A wide-ranging, detailed and critical analysis of Western consumerism and its globalization, from one of the most respected names in the field today.

Helps students and researchers to understand the ideas and methods behind the successful collection of qualitative, quantitative and mixed data sets in transparent, scientific ways.

This book provides a useful, straightforward, yet technically rigorous guide for students, researchers, and practitioners that will help with the fundamental issues of design, sampling, response rates, reliability and validity, and ethics.

An undergraduate introduction to both classical and contemporary social theory.

Revised and updated edition of this student introduction to the sociology of work and occupations. Adopted in business and management departments as well as sociology.

This book provides a basis for class discussion about the responsible conduct of social science research.

Doing the job of a Microsoft Office manual, a graphic design text, and a data visualization book in one, this book covers the full range of tasks, from procuring data to presenting a report and provides step-by-step instructions for creating visual data displays

This edited volume explores significant themes in modern, global sociology, including inequality, structures of power, conceptions of justice and sustainable futures.

This book provides guidance on how to set up mentorship programmes in your institutions, and the skills of an effective mentor.

Helping the reader get to grips with theory and apply it to qualitative analysis, the authors introduce eight analytical approaches that are key to social science research.