This new volume in the Social Thinkers series serves as an introduction to the life, work, and ideas of Erving Goffman.

This book explores the fun things researchers can do with logistic regression, explicates and simplifies the confounding complexities of understanding what logistic regression is, and provides evidence-based guidance as to what the best practices in performing logistic regression are.

An introductory text for students new to the concepts of social science measurement.

Focussing on applied knowledge and providing straightforward coverage of R objects and functions, this introduction helps students with little or no background in statistics or programming to develop real-world R skills.

A thought provoking and engaging exploration of contemporary youth studuies, with a focus on change and inequality in young lives in the emerging Asian century.

A concise introduction to the writings, life, and influences of Georg Simmel - an important sociologist whose work is now taught across sociological theory courses worldwide.

The book teaches the basic concepts and vocabulary necessary to do program evaluations and to review the quality of evaluation research so as to make informed decisions about methods and outcomes.

Ruim 40 jaar geleden kwamen de eerste Marokkaanse migranten - die toen nog gastarbeiders werden genoemd - naar Nederland. In de vier decennia die sindsdien zijn verstreken, veranderde hun rol veelal van 'tijdelijke arbeidskracht' in die van 'Nederlander met wortels in Marokko'.

In dit boek leest u de ervaringen van een aantal migranten die om uiteenlopende redenen naar Nederland kwamen. Over hun beweegredenen, hun ervaringen en frustraties en over de vaak goede en soms pijnlijke contacten me...

This book engages with key intellectual challenges facing social science today, at a time when it is under considerable pressure to demonstrate its value. It addresses questions that carry implications for research practice, quantitative or qualitative, by making use of contemporary examples, such as the London riots.