The latest edited title published in association with the ISA. Twenty chapters from a very strong group of international authors identify, question and transform key assumptions within modern sociology.

This essential introduction to the practice and principles of CAQDAS helps readers to choose the most appropriate package for their needs and get the most out of the software once they are using it.

Written by award-winning scholar Jonathan H Turner, this 936 page resource is a comprehensive, in-depth and detailed review of both classical and present-day theory in sociology.

A clear, bold book which provides a contemporary account of why medicine and health matter in our modern society. Written by an expert in both sociology and medicine, it critically explores key areas of debate and policy whilst explaining the practical realities of medicine today.

Covering the full spectrum of skills needed, including planning, scoping, analysis, argumentation, theory building, modelling theories, methods, gathering data, presenting evidence, and writing, this book clearly helps students through each stage of doing a research project.

This practical, hands-on guide helps beginning researchers create a mixed methods research proposal for their dissertations, grants, or general research studies.

This practical book provides researchers strategic and practical guidance on using text mining methods to analyze large text collections more efficiently and productively.

Revised edition of the author's A guide to qualitative field research, 2007.

This book seeks to guide the student through the practical issues of doing conversation analysis, while providing the theoretical foundation for making research decisions. Each chapter highlights the challenges, debates, and important questions that arise in discursive research projects.

This book offers a much needed critical introduction to data mining and 'big data'. Supported by multiple case studies and examples, the authors provide everything needed to explore, evaluate and review big data concepts and techniques.