In Foundations of Inquiry, Guoping Zhao and Lucy E. Bailey consider paradigms and how they connect to methodologies. The authors explore a rich body of paradigms (historical and contemporary) and how they form, support, and justify different methodologies and connect to designing and carrying out research.

Taking a global and critical perspective, this textbook presents the concepts, theories and applications from the field of intercultural communication in a lively and easy-to-follow style. Covering all the essential topics, from immigration and intercultural conflict, to intercultural health communication and communication in the workplace, this cutting-edge 4th edition: Explains the key theories and concepts you need to know. Brings theory to life with a range of global case studies.

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Evaluating Inquiry for Systemic Change is practical and theory-informed guide to evaluating and influencing complex systems, it equips changemakers to pursue meaningful, lasting social impact through systemic change.

The standard teaching text for Data and Society modules explaining to undergraduates, in different social-science disciplines, the Big Data Revolution in an accessible and critical way.

Step-by-step advice on how to create simple, impactful data visualisation specifically using qualitative data. It can be used as an upgrade to your QDA training or as a standalone data visualisation textbook.

Our world is becoming ever more data-driven, transforming how business is conducted, governance enacted, and knowledge produced. Yet, the nature of data and the scope and implications of the changes taking place are not always clear. The Data Revolution is a must read for anyone interested in why data have become so important in the contemporary era.

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Drawing on a breath of context, voices, and ideas, as well as contemporary issues, research, and skills for practice, this book offers a critical and decolonised approach to mental health social work practice for qualifying students.