Strategic Corporate Social Responsibility: Sustainable Value Creation (Sixth Edition) redefines corporate social responsibility (CSR) as being central to the value-creating purpose of the firm. Based on a theory of empowered stakeholders, this bestselling text argues that the responsibility of a corporation is to create value, broadly defined. The primary challenge for managers today is to balance the competing interests of the firm's stakeholders' understanding that what they expect today ma...

Top authors including West-Burnham, Fullan and Hargreaves contribute to this key book on leadership, which has special potential in the Irish market

A critical exploration of global, contemporary urban politics in a geographical context.

Advances in Visual Methodology examines and introduces the cutting edge in using visual methods in social research.

Deals with topical issues surrounding ethics in child research.

A complete guide to understanding dementia in social work.

A new sociological and social anthropological analysis of contemporary cities in the West, looking at both their historical development and the critical positive changes that are currently taking place.

Reflecting the broad nature of this area, this book goes beyond merely looking at organised crime and terrorism to present readers with a wide-ranging introduction, explaining the real-world relevance of all key theories and providing plenty of guidance for wider reading

An engaging, and refreshingly international analysis of globalisation from two of the world's leading figures in the field.

Addresses all the major areas of debate including organised crime, human rights, transnational policing and accountability.