"A thoughtful, thorough and readable account of the history and current practice of qualitative research in health." - Louise Keogh, Population and Global Health, University of Melbourne

An accomplished and thought provoking study of everyday 'reality' and how we represent, perceive and experience it. With examples throughout, it offers readers an exciting new way of understanding identity, perception and culture.

Now in a fully updated third edition, The Sociology of Work draws on the work of classic and contemporary theorists, to provide readers with a thorough exploration of all aspects of work and employment, including paid and unpaid work, standard and non-standard employment, and even unemployment.

Cross-Cultural Analysis is the sequel to Culture's Consequences, the classic work published by one of the most influential management thinkers in today's times, Geert Hofstede.

Drawing on recent "event history" analytical methods from biostatistics, engineering and sociology, this book explains how longitudinal data can be used to study the causes of deaths, crimes, wars, and many other human-related events.

Social inequality is a core area of Sociology, as well as working across Pol & IR, Health and Social Work. This new edition still provides a comprehensive introduction to all areas of social inequality, complete with new chapters on sexuality, employment and migration and has been fully updated with coverage of covid-19, Brexit and the recent BLM protests and how they relate to inequality.

A cornerstone of this exciting, growing discipline, this text gives readers a clear introduction to key ideas and common complexities met when doing sensory research and provides plenty of real-world examples to show the method in action.

Explaining both why and how to use mixed methods for discovering solutions to complex research problems, this book gives readers the tools to adapt approaches to suit their own research conditions.

Building on the acclaimed and successful previous editions, the Third Edition provides further critical updates and illustrations of the applications of reflexive methodology in formulating research strategies.