Need to tackle your research project? This practical, straightforward book covers every step along the way so you can confidently take the leap into the research world.

The book gathers a wide spectrum of contributors from Europe, the U.S., South Asia, South Africa and Latin America, who, attuned with present dilemmas in the area of childhood studies, discuss some key theoretical and empirical aspects of child scholarship, such as identity, child wellbeing, child mobility and migration, intergenerational relationships and child abuse.

A short, innovative book that outlines what we know about the declining state of social mobility in the UK and proposes what we should do to reverse this downward trajectory and make Britain a more mobile and just society.

Taking a global and critical perspective, this textbook presents the concepts, theories and applications from the field of intercultural communication in a lively and easy-to-follow style. Covering all the essential topics, from immigration and intercultural conflict, to intercultural health communication and communication in the workplace, this cutting-edge 4th edition: Explains the key theories and concepts you need to know. Brings theory to life with a range of global case studies.

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The fifth edition of this approachable text draws on both academic and applied perspectives to offer a lively critique of contemporary advertising's effects on American character and culture. Berger explains how advertising works by employing a psycho-cultural approach, encouraging readers to think about advertisements and commercials in more analytical and profound ways. Among the topics he addresses are the role of brands, the problem of self-alienation, and how both relate to consumption.

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Just as newspapers do not, typically, engage with the ordinary experiences of people's daily lives, so organizational studies has also tended largely to ignore the humdrum, everyday experiences of people working in organizations. However, ethnographic approaches provide in-depth and up-close understandings of how the 'everyday-ness' of work is organized and how, in turn, work itself organizes people and the societies they inhabit. Organizational Ethnography brings contributions from leading s...

This text is a practical guide which supports practitioners to undertake research with confidence and understanding.

De methode ‘Statistiek in stappen’ slaagt erin om statistiek interessant te maken voor studenten en docenten. Het boek legt op logische wijze uit hoe een bepaalde techniek werkt en waarvoor deze gebruikt wordt, met behulp van relevante en actuele voorbeelden. De nadruk ligt niet zozeer op de formules achter de technieken (hoewel deze wel worden uitgelegd), maar meer op de toepassing ervan. Zo wordt statistiek een handig instrument dat je helpt bij het verwerken van kwantitatieve gegevens.

Om het leren gemakkelijker te maken, is er bij deze methode een aantal hulpmiddelen beschikbaar, zoals leerdoelen, checkpoints en opdrachten. Op de bijbehorende website vind je extra materiaal, zoals uitwerkingen van de opdrachten en checkpoints, handige links en extra uitleg over SPSS...

In een maatschappij die steeds diverser wordt, kunnen hulpverleners niet meer uitgaan van één mensbeeld en één opvatting over psychische gezondheid. Zij zullen hun kennis en kunde een bredere basis moeten geven en gevoeliger moeten worden voor de diversiteit van hun cliënten. Het boek Verschillen omarmen biedt therapeuten en welzijnswerkers een breed hulpverleningskader dat toepasbaar is voor iedere cliënt, onafhankelijk van de (culturele) achtergrond.

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Cybercrime has greatly increased in recent years. That is why it is important for criminologists and legal professionals to learn the basics about cybercrime. This text book offers insights into the various types and features of cybercrime, offender and victim characteristics, cybercriminal markets and groups, quantitative and qualitative methods for studying cybercrime, criminological theories that can be used to understand cybercrime, and possible countermeasures and interventions. In addit...