Your essential coursebook for primary initial teacher training.

This new edition of the landmark text Law and Society exposes readers to the dominant theoretical perspectives and sociological methods that are used to explain the interplay between law and society. This twelfth edition continues to preserve Professor Vago's voice, while Steven E. Barkan's use of chapter outlines and summaries, learning objectives, key terms, and additional readings maintains the text's accessibility for today's readers.

The book's foundational approach is brought fully up-t...

Analyzing Media Messages, Fourth Edition provides a comprehensive guide to conducting content analysis research. It establishes a formal definition of quantitative content analysis; gives step-by-step instructions on designing a content analysis study; and explores in depth several recurring questions that arise in such areas as measurement, sampling, reliability, data analysis, and the use of digital technology in the content analysis process. The fourth edition maintains the concise, access...

A truly comparative introduction to the field of public sector management. This is the perfect textbook for upper undergraduate and postgraduate students to explore the evolving landscape of public administration.

There are many different forms of rationality. In current economic discourse the main focus is on instrumental rationality and optimizing, while organization scholars, behavioural economists and policy scientists focus more on bounded rationality and satisficing. The interplay with value rationality or expressive rationality is mainly discussed in philosophy and sociology, but never in an empirical way.

This book shows that not one, but three different forms of rationality (subjective, social...

Business Partner is flexibel en modulair opgebouwd, bevat functionele taal én heel veel oefenmateriaal op het gebied van zakelijk Engels. Deze methode Engels heeft interessante, dynamische lessen die voor veel interactiviteit in het klaslokaal zorgen. Engelse vaardigheden worden grondig behandeld samen met soft business skills die nodig zijn voor iedereen die in een internationale omgeving wil gaan werken.

Business Partner gives students the practical training they need to bridge the gap between the classroom and the world of work. It helps learners to make measurable progress in learning English while helping to make them more employable.

Business Partner does not assume any knowledge of the workplace, and is designed for students with no work experience. It also provides many suggestions and alternative ways to use the material for those students already in work.

Each level is written to a sy...

A global look at social problems, using the UN′s 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development as a framework.