Research methods: general

Making Research Relevant is the ideal core textbook for master's-level introduction to research methods courses in mental health.

White Folks explores the experiences and stories of eight white people from a small farming community in northern Wisconsin.

White Folks explores the experiences and stories of eight white people from a small farming community in northern Wisconsin.

Practices - specific, recurrent types of human action and activity - are perhaps the most fundamental "e;building blocks"e; of social reality.

Practices - specific, recurrent types of human action and activity - are perhaps the most fundamental "e;building blocks"e; of social reality.

This book introduces "e;the poly gaze"e; as a cultural tool to examine how representations of polyamory and poly lives reflect or challenge cultural hegemonies of race, class, gender, and nation.

This book introduces "e;the poly gaze"e; as a cultural tool to examine how representations of polyamory and poly lives reflect or challenge cultural hegemonies of race, class, gender, and nation.

What would you say to a deceased loved one if they could come back for one day?

What would you say to a deceased loved one if they could come back for one day?

Therapy, Stand-Up, and the Gesture of Writing is a sharp, lively exploration of the connections between therapy, stand-up comedy, and writing as a method of inquiry; and of how these connections can be theorized through the author's new concept: creative-relational inquiry.

Therapy, Stand-Up, and the Gesture of Writing is a sharp, lively exploration of the connections between therapy, stand-up comedy, and writing as a method of inquiry; and of how these connections can be theorized through the author's new concept: creative-relational inquiry.

First published in 1986, this collection of essays brings together ethnomethodological studies from key academics of the discipline, including the renowned scholar Harold Garfinkel who established and developed the field.

First published in 1986, this collection of essays brings together ethnomethodological studies from key academics of the discipline, including the renowned scholar Harold Garfinkel who established and developed the field.

Autoethnography allows researchers to make sense of the 'ethno' - the cultural - by studying their own experiences - the 'auto'.

Autoethnography allows researchers to make sense of the 'ethno' - the cultural - by studying their own experiences - the 'auto'.

The theme of this book is simple.

The theme of this book is simple.

YoungGiftedandFat is a critical autoethnography of "e;performing thin"e;- on the stage and in life.

YoungGiftedandFat is a critical autoethnography of "e;performing thin"e;- on the stage and in life.

In today's society we increasingly create and consume written content and images.

In today's society we increasingly create and consume written content and images.

Over the last two decades, multiple initiatives of transdisciplinary collaboration across art, science, and technology have seen the light of day.

Over the last two decades, multiple initiatives of transdisciplinary collaboration across art, science, and technology have seen the light of day.

Research is difficult.

Research is difficult.

Criminological Skills and Research for Beginners is a comprehensive and engaging guide to research methods in Criminology, and the skills required for academic success.

Criminological Skills and Research for Beginners is a comprehensive and engaging guide to research methods in Criminology, and the skills required for academic success.

Building off the success of its award-winning first edition, the second edition of Crafting Phenomenological Research continues to be the leading resource for those interested in a concise introduction to phenomenological research in education and social sciences.

Building off the success of its award-winning first edition, the second edition of Crafting Phenomenological Research continues to be the leading resource for those interested in a concise introduction to phenomenological research in education and social sciences.

What are the problems to which materialist methodologies are posed as a solution?

What are the problems to which materialist methodologies are posed as a solution?

Each day we are faced with continuing claims made by media pundits, politicians, teachers, and friends, often quoting research.

Each day we are faced with continuing claims made by media pundits, politicians, teachers, and friends, often quoting research.

Winner of the 2020 Anselm Strauss Award for Qualitative Family Research, National Council on Family Relations.

Winner of the 2020 Anselm Strauss Award for Qualitative Family Research, National Council on Family Relations.

Applied Power Analysis for the Behavioral Sciences is a practical "e;how-to"e; guide to conducting statistical power analyses for psychology and related fields.

Applied Power Analysis for the Behavioral Sciences is a practical "e;how-to"e; guide to conducting statistical power analyses for psychology and related fields.

Developing Grounded Theory: The Second Generation Revisited is a highly accessible description of the rapid development of grounded theories and the latest developments in grounded theory methods.

Developing Grounded Theory: The Second Generation Revisited is a highly accessible description of the rapid development of grounded theories and the latest developments in grounded theory methods.

It is well known that body image has been associated to health risks related to eating habits.

It is well known that body image has been associated to health risks related to eating habits.

Recent methodological debates have shown that practice theory can either be developed by combining and slightly extending established theoretical concepts of inter-subjectivity, social normativity, collective behavior, interaction between agents and environment, habits, learning, collective intentionality, and human agency; or by following a strategy that promotes the quest for completely autonomous concepts.

Recent methodological debates have shown that practice theory can either be developed by combining and slightly extending established theoretical concepts of inter-subjectivity, social normativity, collective behavior, interaction between agents and environment, habits, learning, collective intentionality, and human agency; or by following a strategy that promotes the quest for completely autonomous concepts.

Ecocriticism and environmental communication studies have for many years co-existed as parallel disciplines, occasionally crossing paths but typically operating in separate academic spheres.

Ecocriticism and environmental communication studies have for many years co-existed as parallel disciplines, occasionally crossing paths but typically operating in separate academic spheres.

Decades of research on affect and emotion have brought out the paramount importance of affective processes for human lives.

Decades of research on affect and emotion have brought out the paramount importance of affective processes for human lives.

Since the financial crisis, the issue of the 'one percent' has become the centre of intense public debate, unavoidable even for members of the elite themselves.

Since the financial crisis, the issue of the 'one percent' has become the centre of intense public debate, unavoidable even for members of the elite themselves.

In today's neoliberal times, thinking about fitness and health is dominated by the media's narratives of "e;fit bodies,"e; which are presented and circulated in society as "e;valued bodies.