Written for a wide audience, from undergraduate and graduate students to citizens and activists, this engaging text explains how economics can help us to better understand the development of digital technologies. Â

This bestselling book has helped thousands of people find ways of dealing with everyday emotional difficulties, and also supported practitioners and trainee psychotherapists in their work with patients.

Structured around three points of focus - experience, practice and reflection - this highly practical book, provides the knowledge and confidence needed to become a skilled coach practitioner.

Now in its third edition, Globalization & Crime provides students with a comprehensive overview of the essential themes and conceptual debates surrounding globalization and global criminology. The new edition features two new chapters and a collection of modern case-studies.

Takes students through a step-by-step approach into the Care Act 2014 by bringing key legislation into the focus of social work law.

A step-by-step guide to effective writing in social work

Action Research is an invaluable guide to novice researchers from a diversity of disciplines, backgrounds, and levels of study for understanding how action research works in real-life contexts. It helps students see the value of their research in a broader context, beyond academia, to effect change on a larger scale.

Mental Health Law in England and Wales is a complete and comprehensive guide to the Mental Health Act 1983 for any mental health professional - from social workers, psychologists and occupational therapists, to doctors and nurses. The book aims to simplify mental health law so that it's accessible to busy professionals at all stages of practice as well as those affected by mental health law.