An up to date, topical book which explores how society and politics are being shaped by the rise of technology, for good and for bad. Written for both an academic and general audience, this book examines how technology has the power to reshape our civic participation, our economic and political governance, and our entire existence.

This book provides guidance on how to set up mentorship programmes in your institutions, and the skills of an effective mentor.

Using real research on antisocial behaviours such as cyberbullying, prejudice and discrimination, this text helps readers across the social sciences to understand the underlying theory behind statistical methods.

Widely acknowledged as being the first academic text to provide a critical overview of the (big) data revolution and the classification of data which it outlined is now widely used/recognised as the taxonomy in social science. The Data Revolution a canonical text in data studies and the wider social sciences.

An impassioned and controversial new book from two leading sociologists in the field of social exclusion. They argue that social exclusion is not simply seen in ghettos or sink estates, but also in exclusive gated housing developments, the vacuous non-places of the shopping mall, the deadening reality of low-level service work, and in the depressing uniformity of our political parties.

A Clever, innovative book which makes an important contribution to social theory and social policy. An effective introduction it covers core themes and demonstrates exactly how our everyday life is defined by the rise, change and collapse of social practices.

Extensively updated and with eight new chapters, this remains the definitive resource on Grounded Theory for advanced students and researchers across the social sciences.

Balancing theoretical foundations with practical strategies, this book helps you develop an approach to your qualitative data analysis that is both systematic and insightful.

The Data Gaze is concerned with understanding how data-led, data-driven and data-reliant forms of capitalism pervade organisational and everyday life.