music ¡V including traditional carols and the latest Christmas chart-topper. |
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Trolls: An Unnatural History. |
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Lindow, John/ 9781780235653/ Price:GBP 10.00
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Trolls are everywhere. They lurk on the internet; they fill the pages of popular fantasy literature; they are hunted in Norwegian film. They are the homeless in California; they are comforting or threatening characters in children's books; they are amusing dolls. Although trolls are ubiquitous today, for centuries they were confined to the landscape of Scandinavia. They were beings in nature, and their environment was a pre-industrial world in which people lived by farming and fishing on a small scale. |
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The Encyclopaedia of Liars and Deceivers. |
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Bolt, Roelf/ 9781780235080/ Price:GBP 12.95
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No one likes to be taken in, but stories of deception concerning others are compelling. It can be startling to learn of the credulousness of those who fall for schemes or untruths spun out by liars, cheats, fraudsters, fakers, even unfaithful lovers . . . But deceit should not always be condemned: think of items counterfeited in jest, or satires that expose pretentiousness. |
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The Rise of the Vampire. |
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Butler, Erik/ 9781780235325/ Price:GBP 10.00
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Before Bella and Edward there were The Lost Boys and the gang in Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Before True Blood came Dark Shadows and Anne Rice¡¦s Vampire Chronicles. Before them all there was the most famous vampire of all time: Count Dracula, immortalized by Bram Stoker in 1897. Whether characterized as urbane aristocrats, animalistic monsters or brooding teenagers, as creatures of the day or of the night, it seems vampires have captured the popular imagination for centuries. Today they are a worldwide phenomenon, featuring in everything from Jamaican reggae songs to Japanese and Korean horror films. |
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Developmental Evaluation Exemplars: Principles in Practice. |
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Patton, Michael Q./ 9781462522972/ Price:US$ 93.00
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Responding to evaluator and instructor demand, this book presents a diverse set of high-quality developmental evaluation (DE) case studies. Twelve insightful exemplars illustrate how DE is used to evaluate innovative initiatives in complex, dynamic environments, including a range of fields and international settings. Written by leading practitioners, chapters offer a rare window into what it takes to do DE, what roles must be fulfilled, and what results can be expected. Each case opens with an incisive introduction by the editors. The book also addresses frequently asked questions about DE, synthesizes key themes and lessons learned from the exemplars, and identifies eight essential principles of DE. |
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Case Studies, 4-Vols/Set. |
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Tight, Malcolm/ 9781446274484/ Price:GBP 745.00
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This collection takes a dutifully contemporary approach to the exploration of the uses and interpretations of the case study across a multitude of disciplines and through various cultural perspectives. Exploring the case study from both methodological and theoretical perspectives, the texts included in the volumes illustrate how case study techniques are currently employed, and suggest how they might develop in the foreseeable future. Relevant to varied levels and scales of case study use, the aim of this collection is to provide readers with a comprehensive overview of where we are now with case study research, so that they may better judge their own applications of the case study.
From definitions to interdisciplinary methods, this set will address the practical case study by offering a structured selection of some of the best modern and classic writing on the case study in article form, together with a synoptic editorial introduction and overview of the field of research.
Volume One: The Origins and History of Case Study
Volume Two: Case Study Design
Volume Three: Issues with Case Study
Volume Four: The Use of Case Studies in Different Disciplines |
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The SAGE Handbook of Family Communication. |
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Turner, Lynn H./ 9781483345956/ Price:GBP 135.00
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The Sage Handbook of Family Communication provides a comprehensive examination of family communication theory and research. Chapters by leading scholars in family communication expand the definition of family, address recent shifts in culture, and cover important new topics, including families in crisis, families and governmental policies, social media, and extended families. The combination of groundbreaking theories, research methods, and reviews of foundational and emerging research in family communication make this an invaluable resource that explores the critical topics and issues facing family communication researchers today. |
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Impacts of the Knowledge Society on Economic and Social Growth in Africa. |
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Lloyd G. Adu Amoah/ 9781466658448/ Price:US$ 195.00
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In a world that is essentially digitizing, some have argued that the idea of the knowledge society holds the greatest promise for Africa's rapid socio-economic transformation.
Impacts of the Knowledge Society on Economic and Social Growth in Africa aims to catalyze thinking and provide relevant information on the complex ways in which the information age is shaping Africa and the implications that this will have for the continent and the world. This premier reference volume will provide policy analysts, policymakers, academics, and researchers with fresh insights into the key empirical and theoretical matters framing Africa's ongoing digitization.
Topics Covered
¡EAfrica's Tourism Sector and ICTs
¡EAnti-Trust Laws and Telecommunications in Africa
¡EGlobal and Regional Intellectual Property Rights
¡EICTs and African Politics
¡EKnowledge Society from the African Perspective
¡EPolitical-Economy of Analog-Digital Transition
¡EPublic Policy Formation and ICTs
¡ERobotics Education
¡ETechnology Strategy and Indigenous Knowledge
¡ETelecommunications Chambers in Africa
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The Social History of the American Family, 4-Vols/Set. |
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Ganong, Lawrence H./ 9781452286167/ Price:GBP 565.00
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The American family has come a long way from the days of the idealized family portrayed in iconic television shows of the 1950s and 1960s. The four volumes of The Social History of the American Family explore the vital role of the family as the fundamental social unit across the span of American history. Experiences of family life shape so much of an individual¡¦s development and identity, yet the patterns of family structure, family life, and family transition vary across time, space, and socioeconomic contexts. Both the definition of who or what counts as family and representations of the ¡§ideal¡¨ family have changed over time to reflect changing mores, changing living standards and lifestyles, and increased levels of social heterogeneity.
This carefully balanced academic work chronicles the social, cultural, economic, and political aspects of American families from the colonial period to the present. Key themes include families and culture (including mass media), families and religion, families and the economy, families and social issues, families and social stratification and conflict, family structures (including marriage and divorce, gender roles, parenting and children, and mixed and non-modal family forms), and family law and policy.
Features:
¡EA collection of primary source documents demonstrate themes across time.
¡EThe signed articles, with cross references and Further Readings, are accompanied by a Reader¡¦s Guide, Chronology of American Families, Resource Guide, Glossary, and thorough index. |
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Asian American Society, 4-Vols/Set. |
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Danico, Mary Yu/ 9781452281902/ Price:GBP 610.00
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Asian Americans are a growing, minority population in the United States. After a 46 percent population growth between 2000 and 2010 according to the 2010 Census, there are 17.3 million Asian Americans today. Yet Asian Americans as a category are a diverse set of peoples from over 30 distinctive Asian-origin subgroups that defy simplistic descriptions or generalizations. They face a wide range of issues and problems within the larger American social universe despite the persistence of common stereotypes that label them as a ¡§model minority¡¨ for the generalized attributes offered uncritically in many media depictions.
Asian American Society: An Encyclopedia provides a thorough introduction to the wide¡Vranging and fast¡Vdeveloping field of Asian American studies. Published with the Association for Asian American Studies (AAAS), two volumes of the four-volume encyclopedia feature more than 300 A-to-Z articles authored by AAAS members and experts in the field who examine the social, cultural, psychological, economic, and political dimensions of the Asian American experience. The next two volumes of this work contain approximately 200 annotated primary documents, organized chronologically, that detail the impact American society has had on reshaping Asian American identities and social structures over time.
Features:
¡EMore than 300 articles authored by experts in the field, organized in A-to-Z format, help students understand Asian American influences on American life, as well as the impact of American society on reshaping Asian American identities and social structures over time.
¡EA core collection of primary documents and key demographic and social science data provide historical context and key information.
¡EA Reader's Guide groups related entries by broad topic areas and themes; a Glossary defines key terms; and a Resource Guide provides lists of books, academic journals, websites and cross references.
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Approaches to Fieldwork, 4-Vols/Set. |
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Hillyard, Sam/ 9781446267950/ Price:GBP 745.00
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These four volumes map how the fieldwork approach to research has developed and matured over the past decades. Following on from the success of 2004's major work, Fieldwork (ed. Christopher Pole), the aim of this collection is to acknowledge the legacy and the traditions from which fieldwork emerged, but moreover to critically discuss how best fieldwork can move look to engage with the lives as they are now lived. Though the generic task of fieldwork remains as it was ¡V the challenge to ¡¥get inside' and seek understanding about the social world - the literature included in these volumes also engages with the whys, whats and hows of using ¡¥new' digital data, placing current debates in context. The seminal articles included in this collection are further discussed and contextualised through the editor's introduction, which outlines the rationale for selection and provides an illuminating overview of the field.
Volume One: Theoretical ideas and the emergence of the fieldwork tradition
Volume Two: Technique and technologies
Volume Three: The purpose, task and ambitions of fieldwork
Volume Four: Outcomes: style, quality and impact |
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The SAGE Encyclopedia of Action Research, 2-Vols/Set. |
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Coghlan, David/ 9781849200271/ Price:GBP 315.00
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Action research is a term used to describe a family of related approaches that integrate theory and action with a goal of addressing important organizational, community, and social issues together with those who experience them. It focuses on the creation of areas for collaborative learning and the design, enactment and evaluation of liberating actions through combining action and research, reflection and action in an ongoing cycle of cogenerative knowledge. While the roots of these methodologies go back to the 1940s, there has been a dramatic increase in research output and adoption in university curricula over the past decade. This is now an area of high popularity among academics and researchers from various fields - especially business and organization studies, education, health care, nursing, development studies, and social and community work.
The Encyclopedia of Action Research brings together the many strands of action research and addresses the interplay between these disciplines by presenting a state-of-the-art overview and comprehensive breakdown of the key tenets and methods of action research as well as detailing the work of key theorists and contributors to action research. |
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Researching Society Online, 4-Vols/Set. |
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David, Matthew/ 9781446273357/ Price:GBP 745.00
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The history of internet research methods is, naturally, much shorter than the histories of other research methods in the social sciences, though no less rich or significant as a result. The early development of distributed networked communications in the 1960s and 1970s can be seen as a relevant pre-history and emergence period for the internet, and consequently the birth of the world wide web in the early 1990s saw the internet truly break out from being a rather technical tool into a more ubiquitous aspect of everyday life. This four-volume collection begins with some of the earliest works on what was or was to become the internet, moving methodically through to present-day issues. The esteemed editorial team has selected for inclusion literatures which address a wide range of topics, and the collection is further set in context by an illuminating introductory chapter in Volume 1.
VOLUME ONE: The Social Context of Online Research
VOLUME TWO: Critical and 'Live' Issues in Researching Society Online
VOLUME THREE: Online Data Collection Methods
VOLUME FOUR: Innovation in Researching Society Online |
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| VA05-428 |
Categorical Data Analysis, 4-Vols/Set. |
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Yang, Keming/ 9781446266519/ Price:GBP 745.00
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These four volumes provide a collection of key publications on categorical data analysis, carefully put together so that the reader can easily navigate, understand and put in context the major concepts and methods of analysing categorical data. The major work opens with a series of papers that address general issues in CDA, and progresses with publications which follow a logical movement from the statistics for analysing a single categorical variable, to those for studying the relationships between two and more categorical variables, and to categorical variables in some of more advanced methods, such as latent class analysis. Edited and introduced by a leading voice in the field, this collection helpfully includes both theoretical and applied items on its theme, in order to help the reader understand the methods and use them in empirical research.
Volume 1: Basic Concepts and Principles
Volume 2: Statistical Methods for Analysing Associations
Volume 3: Log-Linear and Logistic Regression Models
Volume 4: Advanced and Graphical Statistical Methods |
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Encyclopedia of Social Deviance, 2-Vols/Set. |
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Forsyth, Craig J./ 9781452240336/ Price:GBP 360.00
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Social deviance¡Xany behavior that violates a cultural norm¡Xcan involve something as major as crime or as minor as consistently and deliberately wearing lively mismatched socks. Whether a crime, a sin, or simply unique taste, what¡¦s considered deviant at one time and place can change, as when extensive tattooing and "body art" evolved from a sideshow carnival spectacle to a nearly universal rite of passage within U.S. culture.
Drawing contributions from across the social and behavioral sciences, including sociology, anthropology, criminology, politics, psychology, and religion, the Encyclopedia of Social Deviance introduces readers to the lively field of rule-making and rebellion that strikes at the core of what it means to be an individual living in a social world.
Key Features:
¡EMore than 300 articles authored by key figures in the field are organized A-to-Z in two volumes.
¡EEach article concludes with cross-references to related entries and further readings. |
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Applications of Social Network Analysis, 4-Vols/Set. |
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Carrington, Peter J./ 9781446260326/ Price:GBP 745.00
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Since its appearance in the 1930s in the form of sociometry, social network analysis (SNA) has become a major paradigm for social research in such areas as communication, organizations, and social mobility, to name but a few. It is used by researchers in a wide range of disciplines: like any mathematical approach to social research, social network analysis strips away the unique details of social situations to reveal, or model, the bare structural essentials. By doing so, it enables the researcher to identify similarities across widely disparate contexts, and so to benefit from the insights of many different fields of study. This major work is dedicated specifically to the applications of social network analysis in diverse fields of scholarship. Divided into four volumes, each of which opens with a contextualising introduction written by the editor, this collection aims to provide scholars from a wide range of disciplines with a comprehensive, touchstone resource on the topic.
VOLUME ONE: INDIVIDUALS (PART 1)
Part One: Personal Communities
Part Two: Social Capital
Part Three: Social Support
Part Four: The Small World
VOLUME TWO: INDIVIDUALS (PART 2)
Part One: Interpersonal Influence
Part Two: Kinship
Part Three: Online Networks
Part Four: Animal Networks
VOLUME THREE: ORGANIZATIONS
Part One: Intra-organizational Networks
Part Two: Inter-organizational Networks
Part Three: Organizational Elites
Part Four: World Systems
VOLUME FOUR: INSTITUTIONS
Part One: Science
Part Two: Culture
Part Three: Crime
Part Four: Terrorism |
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Contemporary Social Issues in East Asian Societies: Examining the Spectrum of Public and Private Spheres. |
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Mervio, Mika Markus/ 9781466650312/ Price:US$ 175.00
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While the balance between private and public sectors are based primarily on the experiences of the wealthy societies in Western Europe and North America, the global reach and increased political weight of East Asian economies is bound to influence other societies as well.
Contemporary Social Issues in East Asian Societies: Examining the Spectrum of Public and Private Spheres focuses on modern highly developed East Asian societies and their social issues, particularly ones that are related to family, institution, and health. By examining the modernized global society and its connectedness, this book is a vital resource for researchers, students, and academicians interested in the distinctive features connected with local, social and cultural traditions of East Asian society.
Topics Covered
¡EFamily Institution
¡EForeign Aid
¡EGlobal Financial Crises
¡EGlobalization
¡EHealth Finance Reform
¡EPublic and Private Spheres
¡ERisk Society |
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The SAGE Handbook of Child Research. |
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Melton, Gary B./ 9781412930161/ Price:GBP 130.00
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This authoritative Handbook takes its lead from a number of key assumptions on the subject of research methods for child-related research. These include, to name but a couple of examples: the importance of recognising the significance of the different contexts in which children find themselves in determining the nature of appropriate research methods, and the importance of having clear ethical guidelines and standards governing the research activities of those involved in research on and with children. Accommodating basic principles such as these, this handbook aims to provide researchers, practitioners and scholars with an interest in undertaking research with children with a comprehensive and definitive manual.
The book is divided into three parts, to allow for ease of navigation of the thematic structure:
¡EPart I: Setting-Specific Issues in Child Research
¡EPart II: Population-Specific Issues in Child Research
¡EPart III: Methods in Research on Children and Childhood
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Textual Analysis, 4-Vols/Set. |
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Bauer, Martin W/ 9781446246894/ Price:GBP 745.00
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This four-volume Major Work mines the extensive research of the past few decades into textual analysis. The set¡¦s esteemed team of editorshave collated seminal papers which consider the key difference between content analysis and textual analysis, the conceptual starting point and the logic and the attitude of the research process, as well as exploring the tension between reading a text and using a text, amongst other key issues.
With experienced and respected figures in the field at the helm, the carefully selected papers in this collection are put into context and analysed in a newly-written introductory chapter which charts the developments and looks to the future of the field.
Volume One: Basic philosophical considerations
Volume Two: Modalities of textual work
Volume Three: Reading Text
Volume Four: Using Text
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Documentary & Archival Research, 4-Vols/Set. |
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Hughes, Jason/ 9781446210949/ Price:GBP 745.00
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This research tradition has arisen from a specific set of historical, disciplinary and institutional conditions. The very emergence of 'documentation' is predicated upon a set of long-term processes in which humans have developed the capacity to use symbols and store knowledge such that it can be exchanged and inter-generationally transmitted. Consisting of an impressive list of contributors, the four volumes discuss the history, development and current debates alive in the field, such as the biographical turn in social science, the theoretical underpinnings to using human documents in social research and the epistemological, substantive and practical concerns with the process of analyzing data from human documentary sources. Comprehensive, illuminating and dynamic, this collection will have appeal across all social science disciplines, especially sociology, social psychology, criminology, politics and international relations, management and business studies, human geography, media and communication studies
Volume One: Human Documents: Perspectives and Approaches
Volume Two: Analyzing Human Documents
Volume Three: Human Documents in Social Research
Volume Four: Archival Research and Data Re-Use |
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The SAGE Handbook of Qualitative Data Analysis. |
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Flick, Uwe/ 9781446208984/ Price:GBP 130.00
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The wide range of approaches to data analysis in qualitative research can seem daunting even for experienced researchers. This handbook is the first to provide a state-of-the art overview of the whole field of QDA; from general analytic strategies used in qualitative research, to approaches specific to particular types of qualitative data, including talk, text, sounds, images and virtual data.
The handbook includes chapters on traditional analytic strategies such as grounded theory, content analysis, hermeneutics, phenomenology and narrative analysis, as well as coverage of newer trends like mixed methods, reanalysis and meta-analysis. Practical aspects such as sampling, transcription, working collaboratively, writing and implementation are given close attention, as are theory and theorization, reflexivity, and ethics.
Written by a team of experts in qualitative research from around the world, this handbook is an essential compendium for all qualitative researchers and students across the social sciences. |
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Urban Design, 4-Vols/Set. |
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Banerjee, Tridib/ 9780415520201/ Price:GBP 1050.00
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In common parlance, urban design means the appearance, layout, and organization of the built form of large-scale urban environments. Urban design also implies a deliberate process to create functional, efficient, just, and aesthetically appealing urban spaces. Accordingly, as the editor of this new Routledge collection explains, ¡¥design¡¦ is used simultaneously as both noun and verb, and the literature on urban design reflects this parallel possibility. As a noun, urban design is an object of historical, critical, comparative commentaries on the circumstances, values, and processes that lead to a particular urban design outcome and its human consequences. Scholarship here is critical and reflective of the past outcomes, and normative about future possibilities. The other literature that focuses on design as a process tends to emphasize the practice, methods, and the institutional frameworks that guide urban design and influence its outcome. While the former includes writings from social sciences and the humanities, the latter are drawn primarily from the disciplines of architecture, landscape architecture, and urban planning.
This new collection from Routledge¡¦s Critical Concepts in Urban Studies series answers the urgent need for an authoritative reference work to help researchers and students navigate and make sense of this huge, rapidly growing, and complex corpus of literature. Moreover, the compilation reflects the many and varied sources of knowledge and influence: these expertly compiled major works chart, organize, and order not only the best output of academics and practitioners of urban design, but also include key writings on cities and urbanism from thinkers across the social sciences and humanities, and from other allied disciplinary traditions.
Volume I: The Idea of Urban Design
Volume II: Urban Form and Urbanism
Volume III: Scope and Scale of Urban Design
Volume IV: Challenges and New Directions |
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Data Inference in Observational Settings, 4-Vols/Set. |
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Davis, Peter/ 9781446266502/ Price:GBP 710.00
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Most social research is carried out in observational settings; that is, most social researchers collect information in the "real world" trying to do as little possible to alter the circumstances of study. However, there is a fundamental problem with this kind of research, in that it is very hard to draw "causal" conclusions, because of the complexity and obduracy of social reality. This is not just a problem for social scientists interested in policy or social action. It applies across the board more generally because it becomes difficult to know, without the conditions for credible inference, what conclusions can be drawn from any piece of empirical research that aspires to be anything more than descriptive of social phenomena.
This four-volume set of readings introduces the reader to the advances that have been made in trying to help social researchers draw more credible inferences from investigations carried out in observational settings. Drawing from a variety of sources - from logicians and philosophers, to applied statisticians, computer scientists and econometricians, to epidemiologists and social researchers - this collection provides an invaluable resource for scholars in the field.
Volume One: Background
Volume Two: Analytical Techniques
Volume Three: Temporal Relations
Volume Four: Experimental Analogues
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The SAGE Handbook of Human Geography, 2-Vols/Set. |
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Lee, Roger/ 9780857022486/ Price:GBP 355.00
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Published in association with the journal Progress in Human Geography, edited and written by the principal scholars in the discipline, this Handbook demonstrates the difference that thinking about the world geographically makes.
Each section considers how human geography shapes the world, interrogates it, and intervenes in it. It includes a major retrospective and prospective introductory essay, with three substantive sections on:
¡EImagining Human Geographies
¡EPractising Human Geographies
¡ELiving Human Geographies
The Handbook also has an innovative multimedia component of conversations about key issues in human geography ¡V as well as an overview of human geography from the Editors.
A key reference for any scholar interested in questions about what difference it makes to think spatially or geographically about the world, this Handbook is a rich and textured statement about the geographical imagination. |
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Selecting the Right Analyses for Your Data: Quantitative, Qualitative, and Mixed Methods. |
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Vogt, W. P./ 9781462516025/ Price:US$ 118.00
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What are the most effective methods to code and analyze data for a particular study? This thoughtful and engaging book reviews the selection criteria for coding and analyzing any set of data¡Xwhether qualitative, quantitative, mixed, or visual. The authors systematically explain when to use verbal, numerical, graphic, or combined codes, and when to use qualitative, quantitative, graphic, or mixed-methods modes of analysis. Chapters on each topic are organized so that researchers can read them sequentially or can easily "flip and find" answers to specific questions. Nontechnical discussions of cutting-edge approaches¡Xillustrated with real-world examples¡Xemphasize how to choose (rather than how to implement) the various analyses. The book shows how using the right analysis methods leads to more justifiable conclusions and more persuasive presentations of research results. |
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| SA05-439 |
Public Engagement and Social Science. |
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Maile, Stella/ 9781447306863/ Price:GBP 85.99
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This original edited collection explores the value of public engagement in a wider social science context. Its main themes range from the dialogic character of social science to the pragmatic responses to the managerial policies underpinning the restructuring of Higher Education. The book is organised in three parts: the first encourages the reader to reflect upon the different social and political inflections of public engagement and offers one university example of a social science cafe' in Bristol. The following sections are based upon talks given in the cafe' and are linked by a concern with public engagement and the contribution of social science to a reflexive understanding of the dilemmas and practices of daily life. This highly topical book will be of interest to academics, practitioners and students interested in critical social issues as they impact on their everyday lives. |
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The Immigrant War: A Global Movement Against Discrimination and Exploitation. |
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Longhi, Vittorio/ 9781447305897/ Price:GBP 13.99
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The abuse of Asian workers in the oil-rich Gulf countries, the trafficking of undocumented latinos at the US border, the exploitation of African sans papiers in France and the attacks on Sub-Saharan farmhands by the mob in Italy. All these events show how migrants, especially those without legal documents, can be an easy target for violence and discrimination, often with impunity. At least, until they decide to fight back. In this original, accessible book, Vittorio Longhi, a journalist who specialises in international labour matters, describes an emerging phenomenon of social conflict, in which migrants are not conceived as passive victims of exploitation. Instead they are portrayed as conscious, vital social actors who are determined to organise and claim better rights. With a global perspective, The immigrant war highlights the 'struggle for human rights, citizenship and equality', in the context of a policy vacuum within the international community towards migration. He demonstrates how these emerging conflicts can break the chain of exploitation and contribute to rethinking failing migration policies and the role of migrants in contemporary societies. The book will be of interest to labour and migration specialists, students of social sciences, trade unionists and human rights activists, as well as a general readership interested in migration. |
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| SA05-439 |
New Media and Public Activism: Neoliberalism, the State and Radical Protest in the Public Sphere. |
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Roberts, John M./ 9781447308218/ Price:GBP 28.99
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The Arab Spring, chat forums, political leaders tweeting, online petitions, and protestors in the Occupy Movement, new media public spheres have without doubt radically altered social and political activism in society. But to what extent is this new activist public sphere stifled by the neoliberal economy and workfare state? Have we in fact become transformed into subjects of online consumption and orderly surveillance, rather than committed social and political campaigners? In this highly topical book, John Michael Roberts employs a political economy perspective to explore the relationship between financial neoliberal capitalism and digital publics. He assesses the extent to which they provide new forms of radical protest in civil society and offers an indispensable guide to understanding the relationship between the state, new media activism and neoliberal practices. |
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| SA05-439 |
Domestic Violence and Sexuality: What's Love Got To Do with It?. |
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Donovan, Catherine/ 9781447307433/ Price:GBP 85.99
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This book provides the first detailed discussion of domestic violence and abuse in same sex relationships, offering a unique comparison between this and domestic violence and abuse experienced by heterosexual women and men. It examines how experiences of domestic violence and abuse may be shaped by gender, sexuality and age, including whether and how victims/survivors seek help, and asks, what¡¦s love got to do with it? A pioneering methodology, using both quantitative and qualitative research, provides a reliable and valid approach that challenges the heteronormative model in domestic violence research, policy and practice. The authors develops a new framework of analysis ¡V practices of love ¡V to explore empirical data. Outlining the implications of the research for practice and service development, the book will be of interest to policy makers and practitioners in the field of domestic violence, especially those who provide services for sexual minorities, as well as students and academics interested in issues of domestic and interpersonal violence. |
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| SA05-439 |
Father and Daughter: Patriarchy, Gender, and Social Science. |
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Oakley, Ann/ 9781447318101/ Price:GBP 15.99
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Father and daughter provides an unique ¡¥insider perspective¡¦ on two key figures in twentieth-century British social science. Ann Oakley, a highly respected sociologist and best-selling writer, draws on her own life and that of her father, Richard Titmuss, a well-known policy analyst and defender of the welfare state, to offer an absorbing view of the connections between private lives and public work. Using an innovative mix of biography, autobiography, intellectual history, archives, and personal interviews, some of which have not been previously available to the public, she provides a compelling narrative about gender, patriarchy, methodology, and the politics of memory and identity. This fascinating analysis defies the usual social science publications to offer a truly distinctive account which will be of wide interest. |
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| SA05-439 |
Family Troubles?: Exploring Changes and Challenges in the Family Lives of Children and Young People. |
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McCarthy, Jane R./ 9781447304449/ Price:GBP 28.99
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As the everyday family lives of children and young people come to be increasingly defined as matters of public policy and concern, it is important to raise the question of how we can understand the contested terrain between "normal" family troubles and troubled and troubling families. In this important, timely and thought-provoking publication, a wide range of contributors explore how "troubles¡¨ feature in ¡§normal" families, and how the ¡§normal" features in ¡§troubled¡¨ families. Drawing on research on a wide range of substantive topics - including infant care, sibling conflict, divorce, disability, illness, migration and asylum-seeking, substance misuse, violence, kinship care, and forced marriage - the contributors aim to promote dialogue between researchers addressing mainstream family change and diversity in everyday lives, and those specialising in specific problems which prompt professional interventions. In tackling these contentious and difficult issues across a variety of topics, the book addresses a wide audience, including policy makers, service users and practitioners, as well as family studies scholars more generally who are interested in issues of family change. |
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Alcohol and Moral Regulation: Public Attitudes, Spirited Measures and Victorian Hangovers. |
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Yeomans, Henry/ 9781447309932/ Price:GBP 85.99
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Alcohol consumption is frequently described as a contemporary, worsening and peculiarly British social problem that requires radical remedial regulation. Informed by historical research and sociological analysis, this book takes an innovative and refreshing look at how public attitudes and the regulation of alcohol have developed through time. It argues that, rather than a response to trends in consumption or harm, ongoing anxieties about alcohol are best understood as ¡¥hangovers¡¦ derived, in particular, from the Victorian period. The product of several years of research, this book aims to help readers re-evaluate their understandings of drinking. As such, it is essential reading for students, academics and anyone with a serious interest in Britain¡¦s ¡¥drink problem¡¦. |
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Preventing Violence against Women and Girls: Educational Work with Children and Young People. |
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Ellis, Jane/ 9781447307310/ Price:GBP 28.99
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The need for children and young people to learn about violence against women and girls (VAWG) has been voiced since the late 1980¡¦s. This is the first ever book on educational work to prevent VAWG, providing the most comprehensive contribution to our knowledge and understanding in this area. By bringing together international examples of research and practice, the book offers insight into the underpinning theoretical debates and key lessons for practice, addressing the complexities and challenges of developing, implementing and evaluating educational work to prevent VAWG. This multidisciplinary book will be of interest to educationalists, VAWG and child welfare practitioners, policy makers, researchers and students. |
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| SA05-438 |
Conversations on Cognitive Cultural Studies. |
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Aldama, Frederick L./ 9780814293461/ Price:US$ 14.95
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| SA05-438 |
An Introduction to MATLAB for Behavioral Researchers. |
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Madan, C. R./ 9781452255408/ Price:GBP 34.99
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| SA05-438 |
Countering Naxalism with Development: Challenges of Social Justice and State Security. |
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Mehrotra, Santosh/ 9788132113935/ Price:GBP 50.00
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| SA05-436 |
Selecting the Right Analyses for Your Data: Quantitative, Qualitative, and Mixed Methods. |
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Vogt, W. P./ 9781462515769/ Price:US$ 58.00
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What are the most effective methods to code and analyze data for a particular study? This thoughtful and engaging book reviews the selection criteria for coding and analyzing any set of data¡Xwhether qualitative, quantitative, mixed, or visual. The authors systematically explain when to use verbal, numerical, graphic, or combined codes, and when to use qualitative, quantitative, graphic, or mixed-methods modes of analysis. Chapters on each topic are organized so that researchers can read them sequentially or can easily "flip and find" answers to specific questions. Nontechnical discussions of cutting-edge approaches¡Xillustrated with real-world examples¡Xemphasize how to choose (rather than how to implement) the various analyses. The book shows how using the right analysis methods leads to more justifiable conclusions and more persuasive presentations of research results. |
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| SA05-435 |
Feminist Evaluation and Research: Theory and Practice. |
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Brisolara, Sharon/ 9781462515202/ Price:US$ 47.00
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This thought-provoking book explores the 'whats,' 'whys,' and 'hows' of integrating feminist theory and methods into applied research and evaluation practice. Illustrative cases drawn from U.S. and international studies address a range of social and health issues. The book provides an overview of feminist theory and research strategies as well as detailed discussions of how to use a feminist lens, practical steps and challenges in implementation, and what feminist methods contribute to research and evaluation projects. Reflections at the close of each section invite the reader to consider key questions and common themes across the chapters. With a focus on social justice models, the book covers ways to conduct feminist research and evaluation in effective, innovative, and culturally competent ways in diverse social and cultural contexts. |
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| SA05-433 |
Access to Justice for Disadvantaged Communities. |
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Mayo, Marjorie/ 9781447311027/ Price:GBP 79.99
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ccess to justice for all, regardless of the ability to pay, has been a core democratic value. But this basic human right has come under threat through wider processes of restructuring, with an increasingly market-led approach to the provision of welfare. Professionals and volunteers in Law Centres in Britain are struggling to provide legal advice and access to welfare rights to disadvantaged communities. Drawing upon original research, this unique study explores how strategies to safeguard these vital services might be developed in ways that strengthen rather than undermine the basic ethics and principles of public service provision. The book explores how such strategies might strengthen the position of those who provide, as well as those who need, public services, and to empower communities to work more effectively with professionals and progressive organisations in the pursuit of rights and social justice agendas more widely. |
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| SA05-432 |
The Political and Social Construction of Poverty: Central and Eastern European Countries in Transition. |
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Romano, Serena/ 9781447312710/ Price:GBP 85.99
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Poverty is not a neutral phenomenon, nor are social inclusion programmes neutrally conceived, designed and implemented. Their ultimate nature is built upon ideas, values, actors, politics and economic constraints. This topical book is one of the first to examine the social and political construction of anti-poverty programmes in Central Eastern Europe and their transformation from the communist rule to the current economic crisis. It covers the approach towards the ¡¥parasite¡¦ poor through to Guaranteed Minimum Income Schemes and illustrates how the distinction between different categories of ¡¥deserving¡¦ and ¡¥undeserving¡¦ poor has evolved over the years as the result of changing paradigms, combined with the pressure exerted by domestic and international actors, the European Union and the World Bank among others. This text breaks new ground for social policy students and scholars interested in understanding how differently post-communist welfare states have represented, legitimized and dealt with poverty, need and social justice in accordance to divergent normative frameworks constructed at national level. |
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| SA05-432 |
Parental Conflict: Outcomes and Interventions for Children and Families. |
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Reynolds, Jenny/ 9781447315810/ Price:GBP 21.99
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There is increasing Government recognition of the importance of early family experiences on long-term individual and family level outcomes and a better understanding of how inter-parental conflict influences children¡¦s development is key to helping practitioners and policy makers promote improved outcomes for children. This accessible book reviews recent research showing how children who experience high levels of inter-parental conflict are at serious risk not only in terms of their own well-being, but also in relation to the perpetuation of these behaviours later in life. It examines the differences between ¡¥destructive¡¦ and ¡¥constructive¡¦ conflict and how they affect children, explores why some children are more adversely affected than others, and features the latest evidence on how conflict impacts on child physiology. Of particular note is the book¡¦s focus on the growing literature on conflict interventions that have shown an expansion of evidence within the last decade. A primer for practitioners working with families, policy makers, students and academics, it will show how to improve the tomorrows for children who experience challenging family experiences today. |
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The Social Atlas of Europe. |
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Ballas, Dimitris/ 9781447313533/ Price:GBP 79.99
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Many of us think of European countries as discreet entities¡Xtheir own languages, cultures, food, and economies squarely contained within their national boundaries. But in fact Europe is at once a unified place and a sophisticatedly fragmented one, and national boundaries rarely reflect its social and economic realities. The social atlas of Europe is the first atlas to map Europe according to these realities, from the perspective of human geography rather than simply a political one. Using innovative full-color visualization methods, it reconsiders European identity through its many different facets: economy, culture, history, and human and physical geography, visualizing Europe and its people in a more fluid way, in some cases using maps without artificial national boundaries. It utilizes the latest available demographic, social, and economic data through state-of-the-art geographical information systems and new cartography techniques. Through these new visualizations, this highly illustrated book offers fresh perspectives on a range of topics, including social values, culture, education, employment, environmental footprints, health and well-being, and social inequalities and cohesion. It is a bold rethinking of Europe as we know it and will be of interest to anyone who wants to understand the continent in its truest form. |
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New Media and Public Activism: Neoliberalism, the State and Radical Protest in the Public Sphere. |
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Roberts, John M./ 9781447308225/ Price:GBP 79.99
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The Arab Spring, chat forums, political leaders tweeting, online petitions, and protestors in the Occupy Movement, new media public spheres have without doubt radically altered social and political activism in society. But to what extent is this new activist public sphere stifled by the neoliberal economy and workfare state? Have we in fact become transformed into subjects of online consumption and orderly surveillance, rather than committed social and political campaigners? In this highly topical book, John Michael Roberts employs a political economy perspective to explore the relationship between financial neoliberal capitalism and digital publics. He assesses the extent to which they provide new forms of radical protest in civil society and offers an indispensable guide to understanding the relationship between the state, new media activism and neoliberal practices. |
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Preventing Violence against Women and Girls: Educational Work with Children and Young People. |
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Ellis, Jane/ 9781447318590/ Price:GBP 79.99
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The need for children and young people to learn about violence against women and girls (VAWG) has been voiced since the late 1980¡¦s. This is the first ever book on educational work to prevent VAWG, providing the most comprehensive contribution to our knowledge and understanding in this area. By bringing together international examples of research and practice, the book offers insight into the underpinning theoretical debates and key lessons for practice, addressing the complexities and challenges of developing, implementing and evaluating educational work to prevent VAWG. This multidisciplinary book will be of interest to educationalists, VAWG and child welfare practitioners, policy makers, researchers and students. |
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What Is God? Can Religion Be Modeled? |
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Sheridan, Thomas B./ 9780990447122/ Price:US$ 26.00
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This is a study of the concept of God, not from the perspective of any religious tradition, but rather as belief in a supernatural entity as has prevailed through the ages. The book¡¦s unique perspective is to ask what can be modeled in denotative language (much as modeling in science, medicine and modern professions) in contrast to connotative language (e.g., myth, metaphor, art and music). It adopts the assumption of model-based reality, as currently prevalent in physics and some branches of philosophy. That criterion means an entity can be called real for public discourse purposes only to the extent that a credible model can be made of what the entity is or how it works (as contrasted to the private reality of thoughts, perceptions or dreams.) |
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°·±dªÀ·|¾Ç Sociology and health : an introduction, 2nd ed.
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Peter MorrallµÛ; §õ§Ó¥Ä¶
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| VA05-416 |
Multicultural America, 4-Vols/Set. |
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Cortes, Carlos E./ 9781452216836/ Price:GBP 505.00
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This comprehensive title is among the first to extensively use newly released 2010 U.S. Census data to examine multiculturalism today and tomorrow in America. This distinction is important considering the following NPR report by Eyder Peralta: ¡§Based on the first national numbers released by the Census Bureau, the AP reports that minorities account for 90 percent of the total U.S. growth since 2000, due to immigration and higher birth rates for Latinos.¡¨ According to John Logan, a Brown University sociologist who has analyzed most of the census figures, ¡§The futures of most metropolitan areas in the country are contingent on how attractive they are to Hispanic and Asian populations.¡¨ Both non-Hispanic whites and blacks are getting older as a group. ¡§These groups are tending to fade out,¡¨ he added. Another demographer, William H. Frey with the Brookings Institution, told The Washington Post that this has been a pivotal decade. ¡§We¡¦re pivoting from a white-black-dominated American population to one that is multiracial and multicultural.¡¨
Multicultural America: A Multimedia Encyclopedia explores this pivotal moment and its ramifications with more than 900 signed entries not just providing a compilation of specific ethnic groups and their histories but also covering the full spectrum of issues flowing from the increasingly multicultural canvas that is America today. Pedagogical elements include an introduction, a thematic reader¡¦s guide, a chronology of multicultural milestones, a glossary, a resource guide to key books, journals, and Internet sites, and an appendix of 2010 U.S. Census Data. |
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| VA05-415 |
Grounded Theory and Situational Analysis, 4-Vols/Set. |
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Clarke, Adele E./ 9780857027801/ Price:GBP 710.00
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This new four-volume major work brings together a wealth of valuable research on the qualitative research methods of grounded theory and its extension, situational analysis. Both approaches draw on poststructural developments in the social sciences and humanities, (re)situating these methods among cutting-edge approaches today. The articles in this collection come from a variety of disciplines, from sociology to science and technology studies, as well as focusing on a broad cross-section of issues relating to race, class and gender amongst others. Framed and contextualised by an introductory chapter, newly-written for the set by the widely-respected editorial team of Adele Clarke and Kathy Charmaz, the collection is clearly divided into the four thematic volumes:
Volume One: History, Essentials and Debates in Grounded Theory
Volume Two: Grounded Theory in Disciplines and Research
Volume Three: Grounded Theory Exemplars Across Disciplines
Volume Four: Situational Analysis: Essentials and Exemplars
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| VA05-414 |
Statistical Analysis of Continuous Data, 4-Vols/Set. |
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Penn, Roger/ 9781446248690/ Price:GBP 820.00
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This new four-volume collection tracks the development of statistical methods for continuous, or interval-scale data. Examples of such data occurring in the social sciences include indicators of educational attainment (for example, GCSE scores) and psychometric measures of intelligence. Framed by a new contextualising introduction, the volumes are organised thematically, covering key areas to enable a well-rounded and comprehensive understanding of the discipline:
Volume One: Statistical Foundations for the Analysis of Continuous Data
Volume Two: Basic Principles for the Statistical Modelling of Continuous Data
Volume Three: Multivariate Analyses of Continuous Data
Volume Four: Statistical Modelling of Multivariate Continuous Data
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| VA05-413 |
The Wiley-Blackwell Encyclopedia of Social and Political Movements, 3-Vols/Set. |
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Snow, David A./ 9781405197731/ Price:US$ 681.25
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Comprehensive, authoritative, interdisciplinary, and up-to-date, The Wiley-Blackwell Encyclopedia of Social and Political Movements contains over 400 entries across three volumes, exploring social and political movements and related collective phenomena throughout the world.
¡E COMPREHENSIVE: Comprising over 400 entries across three volumes, this invaluable reference resource explores major social and political movements and related collective phenomena across the globe
¡E INTERNATIONAL: Brings together a prestigious editorial team drawn from ten countries and from across four disciplines
¡E WIDE-RANGING: Covers a broad range of historical and modern topics to create an understanding of many of the most significant social and political developments and changes throughout much of human history, from the French Revolution, to the global women's movement, to Martin Luther King Jr. and the American Civil Rights Movement, through to more recent issues including environmentalism and the Arab Spring
¡E AUTHORITATIVE: Organized, authored and edited by leading scholars, all of whom come to the project with exemplary track records and international standing |
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| VA05-412 |
Advancing Research Methods with New Technologies. |
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Sappleton, Natalie/ 9781466639188/ Price:US$ 175.00
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Advancing digital technologies continue to shape all aspects of our society, with particular impact on the professional research community. These new and exciting developments offer considerable advantages in terms of speed, access connectivity, and economy.
Advancing Research Methods with New Technologies examines the applicability and usefulness of new technologies, as well as the pitfalls of these methods in academic research practices. This book serves as a practical guide for designing and conduction research projects for scientists all of disciplines ranging from graduate students to professors and practitioners.
Table of Contents
¡EComputer-Mediated Communication
¡EInternet Surveys
¡ENew Media Technology
¡EOnline Research
¡EOnline Virtual Environments
¡ETechnology in Research
¡EThematic Network Analysis
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| VA05-410 |
The SAGE Handbook of Aging, Work and Society. |
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Burke, Ronald J./ 9781446207826/ Price:GBP 130.00
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Aging has emerged as a major and urgent issue for individuals, organisations and governments of our time. Current concerns focus on the implications of aging for economic competitiveness, innovation, public services, health and well-being and education, as well as the implications for relationships and financial transfers between the generations. And this is a truly global phenomenon, affecting not only North America and Europe, but also many Asian societies such as Japan, Taiwan and Hong Kong, Australasia and some Latin American societies.
In this well-timed and comprehensive handbook, key international contributors to the field of study come together to create a definitive map of the subject, which will act as a true touchstone text for academics, graduate students, business leaders, and public sector managers and leaders. Framed by an authoritative introductory chapter, the SAGE Handbook of Aging, Work and Society offers a critical overview of the most significant themes and topics, with discussions of current research, theoretical controversies and emerging issues, divided into sections covering:
- Key Issues and Challenges
- The Aging Workforce
- Managing an Aging Workforce
- Living in an Aging Society
- Developing Public Policy |
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| VA05-409 |
Foundations of Regression Modeling, 4-Vols/Set. |
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Babones, Salvatore/ 9781446208281/ Price:GBP 710.00
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This new four-volume major work presents a collection of landmark studies on the topic of regression modeling, identifying the most important, fundamental articles out of thousands of relevant contributions. The social sciences - particularly sociology and political science - have made extensive use of regression models since the 1960s, and regression modeling continues to be the staple method of the field. The collection is framed by an orienting essay which presents to a guide to regression modelling, written with applied practitioners in mind.
PART ONE: THE MEANING OF P-VALUES
PART TWO: CONTROL VARIABLES
PART THREE: OUTLIERS AND INFLUENTIAL POINTS
PART FOUR: MULTICOLINEARITY AND VARIANCE INFLATION
PART FIVE: SAMPLE SELECTION BIASES
PART SIX: IMPUTATION TECHNIQUES
PART SEVEN: INTERACTION MODELS
PART EIGHT: LONGITUDINAL MODELS
PART NINE: INSTRUMENTAL VARIABLE MODELS
PART TEN: STRUCTURAL MODELS
PART ELEVEN: CAUSALITY |
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| VA05-408 |
Sociology of Work, 2-Vols/Set. |
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Smith, Vicki/ 9781452205069/ Price:GBP 360.00
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The simple act of going to work every day is an integral part of all societies across the globe. It is an ingrained social contract: we all work to survive. But it goes beyond physical survival. Psychologists have equated losing a job with the trauma of divorce or a family death, and enormous issues arise, from financial panic to sinking self-esteem. Through work, we build our self-identity, our lifestyle, and our aspirations. How did it come about that work dominates so many parts of our lives and our psyche? This multi-disciplinary encyclopedia covers curricular subjects that seek to address that question, ranging from business and management to anthropology, sociology, social history, psychology, politics, economics, and health.
Features & Benefits:
¡EInternational and comparative coverage.
¡E335 signed entries, A-to-Z, fill 2 volumes.
¡ECross-References and Suggestions for Further Readings guide readers to additional resources.
¡EA Chronology provides students with historical perspective of the sociology of work. |
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| VA05-407 |
The SAGE Handbook of Multilevel Modeling. |
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Scott, Marc A./ 9780857025647/ Price:GBP 130.00
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In this important new Handbook, the editors have gathered together a range of leading contributors who introduce the theory and practice of multilevel modeling.
This Handbook establishes the connections in multilevel modeling, bringing together leading experts from around the world to provide a roadmap for applied researchers linking theory and practice, as well as a unique arsenal of state-of-the-art tools. It forges vital connections that cross traditional disciplinary divides and introduces best practice in the field.
- Part I establishes the framework for estimation and inference, including chapters dedicated to notation, model selection, fixed and random effects, and causal inference.
- Part II develops variations and extensions, such as nonlinear, semiparametric and latent class models.
- Part III includes discussion of missing data and robust methods, assessment of fit and software.
- Part IV consists of exemplary modeling and data analyses written by methodologists working in specific disciplines.
Combining practical pieces with overviews of the field, this handbook is essential reading for any student or researcher looking to apply multilevel techniques in their own research. |
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| VA05-406 |
The SAGE Handbook of Digital Technology Research. |
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Jewitt, Carey/ 9781446200476/ Price:GBP 130.00
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Research on and with digital technologies is everywhere today. This timely, authoritative handbook explores the issues of rapid technological development, social change, and the ubiquity of computing technologies which have become an integrated part of people's everyday lives.
This is a comprehensive, up-to-date resource for the 21st century. It addresses the key aspects of research within the digital technology field and provides a clear framework for readers wanting to navigate the changeable currents of digital innovation.
Main themes include:
- Introduction to the field of contemporary digital technology research
- New digital technologies: Key characteristics and considerations
- Research perspectives for digital technologies: theory and analysis
- Environments and tools for digital research
- Research challenges
Aimed at a social science audience, it will be of particular value for postgraduate students, researchers and academics interested in research on digital technology, or using digital technology to undertake research.
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| VA05-405 |
Cultural Sociology of Divorce, 3-Vols/Set. |
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Emery, Robert E./ 9781412999588/ Price:GBP 430.00
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While the formal definition of divorce may be concise and straightforward (legal termination of a marital union, dissolving bonds of matrimony between parties), the effects are anything but, particularly when children are involved. The Americans for Divorce Reform estimates that "40 or possibly even 50 percent of marriages will end in divorce if current trends continue." Outside the U.S., divorce rates have markedly increased across developed countries. Divorce and its effects are a significant social factor in our culture and others. It might be said that a whole "divorce industry" has been constructed, with divorce lawyers and mediators, family counselors, support groups, etc. As King Henry VIII's divorces showed, divorce has not always been easy or accepted. In some countries, divorce is not permitted and even in Europe, countries such as Spain, Italy, Portugal, and the Republic of Ireland legalized divorce only in the latter quarter of the 20th century. This multi-disciplinary encyclopedia covers curricular subjects related to divorce as examined by disciplines ranging from marriage and the family to anthropology, social and legal history, developmental and clinical psychology, and religion, all through a lens of cultural sociology. |
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| VA05-404 |
Contemporary Studies in Conversation Analysis, 4-Vols/Set. |
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Drew, Paul/ 9781446208687/ Price:GBP 710.00
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In the seven years following the publication of the much-lauded major work, Conversation Analysis, a number of exciting developments in field have given cause for editors Paul Drew and John Heritage to revisit this important topic. This new four-volume collection, containing all new articles and framed by a new contextualizing introductory chapter, includes works focusing on areas which were in their infancy at the publication of this set's predecessor, and topics which have gained much interest in the field over the past decade, such as language and identity, gender, multi-lingualism and intercultural communication, to name a few.
In its deft construction and careful balance of thematic volumes, this truly multidisciplinary set represents the wealth of contemporary research in the field and the contribution conversation analysis's methodology has made to an increasing range of substantive areas of research.
Volume One: Social Action and Epistemics
Volume Two: Responses
Volume Three: Identities in Interaction
Volume Four: Institutions and Applications
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| VA05-403 |
Applied Statistical Modeling, 4-Vols/Set. |
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Babones, Salvatore/ 9781446208397/ Price:GBP 710.00
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This new four-volume set on Applied Statistical Modeling brings together seminal articles in the field, selected for their exemplification of the specific model type used, their clarity of exposition and their importance to the development of their respective disciplines. The set as a whole is designed to serve as a master class in how to apply the most commonly used statistical models with the highest level of methodological sophistication. It is in essence a user's guide to statistical best-practice in the social sciences.
This truly multi-disciplinary collection covers the most important statistical methods used in sociology, social psychology, political science, management science, media studies, anthropology and human geography. The articles are organised by model type into thematic sections that include selections from multiple disciplines. There are a total of thirteen sections, each with a brief introduction summarising common applications:
Volume One: Control variables; Multicolinearity and variance inflation; Interaction models; Multilevel models
Volume Two: Models for panel data; Time series cross-sectional analysis; Spatial models; Logistic regression
Volume Three: Multinomial logit; Poisson regression; Instrumental variables
Volume Four: Structural equation models; Latent variable models
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| VA05-402 |
Observation Methods, 4-Vols/Set. |
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Smart, Barry/ 9781446208113/ Price:GBP 710.00
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Observation - as a deliberate, organized and systematic form of 'looking' or 'watching' - is integral to all scientific inquiry. It is a process that is guided by rational principles and assumptions, and motivated by an interest in obtaining data on occurrences, events, processes, reactions, forms of conduct and relationships.
This collection, drawing together key contributions on observation methods in social research, provides comprehensive coverage of the historical development of observational methods and techniques and offers analytic reflection on the various issues involved in the scientific practice of observation. The volumes demonstrate the rich diversity of observational methods, techniques and associated innovations, as well as providing examples of results obtained by studies now considered to be social science classics. The volumes contain important material concerned with the development and refinement of observational methods, as well as the theoretical and philosophical understandings and assumptions integral to observation as a process. Sources that explore the practical matters involved in the stages of preparing for, engaging in, and analysing observations also feature, along with material from classic studies using observational methods. Finally, in addition to critiques of methods of observation, there are sources responding to recent developments within observational methods which utilise the possibilities afforded by contemporary digital and information technology in creative ways.
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Experimental Design in the Behavioral and Social Sciences, 4-Vols/Set. |
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Schneider, Sandra/ 9780857028273/ Price:GBP 710.00
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This collection brings together literature to inform researchers about the many issues that have influenced and continue to refine the use of experimental designs in the behavioral and social sciences. The collection includes articles, primarily from scholarly journals, that highlight perspectives of recognized leaders on historical, theoretical, methodological, and pragmatic considerations affecting the role of experimental designs within the behavioral and social sciences. The selected articles are problem-focused, include illustrative examples and provide comprehensible input for a broad audience spanning multiple disciplines.
VOLUME ONE: THE EXPERIMENTAL APPROACH TO BEHAVIOURAL AND SOCIAL SCIENCES RESEARCH
VOLUME TWO: HYPOTHESIS-TESTING AND INFERENCE IN THE BEHAVIOURAL AND SOCIAL SCIENCES
VOLUME THREE: CONTROLS AND CONFOUNDS IN BEHAVIOURAL AND SOCIAL SCIENCES EXPERIMENTS
VOLUME FOUR: DESIGN CHOICES AND FUTURE DRECTIONS IN THE BEHAVIOURAL AND SOCIAL SCIENCES |
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| VA05-134-2 |
Encyclopedia of White-Collar and Corporate Crime, 2-Vols/Set. |
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Salinger, Lawrence M./ 9781452225302/ Price:GBP 360.00
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Since the first edition of the Encyclopedia of White Collar and Corporate Crime was produced in 2004, the number and severity of these crimes have risen to the level of calamity, so much so that many experts attribute the near-Depression of 2008 to white-collar malfeasance, namely crimes of greed and excess by bankers and financial institutions. Whether the perpetrators were prosecuted or not, white-collar and corporate crime came near to collapsing the U.S. economy. In the 7 years since the first edition was produced we have also seen the largest Ponzi scheme in history (Maddoff), an ecological disaster caused by British Petroleum and its subcontractors (Gulf Oil Spill), and U.S. Defense Department contractors operating like vigilantes in Iraq (Blackwater).
White-collar criminals have been busy, and the Second Edition of this encyclopedia captures what has been going on in the news and behind the scenes with new articles and updates to past articles.
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Migration and Social Upheaval as the Face of Globalization in Central Asia |
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Marlene Laruelle/ 9789004226814/ Price:EUR 141.00
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Glimpses of Grace: Treasuring the Gospel in Your Home |
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Gloria Furman/ 9781433536052/ Price:US$ 14.99
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| SA05-439 |
Crossing Boundaries in Tokugawa Society. |
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Moriyama, Takeshi/ 9789004236233/ Price:EUR 127.00
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Diversity in Family Life: Gender, Relationships and Social Change. |
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Ruspini, Elisabetta/ 9781447300939/ Price:GBP 79.99
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As new forms of family and 'non-traditional' families grow in number, there is a need for understanding of these "new" arrangements and models of parenthood. This ground-breaking book discusses, using a comparative and a sociological perspective, examples of the relationship between changing gender identities and processes of family formation in the Western experience: including asexual couples; childfree women and men; living apart together (LAT) couples; lone mothers and fathers; homosexual and trans parents. The book aims to show that, in the 21st century, it is possible to live, love, form a family without sex, without children, without a shared home, without a partner, without a working husband, without a heterosexual orientation or without a "biological" sexual body. This unique book also discusses the political implications-in terms of social movements characteristics and demands-of these emerging dimensions of family life. Such changes are likely to be of interest for a wide range of educational and policy areas which impact on families, women, men, and children and the book will therefore be of interest to a wide readership. |
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| SA05-431 |
Transitions to Parenthood in Europe: A Comparative Life Course Perspective. |
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Nilsen, Ann/ 9781847428639/ Price:GBP 29.99
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This book takes a life course perspective, analysing and comparing the biographies of mothers and fathers in seven European countries in context. Based on an innovative, cross-national EU study, it examines the ways in which working parents negotiate the transition to parenthood and attempt to find a 'work-life balance'. Using in-depth qualitative biographical data, the book offers a deep understanding of working parents' real lives by locating them within diverse national, workplace and family contexts. It provides rich insights into how policies and practices at the institutional level play out in individual and family lives, how they shape the decisions during both transition phases and in parents' daily experiences of juggling work and family life. It highlights some difficult and complex issues about the sustainability of contemporary working practices for bringing up children that are highly relevant in times of economic retrenchment. 'Transitions to parenthood in Europe' will be of interest to an academic readership at all levels of the social sciences, as well as employers, managers, trade unions and policy makers. |
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| SA05-431 |
Mental Health Service Users in Research: Critical Sociological Perspectives. |
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Staddon, Patsy/ 9781447307334/ Price:GBP 85.99
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This book aims to show the value but also the difficulties encountered in the application of 'insider knowledge' in service user research.Mental health service users in research considers ways of 'doing research' which bring multiple understandings together effectively, and explains the sociological use of autobiography and its relevance. It examines how our identity shapes the knowledge we produce, and asks why voices which challenge contemporary beliefs about health and the role of treatment are often silenced. An imbalance of power and opportunity for service users, and the stigmatising nature of services, are considered as human rights issues.Most of the contributors to the book are service users/survivors as well as academics. Their fields of expertise include LGB issues, racial tensions, and recovering from the shame and stigma of alcoholism. They stress the importance of research approaches which involve mutualities of respect and understanding within the worlds of researcher, clinician and service user/survivor. |
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| SA05-431 |
The Future of Development: A Radical Manifesto. |
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Esteva, Gustavo/ 9781447301080/ Price:GBP 20.99
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On January 20, 1949 US President Harry S. Truman officially opened the era of development. On that day, over one half of the people of the world were defined as "underdeveloped" and they have stayed that way ever since. This book explains the origins of development and underdevelopment and shows how poorly we understand these two terms. It offers a new vision for development, demystifying the statistics that international organizations use to measure development and introducing the alternative concept of buen vivir: the state of living well. The authors argue that it is possible for everyone on the planet to live well, but only if we learn to live as communities rather than as individuals and to nurture our respective commons. Scholars and students of global development studies are well-aware that development is a difficult concept. This thought-provoking book offers them advice for the future of development studies and hope for the future of humankind. |
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| SA05-431 |
Youth and Community Empowerment in Europe: International Perspectives. |
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Evans, Peter/ 9781447305927/ Price:GBP 29.99
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Furthering social justice and human rights is a fundamental principle underlying the social work profession. Engaging in social policy formulation processes is a major route through which social workers can realise this goal. This type of social work activity has been termed ¡§policy practice¡¨. The aim of this book is to shed light on policy practice in social work discourse, education and practice in eight liberal democracies. This is the first effort to undertake a cross-national study of social worker engagement in social policy formulation processes. The book offers insights into questions such as: What is the importance attributed to social worker involvement in policy change in the social work discourse and education in different countries? And, how do social workers influence social policy in various national settings? These issues are relevant to social worker practitioners, students, educators and researchers, as well as to social policy scholars, who are interested in the role of professionals in social policy formulation. |
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Gypsies and Travellers in Housing: The Decline of Nomadism. |
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Smith, David M./ 9781847428738/ Price:GBP 85.99
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This original and timely text is the first published research from the UK to address the neglected topic of the increasing (and largely enforced) settlement of Gypsies and Travellers in conventional housing. It highlights the complex and emergent tensions and dynamics inherent when policy and popular discourse combine to frame ethnic populations within a narrative of movement. The authors have extensive knowledge of the communities and experience as policy practitioners and researchers and consider the changing culture and dynamics experienced by ethnic Gypsies and Travellers. They explore the gendered social, health and economic impacts of settlement and demonstrate the tenacity of cultural formations and their adaptability in the face of policy-driven constraints that are antithetical to traditional lifestyles. The groundbreaking book is essential reading for policy makers; professionals and practitioners working with housed Gypsies and Travellers. It will also be of interest to sociologists, anthropologists, social policy and housing specialists and anybody interested in the experiences and responses of marginalized communities in urban and rural settings. Royalties for this book are to be divided equally between the Gypsy Council and Travellers Aid Trust. |
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| SA05-431 |
SPSS Step by Step: Essentials for Social and Political Science. |
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Davis, Cole/ 9781447306276/ Price:GBP 22.99
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SPSS Step by Step: Essentials for Social and Political Sciences is a concise text for beginners and intermediate statistical test users. Clearly written and with no mathematical formulae, it features a chapter on qualitative data analysis; multiple regression; survival analysis ('the time until events'); and a brief cogent introduction to factor analysis. A logically ordered guide to analysing everyday problems, SPSS Step by Step is distinctive in being both easy to grasp and readable. Tests throughout the book are accompanied by clear worked examples. These include Wilcoxon; Friedman; Mann-Whitney, Kruskal-Wallis; paired and unpaired T tests; ANOVA; binomial; McNemar; Chi-square; Pearson; Spearman; partial correlation; simple linear regression; multiple regression; factor analysis; Kaplan-Meier and life tables. Invaluable for undergraduate and postgraduate students and academics undertaking or teaching research, this unique book will also be of interest to professionals in social care, the criminal justice system, health and education. |
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| SA05-429 |
Life as a Dalit: Views from the Bottom on Caste in India. |
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Channa, Subhadra M./ 9788132111238/ Price:GBP 58.00
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| SA05-427 |
Doing Statistical Mediation and Moderation. |
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Jose, Paul E./ 9781462508150/ Price:US$ 55.00
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Written in a friendly, conversational style, this book offers a hands-on approach to statistical mediation and moderation for both beginning researchers and those familiar with modeling. Starting with a gentle review of regression-based analysis, Paul Jose covers basic mediation and moderation techniques before moving on to advanced topics in multilevel modeling, structural equation modeling, and hybrid combinations, such as moderated mediation. User-friendly features include numerous graphs and carefully worked-through examples; "Helpful Suggestions" about procedures and pitfalls; "Knowledge Boxes" delving into special topics, such as dummy coding; and end-of-chapter exercises and problems (with answers). |
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Interviewing for Qualitative Inquiry: A Relational Approach. |
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Josselson, Ruthellen/ 9781462510009/ Price:US$ 32.00
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Engagingly written, this book builds the reader's skills for conducting in-depth interviews designed to address a particular research question. With an emphasis on the dynamics of the research relationship, Ruthellen Josselson artfully demonstrates the steps of a successful interview. Each step is illustrated with excerpts from interviews on diverse topics. The book describes how to structure interviews effectively, develop questions that elicit meaningful narratives, cultivate skills for empathic listening and responding, avoid common pitfalls, and deal with problems that develop in an interview. |
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Intensive Longitudinal Methods: An Introduction to Diary and Experience Sampling Research. |
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Bolger, Niall/ 9781462506781/ Price:US$ 55.00
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A complete, practical guide to planning and executing an intensive longitudinal study, this book provides the tools for understanding within-subject social, psychological, and physiological processes in everyday contexts. Intensive longitudinal studies involve many repeated measurements taken on individuals, dyads, or groups, and include diary and experience sampling studies. A range of engaging, worked-through research examples with datasets are featured. Coverage includes how to: select the best intensive longitudinal design for a particular research question, model within-subject change processes for continuous and categorical outcomes, distinguish within-subject from between-subjects effects, assess the reliability of within-subject changes, assure sufficient statistical power, and more. Several end-of-chapter write-ups illustrate effective ways to present study findings for publication. |
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Data Analysis with Mplus. |
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Geiser, Christian/ 9781462502455/ Price:US$ 52.00
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A practical introduction to using Mplus for the analysis of multivariate data, this volume provides step-by-step guidance, complete with real data examples, numerous screen shots, and output excerpts. The author shows how to prepare a data set for import in Mplus using SPSS. He explains how to specify different types of models in Mplus syntax and address typical caveats-for example, assessing measurement invariance in longitudinal SEMs. Coverage includes path and factor analytic models as well as mediational, longitudinal, multilevel, and latent class models. Specific programming tips and solution strategies are presented in boxes in each chapter. The companion website features data sets, annotated syntax files, and output for all of the examples. Of special utility to instructors and students, many of the examples can be run with the free demo version of Mplus. |
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| SA05-421 |
Objectivity and Subjectivity in Social Research. |
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Letherby, Gayle/ 9780857028419/ Price:GBP 46.99
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Fashion, Costume, and Culture: Clothing, Headwear, Body Decorations, and Footwear Through the Ages, 6-Vols/Set. |
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Anaxos/ 9781414498416/ Price:US$ 709.00
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UXL's Fashion, Costume, And Culture: Clothing, Headwear, Body Decorations, And Footwear Through The Ages has all the answers in a comprehensive, chronologically based, affordably priced, four-color, six-volume set.
With typical UXL high quality, Fashion, Costume, And Cultureprovides facts and information about the cultural, religious, and social implications of human decoration and adornment throughout history, with a particular emphasis on the decades of the 20th century. In 500 entries, detailed information about clothing, hairstyles, tattoos, jewelry, body piercing, feet binding, and other types of fashion or style is examined. Additionally, entries explain the fashion or style within the context of the traditions, customs, rituals, or practices it relates to, as well as its significance to society or culture.
Entries follow a standardized format to ensure that students can easily do comparisons. Arranged chronologically, each era, century, or decade begins with a short synopsis of the historical highlights. The four main topics areas are clothing, footwear, hairstyles and headgear, and body decoration.
To ensure relevancy for student research needs, entries were selected based on middle school curriculum, as well as their importance to a particular culture or country. Additionally, Fashion, Costume, And Culture is written at a seventh-grade reading level with difficult terms or concepts explained in each entry. |
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Human Geography: People and the Environment, 2-Vols/Set. |
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Human Geography: People And The Environment includes over 200 thematically arranged entries, written in an engaging style by academic subject experts, reviewed by an academic editor, and designed to be an accessible, wide-ranging reference specifically intended for high school AP Geography students and teachers. The topics-the fundamentals of Human Geography, Population Geography, Cultural Geography, Political Geography, Agricultural and Rural Geography, Economic and Industrial Geography, and Urban Geography align with the broad aspects of the field and provide in-depth coverage. In addition, sidebars cover case studies relevant to the theories and models discussed in the entries, and show relationships to the UN Millennium Development Goals. Calls out emphasize key points in the entries. In addition, full color images, maps, charts, graphs, other visual datasets, and an index help users and researchers make sense of the demographic and statistical data discussed in the entries. Other useful features include a chronology of important dates relevant to the topics discussed, and a Glossary to define key terms.
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Encyclopedia of Race and Racism, 4-Vols/Set. |
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In more than 1,800 pages of alphabetical entries, each ranging from 500 to 1,2000 words, The Encyclopedia Of Race And Racism, 2nd Edition provides critical information and context on the underlying social, economic, geographical, and political conditions that, gave rise and continue to foster racism. Religion, political economy, social activism, health, concepts, and constructs are explored. Given the increasingly diverse population of the US and the rapid effects of globalization, as well as mass and social media, the issue of race in world affairs, history, and culture is of preeminent importance, and this work is designed to bring vetted and accessible facts and analysis to experts and students as well as lay readers. |
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Medusa: In the Mirror of Time. |
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Leeming, David/ 9781780230955/ Price:GBP 20.00
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Medusa petrifies. Her gaze turned the ancients to stone; for Dante she was an erotic power that could destroy men. Freud saw in her serpentine hair a nest of terrifying penises signalling the castration complex, while for the Greek hero Perseus she was a dangerous female monster who must be destroyed. Yet in our time Medusa¡¦s reputation has improved: feminists see her as a noble victim of a patriarchal society; the fashion house Versace celebrates the lure of her mysterious visage in a logo that stares out at us from his adverts; and she has served as a model for numerous theories by modern philosophers and intellectuals. In our contemporary culture she is once again a power player demanding to be recognized. Medusa still transfixes us. |
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A History of the Internet and the Digital Future. |
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Ryan, Johnny/ 9781780231129/ Price:GBP 15.00
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A History of the Internet and the Digital Future tells the story of the development of the Internet from the 1950s to the present, and examines how the balance of power has shifted between the individual and the state in the areas of censorship, copyright infringement, intellectual freedom and terrorism and warfare. Johnny Ryan explains how the Internet has revolutionized political campaigns; how the development of the World Wide Web enfranchised a new online population of assertive, niche consumers; and how the dot-com bust taught smarter firms to capitalize on the power of digital artisans. |
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The Future of Development: A Radical Manifesto. |
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Esteva, Gustavo/ 9781447301097/ Price:GBP 65.00
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On January 20, 1949 US President Harry S. Truman officially opened the era of development. On that day, over one half of the people of the world were defined as "underdeveloped" and they have stayed that way ever since. This book explains the origins of development and underdevelopment and shows how poorly we understand these two terms. It offers a new vision for development, demystifying the statistics that international organizations use to measure development and introducing the alternative concept of buen vivir: the state of living well. The authors argue that it is possible for everyone on the planet to live well, but only if we learn to live as communities rather than as individuals and to nurture our respective commons. Scholars and students of global development studies are well-aware that development is a difficult concept. This thought-provoking book offers them advice for the future of development studies and hope for the future of humankind. |
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Building the Client's Relational Base: A Multi-Disciplinary Handbook. |
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Furlong, Mark/ 9781847428622/ Price:GBP 79.99
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Developed from nearly 20 years' practice and consulting experience, this ground-breaking text challenges practitioners to understand, and work, with their clients as relational beings rather than independent units, whatever the presenting problem might be. The book focuses on an often neglected key condition, that sustainable and accountable personal relationships are a precondition for health and well-being, and argues that there are always opportunities to deepen the quality, and range, of the client's connections with their current and future significant-others. The central concern of the book is to describe practical actions that can be taken by any professional committed to strengthening the relational base of their clients - an agenda that is supported by coherently woven insights from critical theory and social epidemiology. Written in a compelling style and brought to life with more than twenty case vignettes, this original, practical and rich resource offers practitioners usable resources that can be incorporated within many practice roles. Especially relevant to senior students and those in casework, this innovative, timely, multidisciplinary material is ideal for all those who wish to make a practical difference to the lives of their clients. |
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SPSS Step by Step: Essentials for Social and Political Science. |
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Davis, Cole/ 9781447306283/ Price:GBP 74.99
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SPSS Step by Step: Essentials for Social and Political Sciences is a concise text for beginners and intermediate statistical test users. Clearly written and with no mathematical formulae, it features a chapter on qualitative data analysis; multiple regression; survival analysis (¡¥the time until events¡¦); and a brief cogent introduction to factor analysis. A logically ordered guide to analysing everyday problems, SPSS Step by Step is distinctive in being both easy to grasp and readable. Tests throughout the book are accompanied by clear worked examples. These include Wilcoxon; Friedman; Mann-Whitney, Kruskal-Wallis; paired and unpaired T tests; ANOVA; binomial; McNemar; Chi-square; Pearson; Spearman; partial correlation; simple linear regression; multiple regression; factor analysis; Kaplan-Meier and life tables. Invaluable for undergraduate and postgraduate students and academics undertaking or teaching research, this unique book will also be of interest to professionals in social care, the criminal justice system, health and education. |
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Migrant Children in Europe: The Romanian Case. |
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Valtolina, G.G./ 9781614992042/ Price:EUR 120.00
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This book is the result of the two-year project "Children¡¦s rights in Action", funded by the European Union, which focuses on the needs of children migrating from Romania to Italy and Spain in order to identify good practices, reduce their vulnerability and protect their rights. The book presents the impact that limited access to the rights guaranteed by EU law have had on the actual conditions of life for Romanian children in migration across Europe.
Although the book shows that the rights enshrined in article 24 of the EU Charter are not yet fully and equally ensured in some EU countries, it also describes the ways in which local communities and civil society actors have often operated to fill the gap and enabled such children to exercise their rights despite legislative and political shortcomings. |
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Education and Social Justice in a Digital Age. |
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Sutherland, Rosamund/ 9781447305255/ Price:GBP 79.99
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In many countries the school curriculum oscillates between focusing on traditional subjects and focusing on skills that are linked to the needs of the 21st-century digital age. Rosamund Sutherland argues against such a skills-based curriculum, maintaining that, from a social justice perspective, the priority of schools should be to give young people access to the knowledge that they are not likely to learn outside school. She draws on the work of Michael Young, Lev Vygotsky, Amartya Sen and David Olson to develop new theoretical and practical insights that offer ways of changing policy and practice to improve equality and life chances for young people, while acknowledging the potential transformative role of digital technologies. This timely book will be invaluable to teachers, academics, students and policy makers interested in the ways in which the digital landscape transforms the nature of the debate about equity and social justice in education. |
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Sustained Emergency Relief: Regionally Developed Capacities. |
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Birbo, Kristaq/ 9781614993148/ Price:EUR 104.00
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This workshop took place in Struga, Republic of Macedonia, in June and July 2012. The workshop was attended by 44 representatives from 10 countries and from the NATO Operations Division and HQ KFOR, who presented national views and individual research in the field of sustainable development of regional capacities for emergency relief. The book is divided into two sections: Capabilities for Emergency Relief - National Challenges and Perspectives, and Development of Regional Capacities for Emergency Relief in the Spirit of the Smart Defence Initiative.
This book summarizes the analysis of the current regional situation and gives recommendations for policy integration and capacity development across the Balkan countries and territories, but it will be of interest to all those whose work involves the planning of responses to emergency situations. |
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Doing Statistical Mediation and Moderation. |
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Jose, Paul E./ 9781462508211/ Price:US$ 115.00
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Sustainable Policy Applications for Social Ecology and Development. |
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Carayannis, Elias G/ 9781466615861/ Price:US$ 180.00
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Social ecology is a philosophy rooted in deep-seated social problems, particularly in hierarchical political and social systems. Social ecologists throughout the world maintain a theory that present, ecological problems cannot be clearly understood, much less resolved, without resolutely dealing with problems within society. Therefore, social ecology locates the roots of these ecological crises firmly in the relations of domination between people.
Sustainable Policy Applications for Social Ecology and Development establishes a new set of platforms for intellectual discourse and identification of critical and strategic emerging issues, the formulation of cogent and useful policies, and practice recommendations. This publication highlights provocative, but scholarly, views that diverge from the current ¡§conventional wisdom¡¨ taking into consideration the concepts of robust competitiveness, sustainable entrepreneurship, and democratic capitalism, central to its philosophy and objectives. The aim of this book is to highlight emerging research and practice at the dynamic intersection of these fields, where individuals, organizations, industries, regions, and nations are harnessing creativity and invention to achieve and sustain growth.
Topics Covered
¡E Biodiversity related to eco-innovation and eco-entrepreneurship
¡E Biotechnology related to eco-innovation and eco-entrepreneurship
¡E Computational economics
¡E Disruptive technologies
¡E e-development
¡E Environmental informatics
¡E Game theory
¡E GloCalization
¡E Knowledge clusters
¡E Renewable energy sources and uses |
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ICT Influences on Human Development, Interaction, and Collaboration. |
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Chhabra, Susheel/ 9781466619579/ Price:US$ 175.00
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Technology has always played a decisive role in humanity¡¦s progress. Throughout history, it has not only strengthened economic development but has become a powerful tool for human development. Nevertheless, the positive impact technology has on human development may become tainted by the risks it entails.
ICT Influences on Human Development, Interaction, and Collaboration creates awareness on how ICTs contribute to human development in multiple areas. This publication describes the link between ICTs and human development, which includes economic, social, and political development. It identifies potential applications for the development of human beings and provides insightful analysis about those factors (also contextual and institutional ones) that affect ICTs for human development initiatives. This book addresses future challenges, proposing strategies to both governments and international cooperation organizations for moving forward.
Topics Covered
¡E ICTs and agriculture
¡E ICTs and citizen participation
¡E ICTs and commerce
¡E ICTs and culture
¡E ICTs and disasters management
¡E ICTs and economic development
¡E ICTs and education
¡E ICTs and gender equality
¡E ICTs and governance
¡E ICTs and human empowerment |
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Researching Social Gerontology, 4-Vols/Set. |
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Cutchin, Malcolm P./ 9781446249765/ Price:GBP 710.00
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Through a careful selection of key articles published over the past few decades, this major work addresses how social gerontologists research ageing. Social gerontology draws upon a wide base of disciplines such as sociology, geography, anthropology, psychology and more. The complexity of ageing from a social gerontology perspective demands a broad range of methodological approaches. Thus, the overarching theme of this collection is methodological-exemplifying the different ways of conducting investigations about the most important issues in ageing studies.
Under the expert guidance of a team of respected editors, this four-volume set brings together key contributions to the social scientific study of the ageing process and the places, relationships, and institutions that shape that process. Broken down into thematic chapters, it offers works that take on the most significant challenges of research about ageing.
Volume 1: Ageing and Places
Volume 2: Social Relationships and Ageing
Volume 3: Social Institutions, the Life Course, and Ageing
Volume 4: Cross-cutting Epistemological Issues
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| VA05-397 |
Digital Economy Innovations and Impacts on Society. |
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Druica, Elena/ 9781466615564/ Price:US$ 180.00
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Right now is the time for new opinions and new ideas to be generated and be presented as a solution. With the ever changing economic status of society, prosperity depends on the ability to run and maintain an active equilibrium between society and individuals. Therefore, it is essential for both parties to promote innovation and creativity in order to enable a proper and valuable lifestyle.
Digital Economy Innovations and Impacts on Society provides theoretical and practical approaches about digital economy, increasing people¡¦s awareness on what the digital economy is and exactly what competitive advantages exist to provide information technology and innovation as its main resources. This publication focuses on rethinking the classical economic theory in the context of new technology, information, and innovation, making it a publication that brings the best research to the forefront for economics and social researchers, academicians, professionals and practitioners.
Topics Covered
¡E Knowledge management in African regions
¡E Knowledge economics
¡E Supply chain management
¡E Shape of digital divide
¡E Technology in higher education
¡E Outsourcing
¡E Innovation based management
¡E Regional economic development strategy |
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Small World Research, 4-Vols/Set. |
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Schnettler, Sebastian/ 9780857025883/ Price:GBP 710.00
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Small-world research started about fifty years ago with an idea about a social phenomenon: that any two randomly chosen individuals in a country, or in the world even, could be connected with each other via a relatively short chain of acquaintances. But since its formation, this idea has evolved and - despite research almost dying off in the 1980s - has now become an exciting and vital area of study. Following the publication of seminal research in the late 1990s, which shed new light on the question of how short connections are possible in large scale networks, researchers began to see the significance of their subject reflected in many different facets of existence; small-world structures were found in a number of distinct contexts, including, for example, a protein interaction network and in communication networks via instant messaging. What had once started as small-world research has now evolved into an interdisciplinary science of complex networks.
In this four-volume set, the history, development and potential future of this intriguing idea is mapped and illustrated through a masterfully selected collection of articles, written and introduced by respected authorities on the subject.
Volume I: The Small-World Phenomenon: an Introduction
Volume II: Network Search
Volume III: A complex networks approach to the Small World problem
Volume IV: Multidisciplinary applications
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The Social History of Crime and Punishment in America, 5-Vols/Set. |
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Miller, Wilbur R./ 9781412988766/ Price:GBP 635.00
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Several encyclopedias overview the contemporary system of criminal justice in America, but full understanding of current social problems and contemporary strategies to deal with them can come only with clear appreciation of the historical underpinnings of those problems. Thus, this four-volume work surveys the history and philosophy of crime, punishment, and criminal justice institutions in America from colonial times to the present. It covers the whole of the criminal justice system, from crimes, law enforcement and policing, to courts, corrections and human services. Among other things, this encyclopedia will: explicate philosophical foundations underpinning our system of justice; chart changing patterns in criminal activity and subsequent effects on legal responses; identify major periods in the development of our system of criminal justice; and explore evolving debates and conflicts on how best to address issues of crime and punishment. Its signed entries provide the historical context for students to better understand contemporary criminological debates and the contemporary shape of the U.S. system of law and justice. |
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Focus Group Research, 4-Vols/Set. |
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Walden, Graham R./ 9780857025678/ Price:GBP 710.00
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Focus groups are a popular, widely accepted, and legitimate research method to determine attitudes, experiences, perceptions, and knowledge on a wide range of topics in many fields of endeavour. For example, studies have been conducted to examine participants' favourite pizza toppings, their quality of life following hip replacement surgery and how they feel about human cloning. Focus groups lead to the voicing of attitudes and insights not readily attainable from other qualitative forms of data collection. The spectrum of interest in focus groups covers virtually all disciplines, and the variety of the applications for this technique is extraordinary. In nine parts, Prof. Graham Walden explores what a focus group is, how they are best used, the strengths and weaknesses of focus groups and the ethical issues surrounding focus groups, amongst other things.
Part One: Orientation
Part Two: Bibliographies And Literature Reviews
Part Three: General Methodology
Part Four: Specific Methodological Issues
Part Five: Group Interaction And Dynamics
Part Six: Technological Alternatives
Part Seven: Discussion Enhancement Techniques
Part Eight: Ethical Issues
Part Nine: Future Directions |
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Correlation and Regression Analysis, 4-Vols/Set. |
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Vogt, W. Paul/ 9781848601703/ Price:GBP 710.00
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It is no exaggeration to say that virtually all quantitative research in the social sciences is done with correlation and regression analysis (CRA) and their siblings and offspring. CRA are fundamental analytic tools in fields like sociology, economics and political science as well as applied disciplines such as marketing, nursing, education and social work. The subject is of great substantive importance; therefore, distinguished editors, W. Paul Vogt and R. Burke Johnson, have ordered the growing research literature on the use of CRA according to its natural steps. Each step in this logical progression constitutes a volume in this collection:
Volume One: Regression and Its Correlational Foundations and Concomitants
Volume Two: Factor Analysis, Regression Diagnostics, and Model Building
Volume Three: Data Transformations, Curvilinear Regression, and Logistic Regression
Volume Four: Multi-Level Regression Modeling, Structural Equation Modeling and Mixed Regression
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Virtual Research Methods, 4-Vols/Set. |
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Hine, Christine/ 9780857027405/ Price:GBP 710.00
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The new social contexts formed via the Internet, and the new forms of data made available by the increasing use of diverse forms of computer mediated communication, have challenged researchers to develop approaches which do them justice. At the same time, there has been concern that established principles should be preserved, and that the connection between virtual research methods and more conventional research approaches should not be rejected out of hand. Despite a number of handbooks and textbooks published in recent years there is still a dearth of authoritative works which offer comprehensive coverage of the virtual research methods available to social researchers. In particular, there is none which thoroughly explores the full range of virtual research methods and their antecedents, and which explores the methodological and epistemological ramifications of their development. This multivolume reference collection fills this gap.
The collection covers perspectives on the Internet as a social space; research models for the Internet and the skills, techniques and approaches needed to conduct research in a virtual environment; innovations in the research process and reflections on these innovations; and the ethical considerations to take into account when doing research on the Internet.
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| VA05-391 |
Encyclopedia of Housing, The., 2-Vols/Set. |
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Carswell, Andrew T./ 9781412989572/ Price:GBP 385.00
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Since publication of the groundbreaking Encyclopedia of Housing in 1998, many issues have assumed special prominence within this field and, indeed, within the global economy. For instance, the global economic meltdown was spurred in large part by the worst subprime mortgage crisis we've seen in our history. On a more positive note, the sustainability movement and "green" development has picked up considerable steam and, given the priorities and initiatives of the current U.S. administration, this will only grow in importance, and increased attention has been given in recent years to the topic of indoor air quality. Within the past decade, as well, the Baby Boom Generation began its march into retirement and senior citizenship, which will have increasingly broad implications for retirement communities and housing, assisted living facilities, aging in place, livable communities, universal design, and the like. Finally, within the last twelve years an emerging generation of young scholars has been making significant contributions to the field. For all these reasons and more, we are pleased to present a significantly updated and expanded Second Edition of the Encyclopedia of Housing. |
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SAGE Biographical Research, 4-Vols/Set. |
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Goodwin, John/ 9781446246917/ Price:GBP 710.00
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Biographical research may take a range of forms and may vary in its application and approach but has the unified and coherent aim to give 'voice' to individuals. The central concern of this collection is to assemble articles (from sociology, social psychology, education, health, criminology, social gerontology, epidemiology, management and organizational research) that illustrate the full range of debates, methods and techniques that can be combined under the heading 'biographical research'.
Volume One: Biographical Research: Starting Points, Debates and Approaches explores the different biographical methods currently used while locating these within the history of social science methods.
Volume Two: Biographical Interviews, Oral Histories and Life Narratives focuses on the more established, interview-based, biographical research methods and considers the analytical strategies used for interview-based biographical research
Volume Three: Forms of Life Writing: Letters, Diaries and Auto/Biography considers the value of 'data' contained within letters, diaries and auto/biography and illustrates how this data has been analyzed to reveal biographies and their social context.
Volume Four: Other Documents of Life: Photographs, Cyber Documents and Ephemera focuses on the 'other' human documents and objects, like photographs, cyber-documents (emails, blogs, social networking sites, webpages) and other ephemera (such as official documents) that are used extensively in biographical research.
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SAGE Internet Research Methods, 4-Vols/Set. |
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Hughes, Jason/ 9781446241042/ Price:GBP 710.00
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Historically, social researchers have shown a willingness to exploit new technologies to enhance, facilitate and support their various activities. However, arguably no other technological development has influenced the landscape of social research as rapidly and fundamentally as the Internet. This collection avoids both uncritical embrace and wholesale dismissal by considering some of the key literature in the field of Internet research methods.
Volume One: Core Issues, Debates and Controversies in Internet Research introduces themes and issues that run across all four volumes such as: epistemology, ontology and methodology in the online world; access, social divisions and the 'digital divide'; and the ethics of online research.
Volume Two: Taking Research Online - Internet Survey and Sampling addresses the range of resources, digital archives and Internet-based data sources that exist online from relatively straightforward and practical guides to such material through to more polemical pieces which consider problems relating to the use, access and analysis of online data and resources.
Volume Three: Taking Research Online - Qualitative Approaches considers the broad range of approaches to conducting researching via or 'in' the Internet. The focus is on conventional methods that have been 'taken online', and which in doing so, have become transformed in scope and character.
Volume Four: Research 'On' and 'In' the Internet - Investigating the Online World follows logically from that which precedes it in exploring how social research has been 'taken online', not simply through the deployment of existing methods and techniques via the Internet, but in researchers' increasing recognition and investigation of the online world as a sphere of human interaction - a socio-cultural arena to be explored 'from the desktop' as it were.
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SAGE Secondary Data Analysis, 4-Vols/Set. |
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Goodwin, John/ 9781446246900/ Price:GBP 710.00
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One central and enduring image of the social science researcher is of an individual who commits a great deal of time to collecting original, primary data from a field of enquiry. This approach is often underpinned by a sincerely held belief that key research questions can only be explored by the collection of ever new, and ever greater amounts of data, or that already existing data are insufficient for researchers to test their ideas. Yet such an approach to social science research can be problematic not least because the collection of primary data can be an expensive, time-consuming, and even wasteful approach to social enquiry.
Secondary analysis can serve many purposes, as well as being a valid approach in its own right. However, despite its widespread application, secondary analysis is often undervalued or perceived to be the preserve of only those interested in the re-use of large-scale survey data.
Highlighting both the theory and practice of secondary analysis and the use of secondary sources, this collection considers the nature of secondary analysis as a research tool; reflects on the definitional debates surrounding terms such as secondary analysis, data re-use and restudies; illustrates how secondary analysis is used in social science research; and finally reviews the practical, methodological and ethical aspects of secondary analysis.
Volume One: Using Secondary Sources and Secondary Analysis
Volume Two: Quantitative Approaches to Secondary Analysis
Volume Three: Qualitative Data and Research in Secondary Analysis
Volume Four: Ethical, Methodological and Practical Issues in Secondary Analysis
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SAGE Visual Methods, 4-Vols/Set. |
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Hughes, Jason/ 9781446241028/ Price:GBP 710.00
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In contemporary Western societies, the visual domain has come to assume a hitherto unprecedented cultural centrality. Daily life is replete with a potentially endless stream of images and other visual messages: from the electronic and paper-based billboards of the street, to the TV and Internet feeds of the home. The visual has become imbued with a symbolic potency, a signifying power that seemingly eclipses that of all other sensory data.
The central aim of this four-volume collection is to explore key approaches to visual research methods and to consider some of the core principles, issues, debates and controversies surrounding the use of visual techniques in relation to three key enterprises: 1) documentation and representation; 2) interpretation and classification and 3) elicitation and collaboration.
Volume One: Principles, Issues, Debates and Controversies in Visual Research serves as a theoretical backdrop to the field as a whole. It introduces core epistemological, ethical and methodological debates that effectively cut across the four volume collection as a whole.
Volume Two: Documentation and Representation illustrates approaches to visual documentation and representation, from classical documentaries to contemporary, state of the art modes of visual anthropology and ethnography.
Volume Three: Interpretation and Classification examines core debates surrounding and approaches to visual analysis.
Volume Four: Elicitation and Collaboration explores participative approaches to visual inquiry.
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Encyclopedia of Community Corrections. |
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Barton-Bellessa, Shannon M./ 9781412990837/ Price:GBP 120.00
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In response to recognition in the late 1960s and early 1970s that traditional incarceration was not working, alternatives to standard prison settings were sought and developed. One of those alternatives-community-based corrections-had been conceived in the 1950s as a system that might prove more progressive, humane, and effective, particularly with people who had committed less serious criminal offenses and for whom incarceration, with constant exposure to serious offenders and career criminals, might prove more damaging than rehabilitative. The alternative of community corrections has evolved to become a substantial part of the criminal justice and correctional system, spurred in recent years not so much by a progressive, humane philosophy as by dramatically increasing prison populations, court orders to "fix" overextended prison settings, and an economic search for cost savings. Although community correction programs have been in place for some 40 years now, to date no comprehensive reference resource has tackled this topic. Accessible and jargon-free, the one-volume Encyclopedia of Community Corrections will explore all aspects of community corrections, from its philosophical foundation to its current inception. |
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Cultural Sociology of the Middle East, Asia, and Africa, 4-Vols/Set. |
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Stanton, Andrea L./ 9781412981767/ Price:GBP 505.00
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In our age of globalization and multiculturalism, it has never been more important to understand and appreciate all cultures across the world. The four volumes take a step forward in this endeavour by presenting concise information on those regions least well-known to students across Europe: the Middle East, Asia and Africa. The volumes convey what daily life is like for people in these selected regions. Entries will aid readers in understanding the importance of cultural sociology, to appreciate the effects of cultural forces around the world, and to learn the history of countries and cultures within these important regions.
Key Features
-Topics are explored within historical context, in three broad historical periods: prehistory to 1250, 1250 to 1920 and 1920 to the present.
-One volume each is devoted to the regions of the Middle East and Africa and then one volume to East and Southeast Asia and a final volume to West, Central and South Asia. The volumes include extensive use of photographs and maps to explain cultural and geographic content.
-Each volume has its own volume editor with expertise in that particular region.
Key Themes
Arts, Culture and Science
People, Society and Dynasties
Religion and Law
Family and Daily Life
Conflicts and Wars
Politics and Government
Health and Education
Economy, Trade and Industry
National Geography and History
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Population Studies, 4-Vols/Set. |
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Gray, Edith/ 9780415670944/ Price:GBP 1250.00
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Demography is the scientific study of human populations. Classical demography has at its core three processes: fertility, migration, and mortality. To be human is to be part of the demographic process, so contemporary studies of population focus not only on the implications of population size and change, but also on how social influences affect individual behaviour and how actions at the individual level contribute to the composition of the population.
Globally, population issues are of increasing concern to governments and other policy-makers. Particularly over the last fifty years or so, there have been many iterations of the population 'problem'. From overpopulation to population ageing, to ultra-low fertility, this new four-volume collection from Routledge brings together the most important thinking about, and theories on, population to enable users to make sense of a vast-and rapidly expanding-corpus of scholarship.
With a full index, together with a comprehensive introduction, newly written by the editors, which places the collected material in its historical and intellectual context, Population Studies is an essential work of reference. For researchers, students, and policy-makers, it is as a vital one-stop research and pedagogic resource.
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Global Cities, 4-Vols/Set. |
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Taylor, Peter/ 9780415671705/ Price:GBP 1150.00
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A striking consequence of contemporary globalization has been an increase in the importance and prestige of cities. Whereas only a generation or so ago cities were commonly viewed as ¡¥problems¡¦, the sites of society¡¦s ills, today they are more readily seen as ¡¥solutions¡¦, places where twenty-first century dilemmas can most successfully be resolved. Hence, argue the editors of this new four-volume collection from Routledge, while globalization is generally viewed as eroding the influence of states, cities have come to the fore as the new spatial frame of the future. The old modern international organization of states as a worldwide mosaic of borders is being challenged by transnational spaces of flows organized through city nodes in global networks.
As serious work on and around the subject flourishes as never before, Global Cities answers the need for an authoritative reference work to map and make sense of a vast body of literature and a continuing explosion in research output. Edited by a team of leading scholars, the collection brings together in four volumes the very best foundational and cutting-edge contributions.
The set is fully indexed and each component volume has a comprehensive introduction, newly written by the editors, which places the gathered material in its historical and intellectual context. Global Cities is an essential resource and is destined to be valued by scholars and students as a vital one-stop research tool.
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Cities and Sustainability, 3-Vols/Set. |
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Fitzgerald, Joan/ 9780415670999/ Price:GBP 800.00
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Volume I examines the history, theory, and approaches related to sustainability, including smart growth, the new urbanism, transit-orientated development, and environmental justice. Volume II, meanwhile, provides case studies of cities that have succeeded in their pursuit of sustainable development, coupled with instances of cities that have not been able to surmount political, organizational, or other barriers to sustainability. The number of cities of more than five million residents is expanding dramatically, and the vital question that frames the final volume is whether such ¡¥megacities¡¦ are sustainably governable. The materials gathered here assemble the best and most influential thinking on governance for sustainability, and how ¡¥success¡¦ should be measured.
With a full index, together with a comprehensive introduction, newly written by the editor, which places the collected material in its historical and intellectual context, Cities and Sustainability is an essential work of reference. The collection will be particularly useful as a database allowing scattered and often fugitive material to be easily located. It will also be welcomed as a useful tool permitting rapid access to less familiar¡Xand sometimes overlooked¡Xtexts. For researchers, students, practitioners, and policy-makers, it is a vital one-stop research and pedagogic resource.
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Urban Modelling, 5-Vols/Set. |
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Wilson, Alan/ 9780415694605/ Price:GBP 1450.00
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Volume I captures the early history of modelling up to the early 1960s. Volume II demonstrates the development of the comprehensive model, building on Lowry's 1964 work and the foundations of transport modelling, enhanced by the introduction of entropy-maximizing methods in 1967. Volume III covers the 1970s and 1980s, which in part demonstrated the power of mathematical programming and also the introduction of effective dynamic analysis. The final volumes collect the best scholarship from the 1990s to the present day, focusing particularly on applications of modelling and the areas where the dynamic urban model still remains incomplete.
Urban Modelling is fully indexed with a comprehensive introduction, newly written by the learned editor, which places the gathered materials in their historical and intellectual context. The collection is certain to be recognized as an indispensable reference work.
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Online Research Methods in Urban and Planning Studies: Design and Outcomes. |
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Silva, Carlos Nunes/ 9781466600744/ Price:US$ 175.00
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Researchers are retiring conventional paper-and-pencil research methods and embracing an expanded array of online methodological options. In urban and planning studies, new digital tools, data accessibility, and online applications are changing how urban planning research is conducted.
Online Research Methods in Urban and Planning Studies: Design and Outcomes provides an overview of online research methods in urban and planning studies, exploring and discussing new digital tools and Web-based research methods, as well as the scholarly, legal, and ethical challenges associated with their use. Chapters from academics and professionals give an informed overview of groundbreaking online resources, review their strengths and shortcomings, and provide practical guidance on how to apply these new methods, online tools, and evolving data acquisition techniques.
Topics Covered
¡E Computer Interviews
¡E E-Collaboration
¡E Ethical Issues in Online Research
¡E Legal Issues in Online Research
¡E Online Data Collection
¡E Online Research
¡E Online Research Methods
¡E Research Methodology
¡E Urban Planning
¡E Urban Planning Research Methods
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| VA05-380 |
Encyclopedia of Global Studies, 4-Vols/Set. |
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Anheier, Helmut K./ 9781412964296/ Price:GBP 610.00
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The Encyclopedia of Global Studies is the reference work for the emerging field of global studies. It covers both transnational topics and intellectual approaches to the study of global themes, including: the globalization of economies and technologies; the diaspora of cultures and dispersion of peoples; the transnational aspects of social and political change; the global impact of environmental, technological and health changes; and the organizations and issues related to global civil society.
¡EComprehensive in scope, this work will fill four volumes covering such broad themes and topic areas as: Area & Regional Studies; Art, Culture, & Intellectual Property; Global Technology; International Law & Security; Health across Regional & Global Contexts; Industries of Globalization; Religious & Ethnic Relations & Conflicts; Labor, Migration, Borders, & Identities; Violence, War, Conflict, & Terrorism; Transnational Institutions & Sovereignty; Peace, Social Justice & Social Movements, and more.
¡ECurriculum-based, entries will be selected by examination of Global Studies departments and programs across the U.S. and abroad (with input from those departments via representation on our Advisory Committee and Editorial Board) for the topics most commonly appearing in relevant course syllabi.
¡EAuthoritative in content, the work will include nearly 700 signed entries by leading experts, along with references and recommended readings to guide students to more in-depth resources.
¡EEasy to use, the front matter will include a Reader's Guide grouping related entries by topic or theme, and cross-references at the end of each entry will further assist readers in locating relevant topics of interest. |
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Encyclopedia of Consumption and Waste: The Social Science of Garbage, 2-Vols/Set. |
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Zimring, Carl A./ 9781412988193/ Price:GBP 360.00
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Archaeologists and anthropologists have long studied artifacts of refuse from the distant past as a portal into ancient civilizations, but examining what we throw away today tells a story in real time and becomes an important and useful tool for academic study. Waste is studied by behavioural scientists who use data compiled from the exploration of dumpsters and rubbish bins to better understand our modern society and culture. Why does the average American household send 470 pounds of uneaten food to the garbage can on an annual basis? How do different societies around the world cope with their garbage in these troubled environmental times? How does our waste give insight into our attitudes about gender, class, religion and art?
The Encyclopedia of Consumption and Waste explores the topic across multiple disciplines within the social sciences and ranges further to include business, consumerism, environmentalism and marketing to comprise an outstanding reference for academic and public libraries.
Editor Carl A. Zimring has teamed with Consulting Editor William Rathje to compile 400 signed articles authored by prominent scholars.
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Wiley-Blackwell Encyclopedia of Globalization, The., 5-Vols/Set. |
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Ritzer, George/ 9781405188241/ Price:US$ 1174.95
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This five-volume Encyclopedia contains over 600 entries on the essential topics of Globalization and is the definitive reference resource for students, researchers and academics in the field.
¡EOffers clear and concise explanations of the key concepts of Globalization
¡EArranged in A to Z format over five volumes
¡EIncludes entries on concepts derived from across the social sciences, from sociology and anthropology to political science, economics, and human geography
¡ELooks at the founding theories as well as the realities of globalization today
¡ECovers the essential topics in the study of globalization, including agency-structure, Americanization, anti-globalization, Bretton Woods; coca-colonization, Empire; Euro crisis, ethnic cleansing, exploitation, feminization of poverty, genocide, global warming, nation-state, neo-liberalism, oil, post-globalization, Qaedaism, rape, sex work, sport, terror, Transnational Corporations, Twitter Revolution, water crisis, Web 2.0, Wikileaks, World Social Forum and, Zapatistas
¡EIncludes a number of key documentslisted as entries such asthe Kyoto Protocol and The Universal Declaration of Human Rights
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Cluster Analysis, 4-Vols/Set. |
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Byrne, David/ 9780857021281/ Price:GBP 710.00
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Cluster analysis is a family of techniques that sorts - or more accurately, classifies - cases into groups of similar cases. 'Data mining' encompasses a whole host of methodological procedures that are used for cluster analysis while 'classification' that is the analytical catalyst to the methodological approach. Thinking about issues of 'classification', 'cluster analysis' and 'data mining' together in this four-volume collection is appropriate, therefore, specifically with regards to developing a case based 'attitude' to quantitative analysis.
This collection does not simply focus on a set of methods, but in presenting a range of existing work together, the logic of what is arguably a methodological phase-shift in quantitative research is exposed. In effect, this four-volume collection sets forth an analytical strategy which is increasingly, both implicitly and explicitly, acknowledged across the disciplines as being rooted in the exploratory and descriptive investigation of cases.
Bringing work on classification, cluster analysis and data mining together in a way that is both accessible and timely with respect to the level of 'activity' going on in each of these related areas is important to signal a step-change in the kind of data analysis that is currently taking place, nationally and internationally, and to facilitate further research by demarcating the methodological research where the cutting edge approaches to data analysis lie.
Volume One: The Classics
Volume Two: (Useful) Key Texts
Volume Three: Cluster Analysis in Practice
Volume Four: Data Mining with Classification |
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Making of Olympic Cities, The., 4-Vols/Set. |
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Gold, John R./ 9780415553513/ Price:GBP 68.99
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In the first forty or so years following its revival at the end of the nineteenth century, the burdens placed on cities hosting a modern Olympic Games were relatively modest. However, as the Games have grown in size and stature, morphing from a small-scale summer festival into an intensively mediated global lollapalooza, demands on host cities have massively increased, resulting in the construction of vast and expensive new stadia, Olympic villages, and associated infrastructure. Moreover, after the Second World War, host cities have increasingly used the Olympics as a means to achieve ambitious non-sporting policy goals.
Edited and introduced by two leading scholars, this new four-volume collection from Routledge brings together key primary-source materials and the best scholarship and serious commentary to elucidate and explore the planning, making, and generation of Olympic cities. The gathered materials (some of which are reproduced in facsimile to give users a strong sense of immediacy to the original texts) cover topics such as how cities have embraced the Olympics into their town-planning strategies; built new stadia and sports facilities; and constructed new transport and other communications networks. From what is widely seen as the paradigm of Olympics-led urban regeneration (Barcelona, 1992) to the planning disaster of Montreal, 1976, issues around the short-term impact, and longer-term legacy, of the Olympics on various cities are also closely interrogated.
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Doing Q Methodological Research: Theory, Method & Interpretation |
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Simon Watts/ 9781849204156/ Price:GBP 39.99
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Pink and Blue: Telling the Boys from the Girls in America. |
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Paoletti, Jo B./ 9780253009852/ Price:US$ 17.00
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Racing for Innocence: Whiteness, Gender, and the Backlash Against Affirmative Action. |
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Pierce, Jennifer L./ 9780804778787/ Price:US$ 85.00
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The End is Nigh: A History of Natural Disasters. |
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Svensen, Henrik/ 9781861898982/ Price:GBP 12.95
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Presenting results from many scientific disciplines, including geology, anthropology and sociology, while at the same time revealing the personal stories of the victims of natural disasters, The End is Night is as instructive as it is affecting, and will appeal to a wide general audience. |
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Contemporary Grandparenting: Changing Family Relationships in Global Contexts. |
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Arber, Sara/ 9781847429674/ Price:GBP 29.99
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Grandparenting in the 21st century is at the heart of profound family and societal changes. It is of increasing social and economic significance yet many dimensions of grandparenting are still poorly understood. Contemporary Grandparenting is the first book to take a sociological approach to grandparenting across diverse country contexts and combines new theorising with up-to-date empirical findings to document the changing nature of grandparenting across global contexts.In this highly original book, leading contributors analyse how grandparenting differs according to the nature of the welfare state and the cultural context, how family breakdown influences grandparenting, and explore men's changing roles as grandfathers. Grandparents today face conflicting norms and expectations about their roles, but act with agency to forge new identities within the context of societal and cultural constraints.Contemporary Grandparenting illuminates key issues relevant to students and researchers from sociology and social policy, including in the fields of family, childhood, ageing and gender studies. |
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Obama and the Biracial Factor: The Battle for a New American Majority. |
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Jolivette, Andrew J./ 9781447301004/ Price:GBP 26.99
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Since the election in 2008 of Barack Obama to the Presidency of the United States there have been a plethora of books, films, and articles about the role of race in the election of the first person of color to the White House. None of these works though delves into the intricacies of Mr. Obama's biracial background and what it means. Obama and the Biracial Factor is the first book to explore the significance of mixed-race identity as a key factor in the election of President Obama and examines the sociological and political relationship between race, power, and public policy in the United States with an emphasis on public discourse and ethnic representation in his election . Jolivette and his co-authors bring biracial identity and multiraciality to forefront of our understanding of racial projects since his election. Additionally the authors assert the salience of mixed-race identity in U.S. policy and the on-going impact of the media and popular culture on the development, implementation, and interpretation of government policy and ethnic relations in the U.S. and globally. Obama and the Biracial Factor speaks to a wide array of academic disciplines ranging from political science and public policy to sociology and ethnic studies. |
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Understanding Family Meanings: A Reflective Text. |
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McCarthy, Jane R./ 9781447301127/ Price:GBP 26.99
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Family Studies is a key area of policy, professional and personal debate. Perhaps precisely because of this, teaching texts have struggled with how to approach this area, which is both 'familiar' and also contentious and value laden. This innovative and reflective book deals with such dilemmas head-on, through its focus on family meanings in diverse contexts in order to enhance our understanding of everyday social lives and professional practices.Drawing on extracts and research by leading authors in the field of family studies, Understanding Family Meanings provides the reader with an overview of the basic concepts and theories related to families using readings with questions and analysis to encourage reflection and learning. The book centralises the question what is 'family' and focuses on family meanings as the key underpinnings for academic study and professional training. It explores the shifting and subtle ways in which individuals, researchers, policy-makers and professionals make sense of the idea of 'family' and in doing so considers issues of power, inequality and values which are integral to any understanding of family meanings. It includes online supplementary materials, with an audio from leading authorities in this field. It therefore provides an excellent foundation for any module in family studies, as well as all professional training modules that include attention to families and close relationships, and for further learning in the area of families and relationships. |
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For Youth Workers and Youth Work: Speaking Out for a Better Future. |
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Nicholls, Doug/ 9781847428714/ Price:GBP 70.99
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In this unique and passionate book, Doug Nicholls proposes a cultural revolution within youth work. He draws on the best of youth work's past to redesign the youth work map for today. He speaks with wit, wisdom and warmth to youth workers about their craft. Yet he takes no intellectual prisoners in proposing a new role for youth work in the struggle for social justice. No student or practitioner should miss it. |
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The Research Journey: Introduction to Inquiry. |
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Rallis, Sharon F./ 9781462505142/ Price:US$ 88.00
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Designed to foster "inquiry-mindedness," this book prepares graduate students to develop a conceptual framework and conduct inquiry projects that are linked to ongoing conversations in a field. The authors examine different ways of knowing and show how to identify a research question; build arguments and support them with evidence; make informed design decisions; engage in reflective, ethical practices; and produce a written proposal or report. Each chapter opens with a set of critical questions, followed by a dialogue among five fictional graduate students exploring questions and concerns about their own inquiry projects; these issues are revisited throughout the chapter. Other useful features include end-of-chapter learning activities for individual or group use. |
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The Social Life of Nanotechnology. |
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Harthorn, Barbara H./ 9780415899055/ Price:GBP 130.00
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When to Use What Research Design. |
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Vogt, W. P./ 9781462503537/ Price:US$ 48.00
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Systematic, practical, and accessible, this is the first book to focus on finding the most defensible design for a particular research question. Thoughtful guidelines are provided for weighing the advantages and disadvantages of various methods, including qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methods designs. The book can be read sequentially or readers can dip into chapters on specific stages of research (basic design choices, selecting and sampling participants, addressing ethical issues) or data collection methods (surveys, interviews, experiments, observations, archival studies, and combined methods). Many chapter headings and subheadings are written as questions, helping readers quickly find the answers they need to make informed choices that will affect the later analysis and interpretation of their data. |
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The Research Journey: Introduction to Inquiry. |
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Rallis, Sharon F./ 9781462505128/ Price:US$ 38.00
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Designed to foster "inquiry-mindedness," this book prepares graduate students to develop a conceptual framework and conduct inquiry projects that are linked to ongoing conversations in a field. The authors examine different ways of knowing and show how to identify a research question; build arguments and support them with evidence; make informed design decisions; engage in reflective, ethical practices; and produce a written proposal or report. Each chapter opens with a set of critical questions, followed by a dialogue among five fictional graduate students exploring questions and concerns about their own inquiry projects; these issues are revisited throughout the chapter. Other useful features include end-of-chapter learning activities for individual or group use. |
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Reinventing Social Solidarity across Europe. |
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Ellison, Marion/ 9781847427274/ Price:GBP 85.99
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As Europe's public realms face upheaval, this is the first book to identify how social solidarity is being re-invented from below and redefined from above. Interdisciplinary transnational approaches provide new insights into the relationship between national and transnational social solidarity across Europe. Valuable to students, policy makers and scholars, it reveals social solidarity as the defining pillar of European integration, bringing a greater dimension and integrity beyond democracy across nation states. |
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Fair Play: A Daniel Dorling Reader on Social Justice. |
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Dorling, Daniel/ 9781847428790/ Price:GBP 29.99
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This accessible reader brings together a selection of highly influential writings by Danny Dorling which look at inequality and social justice, why they matter and what they are. Encompassing an extensive range of print and online media - including newspaper articles and key publications - 'Playing fair' provides evidence that Britain is becoming more politically, socially and economically divided whilst coming together in terms of educational outcomes and reduced segregation by ethnicity. |
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Transitions to Parenthood in Europe: A Comparative Life Course Perspective. |
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Ann Nilsen/ 9781847428646/ Price:GBP 85.99
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This book takes a life course perspective, analysing and comparing the biographies of mothers and fathers in seven European countries in context. Based on an innovative, cross-national EU study, it examines the ways in which working parents negotiate the transition to parenthood and attempt to find a 'work-life balance'. Using in-depth qualitative biographical data, the book offers a deep understanding of working parents' real lives by locating them within diverse national, workplace and family contexts. It provides rich insights into how policies and practices at the institutional level play out in individual and family lives, how they shape the decisions during both transition phases and in parents' daily experiences of juggling work and family life. It highlights some difficult and complex issues about the sustainability of contemporary working practices for bringing up children that are highly relevant in times of economic retrenchment. 'Transitions to parenthood in Europe' will be of interest to an academic readership at all levels of the social sciences, as well as employers, managers, trade unions and policy makers. |
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Trusting on the Edge: Managing Uncertainty and Vulnerability in the Midst of Serious Mental Health Problems. |
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Brown, Patrick/ 9781847428899/ Price:GBP 85.99
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Trust is fundamental to everyday interactions and the functioning of society. How trust develops, or fails to develop, within contexts of severe mental illness is a pertinent topic for social scientists and healthcare professionals, not simply because it is an under-researched area but because heightened uncertainty and amplified vulnerability amidst psychosis represent a crucible of the conditions where trust becomes relevant. Grounded in research within this crucible, this book explores a number of questions which are central to contemporary theoretical debates around the nature of trust. The authors link these abstract concerns to empirical analysis, involving interviews with service-users, practitioners and managers. This book will appeal to anyone interested in the concept of trust, including social science researchers and students, as well as practitioners, managers and policy makers working with vulnerable people. |
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Migrants and Their Money: Surviving Financial Exclusion. |
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Datta, Kavita/ 9781847428431/ Price:GBP 85.99
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This original and topical book tells the untold stories of migrants' experiences of, and responses to, financial exclusion in London. Breaking important new ground, it offers an insight into migrants' lives which is often overlooked, yet is increasingly vital for their broader integration into advanced financialised societies.Adopting a holistic focus, Migrants and their Money investigates migrants' complex financial lives which extend far beyond remittance sending, exploring their banking, saving, credit and debt related practices. It highlights how migrants negotiate the complex financial landscape they encounter and the diverse formal and informal ways in which they manage their money in the financial capital of the world. Drawing upon a rich evidence base, this book will be of particular interest to academics, local authorities, policy makers and the financial services industry. |
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Migration and Welfare in the New Europe: Social Protection and the Challenges of Integration. |
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Carmel, Emma/ 9781847426437/ Price:GBP 30.99
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This book provides innovative insights into one of the most controversial and important subjects of the 21st century: migration and social integration. Empirically, the volume offers comprehensive grounding in the relationships between migration, migration policies and social protection/inclusion in the enlarged European Union and its member states. Theoretically, the collection moves the debate on migration and integration policies onto new terrain. It explains how policies in this field are produced by institutional frameworks, political strategy, and contingent responses to events, but that these are themselves shaped by emotions, discourses, narratives, formal and informal aspects of governance. With contributions from leading international experts, the book can be used by academics and professionals as well as by undergraduate and postgraduate students. |
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The Puzzle of Left-handedness. |
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Smits, Rik/ 9781780230436/ Price:GBP 15.00
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But apart from folklore and myth, the notions of left and right have a real and deep influence on the way we experience the world. These influences show up everywhere, from engineering and architecture to music, painting, photography, film and comics. This book shows how, contrary to what many might think, left-handers can write just as well as the rest of us, and explores how and why we came to prefer one hand over the other and how left- and right-handedness are represented in the brain. The greatest puzzle is why in every country one in ten people favours the left hand. It is a mystery as yet largely unsolved, whose solution may very well lie in the secrets of twinning.
The Puzzle of Left-handedness is an enlightening and entertaining odyssey through the enigmas and paradoxes, theories and experiments surrounding the left-handed among us. |
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A Brief History of Nakedness. |
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Carr-Gomm, Philip/ 9781780230221/ Price:GBP 16.95
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In A Brief History of Nakedness, Philip Carr-Gomm traces our preoccupation with nudity in three distinct areas of human endeavour: religion, politics and popular culture. Rather than study the history of the fine-art nude, or detail the ways in which the naked body has been denigrated or imprisoned, this book explores new territory ¡V revealing the ways in which religious teachers, politicians, protestors and cultural icons have used nudity to enlighten or empower themselves, or simply to entertain us. |
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Obama and the Biracial Factor: The Battle for a New American Majority. |
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Jolivette, Andrew J./ 9781447301011/ Price:GBP 79.99
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Since the election in 2008 of Barack Obama to the Presidency of the United States there have been a plethora of books, films, and articles about the role of race in the election of the first person of color to the White House. None of these works though delves into the intricacies of Mr. Obama's biracial background and what it means. Obama and the Biracial Factor is the first book to explore the significance of mixed-race identity as a key factor in the election of President Obama and examines the sociological and political relationship between race, power, and public policy in the United States with an emphasis on public discourse and ethnic representation in his election . Jolivette and his co-authors bring biracial identity and multiraciality to forefront of our understanding of racial projects since his election. Additionally the authors assert the salience of mixed-race identity in U.S. policy and the on-going impact of the media and popular culture on the development, implementation, and interpretation of government policy and ethnic relations in the U.S. and globally. Obama and the Biracial Factor speaks to a wide array of academic disciplines ranging from political science and public policy to sociology and ethnic studies. |
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ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY: A Responsibility for All. |
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Gresens, Mary/ 9780985569853/ Price:US$ 24.00
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The moral aspect of environmental sustainability has yet to be adequately addressed with regard to the passenger car sector. Almost all aspects of this industry involve decisions in which trade-offs are made between needs and wants. This book maintains that we all, as human beings, have a binding and inter-generational moral duty to ensure the availability of those natural resources necessary for human existence. |
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THE SENTENCING OF CHILDREN: Professional Work and Perspectives. |
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Travers, Max/ 9780985569877/ Price:US$ 26.00
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This book provides a detailed description of how professional groups collaborate in reaching sentencing decisions in children¡¦s courts.
Even when it does not lead to riots or looting, the problem of youth crime continues to concern welfare and justice professionals across the developed world. Following in the tradition of ethnographers, such as Aaron Cicourel and Robert Emerson, this book provides a detailed description of how professional groups collaborate in reaching sentencing decisions in children¡¦s courts. Based on observation of hearings in the three Australian states of Tasmania, Victoria and New South Wales, it describes the practical considerations in sentencing minor, and repeat offenders, and the mitigating factors that influence magistrates. These include economic circumstances, family problems and psychological difficulties, but also youthfulness itself. The study conveys the immense institutional effort spent in trying to reduce or contain the problem of youth offending in a developed, well-ordered society, which we largely take for granted. It supplies a well-documented insight into what actually happens inside children's courts, and the challenges in addressing youth offending. |
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The Italians Of New York. |
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Molinari, Maurizio/ 9780985569808/ Price:US$ 26.00
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This book offers an overview of generations of Italians in the Big Apple, weaving together numerous stories from different epochs and different backgrounds.
From the Introduction:
¡§If you want to learn something about Italian creativity, come to New York. Here, you will find the pride of flying the Italian colors at the Fifth Avenue Columbus Day Parade, the American patriotism of those who perished at Ground Zero, the courage of firefighters and marines on the frontline of the war against terrorism, the babel of dialects at the Arthur Avenue market, portrayals of social change in the writings of Gay Talese, stories of successful business ventures on the TV shows of Maria Bartiromo and Charles Gasparino, political passion in the battles of Mario Cuomo and Rudy Giuliani, creative imagination in the works of Gaetano Pesce, Renzo Piano and Matteo Pericoli, and provocation in the attire of Lady Gaga¡K The Midtown top managers, whoarrived in the past twenty years, operate in the XXI century, while on Fresh Pond Road in Ridgewood the panelle are still prepared according to the Sicilian recipes transmitted from one generation to the next.¡¨ |
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Adolescent-to-Parent Abuse: Current Understandings in Research, Policy and Practice. |
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Holt, Amanda/ 9781447300557/ Price:GBP 29.99
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While much has been written about the problematic behaviour of young people and their families, there has been silence on the problem of young people behaving abusively towards their parents, which may take the form of physical, economic and/or emotional abuse. This is the first academic book to focus on adolescent-to-parent abuse and brings together international research and practice literature and combines it with original research to identify and critique current understandings in research, policy and practice. It discusses what we know about parents' experiences of adolescent-to-parent abuse and critically examines how it has been explained from psychological, sociological and sociocultural perspectives. It also outlines how policymakers and practitioners can usefully respond to the problem. This unique book adopts a range of theoretical and practice perspectives. Written in an accessible style, it is an essential tool for academics, policymakers and professionals with an interest in domestic violence, child protection and youth offending. |
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Adolescent-to-Parent Abuse: Current Understandings in Research, Policy and Practice. |
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Holt, Amanda/ 9781447300564/ Price:GBP 79.99
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While much has been written about the problematic behaviour of young people and their families, there has been silence on the problem of young people behaving abusively towards their parents, which may take the form of physical, economic and/or emotional abuse. This is the first academic book to focus on adolescent-to-parent abuse and brings together international research and practice literature and combines it with original research to identify and critique current understandings in research, policy and practice. It discusses what we know about parents' experiences of adolescent-to-parent abuse and critically examines how it has been explained from psychological, sociological and sociocultural perspectives. It also outlines how policymakers and practitioners can usefully respond to the problem. This unique book adopts a range of theoretical and practice perspectives. Written in an accessible style, it is an essential tool for academics, policymakers and professionals with an interest in domestic violence, child protection and youth offending. |
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Mixed Communities: Gentrification by Stealth? |
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Bridge, Gary/ 9781847424921/ Price:GBP 29.99
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Encouraging neighbourhood social mix has been a major goal of urban policy and planning in a number of different countries. This book draws together a range of case studies by international experts to assess the impacts of social mix policies and the degree to which they might represent gentrification by stealth. The contributions consider the range of social mix initiatives in different countries across the globe and their relationship to wider social, economic and urban change. The book combines understandings of social mix from the perspectives of researchers, policy makers and planners and the residents of the communities themselves. Mixed Communities also draws out more general lessons from these international comparisons - theoretically, empirically and for urban policy. It will be highly relevant for urban researchers and students, policy makers and practitioners alike. |
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Benchmarking Muslim Well-Being in Europe: Reducing Disparities and Polarizations. |
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Jackson, Pamela I./ 9781847428875/ Price:GBP 79.99
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This highly topical book aims to undermine unsubstantiated myths by examining Muslim integration in Germany, France, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom, states which dominate the debate on minority integration and the practice of Muslim religious traditions. These nations have a range of alternative relationships between religion and the state, as well as strategies for coordinating individuals' ethnic and state identities. Using the European Parliament's benchmarking guidelines, surveys and other non-official data, the authors find that in some areas Muslims are in fact more integrated than popularly assumed and suggest that, instead of failing to integrate, Muslims find their access to integration blocked in ways that reduce their life chances in the societies in which they are now permanent residents. The book will have an impact on research and policy especially with the commencement of the EU-wide integration benchmarking effort and will be an excellent resource for researchers, academics and policy makers. |
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Gender Equality in the Welfare State? |
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Pascall, Gillian/ 9781847426659/ Price:GBP 79.99
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The relationship between gender and welfare states is of key importance in understanding welfare states and gender equality and inequality. Western welfare states of the post-war era were built on assumptions about gender difference: they treated men as breadwinners and women as carers. Now governments are committed in principle to gender equality. But how far have they come from male breadwinner assumptions to gender equality assumptions? How much do gender differences continue in UK social policy and social practice? The book analyses the male breadwinner model in terms of power, employment, care, time and income, providing a framework for chapters which ask about policies and practices for gender equality in each of these. This new approach to analysis of gender equality in social welfare contextualises national policies and debates within comparative theoretical analysis and data, making the volume interesting to a wide audience. |
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The Immigrant War: A Global Movement against Discrimination and Exploitation. |
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Longhi, Vittorio/ 9781447305880/ Price:GBP 21.99
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The abuse of Asian workers in the oil-rich Gulf countries, the trafficking of undocumented latinos at the US border, the exploitation of African sans papiers in France and the attacks on Sub-Saharan farmhands by the mob in Italy. All these events show how migrants, especially those without legal documents, can be an easy target for violence and discrimination, often with impunity. At least, until they decide to fight back. In this original, accessible book, Vittorio Longhi, a journalist who specialises in international labour matters, describes an emerging phenomenon of social conflict, in which migrants are not conceived as passive victims of exploitation. Instead they are portrayed as conscious, vital social actors who are determined to organise and claim better rights. With a global perspective, The immigrant war highlights the 'struggle for human rights, citizenship and equality', in the context of a policy vacuum within the international community towards migration. He demonstrates how these emerging conflicts can break the chain of exploitation and contribute to rethinking failing migration policies and the role of migrants in contemporary societies. The book will be of interest to labour and migration specialists, students of social sciences, trade unionists and human rights activists, as well as a general readership interested in migration. |
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Poverty and Insecurity: Life in Low-Pay, No-Pay Britain. |
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Shildrick, Tracy/ 9781847429100/ Price:GBP 31.99
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How do men and women get by in times and places where opportunities for standard employment have drastically reduced? Are we witnessing the growth of a new class, the 'Precariat', where people exist without predictability or security in their lives? What effects do flexible and insecure forms of work have on material and psychological well-being? This book is the first of its kind to examine the relationship between social exclusion, poverty and the labour market. It challenges long-standing and dominant myths about 'the workless' and 'the poor', by exploring close-up the lived realities of life in low-pay, no-pay Britain. Work may be 'the best route out of poverty' sometimes but for many people getting a job can be just a turn in the cycle of recurrent poverty - and of long-term churning between low-skilled 'poor work' and unemployment. Based on unique qualitative, life-history research with a 'hard-to-reach group' of younger and older people, men and women, the book shows how poverty and insecurity have now become the defining features of working life for many. |
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Poverty and Insecurity: Life in Low-Pay, No-Pay Britain. |
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Shildrick, Tracy/ 9781847429117/ Price:GBP 85.99
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How do men and women get by in times and places where opportunities for standard employment have drastically reduced? Are we witnessing the growth of a new class, the 'Precariat', where people exist without predictability or security in their lives? What effects do flexible and insecure forms of work have on material and psychological well-being? This book is the first of its kind to examine the relationship between social exclusion, poverty and the labour market. It challenges long-standing and dominant myths about ¡¥the workless¡¦ and ¡¥the poor¡¦, by exploring close-up the lived realities of life in low-pay, no-pay Britain. Work may be ¡¥the best route out of poverty¡¦ sometimes but for many people getting a job can be just a turn in the cycle of recurrent poverty ¡V and of long-term churning between low-skilled ¡¥poor work¡¦ and unemployment. Based on unique qualitative, life-history research with a 'hard-to-reach group' of younger and older people, men and women, the book shows how poverty and insecurity have now become the defining features of working life for many. |
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From Transmitted Deprivation to Social Exclusion: Policy, Poverty, and Parenting. |
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Welshman, John/ 9781447305866/ Price:GBP 29.99
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The book explores the content and background to Sir Keith Joseph's famous 'cycle of deprivation' speech in 1972, examining his own personality and family background, his concern with 'problem families', and the wider policy context of the early 1970s. With this background, the book explores New Labour's approach to child poverty, initiatives such as Sure Start, the influence of research on inter-generational continuities, and its stance on social exclusion. The author argues that, while earlier writers have acknowledged the intellectual debt that New Labour owed to Joseph, and noted similarities between their policy approaches to child poverty and earlier debates, more recent attempts to tackle social exclusion, by both the Labour and Coalition Governments, mean that these continuities are now more striking than ever before.
With a new Preface for the paperback edition, From transmitted deprivation to social exclusion is the only book-length treatment of this important but neglected strand of the history of social policy. It will be of interest to students and researchers working on contemporary history, social policy, political science, public policy, sociology, and public health. |
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Ferraris for All: In Defence of Economic Progress. |
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Ben-Ami, Daniel/ 9781847423450/ Price:GBP 14.99
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The growth of the economy and the spread of prosperity are increasingly seen as problematic rather than positive - a trend Daniel Ben-Ami has termed 'growth scepticism'. Prosperity is accused of encourage greed, damaging the environment, causing unhappiness and widening social inequalities. Ferraris for all: A defence of economic progress is a rejoinder to the growth sceptics. Using examples from a range of countries, including the US, the author argues that society as a whole benefits from greater affluence. Action is needed - but to increase abundance and spread it worldwide, not to limit prosperity, as the sceptics would have it. The lively and provocative hardback edition was published to widespread coverage in 2010, and triggered debate and dissent in equal measure. |
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Community Research for Participation: From Theory to Method. |
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Goodson, Lisa/ 9781847424358/ Price:GBP 31.99
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This book bridges a major gap in knowledge by considering, through a range of reflexive chapters from different disciplinary backgrounds, both theoretical and practical issues relating to community research methodologies. The international contributors consider a number of key epistemological, ontological and methodological questions. They explore what community peer research means in a range of settings, for a range of people, for the quality of data and subsequent findings, and for the production of rigorous social research. The collection will also stimulate thinking about how methodological advancement can be made in the field. It is the first book of its kind to combine practical and methodological reflections with clearly presented recommendations about how the approach can be used. Presenting the latest thinking in the field and providing summaries, case studies and review questions, 'Community research for participation' will be invaluable to students, researchers, academics and practitioners who aim to place community members at the centre of their research. |
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Community Research for Participation: From Theory to Method. |
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Goodson, Lisa/ 9781847424365/ Price:GBP 85.99
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This book bridges a major gap in knowledge by considering, through a range of reflexive chapters from different disciplinary backgrounds, both theoretical and practical issues relating to community research methodologies. The international contributors consider a number of key epistemological, ontological and methodological questions. They explore what community peer research means in a range of settings, for a range of people, for the quality of data and subsequent findings, and for the production of rigorous social research. The collection will also stimulate thinking about how methodological advancement can be made in the field. It is the first book of its kind to combine practical and methodological reflections with clearly presented recommendations about how the approach can be used. Presenting the latest thinking in the field and providing summaries, case studies and review questions, 'Community research for participation' will be invaluable to students, researchers, academics and practitioners who aim to place community members at the centre of their research. |
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Biography and Turning Points in Europe and America. |
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Hackstaff, Karla B./ 9781847428608/ Price:GBP 85.99
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This sociological collection advances the argument that the concept of a "turning point" expands our understanding of life experiences from a descriptive to a deeper and more abstract level of analysis. It addresses the conceptual issue of what distinguishes turning points from life transitions in general and raises crucial questions about the application of turning points as a biographical research method. Biography and turning points in Europe and America is all the more distinctive and significant due to its broad empirical database. The anthology includes authors from ten different countries, providing a number of contexts for thinking about how turning points relate to constructions of meaning shaped by globalization and by cultural and structural meanings unique to each country. The book will be useful across a wide range of social sciences and particularly valuable for researchers needing a stronger theoretical base for biographical work. |
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Wiley-Blackwell Companion to Major Social Theorists, The., 2-Vols/Set. |
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Ritzer, George/ 9781444330786/ Price:US$ 475.25
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Reflecting emerging research and ongoing reassessments of social theory, The Wiley- Blackwell Companion to Major Social Theorists offers significant updates and revisions to the original Blackwell Companion published a decade ago.
Volume 1
¡EFeatures updates and revisions to all essays from original volume, plus the addition of 11 new authors
¡EIncludes six new essays featuring coverage of theorists not included in original volume: Ibn Khaldun, de Tocqueville, Schumpeter, Mannheim, Veblen, and Adorno
¡ESupplemented with comprehensive bibliographies on primary and secondary sources, with a brief reader's guide accompanying each essay
¡EAddresses continuing relevance of most theories and their importance to contemporary scholarship
Volume 2
¡EFeatures updates and revisions to all essays from original volume, plus the addition of 16 new authors
¡EIncludes 11 new essays featuring coverage of theorists not included in original volume, including Deleuze, Bauman, Smith, Luhmann, Agamben, and others
¡ESupplemented with comprehensive bibliographies on primary and secondary sources, with a brief reader's guide accompanying each essay
¡EEssays placed in social and historical context to allow readers to see how theorists have responded to pressing contemporary social and political issues |
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Assistive and Augmentive Communication for the Disabled: Intelligent Technologies for Communication, Learning and Teaching. |
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Theng, Lau Bee/ 9781609605414/ Price:US$ 180.00
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Assistive and augmentive communication is an emerging research area receiving much support from the disabled community. It enables communication for those with impairments or restrictions on the production or comprehension of spoken or written language.
Assistive and Augmentive Communication for the Disabled: Intelligent Technologies for Communication, Learning and Teaching provides benefits to the professionals and researchers working in various disciplines in the field, such as special education, healthcare, computational intelligence and information technology. Moreover, this book provides insights and support to individuals who are concerned with the development of children and adults with disabilities. It covers recently completed studies, as well as ongoing research, to provide a cutting-edge window into this area of promising, new applications.
Topics Covered
¡E Collaboration
¡E Blended Learning
¡E 3D Assistive Technologies
¡E Assisting Social Skills
¡E Face Based Real Time Communication
¡E ICT to Assist Visually Impaired People
¡E Assisting Children with Cerebral Palsy
¡E Spatial Knowledge Communication
¡E Statistical Analysis of Facial Expression
¡E Wireless Healthcare Monitoring System |
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Encyclopedia of Social Networks, 2-Vols/Set. |
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Barnett, George A./ 9781412979115/ Price:GBP 360.00
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This two-volume encyclopedia provides a thorough introduction to the wide-ranging, fast-developing field of social networking, a much-needed resource at a time when new social networks or "communities" seem to spring up on the internet every day. Social networks, or groupings of individuals tied by one or more specific types of interests or interdependencies ranging from likes and dislikes, or disease transmission to the "old boy" network or overlapping circles of friends, have been in existence for longer than services such as Facebook or YouTube; analysis of these networks emphasizes the relationships within the network. The Encyclopedia of Social Networks offers comprehensive coverage of the theory and research within the social sciences that has sprung from the analysis of such groupings, with accompanying definitions, measures, and research.
Featuring approximately 350 signed entries, along with approximately 40 media clips, organized alphabetically and offering cross-references and suggestions for further readings, this encyclopedia opens with a thematic reader's guide in the front that groups related entries by topics. A chronology offers the reader historical perspective on the study of social networks. This two-volume reference work is a must-have resource for libraries serving researchers interested in the various fields related to social networks, including sociology, social psychology and communication and media studies.
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Encyclopedia of Consumer Culture, 3-Vols/Set. |
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Southerton, Dale/ 9780872896017/ Price:GBP 610.00
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The three-volume Encyclopedia of Consumer Culture covers consuming societies around the world, from the Age of Enlightenment to the present, and shows how consumption has become intrinsic to the world¡¦s social, economic, political, and cultural landscapes. Offering an invaluable interdisciplinary approach, this reference work is a useful resource for researchers in sociology, political science, consumer science, global studies, comparative studies, business and management, human geography, economics, history, anthropology, and psychology. The first encyclopedia to outline the parameters of consumer culture, the Encyclopedia provides a critical, scholarly resource on consumption and consumerism over time.
Key topics:
¡ETheories and concepts
¡ESocio-economic change
¡ESocio-demographic change
¡EIdentity and social differentiation
¡EMedia
¡EStyle and taste
¡EMass consumptions
¡EEthical Consumption
¡ECivil society
¡EEnvironment
¡EDomestic consumption
¡ELeisure
¡ETechnology
¡EWork
¡EProduction
¡EMarkets
¡EInstitutions
¡EWelfare
¡EUrban life |
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Encyclopedia of the U.S. Census: From the Constitution to the American Community Survey. |
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Anderson, Margo J./ 9781608710256/ Price:GBP 180.00
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The Encyclopedia of the U.S. Census, Second Edition updates and expands a critically-acclaimed resource to the history, politics, content, procedures, and uses of the decennial census of the American population.
The new edition highlights changes in the Census Bureau's data collection and dissemination practices for the 2010 enumeration, including the use of a short-form questionnaire for the actual population count, and the release in late 2010 of the American Community Survey (ACS) 5-year data set based on rolling samples of the U.S. population and gathered using the long-form questionnaire. The second edition also comprehensively covers the fallout from the 2000 census and recent issues affecting the administration of the 2010 count.
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Complete Costume Dictionary, The. |
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Lewandowski, Elizabeth J./ 9780810840041/ Price:US$ 158.00
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While there are costume and fashion dictionaries tied to specific countries or periods, none have been comprehensive. In The Complete Costume Dictionary, Elizabeth Lewandowski has collected from a variety of sources-including costume history texts, journal articles, historical publications, autobiographies, biographies, foreign language dictionaries, and contemporary publications-to create a resource that spans the globe, from the earliest record of fashion to the 21st century.
Including more than 20,000 fashion and costume terms, this volume also features more than 300 illustrations. The first section of the book is an alphabetical listing of these words with their definitions, period, and country of origin. This volume also contains appendixes that list the terms by country of origin, period, and type of clothing. The book is not limited to the Western World and includes both archaic and current terms.
Significantly greater in scope than anything currently available-online or in print-this one-of-a-kind publication is an invaluable resource for costume and fashion historians, textile preservationists, period re-enactors, and history and theatre scholars, as well as theatre professionals.
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Youth Culture and Net Culture: Online Social Practices. |
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Dunkels, Elza/ 9781609602093/ Price:US$ 180.00
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The globalization of our society has changed the social culture of young people forever. In this day and age, this online social culture is growing in size, shape, and complexity and the need for further study is imperative.
Youth Culture and Net Culture: Online Social Practices aims to engage the complex relationship between technology and youth culture, while outlining the details of various online social activities. This book focuses on generational aspects of online social practices, as well as other facets, such as gender and social class. Presenting the views of young people regarding social practices is paramount in a time when the educational system, policymakers and non-governmental organizations are calling for this knowledge.
Topics Covered
o Abusive Practices; Cyber Bullying and Online Harassment
o Adults' Reactions towards Young People's Internet Use
o Digital Neighborhoods
o Gender Issues in Young People's Net Cultures
o Online Sexual Predators and Their Victims
o Overuse or Addiction?
o Personal Online Security
o What Young People Are Doing Online
o Young People's Identity Construction in a Gender Perspective
o Youth Culture in a Historic Perspective
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Everyday Life, 4-Vols/Set. |
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Highmore, Ben/ 9780415499460/ Price:GBP 1050.00
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Coinciding with the massive growth of consumerism after the Second World War, 'everyday life' has emerged as a crucial site of scholarly exploration. The critical study of quotidian routines, rules, spaces, and objects has become a central concern for scholars working in cultural studies. Furthermore, everyday life has also engaged the close attention of thinkers-including philosophers, cultural geographers, historians, and sociologists-from a range of other disciplines across the humanities and social sciences.
As research in and around everyday life flourishes as never before, this new four-volume collection from Routledge's acclaimed Critical Concepts in Media and Cultural Studies series meets the need for an authoritative reference work to make sense of a rapidly growing and ever more complex corpus of interdisciplinary literature. Edited by a leading scholar, Everyday Life gathers foundational and canonical work, together with innovative and cutting-edge applications and interventions.
With a full index, together with a comprehensive introduction, newly written by the editor, which places the collected material in its historical and intellectual context, Everyday Life is an essential work of reference. For the novice or advanced student, the collection will be particularly useful as an essential database allowing scattered and often fugitive material to be easily located. And, for the more advanced scholar, it will be welcomed as a crucial tool permitting rapid access to less familiar-and sometimes overlooked-texts. For both, Everyday Life will be valued as a vital one-stop research and pedagogic resource.
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Digital Qualitative Research Methods, 4-Vols/Set. |
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Dicks, Bella/ 9781847879523/ Price:GBP 675.00
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The field of digital methods for qualitative research is a rapidly developing one. More and more researchers are researching the social, cultural, political, anthropological and other dimensions of computer-mediated communication (CMC), or using CMC as a means of generating and analysing research data. There is now a proliferating diversity of terms, including digital methods, online methods, virtual ethnography, hypermedia methods, and so forth, that requires clarification and classification. This four-volume set brings together the most important and influential articles that have been published in this area and which enable the reader to understand the implications of digital technology for all aspects and phases of qualitative research design and dissemination.
There are eight main sections to the volumes, two in each volume:
Volume One: Mapping the Field of Digital Qualitative Research Methods
1. Online Research Methods
2. Researching Online Communication
Volume Two: Multimedia and Hypermedia
3. Hypertext and Hypermedia Applications
4. Multimedia and Multimodality
Volume Three: Data Analysis in Digital Applications
5. Computer-Aided Qualitative Data Analysis
6. Data Analysis in Sound, Vision and Multimedia
Volume Four: Ethics, Archiving and Representation in Qualitative Research
7. Archiving Qualitative Data
8. Ethics in Digital Qualitative Research
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Forecasting, 5-Vols/Set. |
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Fildes, Robert A/ 9781848607828/ Price:GBP 815.00
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Forecasting has long been a core activity involving most if not all organizations. However, it is only relatively recently that it has become an area of intensive research. The earliest research was based in the core quantitative disciplines of statistics and econometrics. However, prior to 1981 there were relatively few articles whose primary focus was forecasting but with the founding of, first the Journal of Forecasting and then, in 1985, the International Journal of Forecasting, the field rapidly developed its own methodological perspectives.
At its heart forecasting is concerned with evaluating alternative approaches to particular forecasting problems. Parts One and Two cover the core methodologies of forecasting. Part Three examines the evaluation of different forecasting methods and how to choose between them. Part Four includes studies that are specific to particular problem areas.
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Using Documents and Records in Social Research, 4-Vols/Set. |
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Prior, Lindsay/ 9781849207331/ Price:GBP 675.00
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Using Documents and Records in Social Research collects together a body of papers that highlight the different ways in which documents and records have, and can be, approached and studied in a variety of social research contexts. By assembling key papers from studies in fields as diverse as criminology, health, education and organizational research, as well as science and technology studies, the volumes illustrate how documents and records figure in all aspects of the research process from research design, through to data collection, data analysis and report writing.
Volume One: Approaches to Content - Documents as a Source of Data and Evidence draws from a mix of 20th century writers who have used letters, diaries, newspapers and related published materials as sources of data. The focus is on the kinds and range of materials that can be collected and the various ways in which the data has been and can be analyzed - ranging from simple content analysis to more involved forms of discourse analysis.
Volume Two: How 'Things' Are Made and Represented in Documentation focuses on papers that emphasize the different ways in which documents and records are assembled and constructed.
Volume Three: How People Use and Do Things with Documents investigates how documents have been used in various forms of field work - the kinds of documents that have been studied and the ways in which their study has been integrated into ethnographic descriptions and the like.
Volume Four: How Documents Do Things with People examines the ways in which documents can both form part of a network and reflect networks, including more recent work on documentation that invokes ideas drawn from actor-network theory as well as work that has focused on 'ways of reading', and the transmission of knowledge.
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Information and Communication Technologies, Society and Human Beings: Theory and Framework. |
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Haftor, Darek/ 9781609600570/ Price:US$ 180.00
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There is a real need for an enlightening new volume to explore the recent developments and topical analyses of the psychological and social effects of ICT.
Information and Communication Technologies, Society and Human Beings: Theory and Framework addresses the extensive area of effects of ICT on human beings and the interaction between ICT, individuals, organizations, and society. This premier reference source features contributions from over 45 distinguished researchers from around the world, each presenting high quality research on social informatics, human computer interaction, organizational behavior, and macro-ergonomics. This unique publication is perfect for students, teachers, researchers, engineers, practitioners, managers, policy-makers, and media alike.
Topics Covered
*Community Informatics
*Ethics of Informatics
*Humans and Society
*Human Computer Interaction
*Human-Machine Interaction
*ICT and Social Change
*ICT-enabled Organizational Design and Management
*Organizational Behavior
*Social Informatics
*Technology and Society
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Popular Music, 4-Vols/Set. |
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Rojek, Chris/ 9781849207584/ Price:GBP 675.00
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This collection focuses on social science perspectives of popular music since the late 1970s. Since then, social scientists like Simon Frith, Larry Grossberg, Will Straw, Paul Willis, Andy Bennett, Keith Negus, Howard Becker and Sarah Thornton have intensively examined the phenomenon of popular music from a social science and cultural studies perspective. This is part of the same move in the social and cultural sciences that has magnified Visual Culture, Celebrity Culture, Television Studies, Film Studies, Media & Communication, Fashion, and much else besides as legitimate subjects for academic enquiry. This move has become known as 'the Cultural Turn'.
This collection launches from the Cultural Turn, but it will also incorporate key articles from the early social science of pop music. The aim will be to provide researchers and libraries with a four volume distillation of the best that has been thought and published in the academic study of popular music.
Volume One: History and Theoretical Traditions provides the historical and theoretical anchor for the remainder of the set.
Volume Two: Mode of Production brings together material that relates the production of popular music to technology, production, distribution and consumption, amongst others.
Volume Three: Institutions of Popular Music examines the academic literature on the main social and 'cultural intermediaries' of popular music such as impression managers, new systems of music promotion and informal politics.
Volume Four: Cultures and Subcultures of Popular Music guides the reader through music subcultures, audiences and globalization.
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Encyclopedia of Disaster Relief, 2-Vols/Set. |
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Penuel, K. Bradley/ 9781412971010/ Price:GBP 360.00
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Billions of dollars and millions of people are involved in disaster relief, yet catastrophes around the world continue to take an enormous toll in human lives and treasure. Some disaster-relief efforts are more successful than others, with national governments playing a pivotal role. The response to the tsunami of 2004 can be cited among focused international efforts, while the relief to victims of Hurricane Katrina can be cited as more problematic. The international community is watching as China copes in new ways with the recent earthquake in Sichuan province and as relief efforts continue for earthquake victims in Haiti.
This encyclopedia covers the response to disasters, from governments to NGOs, from charities to politics, from refugees to health, and from economics to international relations. Entries cover issues in both historical and contemporary context, with information on disaster relief around the world. The volumes include information relevant to students of sociology, national security, economics, health sciences, political science, emergency preparedness, history, agriculture, and many other subjects. The goal is to help readers appreciate the importance of the effects, responsibilities, and ethics of disaster relief, and to initiate educational discussion brought forth by the specific cultural, scientific, and topical articles contained within the work.
Including 425 signed entries in a two-volume set presented in A-to-Z format, and drawing contributors from varied academic disciplines, this encyclopedia examines disaster response and relief in a manner that is authoritative yet accessible, jargon-free, and balanced to help readers better understand issues from varied perspectives.
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Researching Young People, 3-Vols/Set. |
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Coffey, Amanda/ 9781848607743/ Price:GBP 500.00
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The social sciences have consistently sought ways of engaging with young people; as a field of study 'youth studies' has always been multidisciplinary - drawing on theoretical perspectives, empirical concerns and methodological frameworks from sociology, social policy, education, psychology, anthropology, cultural studies, gender studies, childhood studies, social work, criminology and health studies. This had resulted in a wide-ranging but often disparate body of work, and to a research field that has, by its very nature, drawn on a wide variety of research tools and techniques. This diversity and richness means important theoretical, substantive and methodological contributions to the study of young people are found in mainstream journals across the disciplines.
This collection brings together key contributions to the social scientific study of young people's lives and experiences. It addresses the methodological and empirical challenges of undertaking research with and about young people; and provides opportunities to compare the data, analyses and theoretical contribution of different methodological approaches. The overarching theme of the collection is methodological - exemplifying the different ways of engaging with young people as a field of study.
VOLUME ONE: JOURNEYS
VOLUME TWO: ENGAGEMENTS
VOLUME TWO: ENGAGEMENTS |
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Encyclopedia of Social Movement Media. |
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Downing, John D H/ 9780761926887/ Price:GBP 170.00
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This one-volume encyclopedia includes around 250 essays on the varied experiences of social movement media across the world in the 20th and 21st centuries. It will also contain thematic essays on selected issues such as human rights media, indigenous people's media
and environmentalist media, and on key concepts widely used in the field such as 'alternative media,' 'citizens' media,' 'community media,' and 'social movement media.'
The encyclopedia engages with all communication media:
¡Ebroadcasting
¡Eprint
¡Ecinema
¡Ethe Internet
¡Epopular song
¡Estreet theatre
¡Egraffiti
¡Edance.
Some entries address social movement media of the extreme right. The entries in the encyclopedia are designed to be relatively short, providing clear, accessible and current information on a topic.
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SAGE Quantitative Research Methods, 4-Vols/Set. |
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Vogt, W Paul/ 9781848606999/ Price:GBP 675.00
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For more than 40 years, SAGE has been one of the leading international publishers of works on quantitative research methods in the social sciences. This new collection provides readers with a representative sample of the best articles in quantitative methods that have appeared in SAGE journals as chosen by W. Paul Vogt, editor of other successful major reference collections such as Selecting Research Methods (2008) and Data Collection (2010).
The volumes and articles are organized by theme rather than by discipline. Although there are some discipline-specific methods, most often quantitative research methods cut across disciplinary boundaries.
Volume One: Fundamental Issues in Quantitative Research
Volume Two: Measurement for Causal and Statistical Inference
Volume Three: Alternatives to Hypothesis Testing
Volume Four: Complex Designs for a Complex World
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Implicit Measures for Social and Personality Psychology. |
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Rudman, Laurie A/ 9780857024022/ Price:GBP 58.00
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Fashion, 4-Vols/Set. |
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Barnard, Malcolm/ 9780415462334/ Price:GBP 950.00
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What is meant by fashion? Volume I provides a conspectus of some of the most important definitions and philosophies of fashion. The philosophical sources of the various senses of the word ¡¥fashion¡¦ in the work of Kant and Adam Smith, for example, are represented here.
Volume II examines the many ways in which analysts have tried to make sense of the incredible variety of things that people wear. One of the simplest ways of doing this is to describe and classify those things. A slightly more sophisticated approach has been to attempt an analysis of them. Volume II presents the best of both the descriptive and analytical approaches to the understanding of fashion.
In addition to describing and analysing fashion, many scholars and other thinkers have tried to account for the very possibility of fashion. The critical task of explaining what makes fashion possible may be described as answering the question ¡¥Why does this item of clothing look the way it does?¡¦ and it demands social, cultural, economic, and political answers. Volume III, therefore, collects the pre-eminent and most influential work to explore and explain what people wear.
From whence does our individual and personal identity spring? Is it even appropriate, in an age of mass fashion, to think of ourselves as having individual identities? Volume IV gathers the essential scholarship which addresses these and other hotly contested questions about identity, image, and performance that are raised by postmodern critical analyses of fashion.
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Welfare Theory and Development, 4-Vols/Set. |
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Alcock, Peter/ 9781847873859/ Price:GBP 675.00
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This collection provides a focal point for the study and analysis of welfare in developed societies. It comprises the key contributions that have been made to the understanding of welfare by leading theorists and researchers of social policy from the last century to the present day. It draws in particular on seminal articles and papers published in academic journals and major edited collections which have been important in underpinning both later academic study and policy development. A wide historical reach gives readers across the world access to a range of material that focuses on international and comparative analysis.
Part One: Welfare Theory
Part Two: The Development of Welfare
Part Three: The Social Context of Welfare
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SAGE Handbook of GIS and Society, The. |
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Nyerges, Timothy/ 9781412946452/ Price:GBP 125.00
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Over the past twenty years research on the evolving relationship between GIS and Society has been expanding into a wide variety of topical areas, becoming in the process an increasingly challenging and multifaceted endeavour. The SAGE Handbook of GIS and Society is a retrospective and prospective overview of GIS and Society research that provides an expansive and critical assessment of work in that field.
Emphasizing the theoretical, methodological and substantive diversity within GIS and Society research, the book highlights the distinctiveness and intellectual coherence of the subject as a field of study, while also examining its resonances with and between key themes, and among disciplines ranging from geography and computer science to sociology, anthropology, and the health and environmental sciences.
Comprising 27 chapters, often with an international focus, the book is organized into six sections:
o Foundations of Geographic Information and Society
o Geographical Information and Modern Life
o Alternative Representations of Geographic Information and Society
o Organizations and Institutions
o Participation and Community Issues
o Value, Fairness, and Privacy
Aimed at academics, researchers, postgraduates, and GIS practitioners, this Handbook will be the basic reference for any inquiry applying Geographical Information Science to societal issues.
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Human Geography, 5-Vols/Set. |
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Gregory, Derek/ 9781412903691/ Price:GBP 815.00
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Human geography is a diverse and vibrant subject. It aims to understand human occupancy of the earth's surface: the places created; boundaries constructed; environments altered; and connections made by people as they seek to meet their various needs and wants. Because of its high intellectual ambition, human geography is a broad and plural subject in which a wide range of research is undertaken.
Making sense of the field can be challenging, even for seasoned practitioners. This five-volume collection provides a map for anyone seeking to reconnoitre the landscape of human geography today. Focusing mostly on Anglophone contributions, it begins with a discussion of the histories and philosophies of geographical knowledge and continues through to the central concerns of the discipline: space (in relation to productions, practices and performances); and nature (in relation to distinctions between 'culture' and 'nature').
Part One: Histories, Philosophies and Politics
Part Two: Theories, Methods and Practices
Part Three: Space, Place and Landscape
Part Four: Nature, Environment and the Non-Human
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Leaning: A Poetics of Personal Relations |
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Ronald J. Pelias/ 9781598746419/ Price:GBP 34.99
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The Sibling Effect: What the Bonds Among Brothers and Sisters Reveal about Us. |
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Kluger, Jeffrey/ 9781594486111/ Price:US$ 16.00
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Popular Culture in Taiwan: Charismatic Modernity. |
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Moskowitz, Marc L./ 9780415855099/ Price:GBP 51.99
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The Contemporary Internet: National and Cross-National European Studies. |
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Haddon, Leslie/ 9783631600986/ Price:SFR 49.95
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The Future of Post-Human Gambling: A Preface to a New Theory of Risk and Caution. |
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Baofu, Peter/ 9781907343346/ Price:GBP 50.00
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this book provides an alternative (better) way to understand the future of gambling, especially in the dialectic context of risk and caution-while learning from different approaches in the literature but without favoring any one of them (nor integrating them, since they are not necessarily compatible with each other). In other words, this book offers a new theory (that is, the detached theory of gambling) to go beyond the existing approaches in the literature on gambling in an original way |
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Applying Social Science: The Role of Social Research in Politics, Policy and Practice. |
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Byrne, David/ 9781847424501/ Price:GBP 26.99
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In complex contemporary societies social science has become increasingly interwoven into the whole fabric of governance. At the same time there is an increasing recognition that attempts to understand the social world which seek to mimic the linear approaches of the conventional 'hard sciences' are mostly useless given the complex systems character of society in all its aspects. This book draws on a synthesis of critical realism and complexity theory to examine how social science is applied now and how it might be applied in the future in relation to social transformation in a time of crisis. A central argument is that there is no such thing as a 'pure' science of the social and that a recognition of the inevitability of application imposes obligations on social scientists wherever they work which challenge the passivity of most in the face of inequality and injustice. |
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Bankrupt Britain: An Atlas of Social Change. |
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Dorling, Daniel/ 9781847427472/ Price:GBP 39.99
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Bankrupt Britain is a unique atlas giving a comprehensive picture of the effect of the recession on Britain. In detailed colour maps, it shows how economic, social and environmental fortunes have been affected in different areas in the wake of the 2007 banking crisis, 2008 economic crash and 2009 credit crunch. It is essential reading for a broad audience with detailed local level data and a national snap-shot of Britain during this time. |
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Fighting Poverty, Inequality and Injustice: A Manifesto Inspired by Peter Townsend. |
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Walker, Alan/ 9781847427144/ Price:GBP 26.99
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This important book makes a vital academic and political statement in the cause of social justice. It begins with an appreciation of the seminal contributions of Peter Townsend (1928-2009), and applies them to contemporary policy debates. It brings together many of the leading contributors to current debates in this field and provides a compelling manifesto for change for students and researchers in the social sciences, policy makers and practitioners, and everybody with an interest in creating a more equal and socially just society. |
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Injustice: Why Social Inequality Persists. |
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Dorling, Daniel/ 9781847427205/ Price:GBP 9.99
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Few would dispute that we live in an unequal and unjust world, but what causes this inequality to persist? Leading social commentator and academic Danny Dorling claims in this timely book that, as the five social evils identified by Beveridge are gradually being eradicated, they are being replaced by five new tenets of injustice, viz: elitism is efficient; exclusion is necessary; prejudice is natural; greed is good and despair is inevitable.In an informal yet authoritative style, Dorling examines who is most harmed by these injustices and why, and what happens to those who most benefit. Hard-hitting and uncompromising in its call to action, this is essential reading for everyone concerned with social justice. |
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Doing Research with Refugees: Issues and Guidelines. |
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Temple, Bogusia/ 9781847429056/ Price:GBP 31.99
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This book is the first specifically to explore methodological issues relating to the involvement of refugees in both service evaluation and development and research more generally. It builds on a two-year seminar series funded by the ESRC and attended by members of a range of statutory and voluntary organisations, as well as academics and refugees themselves. The participants jointly drew up a set of good practice guidelines that are re-produced in the book for the first time.Key features include a focus on the methodology for active involvement of refugees; a discussion of barriers to involvement; suggestions for overcoming barriers; analysis of existing practices and ideas for change and a discussion of the implications for policy, research and practice.Doing research with refugees is essential reading for anyone working with in the field. This includes academics, researchers, health and social care providers and voluntary organisations. Refugees themselves who are interested in their role in service evaluation, development and research will also find the book of interest. |
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Making Modern Mothers. |
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Thomson, Rachel/ 9781847426048/ Price:GBP 19.99
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What does motherhood mean today? Drawing on interviews with new mothers and intergenerational chains of women in the same family, this exciting and timely book documents the transition to motherhood over generations and time. Exploring, amongst other things, the trend to later motherhood and the experience of teenage pregnancy, a compelling picture emerges. Becoming a mother is not only a profound moment of identity change but also a site of socio-economic difference that shapes women's lives. |
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Family Futures: Childhood and Poverty in Urban Neighbourhoods. |
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Power, Anne/ 9781847429704/ Price:GBP 29.99
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Family life in areas of concentrated poverty and social problems is undermined by surrounding conditions. This timely book, by acclaimed author Anne Power and her team, is based on a unique longitudinal study of over 200 families interviewed annually over the last decade. It examines the initiatives introduced to help such families and the impacts on them, their future prospects and the implications for policy. Accessibly written and with clear data presentation, the book will have wide appeal to people who work with, live in and care about families, children and low-income areas. |
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| SA05-409 |
The Migration Debate. |
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Spencer, Sarah/ 9781847422859/ Price:GBP 17.99
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A contribution to one of the most hotly contested issues in Europe, The migration debate provides a well-balanced, critical analysis of UK migration policies, in a European context, from entry controls through to integration and citizenship. Exploring the pressures and constraints that have shaped a rapidly shifting policy terrain, this accessible overview offers a considered assessment of policy options to provide the foundation for a less polarised, better-informed public debate. Unusual in its coverage of immigration for work, study, family and protection, and in its insistence that an understanding of integration processes must be considered alongside analysis of entry controls, The migration debate will be of equal value to policy makers as to a multi-disciplinary academic readership. |
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| SA05-409 |
Equality and Diversity: Value Incommensurability and the Politics of Recognition. |
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Smith, Steven R./ 9781847426079/ Price:GBP 79.99
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This important book explores the values of equality and diversity as promoted across liberal societies, drawing on various traditions of political and social philosophy, including liberal egalitarianism, existentialism, and elements of post-modernism and post-structuralism. These philosophies are applied to policy and practice debates, especially concerning disability issues, but also relating to gender and multiculturalism. It will be of interest to academics and postgraduate students across a range of social studies disciplines. |
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| SA05-409 |
Supporting People: Towards a Person-Centred Approach. |
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Beresford, Peter/ 9781847427625/ Price:GBP 24.99
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There is widespread agreement that care and support services must change radically if they are to meet the rights and needs of the rapidly growing number of people who require them.For the first time, Supporting people explores with service users, practitioners, carers and managers what person-centred support means to them, what barriers stand in its way and how these can be overcome. It provides a unique roadmap for the future, offering theoretical insights, practical guidance and highlighting the importance of a participatory approach. Based on the largest independent UK study of person-centred support and written by an experienced team that includes service users, practitioners and researchers, it demonstrates how change can be made now, and what strategic changes will be needed for person-centred support to have a sustainable future. |
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| SA05-409 |
Disability and Social Change: Private Lives and Public Policies. |
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Shah, Sonali/ 9781847427861/ Price:GBP 29.99
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Combining critical policy analysis with biographical accounts, this book provides a socio-historical account of the changing treatment of disabled people in Britain from the 1940s to the present day. It asks whether life has really changed for disabled people and shows the value of using biographical methods in new and critical ways to examine social and historical change over time. |
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| SA05-409 |
Child Poverty, Evidence and Policy: Mainstreaming Children in International Development. |
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Jones, Nicola/ 9781847424457/ Price:GBP 28.99
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This book is about the opportunities and challenges involved in mainstreaming knowledge about children in international development policy and practice. It focuses on the ideas, networks and institutions that shape the development of evidence about child poverty and wellbeing, and the use of such evidence in development policy debates. It also pays particular attention to the importance of power relations in influencing the extent to which children's voices are heard and acted upon by international development actors. The book weaves together theory, mixed method approaches and case studies spanning a number of policy sectors and diverse developing country contexts in Africa, Asia and Latin America. It therefore provides a useful introduction for students and development professionals who are new to debates on children, knowledge and development, whilst at the same time offering scholars in the field new methodological and empirical insights. |
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| SA05-409 |
The Dispersal and Social Exclusion of Asylum Seekers: Between Liminality and Belonging. |
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Hynes, Patricia/ 9781847423269/ Price:GBP 79.99
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This book establishes asylum seekers as a socially excluded group, investigating the policy of dispersing asylum seekers across the UK and providing an overview of historic and contemporary dispersal systems. It is the first book to seek to understand how asylum seekers experience the dispersal system and the impact this has on their lives. The author argues that deterrent asylum policies increase the sense of liminality experienced by individuals, challenges assumptions that asylum seekers should be socially excluded until receipt of refugee status and illustrates how they create their own sense of 'belonging' in the absence of official recognition. Academics, students, policy-makers and practitioners would all benefit from reading this book. |
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| SA05-409 |
Polish Families and Migration Since EU Accession. |
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White, Anne/ 9781847428202/ Price:GBP 85.99
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Based on 115 interviews with Polish mothers in the UK and Poland, as well as a specially-commissioned opinion poll, this topical book discusses recent Polish migration to the UK. In a vivid account of every stage of the migration process, the book explores why so many Poles have migrated since 2004, why more children migrate with their families and how working-class families in the West of England make decisions about whether to stay. Covering many broader themes - including livelihoods and migration cultures in Poland, experiences of integration into UK communities and issues surrounding return to Poland - this book is highly relevant to migration policy across Europe and beyond. It will be of interest to policy-makers and the general public as well as students and scholars. |
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| SA05-409 |
Down and Out: Poverty and Exclusion in Australia. |
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Saunder, Peter/ 9781847428387/ Price:GBP 31.99
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This landmark study provides the first comprehensive assessment of the nature and associations between the three main forms of social disadvantage in Australia: poverty, deprivation and social exclusion. Drawing on the author's extensive research expertise and his links with welfare practitioners, it explains the limitations of existing approaches and presents new findings that build on the insights of disadvantaged Australians and views about the essentials of life, providing the basis for a new deprivation-based poverty measure. |
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| SA05-409 |
Deviance and Inequality in Japan: Japanese Youth and Foreign Migrants. |
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Yoder, Robert S./ 9781847428325/ Price:GBP 85.99
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Japanese youth and foreign migrants face stringent institutionalized controls in Japan. This book questions the efficacy of such social controls focusing on the interrelation of inequality (powerlessness, discriminate controls and class inequality) and deviance (largely derived from power; violation of informal and formal norms). It provides a comprehensive detailed description and explanation of inequality and deviance of Japanese youth and seventeen foreign migrant groups. The book is aimed at individuals, students and academicians interested in Japan area studies. |
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| SA05-409 |
Family Policy Paradoxes: Gender Equality and Labour Market Regulation in Sweden, 1930-2010. |
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Lundqvist, Asa/ 9781847424556/ Price:GBP 79.99
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Family policy paradoxes examines the political regulation of the family in Sweden between 1930 and today. It draws attention to the political attempts to create a 'modern family' and the aspiration to regulate the family and establish gender equality, thereby shedding light on ongoing policy processes within Europe and how these can be understood in the light of a particular political experience. The book is valuable for researchers, lecturers, undergraduate and graduate students who study gender, gender equality and welfare state development in gender studies, sociology, social and public policy, social work, politics and social/contemporary history |
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Disability and Poverty: A Global Challenge. |
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Eide, Arne H./ 9781847428851/ Price:GBP 85.99
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his book is about being disabled and being poor and the social, cultural and political processes that link these two aspects of living. Environmental barriers, limited access to services and discriminatory attitudes and practice are among key elements that drive disabled people into poverty and keep them there. 'Disability and poverty' explores the lived realities of people with disabilities from across the developing world and examines how the coping strategies of individuals and families emerge in different contexts. |
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Social Cohesion and Counter-Terrorism: A Policy Contradiction? |
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Husband, Charles/ 9781847428011/ Price:GBP 26.99
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Post 9/11, the imposition of policies of counter-terrorism have seen the erosion of support for fundamental human rights. Simultaneously, Muslim communities in European cities have become a focus for state and local policy, leading to a fixation with policies of social cohesion. This book offers a unique research-based contribution to the debate around community cohesion and counter-terrorism policies in Britain. Through privileged access to the senior management and staff of five metropolitan authorities it reveals the contradictions between these policies as they are implemented in tandem at the local level. A robust critique of government policy, this book is for all academics, policy makers and practitioners concerned with the management of ethnic diversity. |
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| SA05-409 |
How Social Security Works: An Introduction to Benefits in Britain. |
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Spicker, Paul/ 9781847428103/ Price:GBP 28.99
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How social security works is an introduction to the much-misunderstood system of benefits in Britain. The book is an accessible, broadly based and sometimes controversial text which can help readers to make sense of the system in practice. It explains the guiding principles, outlines the social context, considers the development and political dimensions of benefits, and reviews how the system operates now. There are detailed discussions of the types of benefit, and the contingencies covered by the benefits system.Paul Spicker examines whether the system offers value for money, how it could be simplified and how it can be improved. The book will be useful to students on undergraduate and professional courses, but beyond that it will appeal to policy makers, practitioners and a broader general readership. |
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| SA05-408 |
Developmental Evaluation: Applying Complexity Concepts to Enhance Innovation and Use. |
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Patton, Michael Q./ 9781606238868/ Price:US$ 118.00
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Developmental evaluation (DE) offers a powerful approach to monitoring and supporting social innovations by working in partnership with program decision makers. In this book, eminent authority Michael Quinn Patton shows how to conduct evaluations within a DE framework. Patton draws on insights about complex dynamic systems, uncertainty, nonlinearity, and emergence. He illustrates how DE can be used for a range of purposes: ongoing program development, adapting effective principles of practice to local contexts, generating innovations and taking them to scale, and facilitating rapid response in crisis situations. Students and practicing evaluators will appreciate the book's extensive case examples and stories, cartoons, clear writing style, sidebars, and summary tables. Provided is essential guidance for making evaluations useful, practical, and credible in support of social change. |
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Applied Meta-Analysis for Social Science Research. |
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Card, Noel A./ 9781609184995/ Price:US$ 93.00
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Five Ways of Doing Qualitative Analysis: Phenomenological Psychology, Grounded Theory, Discourse Analysis, Narrative Research, and Intuitive Inquiry. |
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Wertz, Frederick J./ 9781609181437/ Price:US$ 123.00
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This unique text provides a broad introduction to qualitative analysis together with concrete demonstrations and comparisons of five major approaches. Leading scholars apply their respective analytic lenses to a narrative account and interview featuring "Teresa," a young opera singer who experienced a career-changing illness. The resulting analyses vividly exemplify what each approach looks like in action. The researchers then probe the similarities and differences among their approaches; their distinctive purposes and strengths; the role, style, and subjectivity of the individual researcher; and the scientific and ethical complexities of conducting qualitative research. Also included are the research participant's responses to each analysis of her experience. A narrative account from another research participant, "Gail," can be used by readers to practice the kinds of analysis explored in the book. |
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Five Ways of Doing Qualitative Analysis: Phenomenological Psychology, Grounded Theory, Discourse Analysis, Narrative Research, and Intuitive Inquiry. |
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Wertz, Frederick J./ 9781609181420/ Price:US$ 63.00
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This unique text provides a broad introduction to qualitative analysis together with concrete demonstrations and comparisons of five major approaches. Leading scholars apply their respective analytic lenses to a narrative account and interview featuring "Teresa," a young opera singer who experienced a career-changing illness. The resulting analyses vividly exemplify what each approach looks like in action. The researchers then probe the similarities and differences among their approaches; their distinctive purposes and strengths; the role, style, and subjectivity of the individual researcher; and the scientific and ethical complexities of conducting qualitative research. Also included are the research participant's responses to each analysis of her experience. A narrative account from another research participant, "Gail," can be used by readers to practice the kinds of analysis explored in the book. |
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Ethnicity, Class and Aspiration: Understanding London's New East End. |
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Butler, Tim/ 9781847426512/ Price:GBP 79.99
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East London has undergone dramatic changes over the last 30 years, primarily as a result of London's large scale de-industrialisation and the rise in its financial sector. Large parts of inner East London remain deprived, but a once overwhelmingly white working class area is now home to a more complex and mobile class and ethnic mix. This topical book focuses on the aspirations of these different groups and the strategies they have pursued about where to live, driven in part by a concern to ensure a good education for their children. The book will be essential reading for students and academics in sociology, urban studies, geography and multicultural studies. |
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Evaluation Essentials: From A to Z. |
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Alkin, Marvin C./ 9781606238981/ Price:US$ 48.00
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Written in a refreshing conversational style, this text thoroughly prepares students, program administrators, and new evaluators to conduct evaluations or to use them in their work. The book's question-driven focus and clear discussions about the importance of fostering evaluation use by building collaborative relationships with stakeholders set it apart from other available texts. In 26 concise sections, Marvin C. Alkin explores how to: articulate answerable evaluation questions, collect and analyze data using both quantitative and qualitative methods, and deal with contingencies that might alter the traditional sequence of an evaluation. Student-friendly features include handy bulleted recaps of each section, "Thinking Ahead" and "Next Steps" pointers, cautionary notes, annotated suggestions for further reading, and an in-depth case study that provides the basis for end-of-chapter exercises. |
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Developmental Evaluation: Applying Complexity Concepts to Enhance Innovation and Use. |
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Patton, Michael Q./ 9781606238721/ Price:US$ 58.00
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Developmental evaluation (DE) offers a powerful approach to monitoring and supporting social innovations by working in partnership with program decision makers. In this book, eminent authority Michael Quinn Patton shows how to conduct evaluations within a DE framework. Patton draws on insights about complex dynamic systems, uncertainty, nonlinearity, and emergence. He illustrates how DE can be used for a range of purposes: ongoing program development, adapting effective principles of practice to local contexts, generating innovations and taking them to scale, and facilitating rapid response in crisis situations. Students and practicing evaluators will appreciate the book's extensive case examples and stories, cartoons, clear writing style, sidebars, and summary tables. Provided is essential guidance for making evaluations useful, practical, and credible in support of social change. |
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How Social Security Works: An Introduction to Benefits in Britain. |
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Spicker, Paul/ 9781847428110/ Price:GBP 79.99
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How social security works is an introduction to the much-misunderstood system of benefits in Britain. The book is an accessible, broadly based and sometimes controversial text which can help readers to make sense of the system in practice. It explains the guiding principles, outlines the social context, considers the development and political dimensions of benefits, and reviews how the system operates now. There are detailed discussions of the types of benefit, and the contingencies covered by the benefits system.Paul Spicker examines whether the system offers value for money, how it could be simplified and how it can be improved. The book will be useful to students on undergraduate and professional courses, but beyond that it will appeal to policy makers, practitioners and a broader general readership. |
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Differentiation and Regression: An Analysis of the Relationship between Traditional Culture and Modernization in China. |
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Kaiyuan, Zhang/ 9789814332224/ Price:US$ 128.00
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This book discusses differentiation and regression, two trends in the process of China¡¦s move to modern culture. The author explores the relationship between traditional culture and modernization from the view of cultural flow mechanics. |
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Manhood: The Rise and Fall of the Penis. |
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van Driel, Mels/ 9781861898661/ Price:GBP 20.00
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The ancient Greeks paraded enormous sculptural replicas in annual celebration of the penis; Freud theorized that women suffered penis envy. An undeniable, global symbol of power and virility since the beginning of humankind, the penis has been much discussed, and depicted, yet its place in folklore and popular culture past and present remains an uneasy mix of deprecation and aggrandizement. And despite the penis's crucial role in human life, or perhaps due to that role, many men seem to suffer in isolation or silence from some perceived inadequacy or affliction.
That's where experienced urologist and sexologist Mels van Driel comes in. In Manhood, he offers an unprecedented history of the penis and testicles ¡V with answers to everything you ever wanted to know, and even some questions you've probably never thought to ask. This book is the past and present of the male sexual organ from medical, psychological, cultural and anecdotal perspectives. Investigating the penis and its functions, from the scrotum to the glans, the author ranges from circumcision to infertility, and from impotence to the speed of ejaculation. Psychological factors that have an impact on sexual experience, as well as contemporary phenomena such as cyber sex, are giving enlightening treatment along the way. |
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The Puzzle of Left-handedness. |
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Smits, Rik/ 9781861898739/ Price:GBP 25.00
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For author Rik Smits, left-handedness is a puzzle. Why has history been so unkind to our left-handed forebears? In this book he carefully puts together the pieces of the puzzle, presenting an array of historical anecdotes, strange superstitions and weird old wives¡¦ tales. In 38 brief and entertaining chapters, he relates how left-handedness was and is associated with maladies of all kinds, including mental retardation, alcoholism, asthma, hay fever, homosexuality, cancer, diabetes, insomnia, suicidal urges and criminality. Even the twentieth century has its opponents ¡V or are these just advocates for right-handedness? ¡V with one prominent psychologist announcing it was tantamount to ¡¥infantile negativism¡¦, the equivalent of a refusal to eat everything on your plate; and another claiming left-handed people had lifespans nine years shorter than average. As Smits reminds us, speculation about left-handed mortality was and remains public entertainment ¡V hardly the stuff of real illness.
The Puzzle of Left-handedness is an enlightening, engaging and often entertaining odyssey through the puzzles and paradoxes, endless philosophizing and theorizing, of left-handedness lore. |
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Disability and social change: Private lives and public policies. |
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Shah, Sonali/ 9781847427878/ Price:GBP 79.99
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Combining critical policy analysis with biographical accounts, this book provides a socio-historical account of the changing treatment of disabled people in Britain from the 1940s to the present day. It asks whether life has really changed for disabled people and shows the value of using biographical methods in new and critical ways to examine social and historical change over time. |
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Bankrupt Britain: An Atlas Of Social Change. |
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Dorling, Daniel/ 9781847427489/ Price:GBP 88.99
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Bankrupt Britain is a unique atlas giving a comprehensive picture of the effect of the recession on Britain. In detailed colour maps, it shows how economic, social and environmental fortunes have been affected in different areas in the wake of the 2007 banking crisis, 2008 economic crash and 2009 credit crunch. It is essential reading for a broad audience with detailed local level data and a national snap-shot of Britain during this time. |
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A Tale of Two Cultures: A Personal Account. |
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Oweiss, Ibrahim M./ 9780983689904/ Price:US$ 26.00
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A Tale of Two Cultures: A Personal Account. |
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Oweiss, Ibrahim M./ 9780983689911/ Price:US$ 34.00
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Encyclopedia of Nanoscience and Society, 2-Vols/Set. |
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Guston, David H./ 9781412969871/ Price:GBP 315.00
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¡EThis work provides comprehensive coverage of nanoscience and society issues via approximately 425 signed entries with cross-references and suggestions for further readings.
¡EDrawing contributors from varied academic disciplines (sociology and psychology, economics and business, science and engineering, computing and information technology, philosophy, medical ethics and public policy, etc.), entries examine the implications of emerging nanotechnologies in a manner that is accessible, jargon-free, and balanced to help readers better understand questions from varied perspectives.
¡EWhile entries are organized in standard A-to-Z fashion, a thematic "Reader's Guide" in the front matter conveniently groups related entries by broad, general topic area. A sampling of such general areas includes: ethical issues; social issues; environmental issues; law, policy & regulation; agriculture and food safety; health, safety, and medical ethics; commercial and economic issues; educational and training issues; computing and information technology; philosophy and the human condition; national security and civil liberties; military uses and issues; converging technologies; risk assessment; technology haves and have-nots, etc.
¡EA Chronology, a Resource Guide, and a Glossary provide invaluable pedagogical aids for readers.
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Rethinking Sustainable Development: Urban Management, Engineering, and Design. |
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Yigitcanlar, Tan/ 9781616920227/ Price:US$ 180.00
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In an atmosphere where civilization is progressing and becoming more aware of the consequences of careless development decisions, rethinking sustainable development-particularly sustainable urban and infrastructure development-has become an inevitable necessity.
Rethinking Sustainable Development: Urban Management, Engineering, and Design considers the role of urban, regional and infrastructure planning in achieving sustainable urban and infrastructure development, providing insights into overcoming the consequences of unsustainable development. This companion volume to Sustainable Urban and Regional Infrastructure: Technology, Planning and Management, overviews all aspects of sustainable urban and infrastructure development.
Topics Covered
*Sustainable urban stormwater management
*Framework for urban planning and development
*Decision support systems
*Information and communication technologies
*Transit oriented developments
*Urban traffic characteristics
*Structural health monitoring
*Sustainable infrastructure project planning
*Sustainability performance of construction
*Infrastructure capacity management
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Technologies for Migration and Commuting Analysis: Spatial Interaction Data Applications. |
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Stillwell, John/ 9781615207558/ Price:US$ 180.00
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Internal migration serves as one of the key contributing factors to population change involving not only change in the numbers of people, but also a change in composition and structure of local populations.
Technologies for Migration and Commuting Analysis: Spatial Interaction Data Applications addresses the technical and data-related side of studying population flows and provides a selection of substantive case studies and applications to exemplify research currently being carried out. With expert international contributors currently working in the field, this authoritative book allows readers to better understand interaction data and ways knowledge of population flows can be put to use.
Topics Covered
*Interaction data
*International migration
*Migration and commuting
*Migration patterns
*Modeling migration with Poisson regression
*Population censuses
*Rural commuting
*Spatially consistent interaction flows
*Temporal and spatial consistency
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SAGE Qualitative Research Methods, 4-Vols/Set. |
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Atkinson, Paul/ 9781849203784/ Price:GBP 675.00
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SAGE has been a major force shaping the field of qualitative methods, not just in its specialist methods journals like Qualitative Inquiry but in the 'empirical' journals such as Social Studies of Science. Delving into SAGE's deep backlist of qualitative research methods journals, Paul Atkinson and Sara Delmont, editors of Qualitative Research, have selected over 70 articles to represent SAGE's distinctive contribution to methods publishing in general and qualitative research in particular. This collection includes research from the past four decades and addresses key issues or controversies, such as: explanations and defences of qualitative methods; ethics; research questions and foreshadowed problems; access; first days in the field; field roles and rapport; practicalities of data collection and recording; data analysis; writing and (re) presentation; the rise of auto-ethnography; life history, narrative and autobiography; CA and DA; and alternatives to the logocentric (such as visual methods). |
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Ethnomethodology, 4-Vols/Set. |
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Sharrock, Wes/ 9781848604414/ Price:GBP 675.00
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Ethnomethodology is an approach to sociological research founded in the 1960s by Harold Garfinkel and developed by Harvey Sacks and many others. Early initiatives challenged the more abstract types of social theory, and developed distinctive methodological initiatives for a sustained programme of empirical research on social and communicative actions. This four-volume set includes selections that discuss and exemplify how ethnomethodologists use observations, analyses, and interventions to gain insight into larger questions of social order and the organization of practical.
Section One: Background on Social Scientific and Everyday Methods
Section Two: Ethnomethodology and the Practical Resolution of Methodological Problems
Section Three: Indexical Expressions - Topic, Resource or Nuisance?
Section Four: Objectification in Discourse
Section Five: Language, Categories and Membership
Section Six: Studies of Work
Section Seven: Action as Algorithm - Computer Supported Cooperative Work
Section Eight: Ethnomethodology and Social Institutions
Section Nine: Language, Interaction, Embodied Conduct
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Sustainable Urban and Regional Infrastructure Development: Technologies, Applications and Management. |
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Yigitcanlar, Tan/ 9781615207756/ Price:US$ 180.00
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The concept of 'sustainability' has been pushed to the forefront of policy-making and politics as the world wakes up to the impacts of climate change and the effects of the modern urban lifestyle.
Sustainable Urban and Regional Infrastructure Development: Technologies, Applications and Management,bridges the gap in the current literature by addressing the overall problems present in society's major infrastructures, and the technologies that may be applied to overcome these problems. It focuses on ways in which energy intensive but 'invisible' (to the general public) facilities can become green or greener. The studies presented are lessons to be learnt from our neighbors and from our own backyard, and provide an excellent general overview of the issues facing us all.
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Methods of Interpretive Sociology, 4-Vols/Set. |
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David, Matthew/ 9781847879479/ Price:GBP 675.00
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Should cultural meaning be understood in terms of psychological motivations and intentions, or in terms of collective codes and belief systems? Max Weber saw the task of the interpretive sociologist as that of reconstructing the objective and subjective rationality of ideal typical actors. Neo-Kantians, phenomenologists, critical interpretivists, pragmatists, symbolic interactionists, ethnomethodologists, cultural anthropologists and others have struggled for over a century over what such an approach entails. The development of an interpretive or verstehen approach to understanding social life draws itself in distinction from approaches that seek causal explanation in terms of variables external to the beliefs of social actors, but this collection attempts to disrupt the comfortable polarities between macro and micro, structure and agency, explanation and description that dog sociology and through which the term interpretive has been quarantined.
Section One: The Classical Statements and Authors
Section Two: The Interpreters and Challengers of the Classic Interpretivist Idea of Verstehen
Section Three: The Phenomenological Critics
Section Four: The Critical Phenomenologists
Section Five: Symbolic Interactionism
Section Six: Ethnomethodology
Section Seven: Cultural Anthropologists
Section Eight: Contemporary Interpretations, Extensions, Fusions and Applications
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Post Industrial Society, 4-Vols/Set. |
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Smart, Barry/ 9781848601802/ Price:GBP 675.00
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The idea of 'post-industrial society' and a constellation of related terms, such as 'service society', 'knowledge society' and 'information society', achieved a prominent place in debates in sociology from the 1970s as analysts sought to make sense of the ways in which modern forms of life were being transformed. The central thesis, outlined in the influential works of American sociologist Daniel Bell, is that economic life, production and the world of work have been transformed by the introduction of innovations in information technology. In particular, in the second half of the 20th century in the more highly developed societies, employment in manufacturing declined and professional, technical and other service occupations increased in number as developments in theoretical knowledge, information technology and communications became the initiators of change.
This major new collection brings together contributions on post-industrial society and the 'techno-economic' realm from an impressive range of key thinkers including Marx, Penty, Riesman, Bell, Castells, Touraine, Dahrendorf, Giddens, Gorz and Lyotard. The 80 papers collected in the volumes: outline the emergence, development and historical roots of post-industrialism; critically engage with the thesis and related themes; explore economic and political dimensions, as well as the related notions of information and knowledge society; draw attention to the military-industrial roots of information technology; and in addition, give consideration to other 'post-industrial' matters involving architecture and design, urban spaces and increasingly important issues associated with surveillance and the environment.
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Cosmopolitanism, 4-Vols/Set. |
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Inglis, David/ 9780415498814/ Price:GBP 950.00
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A term of antique provenance, 'cosmopolitanism' has developed and cohered into a critical concept in contemporary social and cultural analysis. However, the daunting quantity (and variable quality) of the available research exploring the many, often controversial, issues attendant upon cosmopolitanism-and the breadth and complexity of the canon on which it draws-makes it difficult to discriminate the useful from the tendentious, superficial, and otiose. That is why this new title in the highly regarded Routledge series, Critical Concepts in Sociology, is so timely. It answers the urgent need for a wide-ranging collection to provide easy access to the key items of scholarly literature, material that is often inaccessible or scattered throughout a variety of specialist journals and books.
In four volumes, this new collection addresses how key issues, such as globalization, migration, citizenship, social belonging, and cultural complexity and blending, are illuminated by reflections upon what cosmopolitanism is, or could be; and how cosmopolitan thinking and practice could, or does, impact upon such matters. The gathered materials also make sense of the revolutionary effects that debates on cosmopolitanism are having on research agendas and ways of thinking in sociology, and across the social sciences and humanities more generally.
Cosmopolitanism is supplemented with a full index, and includes a comprehensive introduction, newly written by the editors, which places the collected material in its historical and intellectual context. It is destined to be valued by scholars, students, and researchers as a vital research resource.
Volume I: Classical Contributions to Cosmopolitanism
Volume II: Key Contemporary Analyses of Cosmopolitanism
Volume III: Cosmopolitans and Cosmopolitanisms
Volume IV: Contested Cosmopolitanisms |
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Cultural Theory, 4-Vols/set. |
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Oswell, David/ 9781848607057/ Price:GBP 675.00
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This four volume collection brings together papers from a range of different journals from different fields, sub-disciplines and disciplines that address the central problem of the relation between culture and society. In doing so, it frames understandings of experience, text, meaning, power, stratification, identity, representation, practice, discourse, materiality, image, technology, and the many other concepts and categories in the context of this fundamental interrelationship.
Although the themes of culture and society provide the broad parameters of these four volumes, Cultural Theory makes visible some of the different objects of theoretical discourse that different schools of thought and theoretical paradigms have thrown before us. The four volumes traverse the disciplines of, amongst others, sociology, cultural studies, anthropology, literary theory, media and communication studies, and science and technology studies, to provide a sense of the development and extension of cultural theory from initial and longstanding questions about power and agency, ordinary and popular cultural practice, and representation to ones about the body, sensory experience and identity to the changing natural and built environment and questions about global humanity and justice to developments in the global cultural economy concerning information, technology and value.
Throughout this collection, the editor offers a coherent, complex, and multiply inflected narrative which is both grounded in the substantive histories of the field and oriented to some of its most exciting and forward looking ideas and prospects.
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Secularization, 4-Vols/set |
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Turner, Bryan S/ 9781848600874/ Price:GBP 675.00
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Secularization traces the decline of religion and the rise of secular belief systems. But it also touches on the transition from traditional to modern systems of organization, the replacement of metaphysical beliefs with science, the transition from community to association and much more besides. The debate about secularism and secularization has become a central issue in politics, public policy and international affairs. There is a long history of thinking about the religious and the secular, but the modern debate has special features and a great urgency mainly as a result of fears about religious fundamentalism, religious revival, political Islam and religious nationalism.
Volume One explores the history and meaning of key terms: secular, secularism, secularity, secularization and laicity. It is primarily concerned with the philosophy and theology of the secular and examines the evolution of the debate from St Augustine's two cities to contemporary writings and is not confined to Christian debate. Volume Two deals with the sociology of secularization and contains the classic statements by sociologists such as Max Weber, Georg Simmel, Bryan Wilson, David Martin, and Thomas Luckmann. Volume Three considers American exceptionalism. Much the debate in sociology has centred on the question of America's differences from secular Europe. Religion and politics have been significantly interconnected in American history. America is a very special but influential case of secularization and merits a separate volume. Volume Four involves the comparative sociology of modern religious revivalism and the notion that we are in a post-secular society. The manifestations of religious revival in post-secular societies are truly global. This volume looks at the revival of world religions and popular religions such as spirit possession in the post-communist societies. |
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Popular Culture, 4-Vols/Set |
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Pickering, Michael J/ 9781848602007/ Price:GBP 675.00
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Popular culture is as debated as it is pervasive. It is pervasive in that the symbolic worlds in which we live and out of which we construct sense are, in many different ways, understood as and within popular culture. It is debated in that it has often been polarized as a negative or positive counterpart to other dimensions of cultural activity.
Volume One establishes the historical dimension necessary for the study of popular culture, showing how popular culture has developed over the past two centuries in the West, and how it has operated as a site of aesthetic debate and contestation as well as of communal pleasure and social interaction.
The second and third volumes are devoted to the different theoretical perspectives and analytical approaches to popular culture. These have mainly developed since the late-nineteenth century, though pioneering discussion from this time has recently become sidelined. Along with some examples of such early discussion, the volumes feature contributions from the 'culture and civilization' tradition, the Frankfurt school, Chicago sociology, western Marxism, early cultural studies (rejecting the term 'culturalism'), structuralist and poststructuralist approaches, folkloristics, feminism and men's studies, postmodernism and postcolonial studies.
The final volume concentrates on the questions and issues involved in the aesthetics and ethics of popular culture and their relation to the quality of public life. Volume Four specifically includes articles that deal with issues in popular culture studies that remain ongoing and in dynamic movement, or are in various ways contentious and unresolved.
*Volume One: Historical Perspectives on Popular Culture
*Volume Two: Theoretical Approaches
*Volume Three: Theoretical Paradigms
*Volume Four: Aesthetics, Ethics and Cultural Politics
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Interpersonal Communication, 4-Vols/set |
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Knapp, Mark L/ 9781848601659/ Price:GBP 675.00
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Interpersonal communication is inexorable, irrevocable, complex and relative but ultimately necessary. Understanding this type of communication gives us a framework for successful and effective interaction with others in everyday situations. In this multivolume reference collection, subject specialists Mark L. Knapp and John A .Daly, explore the dimensions, dynamics and implications of interpersonal communication.
Volume I covers the history and status of the field to various communicator characteristics that influence communication. This volume includes articles on personality and how personality, traits and states affect interpersonal behaviour. Volume II looks at the messages and processes of interpersonal communication. Articles covering various types of interpersonal messages - equivocal, defensive, incongruous to name a few - are followed by discussions on the various interpersonal process such as reciprocity, matching and interpersonal reflex. Volume III investigates the persuasive, relational and physiological outcomes of interpersonal communication. Finally, Volume IV focuses on the diverse contexts such as romantic relationships, work environments or doctor-patient interactions in which interpersonal communication takes place and the competences necessary to achieve successful communication.
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Structure and Agency, 4-Vols/set. |
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O'Donnell, Mike/ 9781848600317/ Price:GBP 675.00
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The relationship of social structure to individual and collective agency has been central to sociology from the outset. It remains so in period in which poststructuralists have challenged the idea of stable social structures and even the usefulness in social science of the concept of structure itself. The historical trajectory of the debate about the respective importance of structure and agency and the relationship between the two provides the narrative context of this collection of articles.
The point of arranging this collection of articles predominantly in historical sequence is not simply a matter of convenience. Historical context has a major impact on forming the concerns of sociologists and, equally significantly, on the way they perceive and theorise the social world.
Volume One: Modernity, Sociology and the Structure/Agency Debate
Volume Two: Postmodernity - An End to the Structure /Agency Dichotomy?
Volume Three: Structure/Agency Theories Applied
Volume Four: Network Theory - Transcending the Traditional Limits of Structure/Agency
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Multiculturalism, 4-Vols/Set. |
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Baumann, Gerd/ 9780415486088/ Price:GBP 300.00
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The first volume in the collection (¡¥Conceiving Multiculturalism: From Roots to Rights¡¦) assembles key research to trace the concept of multiculturalism from long-standing arguments on tribal co-existence, humans rights and civil rights to the rights to recognition. Volume II (¡¥Multiculturalism and the Nation State: Who Recognizes Whom?¡¦) collects the most important thinking to explore the tensions between national, ethnic, and religious identity politics. Volume III (¡¥Multiculturalism in the Public Sphere¡¦), meanwhile, brings together the best research which examines the difficult choices to be made between ideas of social integration and contending notions of community rights, not least in schools and in the marketplace.
The scholarship assembled in the final volume of the collection (¡¥Crises and Transformations¡¦) juxtaposes work dealing with the most urgent crises in multiculturalism¡Xsuch as the revival of virulent nationalism¡Xwith the best classic and contemporary thinking on the new realities of transnationalism.
The collection is supplemented with a full index, and includes a comprehensive introduction, newly written by the editor, which places the collected material in its historical and intellectual context. Multiculturalism is destined to be valued by scholars, students, and researchers as a vital research resource.
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Encyclopedia of Case Study Research, 2-Vols/Set. |
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Mills, Albert J./ 9781412956703/ Price:GBP 380.00
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Case study methodology has a relatively long history within the sciences, social sciences, and humanities. Dating back to medical research in the early 1930s and the advent of the case history, case study research was initially viewed as useful for assisting researchers in making valid inferences from events outside the lab in ways yet consistent with the rigorous methodology of laboratory science.? As such, it gained in importance as a research strategy for identifying rich sources of data, developing into a technique that combines both qualitative and quantitative research.? Although initially rooted within a sciences approach, the case study gained even wider popularity within the social sciences and has been found to be especially valuable in such practice-oriented fields as education, management, public administration, and the human services.Despite this long history and widespread use, case study research has received perhaps the least attention among the various methodologies in the social scientist's research arsenal.? Only a few texts deal directly with it as a central subject, and no encyclopedic reference provides a thorough overview of design and methods in case study research as guidance for students, researchers, and professionals trying to incorporate case studies into a rigorous research project or program.? This work is intended to be that authoritative resource. |
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Causality, 4-Vols/Set. |
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Turner, Stephen/ 9781847879332/ Price:GBP 675.00
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Causality is a core problem in social science methodology, as the laws of causality found in physics - which state generalizations without exceptions - are not found in the social sciences. As a consequence, classical definitions of the causal relation, such as John Stuart Mill's definition in terms of invariant succession, need either to be modified and qualified, or replaced by a different concept of causality entirely. This has led to a long and complex literature on the problems of causality.
This four volume major reference work, Causality, covers the main issues, methods of analysis, and alternatives, of causality, including the classic texts applying these alternative concepts and methods to empirical cases. The volumes give a substantial historical and philosophical introduction relevant to the concerns of practitioners. As a whole, the volumes represent a complete guide to the literature on social science causality from the beginning to the present.
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Urban Regeneration and Renewal, 4-Vols/Set. |
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Tallon, Andrew/ 9780415475068/ Price:GBP 1000.00
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The collection is divided into three principal parts. Part 1 (¡¥Cities in Transition¡¦) covers the wider social, economic, political, and urban geographical context for urban regeneration and renewal, and documents the nature of changing cities. These processes and changes are inextricably linked with urban regeneration and renewal initiatives, and an understanding of these transitions is essential to place Parts 2 and 3 in perspective. Part 2 (¡¥Responses to Urban Change from National Governments¡¦) brings together the best overviews and critiques of urban policy initiatives implemented by central governments in developed countries during the postwar period. The materials gathered here span experiences and city examples from advanced economies across the world.
The final part (¡¥City Responses to Urban Change¡¦) draws on the approaches taken by cities themselves in response to urban problems, particularly those designed to improve economic competitiveness and to combat social exclusion. Key research on the wide array of thematic approaches that have been followed is assembled in this part. Within the wider urban processes explored in Part 1, this part examines particular policy responses that have arisen in many cities, and considers a number of case-study cities from the UK, North America, continental Europe, and Australasia.
With a full index, together with a comprehensive introduction, newly written by the editor, which places the collected material in its historical and intellectual context, Urban Regeneration and Renewal is an essential work of reference. It is destined to be valued by scholars, students, and researchers as a vital research resource.
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Urban Studies - Economics and Society, 8-Vols/Set. |
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Understanding cities is a diverse enterprise. It is a multi-disciplinary endeavour that draws on, or at least needs to be aware, of the contribution of those social sciences which aim to unravel urban processes. Why and how cities develop, how urban life is experienced and managed no more fragments neatly along disciplinary lines than should our understanding of them.
Throughout the world, the study of cities takes place within a wide variety of social sciences as well as in the some humanities disciplines. Furthermore, in the study of cities a major split occurs between those focusing the economic as opposed to the more social questions raised by cities. In the former the focus is on city economies, their change and how policy intervention is able to steer change; in the latter the emphasis is more on social life and change, power and inequalities. As such, the readings in both Urban Studies - Economies and Urban Studies - Society set out to map the multidisciplinary nature of the field.
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Social Statistics, 4-Vols/Set. |
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Penn, Roger/ 9781847873569/ Price:GBP 675.00
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Statistics and statistical analyses have become a key feature of contemporary social science. Social statistics is the use of statistical measurement systems to study human behaviour in a social environment. This can be accomplished through polling a particular group of people, evaluating a particular subset of data obtained about a group of people, or by observation and statistical analysis of a set of data that relates to people and their behaviors. This major reference collection brings together the classic pieces that have framed the often controversial debates of using statistics as a social research method.
VOLUME 1: THE STATISTICAL ANALYSIS OF AGGREGATE CATEGORICAL DATA
VOLUME 2: STATISTICAL MODELLING OF CATEGORICAL DATA
VOLUME 3: THE ANALYSIS OF LONGITUDINAL DATA
VOLUME 4: THE STATISTICAL MODELLING OF ORDINAL DATA AND MULTI-LEVEL ANALYSIS |
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Encyclopaedia of Urban Studies, 2-Vols/Set. |
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Hutchison, Ray/ 9781412914321/ Price:GBP 350.00
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The United Nations estimates that by 2030, more than two-thirds of the total world population will live in urban areas. Most of this increase will take place not in Europe or in the United States but in the megacities and newly emerging urban regions of what used to be called the developing world.
Urban studies is an expansive and growing field, covering many disciplines and professional fields, each with its own schedule of conferences, journals, and publication series. These two volumes address the specific theories, key studies, and important figures that have influenced not just the individual discipline but also the field of urban studies more generally. The Encyclopedia of Urban Studies is intended to present an overview of current work in the field and to serve as a guide for further reading in the field.
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Computational Social Science, 4-Vols/Set. |
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Gilbert, Nigel/ 9781847871718/ Price:GBP 675.00
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Computational social science is an approach increasingly influential in a broad range of social sciences. It involves building a computer programme model that represents a theory and then 'executing' the programme and observing the output as a way of validating the theory, making predictions about the social world or exploring the implications of social interventions. Computational social science has been proposed as a 'third way', standing beside quantitative mathematical and formal approaches and qualitative, interpretative approaches. Computational methods have been used in fields as diverse as political science and environmental resource management. They are becoming popular in some areas of economics; in science and innovation policy; in social psychology; in voting and opinion studies; in marketing and consumer behaviour and in anthropology.
This four volume set republishes the key articles in the emerging field of computational social science. Because of the widespread use of computational approaches throughout the social sciences, the literature is very widely dispersed. Many papers are of interest far outside their original disciplines, because of the methods they use and the theories they develop have broad ranging application. Some of the literature is hard to locate, published in conference proceedings and edited collections without a wide circulation.
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Realist Methodology, 4-Vols/Set. |
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Olsen, Wendy/ 9781412948630/ Price:GBP 675.00
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Realism is an approach to humanity which recognizes the real existence of social objects as well as physical objects. Thus realism does involve being realistic. But more importantly, it asserts that the things we are studying in social research have some prior existence and would continue to exist even if our knowledge of them was limited. Indeed, sometimes our knowledge is quite wrong, and realists assert that the real world will tend to constrain science so that wrong claims get challenged.
Volume One: Practical Realist Ontology covers the nature of the world, the role of the person, the need for social theory, the nature of language, open systems theorising, and the avoidance of the fallacies of upward and downward conflation. Volume Two: Realist Methods takes up the triangulation debate in some detail as well as querying the nature of quantitative data and of qualitative data. Volume Three: Knowledge and Meta-knowledge in Realism explores the concept of epistemology and the social basis of human knowledge. Volume Four: Realist Empirical Research runs through lessons to be learned from research that has been conducted under explicit realist assumptions in many disciplines in many different countries.
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International Social Work, 4-Vols/Set. |
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Gray, Mel/ 9781847875631/ Price:GBP 675.00
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Social welfare can be considered to be the well-being of the community as a whole. It is underpinned by those networks of relationships among persons, firms, and institutions in a society, together with associated norms of behaviour, trust, cooperation, etc., that enable a society to
function effectively. The SAGE Library of Social Welfare focuses on the critical and reflective nature of social welfare, theory, policy and practice. By bringing together seminal works from across the social welfare spectrum, from social work and social care to youth and community work, these multi-volume collections encourage dialogue and debate on those issues relating to public and government intervention into social life.
Volume One: Welfare Theory and Approaches provides an overview of the development of welfare policy as a backdrop to the evolution of social work.
Volume Two: International Social Work Practice explores the development of contemporary social work practice approaches and examines social work's psychosocial foundations in the psychodynamic and functional schools.
Volume Three: Social Work Research chronicles the debate on what counts as evidence on which to base social work practice and, therefore, on what kind of research methods best provide valid and reliable evidence.
VolumeFour: Future Challenges overviews the enduring and contemporary issues and debates surrounding social development and global social work, generalist versus specialist practice, choice, service user participation, partnerships and social networks where we have seen a move from recipients to citizens to clients to consumers.
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Ritual. |
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Stewart, Pamela/ 9780754627487/ Price:GBP 300.00
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This volume consists of a number of carefully-selected readings that represent a wide range of discussions and theorizing about ritual. The selection encompasses definitional questions, issues of interpretation, meaning, and function, and a roster of ethnographic and analytical topics, covering classic themes such as ancestor worship and sacrifice, initiation, gender, healing, social change, and shamanic practices, as well as recent critical and reconstructive theorizing on embodiment, performance, and performativity. In their Introduction to the volume, the Editors provide an overall survey and critical consideration of topics, incorporating insights from their own long-term field research and reflections on the readings included. The Introduction and readings together provide a unique research tool for those interested in pursuing the study of ritual processes in depth, with the benefit of both historical and contemporary approaches. |
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Social Capital, 4-Vols/Set. |
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Lin, Nan/ 9780415407175/ Price:GBP 950.00
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'Social capital' is a major conceptual and theoretical idea that has received in the last three decades much attention across many social-science disciplines. In this relatively short period, it has developed into a major research paradigm guiding voluminous research conducted in North America, Europe, Asia, and elsewhere. Theory, measurement, and empirical research continue to grow. At the same time, major components of a theory, systematic research enterprises, and comprehensive applications in diverse substantive areas can now be identified in the literature. This new Routledge Major Work is a four-volume collection edited by a leading scholar who has brought together canonical and the very best cutting-edge research in the field.
Volume I: Foundations: Concepts, Theories, and Measurements
Volume II: Socioeconomic and Education Attainment and Inequality
Volume III: Economy and Health
Volume IV: Civic Engagement, Development, and Current Issues |
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The Youth & Gender Media Project: Two Films about Gender Nonconforming Youth. (2 DVDs) |
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Globalization, Violence and the Visual Culture of Cities. |
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Lindner, Christoph/ 9780415482141/ Price:GBP 140.00
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Mixed Methods Research: Merging Theory with Practice. |
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Hesse-Biber, Sharlene N./ 9781606232590/ Price:US$ 47.00
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This accessibly written book is ideal for use in graduate courses or by practicing researchers and evaluators. The author puts the research problem at center stage, showing how mixed methods designs can fruitfully address different types of research questions. She illustrates the discussion with examples of mixed methods studies from a variety of disciplines and qualitative approaches (interpretive, feminist, and postmodern). The text demonstrates how to navigate ethical issues; gather, analyze, and interpret data; and write up the results, including an in-depth example with step-by-step commentary. Special features include "researcher standpoint" reflections from leading scholars and practical strategies to help users develop their own research perspectives. Every chapter concludes with a glossary, discussion questions, and useful Web resources. |
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Advances in Configural Frequency Analysis. |
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Alexander von Eye/ 9781606237199/ Price:US$ 66.00
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Youth and Consumption. |
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Chan, Kara/ 9789629371524/ Price:NT$ 790.00
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European Societies: Mapping Structure and Change. |
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Mau, Steffen/ 9781847426550/ Price:GBP 79.99
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This comprehensive textbook provides a thorough analysis of the nature of European societies across the expanded EU member states. Using a wealth of data, the authors compare the different dimensions of the territorial and social order of Europe and address a range of issues relating to Europeanisation and key topics such as inequality, migration, poverty, population and family, the labour market and education. Presented in a student friendly way, this book also helps unravel people's attitudes towards Europe, European integration and citizens of other European countries. It will be an essential read for under- and post-graduate students and academics of sociology, European studies, social stratification, social policy and political sciences. |
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Handbook of Emergent Methods. |
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Hesse-Biber, Sharlene N./ 9781609181468/ Price:US$ 82.00
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Social researchers increasingly find themselves looking beyond conventional methods to address complex research questions. This is the first book to comprehensively examine emergent qualitative and quantitative theories and methods across the social and behavioral sciences. Providing scholars and students with a way to retool their research choices, the volume presents cutting-edge approaches to data collection, analysis, and representation. Leading researchers describe alternative uses of traditional quantitative and qualitative tools; innovative hybrid or mixed methods; and new techniques facilitated by technological advances. Consistently formatted chapters explore the strengths and limitations of each method for studying different types of research questions and offer practical, in-depth examples. |
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Evaluation in the Face of Uncertainty: Anticipating Surprise and Responding to the Inevitable. |
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Morell, Jonathan A./ 9781606238585/ Price:US$ 95.00
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Unexpected events during an evaluation all too often send evaluators into crisis mode. This insightful book provides a systematic framework for diagnosing, anticipating, accommodating, and reining in costs of evaluation surprises. The result is evaluation that is better from a methodological point of view, and more responsive to stakeholders. Jonathan A. Morell identifies the types of surprises that arise at different stages of a program's life cycle and that may affect different aspects of the evaluation, from stakeholder relationships to data quality, methodology, funding, deadlines, information use, and program outcomes. His analysis draws on 18 concise cases from well-known researchers in a variety of evaluation settings. Morell offers guidelines for responding effectively to surprises and for determining the risks and benefits of potential solutions. |
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Social Theory for Beginners. |
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Ransome, Paul/ 9781847426741/ Price:GBP 25.99
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Treating social theory as an exciting intellectual journey in its own right, this new introductory-level textbook presents the key ideas and concepts in social theory together with an account of the intellectual background from which they emerged. Aimed at first-year undergraduates studying sociology and all related disciplines in the social sciences and humanities, it provides an introduction to the major questions and debates facing social theorists and sociologists. Clearly designed presentation and layout features help readers navigate their way around the material thus giving them the best chance of finding what they need quickly and easily. |
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Challenging Choices: Ideology, Consumerism and Policy. |
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Clarke, Michael/ 9781847423979/ Price:GBP 17.99
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Choice pervades our society: it is founded on political rights to choose and our economy on market choices, but we have now reached the point where choice is extended almost everywhere. This lively and topical book provides a critique of choice in contemporary society and policy, arguing that we can have too much of a good thing. And there are alternatives.In part one, the author shows how choice works at a personal level, its demands, and how it can fail. By examining healthcare, education and pensions, he then explores the alternatives, such as provision.In part two the book reviews the impact of choice through the life cycle, in areas such as careers, relationships fertility, retirement and death. The author considers whether this enhances or burdens our lives, and questions the assumption that more choice is always for the better. |
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Reinventing Social Security Worldwide: Back to Essentials. |
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Rys, Vladimir/ 9781847426406/ Price:GBP 24.99
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Prior to the onset of the current financial crisis, global trends of social security in industrialised societies were indicating a progressive disengagement of the State, in favour of tax-financed measures similar to social assistance, which may fail to ensure a basic standard of living. In this timely book the author, with his life-long experience of international social security, advocates reinstating social insurance by reducing the volume of income redistribution, increasing the transparency of money flows and improving citizen information. It will be of interest to a wide audience, including undergraduate and postgraduate students, researchers and lecturers, policy makers, social partners, professionals dealing with social security institutions and civil society groups. |
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Uprooted: The Shipment of Poor Children to Canada, 1867-1917. |
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Parker, Roy/ 9781847426680/ Price:GBP 24.99
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This book explores the economic, religious, political and personal forces that led to some 80,000 British children being sent to Canada between 1867 and 1915. How did this come about? What were the motives and methods of the people involved? Why did it come to an end? What effects did it have on the children involved and what eventually became of them? These are the questions Roy Parker explores in this meticulously researched work. His book - humane and highly professional - will capture and hold the interest of many: the academic, the practitioner and the general reader. |
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Asylum, Migration and Community. |
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O'Neill, Maggie/ 9781847422224/ Price:GBP 29.99
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Issues of asylum, migration, humanitarian protection and integration/belonging are of growing interest beyond the disciplinary areas of refugee studies, migration, and social policy. Rooted in more than two decades of scholarship, this book uses critical social theory and participatory, biographical and arts based methods with asylum seekers, refugees and emerging communities to explore the dynamics of the asylum-migration-community nexus. It argues that inter-disciplinary analysis is required to deal with the complexity of the issues involved and offers understanding as praxis (purposeful knowledge), drawing upon innovative participatory, arts based, performative and policy relevant research. |
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Qualitative Research: Studying How Things Work. |
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Stake, Robert E./ 9781606235461/ Price:US$ 97.00
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This book provides invaluable guidance for thinking through and planning a qualitative study. Rather than offering recipes for specific techniques, master storyteller Robert Stake stimulates readers to discover "how things work" in organizations, programs, communities, and other systems. Topics range from identifying a research question to selecting methods, gathering data, interpreting and analyzing the results, and producing a well-thought-through written report. In-depth examples from actual studies emphasize the role of the researcher as instrument and interpreter, while boxed vignettes and learning projects encourage self-reflection and critical thinking. Other useful pedagogical features include quick-reference tables and charts, sample project management forms, and an end-of-book glossary. After reading this book, doctoral students and novice qualitative researchers will be able to plan a study from beginning to end. |
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Mixed Methods Research: Merging Theory with Practice. |
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Hesse-Biber, Sharlene N./ 9781606235058/ Price:US$ 97.00
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This accessibly written book is ideal for use in graduate courses or by practicing researchers and evaluators. The author puts the research problem at center stage, showing how mixed methods designs can fruitfully address different types of research questions. She illustrates the discussion with examples of mixed methods studies from a variety of disciplines and qualitative approaches (interpretive, feminist, and postmodern). The text demonstrates how to navigate ethical issues; gather, analyze, and interpret data; and write up the results, including an in-depth example with step-by-step commentary. Special features include "researcher standpoint" reflections from leading scholars and practical strategies to help users develop their own research perspectives. Every chapter concludes with a glossary, discussion questions, and useful Web resources. |
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Evaluation in the Face of Uncertainty: Anticipating Surprise and Responding to the Inevitable. |
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Morell, Jonathan A./ 9781606238578/ Price:US$ 45.00
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Unexpected events during an evaluation all too often send evaluators into crisis mode. This insightful book provides a systematic framework for diagnosing, anticipating, accommodating, and reining in costs of evaluation surprises. The result is evaluation that is better from a methodological point of view, and more responsive to stakeholders. Jonathan A. Morell identifies the types of surprises that arise at different stages of a program's life cycle and that may affect different aspects of the evaluation, from stakeholder relationships to data quality, methodology, funding, deadlines, information use, and program outcomes. His analysis draws on 18 concise cases from well-known researchers in a variety of evaluation settings. Morell offers guidelines for responding effectively to surprises and for determining the risks and benefits of potential solutions. |
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Embodying Identities: Culture, Differences and Social Theory. |
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Seidler, Victor J./ 9781847423818/ Price:GBP 24.99
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In the 1970s and 1980s, identities seemed to be 'fixed' through categories of class, 'race', ethnicity, gender, sexualities and religion. These days we have begun to recognise the diversity, fragmentation and fluidity of identities, but how do we create and shape our own? The book shapes a new language of social theory that allows people to embody their differences with a sense of dignity and self-worth. It draws on diverse traditions from Marx, Weber and Durkheim, as well as more recent traditions of critical theory and post-structuralism, and will be of interest to sociology, politics, social work, philosophy and cultural studies students. |
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Embodying Identities: Culture, Differences and Social Theory. |
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Seidler, Victor J./ 9781847423825/ Price:GBP 79.99
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In the 1970s and 1980s, identities seemed to be 'fixed' through categories of class, 'race', ethnicity, gender, sexualities and religion. These days we have begun to recognise the diversity, fragmentation and fluidity of identities, but how do we create and shape our own? The book shapes a new language of social theory that allows people to embody their differences with a sense of dignity and self-worth. It draws on diverse traditions from Marx, Weber and Durkheim, as well as more recent traditions of critical theory and post-structuralism, and will be of interest to sociology, politics, social work, philosophy and cultural studies students. |
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| SA05-385 |
Qualitative Research: Studying How Things Work. |
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Stake, Robert E./ 9781606235454/ Price:US$ 47.00
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This book provides invaluable guidance for thinking through and planning a qualitative study. Rather than offering recipes for specific techniques, master storyteller Robert Stake stimulates readers to discover "how things work" in organizations, programs, communities, and other systems. Topics range from identifying a research question to selecting methods, gathering data, interpreting and analyzing the results, and producing a well-thought-through written report. In-depth examples from actual studies emphasize the role of the researcher as instrument and interpreter, while boxed vignettes and learning projects encourage self-reflection and critical thinking. Other useful pedagogical features include quick-reference tables and charts, sample project management forms, and an end-of-book glossary. After reading this book, doctoral students and novice qualitative researchers will be able to plan a study from beginning to end. |
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Oral History for the Qualitative Researcher: Choreographing the Story. |
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Janesick, Valerie J./ 9781593850739/ Price:US$ 40.00
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Oral history is a particularly useful way to capture ordinary people's lived experiences. This innovative book introduces the full array of oral history research methods and invites students and qualitative researchers to try them out in their own work. Using choreography as an organizing metaphor, the author presents creative strategies for collecting, representing, analyzing, and interpreting oral history data. Instructive exercises and activities help readers develop specific skills, such as nonparticipant observation, interviewing, and writing, with a special section on creating found data poems from interview transcripts. Also covered are uses of journals, court transcripts, and other documents; Internet resources, such as social networking sites; and photography and video. Emphasizing a social justice perspective, the book includes excerpts of oral histories from 9/11 and Hurricane Katrina, among other detailed case examples. |
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Social Theory for Beginners. |
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Ransome, Paul/ 9781847426758/ Price:GBP 85.99
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Treating social theory as an exciting intellectual journey in its own right, this new introductory-level textbook presents the key ideas and concepts in social theory together with an account of the intellectual background from which they emerged. Aimed at first-year undergraduates studying sociology and all related disciplines in the social sciences and humanities, it provides an introduction to the major questions and debates facing social theorists and sociologists. Clearly designed presentation and layout features help readers navigate their way around the material thus giving them the best chance of finding what they need quickly and easily. |
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Asylum, Migration and Community. |
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O'Neill, Maggie/ 9781847422231/ Price:GBP 79.99
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Issues of asylum, migration, humanitarian protection and integration/belonging are of growing interest beyond the disciplinary areas of refugee studies, migration, and social policy. Rooted in more than two decades of scholarship, this book uses critical social theory and participatory, biographical and arts based methods with asylum seekers, refugees and emerging communities to explore the dynamics of the asylum-migration-community nexus. It argues that inter-disciplinary analysis is required to deal with the complexity of the issues involved and offers understanding as praxis (purposeful knowledge), drawing upon innovative participatory, arts based, performative and policy relevant research. |
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Voyage to Utopias: A Fictional Guide Through Social Philosophy. |
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Fitzpatrick, Tony/ 9781847420985/ Price:GBP 70.00
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This fascinating fictional account will introduce the reader to key ideas in social and political philosophy. It presents crucial skills of philosophical investigation in an accessible, rigorous and light-hearted way. The novel is funny, informative and entertaining, allowing the reader to experience often complex ideas from the 'inside' by using skills they will have acquired, unconsciously, from films, TV and novels. The reader will learn about freedom, responsibility, justice and fairness and see how these are played out in the different utopian futures of a range of socio-political regimes. |
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SMART, BEAUTIFUL AND IMPORTANT: Teaching art to AIDS-affected orphans in Africa's largest slum. |
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DeSantis, Charles/ 9780982806111/ Price:US$ 42.00
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Perceptions of NATO and the New Strategic Concept. |
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Rodrigues, L./ 9781607506690/ Price:EUR 104.00
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This book attempts to address how NATO and its mission are perceived today in the world, to assess the challenges the Organisation is facing in the near future, and to debate what could be its role in the 21st century. This is most relevant since the Organisation has just celebrated its 60th anniversary and is in the process of redefining its strategic concept to try to shape the right strategy for a safer tomorrow. This book deals with the following: How is the Organisation perceived in member and so-called partner countries such as Russia and Georgia with regards to models, policies and strategies? What do the younger generations born after the end of the Cold War think of the Atlantic Alliance in the present and its role in the future? The evolution of the Alliance towards a transatlantic ¡¥hub¡¦, and last but not least an analysis on the importance of communications in NATO¡¦s current campaign in Afghanistan. Key features: NATO¡¦s durability;The future of the Alliance;NATO¡¦s role as a guarantee of Peace and Security in the South Caucasus |
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MOSCOW BELIEVES IN TEARS: Russians and Their Movies. |
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Menashe, Louis/ 9780984406203/ Price:US$ 28.00
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MOSCOW BELIEVES IN TEARS: Russians and Their Movies. |
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Menashe, Louis/ 9780984406241/ Price:US$ 38.00
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A Brief History of Nakedness. |
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Carr-Gomm, Philip/ 9781861896476/ Price:GBP 19.95
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In A Brief History of Nakedness, Philip Carr-Gomm traces our preoccupation with nudity in three distinct areas of human endeavour: religion, politics and popular culture. Rather than study the history of the fine-art nude, or detail the ways in which the naked body has been denigrated or imprisoned, this book explores new territory ¡V revealing the ways in which religious teachers, politicians, protestors and cultural icons have used nudity to enlighten or empower themselves, or simply to entertain us. |
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Insomnia: A Cultural History. |
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Summers-Bremner, Eluned/ 9781861896544/ Price:GBP 12.95
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Summers-Bremner¡¦s exploration of sleeplessness begins with the literature of ancient times, and finds its sufferers in prominent texts such as the Iliad, the Odyssey, the Mesopotamian epic Gilgamesh and the Bible. Insomnia continued to figure large in Romantic and Gothic literature, as well as the ephemeral worlds of nightmares and the Sublime. Meanwhile, throughout the ages insomnia has been variously categorized by the medical community as a manifestation of a deeper psychological or physical malady. As modern medicine and science evolved, insomnia emerged as a distinct symptom of psychological illness or post-traumatic stress disorder. Today¡¦s medical solutions tend to involve prescription drugs, and Insomnia raises important questions about the role of the pharmaceutical industry and the effectiveness of such treatments.
Bedside reading of the most useful sort, Insomnia won¡¦t cure your sleeplessness, but it will help you understand the problem and introduce you to its rich cultural antecedents, and to fellow sufferers down the ages. |
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Social Dramas: Literature and Language in Early-Modern England. |
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David A Postles/ 9780982806159/ Price:US$ 26.00
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| VA05-331 |
Michel Foucault, 5-Vols/Set. |
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Providing a detailed and in-depth analysis of one of the most important
sociologists of the twentieth century, this Routledge Library Edition
brings together some of the most significant and insightful scholarship
on Michel Foucault published in the past quarter of a century. These
five volumes, first published between 1984 and 1991, offer an extremely
valuable study of this influential figure, covering a wide variety of
themes, which range from Foucault¡¦s views on education and society
through to his thoughts on ethics, sexuality, Marxism and power. Not
only does the collection offer a detailed analysis of Foucault¡¦s social and
philosophical theories, it also seeks to assess the continuing influence
and significance of Foucault in the decade immediately following his
death in 1984.
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Primitive Classification. |
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Durkheim, Emile/ 9780415562836/ Price:GBP 130.00
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In this influential work, first published in English in 1963, Durkheim and Mauss claim that the individual mind is capable of classification and they seek the origin of the ¡¥classificatory function¡¦ in society. On the basis of an intensive examination of forms and principles of symbolic classification reported from the Australian aborigines, the Zuni and traditional China, they try to establish a formal correspondence between social and symbolic classification. From this they argue that the mode of classification is determined by the form of society and that the notions of space, time, hierarchy, number, class and other such cognitive categories are products of society.
Dr Needham¡¦s introduction assesses the validity of Durkhiem and Mauss¡¦s argument, traces its continued influence in various disciplines, and indicates its analytical value for future researches in social anthropology.
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Socialism and Saint-Simon. |
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Durkheim, Emile/ 9780415562881/ Price:GBP 140.00
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Durkheim¡¦s study of socialism, first published in English in 1959, is a document of exceptional intellectual interest and a genuine milestone in the history of sociological theory. It presents us with the sociological theories of a truly first-rate thinker and his extensive commentary upon another key figure in the history of sociological thought, Henri Saint-Simon. The core of this volume contains Durkheim¡¦s presentation of Saint-Simon¡¦s ideas, their sources and their development. |
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Sociology and Philosophy. |
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Durkheim, Emile/ 9780415557702/ Price:GBP 130.00
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First published in English in 1953, this volume represents a collection of three essays written by seminal sociologist and philsopher Emile Durkheim in which he puts forward the thesis that society is both a dynamic system and the seat of moral life. Each essay stands alone, but their connecting thread is the dialectic demonstration that a phenomenon, be a sociological or psychological one, is relatively independent of its matrix.
The essays provide a valuable insight into Durkeheimian thought on sociological and philsophical matters and offer an excellent guide to Durkheim for students of both disciplines.
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Emile Durkheim: Selected Writings in Social Theory, 3-Vols/Set. |
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About the Book
Emile Durkheim: Selected Writings in Social Theory includes reissues of three seminal works by eminent French thinker Emile Durkheim, one of the founding father s of Sociology. This collection brings together the following import sociological works: Sociology and Philosophy, which first appeared in English in 1953; the hugely influential Socialism and Saint-Simon, first published in English in 1959; and Durkheim¡¦s book with Marcel Mauss on sociological classification, entitled Primitive Classification, whose first English publication was in 1969.
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| VA05-325 |
Migration, 5-Vols/Set. |
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Vertovec, Steven/ 9780415478427/ Price:GBP 400.00
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Nowadays, migration seems never far from the top of the political agenda. Whether as a consequence of civil and ethnic unrest, or as one response to the widening gulf between the wealthy and poor zones of the world, international population movement for sanctuary or settlement has become as prevalent as increased capital flows. (Indeed, for many commentators, there is a clear connection between the fluidity of population movements and the economic and technological changes that have generated ¡¥globalization¡¦.)
According to UN estimates, the global stock of migrants has doubled in the past forty years and now amounts to around 200 million souls living outside their places of birth. For receiving countries, migration¡Xat once perceived as a social challenge and an economic necessity¡Xprompts difficult debates and questions.
Perhaps rather belatedly, the social sciences have recognized the importance of these issues and a significant body of new literature has accumulated in recent decades. The field is, however, intrinsically multidisciplinary with contributions stemming from economics, demography, human geography, law, sociology, political science, and social anthropology. Migration also interweaves with other important multidisciplinary fields such as gender studies, labour-market studies, and cultural studies.
The sheer scale of the growth in migration research output ¡V and the breadth and complexity of the discipline ¡V makes this new Major Work from Routledge especially timely, and answers the urgent need for a wide-ranging collection which provides easy access to the key items of scholarly literature, material that is often inaccessible or scattered throughout a variety of specialist journals and books. In five volumes, Migration brings together the best and most influential foundational and cutting-edge research on: theories of migration; patterns of migration; the politics of migration; and the dynamics of migration.
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| VA05-322 |
Celebrity, 4-Vols/Set. |
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Rojek, Chris/ 9780415494663/ Price:GBP 925.00
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The sheer scale of the available research exploring the many implications of the phenomenon of celebrity¡Xand the breadth and complexity of the canon on which celebrity studies draws¡Xmakes this new Major Work from Routledge especially timely. It answers the urgent need for a wide-ranging collection which provides easy access to the key items of scholarly literature, material that is often inaccessible or scattered throughout a variety of specialist journals and books. In four volumes, Celebrity brings together the best and most influential foundational and cutting-edge research on: the aetiology and basic concepts of celebrity (including charisma, narcissism, and commodification); theoretical and methodological approaches (e.g. Marxism, structuralism, semiotics, and cultural materialism); the mechanics of celebrity (such as the sociology and psychology of showmanship); and key controversies and current debates (e.g. the politics of stardom; the superstructure of celebrity; and the interpellation of celebrity news and the media).
Celebrity is supplemented with a full index, and includes a comprehensive introduction, newly written by the editor, which places the collected material in its historical and intellectual context. It is destined to be valued by scholars, students, and researchers as a vital research resource. |
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Life Story Research, 4-Vols/Set. |
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Harrison, Barbara/ 9781412935883/ Price:GBP 675.00
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Life Story Research gathers together articles on a number of methodological approaches within the social sciences that focus on research where the individual and his or her life, experiences and thinking is the core focus of study. The personal narrative can be teased out in many ways using methods such as the auto/biographical or oral history, and even the psychoanalytical. This four volume set cover an extensive time period, with classic pieces providing an important context for much of the later work. This set will be invaluable to researchers within the social sciences and related research fields (nursing, criminology, cultural studies). With many 'new' approaches available, individual researchers are offered access to material that addresses both the 'how to' as well as a critical evaluation of issues associated with them.
Part I: Historical Origins & Trajectories
Part II: Theoretical & Conceptual Issues in Life Story Research
Part III: Types of Life Story Research: Traditional and New Sources of Life Story Data
Part IV: Doing Life Story Research
Part V: Research Contexts and Life Stories |
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Intercultural Communication, 4-Vols/Set. |
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Cai, Deborah A./ 9781848601208/ Price:GBP 675.00
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Intercultural communication research finds its roots primarily in anthropology, psychology, and sociology. However, many intercultural communication scholars draw mostly from a relatively recent body of work. Intercultural Communication represents both the classic works that set the foundation for the field as well as the more recent influential works. The volumes examine a wider and more interdisciplinary range of literature that has influenced this field.
Volume I includes writings that provide the foundation for the emergent study of intercultural communication. The literature in this volume represents foundational works on culture and communication related to social structure, role, world view, meaning, interaction, and exchange. Although intercultural communication researchers use a variety of theories from various fields of study, in all only about 20 theories are associated specifically with intercultural communication; Volume II provides the most informative research related to these theories. Volume III covers literature related to both established and emerging methodological approaches for studying intercultural communication. Volume IV looks at the factors that affect how cultures' communicate and diffuse information across cultural boundaries. These factors include urbanization; immigration; availability of media and transportation systems; and religious and ethnic identities.
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Habermas II, 4-Vols/Set. |
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Rasmussen, David/ 9781412948371/ Price:GBP 675.00
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The highly commended first edition of this four-volume set remains the standard reference on J[um]urgen Habermas, the key theorist of the Frankfurt School and one of the most influential theorists of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. With Habermas having developed his oeuvre substantially in the last decade, this new edition retains the key secondary literature while refreshing the critical canon with the most important papers published since the first edition in 2001. The editors, themselves a part of that canon, have updated the editorial material to reflect the latest hot topics in the study of this perennially relevant theorist.
Volume One covers the huge base of secondary literature that has emerged on Habermas and the law since the publication of Between Facts and Norms in 1992. Volume Two collects the best writings on Habermas and politics. Volume Three treats epistemology and the theory of communication. Volume Four presents the key debates in what is perhaps the leading topic in the contemporary study of Habermas: ethics and religion.
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Encyclopedia of Race and Crime, 2-Vols/Set. |
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Greene, Helen Taylor/ 9781412950855/ Price:GBP 380.00
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As seen almost daily on local and national news, race has historically and continues to feature prominently in reporting on crime and justice within the United States, whether the issue be hate crimes, racial profiling, sentencing disparities, wrongful convictions, felon disenfranchisement, political prisoners, juveniles and the death penalty, or culturally specific delinquency prevention programs. This encyclopedia covers issues in both historical and contemporary context, with information on race and ethnicity and their impact on crime and the administration of justice. Through entries in this encyclopedia, readers will gain a greater appreciation for the similar historical experiences of varied racial and ethnic groups and will see how race and ethnicity has mattered and continues to matter in the administration of American criminal justice. |
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Law and Child Development, The. |
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Buss, Emily/ 9780754628118/ Price:GBP 240.00
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This volume asks what legal and socio legal scholarship can contribute to understanding the role of law in the care and development of children. The editors have selected key articles ranging from theoretical analysis to empirical data based research that address the law's approach in the United States and the United Kingdom to resolving parenting disputes after separation, protecting children from abuse and neglect, and affording children procedural protections in the juvenile justice system. Their introduction to these important and often distressing areas of the law confirms the importance of understanding how law works in practice, and reaffirms that law itself remains responsible for articulating and protecting society's values. |
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Children's Services in the Developing World. |
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Kaoukji, Dwan/ 9780754627791/ Price:GBP 190.00
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Children¡¦s services in The Developing World brings together evidence relating to the health and development of children in the global South. It is essential reading for students, scientists, policy makers and practitioners in economically developing countries. The book deals with the effects of catastrophe, disease, war and poverty on children's development. There is strong coverage of the ways in which children cope with even the most inauspicious of circumstances. Evidence is provided on the incidence of impairment to health and development. As well as establishing the risks to child well-being in the economic South, the book shows how to intervene to address those risks. Examples of good practice rigorously evaluated will be of interest to everyone seeking to improve the lives of children, whether that be in economically developed or developing nations.
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Information Society, The., 4-Vols/Set. |
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Mansell, Robin/ 9780415443081/ Price:GBP 89.99
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¡¥The information society¡¦ refers to a constellation of developments arising from the growing use of communication technologies in the acquisition, storage, and processing of information, and the role of information in supporting the creation and exchange of knowledge. Research on information societies really began to take off in the 1970s when Daniel Bell wrote about ¡¥the information age¡¦. While there were earlier works that focused on the growing importance of information in the economy, it was not until the mid-1990s and the spread of the Internet that this field of study experienced a huge expansion across a broad range of disciplines in the social sciences and beyond. A critical mass of scholarship has now accumulated, establishing ¡¥the information society¡¦ and ¡¥information societies¡¦ as a terrain of substance and complexity, the exploration and understanding of which requires increasingly sophisticated navigation skills. As research in and around the area continues to flourish as never before, this new title in Routledge¡¦s Major Works series, Critical Concepts in Sociology, meets the need for an authoritative reference work to make sense of a rapidly growing and ever more complex corpus of literature, and to provide a map of the area as it has emerged and developed over the last thirty years or so.
The Information Society is fully indexed and has a comprehensive introduction, newly written by the editor, which places the material in its historical and intellectual context. It is an essential work of reference and is destined to be valued by scholars and students¡Xas well as policy-makers and practitioners in the field¡Xas a vital one-stop research resource. |
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SAGE Handbook of Social Geography, The. |
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Smith, Susan J./ 9781412935593/ Price:GBP 125.00
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The social relations of difference - from race and class to gender and inequality - is at the heart of the concept of social geography and this handbook reconsiders and redirects research in the discipline while examining the changing ideas of individuals and their relationship with structures of power. Organised into five sections, the SAGE Handbook of Social Geographies maps out the 'connections' anchored in social geography:
Difference and Diversity builds on enduring ideas of the structuring of social relations and examines the ruptures and rifts, and continuities and connections around social divisions.
Geographies and Social Economies rethinks the sociality, subjectivity and placement of money, markets, price and value.
Geographies of Wellbeing builds from a foundation of work on the spaces of fear, anxiety and disease towards newer concerns with geographies of health, resilience and contentment.
Geographies of Social Justice connects ideas through an examination of the possibilities and practicalities of normative theory and frames the central notion of Social geography, that things always could and should be different.
Doing Social Geography is not exploring the 'how to' of research, but rather the entanglement of it with practicalities, moralities, and politics.
This will be a essential resource for academics, researchers, practitioners and postgraduates in geography, sociology and cultural Studies. |
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Vertrauen als Basiselement: Festschrift anlasslich der Emeritierung von Claus Muhlfeld. |
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Dollinger, Bernd/ 9783875123579/ Price:EUR 29.00
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The Stem Family in Eurasian Perspective: Revisiting House Societies, 17th-20th Centuries. |
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Fauve-Chamoux, Antoinette/ 9783039117390/ Price:SFR 126.95
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| SA05-410 |
Women in India: A Social and Cultural History, 2-Vols/Set. |
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Raman, Sita A./ 9780275982423/ Price:US$ 137.00
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| SA05-395 |
A Critical Introduction to Social Research. |
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Henn, Matt/ 9781848601796/ Price:GBP 46.99
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| SA05-386 |
Youth Empowerment and Volunteerism: Principles, Policies and Practices. |
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Liu, Elaine S. C./ 9789629371371/ Price:NT$ 820.00
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| SA05-379 |
When Research Goes Off the Rails: Why It Happens and What You Can Do about It. |
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Streiner, David L./ 9781606234105/ Price:US$ 46.00
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Few behavioral or health science studies proceed seamlessly. This refreshingly candid guide presents firsthand vignettes of obstacles on the bumpy road of research and offers feasible, easy-to-implement solutions. Contributors from a range of disciplines describe real-world problems at each stage of a quantitative or qualitative research project-from gaining review board approval to collecting and analyzing data-and discuss how these problems were resolved, including suggestions for further reading. A detailed summary chart helps readers quickly find material on specific issues, methods, and settings. Written with clarity and wit, the vignettes provide exemplars of critical thinking that researchers can apply when developing the operational plan of a study or when facing practical difficulties in a particular research phase. |
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Assessing Performance: Designing, Scoring, and Validating Performance Tasks. |
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Johnson, Robert L./ 9781593859886/ Price:US$ 51.00
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A comprehensive resource for assessment practitioners, this book provides step-by-step guidance for developing, administering, scoring, and validating a range of performance tasks, including literacy and other types of proficiency assessments. The authors explore how to establish the purpose of the assessment and how to develop scoring tools, train raters, reduce rater bias, review scores and report results, and use item-level and test-level analyses to optimize reliability and validity. Clearly written and well organized, the book includes many practical examples and accessible explanations of concepts and statistical procedures. It encompasses the breadth of applications of performance assessment today, from educational testing and the credentialing of professionals to research and program evaluation. |
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Unfolding Lives: Young, Gender and Change. |
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Thomson, Rachel/ 9781847420510/ Price:GBP 79.99
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The book follows individual lives over time, enabling the reader to witness gender identities in the making and breathing new life into static analytic models. At the heart of the book are vivid in-depth accounts of four young lives, emblematic of broader biographical trends. They reveal how inequalities and privileges are made in new and unexpected ways, through practices such as falling in love, coming out, acting out and religious conversion. A focus on temporal processes and changing meanings captures what it feels like to be young and shows the creative ways that young people navigate the conflicting and changing demands of personal relationships, schooling, work and play. Unfolding lives is also a demonstration of a method-in-practice, describing how longitudinal material can be analysed and animated to realise the relationship between personal and social change.
Written in an accessible style that breaks the conventional academic mould, Unfolding lives is a compelling and provocative read. The book will be an essential text for students and academics involved in youth and gender studies as well as those interested in new directions in qualitative research methods and writing. |
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The Craft of Life Course Research. |
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Elder, Glen H./ 9781606233207/ Price:US$ 49.00
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This book brings together prominent investigators to provide a comprehensive guide to doing life course research, including an "inside view" of how they designed and carried out influential longitudinal studies. Using vivid examples, the contributors trace the connections between early and later experience and reveal how researchers and graduate students can discover these links in their own research. Well-organized chapters describe the best and newest ways to:
Use surveys, life records, ethnography, and data archives to collect different types of data over years or even decades.
Apply innovative statistical methods to measure dynamic processes that result in improvement, decline, or reversibility in economic fortunes, stress, health, and criminality.
Explore the micro- and macro-level explanatory factors that shape individual trajectories, including genetic and environmental interactions, personal life history, interpersonal ties, and sociocultural institutions. |
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Women in and Out of Paid Work: Changes Across Generations in Italy and Britain. |
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Solera, Cristina/ 9781861349309/ Price:GBP 79.99
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Over the last fifty years women's employment has increased markedly throughout developed countries. Women of younger generations are much more likely than their mothers and grandmothers to enter the labour market and stay in it after they marry and have children. Are these changes due only to changes in women's investments and preferences, or also to the opportunities and constraints within which women form their choices? Have women with higher and lower educational and occupational profiles combined family responsibilities with paid work differently? And have their divisions changed?With an innovative approach, this book compares Italy and Great Britain, investigating transformations in women's transitions in and out of paid work across four subsequent birth cohorts, from the time they leave full-time education up to their 40s. It provides a comprehensive discussion of demographic, economic and sociological theories and contains large amounts of information on changes over time in the two countries, both in women's work histories and in the economic, institutional and cultural context in which they are embedded. By comparing across both space and time, the book makes it possible to see how different institutional and normative configurations shape women's life courses, contributing to help or hinder the work-family reconciliation and to reduce or reinforce inequalities. "Women in and out of paid work" will be valuable reading for students, academics, professionals, policy makers and anyone interested in women's studies, work-family reconciliation, gender and class inequalities, social policy and sociology. |
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Work, Family and Organisations in Transition: European Perspective. |
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Lewis, Susan/ 9781847422200/ Price:GBP 79.99
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Across Europe the importance of reconciling paid work and family life is increasingly recognised by a range of diverse government regulations and organisational initiatives. At the same time, employing organisations and the nature of work are undergoing massive and rapid changes, in the context of global competition, efficiency drives, as well as social and economic transformations in emerging economies. "Work, families and organisations in transition" illustrates how workplace practices and policies impact on employees' experiences of "work-life balance" in contemporary shifting contexts. Based upon cross-national case studies of public and private sector workplaces carried out in Bulgaria, Norway, Portugal, Slovenia, Sweden, the Netherlands and the UK, this innovative book demonstrates the challenges that parents face as they seek to negotiate work and family boundaries. The case studies demonstrate that employed parents' needs and experiences depend on many layers of context - global, European, national, workplace and family. This book will be of interest to undergraduate and postgraduate students of organisational psychology, sociology, management and business studies, human resource management, social policy, as well as employers, managers, trade unions and policy makers. |
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Teenage Pregnancy: The Making and Unmaking of a Problem. |
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Arai, Lisa/ 9781847420749/ Price:GBP 27.99
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In the last decades of the 20th century, successive British governments have regarded adolescent pregnancy and childbearing as a significant public health and social problem. Youthful pregnancy was once tackled by attacking young, single mothers but New Labour, through its Teenage Pregnancy Strategy, linked early pregnancy to social exclusion rather than personal morality and aimed, instead, to reduce teenage pregnancy and increase young mothers' participation in education and employment. However, the problematisation of early pregnancy has been contested, and it has been suggested that teenage mothers have been made scapegoats for wider, often unsettling, social and demographic changes. The re-evaluation of early pregnancy as problematic means that, in some respects, teenage pregnancy has been 'made' and 'unmade' as a problem.Focusing on the period from the late-1990's to the present, "Teenage pregnancy" examines who is likely to have a baby as a teenager, the consequences of early motherhood and how teenage pregnancy is dealt with in the media. The author argues that society's negative attitude to young mothers is likely to marginalise an already excluded group and that efforts should be focused primarily on supporting young mothers and their children. This comprehensive examination of teenage pregnancy focuses on the situation in the UK, but will be useful for readers in other developed world countries. It will be of interest to students in sociology, social policy, health studies and public health, and also to policy makers and young people's interest groups. |
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Englishization in Asia: Language and Cultural Issues. |
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Tam, Kwok-kan/ 9789627707622/ Price:NT$ 1030.00
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Englishization in Asia: Language and Cultural Issues includes a collection of papers which examine the ways in which ¡¥Englishization¡¦, the impact of English, has shaped language, culture and identity in Asia, with a particular focus on China, Hong Kong SAR, Malaysia, Singapore and Japan. It covers a wide range of issues, such as the politics of English as the dominant global language; lexical borrowing, code-mixing, code-switching and the nativization of languages; Englishization and higher education; the Englishization of Putonghua; the impact of English on literacy practices; English in the Hong Kong arts scene; the representation of ethnicity in Japanese popular culture; and Cantonese-English hip-hop song lyrics.
This book will be of value to academics, researchers and students who are interested in the impact of exposure to the English language on Asian languages and cultures. |
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The Challenge of Genadendal. |
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du Preez, Hannetjie/ 9781586039684/ Price:EUR 50.00
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The Age of Migration: International Population Movements in the Modern World. |
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Castles, Stephen/ 9781606230695/ Price:US$ 47.00
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The leading text in the field, this incisive, authoritative work offers a global perspective on the nature of migration flows, why they take place, and their consequences for states and societies around the world. Chapters provide up-to-date descriptions and comparative analyses of major migration regions in the North and South. The role of population movements in the formation of ethnic minority groups is examined, as is the impact of growing ethnic diversity on economies, cultures, and political institutions. User-friendly features include accessible boxed examples, tables, and maps. |
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'Sleepwalking to Segregation'?: Challenging Myths about Race and Migration. |
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Finney, Nissa/ 9781847420084/ Price:GBP 65.00
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This book explores contemporary claims about race and migration, combining an overview of the subject with new research. The authors argue that the myths of race and migration are the real threat to an integrated society and propose that diversity and mobility are expected and benign. |
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'Sleepwalking to Segregation'?: Challenging Myths about Race and Migration. |
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Finney, Nissa/ 9781847420077/ Price:GBP 18.99
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This book explores contemporary claims about race and migration, combining an overview of the subject with new research. The authors argue that the myths of race and migration are the real threat to an integrated society and propose that diversity and mobility are expected and benign. |
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Policy for a Change: Local Labour Market Analysis and Gender Equality. |
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Yeandle, Sue/ 9781847420541/ Price:GBP 85.99
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Using a new and original approach, this illuminating book explores women's employment at the start of the 21st century, identifying aspects of women's labour market situation which remain poorly understood and challenging much 'received wisdom' about women and work. |
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Towards a Democratic Division of Labour in Europe?: The Combination Model as a New Integrated Approach to Professional and Family Life. |
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Van Dongen, Walter/ 9781847422941/ Price:GBP 85.99
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Towards a democratic division of labour? starts from the challenge of balancing values of 'equality' and 'freedom' in all sections of modern society, introducing the Combination Model as a scientific tool for studying the division of professional and family work. |
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Towards a Democratic Division of Labour in Europe?: The Combination Model as a New Integrated Approach to Professional and Family Life. |
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Walter van Dongen/ 9781847422699/ Price:GBP 37.99
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Towards a democratic division of labour? starts from the challenge of balancing values of 'equality' and 'freedom' in all sections of modern society, introducing the Combination Model as a scientific tool for studying the division of professional and family work. |
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Transformative Research and Evaluation. |
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Mertens, Donna M./ 9781593853020/ Price:US$ 53.00
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From distinguished scholar Donna M. Mertens, this core book provides a framework for making methodological decisions and conducting research and evaluations that promote social justice. The transformative paradigm has emerged from-and guides-a broad range of social and behavioral science research projects with communities that have been pushed to the margins, such as ethnic, racial, and sexual minority group members and children and adults with disabilities. Mertens shows how to formulate research questions based on community needs, develop researcher-community partnerships grounded in trust and respect, and skillfully apply quantitative, qualitative, and mixed-methods data collection strategies. Practical aspects of analyzing and reporting results are addressed, and numerous sample studies are presented. |
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Transformative Research and Evaluation. |
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Mertens, Donna M./ 9781593859855/ Price:US$ 113.00
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From distinguished scholar Donna M. Mertens, this core book provides a framework for making methodological decisions and conducting research and evaluations that promote social justice. The transformative paradigm has emerged from-and guides-a broad range of social and behavioral science research projects with communities that have been pushed to the margins, such as ethnic, racial, and sexual minority group members and children and adults with disabilities. Mertens shows how to formulate research questions based on community needs, develop researcher-community partnerships grounded in trust and respect, and skillfully apply quantitative, qualitative, and mixed-methods data collection strategies. Practical aspects of analyzing and reporting results are addressed, and numerous sample studies are presented. |
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Space Exploration: Triumphs and Tragedies Volume 2008. |
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Designing the Seaside: Architecture, Society and Nature. |
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Fred Gray/ 9781861894403/ Price:GBP 25.00
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Seaside architecture often assumes iconic cultural status that defines either specific resorts (the Blackpool Tower, the Royal Pavilion in Brighton) or the nature of a holiday by the coast (the pier and holiday camp). The development of the seaside has also involved transforming existing landscapes: what were once perceived as marginal or valueless sites ¡V cliffs, sand dunes and marsh ¡V were reclaimed for resorts and often developed into good quality, even exotic towns.
Featuring informative and often entertaining photographs, architectural drawings, guidebooks, postcards and railway and publicity posters, this book provides a thoroughly readable as well as visually fascinating account of changing attitudes to holiday-making and its setting. Gray explores questions of taste, fashion, class and gender and particularly how the seaside became a hotbed for issues of morality and sexuality ¡V from bathing machines to beauty pageants. |
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A Philosophy of Pain. |
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Vetlesen, Arne/ 9781861895417/ Price:GBP 16.95
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Vetlesen¡¦s analysis of pain is revealing, plumbing the very centre of many of our most intense and most complicated emotions. He looks at pain within different arenas of modern life, such as family and work, and he specifically probes at a very common modern phenomenon, the idea of pushing oneself to the limit. Engaging throughout with the ideas of thinkers such as Kierkegaard, Freud, Heidegger, Sartre, Merleau-Ponty, Horkheimer, Adorno, Sontag and Klein, A Philosophy of Pain asks what came first, thinking or feeling, and explores the concept and possibility of empathy.
Vetlesen offers an original and insightful perspective on something that all of us suffer and endure ¡V from a sprained ankle to a broken heart. Although pain is in itself unpleasant, our ability to feel it reminds us that we are alive. |
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The Big Book of Self-Reliant Living: Advice and Information on Just About Everything You Need to Know to Live on Planet Earth. |
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Szykitka, Walter/ 9781599215662/ Price:US$ 24.95
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A History of the Heart. |
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Hoystad, Ole M./ 9781861894052/ Price:GBP 14.95
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Firmly positioning the heart at the metaphorical and literal centre of human culture and history, H?ystad combs through religions and philosophies from the beginning of civilization to explore such disparate historical points as the Aztecs' ritual of removing the still-beating heart from a living sacrificial victim and offering it to the gods; homosexuality and the heart in Greek antiquity; European attempts to employ alchemy in service of the mysteries of love; and the connections between the heart and wisdom in Sufism. H?ystad charts how the heart has signified our essential desires, whether for love and passion in the medieval excesses of troubadour poetry and chivalric idealism, the body-soul dualism propounded by the Enlightenment, or even the modern notions of individualism expressed in the works of thinkers such as Nietzsche and Foucault.
A provocative examination of the deepest vaults of our souls and the efforts of the many lonely hunters who have tried to unlock its secrets, A History of the Heart subverts the cliche's to reveal a symbol of our fundamental humanity whose beats can be felt in every aspect of our lives. |
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Social Implications of Data Mining and Information Privacy: Interdisciplinary Frameworks and Solutions. |
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Eyob, Ephrem/ 9781605661964/ Price:US$ 195.00
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As data mining is one of the most rapidly changing disciplines with new technologies and concepts continually under development, academicians, researchers, and professionals of the discipline need access to the most current information about the concepts, issues, trends, and technologies in this emerging field.
Social Implications of Data Mining and Information Privacy: Interdisciplinary Frameworks and Solutions serves as a critical source of information related to emerging issues and solutions in data mining and the influence of political and socioeconomic factors. An immense breakthrough, this essential reference provides concise coverage of emerging issues and technological solutions in data mining, and covers problems with applicable laws governing such issues. |
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Handbook of Research on Urban Informatics: The Practice and Promise of the Real-Time City. |
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Foth, Marcus/ 9781605661520/ Price:US$ 265.00
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Alive with movement and excitement, cities transmit a rapid flow of exchange facilitated by a meshwork of infrastructure connections. In this environment, the Internet has advanced to become the prime communication medium, creating a vibrant and increasingly researched field of study in urban informatics.
The Handbook of Research on Urban Informatics: The Practice and Promise of the Real-Time City brings together an international selection of 66 esteemed scholars presenting their research and development on urban technology, digital cities, locative media, and mobile and wireless applications. A truly global resource, this one-of-a-kind reference collection contains significant and timely research covering a diverse range of current issues in the urban informatics field, making it an essential addition to technology and social science collections in academic libraries that will benefit scholars and practitioners in an array of fields ranging from computer science to urban studies. |
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Information Technology and Societal Development. |
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Targowski, Andrew/ 9781605660042/ Price:US$ 195.00
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Latent in the current environment of rapid technological advances are breakthroughs waiting to be discovered that will have profound impacts on how organizations will cope with the direction civilization is taking.
Information Technology and Societal Development examines in depth the full range of impacts of information technology on civilization and the development of societies. Uniquely broad in the scope of examining the societal implications of informational technology, this groundbreaking reference work makes an essential contribution to research libraries worldwide. |
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Handbook of Social Research Ethics, The. |
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Mertens, Donna M./ 9781412949187/ Price:GBP 155.00
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The Handbook of Social Research Ethics is the first comprehensive volume of its kind to offer a deeper understanding of the history, theory, philosophy, andaimplementation of applied social research ethics. Much of the literature surrounding research ethics originates from or focuses on medical or related health science issues involving human subject research. Yet, the intricacies of social research often raises ethical concerns and issues that are unique to or requiring further contextualization to general research ethics topics, guidelines, and practices. This volume brings together eminent, international scholars across the social and behavioral sciences and education to address those ethical issues that arise in the theory and practice of research within the technologically advancing and culturally complex world in which we live. In addition, ethical dilemmas that arise in the relationship between research practice and social justice issues are examined. The guiding themes used throughout the volume include: Defining and exploring the role(s) of ethics in research from a multi-disciplinary perspective; Making explicit the differing ethical emphases entailed by differing research traditions; Locating ethical concerns within research practice; Elucidating how each of the above influences the relationship between good ethical practice and good research practice. This reference is an invaluable resource to graduate students, professors, researchers, and practitioners of various kinds of social and behavioral research. |
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| VA05-298 |
Icons of Latino America, 2-Vols/Set. |
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Bruns, Roger/ 9780313340864/ Price:GBP 120.95
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Latinos have contributed a tremendous amount to American cultural heritage, injecting energy, a unique style, and piquant flavor. This set profiles the big names from this century and the last who represent the highest achievement in their field and who have inspired, led, educated, informed, and entertained us. A diverse representation from the world of sports, entertainment, education, music, journalism, literature, and labor is offered. Biographical essays engagingly tell the story behind the icon, with background including family and education, career trajectory and highlights, and contributions and circumstances that have led to icon status. Along with these famous figures, several essays on other types of Latino pop culture icons--iconic characters from cartoons and comics and film and even iconic Latino foods--are included. Entertaining side bars and classic photos complement the essays. Perfect for student reports and browsing, with more in-depth coverage than an encyclopedia entry but less than a full biography, there is something fascinating and informative here for everyone. |
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History of Humanity Set, 7-Vols/Set. |
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This groundbreaking seven-volume series provides an authoritative guide to the history and development of the different cultures of the world from the origins of humankind to the present day. Edited by a team of internationally-recognized scholars, each volume includes a general introduction, thematic chapters exploring the period from a global viewpoint, and a series of regional chapters discussing the issues pertinent to specific cultures and areas of the world. Detailed critical bibliographies and an exhaustive index enable the reader to access information from many different points of reference. |
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Institutional Dynamics of Culture, The., 2-Vols/set. |
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Perri 6/ 9780754626176/ Price:GBP 370.00
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These two volumes present the most important recent developments in the institutional theory of culture and demonstrate their practical applications. Sometimes called 'grid-group analysis' or 'cultural theory', they derive from the work of Durkheim in the 1880s and 1900s and develop the insights of the anthropologist Mary Douglas and her followers from the 1960s on. First redefined within social and cultural anthropology, the theory's influence is shown in recent years to have permeated all the main disciplines of social science with substantial implications for politics, history, business, work and organizations, the environment, technology and risk, and crime and consumption. Today, the institutional theory of culture now rivals the rational choice, Weberian and postmodern outlooks in influence across the social sciences. |
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Handbook of Social Policy, The. |
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Midgley, James/ 9781412950763/ Price:GBP 122.00
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The Handbook of Social Policy was originally conceptualized as a 'state of the field' of social policy that examines past, current and future directions. Since its publication, it has been adopted in masters and doctoral programs as a text and thus should be revised to stay current.
Since its First Edition, much has changed in US social policy, such as a new presidency and political party and the terrorist attacks of September 11th. Within the field of social work, there has been increased attention to issues of diversity and social justice. The Second Edition of this Handbook follows a similar format but with a few key changes.
Changes to the Second Edition:
" Up-to-date policies and references to include the latest information on Social Policy
" A more streamlined format has been implemented to make the Handbook more consistent with the way most instructors teach their courses.
" Contributors have added more case studies and examples.
" More attention focused on diverse populations and international issues
" Content will be added to reflect the areas that have received increased attention, such as Advocacy, Policy practice, Immigration issues, Discrimination, and more. |
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Selecting Research Methods, 4-Vols/Set. |
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Vogt, W. Paul/ 9781847871800/ Price:GBP 675.00
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Selecting Research Methods provides advice from prominent social scientists concerning the most crucial steps for planning and undertaking meaningful research: selecting the methods to be used. Contributors to the collection address methodological choices in four stages: design, sampling, coding and measurement, and analysis. The volumes provide an integrated approach to methodological choice in two ways. First, the contributions range from the early decisions about design options through the concluding choices about analyzing, interpreting, and presenting results. Second, the collection is integrated because it addresses the needs of projects that collect qualitative evidence, quantitative data, or both.
Volume 1 concerns design choice; the articles focus on selecting designs that are effective for answering research questions and achieving the goals of the researcher. Volume 2 is on sampling and includes, in addition to sampling from populations, advice on choosing methods for recruiting informants for interviews, selecting sites for participant observation, and assigning subjects to control and experimental groups. Volume 3 reviews options for coding and measurement; it emphasizes methodological choices that enable researchers to study concepts in ways that enhance the reliability and validity of the research. Finally, the articles included in Volume 4 review the range of choices available among methods to analyze results and interpret the meanings of evidence. |
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Encyclopedia of Violence, Peace, and Conflict, 3-Vols/Set. |
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Kurtz, Lester R./ 9780123695031/ Price:US$ 1775.00
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The 2nd edition of Encyclopedia of Violence, Peace and Conflict provides timely and useful information about antagonism and reconciliation in all contexts of public and personal life. Building on the highly-regarded 1st edition (1999), and publishing at a time of seemingly inexorably increasing conflict and violent behaviour the world over, the Encyclopedia is an essential reference for students and scholars working in the field of peace and conflict resolution studies, and for those seeking to explore alternatives to violence and share visions and strategies for social justice and social change. Covering topics as diverse as Arms Control, Peace Movements, Child Abuse, Folklore, Terrorism and Political Assassinations, the Encyclopedia comprehensively addresses an extensive information area in 225 multi-disciplinary, cross-referenced and authoritatively authored articles. In his Preface to the 1st edition, Editor-in-Chief Lester Kurtz wrote: "The problem of violence poses such a monumental challenge at the end of the 20th century that it is surprising we have addressed it so inadequately. We have not made much progress in learning how to cooperate with one another more effectively or how to conduct our conflicts more peacefully. Instead, we have increased the lethality of our combat through revolutions in weapons technology and military training. The Encyclopedia of Violence, Peace, and Conflict is designed to help us to take stock of our knowledge concerning these crucial phenomena." Ten years on, the need for an authoritative and cross-disciplinary approach to the great issues of violence and peace seems greater than ever. |
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Social Exclusion, 4-Vols/Set. |
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Byrne, David/ 9780415433389/ Price:GBP 290.00
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This four-volume collection draws together key texts relevant to this important topic. Volume One reviews the nature and history of the term ¡¥social exclusion¡¦ and examines ways in which the idea has been used in social research. Volume Two covers income distribution; the nature of class in post-industrial societies and the related dimensions of inequality in relation to gender, ethnicity and age; social exclusion in the changing city; and the general political context of post-democracy with special reference to partnership and participation. Volume Three explores the use of the term ¡¥social exclusion¡¦ and programmes of social inclusion in specific policy areas including taxation and cash benefits, urban regeneration, health, education, housing, and transport. The final volume in the collection gathers together material to examine programmes specifically directed towards countering social exclusion, with particular reference to community development, and ¡¥joined-up¡¦ government policy. It also considers radical alternatives to those policies. |
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SAGE Encyclopedia of Qualitative Research Methods, The., 2-Vols/Set. |
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Given, Lisa M./ 9781412941631/ Price:GBP 345.00
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The SAGE Encyclopedia of Qualitative Research Methods (two volumes) presents state-of-the-art information and ready-to-use techniques, facts, and examples from the field of qualitative methods in a non-intimidating and accessible style. The encyclopedia is specifically written to appeal to beginning, intermediate, and advanced students, practitioners, researchers, consultants, and consumers of information across the social sciences, humanities, and health sciences. While there are 'how-to' guides and reference texts on qualitative methods, none provide as comprehensive a resource in as focused and approachable a manner as the proposed encyclopedia. From A to Z, the entries cover every major facet of qualitative methods, from gaining access to research participants, to data coding and collection, to research ethics, to the detailed aspects of specific qualitative methods, and much more u all without overwhelming the informed reader. |
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State of Social Welfare in Asia, The. |
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Aspalter, Christian/ 9789868353022/ Price:US$ 59.00
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1. The State of Social Welfare in Asia: An Introduction: Christian Aspalter and Surendra Singh
2. Alleviating Unemployment in Saudi Arabia: Adel S. Aldosary, Syed Masiur Rahman, and Mir Shahid
3. Affordable Housing in Saudi Arabia: Adel S. Aldosary, Syed Masiur Rahman, and Syed Munawer
4. The Development of Social Services in Russia: Antonina Dashkina
5. Poverty Alleviation Programs in Sri Lanka: Amarawansa Ranaweera
6. Territorial Justice in China: Christian Aspalter
The State of Social Welfare in Hong Kong: Ernest Chui
7. Social Welfare in Macau: A State of Transition: Samuel Y. Hui and Dicky Lai
8. Recent Social Change and Social Policy in Korea: Kim Jinsoo
9. Social Development Policy in Asia: Taking the Examples of India, China, Malaysia, and Japan: Surendra Singh |
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Debating Social Development: Vol. 1: Strategies for Social Development. |
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Singh, Surendra/ 9789868353046/ Price:US$ 59.00
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1. Debating Social Development: An Introduction: Christian Aspalter and Surendra Singh
2. Developmental Social Policy: Theory and Practice: James Midgley
3. Toward a More People-Centered Paradigm in Social Development: Christian Aspalter
4. Social Development in Korea: Kim Young-Hwa
5. Social Development in Japan: Rajendran Muthu
6. Distorted Development: The Case of Post-Colonial Hong Kong: Tang Kwong-Leung
7. Social Welfare Development in Taiwan: Class Interests and the Politics of Social Policy: Ku Yeun-Wen and Christian Aspalter
8. Social Development in India: A Critique: Surendra Singh
9. Social Development in Bangladesh: Profulla Sarker |
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| VA05-277 |
Handbook of Cross-cultural Management Research. |
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Smith, Peter B./ 9781412940269/ Price:GBP 155.00
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Most researchers in management retain a primary focus on their specialist topic and neglect the question of whether broader cultural factors impinge upon the way in which their topic finds expression in different parts of the world. Current trends toward the globalization of business render this position increasingly untenable. The Handbook of Cross-Cultural Management Research is the first reference that draws together current cross-national studies conducted within specific management fields and relates them to the conceptual frameworks that have emerged from studies with a more explicit cross-cultural focus. |
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| VA05-276 |
Encyclopedia of Social Problems, 2-Vols/Set. |
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Parrillo, Vincent N./ 9781412941655/ Price:GBP 380.00
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From terrorism to social inequality and from health care to environmental issues, social problems affect us all. The Encyclopedia will offer an interdisciplinary perspective into these and many other social problems that are a continuing concern in our lives, whether we confront them on a personal, local, regional, national, or global level. The goal of the Encyclopedia of Social Problems is to provide a premier reference tool for students, scholars, and professionals with a wide range of specialties. Covering all of the major theories, approaches, and contemporary issues in social problems and their interconnectedness, the Encyclopedia will also provide insight into how social conditions get defined as social problems, and the ways different people and organizations view and try to solve them. The Encyclopedia will be organized in A-to-Z format with cross-referencing of entries around a series of broad themes. Contributors will come from many disciplines, including economics, geography, political science, psychology, sociology, and womenAs studies. |
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| VA05-275 |
SAGE Handbook of Applied Social Research Methods, The. |
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Bickman, Leonard/ 9781412950312/ Price:GBP 155.00
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The SAGE Handbook of Applied Social Research Methods, Second Edition provides students and researchers with the most comprehensive resource covering core methods, research designs, and data collection, management, and analysis issues. This thoroughly revised edition continues to place critical emphasis on finding the tools that best fit the research question given the constraints of deadlines, budget, and available staff. Each chapter offers key guidance on how to make intelligent and conscious tradeoffs so that one can refine and hone the research question as new knowledge is gained, unanticipated obstacles are encountered, or contextual shifts take place - all key elements in the iterative nature of applied research.
Each chapter has been enhanced pedagogically to include more step-by-step procedures, specific, rich yet practical examples from various settings to illustrate the method, parameters to define when the method is most appropriate and when it is not appropriate, and greater use of visual aids (graphs, models, tip boxes) to provide teaching and learning tools. |
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Handbook of Critical and Indigenous Methodologies. |
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Dnzin, Norman K./ 9781412918039/ Price:GBP 155.00
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The Handbook of Critical Methodologies covers everything from the history of critical and indigenous theory and how it came to inform and impact qualitative research and indigenous peoples to the critical constructs themselves, including race//diversity, gender representation (queer theory, feminism), culture, and politics to the meaning of "critical" concepts within specific disciplines (critical psychology, critical communication//mass communication, media studies, cultural studies, political economy, education, sociology, anthropology, history, etc. - all in an effort to define emancipatory research and explore what critical qualitative research can do for social change and social justice. |
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| VA05-273 |
Handbook of the Arts in Qualitative Research. |
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Knowles, J. Gary/ 9781412905312/ Price:GBP 155.00
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The bringing together of the arts and qualitative inquiry is changing the face of social science research. The increasing shift toward arts-based research has raised complex questions, such as how to evaluate its quality and even whether distinctions exist between what is art and what is research. In this defining work, Gary Knowles and Ardra Cole bring together the top scholars in qualitative methods to provide a comprehensive overview of where arts-based research has come, and where it is going. Through various categories of art and art-based research - namely epistemological, historical, methodological, thematic - will address all the significant issues of conceiving and conducting arts-based or arts-informed research in the social sciences and humanities, as well as the challenges of composing final representations of the research. |
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| VA05-272 |
Best Practices in Quantitative Methods. |
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Osborne, Jason/ 9781412940658/ Price:GBP 150.00
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Best Practices in Quantitative Methods follows the tradition of 'handbooks' in that it calls on the top researchers in the field to share with us what they know. In this case, the focus of the chapters is on best practices for the vast field of quantitative methods. The volume provides readers with the most effective, evidence-based ways to use and analyze quantitative methods and quantitative data across the social and behavioral sciences and education .The text is divided into three main sections:
Basics of Best Practices, in which a comprehensive review of basic statistic and methodological practices is covered, including core statistical methods and critical data analysis issues such as power, effect sizes, and assumptions;
Advanced Best Practices, leading with logistic regression, and moving through IRT, Rasch Measurement, HLM, Meta-Analysis, and the inimitable area of Sampling; and
The Implications of Best Practices, including a discussion of the ethical implications of quantitative analysis. |
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| VA05-271 |
SAGE Handbook of Spatial Analysis, The. |
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Fotheringham, A. Stewart/ 9781412910828/ Price:GBP 125.00
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The widespread use of Geographical Information Systems (GIS) has significantly increased the demand for knowledge about spatial analytical techniques across a range of disciplines. As growing numbers of researchers realise they are dealing with spatial data, the demand for specialised statistical and mathematical methods designed to deal with spatial data is undergoing a rapid increase.
Responding to this demand, The Handbook of Spatial Analysis is a comprehensive and authoritative discussion of issues and techniques in the field of Spatial Data Analysis. Its principal focus is on:
¡E why the analysis of spatial data needs separate treatment
¡E the main areas of spatial analysis
¡E the key debates within spatial analysis
¡E examples of the application of various spatial analytical techniques
¡E problems in spatial analysis
¡E areas for future research
Aimed at an international audience of academics, The Handbook of Spatial Analysis will also prove essential to graduate level students and researchers in government agencies and the private sector.
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Comprehensive Handbook of Social Work and Social Welfare, Volume 4, Social Policy and Policy Practice. |
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Sowers, Karen M./ 9780471769989/ Price:US$ 233.95
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Comprehensive Handbook of Social Work and Social Welfare, Volume 3, Social Work Practice. |
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Sowers, Karen M./ 9780471762805/ Price:US$ 233.95
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Comprehensive Handbook of Social Work and Social Welfare, Volume 2 , Human Behavior in the Social Environment. |
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Thyer, Bruce A./ 9780471762720/ Price:US$ 233.95
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Comprehensive Handbook of Social Work and Social Welfare, 4-Vols/Set. |
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Sowers, Karen M./ 9780471752226/ Price:US$ 899.95
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The Comprehensive Handbook of Social Work and Social Welfare presents a comprehensive and up-to-date review of this constantly evolving field, featuring contributions from renowned national and international experts. Organized by major foundational areas within the social work curriculum, each volume includes cutting-edge information related to all aspects of the profession to guide practice and policy decision-making across the field. Social work researchers, educators, practitioners, and students will gain important insight as well as practical resources related to this dynamic profession. |
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| VA05-258 |
Sage Handbook of Social Research Methods, The. |
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Alasuutari, Pertti/ 9781412919920/ Price:GBP 125.00
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The SAGE Handbook for Social Research Methods is a must for every social-science researcher. It charts the new and evolving terrain of social research methodology, covering qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methods in one volume.
The Handbook includes chapters on each phase of the research process: research design, methods of data collection, and the processes of analyzing and interpreting data. As its editors maintain, there is much more to research than learning skills and techniques; methodology involves the fit between theory, research questions, research design, and analysis. The book also includes several chapters that describe historical and current directions in social research, debating crucial subjects such as qualitative versus quantitative paradigms, how to judge the credibility of types of research, and the increasingly topical issue of research ethics.
The Handbook serves as an invaluable resource for approaching research with an open mind. This volume maps the field of social research methods using an approach that will prove valuable for both students and researchers. |
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Family, Law and Society, The.: Volume 5: The Multi-Cultural Family. |
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Estin, Ann Laquer/ 9780754626480/ Price:GBP 280.00
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With the accelerating movement of individuals and families across national borders, the intersections of cultural and legal frameworks have become increasingly complex. The Multi-Cultural Family collects essays from around the world on the challenges of legal pluralism, minority religious communities and customary or indigenous law, with attention paid to marriage and divorce, as well as child custody and adoption, family violence and dispute resolution.
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Family, Law and Society, The.: Volume 2: Marriage and Cohabitation. |
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Diduck, Alison/ 9780754626800/ Price:GBP 280.00
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The law has long been interested in marriage and conjugal cohabitation and in the range of public and private obligations that accrue from intimate living. This collection of classic articles explores that legal interest, while at the same time locating marriage and cohabitation within a range of intimate affiliations. It offers the perspectives of a number of international scholars on questions of how, if at all, our different ways of intimacy ought to be recognised and regulated by law.
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Family, Law and Society, The.: Volume 1: Domestic Violence. |
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Freeman, Michael/ 9780754626442/ Price:GBP 325.00
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Domestic violence - domestic hooliganism it has been called - is one of the cancers of our age. This volume offers a challenging selection of materials as a picture of a multi-faceted problem. The issues embraced range from criminal and civil law responses and the value of mediation, to the impact on children, and to the cultural context. The materials are derived from a variety of sources and from different disciplines to offer the reader an understanding of the problem not easily culled from standard library resources.
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Social Work, 4-Vols/Set. |
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Buchanan, Ann/ 9780415420280/ Price:GBP 925.00
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With just over a century of history, social work has come of age as a powerful global profession in possession of its own body of knowledge based on research, skills, competence, and an international value system with a code of ethics. Today, social work has developed from humble origins to become a vital guardian of human rights and a bulwark against the social injustices caused by global marketization.
This new title in the Routledge series, Major Themes in Health and Social Welfare, meets the need for an authoritative reference work to make sense of this evolution-and the accompanying explosion in research output. Edited by a leading social work scholar, this Routledge Major Work brings together in four volumes the canonical and the best cutting-edge scholarship in the field. |
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Society, 4-Vols/Set. |
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Grundmann, Reiner/ 9780415426565/ Price:GBP 925.00
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This four-volume collection, a new title in the Routledge Critical Concepts in Sociology series, brings together both canonical and the best cutting-edge research to document the intellectual origins and development of what remains a key framework within which contemporary work in the social sciences in general, and sociology in particular, proceeds. Edited by Reiner Grundmann and Nico Stehr, two leading scholars in the field, this Routledge Major Work makes available the most useful, important and representative treatments of the subject matter, and helps to make sense of the great variety of perspectives and approaches in which social scientists and other thinkers have understood, and continue to understand, society.
Fully indexed and with a comprehensive introduction newly written by the editors, which places the collected material in its historical and intellectual context, Society is an essential reference work, destined to be valued by scholars and students as a vital research resource. |
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SAGE Handbook of Cultural Analysis, The. |
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Bennett, Tony/ 9780761942290/ Price:GBP 125.00
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With the 'cultural turn', the concept of culture has assumed enormous importance in our understanding of the interrelations between social, political and economic structures, patterns of everyday interaction, and systems of meaning-making.
In The SAGE Handbook of Cultural Analysis, the leading figures in their fields explore the implications of this paradigm shift. Part I looks at the major disciplines of knowledge in the humanities and social sciences, asking how they have been reshaped by the cultural turn and how they have elaborated distinctive new objects of knowledge. Parts II and III examine the questions arising from a practice of analysis in which the researcher is drawn reflexively into the object of study and in which methodological frameworks are rarely given in advance.
Addressed to academics and advanced students in all fields of the social sciences and humanities, The SAGE Handbook of Cultural Analysis is at once a synthesis of advances in the field, with a comprehensive coverage of the scholarly literature, and a collection of original and provocative essays by some of the brightest intellectuals of our time. |
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Content Analysis, 4-Vols/Set. |
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Franzosi, Roberto/ 9781412933995/ Price:GBP 675.00
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Content Analysis is a popular social science technique for the analysis of text data. While early examples trace back to the late 19th and early 20th century, the technique came of age during the Second World War through the efforts of Lasswell and others aimed at decoding enemy propaganda. This major work brings together the most significant methodological contributions and substantive applications ever published on Content Analysis. Students and scholars in sociology, political science, journalism and mass communication, and business and management will find in this major work a unique and comprehensive overview of the technique and its applications. |
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Interviewing II, 4-Vols/Set. |
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Fielding, Nigel/ 9781412928670/ Price:GBP 675.00
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Interviewing has a strong claim to be the most widely-practised social science research methods. The ubiquity of this basic activity means that this field has one of the most developed bodies of methodological literature having ramifications throughout the social sciences. Nigel Fielding, the acknowledged expert in the field, has again collected together a set of contemporary classic readings. Interviewing has been established as the authoritative and balanced research resource in this subject. It is comprehensive and generic; however, its coverage does not entirely reflect the apportionment of intellectual effort and interest in the field. Interviewing II delves further into the subject and concentrates on on articles representing topics that have proven controversial and thus attracted many contributions. |
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Encyclopedia of Race, Ethnicity and Society, 3-Vols/Set. |
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Schaefer, Richard T./ 9781412926942/ Price:GBP 530.00
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This three volume reference set offers a comprehensive look at the roles race and ethnicity play in society and in our daily lives. General readers, students, and scholars alike will appreciate the informative coverage of intergroup relations in the United States and the comparative examination of race and ethnicity worldwide. These volumes offer a foundation to understanding as well as researching racial and ethnic diversity from a multidisciplinary perspective. Over a hundred racial and ethnic groups are described, with additional thematic essays offering insight into broad topics that cut across group boundaries and which impact on society.
The encyclopedia has alphabetically arranged author-signed essays with references to guide further reading. Numerous cross-references aid the reader to explore beyond specific entries, reflecting the interdependent nature of race and ethnicity operating in society. The text is supplemented by photographs, tables, figures and custom-designed maps to provide an engaging visual look at race and ethnicity. An easy-to-use statistical appendix offers the latest data with carefully selected historical comparisons to aid study and research in the area
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Ageing, 4-Vols/Set. |
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McDaniel, Susan/ 9781412935586/ Price:GBP 675.00
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All human societies in all times have been in search of that magic elixir that would keep death at bay. Therefore, the study of ageing is both as old as human life and relatively new. Most all societies have developed senses of when their members become old, but there exist very different schemes by which ageing is determined. This carefully selected four-volume set, compiled by Susan A. McDaniel an expert in the field for more than twenty-five years, looks at ageing through the lenses of anthropology, sociology, feminism and cultural studies, amongst others.
Volume 1 reviews the origins, theories and practical concerns of gerontology and examines the ideas of several contemporary thinkers.
Volume 2 considers the forms and practices that ageing take on in societies today as well as in the past.
Volume 3 collects articles that see ageing as a social process that intersects with class, race, gender, and sexuality.
Volume 4 discusses the key debates that currently dominate the field of gerontology.
This major work is part of the 'Key Issues for the 21st Century' series published by SAGE which brings together collections on those critical issues that will shape our future. |
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| VA05-236 |
Encyclopedia of Survey Research methods, 2-Vols/Set. |
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Lavrakas, Paul J./ 9781412918084/ Price:GBP 380.00
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To the uninformed, surveys appear to be an easy type of research to design and conduct, but when students and professionals delve deeper, they encounter the vast complexities that the range and practice of survey methods present. To complicate matters, technology has rapidly affected the way surveys can be conducted; today, surveys are conducted via cell phone, the Internet, email, interactive voice response, and other technology-based modes. Thus, students, researchers, and professionals need both a comprehensive understanding of these complexities and a revised set of tools to meet the challenges. In conjunction with top survey researchers around the world and with Nielsen Media Research serving as the corporate sponsor, the Encyclopedia of Survey Research Methods presents state-of-the-art information and methodological examples from the field of survey research. Although there are other 'how-to' guides and references texts on survey research, none are as comprehensive as this encyclopedia, nor do they present the material in such a focused and approachable manner. |
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On Scandal: Moral Disturbances in Society, Politics, and Art. |
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Adut, Ari/ 9780521720403/ Price:GBP 24.99
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The Mangle in Practice: Science, Society, and Becoming. |
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Pickering, Andrew/ 9780822343738/ Price:US$ 27.95
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Black America, Body Beautiful: How the African American Image is Changing Fashion, Fitness, and Other Industries. |
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Bailey, Eric J./ 9780275995959/ Price:GBP 50.00
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Latino Food Culture. |
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Janer, Zilkia/ 9780313340277/ Price:GBP 43.00
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Evaluation Ethics for Best Practice: Cases and Commentaries. |
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Morris, Michael/ 9781593855697/ Price:US$ 45.00
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This innovative book helps the reader reflect on how to respond to¡Xand, whenever possible, prevent¡Xethical challenges in program evaluation. The text features six case-study scenarios that end at a point where the evaluator faces a significant decision about how to proceed. For each case, two distinguished evaluators offer insights on the best course of action to choose and why, showing how even experts can differ in their interpretation of "doing the right thing." Also featured are "What If?" boxes that modify the details of the scenarios and give the reader an opportunity to decide if these changes alter the ethical implications of the case. Six additional case scenarios are presented with guiding questions prepared by the author, but without commentaries, to help readers gain experience in developing ethical analyses on their own. Organized to follow the progress of an evaluation, from the entry/contracting phase through the utilization of results, this class-tested book is entertaining and thought provoking. It will enhance any student or practitioner's understanding and practice of evaluation. |
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| SA05-376 |
Evaluation Ethics for Best Practice: Cases and Commentaries. |
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Morris, Michael/ 9781593855703/ Price:US$ 95.00
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This innovative book helps the reader reflect on how to respond to¡Xand, whenever possible, prevent¡Xethical challenges in program evaluation. The text features six case-study scenarios that end at a point where the evaluator faces a significant decision about how to proceed. For each case, two distinguished evaluators offer insights on the best course of action to choose and why, showing how even experts can differ in their interpretation of "doing the right thing." Also featured are "What If?" boxes that modify the details of the scenarios and give the reader an opportunity to decide if these changes alter the ethical implications of the case. Six additional case scenarios are presented with guiding questions prepared by the author, but without commentaries, to help readers gain experience in developing ethical analyses on their own. Organized to follow the progress of an evaluation, from the entry/contracting phase through the utilization of results, this class-tested book is entertaining and thought provoking. It will enhance any student or practitioner's understanding and practice of evaluation. |
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| SA05-376 |
Handbook of Emergent Methods. |
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Hesse-Biber, Sharlene N./ 9781593851477/ Price:US$ 142.00
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Social researchers increasingly find themselves looking beyond conventional methods to address complex research questions. This is the first book to comprehensively examine emergent qualitative and quantitative theories and methods across the social and behavioral sciences. Providing scholars and students with a way to retool their research choices, the volume presents cutting-edge approaches to data collection, analysis, and representation. Leading researchers describe alternative uses of traditional quantitative and qualitative tools; innovative hybrid or mixed methods; and new techniques facilitated by technological advances. Consistently formatted chapters explore the strengths and limitations of each method for studying different types of research questions and offer practical, in-depth examples. |
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| SA05-375 |
Language and Society in Hong Kong. |
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Bolton, Kingsley/ 9789627707578/ Price:NT$ 1725.00
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Hong Kong is one the most linguistically interesting communities in the world. This volume presents a compilation of local and international research on language issues relevant to the study of language in the context of the Hong Kong SAR today. |
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Religion, Spirituality and the Social Sciences: Challenging Marginalisation. |
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Spalek, Basia/ 9781847420411/ Price:GBP 85.99
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This edited collection brings together an international panel of contributors to explore ways of engaging with issues of religion and spirituality when carrying out social science research. |
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Digital Culture. |
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Gere, Charlie/ 9781861893888/ Price:GBP 15.95
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In this revised and expanded second edition, taking account of new developments such as Facebook and the iPhone, Charlie Gere charts in detail the history of digital culture, as marked by responses to digital technology in art, music, design, film, literature and other areas. After tracing the historical development of digital culture, Gere argues that it is actually neither radically new nor technologically driven: digital culture has its roots in the eighteenth century and the digital mediascape we swim in today was originally inspired by informational needs arising from industrial capitalism, contemporary warfare and counter-cultural experimentation, among other social changes.
A timely and cutting-edge investigation of our contemporary social infrastructures, Digital Culture is essential reading for all those concerned about the ever-changing future of our Digital Age. |
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| SA05-370 |
SAS2 Social Analysis Systems: A Guide to Collaborative Inquiry and Social Engagement. |
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Chevalier, Jacques M./ 9788178298900/ Price:GBP 21.99
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Integrating the Sciences and Society: Challenges, Practices, and Potentials. |
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Hartman, Harriet/ 9781848552982/ Price:GBP 80.99
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Drugs, Society, and Criminal Justice. |
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Levinthal, Charles F./ 9780135138069/ Price:US$ 89.40
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Sociology. |
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Macionis, John J./ 9780136016458/ Price:US$ 131.60
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Community Cohesion in Crisis?: New Dimensions of Diversity and Difference. |
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Flint, John/ 9781847420244/ Price:GBP 79.99
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There is an alleged crisis of cohesion in the UK, manifested in debates about identity and 'Britishness', the breakdown of social connections along the fault lines of geography, ethnicity, faith, income and age, and the fragile relationship between citizen and state. This book examines how these new dimensions of diversity and difference, so often debated in the national context, are emerging at the neighbourhood level.
Contributors from a range of disciplinary backgrounds critically assess, and go beyond the limits of, contemporary policy discourses on 'community cohesion' to explore the dynamics of diversity and cohesion within neighbourhoods and to identify new dimensions of disconnection between and within neighbourhoods. The chapters provide theoretically informed critiques of the policy responses of public, private, voluntary and community organisations and present a wealth of new empirical research evidence about the dynamics of cohesion in UK neighbourhoods. Topics covered include new immigration, religion and social capital, faith schools, labour and housing market disconnections, neighbourhood territoriality, information technology and neighbourhood construction, and gated communities.
Community cohesion in crisis? will be of interest to academics, policy makers, practitioners and students in the fields of human and urban geography, urban studies, sociology, politics, governance, social policy, criminology and housing studies. |
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Community Cohesion in Crisis?: New Dimensions of Diversity and Difference. |
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Flint, John/ 9781847420237/ Price:GBP 29.99
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There is an alleged crisis of cohesion in the UK, manifested in debates about identity and 'Britishness', the breakdown of social connections along the fault lines of geography, ethnicity, faith, income and age, and the fragile relationship between citizen and state. This book examines how these new dimensions of diversity and difference, so often debated in the national context, are emerging at the neighbourhood level.
Contributors from a range of disciplinary backgrounds critically assess, and go beyond the limits of, contemporary policy discourses on 'community cohesion' to explore the dynamics of diversity and cohesion within neighbourhoods and to identify new dimensions of disconnection between and within neighbourhoods. The chapters provide theoretically informed critiques of the policy responses of public, private, voluntary and community organisations and present a wealth of new empirical research evidence about the dynamics of cohesion in UK neighbourhoods. Topics covered include new immigration, religion and social capital, faith schools, labour and housing market disconnections, neighbourhood territoriality, information technology and neighbourhood construction, and gated communities.
Community cohesion in crisis? will be of interest to academics, policy makers, practitioners and students in the fields of human and urban geography, urban studies, sociology, politics, governance, social policy, criminology and housing studies. |
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Social Science: An Introduction to the Study of Society. |
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Hunt, Elgin F./ 9780205524068/ Price:US$ 112.00
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Uprooted: The Shipment of Poor Children to Canada, 1867-1917. |
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Parker, Roy/ 9781847420145/ Price:GBP 77.99
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Some 80,000 British children - many of them under the age of ten - were shipped from Britain to Canada by Poor Law authorities and voluntary bodies during the 50 years following Confederation in 1867. How did this come about? What were the motives and methods of the people involved in both countries? Why did it come to an end? What effects did it have on the children involved and what eventually became of them? These are the questions Roy Parker explores in a meticulously researched work that brings together economic, political, social, medical, legal, administrative and religious aspects of the story in Britain and Canada. He concludes with a moving review of evidence from more recent survivors of child migration, discussing the lifelong effects of their experiences with the help of modern psychological insights. |
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Fundamental Issues in Evaluation. |
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Smith, Nick L./ 9781593853426/ Price:US$ 45.00
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Providing state-of-the-art perspectives on what evaluation is, its purpose, and how to ensure it is done well, this book brings together major evaluation researchers from a variety of social and behavioral science disciplines. Each chapter identifies a fundamental issue facing the field today; considers its implications for theory, method, practice, or the profession; and explores one or more approaches to dealing with the issue. Among the topics addressed are the nature of expertise in evaluation, how to build a better evidence base for evaluation theory, promoting cultural competence in evaluation, how to synthesize evaluation research findings, ways to involve stakeholders in decision making, and much more. |
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Uncertain Identity: International Migration since 1945. |
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Spellman, W. M./ 9781861893642/ Price:GBP 15.95
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This book surveys patterns of international migration since the end of World War II, emphasizing the recent abundance of new migration and receiving countries, and the impact of voluntary and forced relocation on both migrants and host countries. It examines how after 1945, emigration areas proliferated due to overpopulation, poverty, internal and international conflict, and the emergence of comparatively inexpensive air travel.
The significance of South to North, poor nation to rich nation, human relocation, and the emergence of more restrictive immigration regimes in developed countries are all considered in this comprehensive account. To conclude, it addresses the growing phenomena of temporary and refugee migration and treats efforts by newcomers to retain their traditional cultural forms in new settings.
Uncertain Identity offers a truly global survey, with an emphasis on developments in Europe, Africa, South and East Asia, and the Americas, and provides a lucid analysis both for specialists as well as a general audience keen to understand more about the history and pressing issues surrounding migration today. |
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Ricelands: The World of South-east Asian Food. |
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Freeman, Michael/ 9781861893789/ Price:GBP 17.95
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Ricelands takes the reader on a colourful and engaging tour of these popular tourist destinations through the richly layered cultures surrounding the various food traditions. Travelling across the landscapes of Thailand, Vietnam, Burma, Cambodia, Malaysia, Laos, Indonesia and the Philippines, Freeman explores the origins of their respective cuisines, the defining characteristics of authentic dishes, and the evolution of the cuisines as they entered foreign cultures.
From birds' nests gathered in Thailand's coastal caves to the less familiar dishes of Burma and Cambodia, to the pungent durian fruit (and Westerners' often aghast reactions to it), the author unearths unexpected treasures and tantalizing facts about South-east Asia and its social history. The book also examines the cooking techniques, complex spices, and agricultural economies that underpin the countries' food cultures, and considers how the informal nature of South-east Asian eating fits into the rhythms of modern-day living. |
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Boxing: A Cultural History. |
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Boddy, Kasia/ 9781861893697/ Price:GBP 30.00
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Boxing is one of the oldest and most exciting of sports: its bruising and bloody confrontations have permeated Western culture since 3000 B.C. During that period, there has hardly been a time in which young men, and sometimes women, did not raise their gloved or naked fists to one other.
Throughout this history, potters, sculptors, painters, poets, novelists, cartoonists, song-writers, photographers and film-makers have been there to record and make sense of it all. In her encyclopaedic investigation of the shifting social, political and cultural resonances of this most visceral of sports, Kasia Boddy throws new light on an elemental struggle for dominance whose weapons are nothing more than fists. From Daniel Mendoza to Mike Tyson, boxers have embodied and enacted our anxieties about race, ethnicity, gender and sexuality. Looking afresh at everything from neo-classical sculpture to hip-hop lyrics, Boddy explores the way in which the history of boxing has intersected with the history of mass media, and sheds new light on the work of such diverse figures as Henry Fielding and Spike Lee, Charlie Chaplin and Philip Roth, James Joyce and Mae West, Bertolt Brecht and Charles Dickens. This all-encompassing study tells us just how and why boxing has mattered so much to so many. |
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Brit-Myth: Who Do the British Think They Are?(POD) |
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Rojek, Chris/ 9781861893369/ Price:GBP 16.95
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Is Britain really perceived as a nation of poorly dressed, roast-beef-eating, snaggle-toothed xenophobes? Or do the British perhaps all live in stately homes, and lead supercilious, emotionally repressed, tea-drinking lives? In Brit-Myth, well-known social and cultural commentator Chris Rojek probes these and other myths, conceptions and misconceptions of Britishness, looking not only at how Britons see themselves, but also at how the British are seen overseas.
Moving easily between high and popular culture, from the myths of King Arthur and Albion to national opinion polls on ¡¥Great and Evil Britons¡¦; and from Big Brother to films such as The Patriot and Austin Powers to international surveys of British national characteristics, Chris Rojek delineates the current state of Britishness in an age of multi-culturalism, multi-ethnicity and globalization.
Offering an antidote to both dry scholarly meditations on British identity, and nationalist rants in favour of the British, this book opens up a way of being British that transcends racism, highlights the importance of individualism and non-conformity to the British national character, and defends the proposition that the British are distinctive among nations. |
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Terror and Toleration: The Habsburg Empire Confronts Islam, 1526-1850. |
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Fichtner, Paula S./ 9781861893406/ Price:GBP 25.00
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From the fourteenth to the eighteenth centuries the armies of the Ottoman empire brought terror, in the name of Islam, to much of the Christian world. Intermittently, but relentlessly, the Sultans¡¦ forces raided, then conquered the Danube Valley as far as Budapest and beyond. Their inexorable progress westward eventually brought them into conflict with the dynastic confederation created in central and eastern Europe by the Austrian Habsburgs. Repeatedly faced with virtual annihilation by superior Muslim forces, the ruling powers in Vienna fought to mobilise the minds as well as the military resources of their subjects in order to save both their faith and their soil. The propaganda developed by both government and church, particularly the Roman Catholic variant, created, then reinforced many of the negative stereotypes of Muslims that are still familiar to Europeans today.
Gradually, after the middle of the seventeenth century, Habsburg rulers and officials came to see that its political and military survival required solid information about the Muslim foe that prejudiced ideas did not supply. In Terror and Toleration, Paula Sutter Fichtner traces the story of this change of heart and mind in government and intellectual circles throughout the Habsburg empire. This episode shows, she argues, that it is possible to form and disseminate negative views of an enemy for political and strategic reasons, yet be able to reconfigure those views as circumstance and necessity dictates. |
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Drugs and the World. |
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Klein, Axel/ 9781861893819/ Price:GBP 15.95
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The use and misuse of psychoactive substances is one of the most widely discussed and yet least understood social processes. It is easy to condemn the use of illicit drugs, as well as alcohol and tobacco, as problems that require the services of professionals and the retribution of the state to redress. In the process, sight has been lost of the contributions that drugs have played in society and culture and the key role they play in ritual, religion and possible human evolution. Drugs and the World restores the constructive aspect of drug use to the discussion, and reviews the policies and interventions that make up the contemporary web of drug controls.
Axel Klein traces the classification of substances to define 'drugs', and examines the link with crime and addiction. He explores the arguments made about the role of drugs first in human evolution, and then in history to underscore their importance in the development of trade and states. Drawing on professional research from around the world, this book illustrates how global efforts to suppress drugs have had little impact on drug use, but have instead eroded institutions of the state, corrupted law enforcement and courts, and undermined the democratic process. Providing new material from the Caribbean, West Africa and the Caucasus to illustrate the bizarre consequences of an international devised drug control programme, Drugs and the World moves into discussing the contribution of drugs to contemporary society, and ways of regulating their use and distribution. |
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From Demons to Dracula: The Creation of the Modern Vampire Myth. |
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Beresford, Matthew/ 9781861894038/ Price:GBP 16.95
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He tracks the evolution of the vampire as an icon and supernatural creature, drawing on classical Greek and Roman myths, witch trials and medieval plagues, Gothic literature and even contemporary works such as Anne Rice¡¦s Interview with a Vampire and Elizabeth Kostova¡¦s The Historian. Beresford also looks at the widespread impact of screen vampires from television shows and films such as Underworld and Blade. Whether as a demon of the underworld or a light-fearing hunter of humans, the vampire has endured through the centuries, the book reveals, as a powerful symbolic figure for human concerns with life, death and the afterlife.
Wide-ranging and engrossing, From Demons to Dracula casts this bloodthirsty nightstalker as a remarkably complex and telling totem of our nightmares, real and imagined. |
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The Origin of the World: Science and Fiction of the Vagina. |
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Drenth, Jelto/ 9781861894069/ Price:GBP 14.95
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The Origin of the World is full of insights from the most diverse quarters, in which stimulating poetry and romantic literature are blended with historical, anthropological and medical data. A well-illustrated, truly encyclopaedic work, it is at the same time a lightly written, occasionally humorous exploration of a subject close to us all. Both women and men alike will find this book engaging and informative, and will discover a great deal ¡V about themselves as well as the opposite sex. |
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Handbook of Families and Poverty. |
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Crane, D. Russell/ 9781412950428/ Price:GBP 155.00
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''The Brigham Young University Family Studies Center sponsored a three-day research conference on Families and Poverty in March of 2004. The conference covered a broad range of topics including parenting, health care for poor families, how family processes influence families experiencing economic hardship, consequences of welfare reform in the United States, economic status of ethnically diverse elderly, and microentrepreneurship in developing countries. This handbook was built out of the papers presented at this conference.'' ''According to the U.S. Census Bureau, oIn 2004, 37 million people [in the U.S.] were in poverty, up 1.1 million from 2003.o¡P ThatAs a 12.5% increase in one year. Worse yet - the rate has increased over the last four consecutive years. A major goal of this handbook will be to highlight the common issues and concerns related to how this is affecting families. Disciplines represented will include: business, child development, family studies, marriage and family therapy, nursing, political science, population studies, psychology, public policy, social work, and sociology.
'Written by respected scholars from a variety of relevant disciplines, this handbook will cover hotly debated issues associated with public policy and funded research as they relate to families and poverty. Contributors, bringing multiple perspectives to bear, will aim to show alternatives to welfare in subgroups facing specific challenges that are currently not adequately addressed by the welfare system. (Several works have focused on welfare reform and poverty, but few have included as extensive a discussion.) Readers wil lalso appreciate the insightful summaries of research involving poverty and its relationship to couple, marital, and family dynamics. 2004 is the most recent year for which this sort of census information is available. |
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Icons of Hip Hop: An Encyclopedia of the Movement, Music, and Culture, 2-Vols/Set. |
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Hess, Mickey/ 9780313339028/ Price:GBP 120.95
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The extraordinary impact of hip-hop music on American culture over the past three decades is undeniable. At the forefront of this global phenomenon stand artists who broke new ground, both musically and politically. This unique reference provides substantial entries on the most revolutionary hip-hop artists and innovators, past and present, and offers in-depth coverage of each icon's influence in shaping hip-hop music. An essential reference for high school and public libraries, this encyclopedia will help students and interested readers uncover the historical and cultural framework of hip-hop as it extends to more recent artists. |
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SAGE Handbook of Social Science Methodology, The. |
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Outhwaite, William/ 9781412901192/ Price:GBP 125.00
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This is a jewel among methods Handbooks, bringing together a formidable collection of international contributors to comment on every aspect of the various central issues, complications and controversies in the core methodological traditions. It is designed to meet the needs of those disciplinary and nondisciplinary problem-oriented social inquirers for a comprehensive overview of the methodological literature.
The text is divided into 7 sections:
- Overviews of methodological approaches in the social sciences;
- Cases, comparisons and theory;
- Quantification and experiment;
- Rationality, complexity and collectivity;
- Interpretation, critique and postmodernity;
- Discourse construction; and
- Engagement.
Edited by two leading figures in the field, the Handbook is a landmark work in the field of research methods. More than just a `cookbook' that teaches readers how to master techniques, it will give social scientists in all disciplines an appreciation for the full range of methodological debates today, from the quantitative to the qualitative, giving them deeper and sharpen insights into their own research questions. It will generate debate, solutions and a series of questions for researchers to exploit and develop in their research and teaching.
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SAGE Handbook of Grounded Theory, The. |
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Bryant, Antony/ 9781412923460/ Price:GBP 125.00
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Grounded Theory is by far the most widely used research method across a wide range of disciplines and subject areas, including social sciences, nursing and healthcare, medical sociology, information systems, psychology, and anthropology. This handbook gives a comprehensive overview of the theory and practice of Grounded Theory, taking into account the many attempts to revise and refine Glaser and Strauss' original formulation and the debates that have followed.
Antony Bryant & Kathy Charmaz bring together leading researchers and practitioners of the method from the US, the UK, Australia and Europe to represent all the major standpoints within Grounded Theory, demonstrating the richness of the approach. The contributions cover a wide range of perspectives on the method, covering its features and ramifications, its intricacies in use, its demands on the skills and capabilities of the researcher and its position in the domain of research methods.
The Sage Handbook of Grounded Theory is an indispensable reference source for academics and researchers across many disciplines who want to develop their understanding of the Grounded Theory method. |
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Times Comprehensive Atlas of the World. |
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Presented in an elegant, gold cover and slipcase and printed for the first time on FSC (Forest Stewardship Council) paper.
For this new edition, all the maps and detailed thematic information are completely updated with the latest geographical and geo-political changes - these include an estimated 20,000 updates with 3,500 changes to place names alone. There are full updates to the world's states and territories as well as to the geographical information on the world's physical features - now illustrated with the latest satellite imagery.
The Atlas also begins with contributions from experts in many geographical fields, providing detailed information on the key issues facing the world today - climate change, environmental threats, global communications, biodiversity and energy resources - with supporting maps, images, photographs and graphics to illustrate the physical world today and man's interaction with it.
Finally, the unique scope and breadth of the index - containing entries to over 200,000 places and geographical features - also includes a comprehensive set of alternative spellings for place names and former names, allowing users to easily find what they are looking for.
Four years in the making, The Times Comprehensive Atlas of the World is painstakingly researched by a dedicated team of over 50 cartographers from Collins Bartholomew - with changes to the database made every 3 and a half minutes using a 24-hour-a-day news feed. The Atlas is relied on and trusted by governments around the world, international organizations including the UN and European Commission and media companies and both the Collins and The Times atlas ranges have won 10 major cartographic awards over the last 5 years. |
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Disability, 4-Vols/Set. |
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Watson, Nick/ 9780415410755/ Price:GBP 280.00
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Disability Studies is a relatively new area of academic thought, emerging in its current form in the early 1990s. It is, by its nature, broad ranging and has seen a rapid expanse in scholarly research. It is an international development or movement, with active organizations of academics in Britain, the United States, Canada, the Nordic countries, and in Australasia.
This new title in the Routledge series, Major Themes in Health and Social Welfare, meets the need for an authoritative reference work to make sense of the subject's rapid evolution-and the accompanying explosion in research output. With a general introduction newly written by the editor, Disability is a four-volume collection which brings together cutting-edge and canonical research from the field of Disability Studies to make available in one 'mini library' core readings across a wide range of policy arenas, including education, housing, employment, health, social care, leisure, and recreation. It will be welcomed by students new to the field and will also be an invaluable resource for scholars and other researchers in the area. |
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Southeast Asian Development, 3-Vols/Set. |
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Rigg, Jonathan/ 9780415394369/ Price:GBP 170.00
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The eleven countries that make up the Southeast Asian region provide a rich and diverse context in which to view the development process and experience. The region spans different cultural contexts, colonial experiences, and economic experiments, and is home to some of the world¡¦s most successful developing economies¡Xthe so-styled Asian ¡¥miracle¡¦ economies¡Xand also some which fall into the UN designation of ¡¥least developed¡¦.
This new three-volume collection, from Routledge¡¦s Critical Concepts in the Social Sciences series, is guided by a broad definition of ¡¥development¡¦ and does not limit itself to development economics or even to development studies. Papers on development issues by anthropologists, historians, sociologists, geographers, political scientists, as well as by economists are represented in the volumes. The works are ordered not by disciplinary orientation (economics, anthropology, history, etc.) or by chronology (colonial, postcolonial, and so on) but, predominantly, by context and theme, to enable the intellectual progression of debates regarding, for example, the nature of rural society and rural development, to be more easily identified. The structure and range of works included within Southeast Asian Development ensure that it will be an invaluable reference resource for students and scholars alike.
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Social Networks Analysis, 4-Vols/Set. |
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Freeman, Linton/ 9781412934060/ Price:GBP 675.00
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Social network analysis is a crucial method in the understanding of human behavior. It is currently growing at an extremely rapid rate and has become a major focus of teaching and research-not only in social science departments, but in computer science, physics and in business schools.
This four-volume set is brought together by Linton Freeman, founder and editor for 28 years of the key journal in the field, Social Networks. He has collected the very best published work on social network analysis, covering of over forty years of journals and books. It is a key addition to the SAGE Benchmarks in Social Research Methods series.
Table of Contents:
Volume I: Data, Mathematical Models and Graphics
Volume II: The Structure of Social Groups
Volume III: The Structure of Social Positions
Volume IV: Antecedents and Consequences of Network Structure |
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Data Analysis, 4-Vols/Set. |
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Sarantakos, Sotirios/ 9781412922760/ Price:GBP 675.00
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'What is data analysis' is a key question in social research, defined by the foundations of various research models. This four-volume set presents the leading directions in data analysis and published in the 'classic' articles in the field. It brings together the most outstanding 'vintage' and contemporary work that have helped define and demarcate data analysis. It covers both quantitative and qualitative aspects, as centred around realism, positivism and empiricism on the one hand, and relativism and interpretivism on the other.
Volume One: covers qualitative data analysis: choosing and processing data, approaches to analysis and analytic techniques.
Volume Two: focuses on mixed methods: mixed method approaches and techniques, and the integration of findings.
Volume Three: moves to quantitative data analysis: analysing survey data, text, structure and sequences, testing and multivariate analysis.
Volume Four: concludes with issues surrounding the quality of research outcomes. |
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Encyclopedia of Activism and Social Justice, 3-Vols/Set. |
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Anderson, Gary L./ 9781412918121/ Price:GBP 555.00
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This encyclopedia is designed to give understanding to the topics, concepts and ideas which have motivated and shaped the fields of activism, civil engagement and social justice as well as offering short biographies of all the major thinkers and leaders who have influenced, and continue to influence, the study of activism.
With anti-globalization rallies and acts of civil disobedience increasing in the western world, activism and social justice are topics of general public debate in the media. This encyclopedia looks to put into context the history of 20th and 21st century political and social activism and further the debate on social justice.
The Three-Volume Encyclopedia of Activism and Social Justice is a multidisciplinary work with contributions from the fields of: education; communication studies; political science; leadership studies; social work; social welfare; environmental studies; health care; social psychology; and sociology. |
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Handbook of Narrative Inquiry. |
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Clandinin, D. Jean/ 9781412915625/ Price:GBP 155.00
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Composed by international researchers, the Handbook of Narrative Inquiry: Mapping a Methodology is the first comprehensive and interdisciplinary overview of the developing methodology of narrative inquiry. The Handbook outlines the historical development and philosophical underpinnings of narrative inquiry as well as describes different forms of narrative inquiry. This one-of-a-kind volume offers an emerging map of the field and encourages further dialogue, discussion, and experimentation as the field continues to develop.
Key Features:
Offers coverage of various disciplines and viewpoints from around the world: Leading international contributors draw upon narrative inquiry as conceptualized in Anthropology, Sociology, Psychology, and Philosophy.
Illustrates the range of forms of narrative inquiry: Both conceptual and practical in-depth descriptions of narrative inquiry are presented.
Portrays how narrative inquiry is used in research in different professional fields: Particular attention is paid to representational issues, ethical issues, and some of the complexities of narrative inquiry with indigenous and cross-cultural participants as well as child participants.
Intended Audience:
The Handbook of Narrative Inquiry is a must have resource for narrative methodologists and students of narrative inquiry across the social sciences. Individuals in the fields of Nursing, Psychology, Anthropology, Education, Social Work, Sociology, Organizational Studies, and Health research will be particularly well served by this masterful work. |
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Handbook of Adoption. |
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Javier, Rafael A./ 9781412927505/ Price:GBP 96.00
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The Handbook of Adoption is the first text to specifically address adoption concerns and also serves as a sourcebook to train mental health and behavioural health professionals. This book addresses topics in adoption that reflect the many dimensions of theory, research, development, race, adjustment and clinical practice which can, and do, affect adoption triad members. Contributors to this volume are experts, many of whom are directly involved in adoption-related research and practice and who can provide insight from personal and professional experience. |
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Encyclopedia of Children, Adolescents, and the Media, 2-Vols/Set. |
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Arnett, Jeffrey Jensen/ 9781412905305/ Price:GBP 380.00
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From Internet censorship to sex and violence on television and in video games to debates over rock lyrics, the media and their affect on children and adolescents is one of the most widely debated issues in our society.
The Encyclopedia of Children, Adolescents, and the Media presents state-of-the-art research and ready-to-use facts on the media¡¦s interaction with children and adolescents. With over 400 entries, the two volumes of this resource cover the traditional and electronic media and their controversial impact - for good and ill - on children and adolescents.
Key features include:
- provides cross-disciplinary coverage from the fields of psychology, education, media studies and communication, sociology and public policy;
- offers a cross-cultural perspective with internationally contributing authors;
- includes entries covering television, film, video games, the Internet, magazines and music;
- explores complex and difficult topics such as violence, sex, rating systems and warning labels, attention-deficit disorder, body image and eating disorders, popular music lyrics, advertising, digital music downloading, parental involvement, policymaking and child development. |
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| VA05-217 |
Food, 5-Vols/Set. |
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Inglis, David/ 9780415392037/ Price:GBP 325.00
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In the last five years or so, there has been a huge explosion of scholarly work on the history of food and, likewise, pressing problems such as food scares and genetic modification, as well as anorexia and obesity, have become increasingly present in the public consciousness.
Drawing on a wide variety of disciplines, this fascinating four-volume collection covers anthropology, sociology, psychology, history, cultural history, land economy, and, outside of the arts and social sciences, disciplines such as health sciences and health economics. An engaging and comprehensive reference, it is undoubtedly a highly useful resource for both student and scholar alike. |
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Social Movements, 4-Vols/Set. |
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Goodwin, Jeff/ 9780415378079/ Price:GBP 270.00
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A social movement is a collective, organized, sustained and non-institutional challenge to authorities, power holders, or cultural beliefs and practices. In the modern world, social movements are one of the main ways that people try to control their lives and articulate their moral positions. From utopian and revolutionary efforts to start society anew to reactionary attempts to resist new technologies or trends, normal people often become embroiled in titanic struggles over the world’s future. These four volumes present major statements of how scholars have understood these movements over the past century. They are essential reading for anyone interested in social change, politics and real people in action.
Each volume examines a different set of dimensions behind the complex phenomenon of social movements. Volume one offers readings on the psychological dimensions of collective action, volume two on the resources and formal organizations that make most social movements possible. Volume three addresses the strategies, choices and creativity that make many movements such exciting efforts. Finally, volume four contains key readings on the meanings and feelings that propel or constrain participants. |
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Mass Communication, 4-Vols/Set. |
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McQuail, Denis/ 9781412922418/ Price:GBP 675.00
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Denis McQuail's Major Work in Mass Communication is another essential part of the SAGE Benchmark series. Drawing on both classic and contemporaneous sources, McQuail guides us through the central defining papers that anchor this field. Taken together, the four volumes will provide access to the key debates within the field and all the main lines of research that have emerged.
Denis McQuail's credentials as editor are impeccable - McQuail's Mass Communication is a central text now into its 5th edition, translated, used and respected globally. |
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Qualitative Research 2, 4-Vols/Set. |
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Bryman, Alan/ 9781412911641/ Price:GBP 675.00
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Qualitative research is a burgeoning field which has attracted a growing amount of self-reflection. Reflecting the growth of interest among qualitative researchers in the nature of their craft, this collection extends the value of the critically acclaimed first edition of Qualitative Research, edited by Alan Bryman and Robert G. Burgess by emphasizing key issues that demand the attention of qualitative researchers.
It explores with topics that have come increasingly to the fore in the years since the publication Qualitative Research in 1999. Thus, topics such as visual research, biographical method, narrative analysis, computer-assisted qualitative data analysis, and reflexivity that have become more prominent over the last five years will be given the greater attention they increasingly warrant. |
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Subcultures, 4-Vols/Set. |
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Gelder, Ken/ 9780415379571/ Price:GBP 950.00
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Comprehensive and fascinating, these four volumes represent work on subcultures across several disciplines: cultural history, cultural studies, criminology and sociology. Beginning by looking at accounts of subcultures in sixteenth-century England, the set then presents case studies that contrast work on gangs and graffiti with CCCS work on subcultures. Volume three then follows CCCS work on punks, by turning to music subcultures, and, lastly, the fourth volume highlights five recent trends in subcultural studies - body subcultures, sexed subcultures, fan and micro-media communities, grassroots and 'neo-pagan' subcultures, and 'virtual communities' and cybercultures. |
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Human Rights: Critical Concepts in Political Science, 5-Vols/Set. |
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Falk, Richard/ 9780415312479/ Price:GBP 300.00
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One of the most notable developments of the last half century was the development of international human rights norms and procedures, with some degree of institutionalization within the United Nations. Human Rights, perhaps as much as any subject of global significance, has reflected the influence of transnational civic associations, which have pushed governments and international institutions to take human rights seriously. The complex pattern of the evolution of human rights reflects the unevenness of economic development, political outlook and civilizational values around the world.
This collection brings together representative selections of the best writing on the main dimensions of human rights. |
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K'Sai Chivit: Threads of Life. (Public Performance Rights) |
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David A. Feingold/ KCTL1994/ Price:US$ 295.00
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Program Theory-Driven Evaluation Science: Strategies and Applications. |
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Donaldson, Stewart I./ 9780805846706/ Price:GBP 130.00
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| SA05-406 |
Missing Data: A Gentle Introduction. |
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McKnight, Patrick E./ 9781593853938/ Price:US$ 44.00
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While most books on missing data focus on applying sophisticated statistical techniques to deal with the problem after it has occurred, this volume provides a methodology for the control and prevention of missing data. In clear, nontechnical language, the authors help the reader understand the different types of missing data and their implications for the reliability, validity, and generalizability of a study's conclusions. They provide practical recommendations for designing studies that decrease the likelihood of missing data, and for addressing this important issue when reporting study results. When statistical remedies are needed¡Xsuch as deletion procedures, augmentation methods, and single imputation and multiple imputation procedures¡Xthe book also explains how to make sound decisions about their use.
Patrick E. McKnight's website offers a periodically updated annotated bibliography on missing data and links to other Web resources that address missing data. |
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| SA05-357 |
Population Turnover and Area Deprivation. |
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Bailey, Nick/ 9781861349750/ Price:GBP 15.99
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This report provides the first analysis of neighbourhood migration flows for the whole of England and Scotland, based primarily on data from the Census 2001. Three dynamics are examined in particular:
¡E neighbourhood stability as measured by the scale of in- and out-flows;
¡E neighbourhood connection, assessed through the geography of moves - where migrants come from or go to; and
¡E area change - how the social composition of each neighbourhood alters as a result of net migration flows.
The findings challenge several of the "conventional wisdoms" about deprived neighbourhoods.
The report is aimed at those working in neighbourhood regeneration projects and in the development of neighbourhood policy locally or nationally. It should also be of interest to those who seek to understand the functioning and development of neighbourhoods more generally. |
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| SA05-357 |
Ethnic Minorities in the Labour Market: Dynamics and Diversity. |
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Clark, Ken/ 9781861349590/ Price:GBP 14.99
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The welfare of ethnic minority individuals in Britain depends critically on how they fare in the labour market. This report provides a detailed empirical analysis of labour market outcomes and explores how ethnically diverse these outcomes are and how they have changed over time. |
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| SA05-357 |
The Role of Higher Education in Providing Opportunities for South Asian Women. |
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Bagguley, Paul/ 9781861349736/ Price:GBP 14.99
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Although South Asian women are one of the most socially excluded groups in the UK, their numbers at university have increased rapidly in recent years. This report seeks to understand why they are entering university in larger numbers and the impact this has on their lives. |
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| SA05-357 |
Migration and Socioeconomic Change: A 2001 Census Analysis of Britain's Larger Cities. |
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Champion, Tony/ 9781847420039/ Price:GBP 15.99
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Migration and socioeconomic change brings new evidence to debates on urban regeneration in Britain: are we seeing urban renaissance, or is there city flight? This study examines 27 of the largest cities and city regions to find out whether they attract the talented people that they need to prosper. |
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| SA05-357 |
Work-Rich and Work-Poor: Three Decades of Change. |
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Berthoud, Richard/ 9781861349545/ Price:GBP 12.95
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This report analyses trends over the past thirty years that have combined to increase inequality between the work-rich (families with two jobs) and the work-poor (families with no job) - which has doubled over 30 years. The author provides an understanding of how we reached the current position, and offers valuable clues on directions for future policy. |
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| SA05-357 |
Social Interactions in Urban Public Places. |
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Holland, Caroline/ 9781861349972/ Price:GBP 15.99
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Public spaces allow people to meet on ostensibly neutral ground, within the context of the whole community. Social interactions in urban public places draws on a unique study of nine public spaces within one English town viewed across a whole year, carried out by a large team of local observers working alongside academics. |
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| SA05-353 |
Beyond the Workfare State: Labour Markets, Equalities and Human Rights. |
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Carpenter, Mick/ 9781861348722/ Price:GBP 23.99
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Beyond the workfare state explores equality, discrimination and human rights in relation to employability and 'welfare-to-work' policies bringing together a wide and distinctive range of illustrative studies that gives voice to a variety of potentially marginalised groups. |
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| SA05-351 |
Systemic Action Research: A Strategy for Whole System Change. |
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Burns, Danny/ 9781861347381/ Price:GBP 72.99
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This book shows how Systemic Action Research can be integrated, in any context, to the process of social and organisational development and change. Filled with illustrative stories and pictures, it brings the concepts to life enabling the reader to develop a clear picture of how to put it into practice. |
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| SA05-351 |
Systemic Action Research: A Strategy for Whole System Change. |
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Burns, Danny/ 9781861347374/ Price:GBP 28.99
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This book shows how Systemic Action Research can be integrated, in any context, to the process of social and organisational development and change. Filled with illustrative stories and pictures, it brings the concepts to life enabling the reader to develop a clear picture of how to put it into practice. |
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| SA05-351 |
Immigration Under New Labour. |
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Somerville, Will/ 9781861349675/ Price:GBP 25.99
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Immigration under New Labour presents the first comprehensive account of immigration policy over the last ten years, providing an in-depth analysis of policy and legislation since Tony Blair and New Labour were first elected. |
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| SA05-351 |
Poverty and Ethnicity in the UK. |
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Platt, Lucinda/ 9781861349897/ Price:GBP 17.99
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A wide-ranging review of the literature relating to poverty and ethnicity has identified the stark differences in rates of poverty according to ethnic group. This review brings together all the available evidence on different aspects of poverty and examines what has (and has not) been studied in relation to its causes. |
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| SA05-351 |
Handbook of Constructionist Research. |
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Holstein, James A./ 9781593853051/ Price:US$ 165.00
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Constructionism has become one of the most popular research approaches in the social sciences. But until now, little attention has been given to the conceptual and methodological underpinnings of the constructionist stance, and the remarkable diversity within the field. This cutting-edge handbook brings together a dazzling array of scholars to review the foundations of constructionist research, how it is put into practice in multiple disciplines, and where it may be headed in the future. The volume critically examines the analytic frameworks, strategies of inquiry, and methodological choices that together form the mosaic of contemporary constructionism, making it an authoritative reference for anyone interested in conducting research in a constructionist vein. |
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| SA05-351 |
Sociology through the Projector. |
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Diken, Bulent/ 9780415445979/ Price:GBP 140.00
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| SA05-350 |
Resolutions and Decisions of the Economic and Social Council. |
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| SA05-349 |
Identity in Britain: A Cradle-to-Grave Atlas. |
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Thomas, Bethan/ 9781861348210/ Price:GBP 77.99
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Danny Dorling and Bethan Thomas have brought together this outstanding atlas to provide us with a unique visual picture of identity and geography combined. Identity in Britain explores our changing identities as we progress from infancy to old age and tells the story of the myriad geographies of life in Britain. |
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| SA05-347 |
Identity in Britain: A Cradle-to-Grave Atlas. |
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Thomas, Bethan/ 9781861348203/ Price:GBP 42.99
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Danny Dorling and Bethan Thomas have brought together this outstanding atlas to provide us with a unique visual picture of identity and geography combined. Identity in Britain explores our changing identities as we progress from infancy to old age and tells the story of the myriad geographies of life in Britain. |
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| SA05-347 |
Transition and Challenge: China's Population at the Beginning of the 21st Century. |
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Zhao, Zhongwei/ 9780199299294/ Price:GBP 93.00
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| SA05-347 |
The Social Science Jargon-Buster: The Key Terms You Need to Know. |
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O'Leary, Zina/ 9781412921770/ Price:GBP 29.99
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| SA05-344 |
Understanding Immigration and Refugee Policy: Contradictions and Continuities. |
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Sales, Rosemary/ 9781861344526/ Price:GBP 72.99
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The book provides an essential background to understanding debates surrounding immigration and refugee policy. It examines different theoretical approaches to immigration and explores links between immigration policy, welfare and social exclusion, as well as documenting migrants' experiences in negotiating and challenging these policies. |
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| SA05-344 |
Disadvantaged by Where You Live?: Neighbourhood Governance in Contemporary Urban Policy. |
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Smith, Ian/ 9781861348944/ Price:GBP 26.99
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The book explores and reflects on the notion of neighbourhood governance from a variety of perspectives that reflect the unique depth and breadth of the Centre's research programme. Neighbourhood governance is examined in relation to: multi-level governance and city-regions; local government; mainstreaming; cross-national differences in neighbourhood policy; community and civil society; diversity; different conceptions of democracy; and, evaluation and learning. In doing so, the book identifies useful conceptual tools for analysing the present and future contribution of policy to neighbourhoods. |
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| SA05-342 |
Understanding Immigration and Refugee policy: Contradictions and Continuities. |
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Sales, Rosemary/ 9781861344519/ Price:GBP 26.99
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The book provides an essential background to understanding debates surrounding immigration and refugee policy. It examines different theoretical approaches to immigration and explores links between immigration policy, welfare and social exclusion, as well as documenting migrants' experiences in negotiating and challenging these policies. |
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| SA05-342 |
Missing Data: A Gentle Introduction. |
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McKnight, Patrick E./ 9781593853945/ Price:US$ 94.00
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While most books on missing data focus on applying sophisticated statistical techniques to deal with the problem after it has occurred, this volume provides a methodology for the control and prevention of missing data. In clear, nontechnical language, the authors help the reader understand the different types of missing data and their implications for the reliability, validity, and generalizability of a study's conclusions. They provide practical recommendations for designing studies that decrease the likelihood of missing data, and for addressing this important issue when reporting study results. When statistical remedies are needed¡Xsuch as deletion procedures, augmentation methods, and single imputation and multiple imputation procedures¡Xthe book also explains how to make sound decisions about their use.
Patrick E. McKnight's website offers a periodically updated annotated bibliography on missing data and links to other Web resources that address missing data. |
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| SA05-340 |
Fracture: Adventures of a Broken Body. |
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Oakley, Ann/ 9781861349385/ Price:GBP 50.00
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Fracturing her arm in the grounds of a hotel in the USA leads Ann Oakley on a journey into some critical themes of modern Western culture. |
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| SA05-340 |
Fracture: Adventures of a Broken Body. |
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Oakley, Ann/ 9781861349378/ Price:GBP 15.99
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Fracturing her arm in the grounds of a hotel in the USA leads Ann Oakley on a journey into some critical themes of modern Western culture. |
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| SA05-339 |
African American Family Life: Ecological and Cultural Diversity. |
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McLoyd, Vonnie C./ 9781593854676/ Price:US$ 39.00
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This volume brings together leading experts from different disciplines to offer new perspectives on contemporary African American families. A wealth of knowledge is presented on the heterogeneity of Black family life today; the challenges and opportunities facing parents, children, and communities; and the impact on health and development of key cultural and social processes. Comprehensive and authoritative, the book critically evaluates current policies and service delivery models and offers cogent recommendations for supporting families' strengths. |
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| SA05-338 |
The Idea of Poverty. |
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Spicker, Paul/ 9781861348883/ Price:GBP 22.99
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| GA05-102 |
International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences, 9-Vols/Set. |
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/ 9780028659657/ Price:US$ 2247.00
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This 9-volume study of social sciences is a successor to the Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences (ESS, 1930-1935) and the initial set of the International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences (IESS, 1968) ¡V two groundbreaking Macmillan works that "established standards for knowledge in social science research and practice" (CHOICE, 2001). The entirely new International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences covers scholarship and fields that have emerged and matured since the publication of the original international edition. Like its predecessors, the set meets the needs of high school and college students, researchers inside and outside academia, and lay readers in public libraries.
The new set highlights the expanding influence of economics in social science research and features nearly 3,000 entirely new articles and important biographies contributed by thousands of scholars (including several Nobel prize winners) from around the world on a wide array of global topics, including: achievement testing, censorship, personality measurement, aging, income distribution, foreign aid (political and economic aspects), food (world problems, consumption patterns), cultural adaptation, comparative health-care systems, terrorism, political correctness, agricultural innovation, legislation of morality, sexual violence and exploitation, white collar crime.
The new 2nd edition also features biographical profiles of the major contributors to the study of the social sciences, past and present. |
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| GA05-100 |
Encyclopedia of Race and Racism, 3-Vols/Set. |
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/ 9780028660202/ Price:US$ 482.00
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The Encyclopedia of Race and Racism is the first such work examining the anthropological, sociological, historical, economic, and scientific theories of race and racism in the modern era. The set delves into the historic origins of ideas of race and racism and explores their social and scientific consequences. Some of the nearly 400 articles address broad theoretical topics that have helped to shape modern ideas about race and racism; others address more specific subjects in the larger fields. The set includes biographies of dozens of significant theorists, as well as political and social leaders and notorious racists. The Encyclopedia of Race and Racism also includes a carefully chosen selection of primary documents that enhance and reinforce the content of the articles.
Set includes a thematic outline, a filmography, and a comprehensive general index. |
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Information Technology and Social Justice. |
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Rooksby, Emma/ 9781591409687/ Price:US$ 89.95
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Information Communication Technologies and Human Development: Opportunities and Challenges. |
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Equiza-Lopez, Fran/ 9781599040578/ Price:US$ 99.95
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Issues and Trends in Technology and Human Interaction. |
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Stahl, Bernd Carsten/ 9781599042688/ Price:US$ 94.95
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Information Technology and Indigenous People. |
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Grant, Stephen/ 9781599042985/ Price:US$ 89.95
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Social Geographies in England.(1200-1640) |
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Postles, David, A./ 9780979448850/ Price:US$ 26.00
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Super/Heroes: From Hercules to Superman. |
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Haslem, Wendy/ 9780977790845/ Price:US$ 28.00
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Visual Culture in Shanghai, 1850s-1930s. |
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Jason, C Kuo/ 9780978771386/ Price:US$ 36.00
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Visual Culture in Shanghai, 1850s-1930s. |
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Jason, C. Kuo/ 9780978771355/ Price:US$ 26.00
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Oil, Islam, and Conflict: Central Asia since 1945. |
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Johnson, Rob/ 9781861893390/ Price:GBP 15.95
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Central Asia is likely to become a new arena of international interest in the twenty-first century, not least because of its volatile cocktail of abundant oil and gas, Islamic Jehadist groups, dictatorial regimes and the political and economic rivalry of the United States, Russia, China and Iran. Some believe that it could become the ¡¥new Middle East¡¦ ¡V a battleground for access to precious resources, religious fundamentalism and democratic politics. Narcotics, ethnic tensions and impoverished states with weapons of mass destruction further add to the region¡¦s instability.
Oil, Islam and Conflict is a timely regional perspective that gathers together and analyses a range of issues including terrorism, counter-insurgency and energy security. Rob Johnson covers the Civil Wars in Afghanistan and Tajikistan, the conflicts in Chechnya and the Caucasus and terrorism across the region, particularly by the IMT (Islamic Movement of Turkestan). He also examines the policies of Central Asian governments, including their attitudes to democratic reform, human rights, energy and economic development, and how these are related to civil violence. Further consideration is given to Islamist movements such as the IRP (Islamic Renaissance Party) and Hizb ut-Tahrir, and their impact on the peoples of Central Asia, as well as the unrest in China¡¦s Xinjiang province.
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Economy Theory, 2-Vols/Set. |
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Levine, David P./ 9780415382939/ Price:GBP 105.00
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In these two volumes, David P. Levine undertakes the systematic clarification and further development of the theoretical contributions of classical political economy. It focuses on such central issues in economic theory as:
* need, value and exchange
* capital and its production
* the concept of labour
* growth
* the firm
* price determination.
Throughout the treatment is at a high level of abstraction. |
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Women & Cross Dressing: 1800-1939, 3-Vols/Set. |
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Bauer, Heike/ 9780415323024/ Price:GBP 170.00
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This three-volume anthology focuses on writings by and about cross-dressing women from the early nineteenth century up to the beginning of World War II. In so doing it offers a new perspective on one of the most decisive periods in the history of feminism.
The anthology brings together for the first time key texts from the sexological and the literary realms as well as newspaper articles, letters and photographs, which document the phenomenon of cross-dressing women in nineteenth- and early twentieth-century British culture. The collection also includes translations from European texts that impacted on British understandings of cross-dressing during this time.
Each of the three volumes is introduced separately with a critical essay. Together these volumes make available important source material for the history of feminism |
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| VA09-319 |
Handbook of Asian American Psychology. |
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Leong, Frederick T. L./ 9781412941334/ Price:GBP 155.00
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The Second Edition of the Handbook of Asian American Psychology fills a fundamental gap in the Asian American literature by addressing the full spectrum of methodological, substantive, and theoretical areas related to Asian American Psychology. This new edition provides important scholarly contributions by a new generation of researchers that address the shifts in contemporary issues for Asians and Asian Americans in the U.S. |
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| VA09-315 |
Encyclopedia of Multicultural Psychology, The. |
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Jackson, Yolanda Kaye/ 9781412909488/ Price:GBP 190.00
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During the past 30 years, the study of racial and ethnic minority issues in psychology has evolved to what can be considered a significant and rapidly growing subfield within psychology.
This volume represent a thorough overview of the psychology of racial, ethnic and minority issues and covers the breadth of psychology viewed through the lens of the racial and ethnic minority experience. Coverage includes contributions from all the major areas including: social; developmental; methodological; clinical; industrial/organizational; health; educational; and school and family psychology.
Entries cover topics as diverse as: academic achievement; acculturation; affirmative action; community interventions; education; health; immigrants; prejudice; racial identity development; social ecology; stereotyping; teaching multiculturalism; tokenism; values; violence; and worldviews. |
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SAGE Handbook of Gender and Education, The. |
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Skelton, Christine/ 9781412907927/ Price:GBP 125.00
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The Handbook of Gender and Education brings together leading scholars on gender and education to provide an up-to-date and broad-ranging guide to the field.
It is a comprehensive overview of different theoretical positions on equity issues in schools. The contributions cover all sectors of education from early years to higher education; curriculum subjects; methodological and theoretical perspectives; and gender identities in education. Each chapter reviews, synthesises and provides a critical interrogation of key contemporary themes in education. This approach ensures that the book will be an indispensable source of reference for a wide range of readers: students, academics and practitioners. |
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| VA08-232 |
Early Sociology of Education, 7-Vols/Set. |
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Thompson, Kenneth/ 9780415345279/ Price:GBP 350.00
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This will be a set of eight books, to be reproduced in facsimile, dealing with early contributions to the development of the sociology of education, from the 1920s through to the 1950s; the period in which the sociology of education emerged as an organized and specialized sub-field of sociology, mainly in America. |
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| VA05-83 |
Handbook of Public Policy. |
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Peters, B. G./ 9780761940616/ Price:GBP 125.00
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The public policies of governments affect the lives and livelihoods of citizens every day in every country around the world. This handbook provides a comprehensive review and guide to the study, theory and practice of public policy today.
Section One, Making Policy, introduces the policy making process - the means by which public policies are formulated, adopted and implemented - and serves to review the many competing conceptualizations within the field.
Section Two, Substantive Policy Areas, focuses on a number of substantive policy areas to consider both diversity and commonalties across different sectoral policy areas.
Section Three, Evaluating Public Policy, addresses issues of policy analysis more directly and assesses successes and failures in public policy in an attempt to answer the question 'what is good policy?'.
The concluding chapter considers the different disciplinary contributions to the research and study of public policy both retrospectively and prospectively.
Drawing contributions from leading academics and policy analysts from around the world, the handbook illustrates the changing role of governments vis--vis the public and private sector and the different policy actors (national and international, governmental and non-governmental) involved in the policy making process.
It will be an essential companion for all advanced undergraduates, graduates, academics and practitioners across public policy and public administration, public management, government and political science. |
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| VA05-225-8i |
Urban Planning Methods: Research and Policy Analysis. |
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Bracken, Ian/ 9780415418423/ Price:GBP 205.00
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| VA05-225-8h |
Urban Future, The.: A Choice Between Alternatives. |
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Jackson, John N./ 9780415418126/ Price:GBP 190.00
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| VA05-225-8g |
Urban Focus. |
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Hewlett, Mark/ 9780415417402/ Price:GBP 190.00
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| VA05-225-8f |
Metropolis and Province: Science in British Culture, 1780 - 1850. |
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Inkster, Ian/ 9780415418041/ Price:GBP 205.00
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| VA05-225-8e |
London's Green Belt: Containment in Practice. |
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Munton, Richard/ 9780415417761/ Price:GBP 56.99
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| VA05-225-8d |
Integrated Urban Models. |
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Putnam, S.H./ 9780415418300/ Price:GBP 205.00
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| VA05-225-8c |
Ideal City, The.: Its Architectural Evolution in Europe. |
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Rosenau, Helen/ 9780415417792/ Price:GBP 205.00
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| VA05-225-8b |
Garden Cities of To-Morrow. |
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Howard, Ebenezer/ 9780415417952/ Price:GBP 205.00
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| VA05-225-8a |
Future of Cities, The. |
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Blowers, Andrew/ 9780415418287/ Price:GBP 190.00
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| VA05-225-7l |
Urban Geography: A Study of Site, Evolution, Patern and Classification in Villages, Towns and Cities. |
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Taylor, Griffith/ 9780415417488/ Price:GBP 205.00
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| VA05-225-7k |
Urban Ecology. |
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Smith, Dianne/ 9780415418249/ Price:GBP 205.00
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| VA05-225-7j |
Syntax of Cities. |
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Smith, Peter F./ 9780415418386/ Price:GBP 190.00
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| VA05-225-7i |
Movement in Cities: Spatial Perspectives On Urban Transport And Travel. |
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Daniels, P.W./ 9780415417594/ Price:GBP 205.00
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| VA05-225-7h |
Migration and Urban Development. |
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Thomas, Brinley/ 9780415417921/ Price:GBP 190.00
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| VA05-225-7g |
Inner City Regeneration. |
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Home, Robert K./ 9780415417525/ Price:GBP 190.00
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| VA05-225-7f |
Geography of Urban Places, A. |
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Putnam, Robert G./ 9780415417907/ Price:GBP 56.99
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Dynamics of Urbanism, The. |
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Smith, Peter F./ 9780415417389/ Price:GBP 205.00
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| VA05-225-7d |
City, Region and Regionalism: A geographical contribution to human ecology. |
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Dickinson, Robert E./ 9780415417778/ Price:GBP 190.00
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City and Society: An Outline for Urban Geography. |
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Johnston, R.J./ 9780415417723/ Price:GBP 74.99
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| VA05-225-7b |
Centrality and Cities. |
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Bird, James/ 9780415417693/ Price:GBP 190.00
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| VA05-225-7a |
Applied Urban Analysis: A critique and synthesis. |
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Cullen, Ian/ 9780415417709/ Price:GBP 56.99
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| VA05-225-6j |
Why Cities Change: Urban Development and Economic Change in Sydney. |
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Cardew, Richard V./ 9780415418027/ Price:GBP 56.99
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Urban Growth: An Approach. |
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Simulating the Urban Economy: Experiments with input-output techniques. |
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Planning and Profit in the Urban Economy. |
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New Urban Economics, The.: And Alternatives. |
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London Property Market in AD 2000, The. |
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Industries of London Since 1861, The. |
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History of London Transport, A.: The Nineteenth Century. |
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Dynamics of Urban Property Development, The. |
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Cities and Services: The geography of collective consumption. |
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Urban Sociology and Urbanized Society. |
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Urban Sociology. |
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Urban Sociology: Critical Essays. |
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Urban Community, The.: A World Perspective. |
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Sociology of Urban Living, The. |
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Social Theory and the Urban Question. |
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Social Process and the City. |
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Rise of Urban America, The. |
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Problems of an Urban Society: The Social Framework of Planning. |
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Peckham Experiment, The.: A study of the living structure of society. |
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Parents and Children in the Inner City. |
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Meaning in the Urban Environment. |
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Gentrification of the City. |
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Four years Old in an Urban Community. |
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Education and the City: Theory, History and Contemporary Practice. |
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Grace, Gerald/ 9780415417457/ Price:GBP 190.00
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City in Cultural Context, The. |
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Urban Politics: A Sociological Interpretation. |
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Urban Land Nexus and the State, The. |
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Power and Party in an English City: An account of single-party rule. |
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Politics, Planning and the City. |
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Metropolitan Problems. |
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Half a Century of Municipal Decline: 1935-1985. |
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Great Cities of the World: Their government, Politics and Planning. |
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Government and Misgovernment of London, The. |
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American City Politics. |
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Racial Exclusionism and the City: The Urban Support of the National Front. |
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Husbands, Christopher T./ 9780415418355/ Price:GBP 190.00
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London Government and the Welfare Services. |
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Inner City Poverty in Paris and London. |
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Madge, Charles/ 9780415417624/ Price:GBP 190.00
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Equity in the City. |
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City Slums: A Political Thesis. |
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Slums and Slum Clearance in Victorian London. |
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Yelling, J.A./ 9780415418164/ Price:GBP 190.00
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Rails Through the Clay: A History of London's Tube Railways. |
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Jackson, Alan A./ 9780415418171/ Price:GBP 190.00
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Medieval London |
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London United Tramways: A History 1894-1933. |
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Wilson, Geoffrey/ 9780415417532/ Price:GBP 190.00
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Impact of Railways on Victorian Cities, The. |
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Idea of the City in Nineteenth-Century Britain, The. |
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European Urbanization, 1500-1800. |
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English Urban Life: 1776-1851. |
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Crisis and Order in English Towns 1500-1700. |
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Cities, Capitalism and Civilization. |
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Pre-Colombian Cities. |
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Third World Urbanization. |
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Theatres of Accumulation: Studies in Asian and Latin American Urbanization. |
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Armstrong, Warwick/ 9780415417396/ Price:GBP 170.00
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Race, Colonialism and the City. |
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Price of War, The.: Urbanization in Vietnam, 1954-1985. |
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Thrift, Nigel/ 9780415418010/ Price:GBP 190.00
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Colonial Urban Development: Culture, Social Power and Environment. |
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King, Anthony D./ 9780415418140/ Price:GBP 205.00
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African City, The. |
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SAGE Handbook of Nonverbal Communication, The. |
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Manusov, Valerie/ 9781412904049/ Price:GBP 155.00
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This first of its kind handbook provides an up-to-date discussion of the central issues in nonverbal communication and examines the research that informs these issues. Editors Valerie Manusov and Miles Patterson bring together preeminent scholars, from a range of disciplines, to reveal the strength of nonverbal behavior as an integral part of communication. |
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Men and Masculinities, 5-Vols/Set. |
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Whitehead, Stephen/ 9780415368827/ Price:GBP 1300.00
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Men and Masculinities is a new title in the Routledge Major Works series, Critical Concepts in Sociology. In five volumes, this set brings together canonical and cutting-edge material in the field to make sense of a rapidly expanding area of research.
The sociology of masculinity began to assume real significance from the late 1980s onwards, when it emerged out of the second wave of feminist research sweeping through American, European and Australasian universities at that time. In theoretical terms, scholars in the field primarily adopt sociological and psychoanalytical perspectives, while also connecting to psychological and philosophical understandings. Over the past decade there has been a surge in the number of publications that focus on aspects of global masculinities; there is now published research into Chinese, Russian, Japanese, Mexican, Indian, Caribbean, French, Spanish and African masculinities. Within the US there is also a burgeoning literature on Black and Latino masculinities in numerous contexts.
The sheer scale of this growth in research output - and the breadth of the field - makes this Routledge collection especially timely, and while it covers the primary concepts and discussions which have come to inform this field of study over the past thirty years or so, the collection also brings together material reflecting new debates and new areas of research from across the world.
With examples from every key writer and researcher who has contributed to the field over the past three decades, together with a comprehensive introduction, newly written by the editor, which places the collected material in context, Men and Masculinities is an essential reference collection destined to be valued by scholars and students as a vital research resource. |
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English Poor in the Eighteenth Century, The.: A Study in Social and Administrative History from 1662 to 1782. |
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Marshall, Dorothy/ 9780415412896/ Price:GBP 190.00
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English Parish Clergy on the Eve of the Reformation, The. |
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English Landed Society in the Nineteenth Century. |
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English Landed Society in the Eighteenth Century. |
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Churches and the Working Classes in Victorian England. |
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Attack on 'Feudalism' in Eighteenth Century France, The. |
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Army of Charles II, The. |
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Western India in the Nineteenth Century: A Study in the Social History of Maharashtra. |
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Victorian Attitudes to Race. |
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Trade in Lunacy, The.: A Study of Private Madhouses in England in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries. |
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Sport and Society: Elizabeth to Anne. |
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Society and Politics in Germany 1500-1750. |
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Social History of English Music, A. |
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Rise of the Technocrats, The.: A Social History. |
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Army in Victorian Society, The. |
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Religious Toleration in England 1787-1833. |
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Purchase of Paradise, The.: The Social Function of Aristocratic Benevolence. |
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Profession of English Letters, The. |
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Prelates and People: Ecclesiastical Social Thought in England 1783-1852. |
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Packhorse, Waggon and Post: Land Carriage and Communications under the Tudors and Stuarts. |
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Leviathan of Wealth, The.: The Sutherland Fortune in the Industrial Revolution. |
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Leisure and Class in Victorian England: Rational Recreation and the Contest for Control, 1830-1885. |
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Imperial War and the British Working Class, An. |
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History of Shopping, A. |
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Heavens Below: Utopian Experiments in England 1560-1960. |
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Ancient Crete: A Social History: From Early Times until the Roman Occupation. |
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Routledge Library Editions: Weber, 8-Vols/Set. |
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Max Weber (1894-1920) is generally recognized as one of the founding fathers of modern sociology. This collection pays homage to his continuing influence, not just within sociology, but also political theory, science and religion. The books carefully chosen for this collection provide an overview of all his most important ideas. They are critically assessed and analyzed to gain a real comprehension of his life's work. |
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Rational Choice Theory, 5-Vols/Set. |
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Allingham, Michael/ 9780415357517/ Price:GBP 89.99
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Although the roots of rational choice theory can be found in Aristotle, the more explicit treatment of the subject originates in the middle of the twentieth century. Building on these foundations, this collection brings together the most important contributions to the diverse literature on rational choice in five easily accessible and coherently organized volumes.
Setting out the basis of the subject, volume one analyzes the problem of pure choice. This is taken further in the second volume, which explores the problem of rational choice when uncertainty is of the essence. Volume three considers strategic choice, and volume four changes the emphasis from the ideal to the possible ¡V from perfect rationality to bounded rationality. Taking a different approach, the final volume analyzes the problem of group choice.
A highly comprehensive and important collection, Rational Choice Theory is a valuable resource for student and scholar alike |
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Philanthropy in England, 2-Vols/Set. |
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Jordan, W. K./ 9780415401937/ Price:GBP 350.00
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In these works Professor Jordan studies the origins of modern social and cultural institutions in England. He is concerned with the momentous shift which occurred in men's aspirations for their society in the course of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, as reflected in the charities which were established by gifts and bequests. In a fascinating account of the measures taken by the Tudors and Stuarts to deal with the problem of poverty, Jordan concludes that it was principally dealt relieved by an immense outpouring of charitable wealth. |
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Sage Handbook of Gender and Communication, The. |
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Dow, Bonnie/ 9781412904230/ Price:GBP 155.00
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The Handbook of Gender and Communication begins from the premise that gender is, at once, an aspect of both individual identity and of social structure that dramatically and relentlessly shapes individual and collective life. Communication is central to this process, and the Handbook brings together leading scholars in the area who review and evaluate the state of research on gender and communication through discussion of existing theories and research as well as through identification of important directions for future scholarship. The Handbook includes a general introduction and five sections that focus on primary contexts in which gender and communication are shaped, reflected and expressed: interpersonal; organizational; rhetoric; media; and intercultural/global. |
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Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology, The., 11-Vols/Set. |
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Ritzer, George/ 9781405124331/ Price:US$ 3697.25
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The BLACKWELL ENCYCLOPEDIA OF SOCIOLOGY will be published in December 2006 in both print and online. Arranged across eleven volumes in A-Z format, it will be the reference source for students, researchers, and academics in the field. This ground-breaking project brings together specially commissioned entries written and edited by an international team of the world's best scholars and teachers. It provides:
* Clear, concise, expert definitions and explanations of the key concepts
* An essential reference for expert and newcomer alike, with entries ranging from short definitions of key terms to extended explorations of major topics
* Materials that have historically defined the discipline, but also more recent developments, significantly updating the store of sociological knowledge
* Introductions to sociological theories and research that have developed outside of the United States and Western Europe
* Sophisticated cross-referencing and search facilities
* Timeline, lexicon by subject area, bibliography, and index. |
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SAGE Handbook of Evaluation, The. |
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Shaw, Ian/ 9780761973058/ Price:GBP 125.00
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In this comprehensive handbook, an examination of the complexities of contemporary evaluation contributes to the ongoing dialogue that arises in professional efforts to evaluate people-related programs, policies and practices.
The SAGE Handbook of Evaluation is a unique and authoritative resource consisting of 25 chapters covering a range of evaluation theories and techniques in a single, accessible volume. With contributions from world-leading figures in their fields overseen by an eminent international editorial board, this handbook is an extensive and user-friendly resource organised in four coherent sections:
" Role and Purpose of Evaluation in Society
" Evaluation as a Social Practice
" The Practice of Evaluation
" Domains of Evaluation Practice
The Handbook of Evaluation is written for practicing evaluators, academics, advanced postgraduate students and evaluation clients and offers a definitive, benchmark statement on evaluation theory and practice for the first decades of the 21st century. |
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Handbook of Black Studies. |
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Asante, Molefi Kete/ 9780761928409/ Price:GBP 155.00
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The Handbook has three main divisions: historical and cultural foundations; philosophical and conceptual basis; and critical and analytical concepts and brings together all the main research and scholarship in the field of African-American or black studies.
All contributors are pre-eminent scholars in the field.
The Editors are two of the most prominent scholars in the field with high name recognition.
The Excellent 3-Part organization brings the latest conceptual and analytical thinking into focus. |
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| VA05-204 |
Encyclopedia of World Poverty, 3-Vols/Set. |
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Odekon, Mehemet/ 9781412918077/ Price:GBP 300.00
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SAGE Reference is proud to announce the Encyclopedia of Poverty.
This encyclopedia is a collection of 750 articles in three volumes exploring the causes, history, and enduring effects of poverty.
The scope of this encyclopedia encompasses the relative individual and societal aspects of poverty, from living on 486.00 a year in Nigeria to poverty-relief efforts in Appalacia. Additionally, the Encyclopedia examines the insitituions that focus on the alleviation of poverty, including religious charities and the global organizations such as the United Nations.
This Three-Volume Set contains approximately 150 biographies; 200 profiles of nations and their respective poverty levels and social porgrams; 200 story, event or historical period descriptions; and 200 thematic essays.
The Encyclopedia of Poverty is an outstanding reference for academic and public libraries and is a welcome addition to any NGOs and charities resource centre. |
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| VA05-203 |
Encyclopedia of Gender and Information Technology, 2-Vols/set. |
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Trauth, Eillen/ 9781591408154/ Price:US$ 525.00
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The Encyclopedia of Gender and Information Technology is the only reference work that provides an all-encompassing perspective on the way gender and information technology impact each other. Hundreds of leading international experts have compiled their research about the role of gender in human interaction with IT and the IT profession. This innovative encyclopedia contains thousands of key terms and their definitions in order to supply readers with the most complete understanding of the subject. These two volumes also include over 200 entries with extensive reference sections listing additional works on gender and information technology in order to stimulate further research. The Encyclopedia of Gender and Information Technology is a must-have publication for every library.
Key Features:
* Authoritative contributions by the world¡¦s leading experts
* A single source for comprehensive information on an expansive field
* In-depth description of key issues, terms, and concepts
* Thousands of comprehensive references on existing literature and research on gender and IT
* Organized by topic and indexed, making it a convenient method of reference for all IT/IS scholars and professionals
* Cross-referencing of key terms, figures, and information pertinent to gender and IT |
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| VA05-197 |
Mixed Methods, 4-Vols/Set. |
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Bryman, Alan/ 9781412911634/ Price:GBP 675.00
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Mixed methods research has become one of the major areas of growth in social research methodology in the last 10 years. The divisions between quantitative and qualitative research have increasingly given way to imaginative ways of combining the two approaches and a growing acceptance of adopting a multi-method approach.
Much of the literature on mixed-methods research is highly dispersed in a wide variety of journals and other publications. A great deal of it is not well known and quite a lot of it is inaccessible. Alan Bryman, widely recognized as an authority on the subject, brings together the key articles in this important field to form a definitive resource collection.
Volume I outlinines the epistemological and ontological issues relating to the debate about quantitative and qualitative research and how these have an impact on the possibility of mixing methods.
Volume II is concerned with the combination of different methods within quantitative research and within qualitative research.
Volume III addresses the methodological issues involved in combining quantitative and qualitative research - the different ways in which mixed-methods research is actually accomplished.
Volume IV continues the kinds of material used in Volume III but will also include some examples of combining quantitative and qualitative research. |
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| VA05-196 |
Globalization and Violence, 4-Vols/Set. |
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James, Paul/ 9781412919548/ Price:GBP 675.00
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The concept of 'globalization' has in an extraordinarily short time become the dominant motif of the contemporary social sciences. Central Currents in Globalization is an integrated collection of four multi-volume sets that represent the systematic mapping of globalization studies. The series sets out the contours of a field that now crosses the boundaries of all the older disciplines in the social sciences and humanities. The result is a gold-standard collection of over 320 of the most important writings on globalization, structured around four interrelated themes: Violence; Economy; Culture; and Politics.
The series editor, Paul James (RMIT, Australia), is joined by sixteen internationally-renowned co-editors from around the globe who bring their subject expertise to each volume, including Jonathan Friedman, Tom Nairn, R.R. Sharma, Manfred Steger, Ronen Palan and Micheline Ishay. Together the four sets provide an unparalleled resource on globalization, providing both broad coverage of the subject, historical depth and contemporary relevance. |
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| VA05-195 |
Structuralism, 4-Vols/Set. |
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Culler, Jonathan/ 9780415340892/ Price:GBP 875.00
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Structuralism is a broad intellectual movement in the humanities and social sciences that came to prominence in the 1960s. Representing the beginning of modern interdisciplinary work in what has come to be called "theory", it seeks not to explain the meaning of an object or event but to understand what made it possible.
Taking as their methodological model the successes of the structural linguistics inaugurated by Ferdinand de Saussure, a group of thinkers in such fields as anthropology, literary and cultural studies, sociology and philosophy developed ambitious programs for the interdisciplinary study of the systems by which human beings make the world intelligible.
Organized thematically, this four-volume collection explores the key areas of structuralism - and with a new introduction by the editor to guide the reader through the work, this is an essential collection of articles that provides a valuable research resource. |
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| VA05-194 |
Transgression, 4-Vols/Set. |
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Jenks, Chris/ 9780415343398/ Price:GBP 300.00
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Transgression - a concept defined as conduct that breaks rules or exceeds boundaries - is a key idea for sociologists, anthropologists and cultural theorists, and is a major feature of postmodern thought.
Providing an inter-disciplinary base to the notion of transgression, this four-volume set includes a history of ideas, a resume of the major contributory theorists, and a thematic discussion of the significant moments and substantive concerns of these various debates. A general introduction by the editor reviews theoretical perspectives and puts forward a rationale for the collection itself. |
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Social Stratification, 5-Vols/Set. |
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Inglis, David/ 9780415361330/ Price:GBP 1100.00
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The study of social cohesion and solidarity, and their antitheses, social fragmentation and dissension, are central components of sociology. From the very beginnings of sociology right through to the present day, sociologists have endeavoured to identify the forces that either unite people into particular social configurations, or force them apart into diverse and often antagonistic groups. Any adequate understanding of social life must foreground issues of social coherence and divergence, unity and disunity, cohesion and fracture, order and disorder.
This set brings together for the first time, in a thoroughly systematic and comprehensive fashion, the major sociological works on the above themes, from the period of the infancy of the discipline through to the present. |
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Animals and Society, 5-Vols/Set. |
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Wilkie, Rhoda/ 9780415371841/ Price:GBP 1100.00
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Animals are crucial to the functioning of any society: they provide humans with food, labour, raw materials, modes of transport, companionship, scientific knowledge through observation and experimentation, and forms of leisure and entertainment. Given both the wide variety of ways in which animals are involved in human societies, and also the broad range of controversies (from vivisection for scientific and commercial purposes, to factory farming) that have arisen, the study of animals is by its very nature interdisciplinary.
Each social scientific discipline has distinctive and interesting things to say about the relations that pertain both historically and in the present day between humans and animals. In subjects such as anthropology and geography, the study of human-animal relations has become in recent years a key area of analysis. Other subjects, such as sociology, are now increasingly recognising the need to put animals firmly on their research agendas.
This collection brings together the rich diversity of research work from across the social sciences on the topic of human-animal relations, and also provides overviews of research that has been carried out within particular disciplines in this area. |
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Cybercultures, 4-Vols/Set. |
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Bell, David/ 9780415343985/ Price:GBP 79.99
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This impressive set provides a historical contextualization and up-to-date overview of 'cyberculture' - a term understood as the cultural perspective on new information and communications technologies. Presenting a comprehensive account of the evolution, current forms, uses and theories of cyberculture, it brings together a wide range of case studies and thought to create a unique, broad-based resource.
Divided into four volumes, each with three sections, the collection maps out key thinking, and features landmark publications as well as cutting-edge interventions. Reflecting the past, present and future developments of cyberculture studies, the selection of articles included in this important work highlight the diversity of approaches, subjects and methods of inquiry involved in this fascinating area. |
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| VA05-189 |
Genetics, 4-Vols/Set. |
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Redclift, Nanneke/ 9780415342308/ Price:GBP 1200.00
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Scientific developments have always been central to conceptions of society at particular historical moments. However, the rise of molecular biology and the new genetic knowledge in the twentieth century pose particular challenges to our notions of the individual, our sense of past and future, and our relationships with the body, nature and the family. As a number of authors have suggested, the meanings of ¡¥life itself¡¦ may be in the process of subtle transformation and many of these reconfigurations are occurring more rapidly than our ability to fully grasp their social and cultural implications.
A fascinating work, the first volume in this collection sets out the background to scientific developments, the social responses to them and the constitution of science and technology as subjects for sociological analysis. The following volumes explore the interactions between biotechnology and the politics of the environment, the cultural context in which science is practised, and the broader social consequences that it may be expected to have.
A general introduction maps key approaches and controversies, highlighting particular theoretical and methodological perspectives, and each individual volume is introduced by a specialist in the field. |
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| VA05-185 |
Encyclopedia of Immigration and Migration in the American West, 2-Vols/Set. |
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Bakken, Gordon Morris/ 9781412905503/ Price:GBP 350.00
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The Encyclopedia provides a complete and definite history of racial and ethnic groups that populated the American West, those states west of the 100th meridian. The volumes cover the settling of the West and include coverage of movements of native American tribes, African Americans and the often underreported role of women in the West's development.
Key features and benefits include:
- illustrations, maps and photos from international archives;
- bilbiographical entires detailing the settling of the American West;
- unique coverage of the migration of native American tribes;
- discussion of the role of African Americans in the development of the American West;
- focus on women in the migration and immigraton of the American West. |
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| VA05-184 |
Handbook of Children, Culture and Violence, The. |
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Dowd, N. E./ 9781412913690/ Price:GBP 155.00
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Questions relating to violence and children surround us in the media: should V-chips be placed in every television set? How can we prevent another Columbine school shooting from occurring? How should pornography on the internet be regulated? Dowd's Handbook of Children, Culture and Violence addresses these questions and more, providing a comprehensive, interdisciplinary examination of childhood violence that considers children as both consumers and perpetrators of violence, as well as victims of it.
The Handbook offers much-needed empirical evidence that will help inform debate about these important policy decisions. Moreover, it is the first single volume to consider situations when children are responsible for violence, rather than focusing exclusively on occasions when they are victimized. Providing the first comprehensive overview of current research in the field, the editors have brought together the work of a group of prominent scholars whose work is united by a common concern for the impact of violence on the lives of children.
The Handbook of Children, Culture and Violence is poised to become the ultimate resource and reference work on children and violence for researchers, teachers, and students of psychology, human development and family studies, law, communications, education, sociology, and political science/ public policy. It will also appeal to policymakers, media professionals, and special interest groups concerned with reducing violence in children's lives. Law firms specializing in family law, as well as think tanks, will also be interested in the Handbook. |
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| VA05-183 |
Encyclopedia of Human Geography. |
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Warf, Barney/ 9780761988588/ Price:GBP 180.00
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Human geography has undergone a conceptual and methodological renaissance that has transformed the field into one of the most dynamic social sciences. Earlier traditions such as Marxist, feminist and phenomenological inquiry remain vibrant. In addition, human geographers have embraced a variety of newer philosophical approaches emanating from political economy and post-structuralism to engage new topics. Critical perspectives have been brought to bear on fields such as geographical information systems, and the long-standing schism between human and physical geography has been narrowed by the emergence of perspectives such as political ecology.
This Encyclopedia, on this relatively new strand of geography, considers all these new developments and helps to further establish this field. |
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| VA05-179 |
Philosophical Foundations of Research Methods, 4-Vols/Set. |
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Williams, Malcolm/ 9781412903820/ Price:GBP 675.00
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Philosophical considerations and positions underlie all of the natural and social sciences. In the latter case philosophical foundations and their emergent issues have a profound impact on methodology and empirical practice. Design decisions will usually depend on philosophical perspectives or assumptions, such as the very fundamental decision to employ a quantitative design or an interpretive design. The 'philosophy of social research' is thus a subset of the philosophy of social science, but also an important subject area that spans methodology and method.
The articles making up this timely collection are the best exemplars of key positions in a very wide disciplinary field. The selection is designed to begin each section with an 'entry level' article to introduce the reader to the topic area and to ground the approach a research problem. Topics covered include science and art in the history of social research, positivism and antipositivism, language and the linguistic turn, realism and anti-realism, theory and theory choice, logic and models, prediction and laws, interpretation, probability and complexity.
With the study of the philosophical foundations of methods and methodology gaining increasing priority in university courses, this will be a valuable resource for academics and researchers across the social sciences. |
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| VA05-169 |
Jean-Francois Lyotard, 3-Vols/Set. |
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Taylor, Victor E./ 9780415338196/ Price:GBP 220.00
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Jean-Francois Lyotard's importance to contemporary philosophy cannot be overstated. Often associated with the concept of 'postmodernism,' Lyotard, along with Jacques Derrida, Michel Foucault, and Gilles Deleuze, was a central figure in the 'theory debates' during the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s. His writings across the disciplines strongly influenced the current shape of contemporary continental philosophy and critical theory, with his posthumously published books and essays having a significant influence on current scholarly debates.
Lyotard's contributions to contemporary continental philosophy are many, with critical concepts such as differend, meta-narratives, little-narratives, pagan aesthetics, and parology becoming permanent entries in the postmodern lexicon. While much remains to be explored in his arguments and theoretical propositions, it is his later philosophico-poetics that may be his enduring legacy. |
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Documentary Research, 4-Vols/Set. |
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Scott, John/ 9781412908177/ Price:GBP 675.00
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Documentary research involves the use of texts and documents as source materials: government publications, newspapers, certificates, census publications, novels, film and video, paintings, personal photographs, diaries, and innumerable other written, visual and pictorial sources in paper, electronic, or other 'hard copy' form. Along with surveys and ethnography, documentary research is one of the three major types of social research and arguably has been the most widely used of the three throughout the history of sociology and other social sciences. It has been the principal method - indeed, sometimes the only one - for leading sociologists.
The key issues surrounding types of documents and our ability to use them as reliable sources of evidence on the social world must be considered by all who use documents in their research. The paucity of sources available until now means that this compendium will be of great interest.
Volume 1. Theory and Methods
Volume 2. Personal Documents
Volume 3. Mass Media and Cyber Documents
Volume 4. Official Statistics and Sources |
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Communication Theories, 4-Vols/Set. |
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Cobley, Paul/ 9780415331975/ Price:GBP 280.00
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This collection provides a range of essays both canonical in, and at the cutting edge of, communication theory. Selections included provide in-depth theoretical analysis and theoretical overviews rather than specific study of phenomena within a given theoretical tradition. The set represents communication theory in a fashion cognisant with the breadth of communication - nonverbal and verbal - that takes place within the universe. However, there are also special sections devoted to language and media.
The four volumes provide academics and students with access to a free-standing body of theoretical work which is applicable to a range of different topics within communications, media and cultural studies. The set includes an introduction by the editor, a chronological table of articles and an index. |
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Visual Research Methods, 4-Vols/Set. |
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Hamilton, Peter/ 9781412901512/ Price:GBP 675.00
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The use of visual evidence in social and cultural research is an exciting and stimulating area of growing interest bridging the social sciences and humanities. The burgeoning use of the internet has given a massive boost to use of, and interest in, varieties of visual information for research purposes. At the same time, these visual technologies themselves raise all sorts of methodological questions.
This collection brings together the contributions of key writers within both the symbolic and empirical research traditions, presenting the most influential statements on visual research methods and the central debates about visual culture in a diversity of fields. These range from art history, to history of photography, film studies, and aesthetics to media and communications studies, sociology and cultural studies, and social anthropology, social psychology and educational research.
Part I: Classical Historical Statements
Part II: The Objectivity of the Visual
Part III: Visual Technologies
Part IV: The Visual as Method |
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| VA05-120 |
International Encyclopedia of Social Policy, 3-Vols/Set. |
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Fitzpatrick, Tony/ 9780415258968/ Price:GBP 125.00
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This milestone work is the first to offer in-depth treatment of all aspects of the discipline and practice of social policy globally. Supported by a distinguished international advisory board, the editors have compiled more than 750 entries written by 254 leading specialists to provide authoritative coverage of definitional and conceptual terms, actors, institutions and national and regional contexts and applications, and the growing importance of the transnational dimension. Also included are biographical entries on major theoreticians.
The International Encyclopedia of Social Policy provides the most substantial mapping of the international study and practice of social policy to date and will stand as a vital storehouse of knowledge for many years to come. |
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| VA05-101 |
Theodor Adorno: Critical Evaluations in Cultural Theory, 4-Vols/Set. |
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Jarvis, Simon/ 9780415304641/ Price:GBP 325.00
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Theodor Adorno was a German philosopher, sociologist and musicologist and was a leading member and eventually director of the Frankfurt Institute for Social Research.
Adorno studied an extraordinary range of subjects during his lifetime - from dialectical logic and the syntax of poetry to newspaper astrology columns and the Hollywood studio system - and he left a significant mark on each of the many disciplines in which he worked. His philosophically sophisticated rethinking of Marxian materialism has been central to much European and American social theory in the latter half of the twentieth century and his studies of mass culture, radio and television were foundational documents for the discipline of cultural studies.
This collection charts the most important moments in the international reception of Adorno's thinking, covering the wide range of disciplines his studies touched upon, including literary criticism, musicology, aesthetics, epistemology and metaphysics.
There is also a great deal of important scholarship and commentary on Adorno in German that remains untranslated into English. This set will therefore provide Anglophone scholars with the first English translations of these important works. |
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Asian Englishes, 5-Vols/Set. |
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Bolton, Kingsley/ 9780415374866/ Price:GBP 1100.00
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In recent decades, the cultural and linguistic legacies of the colonial era have been superseded by the globalization of English through the international mass media, particularly via satellite television and the Internet. In many societies that were previously the colonies of Anglophone powers, 'new Englishes' have appeared, visible most dramatically in the 'new literatures' of India, Singapore, the Philippines etc. However, many of these new Englishes are much older in provenance than many linguists have previously recognized. The process of British and American imperial expansion in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries took the English language to many parts of the Indian subcontinent, Southeast Asia, China and Japan. Indeed, it is typically in these initial stages of political, historical and cultural contact that we can identify the dynamics of 'languages in contact', and the origins of 'World Englishes', in a range of settings, including South Asia, Southeast Asia, and East Asia.
This Major Work from Routledge, a new title in the History and Development of World Englishes series, is a unique reference collection. It brings together a range of sources, reprinted in facsimile, charting the spread of English throughout Asia and the development of 'Asian Englishes' from the eighteenth century through to the 1960s. |
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Coversation Analysis, 4-Vols/Set. |
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Drew, Paul/ 9781412918480/ Price:GBP 675.00
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It is now widely agreed that in latter part of the 20th century sociology has taken a 'linguistic turn'. One of the approaches to emerge out of the linguistic turn is conversation analysis, which is now recognized as one of the most distinctive and genuinely original approaches to the study of language, communication and social interaction to have emerged during the last forty years.
Research in conversation analysis over the past 30 years has shown how these and other technical aspects of talk-in-interaction are structured, socially organized resources - or methods - whereby participants perform and coordinate activities through talking together. Conversational interaction is the primordial site of human sociality. Thus these methods are the technical bedrock on which people build their social lives, and construct their social relations with one another.
This comprehensive collection, brought together by two of the leading figures in conversation analysis, will be indispensable to researchers in not only linguistics but sociology, social psychology, communications, and health sciences whose work involved the language and linguistic features of social action. |
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The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother. |
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McBride, James/ 9781594481925/ Price:US$ 16.00
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Canada's Changing Families: Implications for Individuals and Society. |
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McQuillan, Kevin/ 9780802089663/ Price:US$ 86.00
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Infotopia: How Many Minds Produce Knowledge. |
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Sunstein, Cass R./ 9780195189285/ Price:US$ 44.95
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'Injuns!' : Native Americans in the Movies. |
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Buscombe, Edward/ 9781861892799/ Price:GBP 12.00
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The indispensable sage, fierce enemy, silent sidekick: the role of Native Americans in film has been largely confined to identities defined by the ¡¥white¡¦ perspective. Many studies have analyzed these simplistic stereotypes of Native American cultures in film, but few have looked beyond the Hollywood Western for further examples. Distinguished film scholar Edward Buscombe offers here an incisive study that examines cinematic depictions of Native Americans from a global perspective. |
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Fashion: A Philosophy. |
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Svendsen, Lars/ 9781861892911/ Price:GBP 14.95
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Fashion opens with an exploration of all the possible meanings encompassed by the word ¡¥fashion¡¦, as Svendsen probes its elusive place in art, politics, and history. Ultimately, however, he focuses on the most notable type of fashion: clothing. With his trademark dry wit, he deftly dismantles many of the axioms of the industry and its supporters. For example, he points out that some of the latest fashions shown on catwalks aren¡¦t actually ¡¥fashionable¡¦ in any sense of the word, arguing that they¡¦re more akin to modern art works, and he argues against the increasingly popular idea that plastic surgery and body modification are part of a new wave of consumerism. Svendsen draws upon the writings of thinkers from Adam Smith to Roland Barthes to analyse fashion as both a historical phenomenon and a philosophy of aesthetics. |
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Sociology: Your Compass for a New World.(The Brief Edition) |
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Brym, Robert J./ 9780534643508/ Price:US$ 90.95
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Current Perspectives: Readings from InfoTrac College Edition. |
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Wadsworth/ 9780495007647/ Price:US$ 38.95
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When Children Become Parents: Welfare State Responses to Teenage Pregnancy. |
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Daguerre, Anne/ 9781861346780/ Price:GBP 29.99
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Teenage parenthood is recognised as a significant disadvantage in western industrialised nations. It has been found to increase the likelihood of poverty and to reinforce inequalities. This book explores, for the first time, the links between welfare state provision and teenage reproductive behaviour across a range of countries with differing welfare regimes. |
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Sex Segregation and Inequality in the Modern Labour Market. |
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Browne, Jude/ 9781861345998/ Price:GBP 65.00
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This book presents a novel interpretation of the nature, causes and consequences of sex inequality in the modern labour market. Employing a sophisticated new theoretical framework, and drawing on original fieldwork, the book develops a subtle account of the phenomenon of sex segregation and offers a major challenge to existing approaches. |
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Globalization and the Environment. |
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Jorgenson, Andrew/ 9789004151321/ Price:EUR 134.00
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Security and Migrations in the Mediterranean: Playing with Fire. |
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Henriques, Mendo C./ 9781586036188/ Price:EUR 116.00
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The post-Cold War period made a new concept of security imperative: it encompasses environmental, social, economical, political and military issues. Migration as a civilizational phenomenon, albeit transitional, goes across this entire spectrum, particularly in a varied historical milieu as the Euro Mediterranean region is. In turn, reforms and changes need to be carried out by South Mediterranean states and societies, in order to eliminate some of the obstacles to modernization, creating conditions for economic development at home with the help of North Mediterranean countries. Another package of reforms in European countries should empower migrants to adopt a more active citizenship and become more integrated in the societies where they choose to live. For Mohamed Khachani, a demystification of the question of migratory risk is in order to foster an improved dialogue between south Europe countries and North Africa countries. Sending countries are affected by political crises, socio-economic instability, and illegal migration from North Africa; receiving countries practice discrimination in labour market and social space. |
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International Approaches to Prostitution: Law and Policy in Europe and Asia. |
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Gangoli, Geetanjali/ 9781861346728/ Price:GBP 26.99
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International Approaches to Prostitution: Law and Policy in Europe and Asia. |
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Gangoli, Geetanjali/ 9781861346735/ Price:GBP 70.00
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What is to be done about prostitution? Is it work or is it violence? Are women involved in prostitution offenders or victims? Is prostitution a private or a political issue? The answers to these questions vary depending on many factors, including where in the world you live.
This book provides a valuable, detailed international comparison of the laws, policies and interventions in eight countries across Europe and Asia.
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Ageing and Diversity: Multiple Pathways and Cultural Migrations. |
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Daatland, Svein O./ 9781861348470/ Price:GBP 26.99
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To understand contemporary ageing it is necessary to recognise its diversity. Drawing on an extraordinary range of theory, original research and empirical sources, this book assesses the stereotyped conceptions of ageing, and offers a critical and updated perspective. |
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The New Countryside?: Ethnicity, Nation and Exclusion in Contemporary Rural Britain. |
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Neal, Sarah/ 9781861347961/ Price:GBP 70.00
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This book explores issues of ethnicity, identity and racialised exclusion in rural Britain, in depth and for the first time. It questions what the countryside 'is', problematises who is seen as belonging to rural spaces, and argues for the recognition of a rural multiculture. |
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The New Countryside?: Ethnicity, Nation and Exclusion in Contemporary Rural Britain. |
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Neal, Sarah/ 9781861347954/ Price:GBP 25.99
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Doing research with refugees: Issues and guidelines. |
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Temple, Bogusia/ 9781861345981/ Price:GBP 67.99
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This book is the first specifically to explore methodological issues relating to the involvement of refugees in both service evaluation and development and research more generally. It builds on a two-year seminar series funded by the ESRC and attended by members of a range of statutory and voluntary organisations, as well as academics and refugees themselves. The participants jointly drew up a set of good practice guidelines that are re-produced in the book for the first time. |
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Race and Ethnicity: Across Time, Space and Discipline. |
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Coates, R. D./ 9789004139916/ Price:EUR 110.00
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Social Issues Essential Primary Sources Collection ¡X Social Policy: Essential Primary Sources. |
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Social Policy explores how governments and groups have developed and implemented social policies that have shaped societies and influenced social justice and social change. Included are approximately 175 full or excerpted documents---speeches, legislation, magazine and newspaper articles, essays, memoirs, letters, interviews, novels, songs, and works of art---as well as overview information that places each document in context. Entries are organized into chapters that feature a general overview of the chapter's subtopic. The following standard subheads are included in each entry:
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All titles contain an introduction to its topic, a chronology of major events associated with the topic, and a general index.
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Social Issues Essential Primary Sources Collection ¡X Government, Politics, and Protest: Essential Primary Sources. |
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Government, Politics, and Protest explores the causes and nature of protest as well as the historical tension between protest and government, including underlying causes. Included are approximately 175 full or excerpted documents---speeches, legislation, magazine and newspaper articles, essays, memoirs, letters, interviews, novels, songs, and works of art---as well as overview information that places each document in context. Entries are organized into chapters that feature a general overview of the chapter's subtopic. The following standard subheads are included in each entry:
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Social Issues Essential Primary Sources Collection ¡X Environmental Issues: Essential Primary Sources. |
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Environmental Issues offers insights into the origins of environmental consciousness, the complexities of environmental science, and the sometimes contentious arguments surrounding environmental issues. Included are approximately 175 full or excerpted documents---speeches, legislation, magazine and newspaper articles, essays, memoirs, letters, interviews, novels, songs, and works of art---as well as overview information that places each document in context. Entries are organized into chapters that feature a general overview of the chapter's subtopic. The following standard subheads are included in each entry:
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Social Issues Essential Primary Sources Collection ¡X Terrorism: Essential Primary Sources. |
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Terrorism provides insight into the scale and complexities of terrorism across a sweeping landscape of time, geography, act, and motive. Included are approximately 175 full or excerpted documents---speeches, legislation, magazine and newspaper articles, essays, memoirs, letters, interviews, novels, songs, and works of art---as well as overview information that places each document in context. Entries are organized into chapters that feature a general overview of the chapter's subtopic. The following standard subheads are included in each entry:
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James Joyce. |
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Gibson, Andrew/ 9781861892775/ Price:GBP 11.99
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In this new work, Andrew Gibson sets out to reverse the traditional view of Joyce and his work as the paradigm of international modernism in literature. Where criticism has usually consigned Ireland to secondary status in Joyce¡¦s work, Gibson firmly relocates the writer and his work in Ireland, showing them at all points to be intricately bound up in Irish history, politics and culture. Crucially, he views Joyce¡¦s departure for Europe as allegiance to an Irish emigratory tradition that is centuries old, rather than the abandonment of the old country. |
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Jean-Paul Sartre. |
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Leak, Andrew/ 9781861892706/ Price:GBP 11.99
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Jean-Paul Sartre was arguably the most celebrated and written-about intellectual of the twentieth century. He was also one of the most divisive: twenty-five years after his death, his name still provokes revulsion and admiration in equal measure. But who really knew him? From early on, Sartre cultivated publicity and transparency as paradoxical shields of his privacy. Through an impressive range of biographical writings, interviews and films, and through the chronicling skills of his life-long companion Simone de Beauvoir, he effectively wrote his life as he was living it. |
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Contemporary Gothic. |
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Spooner, Catherine/ 9781861893017/ Price:GBP 12.95
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Contemporary Gothic provides a sustained investigation of the role of Gothic in contemporary culture, from Buffy to Britart, theme pubs to advertising. It explores a wide range of recent material, including consumer products, fashion, fiction, film and art, within the context of a centuries-old literary and cultural tradition. Gothic walks a narrow line between comfort and outrage, mass popularity and cult appeal, the grotesque and the incorporeal, authentic self-expression and camp performance. Its very contradictions, Catherine Spooner argues, have made it so adaptable to contemporary concerns.
Inventive and accessibly written, the book will appeal to students and academics researching Gothic across a wide range of disciplines, as well as general readers with an interest in the darker side of film, tv and fiction. |
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Modern Japanese Cuisine: Food, Power and National Identity. (POD) |
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Cwiertka, Katarzyna J./ 9781861892980/ Price:GBP 30.00
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Katarzyna J. Cwiertka is a recognized expert on the subject of Japanese cuisine and its modern history, and this book is a result of more than a decade of research. It also includes a section on the spread of Japanese food and restaurants in Western countries. Modern Japanese Cuisine will be of interest to the general reader interested in Japanese culture and society, as well as to a more specialized audience, such as scholars of Japan, anthropologists and food historians. |
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Stalking. |
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Nicol, Bran/ 9781861892898/ Price:GBP 12.95
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This unprecedented study reveals the cultural dimension of this obsessive behaviour and examines stalking in the context of contemporary media-saturated culture. Moving from novels of previous historical periods such as Richardson¡¦s Clarissa and Dickens¡¦s Our Mutual Friend, to classic Hollywood cinema such as Play Misty For Me and Taxi Driver, to more recent stalking films and novels, Fatal Attraction, One Hour Photo and Enduring Love, Nicol skilfully shows how stalking has pervaded human society for over two hundred years. He also considers famous cases of celebrity stalking such as Jodie Foster, John Lennon, Monica Seles and Jill Dando and related issues such as the internet and TV shows. |
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Winners Never Quit. MArguerite Rogers Howie: African American Woman Sociologist. |
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Morgan, Gordon D./ 9780977790890/ Price:US$ 12.00
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Handbook of Group Research and Practice, The. |
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Wheelan, Susan A./ 9780761929581/ Price:GBP 155.00
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The Handbook of Group Research and Practice emphasizes the connections among basic research and theory, applied research, and group practice to demonstrate how theory and research translate into methods for working with groups. It is an excellent resource for students, academics, and practitioners in the fields of psychotherapy, psychology, sociology, management, communications, social work, education, and science and technology
Key Features:
* Offers a multidisciplinary and international perspective from international contributors
* Provides a historical overview of the development of research and group practice
* Identifies contemporary issues with an emphasis on the research agenda in the field
* Describes seven different theoretical perspectives on how groups function
* Addresses both traditional and new methods of studying group research
* Advances current efforts to increase the understanding of how groups are employed and operate to solve pressing social and individual problems
The Handbook of Group Research and Practice is a unique, interdisciplinary resource written by world-renowned researchers and practitioners who work with teams and groups in a variety of settings. As a result, this Handbook provides students, academics, and practitioners with the most comprehensive understanding about the latest findings and issues in group research and practice to date! |
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Encyclopedia of War and American Society, 3-Vols/set. |
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Karsten, Peter/ 9780761930976/ Price:GBP 450.00
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The impact of war on U.S. society has been extensive throughout our nations history. War has transformed economic patterns, government policy, public sentiments, social trends and cultural expression. There are numerous courses within the social sciences that teach components of how and why war has affected our nation, but there is very little reference sources for social science students to rely on. The Encyclopedia of War and Society will not only cover the geopolitical effects of war, but it will also show how the U.S. engagement in national and international conflicts has affected the social and cultural arena.
Features and Benefits:
* Coverage will concentrate mostly on the last 100 years since most librarians have stated that particular era needed more coverage.
* This topic is perfectly suited to provide a multi-disciplinary approach taking the following key components into consideration: Arts and Culture Economics and Labor Race and Ethnicity Gender Journalism and Media Science and Technology Law and Justice Religion Education Geography Health and Medicine (including psychological studies) |
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Peace Studies, 4-Vols/Set. |
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Evangelista, Matthew/ 9780415339223/ Price:GBP 350.00
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The academic field of Peace Studies emerged during the Cold War to address the nature and sources of interstate and internal conflict and methods to prevent it and deal with its consequences.
Peace Studies, much like political science itself, is an interdisciplinary field, built upon contributions from psychology, sociology, history and economics among others. It differs from related fields such as Strategic Studies or Security Studies in its implicit normative and teleological orientation: an expectation that scholarly research can contribute to reducing the sources of conflict to produce a more just and peaceful world. |
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Encyclopedia of Prisons and Correctional Facilities, 2-Vols/Set. |
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Bosworth, Mary/ 9780761927310/ Price:GBP 370.00
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The two-volume Encyclopedia of Prisons and Correctional Facilities aims to provide a critical overview of penal institutions within a historical and contemporary framework. The United States has the highest incarceration rate in the world; a fact that has caused lawmakers, advocates, and legal professionals to rethink punishment policies as well as develop new policies on prisoner education and rehabilitation.
Issues of race, gender, and class are fully integrated throughout in order to demonstrate the complexity of the implementation and intended results of incarceration. The encyclopedia will also contain biographies, articles describing important legal statutes, as well as detailed and authoritative descriptions of the major prisons in the United States. Comparative data and examples are employed to analyze the America system within an international context.
The encyclopedia's 400 entries are all signed and written by recognized authorities. There will be an appendix containing a comprehensive listing of every federal prison in the U.S. complete with facility details and service information. |
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Feminism and the Periodical Press, 1900-1918, 3-Vols/Set |
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Delap, Lucy/ 9780415320252/ Price:GBP 900.00
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The Edwardian period represents a particularly vibrant periodical culture, with phenomenal growth in the numbers of titles published that were either aimed specifically at women, or saw women as a key section of their readership or contributor group. It was a period of political ferment in which a number of 'progressive' traditions were formulated, shaped or abandoned, including socialism, feminism, modernism, empire politics, trade unionism and welfarism.
This collection comprises periodical articles organised around some of the central themes of political thought and utopian thinking, and offers a comprehensive sourcebook of readings on the Edwardian/Progressive Era feminist thought.
The volumes explore the interventions of the radical public intellectuals working in these traditions in North America and the UK from 1900-1918. |
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Encyclopedia of Religion and Nature, 2-Vols/Set. |
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Taylor, Bron/ 9781843711384/ Price:GBP 375.00
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In the new millennium, as environmental alarm has escalated, so has interest and concern about the role of religion in nature. Much of the thinking has involved a hope for a 'greening' of religion ¡V i.e. that religion might promote environmentally-protective action. Many believe that this 'greening' of religion is a prerequisite for solving the world's social and environmental problems. Curiosity regarding the relationships between human culture, religion and the wider natural world, however, goes beyond such curiosity. The ERN represents an intensive effort to broaden the inquiry and asks the fundamental question: What are the relationships between Homo sapiens, their diverse religions, and the earth's living systems?
The answers are difficult and complex, intertwined with and complicated by a host of social, environmental, and religious variables. The goal of the ERN is to explore this question in a way that illuminates these relationships without engaging in wishful thinking, irrational pessimism, or the tendency to oversimplify the dynamic, sometimes rapidly evolving relations between humans, their religions, and the natural world.
Encyclopedia of Religion and Nature shows convincingly that religion has a great deal to do with nature, nature a great deal to do with religion, and both have everything to do with the planetary future. |
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Encyclopedia of Anthropology, 5-Vols/Set. |
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Birx, H. James/ 9780761930297/ Price:GBP 1045.00
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This five-volume Encyclopedia of Anthropology is a unique collection of over 1200 entries that focuses on topics in physical anthropology, archaeology, cultural anthropology, linguistics, and applied anthropology. Also included are relevant articles on geology, paleontology, biology, evolution, sociology, psychology, philosophy, and theology. The contributions are authored by over 300 internationally renowned experts, professors, and scholars from some of the most distinguished museums, universities, and institutes in the world.
Special attention is given to: human evolution, primate behavior, genetics, ancient civilizations,
sociocultural theories, and the value of human language for symbolic communication. This groundbreaking Encyclopedia will be a must-have reference work for any library with collections in anthropology, as well as the natural sciences, social sciences, and humanities. It will provide students, educators, and a wide array of interested readers with a greater understanding of and deeper appreciation for those facts, concepts, methods, hypotheses, and perspectives that make up modern anthropology and related disciplines. |
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Encyclopedia of International Sports Studies, 3-Vols/Set. |
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Bartlett, Roger/ 9780415277136/ Price:GBP 125.00
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The Encyclopedia of International Sports Studies provides comprehensive coverage of all aspects of the science, social science and medicine of sport.
The Encyclopedia is alphabetically organised and consists of:
* Principal entries of 3000 words covering disciplinary areas, e.g. sports economics, sports history
* Large informational entries of 1200 words on broad topics, e.g. resistance training, diagnosis of sports injuries
* Medium informational entries of 600 words on more specific topics, e.g. cross training, projectile motion
* Small entries of 300 words comprising entries on narrower topics and small overviews directing the reader onwards, e.g. metabolism, overview, motivation, overview, muscle tension length relationship
The aim of the editors has been to produce a comprehensive work which will be of use to a wide variety of users: students, teachers, researchers, and professionals (coaches, development officers, physiotherapists, etc.). Entries are accessibly written and both facts-fronted and critical.
The Encylopedia of International Sports Studies will be a basic reference work for all with an interest in the science, medicine, and the social and cultural study of sport.
Entries carry cross-references and lists of further reading. There is a full index. |
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Handbook of Spiritual Development in Childhood and Adolescence, The. |
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Roehlkepartain, Eugene/ 9780761930785/ Price:GBP 155.00
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The Handbook of Spiritual Development in Childhood and Adolescence breaks new ground by articulating the state of knowledge in the area of childhood and adolescent spiritual development. Featuring a rich array of theory and research from an international assortment of leading social scientists in multiple disciplines, this book represents work from diverse traditions and approaches making it an invaluable resource for scholars across a variety of disciplines and organizations.
Key Features:
* Presents a wealth of interdisciplinary theory and research, as well as proposals for future areas of inquiry, to help move spiritual development into a mainstream field of learning
* Provides the first comprehensive collection of social science research on spiritual development in childhood and adolescence to introduce the topic engagingly to students
* Features the works of scholars from around the world in multiple disciplines (psychology, sociology, anthropology, medicine, and educational philosophy) to present a diversity of traditions and approaches
* Includes introductions to the volume as well as to each section that provide overviews and syntheses of key concepts. |
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Youth Activism: An International Encyclopedia, 2-Vols/Set. |
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Sherrod, Lonnie R./ 9780313328114/ Price:GBP 144.95
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If democratic societies are to survive as true democracies, they need citizens who are informed, concerned and active. How such citizens develop from childhood into adults is crucial information for educators, psychologists, young people, parents, politicians and many, many others. This watershed work brings an understanding to the disparate activist youth groups internationally as well as the interdisciplinary research that explores this phenomena.One hundred eighty five entries, from chatrooms, to grassroots movements form gangs and politics to Riot Grrls and Campus Crusade for Christ this authoritative source lends insight and explanation to the history as well as contemporary forms of youth commitment today. First-person accounts from today's youth activists as well as adult activists illuminate the journey from young idealist to lifelong work.
The major categories that frame this work are advocacy for social causes; adolescent and youth development; education; historical examples; media and internet infulence and use; national examples of activism and social movement; organizations and programs; political context; postive youth development; social background factors, e.g., economic class, race, ethnicity, gender and culture; social relationships and networks; voices of activism; and youth culture. |
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Development Psychology II: Social and Language Development, 3-Vols/Set. |
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Lewis, Charlie/ 9781412907842/ Price:GBP 580.00
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This collection provides a comprehensive and up-to-date synthesis of the most significant publications in the field of Developmental Psychology over the past century. Over a total of six volumes, the Editors present the benchmark readings in the discipline, including highly cited theoretical articles, empirical articles as well as some book chapters that have had great impact in terms of presenting research findings and influencing the key debates in the field. There is a particular emphasis on recent publications to complement older, classic works, illuminating new directions in the field theoretically and methodologically, and on representing the discipline from an international perspective.
Each of the volumes opens with an introductory editorial essay by the Editors setting out the rationale behind the selection of papers in terms of their historical, theoretical and empirical importance in the development of the field. The net effect is to provide an integrated account of this very established and expansive discipline.
Volume 4: Theoretical perspectives
Volume 5: Social development
Volume 6: Language, communication and literacy
These 3 volume reference sets will be an invaluable addition to any academic library with an interest in and/or existing collection in Developmental Psychology. Given their diverse yet coherent organization, they provide an excellent supplement on relevant courses where students need to engage with the provocative ideas that have made this field both lively and fascinating. |
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Free Will, 4-Vols/Set. |
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Fischer, Jonathan/ 9780415327268/ Price:GBP 300.00
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Over the last three decades there has been a tremendous amount of philosophical work in the Anglo-American tradition on the cluster of topics pertaining to Free Will. Of course, this work has in many instances built on and extended the historical treatments of this great area of philosophical interest. The issues range from fairly abstract philosophical questions about the logic of arguments about human freedom (and its relationship to prior predictability of our choices and actions, or God's foreknowledge, or causal determinism and scientific explanation) to more concrete practical questions about legal and criminal accountability.
The contemporary work has in some instances been in the form of lively debates between proponents of different viewpoints, and the literature is characterized by a genuine vitality. Work has appeared in a wide variety of different places: academic and (and even trade) monographs, anthologies, philosophical and legal academic journals, and conference proceedings. This collection selects the very best of this material and presents it in a single, accessible set of volumes. |
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Pragmatism, 4-Vols/Set. |
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Goodman, Russell B./ 9780415288453/ Price:GBP 300.00
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This collection presents key texts in and about pragmatism, from its origins in nineteenth century America to its contemporary revival as an international and multi-disciplinary phenomenon. These essays explore pragmatism's origins, applications, and weaknesses; and its remarkable versatility as an approach not only to issues of truth and knowledge but to ethics and social philosophy, literature, law, aesthetics, religion, and education.
The collection:
* Is international in scope, covering a wide range of sources, including key American pragmatists such as Nelson Goodman and Morton White
* Includes key articles on the contemporary neopragmatism revival
* Considers pragmatism's influences across disciplines
* Includes newly translated articles. |
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Philosophy and Methodology of the Social Sciences, 4-Vols/Set. |
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Smith, M. J./ 9780761947370/ Price:GBP 675.00
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This is a comprehensive and authoritative reference collection in the philosophy and methodology of the social sciences. The source materials selected are drawn from debates within the natural sciences as well as social scientific practice.
This four volume set covers the traditional literature on the philosophy of the social sciences, and the contemporary philosophical and methodological debates developing at the heart of the disciplinary and interdisciplinary groups in the social sciences. It addresses the needs of researchers and academics who are grappling with the relationship between questions of knowledge construction and the problems of social scientific method. |
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Battle Against Poverty, The., 2-Vols/Set. |
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Rogers, Brian/ 9780415382908/ Price:GBP 49.99
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The fight against poverty has been central to social policy from Tudor times onwards, but as this classic reissue illustrates, its application has varied with changing economic situations and philosophies.
Taking the continuing battle against poverty as his central theme, Rodgers explores the formation of social policy, analyses the interaction of policy and practice and of social need and administrative necessity. The volumes pay particular attention to such landmark events as the introduction of social insurance and the Beveridge report and foundation of the welfare state. |
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SAGE Handbook of Fieldwork, The. |
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Hobbs, Dick/ 9780761974451/ Price:GBP 125.00
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Fieldwork is widely practiced but little written about, yet their accounts of the exotic, mundane, complex and often dangerous are central to not only sociology and anthropology but also geography, social psychology and criminology. In all these increasingly overlapping fields, experience underlies any comprehensive understanding of social life.
The Handbook of Fieldwork presents the first major overview of this method in all its variety, introducing the reader to the strengths, weaknesses, and real world applications of fieldwork techniques. Its 22 carefully chosen chapters are each based on a substantive field of empirical enquiry, written by an acknowledged expert in the field. The range is impressive: from the traditional to the virtual, covering the field of emotion, sexuality, sport, embodiment, identity, self-narrative, fieldwork in organizations, science and technology. Not only is this Handbook a one-of-a-kind resource for academics and students, it is also a fascinatingly good read. |
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| VA05-186 |
Handbook of Material Culture. |
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Tilley, Chris/ 9781412900393/ Price:GBP 125.00
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The study of material culture is concerned with the relationship between persons and things in the past and in the present, in urban and industrialized and in small-scale societies across the globe. The Handbook of Material Culture provides a critical survey of the theories, concepts, intellectual debates, substantive domains and traditions of study characterizing the analysis of things. It is cutting-edge: rather than simply reviewing the field as it currently exists. It also attempts to chart the future: the manner in which material culture studies may be extended and developed.
The Handbook of Material Culture is divided into five sections.
- Section I maps material culture studies as a theoretical and conceptual field.
- Section II examines the relationship between material forms, the human body and the senses..
- Section III focuses on subject-object relations
- Section IV considers things in terms of processes and transformations in terms of production, exchange and consumption, performance and the significance of things over the long-term.
- Section V considers the contemporary politics and poetics of displaying, representing and conserving material and the manner in which this impacts on notions of heritage, tradition and identity.
The Handbook charts an interdisciplinary field of studies that makes a unique and fundamental contribution to an understanding of what it means to be human. It will be of interest to all who work in the social and historical sciences, from anthropologists and archaeologists to human geographers to scholars working in heritage, design and cultural studies. |
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Encyclopedia of Human Development, 3-Vols/Set. |
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Salkind, Neil J./ 9781412904759/ Price:GBP 565.00
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Whether charting the emotional attachment of an infant to his or her parents and its long-term effects on well-being, media violence and adolescents' behavior, or factors moderating the natural decline in physical and mental abilities associated with aging, the cross-disciplinary field of human development is one that captures interest among and holds practical relevance for the general public as well as academia. The Encyclopedia of Human Development presents state-of-the-art research and ready-to-use facts from the fields of psychology, individual and family studies, and education. From A to Z, 600 entires cover topics as diverse as adolescence, cognitive development, education, family, gender differences, identity, longitudinal research, personality development, prenatal development, temperament, and more. |
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Organizational Communication, 5-Vols/Set. |
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Putnam, Linda L./ 9781412910453/ Price:GBP 815.00
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The field of organizational communication has mushroomed in the past three decades. Originally viewed as a spin-off from management and organizational psychology, organizational communication is now a major area of research, education, and practice.
Studies in organizational communication focus on the messages, meanings, patterns of communication, discourse, and symbols as they aid in defining the nature of organizations. In effect, organizational communication scholars study the dynamic interplay between communication processes and human organizing.
This volume assembles in one collection the major works that form the building blocks of organizational communication studies. In particular, it chronicles the development of the field through articles that were influential in setting agendas and charting the course of research. |
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Comparative Methods in Social Research, 4-Vols/Set. |
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Sica/ 9781412911443/ Price:GBP 675.00
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Handbook of Ethical Research with Ethnocultural Populations and Communities. |
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Trimble, Joseph/ 9780761930433/ Price:GBP 155.00
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What steps can be taken to incorporate a cultural perspective to the evaluation of research risks and benefits? How can investigators develop and implement respectful informed consent procedures in diverse cultural and language communities? What are ethical pitfalls and successful approaches to engaging in community and participant consultation? The Handbook of Ethical Research with Ethnocultural Populations and Communities, edited by Joseph E. Trimble and Celia B. Fisher, addresses these and other key questions in the first major work to focus specifically on ethical issues involving work with ethnocultural populations. Filling gaps and questions left unanswered by general rules of scientific conduct such as those embodied in federal regulations and professional codes, this Handbook will help guide ethical decision making for social and behavioral science research with multicultural groups for years to come.
Key Features:
Brings together for the first time a multidisciplinary blend of national leaders who specialize in the area of conducting research with ethnocultural populations
Addresses existing issues at methodological, procedural, and conceptual levels for the responsible conduct of research in the field
Incorporates as background a summary of leading research and scholarship on various topics framed within the authors' personal successes, challenges, and failures in the dynamic process of creating a multicultural research ethic
Includes real-world case examples to illustrate significant ethical principles in the research venture more concretely
The Handbook is designed for graduate and advanced undergraduate students in Psychology and will also be valuable for social and medical science researchers and institutional review boards. This book will also be of interest to ethicists and bioethicists, policy makers, and foundations that fund research involving multicultural populations. |
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Chicago School of Criminology, 6-Vols/Set. |
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Bierne, Piers/ 9780415700924/ Price:GBP 350.00
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The Chicago school was part of the post-Progressive Era social science movement, many aspects of which evolved at the University of Chicago. Between 1915 and the early 1940s, sociological research in the United States was dominated by various academic disciplines at the University of Chicago, especially those of political science and sociology.
This facsimile collection will make available classic texts from the Chicago School from the 1920s to the 1940s. |
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SAGE Handbook of Sociology, The. |
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Calhoun, Craig/ 9780761968214/ Price:GBP 125.00
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Neil Smelser's (1988) Handbook of Sociology was published by Sage a decade and a half ago. It provided an invaluable guide to the discipline of the day which was widely used by researchers and students.
Much has changed in the discipline since the publication of Smelser's volume. In particular, the notion of canonical Sociology is now widely disputed. At the level of theory, various tensions in the field have become pronounced. The field of Sociology today approximates to one of multi-paradigmatic complexity in which many approaches to theory must be distinguished and situated. In addition, the discipline has had to confront new challenges from globalization, the shift of interest from production to consumption, the rise of new social movements, the challenge of bio-engineering, the collapse of a 'presently existing socialist alternative' and much else besides.
This new Sage Handbook of Sociology aims to come to terms with these sea-changes, while at the same time providing an authoritative guide to theory and method, the key sub-disciplines and the primary debates of today. It brings together some of the top authors in the discipline to reflect upon the condition of Sociology today. The new Handbook is notably more international and critical than Smelser's volume. It seeks to provide the essential resource for professional Sociology and inter-disciplinary fields. |
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| VA05-157 |
Historical Methods in the Social Sciences, 4-Vols/Set. |
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Hall, John A./ 9781412903707/ Price:GBP 675.00
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Historical methods are at the foundation of research in the social sciences. This collection provides a guide to the epistemological and ontological bases of historical-sociological inquiry, explores the logic of historical-sociological analysis, pinpoints enduring legacies and examines contemporary applications.
Volume I. Foundations
History and the Social Sciences
On the Nature of Social Scientific Explanation
On the Ontology of the Social-Historical
Volume II. Classical Questions
Causality and Social Time
From Laws that "Cover" to Narratives that "Bind"?
On Historical Evidence and the Logic of Hermeneutics
Volume III. Recent Disputes
Emplotment, Rhetoric, & the "Historiographical Operation":
Assessing the Postmodernist Challenge
Reflexivity and the Quest for Objectivity:
On Source Criticism and the Sociology of Knowledge
Formalization, Quantification, and Historical Sociology
The Dialectic of Structure, Culture and Agency
Volume IV. Legacies and Transformations
The Logic of Historical Sociological Comparison
Origins, Legacies and Trajectories
Tectonic Shifts |
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| VA05-156 |
Biographical Research Methods, 4-Vols/Set. |
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Miller, Robert Lee/ 9781412902298/ Price:GBP 675.00
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The life history or biographical research method was popular in the early decades of the twentieth century and, after a period of eclipse caused by the rise of quantitative methods, is enjoying a resurgence of interest. This burgeoning of interest is enough that we can now speak of a biographical 'turn' as the social sciences
These four volumes present the first established collection of the biographical method literature and brings together the many diverse strands. The set will serve to set the canon for this re-established research area.
The collection is organized around eight themes: the classical statements dominated by the pre-war American 'Chicago School' of sociology; the neo-classical statements of the first wave of renewed interest in the 1970s; interviewing, including reflexivity, recall and narrative structures; analysis and the principles of selection in generating stories for narrative biographical interviews; biographical concepts such as life courses and generations; transitions and social trauma; biography and social policy; and controversies in biographical research. |
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| VA05-155 |
Political Geography, 4-Vols/Set. |
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Cox, Kevin/ 9780415332101/ Price:GBP 350.00
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Political geography concerns small-scale intrastate, regional and individual activities, as well as large far-reaching processes of global or international relationships. The field has developed from late nineteenth and early twentieth century concerns with geopolitics - the relationships between state power and territory - to a diverse range of topics engendered by new world systems and globalisation.
There has been a tremendous growth in study of political geography since the 1970s. This growth has been signalled among other things by the emergence of three serials explicitly devoted to political geography (Political Geography, Space and Polity and geopolitics) and by other journals containing strong political geography content. This collection charts the historical growth of the discipline and the major themes of post 1970s developments. |
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| VA05-153 |
Knowledge, 5-Vols/Set. |
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Stehr, Nico/ 9780415317368/ Price:GBP 375.00
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Knowledge is of crucial, and growing, importance in social, political and economic relations in modern society. The range and variety of available knowledge dramatically enlarges the available options of social action. Traditionally, philosophy was the discipline concerning itself with the nature of knowledge in general. Over past decades, other fields of inquiry have investigated and reflected on their knowledge foundations. The increasing investment in scientific knowledge, in its production, distribution and reproduction, is acquiring greater social significance. Everything that is regarded as knowledge in society has become a legitimate subject matter for academic investigations from various disciplines and for practitioners.
This collection brings together a broad array of contributions.
Volume I: This volume is dedicated to the topic of Knowledge and Society and has a particular focus on such topics as Social Order, Class, Social Structure, Knowledge Economies, Knowledge Societies, and Inequality.
Volume II: This volume addresses Knowledge and Organisations. It includes classical articles on Knowledge Management, Knowledge Acquisitions, and Knowledge-based Systems.
Volume III: The third volume investigates Forms and Styles of Knowledge, with special entries on Secret Knowledge, Everyday Knowledge, and Scientific Knowledge.
Volume IV and Volume V: These volumes, entitled Thinking about Knowledge: complements and antagonists, address the relation between knowledge and its 'Other', e.g. belief, certainty, discourse, experience, faith, human interests, passion, power, reality, and skills. |
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| VA05-151 |
Nature, 4-Vols/Set. |
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Inglis, David/ 9780415333092/ Price:GBP 1050.00
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'Nature' is perhaps the most contested term in the social sciences. It has a huge variety of possible meanings, and an equally great number of implications as to what human life 'is' and how it should be studied. Questions raised here include: What is 'nature'? What is 'human nature'? How does mankind act upon, change, manipulate and otherwise alter the 'natural world', and what might the consequences be thereof? How does the 'natural world' impinge upon human life? What are the moral and ethical issues involved in the areas just mentioned.
These volumes contain the main contributions that have been made within the area. A new introduction places these articles in their historical and intellectual context and the volumes are completed with an extensive index and chronological table of contents. |
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| VA05-147 |
Handbook of Rural Studies. |
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Cloke, Paul/ 9780761973324/ Price:GBP 125.00
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The Handbook represents the vitality and theoretical innovation at work in rural studies. It shows how political economy and the 'cultural turn' have led to very significant new thinking in the cultural representations of: rurality; nature; sustainability; new economies; power and rurality; new consumerism; and exclusion and rurality.
It is organized in three sections: approaches to rural studies; rural research: key theoretical co-ordinates and new rural relations.
In a rich and textured discussion, the Handbook of Rural Studies explains the key moments in which the theorization of culture, nature, politics, agency, and space in rural contexts have transmitted ideas back into wider social science. |
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Handbook of World Families. |
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Adams, Bert N./ 9780761927631/ Price:GBP 155.00
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The Handbook of World Families clarifies and promotes a cross-cultural perspective on the family by an examination of 25 countries worldwide, with the same topics covered in parallel fashion for each. These topics include a brief demographic and historic description of the country, mate selection, child rearing practices, gender roles, family stresses and violence, divorce and remarriage, kinship, aging and death, and the family within the broader societal institutions including politics, economics, and religion. |
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| VA05-144 |
Encyclopedia of African American Society, 2-Vols/Set. |
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Jaynes, Gerald D./ 9780761927648/ Price:GBP 380.00
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The Encyclopedia of African American Society is the first comprehensive and accessible reference set in this field to give voice to the turbulent trendspast and presentthat are often ignored in favor of mere facts. Although numerous biographical, chronological and bibliographical reference works exist, none seeks to capture, in a single set, the ways in which the tenets and foundations of African American culture have given rise to todays society. This two-volume encyclopedia seeks to fill the gap to become a staple in collection development in school, public and academic libraries.
The encyclopedia is anchored by alphabetically arranged essays on such topics as abolitionism, affirmative action, and the civil rights movement, and contains hundreds of shorter articles on notable African Americans, groundbreaking events, sports and culture, labor and significant heritage sites. |
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| VA05-132 |
Postwar American Critical Thought, 4-Vols/Set. |
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Beilharz, Peter/ 9780761944157/ Price:GBP 645.00
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The USA has some claim to have risen to a position of intellectual dominance in the Social Sciences in the post-war years. US Social Scientists are key players in international conferences and their premier publications have some claim to set international trends. Yet the relationship between American thought and global traditions has been peculiarly under-theorized.
This unparalleled four volume collection is divided into eight parts that focuses on American post war critical theory with special reference to Social Theory, Sociology and Politics. It identifies the central themes in this work and provides a comprehensive survey of the outstanding contributions in the field.
Peter Beilharz, through a considered selection of articles, argues that American critical theory can be read not only as European, but also as profoundly American and North American. That is, it is hybrid, at the same time global and local in significance and inflection. In this way, the American experience can be read as a case study for doing critical theory today. This comprehensive collection amounts to a definitive guide to the currents and cross currents of American critical theory in the Postwar years.
Peter Beilharz is Professor of Sociology at La Trobe University, Director of the Thesis Eleven Centre for Critical Theory and Associate Fellow, Yale University in 2004 -. |
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| VA05-131 |
International Encyclopedia of Economic Sociology. |
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Berckert, Jens/ 9780415286732/ Price:GBP 325.00
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The Encyclopedia of Economic Sociology covers all aspects of the sociology of economic life and activity: the macrosociological perspective, sociology of economic institutions and behaviour, sociology of the firm and organizations, interactions between the economy and culture, education, gender, religion, ethnicity, leisure, the state, politics and the environment. |
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| VA05-127 |
Owenite Socialism: Pamphlets and Correspondence, 10-Vols/Set. |
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Claeys, Geoffrey/ 9780415149723/ Price:GBP 2700.00
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This ten-volume set reprints in facsimile an extensive collection of Owenite Socialist and co-operative material, the bulk of which is extremely scarce and difficult to find outside of specialist research libraries. |
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Sociology and Socialism in Contemporary China. |
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Wong, Siu-lun/ 9780415361842/ Price:GBP 240.00
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Sociology flourished in China during the 1930s and 1940s but with the establishment of the People's Republic of China, controversies arose over the place of sociology in the process of socialist construction.
Siu-lun Wong analyses the reasons for this change in the fortune of sociological studies in China and examines it in relation to the country's contemporary political system. |
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Grand Titration: Science and Society in East and West. |
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Needham, Joseph/ 9780415361651/ Price:GBP 240.00
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The historical civilization of China is, with the Indian and European-Semitic, one of the three greatest in the world, yet only relatively recently has any enquiry been begun into its achievements in science and technology. Between the first and fifteenth centuries the Chinese were generally far in advance of Europe and it was not until the scientific revolution of the Renaissance that Europe drew ahead. Throughout those fifteen centuries, and ever since, the West has been profoundly affected by the discoveries and invention emanating from China and East Asia. |
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Political Philosophy of Confucianism: An interpretation of the social and political ideas of Confucius, his forerunners, and his early disciples. |
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Hsu, Leonard Shihlien/ 9780415361545/ Price:GBP 230.00
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One of the most astonishing features of the Confucian teaching to the modern reader is its anticipation of the Spencerian formula of evolution and its adaptation of this to a programme of progress. This volume shows that Confucius' teaching is still relevant in many of its features, not merely for China but also for the West. |
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| SA05-488 |
Local and Global: Social Transformation in Southeast Asia |
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Riaz Hassan/ 9789004141582/ Price:EUR 142.00
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Defence Transformation in Europe: Evolving Military Roles. |
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Edmunds, T./ 9781586035419/ Price:EUR 88.00
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Today, European countries face the challenge or transforming their defence. In particular, the military, political, budgetary and societal implications have a declining importance looking at the defence of national territory imperative. A key assumption underlying this publication is that there are a number of themes in this area that are common across the NATO and Partnership for Peace (PfP) regions, that transcend the traditional divisions between western and post-communist Europe. This book consists of eight parts, each focused around a particular area of military role evolution and illustrated by the experiences of a specific country exemplar. These include the changing nature of the defence of national territory role; expeditionary warfare; peacekeeping and humanitarian intervention; defence diplomacy; domestic military assistance; and internal security. The authors come from a range of different groups involved in defence transformation processes, including academic experts, analysts from think tanks, journalists, policy makers and serving military officers. |
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Tackling the Roots of Racism: Lessons for success. |
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Bhavnani, Reena/ 9781861347749/ Price:GBP 17.99
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Thirty years after the Race Relations Act, racism remains endemic in British society. How successful have policy measures been in addressing the causes of racism? What lessons can we learn from countries outside Britain? This important and timely book reviews the evidence and asks 'what really works?'. |
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Transforming Globalization: Challenges and Opportunities in the Post 9/11 Era. |
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Podobnik, Bruce/ 9789004145832/ Price:EUR 93.00
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Anti-social behaviour strategies: Finding a Balance. |
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Millie, Andrew/ 9781861347633/ Price:GBP 18.99
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The Government has introduced new powers for tackling anti-social behaviour, such as Anti-Social Behaviour Orders (ASBOs). This study examines how the new powers are being used, and what people think about them. Its findings will advance strategic thinking on the issue.
Through empirical research - combining a national survey with in-depth fieldwork in three neighbourhoods experiencing high levels of ASB - it develops principles for effective responses to problems of anti-social behaviour.
The report is aimed at politicians, civil servants and practitioners with responsibility for tackling problems of anti-social behaviour. It will also be of interest to academics. |
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Refugee Community Organisations and Dispersal: Networks, Resources and Social Capital. |
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Griffiths, David/ 9781861346339/ Price:GBP 26.99
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Refugee Community Organisations And Dispersal: Networks, Resources And Social Capital. |
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Griffiths, David/ 9781861346346/ Price:GBP 67.99
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Despite increased political and public interest in asylum issues in the UK, little has been written on the topic. This book, written by leading experts in the field, is the first to examine the role of refugee community organisations (RCOs) at a critical point of policy change. |
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Multiple Case Study Analysis. |
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Stake, Robert E./ 9781593852481/ Price:US$ 55.00
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Examining situational complexity is a vital part of social and behavioral science research. This engaging text provides an effective process for studying multiple cases--such as sets of teachers, staff development sessions, or clinics operating in different locations--within one complex program. The process also can be used to investigate broadly occurring phenomena without programmatic links, such as leadership or sibling rivalry. Readers learn to design, analyze, and report studies that balance common issues across the group of cases with the unique features and context of each case. Three actual case reports from a transnational early childhood program illustrate the author's approach, and helpful reproducible worksheets facilitate multicase recording and analysis. |
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Invisible Wound. |
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Bansal, S. C./ 9788190241618/ Price:US$ 42.00
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A platform for debate for every concerned citizen, graduate students in social science, political science, economics, business management and those cincerned wih public policy administration and science of Chaos and Complexity.
Chemicals and pollutants in the environment are tolerated by biological entities to a point and beyond it produces irreversible damage. Similarly the pollutant of corruption in social environment causes deep wound thought not visibke.
In a democracy, the majority representatives and elits forming one unit to be antonomous in function, to the extent that as a init it can order the use of force when justly required. The perception is that they have been given an authority to control all functions, including being opaque and automic. This "meme" has entered every brain and is residing there without an antidote.
Speaking of the truth is painful and when loudly and firmly spoken they do not permit. But we know we must change the rules of the game ssince these have been rigged. Further it is not the system of post-morem that will promote accountability but an innovative anticipatory system that will organize it.
The suffering and turmoil in human behavior of present time are signs of anthor Renaissance in the making. I believe that "Renaissance" will have its orinin not in technology but in codes for business and relers. How does one devise codes that do not see or hear or speak of noises(blind, deaf and mute)? Not only do the codes have to bear characters described but affect all constituents alike, i.e., the ruler and the commoners. |
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Care and Social Integration in European Societies. |
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Geissler, Birgit/ 9781861346049/ Price:GBP 57.99
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This book provides invaluable descriptions and comparative analyses of the now complex and highly varied arrangements for the care of children, disabled and older people in Europe, set within the context of changing labour markets and welfare systems. Issues of gender, family change, social integration and citizenship are all explored in a series of chapters that report on original empirical, cross-national research. |
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| SA05-320 |
The Meaning of Housing: A Pathways Approach. |
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Clapham, David/ 9781861346377/ Price:GBP 27.99
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| SA05-320 |
Scandal, Social Policy and Social Welfare. (Revised) |
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Drakeford, Mark/ 9781861347466/ Price:GBP 28.99
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This book, by examining the landmark scandals of the post-war period, including more recent ones, such as the Victoria Climbie Inquiry, reveals how scandals are generated, to what purposes they are used and whose interests they are made to serve. |
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Changing Scotland: Evidence from British Household Panel Survey. |
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Ermisch, John F./ 9781861345936/ Price:GBP 72.99
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Changing Scotland uses longitudinal data from the British Household Panel Survey to improve our knowledge and understanding of the impact of devolution on the lives of people in Scotland. It is the first time that BHPS data has been used in this way. |
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| SA05-319 |
Social Capital and Lifelong Learning. |
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Field, John/ 9781861346551/ Price:GBP 28.99
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Social capital and lifelong learning are central to current policy concerns both in the UK and internationally. The British government and powerful international agencies, such as the World Bank, present investment in social capital as a way of promoting neighbourhood renewal, community health and educational achievement. This book confirms the significance of social capital as an analytical tool, while challenging the basis on which current policy is being developed. |
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| SA05-319 |
Health, Well-being and Social Inclusion: Therapeutic horticulture in the UK. |
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Sempik, Joe/ 9781861347251/ Price:GBP 21.99
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Although there is growing interest among health and social care professionals in the social and therapeutic value of horticulture, there is little evidence that demonstrates the range of outcomes for vulnerable groups, including those with learning difficulties and mental health problems. This report addresses this gap in knowledge and presents the findings of the Growing Together project, the first detailed study of horticulture and gardening projects across the UK. |
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Tackling Men's Violence in Families: Nordic Issues and Dilemmas. |
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Eriksson, Maria/ 9781861346025/ Price:GBP 29.99
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| SA05-319 |
Tackling Men's Violence in Families: Nordic Issues and Dilemmas. |
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Eriksson, Maria/ 9781861346032/ Price:GBP 72.99
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Nordic countries are generally regarded as global welfare role models in terms of their image of being gender equal, child-friendly and culturally tolerant. Consequently, the influence of Nordic welfare systems in transnational academic and policy debates has been immense. By focusing on the vital welfare issue of violence by men to female partners and/or their children, this book seeks to reconsider this over-simplistic image. |
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Exploring Social Policy In The 'new' Scotland. |
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Mooney, Gerry/ 9781861345943/ Price:GBP 26.99
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Exploring Social Policy In The 'new' Scotland. |
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Mooney, Gerry/ 9781861345950/ Price:GBP 67.99
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Exploring social policy in the 'new' Scotland is the first book specifically aimed at students that integrates the description and analysis of social policy in Scotland since devolution in 1999. It has been designed to support the delivery of social policy and related courses in Scotland itself but also to appeal to students on social policy, politics, sociology, public policy and regional studies courses across the United Kingdom, on which devolution and its impact are examined. |
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| SA05-318 |
Growing Together: A Practice Guide to Promoting Social Inclusion Through Gardening and Horticulture. |
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Sempik, Joe/ 9781861347268/ Price:GBP 21.99
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Horticulture and gardening activity is used as a therapy in the UK for growing numbers of vulnerable people, including those with mental health problems, learning difficulties and other health and social problems. However, until now little published work has focused on how horticulture and gardening can help to promote social inclusion for these vulnerable groups. This guide looks at the ways in which social and therapeutic horticulture (STH) projects can help foster independence, build self esteem and confidence and provide training and employment opportunities for people with health or social problems.
This guide will be useful for anyone thinking about setting up STH services for vulnerable groups or for those already providing STH support but who want to understand further the nature and extent of provision currently available in the UK. |
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Young People In Europe: Labour Markets And Citizenship. |
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Bradley, Harriet/ 9781861345875/ Price:GBP 30.99
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A More Equal Society?: New Labour, Poverty, Inequality and Exclusion. |
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Hills, John/ 9781861345776/ Price:GBP 23.99
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| SA05-315 |
Plural Policing: The Mixed Economy of Visible Patrols in England and Wales. |
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Crawford, Adam/ 9781861346711/ Price:GBP 16.99
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This timely and important report draws together the findings of an extensive two-year study of developments in the provision of visible policing in England and Wales. Exploring the dynamic relations between different public and private providers, it combines an overview of national developments with a detailed analysis of six focused case studies, including two city centres, one out-of-town shopping centre, an industrial park and two residential areas. |
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Affordable Credit: The Way Forward. |
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Kempson, Elaine/ 9781861346872/ Price:GBP 16.99
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The poor pay more for many things but, arguably, it is the extra they pay for credit that puts the greatest strain on their budgets. This report looks beyond the rhetoric that has dominated much of the debate on high-cost credit to examine the scope for widening access to more affordable credit. |
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Building Better Connections: Interagency Work and the Connexions Service. |
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Coles, Bob/ 9781861346612/ Price:GBP 15.99
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This highly topical report provides much needed evidence to inform the re-configuration of services for children and young people. Focusing on the Connexions strategy and service in England, it explores the effectiveness of inter-agency working in this area. |
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Child Abuse and Culture: Working with Diverse Families. |
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Fontes, Lisa A./ 9781593851309/ Price:US$ 81.00
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This expertly written book provides an accessible framework for culturally competent practice with children and families in child maltreatment cases. Numerous workable strategies and concrete examples are presented to help readers address cultural concerns at each stage of the assessment and intervention process. Professionals and students learn new ways of thinking about their own cultural viewpoints as they gain critical skills for maximizing the accuracy of assessments for physical and sexual abuse; overcoming language barriers in parent and child interviews; respecting families' values and beliefs while ensuring children's safety; creating a welcoming agency environment; and more. |
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A Philosophy of Boredom. (POD) |
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Svendsen, Lars Fr./ 9781861892171/ Price:GBP 17.95
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Although boredom is something that we have all suffered from at some point in our lives, and has become one of the central preoccupations of our age, very few of us can explain precisely what it is. In this book Lars Svendsen examines the nature of boredom, how it originated, its history, how and why it afflicts us, and why we cannot seem to overcome it by any act of will.
A diverse and vague phenomenon, described as anything from ¡¥tame longing without any particular object¡¦ (Schopenhauer), ¡¥a bestial and indefinable affliction¡¦ (Dostoevsky), to ¡¥time¡¦s invasion of your world system¡¦ (Joseph Brodsky), boredom allows many interpretations. In exploring these, Lars Svendsen brings together observations from philosophy, literature, psychology, theology and popular culture, examining boredom¡¦s pre-Romantic manifestations in medieval torpor, philosophies of the subject from Pascal to Nietzsche, and modern related concepts of alienation and transgression, taking in texts by Samuel Beckett, J. G. Ballard, Andy Warhol and many others. |
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A More Equal Society?: New Labour, Poverty, Inequality and Exclusion. |
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Hills, John/ 9781861345783/ Price:GBP 72.99
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Although it has never declared a comprehensive 'war on poverty', the Labour Government that took office in 1997 has introduced an extensive set of measures designed to counter poverty in childhood and old age and to address individual and area-based social exclusion.
A more equal society? brings together the expertise of a range of authors to provide an evaluation of Labour policy towards poverty and social exclusion between 1997 and 2004. It considers the challenges the government faced, examines the policies that were chosen and the targets set for them, and assesses results. |
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The Origin of the World: A History of the Vagina. |
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Drenth, Jelto/ 9781861892102/ Price:GBP 19.95
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The Origin of the World is a revealing, intimate and liberating study of female sexuality. Sexologist Jelto Drenth believes that sex is pleasurable and fulfilling, but that to enjoy it to the full you must know how it works. The author describes the workings of the vagina in simple language, giving an illustrated ¡¥guided tour¡¦; but this book is not merely a technical exploration of female sexuality. It examines the vagina historically, anatomically, anthropologically and biologically, drawing on many sources including medical texts, myth, science fiction and fantasy, and feminist and lesbian literature, with illuminating critical observations. The book goes back to the Middle Ages, examines non-Western cultural practices, including clitoridectomy and virginity checks, tests Freud¡¦s theories on coitus, and deals at length with sexual desire, lovemaking and orgasm.
The Origin of the World is full of insights from the most diverse quarters, in which stimulating poetry and romantic literature are blended with historical, anthropological and medical data. A well-illustrated, truly encyclopaedic work, it is at the same time a lightly written, occasionally humorous exploration of a subject close to us all. Both women and men alike will find this book engaging and informative, and will discover a great deal ¡V about themselves as well as the opposite sex. |
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On Garbage. |
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Scanlan, John/ 9781861892225/ Price:GBP 16.95
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On Garbage shows that disposal causes not only the mountains of rubbish that we occasionally believe threatens to overwhelm us; it also creates a host of other ¡¥garbage¡¦, particularly in the dead ends of useless knowledge and the often abject reality of our disposable lives. It turns out that we ourselves have become the garbage of our times.
This bold and thought-provoking work will be of interest to readers in areas as diverse as cultural studies and social theory, the histories of philosophy, public health and the environment, as well as those interested in the aesthetics of contemporary art. |
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Sourcebook of Family Theory and Research. |
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Bengston, Vern L./ 9780761930655/ Price:GBP 150.00
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Getting Through to Difficult Kids and Parents: Uncommon Sense for Child Professionals. |
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Taffel, Ron/ 9781593850937/ Price:US$ 33.00
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From experienced therapist Ron Taffel--widely known for his popular parenting guides--this is a commonsense handbook for any mental health, education, or medical professional working with challenging kids and parents. Provided are concrete strategies for building rapport with stressed-out families, getting children and adolescents to talk about what really matters, spotting developmental and psychiatric problems before a crisis develops, and developing skills to strengthen kids' self-esteem and parents' effectiveness in setting limits. Illustrative case vignettes get to the heart of what is going wrong between youngsters and their parents and show how simple, concrete interventions can make a big difference. Also covered in depth are ways for professionals to handle their own emotional responses in highly charged situations. |
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Empowerment Evaluation Principles in Practice. |
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Fetterman, David M./ 9781593851149/ Price:US$ 55.00
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What principles should guide an empowerment evaluation? And how can these principles actually be put into practice? One of the primary tasks in an empowerment evaluation (EE) is to increase the capacity of program stakeholders to plan, implement, and evaluate their own programs. This book presents the most current formulation of the 10 principles of EE and provides professionals and students with the tools to put these principles into practice. Through case studies of diverse evaluation projects--including community health foundation initiatives, school district programs, and a $15 million corporate program aimed at bridging the digital divide--the founder and leading proponents of EE clarify key concepts and discuss important lessons learned. Coverage includes how to balance program improvement efforts with accountability requirements; how EE can be used to guide standards-based work; how to use EE in a learning organization; the differences among empowerment, collaborative, and participatory evaluation; and much more. |
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First Peoples: Indigenous Cultures and their Futures.(POD) |
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Sissons, Jeffrey/ 9781861892416/ Price:GBP 19.95
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First Peoples argues, controversially, that far from disappearing in the face of global capitalism, indigenous cultures today are as diverse as they ever were. Rather than being absorbed into a uniform modernity, indigenous peoples are anticipating alternative futures and appropriating global resources for their own, culturally specific needs. For Sissons, however, the traditional and the modern are not mutually exclusive: indigenous cultures and nation-states are aspects of the same contemporary condition, and their apparently opposing position is an expression of the contradictory nature of modernity in the 21st century. |
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The Weather in the Imagination. |
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Boia, Lucian/ 9781861892140/ Price:GBP 14.95
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The Weather in the Imagination analyses the theories and scenarios caused by climate. These fall into three main categories: anthropological and psychological; historical; catastrophic. The weather has long served as a means of explaining human diversity: other people are different because they live under different skies. Climate has also been used to explain the dynamic of the historical process, the rise of certain civilizations and the stagnation or regression of others. Catastrophe is also invoked in theories of the weather: what could destroy a civilization ¡V or arouse the fear of humanity¡¦s total extinction ¡V more effectively than a good climatic ¡¥jolt¡¦? The prototype of this kind of upheaval is the Flood, one of the most gripping and influential myths the human imagination has ever produced. |
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Empowerment Evaluation Principles in Practice. |
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Fetterman, David M./ 9781593851156/ Price:US$ 115.00
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What principles should guide an empowerment evaluation? And how can these principles actually be put into practice? One of the primary tasks in an empowerment evaluation (EE) is to increase the capacity of program stakeholders to plan, implement, and evaluate their own programs. This book presents the most current formulation of the 10 principles of EE and provides professionals and students with the tools to put these principles into practice. Through case studies of diverse evaluation projects--including community health foundation initiatives, school district programs, and a $15 million corporate program aimed at bridging the digital divide--the founder and leading proponents of EE clarify key concepts and discuss important lessons learned. Coverage includes how to balance program improvement efforts with accountability requirements; how EE can be used to guide standards-based work; how to use EE in a learning organization; the differences among empowerment, collaborative, and participatory evaluation; and much more. |
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Is Israel One?: Religion, Nationalism, and Multiculturalism Confounded. |
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Ben-Rafael, E/ 9789004143944/ Price:EUR 190.00
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Mad, Bad and Dangerous: The Scientist and the Cinema. |
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Frayling, Christopher/ 9781861892553/ Price:GBP 19.95
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Since its origin cinema has had an uneasy relationship with science and technology: scientists are almost always impossibly mad or impossibly saintly, and technology is nearly always very bad for you. In Mad, Bad and Dangerous?, Christopher Frayling explores the genealogy of the film scientist in films made in Western Europe, and especially in Hollywood after the 1930s, showing how in film the scientist has often been used to represent the prevailing phobias of the time. In the 1950s, for example, films were dominated by the fear of botched atomic research, and were a showcase of mutated, outsized creatures and radioactive zombies. Since Hitchcock¡¦s The Birds, however, the role of the scientist has been less straightforward, and by the 1970s damage to the environment and the spread of diseases were the predominant consequences of science gone wrong. Scientists ¡V and the corporations that controlled them ¡V became the ¡¥baddies¡¦. |
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Guy Debord. |
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Merrifield, Andy/ 9781861892614/ Price:GBP 11.99
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Guy Debord crosses over that Champot wall, pushes back Debord¡¦s shutters and peers through his windows. It crosses his threshold, drinks his wine, and listens to him talk. Andrew Merrifield focuses on the particulars of Debord¡¦s life, shedding light on this admirable yet apparently impenetrable figure, a free spirit who was radically at odds with life but at the same time loved many things in it, and thought them worth fighting for. The book reveals the dynamics of the man, his ideas, and his times ¡V which have much to say to our own, equally troubled times. The ideas of Guy Debord, who died only 10 years ago, continue to expose the fragility of our democracy and the mismatch between people and political power today; this book shows that the lessons of Debord are as fresh, subversive, and relevant now as they were forty years ago. |
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God, Greed, and Genocide: The Holocaust Through the Centuries. |
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Grenke, Arthur/ 9780976704201/ Price:US$ 24.00
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Culture, Leadership, and Organizations: The GLOBE Study of 62 Societies. |
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House, Robert J./ 9780761924012/ Price:GBP 150.00
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Leadership, Culture and Organizations reports the results of a ten-year research program, the Global Leadership and Organizational Behaviour Effectiveness research program (GLOBE). GLOBE is a long-term program designed to conceptualize, operationalize, test and validate a cross-level integrated theory of the relationship between culture and societal, organizational, and leadership effectiveness. A team of 160 scholars worked together since 1994 to study societal culture, organizational culture, and attributes of effective leadership in 62 cultures. Leadership, Culture, and Organizations reports the findings of the first two phases of GLOBE. The book is primarily based on the results of the survey of over 17,000 middle managers in three industries: banking, food processing, and telecommunications, as well as archival measures of country economic prosperity and the physical and psychological well-being of the cultures studied.
GLOBE has several distinguishing features. First, it is truly a cross-cultural research program. The constructs were defined, conceptualized, and operationalized by the multicultural team of researchers. Second, the industries were selected through a polling of the country investigators, and the instruments were designed with the full participation of the researchers representing the different cultures. Finally, the data in each country were collected by investigators who were either natives of the cultures studied or had extensive knowledge and experience in that culture.
A unique feature of this book is that while it is an edited book and many experts have written the different chapters, unlike other edited books, it is a fully integrated, seamless, and cohesive book covering the many aspects of the theory underpinning the GLOBE. |
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George Elton Mayo: Critical Evaluations in Business and Management, 2-Vols/Set. |
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Wood, John C./ 9780415323901/ Price:GBP 210.00
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George Elton Mayo (1880-1949) is widely recognized as the progenitor of the human relations movement in management and his work laid the foundations for later management and organizational thinking.
Mayo's work highlighted the importance of communication between management and workers and identified the now-accepted notion that work satisfaction, and therefore productivity, lies in recognition, security, and a sense of belonging, rather than monetary rewards. His findings were contrary to the theories of his contemporaries that the worker is motivated solely by self-interest (e.g. Taylorism). Mayo's work on human motivation revolutionized the theory and practice of management. This collection evaluates Mayo's role in shaping business and management studies upto the present day. It includes a new introduction and an extensive annotated bibliography. |
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Japan and North America: RoutledgeCurzon Library of Modern Japan, 2-Vols/Set. |
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Krauss, Ellis/ 9780415275149/ Price:GBP 660.00
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This collection makes available key articles on the Japan-North American relationship from the Meiji era to the present. Volume one focuses on the necessity of Japanese modernization post-1868 and examines the build-up to the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbour. Volume two looks at the post-war period, in which US forces occupied Japan and were instrumental in its rebuilding as an economic superpower. In the years following this Japan and North America enjoyed a close yet occasionally fraught relationship, as competitors and allies. Volume two also examines the cultural ramifications of the influence of North America on Japan, and vice versa.
Volume I: First Contacts to the Pacific War
Volume II: The Postwar |
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Women and Islam: Critical Concepts in Sociology, 3-Vols/Set. |
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Moghissi, Haideh/ 9780415324182/ Price:GBP 270.00
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This three-volume interdisciplinary collection will be of use not only in Middle East studies but also in various other disciplines, including women's studies, political science, religion, cultural studies, sociology of gender and anthropology.
The collection offers the most influential writings in the field by both renowned scholars as well as those by the new generation of scholars of Islam and gender and includes a wide variety of cases from Middle Eastern and Islamic societies. By including case-based articles, the collection highlights the clear links between concepts and theories and actual practices.
Volume I: Images and Realities
Volume II: Islam and Gender: Social Conditions, Obstacles and Prospects
Volume III: Women's Movements in Muslim Societies |
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Folklore, 4-Vols/Set. |
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Dundes, Alan/ 9780415316620/ Price:GBP 1050.00
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The academic study of folklore is a worldwide, interdisciplinary field spanning the humanities and the social sciences. It is very much tied to nationalism and national identity and for this reason it has often been the smaller countries that have led the way in terms of providing theory and method. There are many significant articles, mostly written by European folklorists, which remain essentially unavailable to most folklore students. Many appear in periodicals, which are not readily available, such as fabula (folktale studies) and proverbium (proverb studies). This set of volumes provides students and researchers with a comprehensive collection of articles covering the principal theoretical and methodological concepts. |
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Shamanism: Critical Concepts in Sociology, 3-Vols/Set. |
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Znamenski, Andrei A./ 9780415311922/ Price:GBP 230.00
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Mircea Eliade descibed shamanism as the primal religion of humanity, the 'archaic technique of ecstasy'. The books of best-selling author Carlos Castaneda made it part of popular culture. Since the 1960s shamanism has continued to attract the attention of scholars, artists, writers and the general public. The most intriguing aspect of this religion is the ability of shamans to enter into contact with spirits on behalf of their communities. The first eighteenth-century explorers of Siberia dubbed shamanism a blatant fraud. Later, academic observers stamped it as 'neurotic delusion'. In the 1960s shamans were recast as 'wounded healers', who sacrifice their lives for the spiritual well being of their communities. Many current writers and scholars treat shamanism as ancient wisdom that has much to teach us about true spirituality.
This anthology tells the story of shamanism in Eurasia, North and South America, Africa and Australia. It brings together for the first time fifty-six articles and book excerpts by anthropologists, psychologists, religious scholars and historians, illustrating the variety of views on this subject. |
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Encyclopedia of Protestantism, The. 4-Vols/Set. |
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Hillerbrand, Hans J./ 9780415924726/ Price:GBP 775.00
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Routledge is proud to announce the publication of a new major reference work from world renowned scholar Hans J. Hillerbrand. The Encyclopedia of Protestantism is the definitive reference to the history and beliefs that continue to exert a profound influence on Western thought. Featuring entries written by an international team of specialists, the Encyclopedia traces the course of Protestantism from its beginnings prior to 1517, when Martin Luther nailed his 95 Theses to the door of Wittenberg Cathedral, to the vital and diverse international scene of the present day. |
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Sorcerers of Dobu: The Social Anthropology of the Dobu Islanders of the Western Pacific. |
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Fortune, R. F./ 9780415330541/ Price:GBP 180.00
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Ever since its first publication in 1932, Sorcerers of Dobu has been recognized as one of the great triumphs of anthropological research and interpretation in the field of ethnography. A rich source of information on primitive psychology, the book presents sociological analysis of the complex tribal organisation of the Dobuans. |
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Great Village, The: The Economic and Social Welfare of Hanuabada. |
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Belshaw, Cyril S./ 9780415330503/ Price:GBP 170.00
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This book is the first systematic study of the urban Papuan and analyses, among other things, the family, household budgets, the proliferation of ceremonial and the re-birth of sorcery. The study can be compared, from the point of view of methods and research problems, with the increasing number of accounts of the urbanization of traditional societies, particularly in Africa. Hanuabada is not, however, 'de-tribalized' and it has maintained its boundaries intact against overwhelming immigration.
1. Hanuabada and the problem of welfare
2. Basic residence and relationship pattern
3. Social relations in production and ownership
4. Demography and health
5. Income
6. Budgets
7. The material level of living
8. Trade
9. 'Private' ceremonial exchange marriage
10. 'Public' ceremonies and feasting
11. Marital relations
12. From birth to adolescence
13. Religion
14. Sorcery and its implications
15. The body politic
16. Race relations
17. The conditions of welfare |
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Land and Social Change in East Nepal: A Study of Hindu-Tribal Relations. |
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Caplan, Lionel/ 9780415330466/ Price:GBP 180.00
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This book examines the relations between the Limbus, an indigenous tribal people in East Nepal, and the Hindus who have entered their region during the past two hundred years. Describing the divisions which have arisen between the two groups as a result of confrontation over land, the book nonetheless stresses how they are linked by ties of economic and political interdependence and in so doing, explores the link between culture and politics. |
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Social Life of Early Man. |
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Washburn, S. L./ 9780415330411/ Price:GBP 200.00
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Foundations of Social Anthropology, The. |
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Nadel, S. F./ 9780415330381/ Price:GBP 62.99
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Socialization: the approach from Social Anthropology. |
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Mayer, Philip/ 9780415330367/ Price:GBP 200.00
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This volume represents the first major effort to apply the distinctive techniques of British social anthropology to the subject of socialization. Along with methodological and theoretical discussion, there is a variety of new field material from Africa, Southeast Asia and elsewhere.
1. Philip Mayer Introduction
2. Audrey I. Richards Socialization and Contemporary British Anthropology Retrospect
3. Gustav Jahoda A Psychologist's Perspective
4. Esther Goody Kinship Fostering in Gonja: Deprivation or Advantage
5. Barbara B. Lloyd Yoruba Mothers' Reports of child-rearing: Some Theoretical and Methodological Considerations
6. Barbara E. Ward Temper Tantrums in Kau Sai: Some Speculations upon their Effects
7. Paul Spencer The Function of Ritual in the Socialization of the Samburu Moran
8. Philip and Iona Mayer Socialization by Peers: the Youth Organization of the Red Xhosa
9. J.S. La Fontaine Two Types of Youth Group in Kinshasa (Leopoldville)
10. William Wilder Socialization and Social Structure in a Malay Village
11. Anthony Forge Learning to See in New Guinea
12. J.B. Loudon Teasing and Socialization on Tristan da Cunha |
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Social Context of Violent Behaviour, The: A Social Anthropological Study in an Israeli Immigrant Town. |
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Marx, Emanuel/ 9780415330343/ Price:GBP 290.00
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Violent behaviour occurs in every society. It grows out of the social order and can therefore be understood only in a social context. This book examines an orderly and relatively tranquil society, a small Israeli town settled by new immigrants, which is run by public agencies who pour in their resources to maintain the inhabitants. Circumstances have made the town an egalitarian society, but also limit its members' economic opportunities. This society has produced its special combinations of violent behaviour. The analysis extensively employs the 'case method' which has increasingly been used by social anthropologists. |
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History and Social Anthropology. |
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Lewis, I. M./ 9780415330336/ Price:GBP 200.00
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Social Anthropology of Radcliffe-Brown, The. |
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Kuper, Adam/ 9780415330329/ Price:GBP 200.00
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Social Anthropology. |
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Evans-Pritchard, E. E./ 9780415330305/ Price:GBP 290.00
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Other Cultures: Aims, Methods and Achievements in Social Anthropology. |
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Beattie, John/ 9780415330299/ Price:GBP 180.00
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Social Anthropology of Complex Societies. |
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Banton, Michael/ 9780415330282/ Price:GBP 290.00
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Relevance of Models for Social Anthropology, The. |
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Banton, Michael/ 9780415330275/ Price:GBP 200.00
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Social Anthropology and Language. |
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Ardener, Edwin/ 9780415330268/ Price:GBP 200.00
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Providing a critical framework for the consideration of the relationship between modern social anthropology and linguistics, this volume covers topics such as classification, symbolism, and structuralism. The relevance of the works of Saussure, Levi-Strauss and Chomsky is considered. There are two case-studies: the first outlines a 'social history' of the succession of pidgins that are documented on the West African coast, ending with Pidgin English. The second analyzes the status of three language varieties used in a 'trilingual' community in the Carnian Alps.
Edwin Ardener, Introductory Essay: Social Anthropology and Language
Part I: Social Anthropology, Language, and Sociolinguistics
1. Hilary Henson Early British Anthropologists and Language
2. R.H. Robins Malinowski Firth, and the 'Context of Situation'
3. Dell Hymes Sociolinguistics and the Ethnography of Speaking
4. J.B. Pride Customs and Cases of Verbal Behaviour
Part II: Multilingualism and Social Categories
5. W.H. Whiteley A Note on Multilingualism
6. Elisabeth Tonkin Some Coastal Pidgins of West Africa
7. N. Denison Some Observations on Language Variety and Plurilingualism
8. D. Crystal Prosodic and Paralinguistic Correlates of Social Categories
Part III: Social Anthropology and Language Models
9. Edwin Ardener Social Anthropology and the Historicity of Historical Linguistics
10. G.B. Milner The Quartered Shield: Outline of a Semantic Taxonomy
11. Some Ideas of Saussure applied to Buryat Magical Drawings |
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Social Change in Tikopia. |
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Firth, Raymond/ 9780415330183/ Price:GBP 180.00
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Re-visiting Tikopia a decade after his first visit, Raymond Firth here examines what impact the forces of modernization had on Tikopia society with regard to economics, law, politics and social affairs. Suffering a famine whilst there, the author also examined the issues of responsibility for the famine; problems of distribution in ceremonial and ritual; institutional developments from the famine.
Contents:
1. Tikopia Re-Studied
2. On the Threshold of Modernity
3. Critical Pressures on Food Supply and their Economic Effects
4. Tikopia Society in Famine
5. Economic Resources and Influence of the External Market
6. Changes in Rights Over Land
7. Indices of Social Movement: Patterns of Residence and of Marriage
8. Changes in Descent Groups
9. Changes in the Political System
10. Modifications in Social Control
11. Processes in Social Change |
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Elements of Social Organisation. |
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Firth, Raymond/ 9780415330169/ Price:GBP 200.00
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An illuminating introduction to the methods and problems of social anthropology, this book draws on a wide range of illustrations, including Raymond Firth's own experiences in New Zealand, Malaya and the Solomon Islands.
The concept of social organisation is discussed with special reference to the role of individual choice and decision in social affairs and the nature of social change. Social organisation in relation to economic, aesthetic, moral and religious values is also examined.
Contents:
1. The Meaning of Social Anthropology
2. Structure and Organization in a Small Community
3. Social Change in Peasant Communities
4. The Social Framework of Economic Organization
5. The Social Framework of Primitive Art
6. Moral Standards and Social Organization
7. Religion in Social Reality |
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Kinship and the Social Order: The Legacy of Lewis Henry Morgan. |
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Fortes, Meyer/ 9780415330091/ Price:GBP 180.00
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The central argument of this book is that the structuralist theory and method developed by British and American anthropologists in the study of kinship and social organization are the direct descendants of the researches of Lewis Henry Morgan. Re-examining Morgan's work, the book demonstrates how a tradition of mis-interpretation has disguised the true import of Morgan's discoveries and ideas for Rivers and Radcliffe-Brown and the generation of anthropologists inspired by them.
Contents:
Part 1: Retrospect
1. Morgan: The Founding Father
2. The Line of Succession: From Morgan to Radcliffe-Brown
3. Morgan and the Analytical Approach
4. Radcliffe-Brown and the Development of Structural Analysis
5. Toward the Jural Dimension
Part 2: Paradigmatic Ethnographical Specimens
6. A Methodological Excursus
7. The Kinship Polity
8. Cognatic Systems and the Politico-Jural Domain
9. the Ashanti: State and Citizenship
10. The Lineage in Ashanti
11. Ashanti Patrilateral Kinship and its Values
Part 3: Some Issues in Structural Theory
12. Kinship and the Axiom of Amity
13. Filiation Reconsidered
14. Descent and the Corporate Group |
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Family and Social Change in an African City. |
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Marris, Peter/ 9780415329958/ Price:GBP 52.99
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This book is a study of the pattern of social life which developed in the slums of central Lagos; and of the effects of a compulsory slum clearance scheme on the lives of those who were removed. Both parts of the study are presented clearly and vividly and are enriched with numerous quotations of statements by the people concerned, as well as a quantity of information presented in statistical tables. - Sociological Review
This book is a study of the pattern of social life which developed in the slums of central Lagos; and of the effects of a compulsory slum clearance scheme on the lives of those who were removed.
Contents:
1. Lagos
2. The Grouping of Family Relationships
3. The Conduct of Family Affairs
4. Marriage
5. Children
6. The Economy of Central Lagos
7. The Slum Clearance Scheme
8. The Rehousing Estate
9. Rehousing as Social Policy
10. Family Life and Social Change |
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Urbanization as a Social Process. |
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Little, Kenneth/ 9780415329941/ Price:GBP 300.00
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Urbanization is probably the most important process taking place in African countries. This book provides a lucid and informative study of the significance of urbanization for social change in sub-Saharan Africa, which has vital implications for all developing regions.
Originally published in 1974.
Contents:
1. The Migratory Basis of Urban Growth
2. Modern Urbanization and its Opportunistic Undertones
3. Attitudes to Work and Wage-Employment
4. Social Class and Ethnicity
5. Urbanization and Race Relations
6. Urban Social Organization
7. Conclusions |
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Theory of Social Structure, The. |
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Nadel, S. F./ 9780415330664/ Price:GBP 240.00
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Marxist Analyses and Social Anthropology. |
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Bloch, Maurice/ 9780415330602/ Price:GBP 230.00
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Handbook of Narrative and Psychotherapy, The: Practice, Theory, and Research. |
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Angus, Lynne/ 9780761926849/ Price:GBP 85.00
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The field of narrative-informed therapy began nearly a decade ago and has now matured to the point where a significant reference work is both timely and appropriate. This Handbook is the first to draw together theorists and practitioners representing a diverse range of approaches to describe and detail assessment and intervention strategies focusing on client story-telling and story reconstruction to promote positive change in clients. A primary goal is to bring together multiple approaches with the aim of promoting a dialogue among differing narrative traditions and synthesizing a more integrated understanding of client story-telling processes in psychotherapy. The editors have aimed for a balance between practice, applied research findings, and background theory. |
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Big Typescript, The: TS 213. |
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Wittgenstein, Ludwig/ 9781405106993/ Price:US$ 238.00
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* a long-awaited scholar's edition of important material from 1933, Wittgenstein's first efforts to set out his new thoughts after the publication of the Tractatus Logico Philosophicus;
* presents Wittgenstein's work in an German - English en face edition;
* includes indications to help the reader identigy Wittgenstein's numerous corrections, additions, deletions, alternative words and phrasings, suggestions for moves within the text, and marginal comments;
* provided a fertile source of material for Wittgenstein's subsequent writings, with which it can fruitfully be compared and contrasted. |
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Theodor W. Adorno, 4-Vols/Set. |
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Delanty, Gerard/ 9780761943648/ Price:GBP 675.00
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Theodor W.Adorno was one of the towering intellectuals of the twentieth century. His contributions cover such a myriad of fields, including the sociology of culture, social theory, the philosophy of music, ethics, art and aesthetics, film, ideology, the critique of modernity and musical composition, that it is difficult to assimilate the sheer range and profundity of his achievement. His celebrated friendship with Walter Benjamin has produced some of the most moving and insightful correspondence on the origins and objects of the Frankfurt School of Critical Theory. |
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Edmund Husserl: Critical Assessments of Leading Philosophers, 5-Vols/Set. |
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Welton, Donn/ 9780415289566/ Price:GBP 1400.00
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Edmund Husserl was the founding father of phenomenology and one of the most important philosophers of the twentieth century.
This collection will make available, in one place, the very best essays on Husserl's thought from the past seventy years. It will draw together a range of writings, many of which are otherwise inaccessible, that have been recognized as seminal contributions not only to an understanding of this great philosopher but also to the development of his phenomenology. |
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Handbook of Data Analysis. |
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Hardy, Melissa A./ 9780761966524/ Price:GBP 125.00
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This is a book that will rapidly be recognized as the bible for social researchers. It provides a first-class, reliable guide to the basic issues in data analysis, such as the construction of variables, the characterization of distributions and the notions of inference. Scholars and students can turn to it for teaching and applied needs with confidence. However, the book also seeks to enhance debate in the field by tackling more advanced topics such as models of change, causality, panel models and network analysis. Specialists will find much food for thought in these chapters.
A distinctive feature of the book is the breadth of coverage. No other book provides a better one-stop survey of the field of data analysis. In 30, specially commissioned chapters the editors aim to encourage readers to develop an appreciation of the range of analytic options available, so they can choose a research problem and then develop a suitable approach to data analysis. |
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American Masculinities: A Historical Encyclopedia. |
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Carroll, Bret/ 9780761925408/ Price:GBP 205.00
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American Masculinities: A Historical Encyclopedia explores the wide range of identities and experiences that have defined men and masculinity in the United States from pre-Columbian times to the present. The first reference work devoted to this scholarly field, it draws on important contemporary research in history, gender and sexuality studies, and cultural and literary studies.
The encyclopedia--in more than 250 articles--analyzes American manhood through historical eras and events; sexuality and the body; cultural icons and symbols; attitudes and behaviors; work and leisure; institutions and organizations; controversial issues and movements; key figures; family and the life cycle; literature, film, theater, and art; theories and concepts; and identities based on race, ethnicity, class, age, and region. Each entry includes suggestions for further reading and a list of other articles with additional information on a topic. |
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C Wright Mills, 3-Vols/Set. |
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Aronowitz, Stanley/ 9780761973713/ Price:GBP 500.00
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C.Wright Mills (1917-63) was one of the great sociologist's and leading public intellectuals of the last century. His contribution to the sociology of power elites, industrial relations, bureaucracy, social structure and personality, reformist and revolutionary politics and the sociological imagination are seminal.
These three volumes, edited by one of America's most influential sociologists and cultural commentators, provides an unparalleled resource for understanding the intellectual relevance of Mill's writings. Mill's engagement with contemporary issues and his sociological vision emerge powerfully. The challenge he offers to sociologists is reassessed and reaffirmed.
This is a landmark collection which provides a timely and masterful critical assessment of Mills's contribution. |
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Race, Ethnicity and Migration in Modern Japan, 3-Vols/Set. |
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Weiner, Michael/ 9780415208543/ Price:GBP 280.00
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Drawing on the full range of materials published during the twentieth century, this three volume set incorporates previously published material concerning the formation of 'racial' identities in Japan, and social exclusion as experienced by the Ainu, Burakumin, Okinawans, and Chinese and Korean residents. It also includes material related to migration, both pre- and post-war, with special reference to the formation of Nikkeijin (Latin American national of Japanese descent) communities. In addition to those populations conventionally defined as minorities, 'racial' discourse also affects Japanese attitudes toward and perceptions of other groups (e.g. Asians, Blacks, Jews). To ensure both the fullest possible coverage of the related literature and to provide a framework for comparative analysis, this set also incorporates analyses of Japanese attitudes toward these groups.
Intended as a resource for both students and specialist researchers, this collection provides a unique introduction of the English language literature related to 'race', migration, and identity in Japan. In addition to textual material related to specific issues or groups, the set provides comprehensive bibliographies and a listing of relevant Internet sources.
There is also a new introduction and thorough index, making this set an invaluable reference tool. |
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Encyclopedia of Television, 4-Vols/Set. |
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Newcomb, Horace/ 9781579583941/ Price:GBP 500.00
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The Second Edition of the Encyclopedia of Television builds on the award-winning First Edition. That work, widely recognized and cited as the foremost reference work designed for the study of television, presents almost 1,000 essays on people, programmes and topics related to the medium. Focused on both the history and current state of television, the Encyclopedia also looks to the future, exploring significant changes that have occurred in the economic, technological, and regulatory contexts in which television is produced, transmitted and experienced. The Second Edition appears in four illustrated volumes.
For nearly fifty years television has been at the centre of world culture. The Encyclopedia of Television 2nd Edition, is the first major reference work to provide description, history, analysis and information on more than 1100 subjects related to television in its international context. The focus of the materials is on television in the United States, Britain, Canada and Australia; twenty essays offer historical and descriptive discussions of television in other countries and regions around the world. More than 300 critics and scholars of television provide illustrated essays covering programmes, people and topics. |
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Marshall McLuhan, 3-Vols/Set. |
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Genosko, Gary/ 9780415321693/ Price:GBP 825.00
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This collection contains key critical essays and assessments of the writings of Canadian communications thinker Marshall McLuhan selected from the voluminous output of the past forty years. McLuhan's famous aphorisms and uncanny ability to sense megatrends are once again in circulation across and beyond the disciplines. Since his untimely death in 1980, McLuhan's ideas have been rediscovered and redeployed with urgency in the age of information and cybernation.
Volume I: Fashion and Fortune
Part 1: What the fuss was about
Part 2: French Faction
Part 3: Canadiana
Volume II: Theoretical Elaborations
Part 1: Media, Matters, Bodies
Part 2: Communication, Culture, and Critical Theory
Part 3: Before and After the Letter: (Pre)Postmodern
Volume III: Renaissance for a Wired World
Part 1: Rise of the Cybernation
Part 2: Second Comings |
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Evaluation Research Methods, 4-Vols/Set. |
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Stern, Elliot/ 9781412901529/ Price:GBP 675.00
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Evaluation is a set of research methods and associated methodologies with a distinctive purpose. They provide a means to judge actions and activities in terms of values, criteria and standards. At the same time evaluation is also a practice that seeks to enhance effectiveness in the public sphere and policy making. In order to improve as well as judge, there is a need to explain what happens and would have to be done differently for different outcomes to be achieved. It is in this explanatory mode that evaluation overlaps most directly with mainstream social science.
This collection offers a complete guide to evaluations research methods. It is organized in four volumes. Volume 1 focuses on Foundation Issues and includes sections on the rationale for evaluation, central methodological debates, the role of theory and applying values, criteria and standards. Volume 2 examines Explaining Through Evaluation and covers sections on Experimentation and Causal Inference, Outcomes and Inputs, Socio-Economic Indicators, Economics and Cost Benefit Approaches and Realist Methods. Volume 3 addresses Qualitative Methods and includes sections on Case Studies, Responsive , Developmental and Accompanying Evaluation, Participation and Empowerment, Constructivism and Postmodernism and Multi-criteria and classificatory methods. Volume 4 concentrates on Evaluation To Improve Policy with sections on Performance Management, Systematic Reviews, Institutionalization and Utilization and Policy Learning and Design
The collection offers a unique and unparalleled guide to this rapidly expanding research method. It demonstrates how method and theory are applied in policy and strategy and will be an invaluable addition to any social science library. |
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Encyclopedia of Black Studies. |
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Asante, Molefi Kete/ 9780761927624/ Price:GBP 190.00
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dynamic and innovative research on the Black Experience. The concept for the encyclopedia was developed from the successful Journal of Black Studies (SAGE) and contains a full analysis of the economic, political, sociological, historical, literary, and philosophical issues related to Americans of African descent. This single-volume reference is the vanguard of the recent explosive growth in quality scholarship in the field.
More than a chronicle of black culture or black people, this encyclopedia deals with the emergence and maturity of an intellectual field over the past four decades. Beginning with the protests at San Francisco State College in 1967 that led to the first degree-granting department of Black Studies, the field's rapid growth over time necessitates an authoritative account of the discipline. More than ever scholars and students need a clear conception of what the evolutionary processes have been in the creation and maintenance of the discipline. |
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| VA05-142 |
Encyclopedia of Evaluation. |
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Mathison, Sandra/ 9780761926092/ Price:GBP 185.00
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This single-volume Encyclopedia of Evaluation, arranged alphabetically, covers the field of evaluation from concepts, procedures, and issues as well as the major theorists associated with evaluation. Additionally, the encyclopedia will recognize the growth of the profession of evaluation around the world. Each entry will consist of the following: a definition of the term, an expanded explanation of the conceptual issues and practices related to the term, detailed examples or cases, and suggested readings. A reader's guide groups entries by broad topic areas which facilitates easy browsing for students and researchers. |
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| VA05-139 |
Handbook of Studies on Men and Masculinities. |
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Kimmel, Michael S./ 9780761923695/ Price:GBP 155.00
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In the past, research in the field of gender has mainly addressed issues about women, and has for the most part been developed by women. Recently, the study of gender has rapidly expanded and there has been a growing interest in men's and boys' identities, conduct, and problems.
The Handbook of Studies on Men and Masculinities is an interdisciplinary and international culmination of the growth of men's studies that also offers insight about future directions for the field. The Handbook provides a broad view of masculinities primarily across the social sciences, with the inclusion of important debates in some areas of the humanities and natural sciences. The various approaches presented in this Handbook range across different disciplines, theoretical perspectives, methodologies, and conceptualizations in relation to the topic of men. Editors Michael S. Kimmel, Jeff Hearn, and Robert W. Connell have assembled an esteemed group of contributors who are among the best-known experts in their particular fields.
The Handbook of Studies on Men and Masculinities examines the construction of masculinities in four different frames: the social organization of masculinities in their global and regional iterations; the institutional reproduction and articulation of masculinities; the ways in which masculinities are organized and practiced within a context of gender relations; and the ways in which individual men express and understand their gendered identities. The Handbook is organized in a way that moves from the larger, global, and institutional articulations of masculinities, to the more intimate and personal expressions.
The Handbook of Studies on Men and Masculinities provides scholars, researchers, and students with the most current, incisive scholarship available for the men's studies area of gender studies. It is a vital resource for those interested in the practical or cultural issues about men, boys, and gender, as well as an excellent addition to any academic library. |
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SAGE Handbook of Media Studies, The. |
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Downing, John D. H./ 9780761921691/ Price:GBP 155.00
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The SAGE Handbook of Media Studies provides a state-of-the-art overview of media research and examines the theories, practices, and future of media studies. Editors John D.H. Downing, Denis McQuail, Philip Schlesinger, and Ellen Wartella have brought together a variety of U.S. and international contributors to provide a universal viewpoint of the increasingly diverse and globalized media studies field. The Handbook offers a comprehensive review of today's burgeoning field of media studies and examines five distinct areas including basic approaches to date, methods of media research, perspectives on media in society, the media mosaic, and the audience. It is an ideal resource for graduate courses in media studies, as well as an excellent addition to any academic library. |
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| VA05-134 |
Encyclopedia of White-Collar and Corporate Crime, 2-Vols/Set. |
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Salinger, Laurence M./ 9780761930044/ Price:GBP 270.00
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While we can easily name examples of white-collar crime, such as the Enron accounting scandal and the recent trial in the US of Martha Stewart for illegal share trading activities , there is no clear definition of what is meant by the term white-collar crime. The term White Color Crime was coined in 1939 by Edwin H. Sutherland in a ground-breaking address to the American Sociological Society. Sutherland challenged conventional theories and stereotypes to point out that we needed to look beyond poverty in studying crime, as criminal behavior could also be seen in persons of affluence and high social status.
With more than 500 entries, the Encyclopedia of White-Collar & Corporate Crime attempts to provide an indepth examination of this relatively new social phenomenon. Encompassing historical perspectives, definitions, examples, investigations, prosecutions, assessments, challenges, and projections this forms the definitive reference work on this topic.
The Encyclopedia of White-Collar & Corporate Crime is edited to incorporate information about a variety of white-collar crimes, and provides examples of persons, statutes, companies, and convictions. Each entry offers a thorough and thoughtful summary of the topic. Rather than a simple definition, users are given a satisfying and sophisticated synopsis with references for further study.
Articles consider all aspects of white-collar and corporate crime, including:
¡P Law: describes the specific elements of the laws in terms of what types of legal acts to which they are meant to apply
¡P Individuals: brief biographical sketches, primarily focused on how they relate to the study of white-collar crime
¡P Events: criminal events include descriptions of specific cases of white-collar crime, both past and current. |
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Postwar British Critical Thought, 4-Vols/Set. |
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Milner, Andrew/ 9780761943679/ Price:GBP 675.00
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The is an unparalleled, comprehensive guide to postwar British thought on culture and society. It provides readers with a unique resource which distils the key debates and crucial contributions and points to how these initiatives have been taken up elsewhere.
The volumes are organized into four main sections: (1) Old Right and New Left; (2) New Theories; (3) New Politics; and (4) New Times.
The first deals with the 'culturalist' critiques of postwar Britain developed by the Old Right and New Left. It also explores some of the sociological commentary on postwar British affluence and the power hierarchy. The second section traces the impact of new forms of 'continental' theorizing, especially structuralism and post-structuralism, during the 1960s and 70s. The third traces the growing concern with 'new' issues of gender, sexuality, postcolonialism, race and ethnicity. The final section deals with postmodernism and globalization, especially as reflected through the distinctively British thematics of 'exterminism', 'New Times' and the 'Third Way'. -- Andrew Milner is Professor in the Centre for Comparative Literature and Cultural Studies at Monash University in Melbourne, Australia |
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Social Science Encyclopedia, The. 2-Vols/Set. |
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Kuper, Adam/ 9780415320962/ Price:GBP 375.00
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The Social Science Encyclopedia, first published in 1985 to acclaim from social scientists, librarians and students, was thoroughly revised in 1996, when reviewers began to describe it as a classic. This third edition has been radically recast. Over half the entries are new or have been entirely rewritten, and most of the balance have been substantially revised.
Written by an international team of contributors, the Encyclopedia offers a global perspective on the key issues with the social sciences. Some 500 entries cover a variety of enduring and newly vital areas of study and research methods. Experts review theoretical debates from neo-evolutionism and rational choice theory to poststructuralism, and address the great questions that cut across the social sciences. What is the influence of genes on behaviour? What is the nature of consciousness and cognition? What are the causes of poverty and wealth? What are the roots of conflict, wars, revolutions and genocidal violence?
This authoritative reference work is aimed at anyone with a serious interest in contemporary academic thinking about the individual in society. |
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| VA05-129 |
Walter Benjamin: Critical Evaluations in Cultural Theory, 3-Vols/Set. |
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Osborne, Peter/ 9780415325332/ Price:GBP 125.00
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This collection brings together a selection of the most critically important items in the literature, across the full range of Benjamin's cultural-theoretical interests, from all periods of the reception of his writings, but focusing upon the most recent, to produce a near-definitive overview of the best critical literature. The main national contexts of reception represented is German, French and Anglo-American, but also included are some important items from Italy, Spain, Portugal, Latin America and East-Asia. These are mainly in English translation, with many new translations appearing here for the first time. |
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| VA05-128 |
Urban Culture: Critical Concepts in Literary and Cultural Studies, 4-Vols/Set. |
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Jenks, Chris/ 9780415304825/ Price:GBP 290.00
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This collection is an interdisciplinary study focusing on the various cultural aspects of city life. The works included are drawn from a broad range of canonical and secondary sources and emphasise the 'new', covering modernist and postmodernist perspectives of urban culture. The collection is arranged thematically highlighting the variety of interests that coexist (and conflict) within the city. Issues such as gender, class, race, age and disability are covered along with urban experiences such as walking, politics & protest, governance, inclusion and exclusion. 'Urban pathologies', including gangsters, mugging and drug-dealing are also explored. Selections cover cities from around the globe, including London, Berlin, Paris, New York, Los Angeles, Rio de Janeiro, Bombay and Tokyo. |
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| VA05-126 |
Medical Sociology: Major Themes in Health and Social Welfare, 4-Vols/Set. |
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Scambler, Graham/ 9780415317795/ Price:GBP 1200.00
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Medical Sociology was first recognizable as a distinct area of study in the 1950s and is now probably the largest specialized area of sociology. This collection comprises a comprehensive statement of the history, current concerns and relevance of medical sociology to an understanding of health and health care worldwide. The articles included are genuinely international in two important respects: they represent the best of contemporary scholarship worldwide, and they have applicability to all types of society and health care systems.
A general introduction in the first volume provides a review of the development and state of medical sociology internationally as well as a rationale for the collection as a whole. Each of the four volumes also has its own introduction, and each of the four sections within each volume is preceded by a brief rationale. |
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| VA05-124 |
Child Welfare: Major Themes in Health and Social Welfare, 4-Vols/Set. |
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Frost, Nick/ 9780415312530/ Price:GBP 325.00
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This collection focuses on child welfare in its specific sense: welfare and social interventions with children and young people undertaken by State bodies or NGO's. The term 'child welfare' is deployed differently in diverse international settings. In the United Kingdom child welfare tends to refer to individualised programmes for children who have experienced problems in their lives. In India, to take a contrasting example, it can also refer to major housing and nutrition programmes. This collection takes an inclusive approach to international perspectives.
The collection is completed by a new general introduction by the editor, individual volume introductions, and a full index. |
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Encyclopedia of Social Theory, 2-Vols/Set. |
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Ritzer, George/ 9780761926115/ Price:GBP 465.00
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This two volume encyclopedia is an indispensable reference source for anyone interested in understanding the roots of contemporary social theory. It examines the global landscape of all the key theories and the theorists behind them and presents them in the context needed to understand the strengths and weaknesses of all the key areas, such as:
* Structural fundamentalism
* Marxist theory
* Critical theory
* Phenomenology
* Ethnomethodology
* Exchange theory
* Rational choice
* Feminism
* Multiculturalism
* Postmodernism
It draws together a team of international scholars led by the Editor, George Ritzer, one of the most prolific social theorists. This is a benchmark reference tool for understanding the development, achievements and prospects of social theory.
Features/Benefits:
* Over 280 entries
* A master bibliography
* A complete Reader's Guide
* Extensive biographical coverage of the major theorists
* Extensive cross-referencing |
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| VA05-121 |
Encyclopedia of Criminology, 3-Vols/Set. |
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Miller, J. Mitchell/ 9781579583873/ Price:GBP 575.00
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The Encyclopedia is an ambitious three-volume work offering a comprehensive review of the pivotal concepts, measures, theories, and practices that comprise criminology and criminal justice with an emphasis on comparative criminology and criminal justice, including many international contributors and entries with an international focus. |
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| VA05-119 |
Encyclopedia of Social Welfare History in North America. |
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Herrick, John/ 9780761925842/ Price:GBP 185.00
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unique reference book that will provide users with basic information about the history of social welfare in North America, including Canada, Mexico, and the United States. Since many themes and issues are similar in the three nations, entries will provide comparative information about common as well as distinctive concerns and developments. Significant events, influential persons, legislation, social problems, and societal responses are described in detail.
Editors include specialists in the social welfare history of each nation, and they have collaborated with scholars from a variety of academic disciplines to prepare entries of varying length addressing these issues.
Included in each entry are suggestions for further reading that will guide readers to the rich resources available for learning about the history of North American social welfare. The encyclopedia also provides cross-references for important topics. This volume will be a unique reference tool for students at all levels, for teachers, and for libraries serving anyone with an interest in the history of North American social welfare. |
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| VA05-117 |
Encyclopedia of Homelessness, 2-Vols/Set. |
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Levinson, David/ 9780761927518/ Price:GBP 430.00
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Homelessness is one of the major social problems and personal and family tragedies of the contemporary world. No community, city, or nation is immune and the lack of affordable housing and a decline in secure, well-paying jobs means that the problem will only get worse. |
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| VA05-116 |
SAGE Handbook of Quantitative Methodology for the Social Sciences, The. |
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Kaplan, David/ 9780761923596/ Price:GBP 155.00
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Quantitative methodology is a highly specialized field, and as with any highly specialized field, working through idiosyncratic language can be very difficult made even more so when concepts are conveyed in the language of mathematics and statistics. The SAGE Handbook of Quantitative Methodology for the Social Sciences was conceived as a way of introducing applied statisticians, empirical researchers, and graduate students to the broad array of state-of-the-art quantitative methodologies in the social sciences.
The contributing authors of the Handbook were asked to write about their areas of expertise in a way that would convey to the reader the utility of their respective methodologies. Relevance to real-world problems in the social sciences is an essential ingredient of each chapter. The Handbook consists of six sections comprising twenty-five chapters, from topics in scaling and measurement, to advances in statistical modelling methodologies, and finally to broad philosophical themes that transcend many of the quantitative methodologies covered in this handbook. |
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Pragmatism, 3-Vols/Set. |
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Malachowski, Alan/ 9781412900577/ Price:GBP 500.00
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The dramatic resurgence of American Pragmatism was one of the most important intellectual developments in the Twentieth Century. As the influence of this revitalised movement continues to spread across a variety of disciplines ranging from law to literary theory, the time is ripe for a considered reassessment of both its origins in the works of Charles Peirce, William James and John Dewey and its later revival in the hands of thinkers such as Richard Rorty and Hilary Putnam.
This three-volume collection gathers together the necessary material for just such an 'assessment'. As such, it will an invaluable research tool for scholars and students who need to understand the significance of Pragmatism's unique place in the history of ideas. |
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Handbook of Contemporary Families: Considering the Past, Contemplating the Future. |
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Coleman, Marilyn/ 9780761927136/ Price:GBP 155.00
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In this handbook, a multidisciplinary group of authors explore what has happened to families in the last 30 years and speculate about future trends, considering the past while contemplating the future. In addition, they critique the approaches used to study relationships and families and suggest new approaches for the new millennium. The focus in on the diverse array of families and relationships in which people live. |
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| VA05-105 |
History of Early Television, A. 3-Vols/Set. |
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Herbert, Stephen/ 9780415326650/ Price:GBP 230.00
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This three volume collection reprints two important 1920s/30s books relating to television, and a collection of short articles covering the social, aesthetic and technical aspects of the medium. Items range from 1870s prophecies, experiments and cartoons, to 1930s accounts of the first public broadcasting systems in Britain, Germany, and the USA. The pieces are from newspapers, specialist journals of the period, and popular magazines. Technical articles included are chosen for their accessibility to non-specialists with limited technical knowledge. The selection comments on the progress of television in many parts of the world. |
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Cultural Geography: Critical Concepts in the Social Sciences, 2-Vols/Set. |
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Thrift, Nigel/ 9780415285025/ Price:GBP 190.00
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Providing both a retrospective as well as a prospective take on modern cultural geography, this collection provides a range of diverse material. The volumes constitute both an historical resource, tracking the marking of the field, and a map of contemporary themes and obsessions. A distinctive feature of the editorial selection is its emphasis on the multiplicity of theoretical and substantive concerns in cultural geography over and above the 'classical' interests in elite cultural practices and representational approaches to cultural politics. This enlargement of the compass of cultural geography emphasises its interfaces with science studies, cultural studies, post-colonial studies and environmental history.
The collection is in four parts, with new introductions to each volume. The first volume addresses the history and practices of contemporary cultural geography itself, from writing to exploration. The second focuses on the cultural politics of identity. The third examines the diversity of senses through which cultural worlds are inhabited. The fourth volume explores the materialities of cultural practice and approaches that admit the non-human into the company of cultural geography. |
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| VA05-103 |
Animal Welfare and Anti-Vivisection 1870-1910: Nineteenth-Century Women's Mission, 3-Vols/Set. |
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Hamilton, Susan/ 9780415321419/ Price:GBP 725.00
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This three-volume set brings together a range of documents that allows researchers to explore the nineteenth-century vivisection controversy, its relation to the prominent animal welfare movement and the specific role of women within the movement.
The collection maps the battle over the meaning of animals in Victorian culture, from utility to companionship, showing the range of political, rhetorical and representational strategies that were deployed as physiology and anti-vivisection struggled to assert the 'truth' of animal bodies.
The volumes include press articles by key pro- and anti-vivisectionist activists in the established press, Victorian government materials, scientific papers and illustrations, and the pamphlets and journals of the anti-vivisectionist movements. |
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| VA05-102 |
Popular Print Media 1820-1900, 3-Vols/Set. |
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King, Andrew/ 9780415322508/ Price:GBP 800.00
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Popular Print Media makes available a selection of articles from nineteenth-century newspapers, periodicals and books which are otherwise unavailable except in their original publications.
The collection also includes a significant amount of material that highlights the complex and changing importance of women in and for the nineteenth-century media at large.
The collection is made up of three volumes, divided into six sections and will cover the following themes: technology, reading spaces , influence of print, graphic media, serial fiction, periodicals and the 'popular'.
Each section includes a new introduction by the editors.
The editors will also include a thematic table that enables readers to pursue a specific conceptual and/or historical issue, such as the impact of serial publication upon practices of reading and authorship. |
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| VA05-100 |
Material Culture: Critical Concepts in the Social Sciences, 5-Vols/Set. |
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Buchli, Victor/ 9780415267182/ Price:GBP 500.00
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Material culture is the study of material products of human manufacturing processes, or 'the history of things'. Since material culture studies re-emerged within Anglo-American archaeology and anthropology in the late 1960s, this field of study has spread to a variety of other disciplines including cultural studies, history, literary studies, semiotics, consumer studies, market research, museum studies, linguistics, design and art history, to name but a few.
This five-volume set brings together key nineteenth and twentieth century texts along with the most significant publications from the past forty years to create an accessible and comprehensive survey of the field.
Each volume includes a new introduction by the editor, placing the articles selected within their intellectual and historical context and the set is completed with a thorough index. |
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Literacy: Major Themes in Education, 4-Vols/Set. |
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Wray, David/ 9780415277082/ Price:GBP 825.00
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There can be few areas of education which have been more controversial than the teaching of literacy. In an increasingly information-dense society, the ability to make sense of and to produce text is crucial to success, and literacy has understandably assumed the burden of the benchmark of 'educatedness'.
This four-volume collection covers the major debates about exactly what it means to be literate and how literacy can best be taught. Rather than centering on the emotional reaction of mass media debates, this set focuses on research findings into processes and pedagogy. |
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Gothic: Critical Concepts in Literary and Cultural Studies, 4-Vols/Set. |
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Botting, Fred/ 9780415251129/ Price:GBP 94.99
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In the last two decades criticism of Gothic fiction has been transformed from a scholarly backwater, interesting itself in literary curiosities, to a wave of wide-ranging critical investigations collectively convinced of the significance, scope and centrality of the genre.
Embracing recent developments in critical theory and practice, work on Gothic has been able to engage systematically and penetratingly with issues of gender, history, race and politics, and so significantly extend the parameters of the field.
This collection brings together key works which convey the breadth of what is understood to be Gothic, and the ways in which it has produced, reinforced and undermined received ideas about literature and culture. In addition to its interests in the late eighteenth-century origins of the form, this collection aims to anthologise what it takes to be path-breaking essays on most aspects of Gothic production, including some of its nineteenth, twentieth and twenty-first century manifestations across a broad range of cultural media. |
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City Matters: Competitiveness, cohesion and urban governance. |
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Boddy, Martin/ 9781861344441/ Price:GBP 27.99
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This book provides, in a single volume, a review of the findings of the largest ever programme of cities research in the UK, the Economic and Social Research Council's 'Cities: Competitiveness and Cohesion programme'. Leading experts present the findings of this wide-ranging programme organised around themes of competitiveness, social cohesion and the role of policy and governance. |
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Picturing the Social Landscape: Visual Methods and the Sociological Imagination. |
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Knowles, Caroline/ 9780415306393/ Price:GBP 130.00
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Toddler Trouble!(DVD) |
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The Toddler and Preschool Years.(DVD) |
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Institutional Culture in Early Modern Society. |
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Goldgar, A./ 9789004138803/ Price:EUR 129.00
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The essays in this volume take a fresh look at the history of institutions in the early modern world. Casting a broad look across a variety of institutions, from missionary societies to guilds, from lawcourts to academies, and exploring institutions across western Europe and Britain, the volume as a whole invites a newly comparative understanding of the nature of formal institutions in the period. By envisaging disparate institutions as having, to some degree, similar self-perceptions, strategies, and rituals, these essays begin to build up a picture of how early modern institutions functioned overall. The book will appeal to anyone interested in the social and culture history of early modern communities, as well as offering insights into the relationship of institutions and the developing state.
Cobntributors include: Ian Anders Gadd; Reed Benhamou; Susan Brown; Gayle Brunelle; Janelle Day Jenstad; Robert Frost; Anne Goldgar; Anthony Grafton; Kristine Haugen; Steve Hindle; Florence Hsia; Joanna Innes; Victor Morgan; Eve Rosenhaft; James Shaw; Keith Wrightson. |
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Globalization and Health. |
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Harris, R. L./ 9789004141452/ Price:EUR 70.00
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This international collection of essays on globalization and health examines the global health issues associated with the economic, technological, political, social, cultural and environmental effects of globalization¡Xthe increasing movement of capital, people, technology, goods, information, environmental pollution, and disease around the globe. These essays analyze the complex linkages between globalization and health, the health effects of globalization at all levels (global, national, and local), and the policy and institutional responses associated with the health consequences of globalization. |
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Critical Theory After Habermas: Encounters and Departures. |
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Freundlieb, D./ 9789004137417/ Price:EUR 99.00
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The essays in this book engage with the broad range of Jurgen Habermas' work including politics and the public sphere, nature, aesthetics, the linguistic turn and the paradigm of intersubjectivity. Each essay responds to particular difficulties with Habermas' approach to these topics. Each contributor also draws on different theoretical and philosophical traditions in order to explore recent developments in critical theory. |
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Enriching the Sociological Imagination: How Radical Sociology Changed the Discipline. |
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Levine, R. F./ 9789004139923/ Price:EUR 107.00
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Poor Transitions: Social Exclusions and Young Adults. |
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Webster, Colin/ 9781861346506/ Price:GBP 16.99
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This is a study of the longer-term transitions of young people living in neighbourhoods beset by the worst problems of social exclusion. Based on a rare example of longitudinal, qualitative research with 'hard-to-reach' young adults, the study throws into question common approaches to understanding and tackling social exclusion. |
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Immigration and Homelessness In Europe. |
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Edgar, Bill/ 9781861346476/ Price:GBP 21.99
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This book makes a timely contribution to the current political and policy debate on immigration to Europe. Set within the context of immigrant social exclusion and marginalisation, it examines in detail the problematic relationship between migrants, their access to adequate housing and increasing vulnerability to homelessness. |
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From Dependency To Work: Addressing The Multiple Needs Of Offenders With Drug Problems. |
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McSweeney, Tim/ 9781861346605/ Price:GBP 15.99
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This report presents the findings from one of the first evaluations of a British programme to integrate drug and alcohol treatment with mental health services, and education, training and employment support - the 'From Dependency to Work (D2W)' programme. It provides an invaluable insight into the challenges and difficulties of integrating services in this way and highlights important lessons for central and regional government on funding and working with the voluntary sector to deliver services. |
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Supporting Families: The Financial Costs and Benefits of Children since 1975. |
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Adem, Stuart/ 9781861345714/ Price:GBP 20.99
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This report provides a comprehensive, quantitative analysis of trends in child-contingent support from the mid-1970s to the introduction of the new tax credits, and relates this to changes in tax and benefit policy, the characteristics of households with children and the costs of raising children.
Drawing on a large-scale survey spanning the last 28 years, the report analyses entitlements to child-contingent taxes and benefits for thousands of households with children. It:
examines how support has varied across households and over time;
separates the impact of policy from socioeconomic changes;
compares government support for children with available estimates of the actual costs of children.
Supporting families is aimed at students, academics, practitioners and policy makers in the field of family policy and welfare reform, and all those who wish to improve their understanding of how the tax and benefit system treats families with children. |
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Tattoo: Bodies, Art and Exchange in the Pacific and the west. |
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Thomas, Nicholas/ 9781861892256/ Price:GBP 24.95
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Tattoo is both a fascinating book about these early Oceanic¡VEuropean exchanges, that also documents developments up to the present day, and the first to look at the history of tattooing in Oceania itself. Documenting these complex cultural interactions in the first part of the book, the authors move from issues of encounter, representation and exchange to the interventions of missionaries and the colonial state in local tattoo practices. Highly illustrated with many previously unseen images, for example the original voyage sketches of the first Russian circumnavigation of 1803¡V6, this is a fascinating account of early tattooing and cultural exchange in Oceania, and will appeal to the wide audience interested in the history of tattooing. |
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The Remembered Film. |
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Burgin, Victor/ 9781861892157/ Price:GBP 14.95
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The Remembered Film provides a radical new way of thinking about film outside conventional cinema, and in relation to our everyday lives. It will appeal to a wide audience interested in film and media. |
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Depression and older People: Towards Securing well-being in later life. |
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Godfrey, Mary/ 9781861346421/ Price:GBP 19.99
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The literature on depression in old age has tended to be dominated by the medical model with its focus on symptoms and treatment. This report breaks new ground by adopting a psycho-social approach - one that explores depression in the context of the everyday lives of older people. |
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Britain Since the Seventies : Politics and Society in the Consumer Age. |
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Black, Jeremy/ 9781861892010/ Price:GBP 19.95
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In Britain since the Seventies, well-known historian Jeremy Black examines the most recent developments in British political, social, cultural and economic history. Taking the triumph of consumerism as an organizing theme, he charts the rise and fall of the Conservative Party, developments in British society, culture and politics, environmental issues, questions of identity, and changes in economic circumstance and direction. Iconic issues such as BSE, transport, asylum seekers and the NHS are viewed from both national and international perspectives. |
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Researchers and Their 'Subjects: Ethics, Power, Knowledge and Consent. |
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Williamson, Emma/ 9781861345141/ Price:GBP 26.99
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'It pays dividends': Direct payments and older people. |
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Clark, Heather/ 9781861345806/ Price:GBP 16.99
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This report is essential reading for managers, supervisors and social workers in local authority social services departments, those involved in the education of social workers and care managers, and direct payments support service workers. |
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Grandparenting in Divorced Families. |
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Ferguson, Neil/ 9781861344984/ Price:GBP 26.99
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Social Work and Irish People in Britain: Historical and Contemporary Responses to Irish Children and Families. |
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Garrett, Paul M./ 9781861344113/ Price:GBP 26.99
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The book will be valuable to social workers, social work educators and students. Its key themes will also fascinate those interested in 'race' and ethnicity in Britain in the early 21st century. |
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Social work and Irish people in Britain: Historical and contemporary responses to Irish children and families. |
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Garrett, Paul M./ 9781861344120/ Price:GBP 67.99
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The book will be valuable to social workers, social work educators and students. Its key themes will also fascinate those interested in 'race' and ethnicity in Britain in the early 21st century. |
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Making Valuing People work: Strategies for change in services for people with learning disabilities. |
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Fyson, Rachel/ 9781861345721/ Price:GBP 18.99
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The report is essential reading for managers and commissioners of learning disability services and all those involved in Learning Disability Partnership Boards. It will also be valuable to anyone with an interest in services for people with learning disabilities. |
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Calculating a fair price for care: A toolkit for residential and nursing care costs. |
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Laing, William/ 9781861346179/ Price:GBP 14.95
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The report identifies the four main components of care home costs: staff; repairs and maintenance; other non-staff current costs; and capital costs. It provides evidence-based benchmarks for efficient homes for each category of cost. At the same time it guides users through the toolkit spreadsheet and offers advice on how the benchmarks may be modified to reflect local market conditions. |
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Care: Personal Lives and Social Policy. |
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Fink, Janet/ 9781861345196/ Price:GBP 23.99
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The book offers important insights into this deeply ambiguous topic and the complex nature of its connections to our personal lives and the making of social policy. It is one in an innovative series ¡V Personal Lives and Social Policy ¡V published by The Open University and The Policy Press. The series comprises four interactive texts that successfully weave together new and challenging questions about the study of social policy with a range of teaching resources to support the development of the reader's own knowledge and understanding. |
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Living with risk: Mental health service user involvement in risk assessment and management. |
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Langan, Joan/ 9781861345967/ Price:GBP 18.99
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The report makes recommendations for improving policy and practice which will be valuable to service users, their relatives and friends, mental health workers, managers and those responsible for mental health policy development and training. |
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Biographical Methods and Professional Practice: An International Perspective. |
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Chamberlayne, Prue/ 9781861344922/ Price:GBP 28.99
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The turn to biographical methods in social science is yielding a rich harvest of research outcomes and invigorating the relationship between policy and practice. This book shows how biographical methods can improve theoretical understanding of professional practice, as well as enrich the learning and development of professionals, and promote more meaningful and creative practitioner - service user relationships. |
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Biographical Methods and Professional Practice: An International Perspective. |
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Chamberlayne, Prue/ 9781861344939/ Price:GBP 72.99
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The turn to biographical methods in social science is yielding a rich harvest of research outcomes and invigorating the relationship between policy and practice. This book uses a range of interpretive approaches to reveal the dynamics of service users' and professionals' individual experiences and life-worlds. It shows how biographical methods can improve theoretical understanding of professional practice, as well as enrich the learning and development of professionals, and promote more meaningful and creative practitioner-service user relationships. |
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Client Violence in Social Work Practice: Prevention, Intervention, and Research. |
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Newhill, Christina E./ 9781593850388/ Price:US$ 36.00
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Presenting practical strategies for violence assessment and prevention that are grounded in solid empirical research, this book guides social work practitioners and students to provide state-of-the-art treatment to aggressive clients while reducing violence risks. Effective methods are described together with specific recommendations for approaching, engaging, and intervening with potentially violent clients in both office and field settings. Skills development exercises, case analyses, and guidelines for developing and implementing an agency safety plan enhance the book's utility as a training text and professional resource. |
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Crime and Punishment in America Reference Library, 5-Vols/Set. |
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/ 9780787691622/ Price:US$ 508.00
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Covering the evolution of the American criminal justice system throughout history, the four-volume Crime and Punishment in America Reference Library explores everything from juvenile justice to organized crime.
Crime and Punishment in America: Almanac examines key topics, including moral and religious beliefs, economic implications of crime and punishment, penology and reform, changing attitudes towards violence, the death penalty and more.
Crime and Punishment in America: Biographies includes entries on important figures, such as Jane Addams, Allan Pinkerton, Clarence Darrow, Senator Estes Kefauver and others.
Crime and Punishment in America: Primary Sources includes many documents, from the Sherman Antitrust Law and the Harrison Narcotic Drug Act to Eleanor Roosevelt's letter against lynching and the Report on Lawlessness in Law Enforcement. |
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Encyclopedia of Clothing and Fashion, 3-Vols/Set. |
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From diapers to Dior, saris to serapes, the world of clothing is nearly as vast and as ancient as the human race. Tracing the stylistic and functional threads that unite clothing across time and cul-tures -- as well as delving into the divergent styles and significance of apparel -- this A to Z encyclopedia is the essential resource for exploring the relationship between culture and couture.
This broad-based set surveys clothing, body adornment, and examines the origins of clothing, the development of fabrics and technologies, and the social meanings of dress. It also presents information on representative costumes from a wide variety of historical eras, which are frequently the topic of student research. Topics range from the bustle, sari, and toga to Polyester and body piercing. The short entries explain the history of garments (necktie, codpiece, cocktail dress, bathing suit, burqua, Nehru jacket), techniques and manufactures (batik, dry cleaning, zipper, stone washing), body adornment (makeup, mask, tattoo, wig), and important persons and institutions (Coco Chanel, Edith Head, Yves Saint-Laurent, Fashion Institute of Technology). The longer essays provide cultural context: class, gender, sumptuary laws, costume design for stage and screen, advertising; fashion careers; ecclesiastical dress; military uniforms; etc.
The set includes a comprehensive general index in the last volume, a timeline, and a topical outline. From the secondary school student writing a paper on dress among Native Americans to the university student interested in the underpinnings of clothing design, this set represents a unique and valuable source. |
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New Dictionary of the History of Ideas, 6-Vols/Set. |
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What are the origins of the concepts under which we organize societies, create institutions and think about our lives? Where did the concept of God or equal rights or democracy come from? How does one idea influence another? Such questions fuel debates, speeches, papers and assignments in history classes, school speaking competitions, ethics classes and more.
The publication of the New Dictionary of the History of Ideas marks the return of a reference work that is an essential tool to make the often complex history of "what we think" accessible to students and general readers. The original 1974 Dictionary of the History of Ideas has long been admired as a landmark document encapsulating the thinking of an era. This thoroughly re-envisioned New Dictionary of the History of Ideas brings fresh intelligence and a global perspective to bear on timeless questions about the individual and society. A distinguished team of international scholars explore new thinking in areas previously covered (communism, linguistics, physics) and present cross-cultural perspectives on more recent topics such as postmodernism, deconstruction and post-colonialism. |
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Encyclopedia of Irish History and Culture, 2-Vols/Set. |
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The impact of the Irish upon the arts, popular culture, scholarship and politics has been immense. Literature in English cannot be fully understood without consideration of James Joyce, Oscar Wilde, W.B. Yeats, Samuel Beckett, Seamus Heaney and many others. Names such as Guinness and Fleadh Cheoil are immediately recognizable. The Irish struggle for independence in the early 20th century, and the strife that continues to this day, have captured the world's attention.
The Encyclopedia of Irish History and Culture spans prehistoric times to the present, and treats both the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland in detail. Entries represent an inclusive, cross-disciplinary approach, written by specialists in history, archaeology, anthropology, geography, politics, economics, the Irish and English languages and literatures, the visual arts and other fields. |
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Forever Young : A Cultural History of Longevity from Antiquity to the Present. |
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Boia, Lucian/ 9781861891549/ Price:GBP 16.95
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Forever Young offers a wide-ranging survey of the notion of longevity, from antiquity to the present. The author looks at the many manifestations of one of humanity¡¦s most powerful dreams: the prolongation of life and youth with immortality as a final objective. Using a variety of sources ¡V religion, folk traditions, science, literature and art ¡V the book shows on the one hand the persistence of the human spirit (the desire for longevity is revealed as an extremely stable archetype throughout history) and on the other, the innovations specific to each period or culture due to the progress of science and differing ideologies and attitudes.
Nowadays, prolonging life and youth has become a major goal of society due to a combination of several factors: the spectacular increase in life expectancy; the advances of science and especially genetics; and, finally, the decline of religious belief in life after death, emphasizing the only remaining certainty ¡V corporeal life. The author, a specialist in mythology and imagination, approaches his subject in an accessible and engaging way. |
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Grandparenting in divorced families. |
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Ferguson, Neil/ 9781861344991/ Price:GBP 63.99
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This groundbreaking book is intended for a wide readership. Grandparents and parents in divorced families will identify with many of the thoughts, feelings and experiences reflected here. Academics in social science and law departments will encounter new thinking about the nature of the grandchild-grandparent relationship. Policy makers will discover more about recent policy initiatives and their strengths and limitations. |
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Backward Glances: Cruising Queer Streets in New York and London. |
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Turner, Mark/ 9781861891808/ Price:GBP 19.95
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Backward Glances is an exploration of the history of male street cruising. Too often in discussions of urban space and interpretations of urban culture, streetwalking implies a rigid model for the way we inhabit the streets. Beginning with the simple premiss that we all walk the streets differently, Mark Turner suggests that male cruising operates through encounter and connection rather than alienation, and that it is the defining experience of what it means to
be modern.
Backward Glances is the first gay urban history of its kind, examining these issues across a range of cultural material, including novels, poems, pornography, journalism, gay guides, paintings, the internet, and fragments of writing about the city such as Whitman's notebooks and David Hockney's grafitti. It provides a new way of understanding what it means for a man to walk the streets of the modern Western city. |
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Berlin to Spirit Mound. |
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Otto, Paul B./ 9789579489287/ Price:NT$ 500.00
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In reading this book, keep in mind that this is really not the story of one man, but rather of numerous men in a similar situation. This individual took the trouble to document Army service with a daily journal. In essence, this work provides an aperture not only to the risks, contributions and sacrifices of the aircraft gunners, but of all who served in World War II combat. Presently, there is a movement to construct a national World War II Memorial in Washington D. C. It is argued that a monument is needed to recognize the sacrifices contributed by the veterans in rescuing freedom from the darkness of fascisim. But to a degree, such structures, typically metal, mortar, and stone, tend to be cold, static and pompous, lacking resonance. The documentation of deeds ring with a dynamic, truer note. For as Lincoln so aptly stated, "The world will little note, nor long remember, what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here." |
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Handbook of Social Studies in Health and Medicine, The. |
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Albrecht, Gary L./ 9780761942726/ Price:GBP 45.00
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This is the first international and inter-disciplinary social science Handbook on health and medicine. Five years in the making, and building on the insights and advice of an international editorial board, the book brings together world-class figures to provide an indispensable, comprehensive resource book on social science, health and medicine.
Pinpointing the focal issues of research and debate in one volume, the material is organized into three sections: social and cultural frameworks of analysis; the experience of health and illness; and health care systems and practices. Each section consists of specially commissioned chapters designed to examine the vital conceptual and methodological practice and policy issues. Readers receive not only a complete survey of social science, health and medicine in one volume, they are further provided with an authoritative guide to methodologies, key concepts, central theoretical traditions and an agenda for future research and practice.
The Handbook answers the need, expressed by social scientists and medical practitioners, for an authoritative, inter-disciplinary study which demonstrates the contribution and promise of social science disciplines in the crucial and rapidly changing field of health and medicine. The book will also be of interest to nurses, students in physical therapy, occupational therapy, epidemology, primary care and public health. The Handbook signals the coming of age of the social sciences in the arenas of medicine and health studies |
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Tourism: Critical Concepts in the Social Sciences, 4-Vols/Set. |
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Williams, Stephen/ 9780415243643/ Price:GBP 300.00
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This collection of articles examines what social scientists mean by the term tourism, and what it means to be a tourist. The volumes chart the sociological changes that have occurred in tourism, and the change from the upper-class grand tours of the late nineteenth-century to the mass tourism of the present day. The collection also assesses the economic impacts of tourism on local economies, environmental considerations and whether this growth is sustainable in a post-September 11th world.
Tourism: Critical Concepts in the Social Sciences is an accessible and comprehensive resource which is invaluable for academics and scholars researching in tourism, globalization and human geography. |
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John Atkinson Hobson: Critical Assessment of Leading Economists, 3-Vols/Set. |
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Wood, John Cunningham/ 9780415310659/ Price:GBP 1050.00
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John Atkinson Hobson was a controversial figure in the history of economic thought. His first book (The Physiology of Industry ) lost him two university lecturing posts, which Hobson later describes as due to 'an Economics Professor who had read my book and considered it as equivalent to an attempt to prove the flatness of the earth'.
Hobson received a similar reception from the rest of his peers. As an advocate of an apparently fallacious theory of over-saving, a critic of the orthodox theory of distribution, and a proponent of a theory of imperialism which was later taken up by Lenin, Hobson was generally condemned as a heretic by the rest of the economic establishment.
His fortunes changed, rather belatedly, in 1936, when Keynes paid tribute to Hobson's work in The General Theory as anticipating his own theory that society can, under some circumstances, save too large a proportion of its income - thrift then being a vice, not a virtue.
Hobson's influence was international and the impact of his writings was widespread. This collection will provide scholars with an invaluable resource in their ongoing evaluation of Hobson's contribution to economic, social and political thought. |
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Irish Political Economy, 4-Vols/Set. |
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Boylan, Tom/ 9780415147361/ Price:GBP 1150.00
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This set collects together the most significant economic writings produced in nineteenth-century Ireland. It includes material by leading writers such as Cairnes, Whately and Torrens and also by more obscure figures who nonetheless made original contributions of great interest. Whilst much of this material lies within the mainstream of British political economy, other material represents a critique of this orthodoxy.
The volumes are organized thematically and feature material from virtually all major fields of economics including monetary economics, labour economics and international trade. Drawing on a wide range of sources, this set will be the standard reference on this subject.
Volume 1: Scope and Methodology
Volume 2: Value and Distribution
Section A: Value Theory
Section B: Distribution Theory
Volume 3: Public Finance, Money and Banking, International Trade
Section A: Public Finance
Section B: Money and Banking
Section C: International Trade
Volume 4: Policy & Special Topics
Section A: Laissez-Faire
Section B: Population
Section C: Emigration and Colonization
Section D: Poor Law
Section E: Absenteeism
Section F: Slavery
Section G: Gender
Section H: Education |
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Fascism: Critical Concepts in Political Science, 5-Vols/Set. |
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Griffin, Roger/ 9780415290159/ Price:GBP 1300.00
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The nature of 'fascism' has been hotly contested by scholars since the term was first coined by Mussolini in 1919. However, for the first time since Italian fascism appeared there is now a significant degree of consensus amongst scholars about how to approach the generic term, namely as a revolutionary form of ultra-nationalism. Seen from this perspective, all forms of fascism have three common features: anticonservatism, a myth of ethnic or national renewal and a conception of a nation in crisis. This collection includes articles that show this new consensus, which is inevitably contested, as well as making available material which relates to aspects of fascism independently of any sort of consensus and also covering fascism of the inter and post-war periods.
This is a comprehensive selection of texts, reflecting both the extreme multi-faceted nature of fascism as a phenomenon and the extraordinary divergence of interpretations of fascism. |
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Welfare and the States: Critical Concepts in Political Science, 5-Vols/Set. |
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Deakin, Nicholas/ 9780415262873/ Price:GBP 375.00
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One of the most contested issues of the 20th century is that of welfare - how it should be available, to whom, on what terms and by what means. The debate on welfare has taken place across the developed world, and has spread to developing nations: it encompasses a wide range of ideological positions and consumes a large proportion of the resources of states that provide it. This collection explores the ramifications of welfare and the state over the course of the 20th century, drawing material from a range of disciplines and with a geographical coverage across all the major developed countries.
Volume One: Welfare States and Societies in the Making
Volume Two: The Zenith of Western Welfare State Systems
Volume Three: Crisis of the Welfare States
Volume Four: Welfare Futures |
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Socialism: Critical Concepts in Political Science, 4-Vols/Set. |
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Jenings, Jeremy/ 9780415249041/ Price:GBP 1150.00
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This four-volume collection combines the historical with the conceptual, providing a guide to the main themes that have structured socialist thought and practice over the last 200 years. The set also examines contemporary socialism. A detailed index and new introduction makes this set an invaluable reference tool for students and researchers of politics.
Volume I: Jeremy Jennings, 'Socialism: An Introduction'
I. The Origins of Socialism
II. Utopian Socialism
III. The Origins of Marxism
Volume II
IV. Karl Marx and the Science of History
V. Marxism and the State
VI. Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels
VII. The Crisis of Marxism
VIII. Marxism-Leninism
IX. The Revolution Betrayed
Volume III
X. Socialism and Feminism
XI. Socialism and Democracy
XII. Socialism and Violence
XIII. Socialism and Economics
XIV. Socialism and Nationalism
Volume IV
XV. Socialism and Ethics
XVI. Socialism and Social Democracy
XVII. Socialism in America
XVIII. Socialism Outside Europe and America
XIX. New Directions |
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Encyclopedia of Juvenile Justice. |
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McShane, Marilyn D./ 9780761923589/ Price:GBP 190.00
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The Encyclopedia of Juvenile Justice provides more than 200 up-to-date, concise, and readable entries in a single, authoritative volume. The editors, noted authors of several criminal justice books and editors of the award-winning Encyclopedia of Prisons (Garland, 1997), cover historical and contemporary theories, concepts and real-world practices of juvenile justice. |
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Women, Madness and Spirtualism, 2-Vols/Set. |
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Nicholson, Helen/ 9780415276337/ Price:GBP 750.00
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This set reproduces seminal writings by three exceptional nineteenth-century women. Georgina Weldon, Louisa Lowe and Susan Willis Fletcher were certified as insane by the Victorian medical establishment and were threatened with incarceration for their eccentric and transgressive behaviour. All three were remarkably resourceful and very successfully manipulated the sensationalist press to expose the 'lunacy laws' to the late-Victorian public. In doing this, they contributed to the emerging feminist critique of medicine and science. Each volume is devoted to the work of one of these exceptional women.
New introductions by the editors and the late Roy Porter provide context and discussion of the pieces included, pointing to the themes and issues that they raise. With an extensive index, this collection provides an invaluable resource for those studying the role of feminism in the history of medicine and the power of the medical profession in the Victorian era. |
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Mary Wollstonecraft and the Critics, 2-Vols/Set. |
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Jump, Harriet Devine/ 9780415258975/ Price:GBP 190.00
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Mary Wollstonecraft has been described as 'the mother of feminism'. The progress of her literary reputation charts a curve which parallels that of feminist theory, both in the field of women's studies and in that of literary criticism. The writings gathered together here for the first time will enable students and researchers to read for themseves a wide historical range of comments and reactions to Wollstonecraft's writing, and to chart her far-reaching influence right up to present day. |
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Josephine Butler and the Prostitution Campaigns: Diseases of the Body Politic, 5-Vols/Set. |
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Sharp, Ingrid/ 9780415226844/ Price:GBP 1300.00
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This five volume set deals in detail with Josephine Butler's campaign for the repeal of the Contagious Diseases Acts in Britain and the Colonies. At present, access to Butler's work is restricted as a number of relevant anthologies are out of print. The bulk of these can only be read in specialist libraries and the original copies are becoming increasingly fragile after a century of use. This edited collection makes her writing accessible once again, setting it in an appropriate historical context.
In addition to Butler's own work, the thematically ordered volumes include related texts which are important for understanding her campaign. This allows the reader to position Josephine Butler in relation to her opponents and to follow the response to her activities. All the texts are complete and reproduced in facsimile - there are pamphlets, books, media responses to Butler's activities, letters to The Times, articles from The Lancet, Pall Mall Gazette, The Shield and The Dawn as well as private letters both to and from Butler.
The set is introduced through a substantial essay by Jane Jordan, one of the leading international scholars on Butler's life and works, and each volume contains a short introduction by the editors which contextualises the selections.
Butler writes clearly and vividly, combining impeccable logic with passionate commitment. She does not soften her message to protect the sensibilities of her audience. She is uncompromising in her analysis, determined to 'set a floodlight on your doings' as she told a stunned royal commission in 1871. Josephine Butler and the Prostitution Campaigns demonstrates the great importance of this fascinating campaigner's work. |
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Sport: Critical Concepts in Sociology, 4-Vols/Set. |
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Dunning, Eric/ 9780415262927/ Price:GBP 325.00
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Recent years have seen a rapid growth in the field of sports studies. This collection provides an invaluable resource for this burgeoning field, offering a selection of classic works and more recent, ground-breaking journal articles on the sociology of sport.
Key features of this collection are:
* Comprehensive and critical coverage of the field
* Historical and comparative approaches detail how modern sport has developed
* Articles which illustrate the international diversity of the study of the social aspects of sport and sport per se
* Cross-disciplinary articles
The four volumes cover:
* Approaches to the Study of Sport
* The Development and Structure of Modern Sport
* Sport and Power Relations
* Major Issues in Contemporary Sport
With an international range of themes, contextual introductions to each volume and a comprehensive index, this will become an indispensible research-tool for students and researchers.
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History of Sports in Britain, 1880-1914, 5-Vols/Set. |
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Polley, Martin/ 9780415231367/ Price:GBP 325.00
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This five-volume major work is a comprehensive collection of primary sources which examine changing attitudes to sport in the late Victorian and Edwardian eras. At the beginning of the period few sports were regulated, but by the outbreak of the First World War organized sport had become an integral part of British cultural, social and economic life. Martin Polley has collected articles from a wide range of journals including Blackwood's Magazine, Nineteenth Century, Fortnightly Review and Contemporary Review, which reveal changing middle-class attitudes to sport. The five volumes cover the varieties of sport being promoted, sport and education, commercial and financial aspects of sport, sport and animals and the globalization of sport through empire. |
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Youth Development Handbook, The: Coming of Age in American Communities. |
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Hamilton, Stephen F./ 9780761926344/ Price:GBP 122.00
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What are the sorts of environments in which youth thrives, and how do we cultivate such environments to promote optimal development and positive behavior in youth? The Youth Development Handbook gives students and practitioners in Development Psychology access to current theory and research along with illustrations of good practice.
The main section is organized around the contexts in which adolescents grow up - families and neighbourhoods, peer groups, schools, youth groups and recreation groups, workplaces, religious organizations, health centers, youth courts, cyberspace. Each chapter explores the application of youth development principles to its context, drawing on current research. The next section addresses evaluation, funding, and community-wide initiatives. The concluding chapter identifies multidisciplinary themes, including youth participation, mentoring, universal versus targeted approaches, diversity, and evidence-based practice. |
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Handbook of Multicultural Competencies in Counseling and Psychology. |
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Pope-Davis, Donald B./ 9780761923060/ Price:GBP 155.00
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Handbook of Multicultural Competencies in Counseling and Psychology provides a comprehensive foundation for understanding and integrating multiculturalism in all areas of professional practice. Offering directions for growth and development, the editors and a distinguished group of contributors explore emerging issues within the field.
An indispensable resource for psychologists, social workers, school counselors, and teachers, this Handbook is also an ideal supplementary text for students in counselling and clinical practice courses. |
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SAGE Handbook of Methods in Social Psychology, The. |
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Sansone, Carol/ 9780761925354/ Price:GBP 155.00
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This handbook gives researchers and students an overview of the rich history of methodological innovation in both basic and applied research within social psychology. It is sometimes difficult for researchers, new and seasoned alike, to keep up with innovations that allow a greater diversity in the kinds and levels of research questions that can be addressed. As a result, the nature of the questions asked by many researchers may be unnecessarily constrained. Conversely, a rush to embrace newer approaches can lead to less-than-thorough consideration of fundamental issues that transcend any particular approach. The editors believe that the decision to use a particular methodological approach is optimally made when grounded in careful consideration of the `big picture' of a program of research. Thus, methodological decisions are inextricably tied to what the researcher, ultimately, wants to know. In other words, research questions guide the methods rather than the reverse. Based on this `top-down' perspective, chapters in this volume emphasize the conceptual basis of the methodology, with an explicit focus on the meaning of data when obtained via a particular methodology. |
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Handbook of Professional Ethics for Psychologists: Issues, Questions, and Controversies. |
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O'Donohue, William/ 9780761911883/ Price:GBP 122.00
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Designed to fill a gap in the literature on professional ethics for psychologists, this book covers topics typically neglected in existing books, being more radical and controversial than much of the literature in this area. Rather than take ethical pronouncements associated with some organizations as dogma not to be questioned but simply understood and observed, the editors of this Handbook have encouraged a questioning, critical attitude. This book is therefore in part an attempt to push harder on the ethical impulse in psychologists, pushing beyond `comfort zones' to encourage positions of moral leadership. |
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SAGE Handbook of Social Psychology, The. |
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Hogg, Michael A./ 9780761966364/ Price:GBP 125.00
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This is a comprehensive, scholarly, and up-to-date survey of the field of social psychology for the new millennium - a single 656 page Handbook containing 23 chapters by leading researchers from around the world. It is a state-of-the-art text with an eye to the future, in which rich integrative chapters are thorough analytic reviews. The chapters fall into five sections that reflect the scope of social psychology as a global scientific endeavour: history and nature of social psychology; individual processes, interpersonal processes; processes within groups, and intergroup processes and society.
The book is edited by Michael A Hogg and Joel Cooper, with Dominic Abrams, Elliot Aronson, and Shelley Taylor acting as advisory editors.
The main features and benefits of this book include: single volume; international coverage of social psychology; international line-up of authors; basic and applied research are integrated within chapters, not exiled to the end of the book; traditional emphasis on individual and interpersonal processes is balanced with full emphasis on the study of group processes and intergroup relations; chapters on language and social psychology, culture, and self. |
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Adult and Continuing Education: Major Themes in Education, 5-Vols/Set. |
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Jarvis, Peter/ 9780415130257/ Price:GBP 325.00
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Depicting the ways that adult education has evolved as society has changed and how it has been incorporated into lifelong learning, this is a truly unique set that puts a stamp on an exciting field and important, far-reaching issues. These five volumes represent a great advance to scholars, as this is the first comprehensive overview of the field.
The set draws on books, journals, reports and historical papers to map the vast field of education for adults. The writings included in the set have influenced the development of both the practice and the study of adult education from the Guilds to vocational education, distance learning and leisure learning. The collection also covers the recent emergence of corporations as new providers of education for adults with the corporate classroom, corporate universities and consultancies.
A detailed index and new introduction by the editor will help the reader navigate this wealth of diverse material. |
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Handbook of Social Theory. |
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Ritzer, George/ 9780761941873/ Price:GBP 30.00
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This book is an indispensable resource for anyone interested in the roots, current debates and future development of social theory. It draws together a team of outstanding international scholars and presents an authoritative and panoramic critical survey of the field.
The volume is divided into three parts. The first part examines the classical tradition. Included here are critical discussions of Comte, Spencer, Marx, Durkheim, Weber, Simmel, Mead, Freud, Mannheim and classical feminist thought. This part conveys the classical tradition as a living resource in social theory, it demonstrates not only the critical significance of classical writings, but their continuing relevance.
The second part moves on to examine the terrain of contemporary social theory. The contributions discuss the significance and strengths and weaknesses of structural functionalism, recent Marxian theory, critical theory, symbolic interactionism, phenomenology, ethnomethodology, exchange theory, rational choice, contemporary feminism, multiculturalism, postmodernism, the thought of Foucault and Habermas, and figurational sociology. The reader gains a comprehensive and informed picture of the key issues and central figures of the day.
The final part ranges over the key debates in current social theory. Questions relating to positivism, metatheorizing, cultural studies, consumption, sexualities, the body, globalism, nationalism, socialism, knowledge societies, ethics and morality, as well as post-social relations are fully discussed. The dilemmas and promise of contemporary social theory are revealed with pinpoint accuracy. |
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Karl Popper: Critical Assessments of Leading Philosophers, 4-Vols/Set. |
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O'Hear, Anthony/ 9780415180412/ Price:GBP 325.00
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Born in Austria, Karl Popper (1902-1994) was one of the dominant philosophical thinkers of the 20th century. A ground-breaking thinker, he saw the essence of true science as being the readiness to submit theories to severe testing and to reject them when refuted by test. His first major book in 1935, The Logic of Scientific Discovery, marked him as a major analyst of science and was to have an enormous influence on the way people, including major scientists, came to think about the field.
This collection is a timely assessment of the reactions to and abiding influence of Popper's work and the controversy it caused across many academic and political fields. The set includes early responses to Popper's work from sources difficult to obtain, and also two early reviews (by Carnap and Grelling) in translations specially prepared for this set. It is organised thematically and includes a substantial new introduction by the editor. |
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Theology, Ethics and Metaphysics: Royal Asiatic Society Classics of Islam, 5-Vols/Set. |
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Mashita, Hiroyuki/ 9780700716708/ Price:GBP 1100.00
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This collection of classic works, originally published under the auspices of the Royal Asiatic Society, includes an introduction by Professor Edmund Bosworth, University of Manchester, and a preface by Professor Anthony Stockwell, Royal Holloway College, University of London. Primary texts include works by F. Rosen, W.F. Thompson, C.E. Sachau, R.A. Nicholson, W.H.T. Gairdner, W.M. Miller and J. Robson, spanning over 100 years of oriental scholarship.
Volume I
Frederic K. Rosen The Algebra of Mohammed ben Musa, London, Oriental Translation Fund 19, 1831
Volume II
W. F. Thompson, Practical philosophy of the Muhammadan people, from the Persian of Fakir Jany Muhammad Asaad: (with references and notes), London, Oriental Translation Fund 50, 1839
Volume III
C. Edward Sachau The chronology of ancient nations, London, Oriental Translation Fund, 1879
Volume IV
1. R. A. Nicholson, Ibn al 'Arabi, Tarjuman al Ashwaq, Oriental Translation Fund New Series 20, 1911
2. W.H.T. Gairdner, al-Ghazzali, Mishkat al anwar, The Niche for Lights, Asiatic Society Monographs 19, 1924
Volume V
1. W. M. Miller, 'A Trealise on the Principles of Shi'te Theology, Oriental Translation Fund New Series 29, 1928
2. James Robson, Tracts on listening to music: being Dhamm al-malahi by Ibn abi 'l-Dunya and Bawariq al-ilma by Majd al-Din al-Tusi al-Ghazali, London Oriental Translation Fund New Series 34, 1938
3.James Robson, Introduction to the science of tradition, Oriental Translation Fund New Series 39, 1953 |
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Handbook of Death and Dying, 2-Vols/Set. |
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Bryant, Clifton D./ 9780761925149/ Price:GBP 470.00
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The Handbook of Death and Dying takes stock of the vast literature in the field of thanatology , bringing together what has previoulsy been an unwieldy body of knowledge into a concise, yet comprehensive reference work. This two-volume handbook will provide direction and momentum to the study of death-related behaviour for many years to come. |
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Critical Theory, 4-Vols/Set. |
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Rasmussen, David/ 9780761942498/ Price:GBP 675.00
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This is a major assessment of the Frankfurt School and of Critical Theory. Volume I looks at the origins of the School in the 1920's through to the 1940's focussing on the key themes - the critique of German idealism, reading of Marx, use of the dialectical methods - and the key thinkers - Horkheimer, Benjamin, Adorno, and Marcuse. In Volume II, the ideas of "critique", of reason, and of rationality are examined - this includes work on the early Frankfurt School as well as issues like society and technology. The focus of Volume III is the literature on subjectivity, ethics, and politics - reviewing socialisation and solidarity; situatedness; morality; and the public sphere. The final volume looks at the future of Critical Theory - the role of social criticism, the relation to postmodernism, to psychology, to aesthetics, feminism and the family, and to religion. |
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Encyclopedia of Community: From the Village to the Virtual World, 4-Vols/Set. |
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Christensen, Karen/ 9780761925989/ Price:GBP 855.00
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The Encyclopedia of Community is a major four volume reference work comprising of over five hundred detailed articles, that seeks to provide a comprehensive exploration of one of the most widely researched topics in the behavioural and social sciences.
Community itself is a concept, an experience, and a central part of being human. This pioneering major reference work seeks to provide the necessary definitions of community far beyond the traditional views. Arranged in an A-to-Z fashion, the Encyclopedia can also be viewed topically via a Reader's Guide. This allows for interdisciplinary "compare and contrast" among topics such as types of communities, social capital, technology, urban life, politics and law, community design, and global studies. Historical perspectives, contemporary analyses and communities of the future are all featured in this truly comprehensive Encyclopedia.
Edited by the award-winning team at Berkshire Reference and assisted by an international editorial board of renowned scholars, the Encyclopedia of Community will prove to be one of the most widely used reference works in any library collection.
The encyclopedia covers communities of the past and present, from 19th century utopians to the communes of the 1960s, to today's Rotary Club, Amish, and cyber communities. |
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Encyclopedia of Murder and Violent Crime. |
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Hickey, Eric/ 9780761924371/ Price:GBP 180.00
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Edited by an internationally recognized expert on serial killers, this encyclopedia covers both murder and violent crime in their variant forms. Included are biographies, chronologies, special interest inset boxes, up to 100 photographs, comprehensive article bibliographies, and appendices for items such as famous unsolved cases, celebrity murders, assasinations, original source documents, and online sources for information. |
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Hollywood: Critical Concepts in Media and Cultural Studies, 4-Vols/Set. |
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Schatz, Tom/ 9780415281317/ Price:GBP 270.00
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'Hollywood' as a concept applies variously to a particular film style, a factory-based mode of film production, a cartel of powerful media institutions and a national (and increasingly global) 'way of seeing'. It is a complex social, cultural and industrial phenomenon and is arguably the single most important site of cultural production over the past century.
This collection brings together journal articles, published essays, book chapters and excerpts which explore Hollywood as a social, economic, industrial, aesthetic and political force, and as a complex historical entity. |
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Body, The: Critical Concepts in Sociology, 5-Vols/Set. |
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Blaikie, Andrew/ 9780415266628/ Price:GBP 1300.00
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This collection offers a uniquely comprehensive guide to the sociology of the body. With a strong historical scope and conceptual framework, it provides an indispensible reference for undergraduate and postgraduate students, and a robust source for scholars working in the area. The central focus is on understanding sociology through the body; what is often described as re-reading sociology in a 'more corporeal light'. This is an interdisciplinary process, drawing on history, feminism, cultural history, art history, anthropology, social psychology, philosophy, medical sociology and media and communications, as well as sociology. While this has been primarily a Western practice, The Body seeks to broaden the perspective to include references that draw on alternative cultural assumptions, beliefs and practices (including Japan, and South America.) |
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Family: Critical Concepts in Sociology, 4-Vols/Set. |
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Cheal, David/ 9780415226295/ Price:GBP 925.00
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This international collection brings together a selection of the most influential work on the concept of the 'Family' and related issues. Introductory chapters introduce the context for the main themes and concepts in each volume, and a comprehensive index allows the reader to navigate the collection with ease.
With an international spread of material, covering the USA, Europe, Canada, Australia and Asia, this collection will prove an invaluable resource for students and researchers. |
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Manuel Castells, 3-Vols/Set. |
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Webster F./ 9780761940432/ Price:GBP 500.00
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These volumes bring together major critical responses to, and engagement with, the work of Manuel Castells. Arguably the leading analyst of the current age, Castells' magnum opus, The Information Age, has been compared to the work of Karl Marx and Max Weber. His concept of `the network society' has influenced much recent social science and his ideas have been adopted in political and policy circles.
The volumes provide an unparalleled guide to the work of Castells. They demonstrate the roots of his thinking in Marxism and the shifts in his perspective. The selection if based along two principles: the chronological development of his thought and the sequence of his major publications.
Included here are critical engagements with Castells' work on the urban question, the city and grassroots; Marxism; the Information Age; the network society; power and identity; the new economy; and the sociology of social movements. |
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Harold Garfinkel, 4-Vols/Set. |
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Lynch, Michael/ 9780761974598/ Price:GBP 675.00
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Born in 1917, Harold Garfinkel is one of a handful of sociologists to have founded a major sociological research programme, and he is perhaps the only one to have done so in the 20th century. Unlike many major theorists, whose individual contributions have become part of the sociological canon, Garfinkel's contribution is identified with a distinctive empirical approach that continues to be taken up in sociology and a number of other social science fields. He coined the term ethnomethodology - to describe a unique orientation to the production of social order. This term became established to describe the approach he founded. His book Studies in Ethnomethodology (1967) was a landmark publication that articulated the ethnomethodological programme and illustrated it with a number of studies. Much of Garfinkel's contribution is embodied in a research programme, consisting of studies written by his students who took up his research agenda.
The four volumes include an introduction by Lynch and Sharrock that discusses Garfinkel's intellectual biography and reviews his contribution. The 80 selections included in the set of volumes consist of basic position statements, critical discussions, methodological writings, discussions of the problem of social reality, comparisons between ethnomethodology and other perspectives, and studies exemplifying Garfinkel's influence at different phases of his long and distinguished career. The result is an unparalleled resource in understanding Garfinkel's achievement and the extraordinary wealth of his sociological ideas and methods.
1. Position Statements
2. Criticisms and Reactions
3. Ethnomethodology and Other Perspectives
4. Methods as Topics and Resources
5. From the Problem of Reality to the Production of Reality
6. Studies of Organizations and Institutions
7. Studies of Work in the Professions and Sciences |
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Norbert Elias, 4-Vols/Set. |
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Dunning, Eric/ 9780761974574/ Price:GBP 675.00
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Norbert Elias (1897-1990) is now widely regarded as one of the greatest sociologists of the 20th century. The challenge and profundity of his work are still being assimilated. Some have suggested that in time, he will be regarded as the Copernicus or Darwin of sociology, the man who set the subject on its scientific course.
These four volumes provide a comprehensive and penetrating survey of Elias's life and work. They pinpoint the main fields of research which Elias and his followers have explored: the civilizing process; state-formation; knowledge, religion and science; informalization; power; established-outsider figurations in fields such as class, gender and race; the sociology of the body; the sociology of the emotions; the sociology of leisure, sport and the arts; the sociology of the professions; medicine and psychoanalysis; crime and punishment; drug use and abuse. The collection also explores the various critiques of Elias's `figurational' or `process' sociology and counter-critiques by Elias's followers.
The volumes successfully locate the work of Elias and his followers in the context of modern sociology, especially in relation to writers such as Mannheim, Adorno, Parsons, Goffman, Foucault and Bourdieu. In the penetrating, original and informative Introduction, Eric Dunning and Stephen Mennell elucidate Elias's sociological contributions and the bearing his life experiences had on his work. The collection is an invaluable resource for anyone interested in the sociological contribution of Norbert Elias. |
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Handbook of Racial and Ethnic Minority Psychology. |
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Bernal, Guillermo/ 9780761919650/ Price:GBP 155.00
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Developed by a stellar editorial team and containing contributions by leading authorities in the area of racial and ethnic minority psychology, this handbook presents a thorough, scholarly overview of the psychology of racial, ethnic and minority issues in the United States and should prove to be an indispensable resource to both minority and non-minority communities. It focuses on the professional, methodological, social and developmental, clinical, and applied and preventive issues shaping the field today. Highlighting leading research and application in the area of ethnic minority psychology, the handbook will help set the direction of scholarly work in the area for years to come. |
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Handbook of Historical Sociology. |
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Delanty, Gerard/ 9780761971733/ Price:GBP 125.00
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This Handbook consists of 26 chapters on historical sociology. It is divided into three parts. Part One is devoted to Foundations and covers Marx, Weber, evolutionary and functionalist approaches, the Annales School, Elias, Nelson and Eisenstadt. Part Two moves on to consider major approaches, such as modernization approaches, late Marxist approaches, historical geography, institutional approaches, cultural history, intellectual history, postcolonial and genealogical approaches. The third part is devoted to the major substantive themes in historical sociology ranging from state formation, nationalism, social movements, classes, patriarchy, architecture, religion and moral regulation to problems of periodization and East-West divisions. Each part includes an introduction that summarizes and contextualizes chapters. A general introduction to the volume outlines the current situation of historical sociology after the cultural turn in the social sciences. It argues that historical sociology is deeply divided between explanatory `sociological' approaches and more empirical and interpretative `historical' approaches. |
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Encyclopedia of New Media, The: An Essential Reference to Communication and Technology. |
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Jones, Steve/ 9780761923824/ Price:GBP 185.00
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From Amazon.com to virtual communities, the Encyclopedia of New Media presents more than 250 entries that place new communication technology, multimedia, entertainment and e-commerce within their social context. Each subject is examined in depth in a single, coherent article and the Encyclopedia is the first comprehensive, A-Z reference on the ongoing revolution in communications.
The Encyclopedia is edited by Steve Jones, one of the most renowned scholars of new media studies, and editor of two SAGE texts in this area Cybersociety 2.0 (1998) and Doing Internet Research (1999).
The 275 entries are balanced between information technology and the social landscape, include entries on both themes and theorists, and the volume includes 25 photographs.
Unlike many encyclopedias that provide short, fragmented entries, the Encyclopedia of New Media examines each subject in depth in a single, coherent article. Many articles span several pages and are presented in a large, double-column format for easy reading.
The Encyclopedia of New Media includes a comprehensive index as well as a readers guide that facilitates browsing and easy access to information.
Each entry includes a bibliography and suggestions for further reading, together with links to related topics in the Encyclopedia, making this an indispensable resource for students and academics in media and cultural studies and a must for both public and university libraries. |
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Islam: Critical Concepts in Sociology, 4-Vols/Set. |
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Turner, Bryan/ 9780415123471/ Price:GBP 300.00
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This collection is a study of Islamic thought and institutions that represents a critical introduction to the system of Islamic belief and practice from a social science perspective, emphasizing the global nature of Islam in the twentieth century.
With a new introduction and index, the collection will prove an invaluable reference tool and teaching aid.
Volume 1: Islam as Religion and Law
Volume II: Islam, State and Politics
Volume III: Islam, Gender and the Family
Volume IV: Islam and Social Movement
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Neoliberalism and The Australian Welfare State. |
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Aspalter, Christian/ 9789868041400/ Price:US$ 47.00
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1. "Introduction" Christian Aspalter
2. "Welfare Capitalism in Australia; From Gender-Discriminating to Gender-Sensitive Social Policy?" Christian Aspalter
3. "Indigenous Welfare in Australia" Eileen Baldry and Sue Green
4. "The Australian Welfare State in Transition: Social Policy in the 1990s" Brian Howe and Anthony O'Donnell
5. "The Neoliberal Era in Politics and Social Policy" Patricia Harris
6. "The Idea of Mutual Obligation in Australian Social Security Policy" Pamela Kinnear
7. "The Promise and Performance of Mutual Obligation" Cosmo Howard
8. "Trends in Poverty, Income Distribution, and Wealth Inequality" Ann Harding
9. "Centrelink: A New Approach to Welfare Service Deliverty" Richard Mulgan |
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Handbook of Social Problems. |
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Ritzer, George/ 9780761926108/ Price:GBP 155.00
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The Handbook of Social Problems: A Comparative International Perspective provides a unique, broadly comparative perspective on the current state of social problems and deviance in a variety of societies around the world. George Ritzer, gathers a number of leading international sociologists and social theorists to examine the relationship between social problems and a society's level of development and affluence.
The essays in this volume focus on four interrelated issues involved in the relationship between social problems and the level of development and affluence:
Less developed and less affluent societies are more likely to experience a range of social problems than developed and affluent societies.
Affluence causes or at least brings with it a series of social problems that do not exist in less affluent societies.
It is only with affluence that certain things can come to be imagined as social problems, such as excessive consumption.
The very affluence of a society makes it vulnerable to problems that would not be social problems in poorer societies.
The Handbook explores the theory of the weakness of the strong-in other words, strong or wealthy nations may have greater vulnerability to some social problems than less developed or affluent societies. This theory is clearly illustrated in this volume by the aftermath of September 11, 2001depicting the vulnerability of the U.S. to social problems in far-removed corners of the world. In addition, the international and comparative essays in this volume cover other important issues such as the impact of modern technologies on social problems, ecological problems, global inequality, health as a social problem, and much more.
The Handbook of Social Problems is a vital resource for students studying on a number of courses across the social sciences and will be an excellent addition to any academic library. |
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Historical Encyclopedia of American Labor, 2-Vols/Set. |
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Weir, Robert E./ 9780313318405/ Price:GBP 133.95
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The history of the American labor movement is filled with advances, triumphs, setbacks, decline, and resurgence. American unions have not only protected workers and influenced business practices, but have also played important roles in American politics. The AFL-CIO, the Teamsters, and the United Farm Workers are just three examples of unions that have exerted wide influence far beyond the scope of industry. Labor leaders, including Samuel Gompers, John L. Lewis, Eugene Debs, Cesar Chavez, and Jimmy Hoffa, have become icons of U.S. history. Serving as the ideal place for students and interested readers to begin their research, this two-volume A-Z resource covers the history of organized labor in all of its complexity, from the dawn of the industrial revolution to the "post-industrial age."
Nearly 400 entries cover: BL Unions BL Labor leaders BL Key legislation BL Major court cases BL Landmark events BL Critical terminology BL Anti-union organizations BL And much more Entries are packed with current information and are clearly written and engaging to specialists and non-specialists alike. Also included are nearly 150 illustrations and 40 primary documents that range from autobiographies to song lyrics and contracts, enabling students to read the actual words of critical documents in American labor history. Entries are extensively cross-referenced and include bibliographies. A general bibliography will also direct readers to further avenues of research. |
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Blackwell Companion to Criminology, The. |
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Sumner, Colin/ 9780631220923/ Price:US$ 238.25
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The Blackwell Companion to Criminology provides a contemporary and global resource to scholarship in both classical and topical areas of criminology. Written accessibly, and with its international perspective and first-rate scholarship, this is truly the first global handbook of criminology.
* Provides a definitive and contemporary resource to classical and contemporary issues in criminology.
* Editors and contributors are international experts in criminology, offering a comparative perspective on theories and systems.
* Contains full discussion of key debates and theories, the implications of new topics, studies and ideas, and contemporary developments.
* Coverage includes: class, gender, and race, criminal justice, juvenile delinquency, punishment, mass media, international crimes, and social control. |
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Encyclopedia of E-Commerce Law, 2-Vols/Set. |
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Stokes, Simon/ 9780421742604/ Price:US$ 725.00
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The Encyclopedia of E-Commerce Law, is a 2 volume looseleaf work that deals with all the most important aspects of e-commerce and its legal implications. Including detailed commentary on all areas, the work examines taxation, consumer and regulatory law, data protection, ISP liability, domain names and intellectual property, among other areas of discussion.
* A major new reference work that covers all the most important areas of e-commerce law
* Examines the impact on the law of developments such as The Electronic Communications Act and the EU Electronic Commerce Directive and the Brussels and Rome Conventions
* Contains practical commentary
* Written by a variety of experts from practitioners at large city firms, IT litigators and academics
* 3 releases a year provide up-to-date information on an area that is undergoing rapid development |
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Connecticut Family Law, 2003 ed. |
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Extensive resource providing full-text provisions from Connecticut General Statutes Annotated that pertains to family law. Includes the complete 36b and relevant provisions from 15 other titles and related court rules. Topics discussed include: marriage; divorce; child custody and support; child neglect and abandonment; juvenile matters; paternity; definitions; adoption; abortion; guardians and conservators; family and medical leave; taxation; banking and insurance for minors; and criminal offenses and procedure. Also offers Superior Court Rules for juvenile matters and civil and criminal cases and probate rules. |
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New Jersey Family Law with Related Laws & Court Rules, 2003 ed. |
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This work covers New Jersey domestic relations and family law topics. Provides full text of statutes, court rules, and procedures. Includes general domestic relations provisions, marriage, adoption, interspousal property rights, spousal and child support obligations, divorce proceedings, alimony, children and minors, child custody, family abuse, property and contracts, foreign decrees, and many other related topics. |
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The Politics of Selfhood: Bodies and Identities in Global Capitalism. |
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Brown, Richard H./ 9780816637546/ Price:US$ 67.50
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The 1960s. |
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Rielly, Edward J./ 9780313312618/ Price:GBP 58.00
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Gender, Pensions and the Lifecourse: How Pensions Need to Adapt to Changing Family Forms. |
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Ginn, Jay/ 9781861343376/ Price:GBP 28.99
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The book is essential reading for teachers, researchers and students in social gerontology, sociology, social policy and women's studies; practitioners in social work and welfare rights; policy makers concerned with income in later life; and all those who wish to improve their understanding of pensions issues. |
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Immigrants and the American Dream: Remaking the Middle Class. |
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Clark, William A. V./ 9781572308800/ Price:US$ 45.00
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The United States has absorbed nearly 10 million immigrants in the past decade. This book examines who the new immigrants are, where they live, and who among them are gaining entry into the American middle class. Discussed are the complex factors that promote or hinder immigrant success, as well as the varying opportunities and constraints met by those living in particular regions. Extensive data are synthesized on key dimensions of immigrant achievement: income level, professional status, and rates of homeownership and political participation. Also provided is a balanced analysis of the effects of immigration on broader socioeconomic, geographic, and political trends. Examining the extent to which contemporary immigrants are realizing the American dream, this book explores crucial policy questions and challenges that face our diversifying society. |
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Attitudes to Flexible Working and Family Life. |
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Houston, Diane/ 9781861345493/ Price:GBP 19.99
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This report is the first to examine attitudes towards flexible working and family life. Drawing on a study of over 1500 members of the Amalgamated Electrical and Engineering Union (AEEU) and interviews with 53 AEEU shop stewards, the report:
examines attitudes to, and uptake of, flexible working practices among employees who work full-time;
compares the attitudes of women and men, those who do and do not have caring responsibilities and those at different occupational levels;
considers the ways in which workplace culture and individual circumstances determine attitudes to flexible working;
explores the career implications of flexible working.
The report addresses key questions around rights and benefits, employers' attitudes, gender differences and the effects of flexible working on employees' health and well-being. It also considers what types of workplace culture facilitate flexible working practices.
The findings will be of great interest to policy makers, employers, employees and academics and students researching in the field. |
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Thriving and Surviving at Work: Disabled People's Employment Strategies. |
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Roulstone, Alan/ 9781861345226/ Price:GBP 16.99
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This accessible report:
details the strategies disabled people use to thrive and survive at work;
exposes the employment difficulties disabled people face in work environments designed by and for non-disabled people;
looks at the policy context in which disabled people maintain paid work;
draws on the experiences related by disabled people themselves;
frames questions in terms of the issues that are important to disabled workers.
The findings should impact on policy and practice developments by indicating to policy makers and practitioners the ways in which disabled people thrive and survive at work.
Disabled people, disabled people's organisations, employer and trades union opinion formers, policy makers, employment practitioners and academic audiences will find this report of interest. |
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Dirty: A Search for Answers Inside America's Teenage Drug Epidemic. |
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Maran, Meredith/ 9780060730611/ Price:US$ 14.99
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Geographical Mobiligy: Family Impacts. |
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Green, Anne E./ 9781861345011/ Price:GBP 18.99
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This report charts the changing role and nature of geographical mobility in organisational strategies and career development. It explores the work and family life experiences of employees and partners who have faced job-related geographical relocation.
Geographical mobility: Family impacts
highlights geographical mobility as a key cross-cutting policy issue;
outlines the rationale for geographical mobility and traces the impacts of such mobility on employee and partner careers;
traces the impacts of geographical mobility on individuals and families at different stages of the life course;
emphasises the diversity of relocation experiences;
draws out associated implications for policy.
This report is important reading for researchers, policy makers and practitioners concerned specifically with relocation, migration and labour markets. It is of particular relevance to those working in human resources, economic development and employment policy. |
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Transportation: A Geographical Analysis. |
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Black, William R./ 9781572308480/ Price:US$ 79.00
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This comprehensive text provides an authoritative introduction to transportation geography. With a primary focus on the United States, the volume also examines problems and trends in Europe and other parts of the developed world. Students gain a solid grasp of the history, definitions, and core concepts of the field, as well as models for analyzing transportation networks and flows between regions. Environmental, economic, and social issues in transportation planning and policy are addressed, and the uses of geographic information systems in transport (GIS-T) are discussed in detail. Written in a clear, straightforward style, the volume emphasizes real-world applications of the concepts discussed and identifies promising directions for future research. No advanced mathematical knowledge on the part of the reader is assumed. |
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The Harassment and Abuse of Older People in the Private Rented Sector. |
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Carlton, Nancy/ 9781861344588/ Price:GBP 19.99
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This study will be essential reading for a wide range of practitioners and academics whose interests and responsibilities span older people and their reliance on the housing and welfare systems. |
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Changing Places: Housing Association Policy and Practice on Nominations and Lettings. |
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Pawson, Hal/ 9781861345073/ Price:GBP 21.99
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Drawing on a postal survey and detailed case studies covering a diverse set of associations, the research provides new insights into:
how housing associations respond to housing need;
the way that associations operate 'eligibility' rules - sometimes known as suspensions or exclusions;
the extent of independence exhibited by housing associations through their allocations policies;
the impact of stock transfer on access to social housing;
the ways that associations are reshaping lettings practices to enhance both applicant choice and community stability;
rehousing outcomes achieved in the housing association sector.
The report will be of interest to housing association senior managers, and to staff responsible for allocations functions in both local authorities and associations. It will also attract the attention of housing policymakers, academics and students. |
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Spreading the "Burden"?: A Review of Policies to Disperse Asylum-seekers and Refugees. |
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Robinson, Vaughan/ 9781861344175/ Price:GBP 26.99
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This topical book outlines the expressed rationale for dispersal policies, reviews how such policies have been implemented in three European countries (the UK, Netherlands, Sweden), identifies good practice, and, finally, challenges the need for dispersal.
Spreading the 'burden'? is:
the first book-length study of dispersal policies;
explicitly comparative in nature and written by three national experts;
highly topical and controversial as the review of dispersal policies is under way in many countries;
a valuable case study of how society deals with 'outsider' groups and space.
The book is essential reading for national and local policy makers, those interested in human rights, social policy and refugee studies, as well as human geographers and sociologists. |
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Developing People - Regenerating Place Achieving Greater Integration for Local Area Regeneration. |
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McGrego, Alan/ 9781861343116/ Price:GBP 16.99
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Drawing on experiences from nine UK cities, Developing people - Regenerating place analyses the views of a range of practitioners on how to achieve more effective joint working across area regeneration and social inclusion initiatives.
The report focuses on three key issues:
the particular benefits of joint working for those involved in area regeneration and social inclusion initiatives;
the barriers that make joint working difficult between these two groups;
how to create an environment within which joint working becomes much more common.
The report will be of particular interest to practitioners involved in area regeneration and social inclusion, students and researchers with a specialist interest in tackling social exclusion, and funders and policy makers at regional, national and European levels responsible for designing more effective interventions. |
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Developing User Involvement: Working Towards User-Centred Practice in Voluntary Organisations. |
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Robson, Paul/ 9781861345370/ Price:GBP 16.99
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The report is based on an action research project which involved service users, managers, staff and trustees. It identifies enablers of and barriers to increased user involvement. It also describes emerging approaches and important themes. It will help practitioners, managers and trustees plot their own journeys towards increased user involvement.
The report:
proposes 'user-centred user involvement', distinguishing it from 'management-centred user involvement', as a tool for analysing whose interests are served;
highlights critical factors that enable change, such as: leadership style, consistent commitment, building strong relationships and communication between decision makers and users;
can be used to assess if the conditions for developing user-centred user involvement exist;
can also be used for planning change.
This report is aimed at managers, service users, trustees and consultants who are working to increase user involvement in their own organisations. It will also be useful to researchers as a contribution to knowledge and debates about user involvement. |
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The Image Factory: Fads and Fashions in Japan. |
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Richie, D./ 9781861891532/ Price:GBP 14.95
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The Image Factory is both an investigation into fads, fashions and style ¡V such as US Army surplus uniforms, ¡¥pachinko¡¦, mutating hair colours ¡V and an appreciation of their inherent meanings. The Japanese have seized upon fads and fashion as an arm of enterprise to a much greater extent than elsewhere in the world. Ephemerality has been put to work, the transient has become industrialized, and the results are highly conspicuous. |
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Health Inequalities: Lifecourse Approaches. |
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Smith, George Davey/ 215388/ Price:GBP 55.00
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The lifecourse perspective on adult health and on health inequalities in particular, is one of the most important recent developments in epidemiology and public health. This book brings together, in a single volume, the work of one of the most distinguished academics in the field. It is the first to specifically take a lifecourse approach to health inequalities.
Lifecourse approaches to health inequalities:
presents a large volume of innovative, empirical research which demonstrates the importance of social disadvantage, throughout the lifecourse, with respect to inequalities in life expectancy, death rates and health status in adulthood;
contains an extensive overview of lifecourse epidemiology as applied to socioeconomic differentials in health.
This book is essential reading for academics, students and policy makers with an interest in public health, epidemiology, health promotion and social policy. |
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Health Inequalities: Lifecourse Approaches. |
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Smith, George D./ 9781861343222/ Price:GBP 26.99
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The lifecourse perspective on adult health and on health inequalities in particular, is one of the most important recent developments in epidemiology and public health. This book brings together, in a single volume, the work of one of the most distinguished academics in the field. It is the first to specifically take a lifecourse approach to health inequalities.
Lifecourse approaches to health inequalities:
presents a large volume of innovative, empirical research which demonstrates the importance of social disadvantage, throughout the lifecourse, with respect to inequalities in life expectancy, death rates and health status in adulthood;
contains an extensive overview of lifecourse epidemiology as applied to socioeconomic differentials in health.
This book is essential reading for academics, students and policy makers with an interest in public health, epidemiology, health promotion and social policy. |
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Gale Encyclopedia of the Unusual and Unexplained, 3-Vols/Set. |
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Steiger, Brad/ 9780787653828/ Price:US$ 433.00
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The Right to the City: Social Justice and the Fight for Public Space. |
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Don Mitchell/ 9781572308473/ Price:US$ 36.00
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In the wake of recent terrorist attacks, efforts to secure the American city have life-or-death implications. Yet demands for heightened surveillance and security throw into sharp relief timeless questions about the nature of public space, how it is to be used, and under what conditions. Blending historical and geographical analysis, this book examines the vital relationship between struggles over public space and movements for social justice in the United States. Presented are a series of linked cases that explore the judicial response to public demonstrations by early twentieth-century workers, and comparable legal issues surrounding anti-abortion protests today; the Free Speech Movement and the history of People's Park in Berkeley; and the plight of homeless people facing new laws against their presence in urban streets. The central focus is how political dissent gains meaning and momentum--and is regulated and policed--in the real, physical spaces of the city. |
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Riding the rollercoaster: Family life and self-employment. |
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Baines, Susan/ 9781861345035/ Price:GBP 19.99
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Drawing on in-depth interviews with self-employed people, their partners and children, the report argues that self-employment is much more likely to be a household rather than an individual undertaking. It makes the case for the need to consider work-life balance in relation to the self-employed.
The report includes:
case studies of self-employed households;
the perspectives of children, who are often excluded from research into the working lives of their parents;
a critical perspective on business support and start-up policies;
the policy implications for a society in which self-employment is often undertaken at the margins of economic viability.
This report should be read by policy makers in central and local government and by those in organisations involved in training, supporting and representing the self-employed. It will also be of interest to academics, students and researchers with an interest in work and family life. |
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Organisations, careers and caring. |
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Crompton, Rosemary/ 9781861345004/ Price:GBP 15.99
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The report concludes that although there have been improvements, 'family friendly' employment policies are all too easily over-ridden by business demands. It will be valuable reading for researchers and social scientists interested in the relationship between work and family life, human resource managers, employers' organisations and policy makers. |
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Dreamtelling. |
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Sorlin, Pierre/ 9781861891501/ Price:GBP 12.95
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In Dreamtelling, Pierre Sorlin does not deal with our nocturnal visions per se, but rather with what we say regarding them. He explores the influence of dreams on our imaginations, and the various ¡V sometimes inconsistent, always imperfect ¡V theories people have contrived to elucidate them. Sorlin shows how our accounts are built on recurrent patterns, but are also totally and entirely individual. He examines the urge to analyze night visions and why it is that some people have become experts in dream interpretation.
Many books have been published on the nature of dreams, on their psychological or biological origins and on their significance, but this book takes as its premise that all we can allege about nocturnal visions is based on dreamtelling. Sorlin shows how dreams arouse our creativity and how, in turn, our creativity influences our dream accounts. Dreamtelling is aimed at all those who not only dream, but are curious about the experience, and wonder why they feel compelled to analyze and recount their night visions. |
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Reclaiming Aboriginal Justice, Identity, and Community. |
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Proulx, Craig/ 9781895830217/ Price:US$ 31.00
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Tough on Kids: Rethinking Approaches to Youth Justice. |
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Green, Ross Gordon/ 9781895830224/ Price:US$ 28.00
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The Book of Skin. |
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Connor, Steven/ 9781861891938/ Price:GBP 19.95
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The Book of Skin explores the amazingly elaborate and varied functions, roles and meanings of human skin within Western culture. Skin, Steven Connor argues, has never been more visible. He examines a wide range of sources, including literature, non-fiction and medical texts; art, photography and film; folklore, popular song and language. The book covers all aspects of skin¡¦s cultural history, including the chromatics of skin colour and pigmentation, blushing, suntanning, paleness, darkening, tattooing, scarification, the Turin shroud, the Mummy, the Invisible Man, the destructive rage exercised against skin in all kinds of violent fantasies, and the intensities and attenuations of touch. Connor also explains why particular colours are ascribed to feelings and conditions, such as green for envy, purple for rage and yellow for cowardice. |
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Qualitative Market Research Kit, 7-Vols/Set. |
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Ereaut, Gill/ 9780761972723/ Price:GBP 255.00
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Qualitative Market Research is a landmark publishing event. The seven volumes provide, for the first time, complete coverage of qualitative market research practice, written by experienced practitioners, for both a commercial and academic audience. The set fills two important market gaps: it offers commercial practitioners authoritative source texts for training and professional development; and provides students and researchers with an account of qualitative research theory and practice in use today. Each book cross-references others in the series, but can also be used as a stand-alone resource on a key topic.
The seven books have been carefully structured so as to be completely accessible in terms of language, use of jargon and assumed knowledge. Experienced market researchers will find the tools to help them critically evaluate their own work. Those new to market research will be provided with a complete map of qualitative market research theory and practice (including brands and advertising theory) and the stimulation to discuss and learn more with tutors and practitioners.
Qualitative Market Research will be an invaluable resource for academic and professional libraries, commercial market researchers, as well as essential reading for students in market research, marketing and business studies. |
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Systems Thinking, 4-Vols/Set. |
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Midgley, Gerald/ 9780761949596/ Price:GBP 675.00
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Systems Thinking brings together classic and contemporary writings that cross the entire breadth of the systems field. The four-volume set includes the most influential theoretical papers, as well as applications in domains as diverse as global environmental modelling, business strategy, public sector planning, family therapy and the management of organizations.
Key critiques of the leading writers allow the researcher to understand how and why paradigm breaks took place, and to grasp the extraordinary diversification of systems theory and practice we see today.
Systems Thinking will be an essential reference for all libraries of business, management and organization studies. |
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Strategy: Critical Perspectives on Business and Management. 4-Vols/Set. |
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Faulkner, David/ 9780415251501/ Price:GBP 350.00
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Whilst there are a wide number of competing definitions of strategy there is a consensus about its importance and about its ability to determine whether a company succeeds or fails.
This is the most comprehensive collection to date on all aspects of strategy.
The collection:
* explores different conceptions of strategy, from the classical, rational models of Porter, through the empirical, emergent emphasis of Mintzberg to the competence based models of Grant and others
* considers the relationship between strategy and other subjects including economics and organisational studies
* covers key new developments including scenario planning, networks and strategic groups and knowledge
* looks at the implications of globalization and international management
* examines key strategic decisions including diversification and mergers and acquisitions.
With a new introduction by the editor and an extensive index, this collection is an invaluable reference tool and teaching aid. |
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Liberlism: Critical Concepts in Political Science, 4-Vols/Set. |
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Smith, G. W./ 9780415223577/ Price:GBP 325.00
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Encompassing the relationship between the state and the individual, society and the individual, the nature of freedom and the concept of the person, this four-volume set covers the main tenets of the liberal tradition. The collection includes material from the rich background and history of classical writings, and also emphasizes modern scholarship and contemporary issues.
Fully indexed and including a new introduction by the editor, this is an invaluable reference tool for both researchers and students in the field.
Volume I: Ideas of Freedom
Volume II: Liberty and Rights
Volume III: Justice and Reason
Volume IV: The Limits of Liberalism |
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Rights and Duties, 6-Vols/Set. |
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Wellman, Carl/ 9780415939829/ Price:GBP 735.00
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This collection of facsimile articles reprints essays of ethical philosophy from the Twentieth Century that debate the nature of entitled rights and imposed obligations, issues that form the basis of the modern concept of civil society. What is the foundational basis and meaning of a natural, a civil, a universal right or duty? Who is entitled to rights and obliged by duties? What kind of right or duty is work, life, speech, property, welfare. These are the timeless and timely issues of interest to students of philosophy, law and policy and international relations.
Volume One: Conceptual Analyses of Rights and Duties
Volume Two: Rational Foundations of Rights and Duties
Volume Three: Possible Bearers of Rights and Duties
Volume Four: Human Rights and Universal Duties
Volume Five: Welfare Rights and Duties of Charity
Volume Six: Property Rights and Duties of Redistribution |
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American Feminism: Key Source Documents, 1848-1920, 4-Vols/Set. |
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Beer, Janet/ 9780415219457/ Price:GBP 1050.00
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This anthology publishes key documents in the history of American feminism that are currently only available in extract form or in archives.
This set spans from the Seneca Falls Convention in 1848 to the ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment granting women's suffrage in 1920, and includes works of well-known women's campaigners such as: Angelina and Sarah M. Grimke, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Lucy Stone, Susan B. Anthony, Sojourner Truth, Victoria Woodhull, Margaret Fuller, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Carrie Chapman Catt, Jane Addams, Matilda Gage and others.
The collection also contains anti-feminist writings, by both men and women, including socio-medical writings and examples from health manuals. |
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Freud Encyclopedia, The: Theory, Therapy, and Culture. |
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Erwin, Edward/ 9780415936774/ Price:GBP 280.00
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This Encyclopedia is a comprehensive, one-volume reference work containing entries on the life, work and theories of Sigmund Freud.
The book discusses the most recent work on such topics as the theory of dreams, the concept of repression, defence mechanisms and the Oedipus complex. Also included are essays on later psychoanalytic theories such as object relations and psychology.
Sigmund Freud is regarded as one of the most influential figures of the twentieth century: this book will contribute to a further understanding of his influence and of the current evaluations and debates surrounding his work. |
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International Handbook of Social Anxiety: Concepts, Research & Interventions Relating to the Self & Shyness. |
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Crozier, W. Ray/ 9780471491293/ Price:US$ 398.95
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The field of social anxiety and shyness is defined by research and practice in child development, psychophysiology, social and personality psychology, clinical psychology, psychiatry and psychotherapy.
This Handbook reflects the field with major sections on the origin and development of shyness and social anxiety, on social and personality factors, and on clinical perspectives and interventions. The editors have brought together original chapters by some of the leading international experts, to provide a state-of-the-art account of knowledge in this field. The purpose was to review and synthesize a very extensive literature from diverse disciplines, with a critical focus on knowledge that is research-based, central to the understanding of social anxiety, and of essential interest to a wide range of students, researchers and professionals.
This comprehensive, authoritative and up-to-date volume will be of value to students, teachers and researchers in developmental, social and abnormal psychology, as well as to trainees and practitioners in clinical psychology, psychiatry, psychotherapy and counselling. |
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John Rawls: Critical Assessments of Leading Philosophers, 4-Vols/Set. |
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Kukathas, Chandran/ 9780415229951/ Price:GBP 300.00
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John Rawls (1921-2002) is, arguably, the most important political philosopher of our time. It is commonly observed that the publication in 1971 of his treatise A Theory of Justice initiated a return to political questions among Anglo-American philosophers and is largely responsible for the vigorous health of contemporary political philosophy. Rawls' ideas and approach have transformed philosophical inquiry in this area, and political theorists nowadays are obliged to make clear where they stand in relation to Rawls if they wish to be involved in mainstream discussions.
Yet Rawls' influence has also extended beyond philosophy and has had a substantial impact on work in law, economics, and political science. Since the publication of A Theory of Justice, Rawls has written two other major works: Political Liberalism (1993) and The Law of Peoples (1999) and also issued a collection of his essays: Collected Papers (1999).
This collection provides a thorough analysis of Rawls' work. In addition to a general introduction, the set includes introductions to each volume which help guide the reader through the material. |
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Evolutionary Theory in the Social Sciences, 4-Vols/Set. |
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Dugger, William M./ 9780415247160/ Price:GBP 290.00
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Evolution Theory in the Social Sciences is the first collection of its kind to give a coherent historical account of the evolution of evolutionary thought and includes the most innovative and insightful works on the subject, from its very beginnings through to contemporary debates. The selections begin in the nineteenth century with Darwin and Malthus and then follows the variegated story of social evolutionary thought through to the beginning of the 21st Century, including key works by Marx, Veblen and Kropotkin as well as other less well known contributions. |
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Handbook of Research Design and Social Measurement. |
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Miller, Delbert C./ 9780761920458/ Price:GBP 122.00
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In addition to hundreds of new references features new to this edition include: a comprehensive introduction to qualitative methods including a review of existing computer applications for collecting and analyzing data; the latest information about the use of computers and online research techniques, including the use of the Internet to locate actual research instruments and journal articles; updated coverage on new scales, internal and external validity, and new analytic techniques with extensive references on each; abstracts, citations and subject groupings by measurement tool of the last five years of the American Sociological Review, Social Psychology Quarterly, and the American Journal of Sociology; extensive coverage of how to prepare manuscripts for publication, including a list of all journals covered by Sociological Abstracts along with the editorial office address and URL for each entry; new coverage of ethical issues; expansion of social indicators to include international coverage; discussion of the importance of policy research with presentation and discussion of specific models as an adjunct to both applied and basic research techniques; and the addition of an index to facilitate the reader's ability to quickly locate a topic. |
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Mikhail Bakhtin, 4-Vols/Set. |
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Gardiner, Michael E./ 9780761974475/ Price:GBP 675.00
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This timely and comprehensive collection covers the contribution and significance of the famed Russian social and cultural theorist, Mikhail M. Bakhtin (1895-1975), as well as the work of other central members of the so-called 'Bakhtin Circle', especially Voloshinov and Medvedev. The material is organized thematically to provide a contextual basis of Bakhtin's thought and his central influences, including an investigation of the key concepts in Bakhtin's work (such as aesthetics, carnival, dialogism, the chronotope, and ethics); the major debates and interpretations around Bakhtin's writings; comparisons between Bakhtin and other significant sociocultural theorists, notably Foucault, Derrida, Habermas and Gramsci; and appropriations and applications of Bakhtin's ideas in such diverse fields as anthropology, geography, cultural studies and psychology. This unparalleled collection provides readers with the best secondary work on Bakhtin. It enriches our understanding of this prolific and multi-dimensional figure whose contribution stretches over the fields of cultural studies, linguistics, social philosophy, sociology and beyond. |
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Social Surveys, 4-Vols/Set. |
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Vaus, David de/ 9780761973386/ Price:GBP 675.00
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Social Surveys is the methods bible for social scientists using survey methods. It provides an unparalleled guide to the state of knowledge in the field and a key asset in practical survey know-how.
A key method of information gathering in the social sciences, surveys provide a structured or systematic set of data. They explore issues of motivation, belief, social, political and economic practices and habits of life. Survey research seeks to discover what causes some phenomena by looking at variation in variables across cases and identifying characteristics that are systematically linked with it.
In these four volumes, the distinguished author on research methods, David De Vaus has combed through the literature to provide readers with the essential contributions in the field. The collection is divided into 11 sections, making it a comprehensive guide to all social scientists using surveys:
1 Methodological Context of Surveys
2 Ethical Context
3 Institutional Contexts
4 Research Designs
5 Collecting Survey Data
6 Sampling
7 Survey Error
8 Measurement Error
9 Coverage Error
10 Sampling Error
11 Non Response Error |
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Zygmunt Bauman, 4-Vols/Set. |
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Beilharz, Peter/ 9780761971276/ Price:GBP 675.00
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Zygmunt Bauman is widely acknowledged as the most interesting and consistent of postmodern sociologists. Yet his work is widely dispersed across a number of fields and his critical interpretation is scattered across a wide array of disciplines. This major four-volume collection draws together these important materials for the first time. The contributions in the four-volume set are organized around themes, as follows:
- biographical
- communism and Eastern Europe
- Modernity and the Holocaust
- Marxism, class and political economy
- sociology: Weber, bureaucracy, Durkheim, the stranger, consumption, work and welfare
- postmodernism
- ethics
- death and dying
- intellectuals and power
- extensions and applications of Bauman's ideas by others, from Japan to Latin America and Scandinavia.
The collection features the work of key commentators and is edited by Peter Beilharz, Professor of Sociology at La Trobe University and Director of the Thesis Eleven Centre for Critical Theory. He is the author of Zygmunt Bauman: Dialectic of Modernity (SAGE Publications, 2000) and editor of The Bauman Reader (Blackwell, 2000). |
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Television: Critical Concepts in Media and Cultural Studies, 5-Vols/Set. |
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Miller, Toby/ 9780415255028/ Price:GBP 325.00
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Television is a global phenomenon. This collection demonstrates its significance, as a field of study, to disciplines across both the humanities and social sciences. It brings together the most important writings on television in theoretical, historical, empirical and political terms. While the majority of material comes from the USA and Europe, there is also significant coverage of other international works. |
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Globalization: Critical Concepts in Sociology, 6-Vols/Set. |
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Robertson, Roland/ 9780415236874/ Price:GBP 1650.00
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Containing articles on approaches to and theories of globalization, this collection addresses the making of the modern world from different disciplinary perspectives.
This set investigates the major components of globalization in its most comprehensive sense: the nation-state and the system of international relations; the question of self-identity and the individual in the globalization process; human rights, citizenship and the environment; institutional questions including matters of media communication, education, tourism, multinational corporations, migration and intercultural communication.
New introductions and a thorough index make this work an indispensable research tool. |
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Handbook of Cultural Geography. |
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Anderson, Kay/ 9780761969259/ Price:GBP 125.00
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The Handbook of Cultural Geography presents a state of the art assessment of the key questions informing cultural geography. Emphasizing the intellectual diversity of the discipline, the Handbook presents a comprehensive statement of the relationship between the cultural imagination and the geographical imagination while also looking at resonances between cultural geography and other disciplines.
The work is cross-referenced throughout and presents a completely integrated overview of cultural geography. This will be an essential reference for any inquiry into how culture is spatially constituted and, equally, how geography is culturally constructed. |
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Handbook of Lesbian and Gay Studies. |
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Richardsor, Diane/ 9780761965114/ Price:GBP 125.00
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With this benchmark work, lesbian and gay studies comes of age. Drawing from a rich team of global contributors and carefully structured to elucidate the core issues in the field, it constitutes an unparalleled resource for teaching, research and debate. The volume is organized into 4 sections:
¡P History and Theory
This covers the roots of lesbian and gay studies, the institutionalization of the subject in the Academy, the 'naturalness' of heterosexuality, science and sexuality, the comparative sociology of homosexualities and the heterosexual//homosexual division.
¡P Identity and Community
This examines the formation of gay and lesbian identities communities and movements, 'cyber-queer' research, sexuality and space, generational issues in lesbian and gay lifecycles and the subject of bisexuality
¡P Institutions
This investigates questions of the governance of sexualities, lesbian and gay health, sexualities and education, religion and homosexuality, homosexuality and the law, gay and lesbian workers, homosexuality and the family, and lesbian, gay and queer encounters with the media and popular culture
¡P Politics
This explores the formation of the gay and lesbian movements, impact of globalization, antigay and lesbian violence, nationalism and transnationalism in lesbian and gay studies and sexual citizenship.
The result is an authoritative book that demarcates the field, stimulates critical discussion and provides lesbian and gay studies with an enriching focal reference point. It is, quite simply, a breakthrough work that will galvanize discussion and research for years to come. |
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Handbook of Citizenship Studies. |
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Isin, Engin F./ 9780761968580/ Price:GBP 125.00
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From women's rights, civil rights, and sexual rights for gays and lesbians to disability rights and language rights, we have experienced in the past few decades a major trend in Western nation-states towards new claims for inclusion. This trend has echoed around the world: from the Zapatistas to Chechen and Kurdish nationalists, social and political movements are framing their struggles in the languages of rights and recognition, and hence, of citizenship.
Citizenship has thus become an increasingly important axis in the social sciences. Social scientists have been rethinking the role of political agent or subject. Not only are the rights and obligations of citizens being redefined, but also what it means to be a citizen has become an issue of central concern.
As the process of globalization produces multiple diasporas, we can expect increasingly complex relationships between homeland and host societies that will make the traditional idea of national citizenship problematic. As societies are forced to manage cultural difference and associated tensions and conflict, there will be changes in the processes by which states allocate citizenship and a differentiation of the category of citizen.
This book constitutes the most authoritative and comprehensive guide to the terrain. Drawing on a wealth of interdisciplinary knowledge, and including some of the leading commentators of the day, it is an essential guide to understanding modern citizenship. |
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Culture: Critical Concepts in Sociology, 4-Vols/Set. |
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Jenks, Chris/ 9780415226905/ Price:GBP 94.99
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'Culture' is an extremely complex and highly contested concept. The idea of culture embraces a range of topics, processes, differences and even paradoxes. The history, various usages and different meanings of 'Culture' derive from diverse areas of study, including philosophy, critical aesthetics, literary criticism, anthropology, and sociology.
These volumes introduce the reader to these multi-facets of the concept and the wide and often contradictory variety of interpretations that have been and continue to be placed on it. The diverse meanings and interpretations of the concept are also reflected in the interdisciplinary nature of the articles collected.
The structure of the collection places culture within a history of ideas, and also enables the reader to review different arguments and perspectives on the topic. |
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Crime: Critical Concepts in Sociology., 4-Vols/Set. |
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Bean, Philip/ 9780415252645/ Price:GBP 325.00
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This four-volume collection deals with the causes and prevention of crime as well as the treatment and punishment of its perpetrators. While taking a sociological approach to the subject, the articles gathered in this collection reflect the diversity of related fields and theoretical traditions which inform the study of crime - including economics, history, psychology and anthropology. The set provides an historical overview of the development of the study of crime and a picture of the field as it currently stands.
With a new introduction and a thorough index, this collection is an invaluable resource for those studying this rapidly developing area. |
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Social Networks: Critical Concepts in Sociology, 4-Vols/Set. |
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Scott, John/ 9780415251075/ Price:GBP 300.00
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Social networks as a concept was developed through social psychological work on the communication and leadership structures of small groups, and in sociological and anthropological work on kinship and community relations. From the 1960s, this idea came to be extended to a wider range of social relations (especially economic and political relations) through the formulation of mathematical models of networks. Advances in computing technology allowed the construction of more systematic and more powerful network methods.
The aim of this collection is to bring together the principal sources in the development of the techniques of social network analysis, from early metaphorical statements in Simmel and Radcliffe-Brown, through the more systematic explorations in sociology and social anthropology to contemporary formalizations.
A new introduction explores the history of social networks and highlights the arguments of those who treat social network analysis as a loose, qualitative approach, as well as those who see potential in its technical, mathematical uses. |
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Katharine Briggs: Collected Works, 13-Vols/Set. |
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Briggs, Katharine/ 9780415291477/ Price:GBP 1210.00
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Katharine Briggs (1898-1980) was internationally acclaimed as one of Britain's most respected folklore scholars as well as one of the most popular authors in the folklore field. She was president of the English Folklore Society, which still gives an annual literary prize in her name, as well as honorary member of the American Folklore Society.
This collection is a facsimile of thirteen volumes of the works of Katharine Briggs, spanning the whole of her publishing career, from 1959 to 1980. The works provide detailed coverage of all aspects of British folklore, from studies of the beliefs of Shakespeare and his contemporaries in fairies, magic and witchcraft to detailed histories of regional folktales and the creatures that inhabit them. |
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UN Chronicle: Today, in Afghanistan, a Girl Will Be Born! |
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Risk: A Sociological Theory |
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Niklas Luhmann/ 9780202307640/ Price:GBP 44.99
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Child Rearing in America: Challenges Facing Parents with Young Children. |
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Halfon, Neal/ 9780521813204/ Price:GBP 93.00
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Children, family and the state: Decision-making and child participation. |
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Thomas, Nigel/ 9781861344489/ Price:GBP 28.99
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Growing Together or Growing Apart: Geographic Patterns of Change of Income Support and Income. |
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Evans, M./ 9781861344090/ Price:GBP 15.95
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The report asks the following questions about the claimants:
Who are the claimants, for example, how many are families with children or older unemployed people?
Are they focused in specific geographic locations?
What are the dynamics of movement between and off benefits?
How has the profile of income deprivation changed over time, in numbers, composition and concentration?
The findings are broken down by Government Office Regions, local authorities and wards and by types of claimant, and are extensively illustrated with tables, charts and maps. |
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Autopia: Cars and Culture. |
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Wollen, Peter/ 9781861891327/ Price:GBP 25.00
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Committed to Change?: Promoting the Involvement of People with Learning Difficulties in Staff Recruuitment. |
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Townsley, Ruth/ 9781861344342/ Price:GBP 13.95
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This report is for practitioners, managers and policy makers working in services for people with learning difficulties. It will also be of interest to those wishing to work in partnership with other professionals and/or service users to achieve a particular goal or outcome. Both the model of the project itself and the strategies developed by participants could inform a wide range of other initiatives aiming to promote change and improve practice. |
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Happy Families?: Atypical Work and Its Influence on Family Life. |
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La Valle, Ivana/ 9781861344816/ Price:GBP 14.95
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Past it at 40?: A grassroots view of ageism and discrimination in employment. |
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User-defined outcomes of community care for Aisan disabled people. |
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Vernon, Ayesha/ 9781861344465/ Price:GBP 15.99
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Housing and disabled children: The art of the possible. |
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The Nature and pattern of family-friendly employment policies in Britain. |
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Dex, Shirley/ 9781861344335/ Price:GBP 19.99
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Euthanasia - A Malaysian Perspective. |
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Talib, Norchaya/ 9789839088977/ Price:US$ 57.00
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Advanced Handbook of Methods in Evidence Besed Healthcare, The. |
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Stevens, Andrew/ 9780761961444/ Price:GBP 125.00
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The `effectiveness revolution' both in research and clinical practice, has tested available methods for health services research to the extreme. How far can observational methods, routine data and qualitative methods be used in health care evaluation? What cost and outcome measures are appropriate, and how should data be gathered?
With the support of over two million pounds from the British Health Technology Assessment Research Programme, the research project for this Handbook has led to both a synthesis of all of the existing knowledge in these areas and an agenda for future debate and research.
The chapters and their authors have been selected through a careful process of peer review and provide a coherent and complete approach to the field. The handbook has been a unique collaboration between internationally regarded clinicians, statisticians, epidemiologists, social scientists, health economists and ethicists. It provides the most advanced thinking and the most authoritative resource for a state of the art review of methods of evaluating health care and will be required reading for anyone involved in health services research and management. |
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Consumer Behaviour Analysis: Critical Perspectives on Business and Management, 3-Vols/Set. |
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Foxall, Gordon/ 9780415196420/ Price:GBP 79.99
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This set reprints key writings on different aspects of consumer psychology, through theoretical to empirical work. New introductions and a detailed index are included to guide the reader through the material. The areas covered include:
ullet foundations
ullet theories and models of consumer behaviour
ullet interpretive approaches
ullet economic psychology of consumer behaviour
ullet individual processes
ullet beliefs, attitudes and decision processes
ullet consumer choice, personality and cognitive style
ullet the consumer environment; adoption and diffusion of innovations
ullet socio-cultural influences and the physical environment.
Volume I: The Behavioural Basis of Consumer Choice
Volume II: The Behavioural Economics of Consumption
Volume III: Marketing In Behavioural Perspective |
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Chicago Tradition in Economics 1892-1945, The. 8-Vols/Set. |
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Ross Emmett/ 9780415254229/ Price:GBP 425.00
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The home of more Nobel Laureates than any other institution, the University of Chicago has a unique place in the development of economics, fostering the work of some of the most influential and controversial economists of the twentieth century, including Frank Knight, Milton Friedman and Gary Becker.
This collection traces the development of Chicago Economics to the end of the Second World War. Each volume focuses on an individual, or group of individuals who made distinctive contributions. |
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Concise Encyclopedia of Language and Religion. |
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Sawyer, J. F. A./ 9780080431673/ Price:US$ 375.00
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The Concise Encyclopedia of Language and Religion provides the specialist and the general reader with accurate, up-to-date information on every aspect of the crucial interface between language and religion. Easy access to material in over 320 articles by scholars in many fields is provided both in a clear thematic arrangement, and by means of a comprehensive and detailed general index. Discussion of many topics including the creation of special sacred scripts, religious calligraphy, and the use of religious symbols in meditation, magic and elsewhere, is enriched and elucidated by illustrations, diagrams and tables. The Concise Encyclopedia of Language and Religion brings together articles and bibliographic entries drawn from the award-winning Encyclopedia of Language and Linguistics, all of which have been revised and updated appropriately. These articles are supplemented by a large number of completely new contributions, one of which is an extensive 12,500 word article on 'Basic Concepts and Terms in Linguistics', making this volume accessible to a wide audience. |
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Handbook of Ethnography. |
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Atkinson, Paul/ 9780761958246/ Price:GBP 125.00
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Ethnography is one of the chief research methods in sociology, anthropology and other cognate disciplines in the social sciences. This Handbook provides an unparalleled, critical guide to its principles and practice.
The volume is organized into three sections. The first systematically locates ethnography firmly in its relevant historical and intellectual contexts. The roots of ethnography are pinpointed and the pattern of its development is demonstrated.
The second section examines the contribution of ethnography to major fields of substantive research. The impact and strengths and weaknesses of ethnographic method are dealt with authoritatively and accessibly.
The third section moves on to examine key debates and issues in ethnography, from the conduct of research through to contemporary arguments.
The result is a landmark work in the field, which draws on the expertise of an internationally reknowned group of inter-disicplinary scholars. The Handbook provides readers with a one-stop critical guide to the past, present and future of ethnography. It will quickly establish itself as the ethnographer's bible. |
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Scientific Theory of Culture and Other Essays, A. |
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Malinowski, Bronislaw/ 9780415262514/ Price:GBP 290.00
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Published, posthumously, this volume is both a summing up and a reformulation of Malinowski's functional theory of culture. |
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Coral Gardens and Their Magic: The Language and Magic of Gardening. |
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Malinowski, Bronislaw/ 9780415262507/ Price:GBP 270.00
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The concluding part of Coral Gardens and Their Magic provides a linguistic commentary to the ethnography on agriculture. Malinowski gives a full description of the language of the Trobrianders as an aspect of culture. |
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Coral Gardens and Their Magic: The Description of Gardening. |
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Malinowski, Bronislaw/ 9780415262491/ Price:GBP 240.00
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The concluding part of Coral Gardens and Their Magic provides a linguistic commentary to the ethnography on agriculture. Malinowski gives a full description of the language of the Trobrianders as an aspect of culture. |
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Sexual Lives of Savages, The. |
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Malinowski, Bronislaw/ 9780415262484/ Price:GBP 290.00
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This volume provides an ethnographic account of courtship, marriage and family life among the people of the Trobriand Islands. |
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Father in Primitive Psychology and Myth in Primitive Psychology, The. |
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Malinowski, Bronislaw/ 9780415262477/ Price:GBP 49.99
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This volume investigates ideas, beliefs and sentiments in relation to social organization. |
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Sex and Repression in Savage Society. |
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Malinowski, Bronislaw/ 9780415262460/ Price:GBP 62.99
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This volume explores and challenges the applicatio psychoanalytic theory to the study of traditional societies. |
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Crime and Custom in Savage Society. |
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Malinowski, Bronislaw/ 9780415262453/ Price:GBP 300.00
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This volume discusses aspects of small scale societies, including the study of the mental processes, as well as indigenous economics and law. |
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Malinowski amongst the Magi: The Natives of Mailu. |
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Malinowski, Bronislaw/ 9780415262446/ Price:GBP 230.00
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A reissue of Malinowski's first field monograph, containing historical and theoretical material. This edition includes a major essay by Michael Young who draws on Malinowski's diary, unpublished notebooks and letters. |
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International Handbook of Alcohol Dependence & Problems. |
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Heather, Nick/ 9780471983750/ Price:US$ 373.95
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The International Handbook of Alcohol Dependence and Problems is an authoritative, comprehensive coverage of the entire field of alcohol studies from neurochemistry to sociology. With a focus on alcohol dependence and alcohol-related problems, key contents include:
Basic mechanisms of alcohol metabolism and dependence
* Theories of drinking and drinking problems
* Types of alcohol-related problems, including medical problems and pathogenic mechanisms
* Forms of treatment, recovery and methods for prevention
* Chapter outlines including a summary and main conclusions
* Key works for each topic and suggestions for further reading
Written by an international team of experts, this Handbook will be accessible to a wide range of readers, including students, clinicians, researchers and policy-makers. |
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Handbook of Clinical Child Psychology. |
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Walker, C. Eugene/ 9780471244066/ Price:US$ 233.95
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The increasing focus on children's welfare has given rise to tremendous growth in the field of child psychology, and the past decade has witnessed significant advances in research in this area.
Partial table of contents:
CHILD DEVELOPMENT.
Families and Children in History (R. Olson).
Developmental Models and Clinical Practice (R. Simeonsson).
DIAGNOSITIC ASSESSMENT OF CHILDREN.
Interviewing Strategies in Child Assessment (S. Eyberg).
Assessing Children Through Interviews and Behavioral Observations (A. LaGreca).
Objective Assessment of Children's Behavioral and Emotional Problems (S. McConaughy).
PROBLEMS OF EARLY LIFE.
Prenatal and Genetic Influences Upon Behavior and Development ( J. Elbert).
Clinical Problems of Birth, the Neonate, and Infant (A. Sostek).
PROBLEMS OF CHILDHOOD.
Fear and Anxiety in Children (A. Albano).
Evaluation and Treatment of Sleep Disorders in Children (J. Ware).
Toileting Problems in Children (E. Christophersen).
Attention Deficit-Hyperactivity Disorder (A. Anastopoulos).
Disorders of Communication (L. Richman).
PROBLEMS OF ADOLESCENCE.
Common Adolescent-Parent Problems (W. Rae).
Emotional Problems of Adolescents (A. Weiner).
Deliquency and Criminal Behavior (W. Shaw).
INTERVENTION STRATEGIES.
Parenting: The Child in the Context of the Family (R. Jackson).
Behavior Therapy with Children (S. Powers).
Pharmacotherapy (A. Katic).
SPECIAL TOPICS.
Cultural and Ethnic Diversity Issues in Clinical Child Psychology (R. Jones).
Education and Enrichment Approaches (P. Weisberg).
Ethical and Legal Issues (G. Melton).
Forensic Evaluations of Children and Expert Testimony (A. Schaefer). |
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New Handbook of Language and Social Psychology, The. |
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Robinson, P./ 9780471490968/ Price:US$ 398.25
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This new, fully updated and revised The New Handbook of Language and Social Psychology reflects the increasingly diverse range of linguistic topics that social psychologists have investigated over the decade since the previous edition of this seminal work was published.
Whilst the basic organization of the text remains the same, explanatory frameworks are accorded greater prominence than before and persons are seen as agents of communicative interaction rather than as victims of external of forces. Processes and actions are highlighted, i.e. how people do what they do and how they manage the discourse. In the final section, several applied topics reflect our changing lifestyle: computer-mediated communication, mass media, and organizations.
The New Handbook of Language and Social Psychology is an essential source book for all psychologists concerned with language and how it functions in human communication. Those interested in interpersonal and intergroup social relations will find much relevance, as will practitioners and other professionals working in health and welfare, multilingual contexts, and organizations. |
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Handbook of Social Theory. |
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Ritzer, George/ 9780761958406/ Price:GBP 125.00
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This book is an indispensable resource for anyone interested in the roots, current debates and future development of social theory. It draws together a team of outstanding international scholars and presents an authoritative and panoramic critical survey of the field.
The volume is divided into three parts. The first part examines the classical tradition. Included here are critical discussions of Comte, Spencer, Marx, Durkheim, Weber, Simmel, Mead, Freud, Mannheim and classical feminist thought. This part conveys the classical tradition as a living resource in social theory, it demonstrates not only the critical significance of classical writings, but their continuing relevance.
The second part moves on to examine the terrain of contemporary social theory. The contributions discuss the significance and strengths and weaknesses of structural functionalism, recent Marxian theory, critical theory, symbolic interactionism, phenomenology, ethnomethodology, exchange theory, rational choice, contemporary feminism, multiculturalism, postmodernism, the thought of Foucault and Habermas, and figurational sociology. The reader gains a comprehensive and informed picture of the key issues and central figures of the day.
The final part ranges over the key debates in current social theory. Questions relating to positivism, metatheorizing, cultural studies, consumption, sexualities, the body, globalism, nationalism, socialism, knowledge societies, ethics and morality, as well as post-social relations are fully discussed. The dilemmas and promise of contemporary social theory are revealed with pinpoint accuracy. |
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Jurgen Habermas, 4-Vols/Set. |
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Rasmussen, David/ 9780761974468/ Price:GBP 675.00
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This is the first systematic assessment of the work of Jurgen Habermas - the key theorist of the later Frankfurt School, whose writing has had a major impact on social theory and sociology. These four volumes comprise the key secondary literature on Habermas. Edited by David Rasmussen and James Swindal, leading commentators on Habermas's work, this will be the standard reference work on one of the canonical theorists of the 20th century. |
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Dictionary of World Philosophy. |
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Iannone, A. Pablo/ 9780415179959/ Price:GBP 270.00
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The Dictionary of World Philosophy covers the diverse and challenging terminology, concepts, schools and traditions of the vast field of world philosophy. Providing an extremely comprehensive resource and an essential point of reference in a complex and expanding field of study the Dictionary covers all major subfields of the discipline.
Key features:
* Cross-references are used to highlight interconnections and the cross-cultural diffusion and adaptation of terms which has taken place over time
* The user is led from specific terms to master entries which provide valuable historical and cultural context
* Each master entry is followed by at least two suggestions for further reading on the subject, creating a substantial bibliography of world philosophy
* References extend beyond philosophy to related areas such as cognitive science, computer science, language and physics
Subdisciplines covered include:* aesthetics * ethics * sociopolitical philosophy * the philosophy of law * epistemology * logic * the philosophy of science * the philosophy of mind * the philosophy of culture and history * metaphysics * the philosophy of religion
Entries are drawn from West Africa, Arabic, Chinese, Indian, Japanese, Jewish, Korean, Latin American, Maori and Native American philosophy including the important and so far largely neglected instance of Pre-Hispanic thought: Nahua philosophy |
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Ludwig Wittgenstein: Critical Assessments of Leading Philosophers, Second Series. |
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Shanker, Stuart/ 9780415149181/ Price:GBP 1050.00
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Wittgenstein scholarship has continued to grow at a pace few could have anticipated - a testament both to the fertility of his thought and to the thriving state of contemporary philosophy.
In response to this ever-growing interest in the field, we are delighted to announce the publication of a second series of critical assessments on Wittgenstein, emphasising both the breadth and depth of contemporary Wittgenstein research.
As well as papers on the nature and method of Wittgenstein's philosophy, this second collection also relates to a broader range of topics, including psychology, politics, art, music and culture. |
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Handbook of International and Intercultural Communication. |
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Gudykunst, William B./ 9780761920908/ Price:GBP 155.00
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This Second Edition illustrates how the field is composed and looks at how it has grown. The four parts examine: cross-cultural communication; intercultural communication; international communication; and development communication. Each part begins with a chapter on theories and closes with one on issues. This edition is thoroughly revised and reorganized with expanded coverage of international, development, and cross-cultural communication and new chapters. |
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Race and Ethnicity: Critical Concepts in Sociology, 4-Vols/Set. |
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Goulbourne, Harry/ 9780415224994/ Price:GBP 89.99
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This set brings together published articles, papers and book chapters that are central to an informed understanding of race and ethnicity today. The volumes are arranged around four key themes and will resonate with both researchers and teachers in related fields, as well as those who are engaged in policy issues directly arising from racial and ethnic structures and behaviour.
With a new introduction and index, this internationally focused, multidisciplinary collection is an invaluable reference tool and teaching aid.
Volume One: Debates and Controversies
Volume Two: Solidarities and Communities
Volume Three: Racism: Exclusion and Privilege
Volume Four: Integration, Adaptation and Change |
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Handbook of Disability Studies, The. |
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Albrecht, Gary L./ 9780761916529/ Price:GBP 155.00
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This path-breaking Handbook of Disability Studies signals the emergence of a vital new area of scholarship, social policy and activism. Drawing on the insights of disability scholars around the world and the creative advice of an international editorial board, the book engages the reader in the critical issues and debates framing disability studies and places them in an historical and cultural context. Five years in the making, this one volume summarizes the ongoing discourse ranging across continents and traditional academic disciplines.
The Handbook answers the need expressed by the disability community for a thought provoking, interdisciplinary, international examination of the vibrant field of disability studies. The book will be of interest to disabled people, scholars, policy makers and activists alike. The book aims to define the existing field, stimulate future debate, encourage respectful discourse between different interest groups and move the field forward. |
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Game Theory, 4-Vols/Set. |
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Varoufakis, Yanis/ 9780415222402/ Price:GBP 1150.00
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Game theory is rapidly becoming one of the cornerstones of the social sciences. The articles gathered here chart the intellectual history of game theory from its place in the Enlightenment tradition, through the explosion of literature in the late 1970s, to issues of current and emerging debates.
This extensively indexed set will be a valuable reference tool to researchers in sociology and politics, as well as economics.
Volume I: Foundations
Part A: Precursors
Part B: Pioneers of Game Theory
Part C: Pioneers of Modern Bargaining Theory
Volume II: Refinements
Part A: Nash's Project Embellished with (Bayesian) Uncertainty
Part B: Dynamic Games
Part C: Dynamic Bargaining
Part D: Evolutionary Games
Part E: Psychological Games
Volume III
Part I: Economic Applications
Part A: Oligopolistic Games
Part B: Auctions
Part C: Macroeconomic Games
Part D: General Equilibrium and Arrow's Impossibility Theorem
Part II: Game Theory and the Social Sciences
Part A: Political Science
Part B: Analytical Marxism
Part C: Sociology and Anthropology
Volume IV: Discontents
Part A: The Trouble with Consistently Aligned Beliefs
Part B: The Problem With Backward Induction
Part C: The Problem with Bargaining Solutions
Part D: Philosophical Queries |
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American West, 6-Vols/Set. |
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Bakken, Gordon Morris/ 9780815334620/ Price:GBP 705.00
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This six volume collection of reprinted articles deals with the West in American history. In recent years there has been a great deal of interest in the historical experiences of peoples on the western frontiers and in rethinking the significance of the West in American culture. This collection summarizes the debate, and brings together materials from disparate sources.
Contents:
Volume 1: Where is the West?
Volume 2: Cultural Interactions
Volume 3: The Gendered West
Volume 4: The Environment
Volume 5: The Urban West
Volume 6: Law in the West |
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Concise Encyclopedia of Sociolinguistics |
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Mesthrie, R./ 9780080437262/ Price:US$ 435.00
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This is the ninth in the acclaimed series of spinoff volumes based on the outstanding Encyclopedia of Language and Linguistics. It comprises 285 articles of which 80 are short biographical entries. 50 of the biographies and 42 other articles are entirely new, while the remaining entries are suitably revised and updated from ELL. This work provides uniquely comprehensive and authoritative information on all aspects of sociolinguistics. |
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Choosing Simplicity: Commentary on the Bhikshuni Pratimoksha. |
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Wu, Yin V. B./ 9781559391559/ Price:US$ 24.95
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Neighborhood Self-Management: Experiments in Civil Society. |
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Schmid, Hillel/ 9781461354666/ Price:EUR 84.95
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Cinema and the City: Film and Urban Societies in a Global Context. |
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Shiel, Mark/ 9780631222439/ Price:US$ 92.95
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Celebrity.(POD) |
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Rojek, Chris/ 9781861891044/ Price:GBP 19.95
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In contemporary society, the cult of celebrity is inescapable. Anyone can be turned into a celebrity, and anything can be made into a celebrity event. Celebrity has become a part of everyday life, a common reference point. But how have people like Elvis Presley, John Lennon, Bill Clinton or Princess Diana impressed themselves so powerfully on the public mind? Do they have unique qualities, or have their images been constructed by the media? And what of the dark side of celebrity ¡V why is the hunger to be in the public eye so great that people are prepared to go to any lengths to achieve it, as numerous mass murderers and serial killers have done.
Chris Rojek brings together celebrated figures from the arts, sports, politics and other public spheres, from O.J. Simpson and Marilyn Monroe to Hitler and David Bowie, and touches on many movements and fads, including punk, rock-and-roll and fashion. Rojek analyzes the difference between ascribed celebrity, which derives from bloodline, and achieved celebrity, which follows on from personal achievement - the difference between Princess Margaret and, say, Woody Allen. He also shows how there is no parallel in history to today's ubiquitous 'living' form of celebrity, powered by newspapers, PR departments, magazines and electronic mass media. |
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Champions for children : The contribution of modern child care pioneers to the well-being of deprived and disadvantaged children. |
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Holman, Bob/ 9781861343536/ Price:GBP 65.00
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Crossing the housing and care divide. |
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Cameron, Ailsa/ 9781861343161/ Price:GBP 11.95
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Cold comfort: The social and environmental determinations of excess winter death in England, 1986-96. |
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Wilkinson, Paul/ 9781861343550/ Price:GBP 13.95
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Approaching retirement: Social divisions, welfare and exclusion. |
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Mann, Kirk/ 9781861342836/ Price:GBP 55.00
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Global Dimensions: Space, Place and the Contemporary World. |
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Short, John R./ 9781861891020/ Price:GBP 12.95
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The Global Financial System 1750-2000. (POD) |
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Allen, Larry/ 9781861891099/ Price:GBP 24.00
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Families in conflict: Perspectives of children and parents on the Family Court Welfare Service. |
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Buchanan, Ann/ 9781861343338/ Price:GBP 21.99
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Diminished rights: Vulnerable lone mothers and their children in Denmark. |
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Polakow, Valerie/ 9781861342775/ Price:GBP 21.99
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Lone parents, employment and social policy : Cross-national comparisons. |
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Millar, Jane/ 9781861343215/ Price:GBP 55.00
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Policy makers across the world are confronting issues relating to lone parents and employment, with many governments seeking to increase the participation of lone parents in the labour market. This book offers an up-to-date analysis of policies and provisions in the UK, US, Australia, France, the Netherlands and Norway. It examines whether and how policies support and encourage employment, and draws out policy lessons. Chapters are written by leading experts on lone parenthood in each country. |
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Pursuing Academic Freedom. |
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Findlay, Len M./ 9781895830187/ Price:US$ 28.50
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Workfare States. |
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Peck, Jamie/ 9781572306363/ Price:US$ 50.00
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This book examines the political economy of workfare, the umbrella term for welfare-to-work initatives that have been steadily gaining ground since candidate Bill Clinton's 1992 promise to "end welfare as we know it." Peck traces the development, diffusion, and implementation of workfare policies in the United States, and their export to Canada and the UK. He explores how reforms have been shaped by labor markets and political conditions, how gender and race come into play, and how local programs fit into the broader context of neoliberal economics and globalization. The book cogently demonstrates that workfare rarely involves large-scale job creation, but is more concerned with deterring welfare claims and necessitating the acceptance of low-paying, unstable jobs. Integrating labor market theory, critical policy analysis, and extensive field research, Peck exposes the limitations of workfarism and points toward more equitable alternatives. |
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Handbook of Visual Analysis, The. |
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Leeuwen, Theo van/ 9780761964766/ Price:GBP 155.00
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The Handbook:
* Offers a wide-range of methods for visual analysis: content analysis, historical analysis, structuralist analysis, iconography, psychoanalysis, social semiotic analysis, film analysis and ethnomethodology
* Shows how each method can be applied for the purposes of specific research projects.
* Exemplifies each approach through detailed analyses of a variety of data, including, newspaper images, family photos, drawings, art works and cartoons.
* Includes examples from the authors' own research and professional practice.
The Handbook of Visual Analysis which demonstrates the importance of visual data within the social sciences offers an essential guide to those working in a range of disciplines including: media and communication studies, sociology, anthropology, education, psychoanalysis, and health studies. |
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Brain & Begavior: Critical Concepts in Psychology, 4-Vols/Set. |
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Davidoff, Jules/ 9780415134996/ Price:GBP 350.00
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These four volumes present papers on the relationship between brain and behaviour, from the onset of its study in the mid-nineteenth century to the present day.
In the mid-nineteenth century, the French physician Paul Broca performed an autopsy which revealed that the brain was critically involved in speech function. Since then, further profound observations and theoretical insights have continued, adding to the debate about the brain and behaviour relationship. The papers in this collection have been selected by the influence they have had on these developments.
The articles are primarily concerned with behaviour rather than neuroanatomy, and will allow students and researchers the chance to survey the evidence in the link between brain and behaviour, spanning many areas of cognition. |
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Fieldwork, Participation and Practice Ethics and Dilemmas in Qualitative Research. |
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Laine, Marlene de/ 9780761954866/ Price:GBP 171.00
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This timely and topical look at the role of ethics in fieldwork takes into account some of the major issues confronting qualitative researchers. The main purposes of this book are twofold: to promote an understanding of the harmful possibilities of fieldwork; and to provide ways of dealing with ethical problems and dilemmas. To these ends, examples of actual fieldwork are provided that address ethical problems and dilemmas, and posit ways of dealing with them. |
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International Handbook of Sociology. |
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Quah, Stella R./ 9780761968887/ Price:GBP 30.00
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This unique Handbook provides state-of-the-art reviews of sociology conducted by prominent scholars. Drawing on dedicated knowledge and expertise, the book constitutes an unrivalled guide to the central theoretical and methodological perspectives in the discipline as a whole.
The book is organized into six parts:
* conceptual perspectives
* social and cultural differentiation
* changing institutions and collective action
* demography, cities and housing
* art and leisure
* social problems
Each chapter includes a comprehensive review of the literature, covering the full range of work from contrasting traditions of thought and approaches.
No existing work matches this Handbook for scholarly coverage and relevance. It is a primary resource for understanding the discipline. As such, it will appeal to lecturers, researchers and advanced graduate and undergraduate students in Sociology. |
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Personalizing Evaluation. |
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Kushner, Saville/ 9780761963615/ Price:GBP 149.00
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Personalizing Evaluation challenges the mainstream approach to program evaluation by inverting the traditional relationship between program and person. Saville Kushner shows how evaluation should document individual and group experience and use this as a lens through which to read social programs and to measure their significance in people's lives. He uses a wealth of examples and case studies to illustrate how a deeper understanding of program evaluation can be achieved across a range of issues and applications.
The book addresses three principal concerns that are at the heart of the evaluation process: how to learn about evaluation in ways which are related to the often confusing and messy experience of doing it; how to understand the role of evaluation as a form of personal expression and, even, political action; and how to use evaluation to say something about people's lives as well as about the programs and institutions people are involved in. |
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Handbook for Child Protection Practice. |
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Dubowitz, Howard/ 9780761913702/ Price:GBP 155.00
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Drawing on theory, research and clinical practice experience, the contributors cover issues facing social workers. They provide a view of child neglect which moves beyond the current child welfare focus on parental omissions in care.
Organized in question and answer format, topics covered include: engaging with the client; initial assessments for factors such as neglect and physical and sexual abuse; how to assess the family; interventions with various different emphases; and safeguarding the social workers well-being - legally, physically and mentally. |
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Research Training for Social Scientists: A Handbook for Postgraduate Researchers. |
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Burton, Dawn/ 9780761963509/ Price:GBP 171.00
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With indispensable advice for students from all social science backgrounds, this handbook provides the core conceptual and practical skills to embark on succesful research. The organization of the book reflects the knowledge that is required in order to become a competent and effective researcher. It follows the life-cycle of the research project: it begins with a discussion of ethical and philosphical issues; presents guides to both quantitative and qualitative data collection and analysis; provides help on using computers in research; and includes advice on how to write up and present a research project.
Based on the UK Economic and Social Research Council advice on the training which students should undertake in preparation for postgraduate research, this book will be invaluable for all beginning researchers. |
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Research Design: Donald Campbell's Legacy |
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Bickman, Leonard/ 9780761910855/ Price:GBP 100.00
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Leading social research methodologists and evaluators address the issues of research design in this second of two volumes inspired by the work on Donald Campbell and sponsored by the American Evaluation Association. The book considers issues such as: quasi-experimentation; the proposed conduct of social inquiry; ways to take account of threats to validity; plausible rival hypotheses in measurement and design; subject selection and loss in randomized experiments; the use of evaluation to assess the validity of computer simulations; method variance; and time series experiments. Applied researchers who want to improve their research designs will find this book a compelling and thought-provoking read. |
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Validity and Social Experimentation: Donald Campbell's Legacy. |
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Bickman, L./ 9780761911609/ Price:GBP 81.00
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Leading social research methodologists and evaluators address the issues of validity, research design and social experimentation in this first of two volumes inspired by the work of Donald Campbell and sponsored by the American Evaluation Association.
The first part of the book focuses on three types of validity: external, construct and statistical. Much attention is given to meta-analysis, statistical testing and effect sizes.
The second part is a major critique of Campbell's vision and practice of social experimentation. Contributors review and extend Campbell's ideas, concentrating on their relevance to evaluation and social intervention, and seeking to define an 'experimenting society.' |
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Sociology of Education: Major Themes, 4-Vols/Set. |
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Ball, Stephen J./ 9780415198127/ Price:GBP 1200.00
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This collection contains 100 papers drawn from the broad range of contemporary writing on the sociology of education. Major trends and developments from the 1970s through to the 1990s are represented. The four volumes - Theories and Methods; Inequalities and Oppressions; Institutions and Processes; and Politics and Policies - offer a comprehensive introduction to, and overview of, the field.
The collection covers the key points of dispute and areas of controversy within the sociology of education and includes papers from many of the leading writers. Taken together the papers constitute a sophisticated and versatile toolbox of ideas for theory-building and research. |
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Handbook of Urban Studies. |
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Paddison, Ronan/ 9780803976955/ Price:GBP 125.00
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The Handbook of Urban Studies provides the first comprehensive, up-to-date account of the urban condition, relevant to a wide readership from academics to researchers and policymakers. It provides a theoretically and empirically informed account embracing all the different disciplines contributing to urban studies.
Leading authors identify key issues and questions and future trends for further research and present their findings so that, where appropriate, they are relevant to the needs of policymakers. Using the city as a unifying structure, the Handbook provides an holistic appreciation of urban structure and change, and of the theories by which we understand the structure, development and changing character of cities. |
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Edward Said, 4-Vols/Set. |
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Williams, Patrick/ 9780761970545/ Price:GBP 675.00
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By a wide measure of assent, Edward Said is one of the most important scholars examining society, politics and culture. A Palestinian-American, his life has been shaped by the cross-currents of race, globalization and nationalist violence. Said has emerged as a leading figure in the dialogue between occidentalism and orientalism, making seminal contributions to our understanding of colonialism, postcolonialism and the responsibilities of criticism. He is one of the figures cited most frequently in the Social Science Citation Index, and one of the few, genuinely global, public intellectuals.
This exhaustive and unparalleled collection draws together the essential writings on Said's thought in a collection which any serious student of contemporary social thought will find indispensable. Planned and produced with a view to provide an accessible and reliable survey of all aspects of Said's voluminous writings, the collection is divided into four sections. |
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Sex, Social Purity and Sarah Grand, 4-Vols/Set. |
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Heilmann, Ann/ 9780415214100/ Price:GBP 325.00
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Sarah Grand was one of the most prominent New Women of the 1890s and a notable social purity feminist and suffragist. This collection offers important insights into the full range of her journalistic output and lesser-known fictional writings. It also makes available biographical and autobiographical material, and previously unpublished manuscript sources.
The first volume reproduces Grand's articles and the contemporary critical reception of her work. The letters in volume two, written mostly in the 1920s and 1930s, shed light on Grand's genesis as a writer and her interaction with 1890s artistic and feminist circles. The third and fourth volumes contain a selection of short stories from three collections published at and after the turn of the century. These comment on some of the explosive issues of that time: feminism, decadence, eugenics, class, race and war. They also reflect Grand's exploration of the interplay between gender and genre. |
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Emile Durkheim III, 4-Vols/Set. |
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Pickering, W. S. F./ 9780415205603/ Price:GBP 350.00
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This third set of Critical Assessments on the foremost French Sociologist takes as its main focus writings since 1990. The articles have been selected by a team of international scholars from the British School for Durkheimian Studies. Each specialist has written a new introduction to set their chosen area in its appropriate historical and intellectual context. The overall result is a broad, authoritative selection of articles which detail changes in interpreting Durkheim since the 1920s. |
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Calendar of State Papers, Colonial North America and the West Indies 1574-1739 CD-ROM. |
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Kupperman, Karen Ordahl/ 9780415219600/ Price:GBP 2665.00
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Originally published in print form in over 40 volumes from 1858 to 1994, The Calendar of State Papers, Colonial is rightly well-known as an essential source for the colonial history of North America and the West Indies. Now available for the first time in an electronic format, this CD-ROM transforms the utility of over 40,000 transcripts and extended abstracts for study and research, and makes possible hitherto difficult and impractical analyses.
The Calendar includes the West Indies 1574-1738, and the East Indies, China, Japan and Persia (Iran) 1513-1634. It is a catalogue of state papers comprising extended abstracts or transcripts in modernised spelling of the most important range of British historical material during this time in these territories, which are essential to all historians working on Britain and its colonies.
The material includes a wide range of subject areas such as correspondence to and from colonial governors, orders and grants from central government to local administration, and information from the localities. The material is also important as since it includes correspondence from the colonial governors as well as information about the slave trade and piracy, it comprises one of the most substantial sources of North American history before the Revolution.
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International Relations: Critical Concepts in Political Science, 5-Vols/Set. |
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Linklater, Andrew/ 9780415201377/ Price:GBP 375.00
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Comprising more than 80 influential papers published in the 20th century, this set is the most comprehensive guide to appear to date. It is an indispensible research tool for students in upper level undergraduate programmes and taught postgraduate students. Researchers will also find it invaluable to have key essays in the development of international relations theory brought together in these volumes.
The set gathers together essential papers from recent years, alongside classic studies from earlier periods. Organised into ten main areas, the themes covered include:
* the nature and purpose of international theory
* realism and idealism
* scientific approaches
* approaches to international cooperation
* the liberal democratic peace
* Marxism
* historical sociology
* critical theory
* political theory and International Relations
* normative approaches to world order
A substantial new index and Linklater's new introduction make this an invaluable research tool. |
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Jean Baudrillard, 4-Vols/Set. |
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Gane, Mike/ 9780761968320/ Price:GBP 675.00
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Jean Baudrillard is one of the most important and provocative writers in the contemporary era. Widely acclaimed as the prophet of postmodernism, he has famously announced the disappearance of the subject, meaning, truth, class and the notion of reality itself. Although he worked as a sociologist, his writing has enjoyed a wide interdisciplinary popularity and influence. He is read by students of sociology, cultural studies, philosophy, literature, French and geography. |
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Nationalism: Critical Concepts in Political Science, 5-Vols/Set. |
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Hutchinson, John/ 9780415201094/ Price:GBP 675.00
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Nations and nationalism are central phenomena of the modern world, feeding into every aspect of personal and social life - the family, economy, culture, politics and international relations. This multi-volume collection of articles and chapters is the most comprehensive guide yet published on the subject of nationalism. It brings together in a compact format the major texts, many of which are scattered in specialist and inaccessible journals. Beginning with classic texts of Max Weber and concluding with contributions by postmodernists, this set aims to provide students and scholars with an overview of the most important debates and lines of enquiry.
A general introduction outlines the main theoretical approaches and section introductions comment on the specific selections. There is also an extensive new index. |
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Pierre Bourdieu, 4-Vols/Set. |
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Robbins, Derek/ 9780761964650/ Price:GBP 675.00
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Derek Robbins provides the first complete assessment of the sociological achievements of one of the key European sociologists of the 20th century. Bourdieu has made decisive contributions to theory, method and professional practice. All are discussed here, providing an unparalleled distillation of Bourdieu's work. The collection: offers a systematic understanding and evaluation of Bourdieu's sociology; demonstrates the relation of Bourdieu to wider research traditions in the social sciences; faithfully represents Bourdieu's multidisciplinarianism; explains why Bourdieu is a key 20th century sociologist.
The collection is edited by one of Europe's leading commentators on Bourdieu. The four volumes stand as the benchmark work on a sociologist who has left an indelible mark on the 20th century and whose legacy will be intensively debated into the next millenium. |
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Imperialism: Critical Concepts in Historical Studies, 3-Vols/Set. |
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Cain, Peter/ 9780415206273/ Price:GBP 1050.00
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The philosopher W.B. Gallie argued many years ago that there could be no simple definition of words such as 'freedom' because they embodied what he called 'essentially contested concepts'. They were words whose meaning had to be fought over and whose compteting definitions arose out of political struggle and conflict. Imperialism, and its close ally, colonialism, are two such contested concepts.
This set will give readers an insight in to the main lines of debate about the meanings of imperialism and colonialism over the last two centuries. |
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Listening People, Speaking Earth: Contemporary Paganism. |
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Harvey, Graham/ 9781850652724/ Price:GBP 12.99
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This work introduces the main movements and trends in paganism. Individual chapters focus on druidry, witchcraft, heathenism, goddess spirituality and magic. These are followed by discussions of shamanism and geomancy. The book concludes with an exploration of the ecological activities of pagans. |
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Sociology Beyond Societies: Mobilities for the Twenty-First Century. |
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Urry, John/ 9780415190886/ Price:GBP 130.00
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Domestic Violence and Health: The Response of the Medical Profession. |
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Williamson, Emma/ 9781861342157/ Price:GBP 21.99
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Domestic violence and health examines the relationship between health and domestic violence. In a unique qualitative study of the attitudes of health professionals and the women with whom they come into contact, the book gives voice to a range of issues which urgently need to be addressed. It provides guidance for training and practice, as well as recommendations for policy makers. |
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The Social Context of Cognitive Development. |
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Gauvain, Mary/ 9781572306103/ Price:US$ 39.00
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Traditional approaches to cognitive development can tell us a great deal about the internal processes involved in learning. Sociocultural perspectives, on the other hand, provide valuable insights into the influences on learning of relationship and cultural variables. This volume provides a much-needed bridge between these disparate bodies of research, examining the specific processes through which children internalize the lessons learned in social contexts. The book reviews current findings on four specific domains of cognitive development--attention, memory, problem solving, and planning. The course of intellectual growth in each domain is described, and social factors that support or constrain it are identified. The focus throughout is on how family, peer, and community factors influence not only what a child learns, but also _how learning occurs_. Supporting her arguments with solid empirical data, the author convincingly shows how attention to sociocultural factors can productively complement more traditional avenues of investigation. |
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Cool Rules: Anatomy of an Attitude.(POD) |
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Pountain, D./ 9781861890719/ Price:GBP 19.95
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Health begins at home: Planning at the health-housing interface for older people. |
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Harrison, Lyn/ 9781861342133/ Price:GBP 10.95
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Social work, domestic violence and child protection: Challenging practice. |
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Humphreys, Catherine/ 9781861341907/ Price:GBP 19.99
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Tackling institutional racism: Anti-racist policies and social work education and training. |
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Penketh, Laura/ 9781861341815/ Price:GBP 21.99
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Telecare: new ideas for care and support @ home. |
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Tang, Puay/ 9781861342164/ Price:GBP 16.99
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Working for a living?: Employment and the living standards of disabled people. |
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Barnes, Helen/ 9781861341860/ Price:GBP 18.99
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Stronger links : A guide to good practice for children's family-based short-term care services. |
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Jones, Vicky/ 9781861341655/ Price:GBP 16.99
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Cultures of care: Biographies of carers in Britain and the two Germanies. |
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Chamberlayne, Prue/ 9781861341662/ Price:GBP 25.99
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Developing reflective practice: Making sense of social work in a world of change. |
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Martyn, Helen/ 9781861342386/ Price:GBP 21.99
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From good intentions to good practice: Mapping services working with families where there is domestic violence. |
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Humphreys, Catherine/ 9781861342454/ Price:GBP 14.95
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In their own right: The Carers Act and carers of people with learning disabilities. |
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Williams, Val/ 9781861342317/ Price:GBP 13.99
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Seven years in the lives of British families: Evidence on the dynamics of social change from the British Household Panel Survey. |
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Berthoud, Richard/ 9781861342003/ Price:GBP 31.99
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Seven years in the lives of British families: Evidence on the dynamics of social change from the British Household Panel Survey. |
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Berthoud, Richard/ 9781861342010/ Price:GBP 70.00
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Protecting Indigenous Knowledge and Heritage: A Global Challenge. |
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Battiste, Marie/ 9781895830156/ Price:US$ 36.00
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Handbook of Gender and Work. |
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Powell, Gary N./ 9780761913559/ Price:GBP 155.00
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The Handbook of Gender and Work is a comprehensive synthesis of current literature and knowledge regarding gender in organizations.
A multinational group of leading scholars and researchers from across the disciplines examines the influence of gender (on its own and with other factors) on the conduct of work and the roles and experience of people in the workplace.
Amongst the topics included are: the gender gap in earnings; sex segregation in occupations; romantic relationships in organizational settings; stress; affirmative action; and the impact of gender on social influence and leadership. |
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Dictionary of Biological Psychology. |
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Winn, Philip/ 9780415136068/ Price:GBP 250.00
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Biological Psychology is the study of psychological processes in terms of biological functions. A major obstacle to understanding dialogue in the field has always been its terminology which is drawn from a variety of non-psychological sources such as clinical medicine, psychiatry and neuroscience, as well as specialist areas of psychology such as ethology, learning theory and psychophysics. For the first time, a distinguished international team of contributors has now drawn these terms together and defined them both in terms of their physical properties and their behavioural significance.
The Dictionary of Biological Psychology will prove an invaluable source of reference for undergraduates in psychology wrestling with the fundamentals of brain physiology, anatomy and chemistry, as well as researchers and practitioners in the neurosciences, psychiatry and the professions allied to medicine. It is an essential resource both for teaching and for independent study, reliable for fact-checking and a solid starting point for wider exploration. |
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Adolescence: Development, Diversity and Context, 6-Vols/Set. |
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Lerner, Richard M./ 9780815332893/ Price:GBP 330.00
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Covering the entire range of this field of scholarship, this 6 volume set thoroughly examines the psychology of adolescent development. From theory and application of historical and theoretical bases, through to the relationship between development and setting, key factors of individuality, the importance of family and behavioural and social risks, the articles featured here document the emergence of a dynamic differences approach to adolescence. The set finishes with a timely look forward to a future when societal institutions can foster positive youth development.
Contents:
1. Theoretical Foundations and Biological Bases of Development in Adolescence
2. Cognitive and Moral Development, Academic Achievements in Adolescence
3. The Development of Personality, Self and Ego in Adolescence
4. Adolescents and Their Families: Structure, Function and Parent-Youth Relationships
5. Risks and Problem Behaviours in Adolescence
6. Social Interactions in Adolescence and Promoting Positive Societal Contributions of Youth |
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Revolution: Critical Concepts in Political Science, 4-Vols/Set. |
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O' Kane, Rosemary H. T./ 9780415201322/ Price:GBP 400.00
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This unique set collects together 83 key articles on revolution. The set begins with theoretical approaches to the study of the subject, noting several theories advanced by revolutionaries themselves, and then moves on to major articles about individual events. Revolution: Critical Concepts provides an invaluable reference work for social scientists and historians.
The articles reprinted here consider the following issues:
* revolution - concept and theory
* explaining the causes of revolution
* revolutionary state building and the outcomes of revolutions
* revolutionaries theories of revolution
* case studies of great revolutions - applying theories, testing hypotheses
* comparing and contrasting - explaining the success or failure of modern revolutions
* revolutionary change in Eastern Europe, 1989
* the future of revolutions |
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Karl Marx's Social and Political Thought: Second Series Critical Assessments in Leading Political Philosophers, 4-Vols/Set. |
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Jessop, Bob/ 9780415193269/ Price:GBP 1350.00
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This collection addresses fundamental themes in Marx's social and political thought. It covers key controversies in the analysis of Marx's overall intellectual development, the influence of Hegel, the Marx-Engels relationship, the validity of historical materialism, the significance of class and class struggle, the state and political parties, and reform and revolution. It also addresses Marx's work as historian, anthropologist, student of time and space, social psychologist, social interactionist, and literary scholar. It also covers debates regarding Marx's views on technological determinism: *national identity *nationalism, and cosmopolitanism *cities and citizenship *welfare and human rights *science and ideology *patriarchy and the family *gender and sexual orientations *culture and religion *alienation and fetishism *justice in capitalism and communism.
Bob Jessop provides an extended general introduction and also summarizes and interrelates the various articles at the start of each volume. Contributors adopt a wide range of approaches and cover some sixty years of analysis. |
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Herbert Spencer: Critical Assessments of Leading Sociologists, 4-Vols/Set. |
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Offer, John/ 9780415181839/ Price:GBP 325.00
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Herbert Spencer (1820-1903) was a major figure in the early development of sociology, famous for work which likened society to an organism and analysed it in evolutionary terms. In this context he was contributing to evolutionary theory before as well as after Darwin and argued consistently that society would be perfected through the operation of the principle that every man should be left free to do what he would as long as he did not interfere with another man's freedom.
Spencer's work has been neglected in recent years, but its indirect influence lives on both in libertarian political thought and in the discipline of sociology itself particularly through the work of Durkheim who was heavily influenced by Spencer. This major set traces that influence from the reaction of Spencer's contemporaries to the present day. Contributions come from across the social science disciplines and are often taken from difficult to access contemporary sources. |
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Development: Critical Concepts in Social Sciences, 6-Vols/Set. |
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Corbridge, Stuart/ 9780415205412/ Price:GBP 130.00
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In this four volume set of readings on Development, Stuart Corbridge brings together more than one hundred articles dealing with Development in all its diversity. Key topics include the transformation of peasant economies, argibusiness, rural-urban relations, markets, industrialisation, workers, trade, aid and structural adjustment. It also considers four key challenges for development theory and practice: these relate to capabilities, ethics, sustainability and regulation.
Volume I: Doctrines of Development
a. The Invention of Development
b. The Age of High Modernism: Development as Mimicry
c. Growth, Development and Welfare
d. The Development of Underdevelopment
e. The Counter-Revolution in Development Theory and Policy
f. Feminism
g. Post-Colonialism and Post-Development
Volume II: The Great Transformation (Part One)
a. The Agrarian Question: Food, Famine, Peasants and Farmers
b. Political Ecology: Science, Agribusiness and the Environment
c. The Countryside and the City
d. Merchants, Markets and Workers |
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Central Currents in Social Theory: The Roots of Sociological Theory 1700-1920, Volume I-IV. |
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Boudon, Raymond/ 9780761962410/ Price:GBP 675.00
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Divided into two 4 volume sets, this collection provides a complete guide to social theory from 1700 to the present day. Each set is divided around eight essential issues which are of core concern to social theory: social action and basic processes of interaction; social institutions; social structure; social representations; social change; theoretical orientations; problems in the philosophy of social sciences; sociology's reflections upon itself and its relations with other social sciences.
The collections are designed to show how thinking in social theory has changed since 1700 on all of these essential issues and to give a comprehensive and concise guide to the main issues. The editors provide a collection which distils the essence of the key questions so that researchers and advanced students will need to look no further for a guide to the essentials in social theory. |
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Qualitative Research, 4-Vols/Set. |
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Bryman, Alan/ 9780761962434/ Price:GBP 675.00
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Qualitative Research brings together all of the major topics and issues in qualitative research in this major work which assembles the best published material in this field. Collectively, the contributions: give a panoramic view of qualitative research today; reflect the international and interdisciplinary character of qualitative research; document the essential issues in qualitative research; and demonstrate the relations between different research traditions.
Each of the four volumes carry an 8-10,000 word introduction which places the examination of qualitative research issues in the appropriate historical and intellectual context.
Volume 1 covers the fundamental issues about qualitative research, including epistemological ones. A wide range of case-studies are included.
Volume 2 covers the different methods with which qualitative research is associated.
Volume 3 deals with the analysis and interpretation of qualitative data, as well as with writing up the results of research.
Volume 4 contains selections relating to a wide range of specific issues in qualitative research in the appropriate historical and intellectual context. |
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Sociological Methodology, Vol. 29 1999. |
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Sobel, Michael E./ 9780631217893/ Price:US$ 125.95
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Empowering practice?: A critical appraisal of the Family Group Conference approach. |
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Lupton, Carol/ 9781861341495/ Price:GBP 26.99
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Ending child poverty: Popular welfare for the 21st century? |
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Walker, Robert/ 9781861341990/ Price:GBP 17.99
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Social Services: Working under pressure. |
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Balloch, Susan/ 9781861341372/ Price:GBP 16.99
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Unequal partners: User groups and community care. |
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Barnes, Marian/ 9781861340566/ Price:GBP 19.99
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Unlocking key working: An analysis and evaluation of key worker services for families with disabled child. |
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Mukherjee, Suzanne/ 9781861342089/ Price:GBP 13.95
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On the edge: Minority ethnic families caring for a severely disabled child. |
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Chambra, Rampaul/ 9781861341341/ Price:GBP 16.99
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Not mad, bad or young enough: Helping homeless people with mental health problems. |
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Watson, Lyn/ 9781861341457/ Price:GBP 11.95
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Real change not rhetoric: Putting research into practice in multi-agency services. |
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Sloper, Patricia/ 9781861342072/ Price:GBP 12.95
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Social Class, Language and Education. |
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Lawton, Denis/ 9780415176330/ Price:GBP 325.00
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Disability, Difference, Discrimination: Perspectives on Justice in Bioethics and Public Policy. |
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Silvers, Anita/ 9780847692231/ Price:US$ 30.95
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Justice in Aboriginal Communities: Sentencing Alternatives. |
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Green, Ross Gordon/ 9781895830101/ Price:US$ 29.00
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From Poor Law to community care: The development of welfare services for elderly people 1939-1971. |
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Means, Robin/ 9781861340856/ Price:GBP 25.99
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Right to challenge: The Oxfordshire Community Care Rights Project. |
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Coombs, Margaret/ 9781861341020/ Price:GBP 14.95
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Rights and realities: Comparing new developments in long-term care for older people. |
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Glendinning, Caroline/ 9781861341259/ Price:GBP 16.99
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Rights and realities: Comparing new developments in long-term care for older people. |
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Glendinning, Caroline/ 9781861341266/ Price:GBP 40.00
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Looking on: Deaf people and the organisation of services. |
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Young, Alys/ 9781861340924/ Price:GBP 11.95
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Living on equal terms: Supporting people with acquired brain injury in their own homes. |
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Cunningham, Gail/ 9781861341105/ Price:GBP 18.99
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Living independently with support: Service users' perspectives on 'floating' support. |
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Douglas, Anne/ 9781861340931/ Price:GBP 13.95
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Homes unfit for children: Housing, disabled children and their families. |
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Oldman, Christine/ 9781861341167/ Price:GBP 13.95
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From periphery to centre: Domestic violence in work with abused children. |
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Hester, Marianne/ 9781861341150/ Price:GBP 11.95
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Including young people in urban regeneration: A lot to learn? |
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Fitzpatrick, Suzanne/ 9781861341198/ Price:GBP 10.95
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Supporting women and challenging men: An evaluation of The Domestic Violence Intervention Project. |
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Burton, Sheila/ 9781861340689/ Price:GBP 11.95
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Focus Group Kit, The. 6-Vols/Set. |
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Morgan, David L./ 9780761907602/ Price:GBP 240.00
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You have just been asked to run a focus group, but you don't know where to start. How do you get the right mix of people together? How many people should be in your group? What kind of questions should you ask? How do you phrase them? What do you do with the information you've gathered? How do you put it all together in one cohesive report? These are but a few of the issues that are covered in the Focus Group Kit. The kit provides you with all you'll need to know to run a successful focus group, from the initial planning stages to asking questions, to moderating to the final analyzing and reporting of your research. |
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| VA05-59 |
Classical Tradition in Sociology, The: The American Tradition, 4-Vols/Set. |
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Alexander, Jeffrey C./ 9780761953258/ Price:GBP 780.00
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This authoritative collection of the key secondary literature of American sociology is unparalleled in its scope. The set provides a comprehensive guide and reassessment of the American tradition from the eighteenth century to today: from Franklin to Etzioni demonstrates that Americans have left an indelible mark on sociological theory and method: from the American Enlightenment, through to the monumental contributions of the Chicago School, Parsons, Goffman, Functionalism, Garfinkel and radical-critical theory.
Volume 1 considers the emergence of American sociology, and includes the key writings on the American Enlightenment: from Madison to Thoreau, de Tocqueville's seminal critical contribution and the work of Giddings, Small, Dewey and the American pragmatists. One finds here an indispensable survey of the roots of American sociology.
Volume 2 covers pragmatism, functionalism and the quantitative tradition. Seminal contributions from Bulmer, Mills, Parsons, Merton and Coser are included. The distinctive twentieth century contribution of American sociology is pinpointed and explored.
Volume 3 expands the discussion to explore the distinctive critical strands in American sociology. Classical writings from Bales, Homans, Wrong, Riesman, Lipset, Mills and Bell are selected. The volume gives a sense of the growing richness and self-consciousness of the American contribution.
Volume 4 investigates recent trends in American sociology. Selections from the writings of Alexander, Gouldner, Skocpol, Wallerstein, Barrington Moore, Tilly, Sacks and Seidman are included. The fertility and inventiveness of recent American sociology is demonstrated. |
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Challenging Environmental Issues: Middle Eastern Perspective. |
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Jabbra, Joseph G./ 9789004108776/ Price:EUR 70.00
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| SA05-203 |
Mandatory: Minimum Drug Sentences/Throwing Away the Key or the Taxpayers' Money? |
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Caulkins, Jonathan P./ 9780833024534/ Price:US$ 40.00
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Spaces of Globalization: Reasserting the Power of the Local. |
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Cox, Kevin R./ 9781572301993/ Price:US$ 39.00
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This timely and far-reaching volume reexamines the underlying assumptions of globalization arguments from a critical perspective. Alongside globalization, the authors show, there persist tendencies towards the territorialization and re-territorialization of economic life, as well as the development of new organizing strategies by labor. Probing the complex relationship between the global and the local and investigating the changing dynamics of contemporary firms, labor, capital, and communities, the book also addresses the broader question of the difference that space makes in understanding society.
Introduction: Globalization and its Politics in Question, Kevin R. Cox
1. Territories, Flows, and Hierarchies in the Global Economy, Michael Storper
2. Between the Global and the Local: The Spatial Limits to Productive Capital, Meric S. Gertler 3. Strategic Localization: The Myth of the Postnational Enterprise, Andrew Mair
4. The Informational Content of Financial Products and the Spatial Structure of the Global Finance Industry, Gordon L. Clark and Kevin O'Connor
5. Globalization and the Politics of Distribution: A Critical Assessment, Kevin R. Cox
6. Neither Global nor Local: "Glocalization" and the Politics of Scale, Erik Swyngedouw
7. Labor as an Agent of Globalization and as a Global Agent, Andrew Herod
8. Social Democracy and External Constraints, Ton Notermans
9. Representation Unbound: Globalization and Democracy, Murray Low |
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RePlacing Citizenship: AIDS Activism and Radical Democracy. |
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Brown, Michael P./ 9781572302228/ Price:US$ 30.00
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This book uses an ethnographic study of one gay community's responses to AIDS to illustrate a radical democratic understanding of citizenship in contemporary society. Analyzing specific forms of AIDS organizing and activism in Vancouver--from ACT UP to visiting buddy programs--Brown explores the alternative spaces of political action that have formed in locations where state, civil society, and family overlap. Instead of the traditional view of citizenship as a formal, unchanging relationship between individual and state, he proposes that citizenship is more productively discerned in everyday acts and in the actual places where we live our lives. An important contribution to queer theory and theories of radical democracy, the book brings abstract concepts down to earth with its nuanced portrait of the survival strategies of a community under siege. |
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Making partnerships work in community care: A guide for practitioners in housing, health and social services. |
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Means, Robin/ 9781861340580/ Price:GBP 14.95
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The New Law on Disability Discrimination. |
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Thomas, Gareth/ 9780421578807/ Price:GBP 80.00
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| SA05-410 |
In Defence of Sociology: Essays, Interpretations and Rejoinders. |
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Giddens, Anthony/ 9780745617626/ Price:US$ 31.25
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Social Science Microsimulation. |
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Troitzsch, K. G./ 9783540615729/ Price:EUR 179.99
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Letters to a Young Victim: Hope and Healing in America's Inner Cities. |
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Williams, Armstrong/ 9780684824666/ Price:US$ 12.00
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| SA05-203 |
Thirdspace: Journeys to Los Angeles & Other Real-and-Imagined Places. |
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Soja, Edward W./ 9781557866745/ Price:US$ 142.95
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Theorising empowerment: Individual power and community care. |
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Servian, Richard/ 9781861340061/ Price:GBP 11.95
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Choosing staff: Involving people with learning difficulties in recruiting staff. |
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Townsley, Ruth/ 9781861340429/ Price:GBP 11.50
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Indifferent Boundaries: Spatial Concepts of Human Subjectivity. |
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Kirby, Kathleen/ 9780898625721/ Price:US$ 28.00
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provocative and illuminating work, Indifferent Boundaries explores the ways that concepts of subjectivity are vitally grounded in metaphors of and assumptions about space. Kathleen Kirby demonstrates how changes that have taken place in real and conceptual space from the Renaissance to the postmodern era have led to a critical rearticulation of the subject by feminist, psychoanalytic, and poststructuralist theorists, among others. Tracing changing ideas about the self--from the stable form of the Enlightenment individual to the postmodern sujet en procès appraises both the liberatory possibilities and the everyday cultural implications of the contemporary "space of the subject." This tenacious and substantive investigation of the lexicon of space sheds much needed light in previously dark corners of the poststructuralist edifice, and is certain to appeal to a broad, interdisciplinary audience.
The volume opens with a discussion of the proliferation of spatial language in current theoretical discourse. Kirby highlights the reformative powers of representation, proposing that the recent emphasis on space results from the praxis-oriented attempt of theory to reconcile the realms of language and reality. Elegantly reasoned chapters cover topics including:
* Feminist theory and the politics of location
* Renaissance versus postmodern practices of mapping
* Freudian subjectivity and the twentieth century deterioration of space
* Poststructural philosophy and the reconfiguration of the subject
* The physical and psychic contours of gendered subjectivity
Throughout, Kirby critically evaluates the cultural implications of varying representations of subjectivity, skillfully navigating the increasingly permeable boundary between the individual self and the shared social and political landscape. |
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Tackling domestic violence: A guide to developing multi-agency initiatives. |
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Hague, Gill/ 9781861340467/ Price:GBP 14.95
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Work-Place: The Social Regulation of Labor Markets. |
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Peck, Jamie/ 9781572300446/ Price:US$ 39.00
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Challenging the prevailing idea that labor markets are governed by universal economic processes, this significant work argues instead that labor markets develop in tandem with social and political institutions, and thus function in locally specific ways. Focusing on the complex social processes that lie at the heart of the labor market--those of labor control, labor reproduction, and labor regulation--the author develops an innovative political economy approach that is sensitive to the ways these processes are locally constituted. He also demonstrates how the geographically uneven development of labor markets is currently associated with a deterioration of working conditions, the trading away of workers' rights and benefits, and a downward spiral in labor standards.
Drawing on a critical reading of segmentation and regulation theory, which calls for a simultaneous analysis of economic processes and social institutions, the first part of the book establishes a theoretical case for spatializing labor market theory. The author shows how labor market processes are transformed by the way they operate through space and in place, drawing attention to systemic spatial variability in their structures, dynamics, and modes of social regulation. Presenting illuminating empirical case studies, the second part of the book illustrates some of the ways in which the author's approach to labor market theory can be put to work. Chapters take an in-depth look at skill formation in the context of labor market flexibility, industrial homework and labor market restructuring, workfarist tendencies in labor regulation, and neoliberalism and the geographic reconstitution of labor relations. |
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PSYCHE: An Journal General & Linguistic Psychology 1920-1952, 18-Vols/Set. |
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Ogden, C. K./ 9780415127790/ Price:GBP 4000.00
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Launched in 1920 by C K Ogden and others as the successor to the Cambridge Magazine, Psyche occupied a unique place for over 30 years as a journal of general and linguistic psychology. Committed from the outset to keeping readers abreast of developments in the burgeoning fields of experimental, theoretical, and applied psychology, Psyche provided not only systematic reporting in these domains but set itself the task of stimulating research of high quality by the critical thrust of its editorial stance.
In addition to full-length articles, Psyche featured lively correspondence and discussion, a regular chronicle of research in the US and on the continent, a comprehensive survey of current literature, and regular reports from the meetings and congresses of associations and societies. I A Richards, E J Dingwall and Whately Smith were among those who added their regular contributions to editorials and features by C K Ogden. |
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The Cambridge Survey of World Migration. |
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Cohen, Robin/ 9780521444057/ Price:US$ 254.99
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Domination and Resistance. |
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Miller, D./ 9780415122542/ Price:GBP 42.99
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Living Within Limits: Ecology, Economics and Population Taboos. |
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Hardin, Garrett/ 9780195093858/ Price:US$ 34.99
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In Palliser's Triangle: Living in the Grasslands 1850 - 1930. |
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Potyondi, Barry/ 9781895830064/ Price:US$ 18.50
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Handbook of Science and Technology Studies. |
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Jasanoff, Sheila/ 9780761924982/ Price:GBP 85.00
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Now available in paperback the Handbook of Science and Technology Studies is the most authoritative and extensive resource in the field. This volume represents the social constructivist turn of the field, which made a major impact during the 1970s and 1980s. The diverse papers included here highlight the role of ethnography in STS.
Expertly edited with contributions from internationally renowned academics, this edition addresses the crucial contemporary issues - both traditional and non-traditional - in social studies, policy studies, and humanistic studies of science and technology studies. |
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Behaviourism: The Early Years, 6-Vols/Set. |
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Woziak, R. H./ 9780415092586/ Price:GBP 400.00
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Behaviourism:The Early Years collects critical articles concerned with the articulation of the behaviourist programme and reprints the full texts of five of the most important monographs contributing to the early growth of behaviourism. |
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Georg Simmel, 3-Vols/Set. |
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Frisby, David/ 9780415060714/ Price:GBP 280.00
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Georg Simmel predicted that he would have no followers after his death. However he is now widely recognized as the father of the sociology of Modernity. His ideas on the metropolis, consumer culture, social space and aesthetics are at the crux of contemporary debate in sociology. This collection brings together the essential secondary literature on Simmel. It is selected and edited by David Frisby - a scholar who has perhaps done more than anyone else to rehabilitate Simmel's reputation in the English speaking world. What emerges is the most concise yet comprehensive view of this astonishingly prescient and penetrating sociologist. The volumes will be of interest to graduate students and anyone with a serious interest in Simmel. |
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Money, Morals, and Manners: The Culture of the French and the American Upper-Middle Class. |
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Lamont, Michele/ 9780226468174/ Price:US$ 28.00
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In Defense of Elitism. |
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Henry III, William A./ 9780385468992/ Price:US$ 20.00
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L. T. Hobhouse: Principles of Sociology, 5-Vols/Set. |
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Hobhouse, L. T./ 9780415092548/ Price:GBP 110.00
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Leonard Trelawney Hobhouse is considered one of the founders of sociology as a discipline. His four books which form Principles of Sociology are published here together for the first time - representing a synthesis of the philosophical and scientific methods of social inquiry.
Although very scarce, the study by Hobson and Ginsberg is still regarded as the most comprehensive account of Hobhouse's life and works. There is also a memoir by Hobson and a selection of Hobhouse's otherwise inaccessible writings. |
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Family, Self, and Society: Toward a New Agenda for Family Research. |
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Cowan, Philip A./ 9780805809992/ Price:GBP 120.00
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The Information Society: A Retrospective View. |
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Dordick, Herbert S./ 9780803941878/ Price:GBP 44.99
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The Colonizer's Model of the World: Geographical Diffusionism and Eurocentric History. |
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Blaut, J. M./ 9780898623482/ Price:US$ 36.00
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This book challenges one of the most pervasive and powerful beliefs of our time concerning world history and world geography. This is the doctrine of European diffusionism, the belief that the rise of Europe to modernity and world dominance is due to some unique European quality of race, environment, culture, mind, or spirit, and that progress for the rest of the world results from the diffusion of European civilization. J.M. Blaut persuasively argues that this doctrine is not grounded in the facts of history and geography, but in the ideology of colonialism. It is the world model which Europeans constructed to explain, justify, and assist their colonial expansion. |
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Social Theory of Modern Societies: Anthony Giddens and His Critics. |
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Held, David/ 9780521278553/ Price:GBP 25.99
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Das Landesmediengesetz Baden-Wurttemberg vor dem Bundesverfassungsgericht. |
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Social Theory Today. |
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Giddens, Anthony/ 9780804715140/ Price:US$ 32.00
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The Jail: Managing the Underclass in American Society. |
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Irwin, John/ 9780520277342/ Price:US$ 29.95
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Game Theory for the Social Science. |
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Moulin, Herve/ 9780814754313/ Price:US$ 30.00
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Sacrifice: Its Nature and Functions. |
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Hubert, Henri/ 9780226356792/ Price:US$ 32.00
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Negroes in Britain: A Study of Racial Relations in English Society. |
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Little, K. L./ 9780415868389/ Price:GBP 46.99
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The Privileged Adolescent: An Outline of the Physical and Mental Problems of the Student Society. |
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Gunn, A. D. G./ 9789401161145/ Price:EUR 79.95
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The Balance of Power in Society. |
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Tannenbaum, Frank/ 9781416573234/ Price:US$ 24.95
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Dance In Society. |
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Rust, Frances/ 9780415605649/ Price:GBP 38.99
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The Deprived and The Privileged: Personality Development in English Society. |
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Spinley, B. M./ 9780415868372/ Price:GBP 38.99
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The Family and Democractic Society. |
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Folsom, Joseph K./ 9780415863452/ Price:GBP 38.99
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