Embarking on a first practice placement can be an anxious experience for social work students. This textbook takes them step-by-step through the process, holding their hand through preparation for practice modules and during the course of the placement itself. Focusing on practicalities, knowledge, values and skills, the authors guide students through the challenges they may face.

An authoritative survey of contemporary transportation systems in view of economic, social, technical and environmental challenges.

Responding to the growing popularity of Mindfulness, this is the first cross-modality textbook on using mindfulness approaches in counselling & psychotherapy.

An introduction to key philosphical concepts applied to the funamental issues in management and organizations.

There has been a huge growth of interest in action research in educational settings over the past 20 years across the Americas, Europe, Australia and Africa - this Handbook provides a scholarly reference text that will inform the development of the field.

Fallout: Free speech and the economic crisis

A practical toolkit and essential guide to teaching and training vocational learners across all settings.

This book provides an introduction to the technology and techniques of EEG in the context of social neuroscience research that will appeal to investigators (students or researchers) wishing to broaden their research aims to include EEG, and to those already using EEG but wishing to expand their analytic repertoire.

Including an examination of the 2008 financial crisis, this book looks at how the US political systems fares when put under pressure

This book presents a method for bringing data analysis and statistical technique into line with theory.