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Shadows of Warby Carolyn Nordstrom
University of California Press 2004; US$ 15.95In this provocative and compelling examination of the deep politics of war, Carolyn Nordstrom takes us from the immediacy of war-zone survival, through the offices of power brokers, to vast extra-legal networks that fuel war and international profiteering. more...
Documents of Life 2by K Plummer
Sage Publications Ltd. 2000; US$ 52.95Documents of Life was originally published in 1983 and became a classic text, providing both a persuasive argument for a particular approach and a manifesto for social research. As a critique of anti-humanist methodology in the social sciences, it championed the use of life stories and other personal documents in research which are now widely used today. This book is a substantially revised and expanded version which takes on recent developments. Providing numerous illustrations from a range of life documents, the book traces the history of the method, examines ways of 'doing life story' research, and discusses the many political and ethical issues raised by such research. The whole book has been substantially re-written and updated,... more...
Ethnomethodology at Workby Mark Rouncefield; Peter Tolmie
Ashgate Publishing Ltd 2011; US$ 114.95Key academics in ethnomethodology bring together one of the most important bodies of research into people's working practices to develop in the social sciences over the past fifty years. Graham Button, John Hughes and Wes Sharrock contribute to the volume and demonstrate the important contribution that ethnomethodological studies have so far made, and will continue to make, to understandings the ways in which people actually accomplish work from day to day and moment to moment. more...
Critical Dictionary of Sociologyby Raymond Boudon; Francois Bourricaud
Routledge 1989; US$ 198.00Showing little respect for intellectual fads and fashions, the authors submit key sociological concepts, theories and figures to a biting critical examination. In doing so they reaffirm that a non-marxist critique is still possible. more...
Reflexive Historical Sociologyby Arpad Szakolczai
Routledge 1999; US$ 198.00This book reconstructs and brings together the work of a number of social and political theorists in order to gain new insight on the emergence and character of modern Western society. more...
Realism and Sociologyby Justin Cruickshank
Routledge 2002; US$ 41.95In recent years, methodology debates in the social sciences have increasingly focussed on issues relating to epistemology. Realism and Sociology makes an original contribution to the debate. more...
Rational Choice Theoryby Margaret S. Archer; Jonathan Q. Tritter
Routledge 2000; US$ 63.99This fascinating title focuses on the four assumptions which are the bedrock of rational choice; rationality, individualism, process and aggregation and draws on a wide range of social issues such as race, marriage, and education. more...
Researching Life Storiesby Dan Goodley; Rebecca Lawthom; Peter Clough; Michelle Moore
RoutledgeFalmer 2004; US$ 55.95It has long been argued that 'an age of biography is upon us'; certainly the life-story now has a well-recognised role as a key resource in social research. This book is the first to offer a comprehensive and practical guide to carrying out more...
SPSS Explainedby Perry R. Hinton; Charlotte Brownlow; Isabella McMurray; Bob Cozens
Routledge 2004; US$ 29.95This book provides the student with all that they need to undertake statistical analysis using SPSS, guiding them from the basic rationale behind the statistics, through detailed explanations of the procedures, to all aspects of the SPSS output. more...
Picturing the Social Landscapeby Caroline Knowles; Paul Sweetman
Routledge 2004; US$ 55.95In this collection international experts explain how they have used visual methods in their own research, examine their advantages and limitations, and show how they have been used alongside other research techniques. more...