Amanda Coffey provides a systematic introduction to ethnographic methods for data collection, analysis and representation.

Built around interviews and personal field notes of authorities and researchers, which really help readers to see what actually happens during fieldwork, this exciting new book gives practical advice on the key aspects of doing developmental fieldwork.

In this engaging and well-illustrated volume of the SAGE Quantitative Research Kit, Peter Martin provides practical guidance on conducting regression analysis on categorical and count data. The author covers both the theory and application of statistical models, with the help of illuminating graphs.

Helping readers to understand what good practice entails, this book provides clear guidance on the rights of young people today. Covering education, social care and welfare, and health this book allows readers to put policy into practice in their setting.

What happened to the people who made the forlorn long-abandoned statues of Easter Island? What happened to the architects of the crumbling Maya pyramids? Will we go the same way, our skyscrapers one day standing derelict and overgrown like the temples at Angkor Wat? This book deals with these questions.

Explains the key concepts, theories, and studies in the sociology of the arts-the fully updated new edition of the classic textbook Sociology of the Arts is a comprehensive yet accessible review of sociological approaches to studying the fine, popular, and folk arts. Integrating scholarly literature, theoretical models, and empirical studies, this authoritative textbook provides balanced coverage of a broad range of essential topics-enabling a deeper understanding of the field as a whole. Thr...

This book is a "survival guide" for students and researchers who would like to conduct a qualitative study with limited resources.

Social Psychology takes a sociological approach to the study of the individual in relationship to society. It's main purpose is is to highlight how social psychology provides varied, yet inter-related, explanations for individuals' experiences in groups.

Emphasizing the theory and methods that social scientists employ to study globalization, this undergraduate text explores how macro globalization processes impact individual lives.

Designed to help students understand difficult terms in their research courses, this pocket guide is in an ideal supplement to the many discipline specific texts on research methods and statistics.