A seminal study from a major name in sociology. Ulrich Brockling explores how the contemporary call for entrepreneurship leads to permanent 'over-challenging', exacerbates feelings of powerlessness and generates unbounded anger. We are promised that the most capable will reap the most success, but no amount of effort can remove the risk of failure.

Part of The SAGE Quantitative Research Kit, this book is an ideal companion for those looking to undertake survey research. Anchored by lots of case studies of real research and expert interviews to strengthen your understanding, it provides guidance on the range of skills needed for watertight survey research and sampling.

Published in association with the International Sociological Association, this is a critical exploration of social justice and democratization, human rights, and social and economic inequality.

Drawing on real world data to showcase different techniques, this practical book helps you use R for data analysis in your own research.

Taking students through the essentials of managing, coding and interpreting interview data, this Little Quick Fix helps them master interviews as a data collection method.

Social inequality is a core area of Sociology, as well as working across Pol & IR, Health and Social Work. This new edition still provides a comprehensive introduction to all areas of social inequality, complete with new chapters on sexuality, employment and migration and has been fully updated with coverage of covid-19, Brexit and the recent BLM protests and how they relate to inequality.

A concise and student-friendly companion to a subject that's central to sociology degrees, and yet can often seem dense and impenetrable to undergraduates approaching the classics for the first time.

A friendly introduction to the basics of focus group methods with an international feel and an ethical sensibility.

In the first book in English to cover this important area, readers are introduced to the methodology, principles and practice of Problem-Centred Interviewing.

Over senioren horen we gelukkig tal van optimistische, zelfs vrolijke berichten. En inderdaad, vandaag genieten vele ouderen van een gelukkige en wijze tweede levenshelft. Helaas is dit niet voor iedereen weggelegd. De ouderdom heeft ook zijn onmiskenbaar minder fraaie kanten: het overlijden van een geliefde, onzekerheid en angst, gezondheidsproblemen, depressieve klachten, moeilijk oplosbare familiale conflicten; sommigen worden getroffen door dementie. Dan heeft men troost nodig. Vanuit de ...