A self-help DIY book for doing research - tells the reader everything they need to know to do research, and to understand others' research.

This book discusses the conceptual foundation of statistical methods and specifies what questions they can, or cannot, answer when we study social phenomena. It also helps students understand the logic of statistical methods and the appropriate ways of using them.

A short, authoritative, innovative assessment of an emerging issue.

Helps social workers to develop a rounded and considered approach to their practice with substances misusers.

This core text for student teachers training to teach the 14 - 19 years age group is written by highly experienced authors. Covering all the essentials, it makes clear links to theory and enables students to take the critical approach that they need for M-level work.

By considering current debates around the alleged failure of multiculturalism this book invites early years practitioners and students to look at the work they are, or will be doing, in relation to cultural diversity

With play a central part of new early years initiatives in all parts of the UK, this book will be essential reading for all early years students and practitioners.

An impassioned and controversial new book from two leading sociologists in the field of social exclusion. They argue that social exclusion is not simply seen in ghettos or sink estates, but also in exclusive gated housing developments, the vacuous non-places of the shopping mall, the deadening reality of low-level service work, and in the depressing uniformity of our political parties.

This book is a guide to research methods for practitioner research. Written in friendly and accessible language, it includes numerous practical examples based on the authors' own experiences in the field, to support readers.