Designed to equip those doing research with the knowledge and tools they need to inform their methodological decisions when planning and conducting studies, this book describes both commonly used methods for health intervention research and outlines the theoretical reasoning underlying these different approaches.

Addressing the practicalities of research, and embracing the complexity and variety of written forms of language, this book helps readers with practical and conceptual tools to ask questions about written discourse, and to analyse the huge variety of texts that make up our linguistic landscape.

This popular and critically acclaimed Handbook is now available in paperback.

In covering both traditional and newer approaches, and presenting them alongside each other, and by consistently referring to two data sets throughout, this book provides students with a brand-new way of understanding methods and a tool with which they can think about their own research.

With a grounding in both theory and practice, this book focuses on the use and consumption of case studies to show readers the value and effectiveness of using this research method for their projects.

Revised edition of the author's A guide to qualitative field research, 2007.

This book leads the new researcher into the field by explaining the core concepts through theory, research and applied examples. This Fourth Edition now provides boxes that include real-world examples; new content on using social media, blogs, and doing research online; and more international examples.

This book seeks to guide the student through the practical issues of doing conversation analysis, while providing the theoretical foundation for making research decisions. Each chapter highlights the challenges, debates, and important questions that arise in discursive research projects.

Written by award-winning scholar Jonathan H Turner, this 936 page resource is a comprehensive, in-depth and detailed review of both classical and present-day theory in sociology.

An accessible and engaging introduction to sociology to help you understand and make our complex social worlds better.