The Fifth Edition of A Stata® Companion to Political Analysis by Philip H. Pollock III and Barry C. Edwards teaches your students statistics by analyzing research-quality data in Stata. It follows the structure of Essentials of Political Analysis with software instructions, explanations of tests, and many exercises for practice.

New from award winning editors Norman K. Denzin and Yvonna S. Lincoln, The Qualitative Inquiry Reader offers the best of the popular SAGE journal, Qualitative Inquiry. These collected works aim to introduce the necessary critical framework that will allow scholars and students scholars to interpret cutting edge work in the field of qualitative inquiry. By providing this framework, readers will then be able to use this work as it applies to critical political and moral discourses. Features: T...

Shows the historical development of the bioecological model and the ecology of human development. This book presents cultural and historical comparisons. It explores the concepts of the bioecological model and the ecology of human development which represent a contribution to the field of developmental psychology.

Instructs readers on how to use realism to conceptualize and conduct their qualitative study to get results with greater validity.

What type of leadership do you practice?

Many of us rely on transformational and instructional leadership. But there are advantages in applying a holistic angle including all stakeholders-an approach known as collaborative leadership. Peter DeWitt unpacks six factors framed through John Hattie's research while painting a powerful scheme: meet stakeholders where they are, motivate stakeholders to strive for improvement, model how to do it. The blueprint will inspire you to:

-Transform your le...

This book offers the most comprehensive and up-to-date introduction to comparative inquiry, research, and scholarship. It also benefits from an international focus, taking into consideration nearly 200 countries.

This book sets out the core principles for social justice in the psychological therapies, from theory to practice in the therapy room, and beyond.

Written specifically to support those undertaking practice educator awards that meet the staged requirements of the Practice Educator Professional Standards, this book will provide invaluable guidance and support to social workers who are new to a practice education role.

Straightforward, accessible introduction to the classic studies, controversial debates and innovations in social psychology today.

An expert and accessible exploration of the increasing number and influence of authoritarian regimes. It explains the realities of recent trends to ‘autocratization’, the tools these regimes use, what we can do to resist, and why we might even allow ourselves some optimism.