Offers a fresh and creative approach to the research process based on author James V. Spickard's decades of teaching experience.

An intelligent and engaging exploration of the continuing relevance of both classical and contemporary social theory in today's world.

Addressing the immensely important topic of research credibility, Raymond Hubbard's work proposes that we must treat such information with a healthy dose of scepticism.

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.

Drawing on real world data to showcase different techniques, this practical book helps you use R for data analysis in your own research.

Taking students through the essentials of managing, coding and interpreting interview data, this Little Quick Fix helps them master interviews as a data collection method.

In the first book in English to cover this important area, readers are introduced to the methodology, principles and practice of Problem-Centred Interviewing.

A concise and student-friendly companion to a subject that's central to sociology degrees, and yet can often seem dense and impenetrable to undergraduates approaching the classics for the first time.

A friendly introduction to the basics of focus group methods with an international feel and an ethical sensibility.

Over senioren horen we gelukkig tal van optimistische, zelfs vrolijke berichten. En inderdaad, vandaag genieten vele ouderen van een gelukkige en wijze tweede levenshelft. Helaas is dit niet voor iedereen weggelegd. De ouderdom heeft ook zijn onmiskenbaar minder fraaie kanten: het overlijden van een geliefde, onzekerheid en angst, gezondheidsproblemen, depressieve klachten, moeilijk oplosbare familiale conflicten; sommigen worden getroffen door dementie. Dan heeft men troost nodig. Vanuit de ...