Multidisciplinary introduction to the theory and methods needed to research society in a digital age.

Full of practical tips, exercises and summaries, this book continues to be a masterclass in qualitative research for students and researchers across the social sciences and beyond.

A succinct, no-frills introduction to social science data and statistics. It uses visual maps and prompts to communicate the potential of social data and to introduce the basic statistical tools available to beginners.

Everything students need to plan, deliver, and communicate their real world research.

A bestselling guide to the entire research process, from formulating a research question to writing up your research.

This second edition of Ethnographic Thinking: From Method to Mindset serves as a primer for practitioners who want to apply ethnography to real-world challenges and commercial ventures. Building on the first edition, each chapter now includes a section focusing on practical advice to help readers activate key insights in their work.

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.

Bestaat een volmaakt burgerberaad? Een intrigerende vraag die iedereen zich zal stellen na het lezen van dit boek over de fundamentele problemen, cruciale opgaven en mooie kansen van het burgerberaad. Met hun kennis en ervaring op het gebied van deliberatieve democratie bieden de auteurs vanuit verschillende invalshoeken een actueel en prikkelend overzicht van wat burgerberaden ons tot nu toe hebben opgeleverd en wat we ervan hebben geleerd. Dit boek biedt recente inzichten uit wetenschap en ...