The latest book book in the SAGE Studies in International Sociology series, published in association with the International Sociological Association (ISA).

This accessible guide helps students understand why careful research design is important and provides a range of designs based on key methods along with case studies and examples, so they can critically compare and use the approach that best suits their project.

The chapters in this book develop a working framework and contain worked examples and exercises to make sure that readers get the best results from their research and are fully versed in all the practical aspects of doing action research.

A brief, yet in-depth examination of twelve major sociological theories.

A volume of previously unpublished, state-of-the-art chapters on interdisciplinary communication and collaboration written by leading figures and promising junior scholars in the world of interdisciplinary research, education, and administration.

The Landscape of Qualitative Research 4e puts the field of qualitative research in context.

Using a tried-and-tested, five-step process, this book provides students with a reader-friendly introduction to the major types of structural equation models implemented in the Mplus framework.

With clear, step-by-step examples and inclusion of techniques that can be applied to a variety of settings, this book lays out a systematic approach to comparative case analysis based on fundamental insights of information theory

Analyzing Inequalities: An Introduction to Race, Class, Gender, and Sexuality Using the General Social Survey is a practical resource for helping students connect sociological issues with real-world data in the context of their first undergraduate sociology courses. This worktext introduces readers to the GSS, one of the most widely analyzed surveys in the U.S.; examines a range of GSS questions related to social inequalities; and demonstrates basic techniques for analyzing this data online...

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