In Social Life, the authors highlight, explain, and scrutinize socio-theoretical analyses of contemporary social relations and conditions - put forward by eight modern social theorists - and analyse how these have informed sociological inquiries into people's lives in today's social world.

Covering context, concepts, and theories, as well as the practice of how to capture and visualize Geodata, this full-colour text introduces readers to the Geoweb and how best to incorporate location-based data into research.

From renowned author Ulrike Schuerkens comes an in-depth exploration of social transformations and developments. Combining an international approach with up-to-date research, this book provides a comprehensive introduction perfect for a range of Sociology courses taught at first and second year.

Looking at the rise of the auto-industrial economy and evaluating its effect on modern society, this book provides a succinct exploration that will be of interest across the social sciences

Includes most organized discussion of mass media culture, the meaning of leisure, and anomie in affluent society.

This book outlines and explains, in detail, the necessary steps in designing, conducting, implementing, and reporting an action research study with a solid mixed-methods foundation.

With an emphasis on qualitative research as a process, and with new chapters on researching social mass media and writing a research project, this book takes a holistic approach to research and provides readers with a clear, step-by-step guide

Practical, no-nonsense, accessible guide to planning, writing and publishing a journal article.

Updated to reflect current developments and trends in internet research, this book presents a state-of-the-art review of the Internet as a tool for conducting research in the social and behavioural sciences.

Presenting readers with key research concepts, feminist epistemologies, methodologies, and methods as well as up-to-date debates in the field, this handbook provides students and researchers with a key resource for understanding and engaging with this field.