Sage Publications Ltd imprint: 3149 books
Punishment and Prisons
Power and the Carceral State
Language: English
Release Date: June 10, 2009
'Punishment and Prisons is a scholarly, powerful and inspirational critique. With passion and humanity, Joe Sim strips neo-liberal penal policies of their reformist pretensions and demonstrates that prisons will continue to be brutal enforcers of gross economic inequalities until such time as the...
Data Collection
Key Debates and Methods in Social Research
Language: English
Release Date: November 4, 2011
This innovative book provides students and researchers alike with an indispensible introduction to the key theoretical issues and practical methods needed for data collection.
It uses clear definitions, relevant interdisciplinary examples from around the world and up-to-date suggestions...
Social Work
Introducing Professional Practice
Language: English
Release Date: February 14, 2006
'Comprehensive and user-friendly. The book is helpfully constructed around a number of key themes, starting with a good attempt to define social work from historical and international perspectives and moving on to address key issues concerning the practice, knowledge, values and skills required from...
by Dr Anthony Hall, James O. Midgley
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2004
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2004
'Strong social policy is essential for sustainable growth. This book is an extremely useful overview of social policy issue for policy makers and anyone who wants to understand the true roots of successful sustainable development' -Ian Johnson, Vice President for Sustainable Development, The World...
by Ivan Panovic, Deborah Cameron
Language: English
Release Date: March 10, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: March 10, 2014
"An outstanding introduction to discourse analysis of written language in an age that is more and more characterized by multilingual, digital, and generically hybrid texts. In an accessible style, Working with Written Discourse illustrates how these texts can be analyzed employing a wide variety...
Newspaper Journalism
A Practical Introduction
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2005
'As well as guides on how to report courts and councils, Newspaper Journalism offers tips on how to write both news stories and features and how to make and keep contacts. The tips are packed with real life examples from journalists working on provincial newspapers. A worthwhile read - and not just...
European Welfare States
Comparative Perspectives
Language: English
Release Date: October 11, 2005
Bringing together a discussion of the theories and techniques of comparative policy analysis and a description of current developments in selected welfare state regimes, European Welfare States provides an accessible overview of issues concerning European welfare states.
In particular, it provides:
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Welfare States in Transition
National Adaptations in Global Economies
Language: English
Release Date: May 21, 1996
This wide-ranging comparative analysis of contemporary and future changes in welfare states looks at the different trajectories of the welfare states of Europe, North America, the Antipodes, and the emerging scenarios in Latin America, East Asia and Central and Eastern Europe.
Leading experts...
by Professor Jacquie L'Etang
Language: English
Release Date: December 10, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: December 10, 2013
"Recognizing and emphasizing business and sociocultural influences, this is a timely and unique examination of public relations in the sport industry. Along with providing a broad and well-researched theoretical foundation, L’Etang embeds throughout the text relevant examples and strategic...
Contemporary Issues in Sport Management
A Critical Introduction
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2015
‘*Contemporary Issues in Sport Management *presents an extensive array of absorbing contemporary issues relevant to managing sport. Internationally recognised scholars have contributed thought-provoking chapters on current global and local issues that are challenging traditional ways of thinking...
by Mr Roger Casemore
Language: English
Release Date: February 11, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: February 11, 2011
Person-Centred Counselling in a Nutshell is a short, accessible guide to one of the most popular approaches to counselling.
Using examples drawn from practice, Roger Casemore outlines, in a clear, jargon-free style, the main principles of the person-centred approach, using the core therapeutic...
Doing Social Network Research
Network-based Research Design for Social Scientists
Language: English
Release Date: January 16, 2015
Are you struggling to design your social network research? Are you looking for a book that covers more than social network analysis?
If so, this is the book for you! With straight-forward guidance on research design and data collection, as well as social network analysis, this book...
Forensic Psychology
Theory, research, policy and practice
Language: English
Release Date: September 14, 2015
Winner of the British Psychological Society Book Award 2018 - Textbook category
'This fascinating book examines some of the ideological underpinnings of forensic psychological research, policy and practice. It is refreshingly reflective and a significant contribution to the field. I strongly...
Tales from the Therapy Room
Shrink-Wrapped
Language: English
Release Date: January 13, 2011
These ten fictional short stories give students of counselling and psychotherapy a unique insight into what actually goes on in therapy. Exploring aspects of the client-therapist relationship, the reader is given a fly-on-the-wall view of the therapeutic process. Rather than suggesting a 'correct'...