Research methods: general

This comprehensive study of local politics in Russia shows that the key reforms of local government, and the struggle to forge viable grassroots democracies have been inextricably linked to the wider struggle for power between the regions and the Kremlin, and to the specific nature of Russia's highly politicized and negotiated form of asymmetrical federalism.

In most planning practice and research, planners work with quantitative data.

Originally published in 1975.

The fourth edition of Social Media Strategy is an essential step-by-step blueprint for innovating change, supporting traditional marketing, advertising, and PR efforts, and leveraging consumer influence in the digital world.

This truly interdisciplinary volume brings together a diverse group of scholars to explore changes in the significance of media and communication in the era of pandemic.

This book offers novel insights into the way in which people talk about politics across various countries.

Live broadband streaming of the 2008 Beijing Olympics accounted for 2,200 of the estimated 3,600 total hours shown by the American NBC-Universal networks.

This book provides comprehensive and advanced analysis of the characteristics of social entrepreneurship in Europe.

Narrative Inquiry of Displacement: Stories of Challenges, Change and Resilience describes a variety of displacement experiences in different cultures and contexts.

Managing the Work Situation outlines a perspective on how organization and management in the contemporary world of work happens as active everyday accomplishments by workers and managers, facing and handling complex work situations with an excess of expectations.

Speaking Data and Telling Stories examines the interdependent relationship between method (Data Verbalization) and practice (performance).

Preparing Literature Reviews is an accessible guide that provides easy to follow step-by-step advice on how to prepare qualitative and quantitative literature reviews.

Presents an overview of how complex systems from a variety of fields can be modelled using the principles of quantum mechanics.

Gubrium and Harper describe how visual and digital methodologies can contribute to a participatory, public-engaged ethnography.

This book explores the innovative, sociological approach adopted by Harriet Martineau in her efforts to develop a 'scientific' approach to understanding social and societal change.

Most organizations today operate in volatile economic and social environments and qualitative research plays an essential role in investigating leadership and management problems.

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A practical introduction to qualitative research across fields and disciplines Qualitative Research in Practice offers a hands-on introduction to qualitative research design, methods, data, and analysis.

One of the longest standing traditions in sociology, interactionism is concerned with studying human interaction and showing how society to a large part is constituted by patterns of interaction.

Daniel Coston's career in photography began accidentally.

This book investigates the ways in which participants in political activities use micro-practices for solving issues of speaking, hearing and understanding as fundamental for the activities they engage in.

Based on fieldwork conducted in Iran, this book discusses how it is possible for journalism to exist and function in a restrictive context.

Emphasizing the new challenges posed by the data science revolution, digital media, and changing norms, Research Ethics in Applied Economics examines the ethical issues faced by quantitative social scientists at each stage of the research process.

The subjects inquired into by Canadian federal royal commissions have ranged over such a wide field that the reports and special studies prepared by the 400 commissions since Confederation have become an essential part of any research in Canadian studies.

This volume is the second in a two-part series on differentiating approaches to quantitative research from more traditional positivistic and postpositivistic approaches.

Starting your research project can feel daunting, but this best-selling project guide has your back!

First published in 1997, this volume asks: when was 'The Postmodern' in the History of Management Thought?

Fully revised and updated, this second edition of Participatory Action Research (PAR) provides new theoretical insights and many robust tools that will guide researchers, professionals and students from all disciplines through the process of conducting action research 'with' people rather than 'for' them or 'about' them.

2017 PROSE Award Honorable MentionThe PROSE Awards draw attention to pioneering works of research and for contributions to the conception, production, and design of landmark works in their fields.

This is a comprehensive, readable guide for career success in academic psychology, including writing, speaking, and even finding a publisher.

The Handbook of Brand Management Scales is a concise, clear and easy-to-use collection of scales in brand management.

Officials and religious scholars in the Gulf states have repeatedly banned the teaching of the theory of evolution because of its association with atheism.

Teenagers, Sexual Health Information and the Digital Age examines the online resources available on teenagers, including games and digital interventions.

This unique book is an insider account about the discipline of psychology and its limits, introducing key debates in the field of psychology around the world today by closely examining the problematic role the discipline plays as a global phenomenon.

Phyllis Noerager Stern and Caroline Porr provide the most accessible description of grounded theory methods to date in this brief, clear, and useful guide.

, Provides remediation for students who are rusty in their basic computational skills.

This highly accessible book presents robustness testing as the methodology for conducting quantitative analyses in the presence of model uncertainty.

A Student Guide to Writing an Undergraduate Psychology Honors Thesis takes students through the entire process of creating a full-scale research project, from selecting a topic, choosing an experimental or correlational design, to writing and presenting their paper.

Multiple correspondence analysis (MCA) is a statistical technique that first and foremost has become known through the work of the late Pierre Bourdieu (1930-2002).

How is it possible to understand society and the problems it faces?

A chronicle of the year that changed Soviet Russia and molded the future path of one of America's pre-eminent diplomatic correspondents1956 was an extraordinary year in modern Russian history.

A ground-breaking contribution to the economic and cultural history of the eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century publishing of illustrated belles lettres in Scotland, the book offers detailed accounts of numerous agents of prints (booksellers, printers, designers, engravers) and their involvement in the making and marketing of illustrated editions.

A Step-by-Step Guide to Qualitative Data Coding is a comprehensive qualitative data analysis guide.

An all-inclusive, practical guide to help you design, conduct, and finish your academic dissertation with minimal drama Sharing the secrets for successfully navigating through the dissertation and thesis process while maintaining your sanity, Finish Your Dissertation, Don't Let It Finish You!

Social change in the twenty-first century is shaped by both demographic changes associated with ageing societies and significant technological change and development.

This book showcases the potential of computational approaches for research questions at the heart of migration and integration research via a set of original, cutting-edge empirical studies by a diverse, international team of authors.