In 1974 komt een einde aan dertig jaar van economische bloei en ontwikkeling. De economie kent de grootste naoorlogse crisis, de arbeidsmarkt stort volledig in elkaar. De werkloosheid explodeert. De voorbije 50 jaar stonden grotendeels in het wegwerken van deze crisis.Ondertussen is het hoog tijd om nieuwe wegen in te slaan.Als bevoorrecht getuige en expert beschrijft Jan Denys de belangrijkste arbeidsmarktontwikkelingen van de voorbije halve eeuw:  het verdwijnen en de terugkeer van de voll...

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The twentieth anniversary edition of the classic story of an incredible group of students and the teacher who inspired them, featuring updates on the students' lives, new journal entries, and an introduction by Erin Gruwell

Now a public television documentary, Freedom Writers: Stories from the Heart

In 1994, an idealistic first-year teacher in Long Beach, California, named Erin Gruwell confronted a room of "unteachable, at-risk" students. S...

Written by one of the world's leading authorities on image-based methods this is the first book to investigate, in depth, the use of photographs and photo images in research. Using real world case studies and over 40 images it explains the conceptual and methodological approaches needed to study photographs and images.

A fresh, timely book from a rising star - this is an excellent resource for students and researchers of everyday life, activism and sustainability across the social sciences. It provides a useful theoretical and methodological framework for understanding everyday practices, and uses real world case-studies to bring it to life.

This text brings together in one volume the range of methods available for undertaking qualitative data collection and analysis in organizations.

Published in association with the ISA, and part of the SAGE Studies in International Sociology series, this is a passionate and stimulating exploration of how the work of Georg Simmel can help revitalise and focus the aims of sociology today.

This book goes beyond mixed methods research design and data collection to provide a pragmatic discussion of the challenges of effectively integrating data to encourage a more comprehensive and rigorous level of analysis.

Surveying the differing viewpoints and disciplinary approaches to using mixed-methods, this volume helps the reader explore the answers to a wide range of key questions in the field.

Tackles disability from a broad range of interdisciplinary studies), and sets forth a new integrative theory and provides guidance on the advancement of social justice and human rights within a global perspective.