Understanding Judith Butler is not an easy task, but this perfectly judged exploration of all Butler's works succeeds where many competing texts fail.

Counselling and Therapy Techniques covers all the major counselling approaches and provides all the tools required for developing a therapeutic relationship with clients.

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

This book will hold the novice researcher's hand through the process of undertaking a research project using mixed methods. It has a particular focus on ethics, a key concern for researchers in education and the social sciences.

A multi-disciplinary overview of key contemporary issues surrounding the excitement, contradictions, conflicts, and tensions arising from the social experience of the city and the emergent trends linked to resolving its problems. A student-focused text, it reviews the theoretical literature, examines policy implications and provides comparative case study material throughout.

A sophisticated, original book by a rising star. Steve Hall provides a comprehensive critique of existing theories, contextualises the philosophies and policy which have informed criminological theory and sets out a new theoretical perfective for criminology and sociology.

A succinct, relevant and exciting overview of the field of identity studies as it relates to business and management and applied social sciences

This engaging and thoroughly comprehensive introduction to the content and process of counselling training will be an essential companion for new students throughout their study, whether on basic introductory or postgraduate diploma courses.

High quality, compelling criminology text on terrrorism - much needed in the market.