The author shows the reader how to obtain, categorize, and analyze different media documents in this entry in the Qualitative Research Methods series

Giving guidance on issues from ways to improve your writing, to identifying your learning preferences, to dealing with emotional blocks, this text presents you with expert advice on the entire dissertation process.

The fifth volume in the cutting edge Cultures and Globalization Series, this volume explores a city's cultural dynamics and its impact on policy including alternative economies, creativity, migration, diversity, sustainability, education and urban planning.

Against the common assumption that identity 'always mattered', Marie Moran shows that what we now think of routinely as 'personal identity' actually only emerged with the explosion of consumption in the late 20th Century.

A cutting edge, practical guide to actor-centred social network analysis from the highly respected team at the University of Manchester.

Looking at discourse and narrative methods in their interrelations, this book offers readers an orientation within this broad and contested area and develops concrete analytical strategies for those who wish to explore both or one of these fields.

A compact and accessible book that links issues regarding post-modern society to the ideas and individuals that gave rise to sociological thinking in the late 19th century.

Taking a multidimensional approach, this book emphasizes the interplay between power, inequality, multiple oppressions, and the state. It provides students with a focus on the structure of power and inequality in society.

Provides 10 cases of research conducted using online interviews, with data collected through text-based, videoconferencing, multichannel meetings, and immersive 3-D environments.

Focussing on online research, this text shows readers how to access and interpret public health data.