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Using Diaries for Social Research
SAGE Publications 2006; US$ 57.00In this lucid introductory text, Andy Alaszewski considers the analysis of diaries as a distinctive research technique in its own right. The timely emergence of Using Diaries for Social Research recognizes the increased interest in and relevance of diary methodology within social research teaching. more...
Challenging Institutional Analysis and Development
Taylor and Francis 2009; US$ 43.95Challenging Institutional Analysis and Development demonstrates the importance of one of the 2009 Nobel Prize in Economics winners Elinor Ostrom's research program. The Bloomington School has become one of the most dynamic, well recognized and productive centers of the New Institutional Theory movement. Its ascendancy is considered to be the result... more...
Choice Theory
Oxford University Press 2002; US$ 9.99This title explores what it means to be rational in a variety of contexts, from personal decisions to those affecting large groups of people. It introduces ideas from economics, philosophy, and other areas, showing how the theory applies to particular situations such as gambling and the allocation of resources. more...
Qualitative Research and Theory Development
SAGE Publications 2011; US$ 38.00Encouraging readers to take a critical approach to empirical data, the authors provide an account that helps social science researchers to develop new and interesting theories. more...
Handbook of Sociology of Aging
Springer 2011; US$ 84.99The Handbook of Sociology of Aging is the most comprehensive, engaging, and up-to-date treatment of developments within the field over the past 30 years. The volume represents an indispensable source of the freshest and highest standard scholarship for scholars, policy makers, and aging professionals alike. The Handbook of Sociology of Aging contains... more...
Diskursanalyse meets Gouvernementalitätsforschung
Campus Verlag 2010; US$ 32.34Hauptbeschreibung Diskursanalysen und Gouvernementalitätsstudien werden in den Sozialwissenschaften viel und breit diskutiert, stehen aber trotz ihrer gemeinsamen Referenz auf das Werk Michel Foucaults weitgehend unverbunden nebeneinander. Die Autorinnen und Autoren dieses Bandes erkunden gemeinsame Forschungsfelder, diskutieren die theoretische,... more...
Cultures and Globalization
SAGE Publications 2008; US$ 68.00Second of three edited texts in the Cultures and Globalization series, with a truly international set of contributors. more...
Rational Choice Theory
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 67.95Rational Choice Theory is flourishing in sociology and is increasingly influential in other disciplines. Contributors to this volume are convinced that it provides an inadequate conceptualization of all aspects of decision making: of the individuals who make the decisions, of the process by which decisions get made and of the context within which... more...
The Politics of War Memory and Commemoration
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 196.00War memory and commemoration have had increasingly high profiles in public and academic debates in recent years. This volume examines some of the social changes which have led to this development, among them the passing of the two World Wars from survivor into cultural memory. Focusing on the politics of war memory and commemoration, the book illuminates... more...









