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Presenting readers with key research concepts, feminist epistemologies, methodologies, and methods as well as up-to-date debates in the field, this handbook provides students and researchers with a key resource for understanding and engaging with this field.

The definitive reference source for understanding the implications of complexity science for management research and practice

Looking at both the techniques and logic of inquiry surrounding methods used in criminological research, this progressive handbook brings together work from internationally renowned experts to provide readers with an important resource on the application of methods.

A much needed retrospective and prospective look at how GIS technology influences and is influenced by today's post-industrial society.

Guiding students through the process of writing both traditional and systematic literature reviews, this book tackles an area that is an integral part of doing research, yet is often overlooked by other methods texts.

A comprehensive overview of the fundamental philosophical and methodological problems characteristic of the social sciences, as well as the main approaches and schools of thought within the discipline.