Extensively updated and with eight new chapters, this remains the definitive resource on Grounded Theory for advanced students and researchers across the social sciences.

Uses dance, yoga, and meditation metaphors to help researchers tap into the intuitive and creative side of their research.

An engaging, and refreshingly international analysis of globalisation from two of the world's leading figures in the field.

This concise and practical guide explores the use of focus groups as a method for conducting research in a business and management Masters dissertation.

Full of practical tips, exercises and summaries, this book continues to be a masterclass in qualitative research for students and researchers across the social sciences and beyond.

Key Texts for Latin American Sociology comprises translations of key texts from the Latin American Sociology canon. It is the first book to curate and then translate these key texts into English, bringing together texts from leading sociologists in countries such as Argentina, Brazil, Peru, Chile, Costa Rica, Mexico, Bolivia, and Uruguay, to provide comprehensive coverage of a wide range of issues in Latin American Sociology.

This updated edition offers a practical step-by-step guide to understanding, working with and presenting both primary and secondary qualitative data, thereby equipping students with a toolkit that they can apply to data in any context.

A cutting text that offers a critical approach to current theories and practices of intercultural communication, and invites students and professionals to explore alternative concepts and to become aware of cultural prejudices.

A clear, innovative text from world experts, this clearly lays out the problems, strategies and resources associated with the teaching of quantitative methods in modern universities. It is a pragmatic approach which will be of interest to any academic teaching 'numbers' to their students.

Extremely practical in its focus featuring examples, exercises and resources, this book is an ideal introduction to understanding survival and event history analysis