30 Years of Change for Children

by Pugh, Gillian

The authors reflect on the main changes in legislation, on key messages from research and on whether developments in practice have reflected these research findings. ...

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Academic Writing

A Handbook for International Students

by Stephen Bailey

<p>Now in its fifth edition, <em>Academic Writing</em> helps international students succeed in writing essays and reports for their English-language academic courses. Thoroughly revised and updated, it is designed to let teachers and students ...

ISBN: 9781351690577

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$64.75

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Action Research for Democracy

New Ideas and Perspectives from Scandinavia

by Ewa Gunnarsson, Hans Peter Hansen, Birger Steen Nielsen & others

<p>Contemporary society encounters profound economical, socio-ecological and political crises challenging the democratic foundation of our societies. This book addresses the potentials and challenges for Action Research supporting democratic ...

ISBN: 9781317335443

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Actionable Evaluation Basics: Getting succinct answers to the most important questions [minibook]

by E. Jane Davidson

<p>Readers have commented elsewhere:</p><p>"Actionable and Accessible! An avid reader of anything Dr Jane Davidson writes - she lives up to her Genuine Evaluation reputation by providing a succinct guide that is also accessible in its format and

ISBN: 9781301402854

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Ad Nauseam

How Advertising and Public Relations Changed Everything

by Jeff Koob

<p>The goal of information is to inform, while the goal of propaganda is to influence or persuade. It is not the intent to persuade that makes something propaganda, but the use of deceptive and manipulative techniques. Some advertising and ...

ISBN: 9781491758908

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An Applied Visual Sociology: Picturing Harm Reduction

by Stephen Parkin

<p>Exploring the value of photography and video as legitimate forms of social enquiry, An Applied Visual Sociology: Picturing Harm Reduction constitutes a guidebook for conducting applied visual sociology within health related or social science ...

ISBN: 9781317182047

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An Invitation to Qualitative Fieldwork

A Multilogical Approach

by Jason Orne & Michael Bell

<p>In an attempt to cope with the profusion of tools and techniques for qualitative methods, texts for students have tended to respond in the following two ways: &quot;how to&quot; or &quot;why to.&quot; In contrast, this book takes on both ...

ISBN: 9781317743682

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An Invitation to Qualitative Fieldwork: A Multilogical Approach

by Orne, Jason

<P>In an attempt to cope with the profusion of tools and techniques for qualitative methods, texts for students have tended to respond in the following two ways: "how to" or "why to." In contrast, this book takes on both tasks to give students a

ISBN: 9781317743699

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$47.15

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Anthropological Conversations

Talking Culture across Disciplines

by Caroline B. Brettell

<p>Cultural anthropologists can be an intellectually adventurous crowd: open—even eager—to building bridges across disciplines in the name of understanding human behavior and the human experience more broadly. In this first-of-its-kind book, ...

ISBN: 9780759123830

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$65.41

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Awaken the Power Within

In Defense of Self-Help

by Albert Amao

<p><strong>The $12 billion self-help industry is under constant attack for pedaling false miracles to duped believers. But sociologist Albert Amao demonstrates that Americans eagerly support self-help books, seminars, and programs because, under

ISBN: 9780525504566

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$23.05

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Battered Women as Survivors

by Lee Ann Hoff

<p>First published in 1990, this book is basedon a field study of domestic abuse victims and their social network members. In a life history perspective, using values and network analysis, it uncovers the social context of a ‘secret’ crime ...

ISBN: 9781317202479

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Bridging the Gaps

College Pathways to Career Success

by James E. Rosenbaum, Caitlin E. Ahearn & Janet E. Rosenbaum

<div>College-for-all has become the new American dream. Most high school students today express a desire to attend college, and 90% of on-time high school graduates enroll in higher education in the eight years following high school. Yet, degree

ISBN: 9781610448680

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Brothel

Mustang Ranch and Its Women

by Alexa Albert

<p>When Harvard medical student Alexa Albert conducted a public-health study as the Mustang Ranch brothel in Nevada, the only state in the union where prostitution is legal, neither she nor the brothel could have predicted the end result. Having

ISBN: 9780307554901

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Categorical Statistics for Communication Research

by Bryan E. Denham

ISBN: 9781118927076

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Collaborative Arts-based Research for Social Justice

by Victoria Foster

<p>This book provides a thought-provoking guide to conducting collaborative arts-based research. Focusing on ways that social inquiry might be conducted with marginalised groups to promote social justice, the text offers chapters ...

ISBN: 9781135131821

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Collectivities

Politics at the Intersections of Disciplines

by Robert F. Carley

<p>Collectivities, in brief, is a term describing the intellectual and creative potential of groups. Collectivities then mark a position in the connection between disciplinary fields; a position that is simultaneously productive of new knowledge

ISBN: 9781498501132

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Comedy and Social Science

Towards a Methodology of Funny

by Cate Watson

<p>While there have been many sociological and psychological studies of humor, few can claim to be funny. Humor may be regarded as a legitimate topic for social scientists, but in general, they present their research rather seriously. In ...

ISBN: 9781317551874

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Commons, Sustainability, Democratization

Action Research and the Basic Renewal of Society

by Hans Peter Hansen, Birger Steen Nielsen, Nadarajah Sriskandarajah & others

<p>This book presents theoretical discussions and practical examples of Action Research from Scandinavia, Latin America and Africa, primarily dealing with how to combine nature conservation and management with local democratic community ...

ISBN: 9781317299554

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Community, Crime Control, and Collective Efficacy

Neighborhoods and Crime in Miami

by Craig D. Uchida, Marc L. Swatt, Shellie E. Solomon & others

<p>Collective efficacy is a neighborhood-level concept in which community members create a sense of agency and assume ownership for the state of their local community. This concept is one of several forms of formal and informal social control ...

ISBN: 9781498517478

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Composing Research, Communicating Results

Writing the Communication Research Paper

by Kurt Lindemann

<i>Composing Research, Communicating Results: Writing the Communication Research Paper</i> provides communication students with the knowledge and necessary tools to compose a variety of course-required papers that are scholarly, accessible, and ...

ISBN: 9781118940921

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