A hands-on guide supporting both students and supervisors on the doctoral journey, helping make the process of achieving a PhD both enjoyable and productive.

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A new edition of this popular student exploration of contemporary social change.

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Presentations are increasingly a key assessment of student research and projects, and are one of the core employability skills. Zina O'Leary's Fix shows students how to nail them.

With original contributions by leading specialists from around the world, this is a cutting edge exploration of a major social science sub-discipline.

Michael explains how the theory of ANT can be applied across a range of fields to provide readers with an engaging and critical overview