Work, consumption and culture

affluence and social change in the Twenty-first Century

The central question in Work, Consumption and Culture is whether consumption has now displaced production as the defining factor in the lives of those in the industrialized West. This book offers a comprehensive review of the key issues in the production// consumption debate, and where ...

Geographies of consumption

Historical methods in the social sciences

Historical methods are at the foundation of research in the social sciences. This synthesizing and integrative project on the methodology of historical social science addresses programmatic objectives, interpretive principles, explanatory logic, and substantive applications to form a unique contribution to the field. Historical Methods in ...

Leading coherently

reflections from leaders around the world

Leading Coherently references leadership wisdom born of rich experience from a very diverse group of credible and respected leaders. Providing valuable insight into how effective leadership is formed, performed and sustained it describes elements of leadership formation, performance and sustainability that cut across gender, culture ...

Performance measurement & management

a strategic approach to management accounting

Information and communication technology in organizations

adoption, implementation, use and effects

A very short, fairly interesting and reasonably cheap book about studying organizations

The psychology of decision making

people in organizations

The Psychology of Decision Making provides an overview of decision making as it relates to management, organizational behavior issues, and research. This engaging book examines the way individuals make decisions; how they form judgments privately and in the context of the organization. It also discusses ...

Leadership in nonprofit organizations

Leadership in Nonprofit Organizations is about exemplary leadership as found in both corporate and nonprofit organizations. The authors take a fresh approach to the study of leadership: they perform research in nonprofits both to understand and appreciate their complexities, and to reachconclusions about the nature ...

Juvenile justice

process and systems

The study of juvenile justice process and systems is an investigation of a truly unique network that is predicated on a distinctive body of theory. Juvenile Justice: Process and Systems is an ideal textbook for those who wish to explore the theory and practice of ...

Quantitative social science

This Four-Volume Set constitutes the core of our understanding of contemporary societies, human behaviours, social institutions, and their evolutions in history. The demand for high- quality numerical and statistical social research is expansive and increasing. Often, advances in quantitative methods are discipline specific, and the ...

Crime analysis and crime mapping

INDEX: 1 Introduction and overview.2 Crime analysis defined. 3 The crime analysis profession.4 Introduction to crime mapping. 5 Theory and crime analysis. 6 Crime analysis data. 7 Crime analysis technology.8 Data collection and pattern identification. 9 Describing, analyzing, and disseminating known patterns ...

European welfare states

comparative perspectives

"European Welfare States" is a timely textbook that offers a comprehensive but accessible overview of issues concerning European welfare states. It brings together a discussion of the theories and techniques of comparative policy analysis and a description of current developments in selected welfare state regimes ...

The Sage dictionary of criminology

Since its initial publication in 2001, I've steadfastly kept The SAGE Dictionary of Criminology within easy reach of my desk, referring to it countless times in writing articles, books, and lectures. I've found it to be a remarkable book - a comprehensive dictionary, certainly ...

Understanding and using advanced statistics

Understanding and Using Advanced Statistics is a comprehensive, practical guide for postgraduate students advising how and when to use more advanced statistical methods. Perfect for students without a mathematical background, the authors refresh important basics such as descriptive statistics and research design as well as ...

The SAGE Handbook of Quantitative Methodology for the Social Sciences

The SAGE Handbook of Quantitative Methodology for the Social Sciences is the definitive reference for teachers, students, and researchers of quantitative methods in the social sciences, as it provides a comprehensive overview of the major techniques used in the field. The contributors, top methodologists and ...

Evaluation

a systematic approach

Since Peter H. Rossi, Mark W. Lipsey, and Howard E. Freeman first published Evaluation: A Systematic Approach, more than 90,000 readers have considered it the premier text on how to design, implement, and appraise social programs through evaluation. In this, the completely revised Seventh ...

The imagined economies of globalization

How do theories, discussions and debates about globalisation shape the very subject they reflect on? How are conceptions of the state, society and politics are changing in the age of globalisation? This book critically introduces the main contemporary debates on globalization and demonstrates how conventional ...

Voters & voting

An introduction

Encyclopedia of leadership

The encyclopedia of leadership bring togeder for the first time everything that is known and truly matters about leadership as part of the human experience. The encyclopedia includes hundreds of articles, written by 400 leading scholars and experts from 17 countries, exploring leadership theories and ...

Statistics for people who (think they) hate statistics

The bestselling text Statisticsfor People Who (Think They) Hate Statistics teaches an often intimidatingand difficult subject in a way that is informative, personable, and clear.Researchers and students who find themselves uncomfortable with the analysisportion of their work will appreciate this book's unhurried pace ...

What is Political Theory?