Nigel Ford provides readers with the strategies they need when using the internet as part of their research and guides them through the necessary skills needed to independently conduct and evaluate research.

This text looks closely at interdisciplinary research, covering topics such as applying theory and practice to problems, the importance of finding a common ground and suggests new solutions to problems that cover multiple disciplines.

Engaging analysis of sport's role in the 'making of race', and the place of sport in relation to the politics of racial equality.

A new sociological and social anthropological analysis of contemporary cities in the West, looking at both their historical development and the critical positive changes that are currently taking place.

Advances in Visual Methodology examines and introduces the cutting edge in using visual methods in social research.

An engaging, and refreshingly international analysis of globalisation from two of the world's leading figures in the field.

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.