In this volume, evaluators from a wide range of backgrounds assess how empowerment evaluation has been used in practice since the publication of the first edition in 1996, looking at theories and concepts, as well as evaluation principles.

A cutting text that offers a critical approach to current theories and practices of intercultural communication, and invites students and professionals to explore alternative concepts and to become aware of cultural prejudices.

A clear, innovative text from world experts, this clearly lays out the problems, strategies and resources associated with the teaching of quantitative methods in modern universities. It is a pragmatic approach which will be of interest to any academic teaching 'numbers' to their students.

Extremely practical in its focus featuring examples, exercises and resources, this book is an ideal introduction to understanding survival and event history analysis

A major statement on the field from one of the world's foremost authorities on ethnography in the social sciences.

Covering the full spectrum of skills needed, including planning, scoping, analysis, argumentation, theory building, modelling theories, methods, gathering data, presenting evidence, and writing, this book clearly helps students through each stage of doing a research project.

This practical, hands-on guide helps beginning researchers create a mixed methods research proposal for their dissertations, grants, or general research studies.

This practical book provides researchers strategic and practical guidance on using text mining methods to analyze large text collections more efficiently and productively.

Revised edition of the author's A guide to qualitative field research, 2007.

This book seeks to guide the student through the practical issues of doing conversation analysis, while providing the theoretical foundation for making research decisions. Each chapter highlights the challenges, debates, and important questions that arise in discursive research projects.