A theoretically informed practical guide to using crisis theory to bring about positive change in empowering ways.

This new fourth edition remains the only textbook in the field which provides a detailed overview of key theories, concepts and findings within the discipline of sport psychology, as well as a critical perspective that examines and challenges these core foundations.

The second edition of Religion Matters focuses on religion’s interplay with broader society, introducing students to the basic questions, ideas, and methods with which sociologists have analyzed the relationship between religion and society.

This practical guide brings together a wide range of evidence-based information and practical tools for midwives, obstetricians and health visitors, empowering them to provide appropriate care throughout the reproductive journeys of LGBTQ+ people.

This book provides a close reading of Adam Smith’s theory of value, and also incorporates material from other parts of Smith’s oeuvre. The book operates on the assumption that Smith is proposing relatively simple ideas about price and takes a conventional view that simple Supply and Demand models can illuminate his theory of price.

Examines whether the technologies of the Fourth Industrial Revolution, such as AI, will lead to greater economic uncertainty, environmental collapse and social unrest, or whether they will help achieve shared prosperity and sustainable development, and successively the SDGs.

More than ever, technology is indispensable to business operations and recordkeeping, so people skilled in computer automation—IT auditors—have become an essential part of the financial audit team.

The book explores the social relations and moral fabric of the firm and the creativity of human action at work.

To solve its multiple challenges post-2024, America must act with intelligence and wisdom, which can only come from an active and well-informed citizenry. The issues that confront us post-2024 are profound: climate change, inequality, artificial intelligence, an unstable geopolitical global order, and more.

This text examines the underlying causes behind the key challenges facing schools, and argues that we need to move from knowledge transfer systems to a deliberately developmental approach that transforms capabilities including emotional regulation, systems thinking, critical analysis, and collaborative capability.