This new addition to the Applied Social Research Methods series is unrivalled, it is written by leaders in the growing field of rigorous, comparative techniques.

Veiligheid is een centrale conditie voor menselijk samenleven. Dat lijkt tegenwoordig meer dan ooit het geval: veiligheid is steeds meer de noemer waaronder de maatschappij zich organiseert. Dat kan allerlei kanten op: van gated communities tot burgerinitiatieven en van een controlestaat tot een open samenleving. Dit boek gaat dan ook over orde, controle, politie, toezicht en veiligheidsnetwerken. Maar ook over vertrouwen, sociale cohesie en burgerparticipatie.

De behoefte aan veiligheid kan b...

In the High Atlas Mountains of Morocco, far from the hustle and noise of urban centers, lies a village made of mud and rock, barely discernible from the surrounding landscape. Yet a closer look reveals a carefully planned community of homes nestled above the trees, where rock slides are least frequent, and steep terraces of barley fields situated just above spring flood level. The Berber-speaking Muslims who live and farm on these precipitous mountainsides work together at the arduous task of...

Drawing on a wealth of material from film, television, art and popular culture, Angela McRobbie tackles the so-called 'end' of feminism.

The only book on the market amongst the plethora of supervision books to look solely at group supervision

The first book to tackle using person-centred therapy in a time-limited setting.

Shows how the concepts of place have been modified and yet continue to be of vital importance in interpreting a world which travel and commerce have made very different from that of 1976.

Amajor update of an incredibly popular book which explores the everyday issues which all counsellors face, regardless of theoretical orientation.

A Reader in the Anthropology of Religion is a collection of some of the most significant classic and contemporary writings in the field. Updated in its second edition, this volume examines numerous aspects of religion in a diversity of cultures and expands upon the idea of what we mean by 'religion', linking it to some of the broader questions of culture and politics. Collects classic and contemporary articles from the major thinkers in both North American and British anthropology Emphasizes ...