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An Introduction to Research, Analysis, and Writing
Practical Skills for Social Science Students
Language: English
Release Date: May 19, 2015
An Introduction to Research, Analysis, and Writing by Bruce Oliver Newsome is an accessible guide that walks readers through the process of completing a social science project. Written specifically to meet the needs of undergraduate research classes, it introduces students to a complete skill set,...
Voters and Voting
An Introduction
Language: English
Release Date: December 19, 2003
'This clear and comprehensive textbook will be invaluable for undergraduate and graduate courses on elections and voting behaviour. Complex theoretical and statistical ideas are explained lucidly and effectively - no mean achievement'
- Representation
'Voters and Voting fills a yawning...
Why Voice Matters
Culture and Politics After Neoliberalism
Language: English
Release Date: June 14, 2010
"One of the best books I have read in years about what it means to engage neoliberalism through a critical framework that highlights those narratives and stories that affirm both our humanity and our longing for justice. It should be read by everyone concerned with what it might mean to not only...
by Nick Stevenson
Language: English
Release Date: May 12, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: May 12, 2011
"Nick Stevenson skilfully draws upon a welter of leading thinkers from the liberal, socialist, critical-theory and multiculturalist canons in developing his argument that leading ideas about education are umbilically tied to notions of the good society. The pluralistic and undogmatic manner in...
Work, Consumption and Culture
Affluence and Social Change in the Twenty-first Century
Language: English
Release Date: January 19, 2005
The central question in Work, Consumption and Culture is whether consumption has now displaced production as the defining factor in the lives of those in the industrialized West. This book offers a comprehensive review of the key issues in the production/consumption debate, and where it might lead...
Education Policy
Globalization, Citizenship and Democracy
Language: English
Release Date: June 8, 2004
`Education policy is now a global matter and all the more complex for that. Mark Olssen, John Codd and Ann-Marie O'Neill do us an invaluable service in producing a carefully theorised guide to current issues and key concerns - this is an important, erudite and very practical book' - Stephen J Ball,...
Women, Policy and Politics
The Construction of Policy Problems
Language: English
Release Date: June 16, 1999
This book offers a powerful new approach to policy studies. Drawing on recent perspectives from social constructionism, discourse analysis, the sociology of social problems and feminism, Carol Bacchi develops a step-by-step analytical tool for deconstructing policy problems. Her `What's the Problem?'...
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Language: English
Release Date: May 19, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: May 19, 2008
"A book that will delight students… Key Texts in Human Geography is a primer of 26 interpretive essays designed to open up the subject's landmark monographs of the past 50 years to critical interpretation... The essays are uniformly excellent and the enthusiasm of the authors for the project...
Economic Reforms in India and China
Emerging Issues and Challenges
Language: English
Release Date: June 11, 2009
This first-of-its-kind collection summarizes current trends in the economic scenario of India and China in the backdrop of globalization and outlines not only the goals and strategies for development but also the policies to achieve those goals. It provides a frame of development by addressing various...
Managing Diversity
Toward a Globally Inclusive Workplace
Language: English
Release Date: September 22, 2016
Winner of the George R. Terry Book Award from Academy of Management and the Outstanding Academic Title Award from CHOICE Magazine
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Successful management of our increasingly diverse workforce is one of the most important challenges facing organizations today. In the Fourth Edition of...
Knowledge to Policy
Making the Most of Development Research
Language: English
Release Date: April 22, 2009
Does research influence public policy and decision-making and, if so, how? This book is the most recent to address this question, investigating the effects of research in the field of international development. It starts from a sophisticated understanding about how research influences public policy...
Globalization of Legal Services and Regulatory Reforms
Perspectives and Dynamics from India
Language: English
Release Date: May 5, 2015
This book brings out the need to organize the Indian legal sector for greater competition against the backdrop of the changing economic realities in India and around the globe.
It argues that the primary issue facing this sector is not just that of liberalization and providing access to foreign...
by Mr Ian Abbott, Michael Rathbone, Phillip Whitehead
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2012
'A splendid read. Via interviews with several Secretaries of State for Education and a supporting analytical commentary, Education Policy provides a fascinating insight and historical appraisal of English policy rationale'
-Dr David Kitchener, Reader in Education, University of Bolton
'This...
by Danny Dorling
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2012
Did you know that where you were born may affect when you die?
The Population of the UK explains how geography - in the widest sense - makes a difference to life outcomes. It explains the geographical differences in key socio-economic variables - like education, health, and work - that illustrate...