Dit boek beantwoordt de vraag of werk gelukkig maakt en aan welke aspecten van werk mensen het meeste geluk ontlenen. Dit is een belangrijke vraag omdat werk een groot deel van ons leven uitmaakt. We beargumenteren waarom het streven naar geluk belangrijk is en laten zien dat werkenden gelukkiger zijn dan werklozen en arbeidsongeschikten en dat werk dus inderdaad gelukkig maakt. Daarnaast laten we zien dat het niveau van geluk tussen werkenden verschilt. De beloning speelt daarbij een rol, ma...

The gap between high and low educated has a long history, since the Re-naissance in the 16th century, and she still grows. She creates discrimination and prejudice, and is accompanied by a gap in income.

In the 20th century there appeared to be a rebirth of humanism, in the cultural revolution of the 1960’s, but that faded away when the ‘babyboomers’ joined the game of the established order.

The gap is fatal, not only for the low educated, but for society as a whole, including the high ...

Takes a completely new approach to objectivity and subjectivity, no longer treating them as opposed - as many existing texts do - but as logically and methodologically related in social research

Covering core topics from preparation to questionnaire design, recruitment testing to analysis and survey software, this book covers the past 15 years of research and provides readers with practical direction on techniques for collecting valid and reliable data.

"This is not yet another step-by-step guide to research methods. Rather, Pole and Hillyard draw the reader into fieldwork as a form of living and lived research. They take key threads of research practices and processes and weave them into a holistic approach to fieldwork.

Doing Fieldwork is a must read for new researchers planning a journey into the immersion of 'being there' that is field work." - Professor Garry Marvin, University of Roehampton Fieldwork is central to Sociology, but guides...

Introducing students to the concepts of statistics, stripping away any technical jargon and mathematical language, this book sets out the tools needed by those doing statistical procedures for the first time, or those in need of a refresher.

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.