Through a series of case studies, the authors employ both neopluralist and exchange perspectives to explore the lobbying activity that occurs in the later stages of the policymaking process which are typically less partisan, involve little conflict, and receive scant public attention.

This book is a must have for anyone designing or developing a campaign in health promotion or public health. It is the only textbook which takes the reader right through the planning, implementation and evaluation of a health communication campaign.

Two of the world's leading experts explore the connections between crime and economic conditions, covering a range of theoretical and empirical approaches, in a lively and readable manner.

An agenda-setting and topical textbook that looks at how ICTs have become an important part of social work and how they can improve and affect practice

Explains the basic ideas behind the statistics as clearly and briefly as possible, showing that the basics of statistics are something that virtually everyone can handle with a bit of time and effort.

This accessible, comprehensive and up to date book looks at the reality of social work in practice. It will be essential reading for all social work students.

Introduces students to the language, ideas, and concepts that are used frequently in Critical Management Studies and that they will be expected to discuss in seminar debates and to draw upon in their essays

This book provides all students need to start out a survey research project.

The book is a thematic examination of crime prevention, covering core areas of race, youth, community, and globalisation. Written in an accessible style with a focus on pedagogy, this is a key text for undergraduates in criminology.

A short, inexpensive and new modular textbook that will be required reading for a very popular behavioural science course, health psychology