Designed to help students think critically about the skills and knowledge they need to understand and tackle inequality, and provide meaningful help to those people most in need.

An accessible introduction to social work practice with adults written in collaboration with service users, carers and practitioners.

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

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.

Illuminates the social pretentions of the middle classes in the modern world, focusing on the tastes and preferences of the French bourgeoisie. This book argues that the social world functions simultaneously as a system of power relations and as a symbolic system in which minute distinctions of taste become the basis for social judgement.

The eighth edition of The Dynamics of Persuasion again guides readers in understanding the power and limits of persuasion in contemporary society. This edition continues its accessible and detailed illustration of the theoretical underpinnings of persuasive communication through contemporary and relevant examples of persuasion in action. It features coverage of new scholarship on misinformation, health communication, and persuasion effects, including careful attention to persuasion’s r...

Innovative and practical, this is the perfect methods book for anyone looking to apply intersectionality to their research and their multifaceted data.

With its friendly, step-by-step format, the Third Edition of Becoming an Academic Writer by Patricia Goodson helps readers improve their writing by engaging in deep, deliberate, and daily practice. Featuring 50 exercises, this guide is organized so readers can either work through exercises in order, or focus on specific areas.

A fully updated introductory text for first year criminology students, the second edition of Criminology covers the key questions, debates and theoretical models that are essential for their learning.

In deze lectorale rede gaat Bauke Koekkoek in op de verhouding tussen onbegrepen gedrag en samenleving, bekeken vanuit veiligheidsperspectief. Na een sociaalwetenschappelijke verkenning van dit fenomeen, focust hij op het omgaan met mensen met onbegrepen gedrag, vanuit politie en in samenwerking met burgers en andere publieke professionals. Hij probeert de vragen te beantwoorden hoe te leren in deze complexe context, hoe zich in te leven in de ander en hoe een gelijkwaardige interactie aan te...