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  • Qualitative Research

    Edited by David Silverman ...
    Written by leaders of qualitative methodology, this book provides up-to-date and interdisciplinary insight into a range of qualitative methods.Bringing together different perspectives, contributors discuss theoretical underpinnings of these methods before taking readers through the process of each approach and helping them develop skills needed to carry out this type of research autonomously and ... Read more

    $53.99 USD

  • Agent-Based Modelling and Geographical Information Systems

    A Practical Primer

    Series series Spatial Analytics and GIS
    This is the era of Big Data and computational social science. It is an era that requires tools which can do more than visualise data but also model the complex relation between data and human action, and interaction. Agent-Based Models (ABM) - computational models which simulate human action and interaction – do just that.This textbook explains how to design and build ABM and how to link the ... Read more

    $53.99 USD

  • Understanding Racist Activism

    Theory, Methods, and Research

    Series series Routledge Studies in Fascism and the Far Right
    White supremacist groups are highly secretive, so their public propaganda tells us little about their operations or the people they attract. To understand the world of organized racism it is necessary to study it from the inside by talking to their members and observing their groups. Doing so reveals a disturbing picture of how fairly ordinary white people learn to embrace the vicious ideas and ... Read more

    $52.99 USD

  • 30 Essential Skills for the Qualitative Researcher

    The Second Edition of 30 Essential Skills for the Qualitative Researcher provides practical, applied information for the novice qualitative researcher, addressing the "how" of conducting qualitative research in one brief guide. Author John W. Creswell and new co-author Johanna Creswell Báez draw on many examples from their own research experiences, sharing them throughout the book. The 30 listed ... Read more

    $46.99 USD

  • Research Design

    Qualitative, Quantitative, and Mixed Methods Approaches

    The Sixth Edition of the bestselling Research Design: Qualitative, Quantitative, and Mixed Methods Approaches provides clear and concise instruction for designing research projects or developing research proposals. This user-friendly text walks readers through research methods, from reviewing the literature to writing a research question and stating a hypothesis to designing the study. At each ... Read more

    $63.99 USD

  • Sumerian Mythology

    Sumerian Mythologyby Samuel Noah KramerThe Sumerians, the pragmatic and gifted people who preceded the Semites in the land first known as Sumer and later as Babylonia, created what was probably the first high civilization in the history of man, spanning the fifth to the second millenniums B.C. This book is an unparalleled compendium of what is known about them.Professor Kramer communicates his ... Read more

    $2.99 USD

  • The Forest and the Trees

    Sociology as Life, Practice, and Promise

    by Allan Johnson ...
    New Third Edition!If sociology could teach everyone just one thing, what would it be? The Forest and the Trees is one sociologist's response to the hypothetical-the core insight with the greatest potential to change how people see the world and themselves in relation to it.This Third Edition features:• Updated key references, data, resources, and examples, from global warming, Obama's election, ... Read more

    $20.99 USD

  • Social Work Values and Ethics

    For decades, teachers and practitioners have turned to Frederic G. Reamer’s Social Work Values and Ethics as the leading introduction to ethical decision making, dilemmas, and professional conduct in practice. A case-driven, concise, and comprehensive textbook for undergraduate and graduate social work programs, this book surveys the most critical issues for social work practitioners.The fifth ... Read more

    $26.99 USD

  • Is That True?

    Critical Thinking for Sociologists

    by Joel Best ...
    Across disciplines, critical thinking is praised, taught, and put into practice. But what does it actually mean to think critically? In this brief volume, sociologist Joel Best examines how to evaluate arguments and the evidence used to support them as he hones in on how to think in the field of sociology and beyond.With inimitable style that melds ethnographic verve with dry humor, Best examines ... Read more

    $23.99 USD

  • The Myth of Individualism

    How Social Forces Shape Our Lives

    The Myth of Individualism is a wonderful, concise introduction to sociology and sociological thinking, showing readers how social forces shape our lives and the world. Revised and updated throughout, the third edition of this powerful book continues to challenge the common belief that human behavior is the result of free choices made by autonomous actors, but rather shows the many ways that people ... Read more

    $31.99 USD

  • Politics as a Science

    A Prolegomenon

    Series series Conceptualising Comparative Politics
    In Politics as a Science, two of the world's leading authorities on Comparative Politics, Philippe C. Schmitter and Marc Blecher, provide a lively introduction to the concepts and framework to study and analyze politics.Written with dexterity, concision and clarity, this short text makes no claim to being scientific. It contains no disprovable hypotheses, no original collection of evidence and no ... Read more

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  • Outsmart Your Brain

    Mental DIscipline, #4

    Series Book 4 - Mental DIscipline
    What motivates us into doing or avoiding things? Why do our predictions not reflect reality?Traditional economics claims humans are rational actors. But is this true? Think about the last time you bought something expensive; was that item really the best choice based on value and utility? We all fall prey to irrationality and biases and make decisions based on them. This contradicts the wisdom of ... Read more

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  • Shane, the Lone Ethnographer

    A Beginner's Guide to Ethnography

    Shane is at it again in this new, improved second edition of the classic introduction to ethnographic research. The new text still features our intrepid heroine as she learns what makes ethnography tick against a backdrop of Wild West metaphors, cowboy hats, cattle stampedes, and cacti—and the new edition expands on important content to provide more in-depth material and deeper opportunities for ... Read more

    $31.99 USD

  • Media Literacy in Action

    Questioning the Media

    The blurring of entertainment, information, and persuasion is reshaping work, life, and citizenship. As a result, our relationship to media has never been so important nor so complex. By asking critical questions about what they watch, listen to, read, and use, students can be better prepared to be responsible communicators who can use a variety of formats and genres for self-expression and ... Read more

    $71.99 USD

  • Geographies of the Holocaust

    “[A] pioneering work . . . Shed[s] light on the historic events surrounding the Holocaust from place, space, and environment-oriented perspectives.” —Rudi Hartmann, PhD, Geography and Environmental Sciences, University of ColoradoThis book explores the geographies of the Holocaust at every scale of human experience, from the European continent to the experiences of individual human bodies. Built ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Impact: Six Patterns to Spread Your Social Innovation

    by Al Etmanski ...
    "Impact beautifully distills the insights and deep wisdom of one of the world's great social innovators. Etmanski's book is far more than a practical guide: it's an invitation to re-imagine possibilities for our lives and for the world we create."- David Bornstein, author "How To Change The World"From the Introduction:Do you want to change the world but feel frustrated by the limited impact you ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Discovering Statistics Using IBM SPSS Statistics

    North American Edition

    by Andy Field ...
    With an exciting new look, math diagnostic tool, and a research roadmap to navigate projects, this new edition of Andy Field’s award-winning text offers a unique combination of humor and step-by-step instruction to make learning statistics compelling and accessible to even the most anxious of students. The Fifth Edition takes students from initial theory to regression, factor analysis, and ... Read more

    $78.99 USD

  • Come realizzare un Piano di Comunicazione - Dalla teoria alla pratica

    by Salvo Longo ...
    Un ente, un’associazione, un’azienda, hanno bisogno di comunicare.Nella comunicazione è fondamentale prestare attenzione oltre a quello che si dice a come lo si dice. Per questo è importante, se si vogliono raggiungere determinati obiettivi, comunicare efficacemente.Il piano di comunicazione diventa quindi lo strumento che viene utilizzato per pianificare le scelte di comunicazione al fine di ... Read more

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  • The Seven Pillars of Statistical Wisdom

    What gives statistics its unity as a science? Stephen Stigler sets forth the seven foundational ideas of statistics—a scientific discipline related to but distinct from mathematics and computer science.Even the most basic idea—aggregation, exemplified by averaging—is counterintuitive. It allows one to gain information by discarding information, namely, the individuality of the observations. ... Read more

    $19.99 USD

  • Using R for Data Analysis in Social Sciences

    A Research Project-Oriented Approach

    by Quan Li ...
    Statistical analysis is common in the social sciences, and among the more popular programs is R. This book provides a foundation for undergraduate and graduate students in the social sciences on how to use R to manage, visualize, and analyze data. The focus is on how to address substantive questions with data analysis and replicate published findings. Using R for Data Analysis in Social Sciences ... Read more

    $33.99 USD

  • A Good Book, In Theory

    Making Sense Through Inquiry, Third Edition

    This highly original and compelling book offers an introduction to the art and science of social inquiry, including the theoretical and methodological frameworks that support that inquiry. The new edition offers coverage of post-modernism and Indigenous ways of knowing, as well as a discussion of the research process and how to communicate arguments effectively. The result is a book that blends ... Read more

    $27.99 USD

  • An Introduction to R for Spatial Analysis and Mapping

    Series series Spatial Analytics and GIS
    This is a new edition of the accessible and student-friendly ′how to′ for anyone using R for the first time, for use in spatial statistical analysis, geocomputation and digital mapping. The authors, once again, take readers from ‘zero to hero’, updating the now standard text to further enable practical R applications in GIS, spatial analyses, spatial statistics, web-scraping and more.Revised and ... Read more

    $50.99 USD

  • Causal Inference

    Series series The MIT Press Essential Knowledge series
    A nontechnical guide to the basic ideas of modern causal inference, with illustrations from health, the economy, and public policy.Which of two antiviral drugs does the most to save people infected with Ebola virus? Does a daily glass of wine prolong or shorten life? Does winning the lottery make you more or less likely to go bankrupt? How do you identify genes that cause disease? Do unions raise ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • Qualitative Data Analysis

    A Methods Sourcebook

    "This comprehensive, practical, user-friendly book provides a wealth of data analysis strategies that are essential for any qualitative research. It is a must-have tool book for moving from data analysis to writing for publication!"*–*Guofang Li, University of British Columbia, CanadaMiles, Huberman, and Saldaña’s Qualitative Data Analysis: A Methods Sourcebook is the authoritative text for ... Read more

    $77.99 USD