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Analyzing Social and Political Change
Understanding change over time is a central concern for research in sociology, political science, education, geography and related disciplines. It is also an issue which presents significant methodological problems, in response to which different techniques have been developed - for example, time series analysis, multilevel models, log-linear models and event history analysis. Outlining the nature of such techniques, this accessible collection covers: the respective values of cross-sectional and longitudinal data in the analysis of change; the variety of methods available for the analysis of change over time; the types of research objective to which various techniques are suited; the limitations and constraints of individual methods; and th
Understanding Social Research
The book explores methodological approaches in three key areas - personal life and relationships; places and mobilities, and socio-cultural change. These work as vehicles to expound methodological issues and challenges that are relevant across a much wider range of domains. Understanding Social Research brings together leading researchers in the social sciences – including sociology, health, geography, psychology and social statistics - to elaborate their approach to research design and practice, based on their own research experience, and to consider what kinds of knowledge their methods can produce. Each of the contributing authors reflects on their own methods and identifies what is distinctive about them. The book contains fascinating insights into how the knowledge we produce is shaped by the methods we choose and use.
Goodbye, Hello
In this bouncing picture book, an LGBTQ+ Navy family travels across the globe to reunite. Say goodbye to Pop-pop and Gram! It’s time to leave for the airport with Mommy and baby sibling. Strap and click. Wheels go round. Rumble, whoosh. Goodbye, ground. Travel across the globe, across busy highways and crowded airports, with strollers and toys, with a family to return home and reunite with Mama. Featuring travel by car and plane across the world, this fast and fun picture book is a great introduction to the many different legs of international travel for the smallest members of the family. A celebration of military families of all kinds, Goodbye, Hello is inspired by author Angela H. Dale’s experiences with her own Navy family. illustrator of NYT bestseller The World Needs More People, Daniel Wiseman's adorable, bright and engeric artwork captures the fun and chaos of big family trips. Learn about Navy homecoming traditions in the back, along with a fun seek and find game! Can you spot the different modes of travel and all the different workers that make it possible?
Social Research Methods
Bringing together many of the core classic and contemporary works in social and cultural research methods, this book gives students direct access to methodological debates and examples of practical research across the qualitative/quantitative divide. The book is designed to be used both as a collection of readings and as an introductory research methods book in its own right. Topics covered include: research methodology research design, data collection and preparation analyzing data mixing qualitative and quantitative methods validity and reliability methodological critique: postmodernism, post-structuralism and critical ethnography political and ethical aspects of research philosophy of social science reporting research. Each section is preceded by a short introduction placing the readings in context. This reader-text also includes features such as discussion questions and practical exercises.
Culture, Class, Distinction
Drawing on the first systematic study of cultural capital in contemporary Britain, Culture, Class, Distinction examines the role played by culture in the relationships between class, gender and ethnicity. Its findings promise a major revaluation of the legacy of Pierre Bourdieu’s account of the relationships between class and culture.
Allied International Special Forces
Our job, ladies and gentlemen, is not to fight on the front lines, but to protect those fighting on the front lines by foiling the most evil of plans set forth by tyrants to wipe them out. -Major General Dale Baker: Commanding Officer of AISF The year is 1943 and as the Second World War grinds on, Marine Lieutenant John Tanner returns home from the Pacific. Major General Dale Baker, a friend of the Tanner family, sends John a telegram urging him to serve with The Allied International Special Forces (AISF) in Europe. Johns first mission is to rescue imprisoned Prussian aristocrat Annabelle von Koenig; considered a traitor by Nazi paramilitary division The Midnight Wolves led by Field Marshal Konrad Schneider and his daughter Bertilda. Konrad, bitter over Germanys defeat in the First World War is nearly ready to unveil a secret from mysterious Fortress Island, a secret that could spell doom for the allied forces.
Women and Employment
An informative and important volume. Johanna Kumlin, European Sociological Review This collection further contributes to our awareness of the complicated intersection of work and family life for women and men and to a few of the socio-economic factors which serve as impediments to its synchronization. It is well written, carefully researched, and rather detailed in its analysis. Susan Cody, Sex Roles This excellent collection deserves to be read, and from cover to cover. . . all the contributions focus on the UK situation over the past 25 years, although some offer comparative exemplars and analysis. This national focus makes this collection an essential resource for those working in the UK ...
Ethnicity and Integration
The theme of this volume is ethnicity and the implications for integration of our increasingly ethnically diversified population. New research findings from a range of census, survey and administrative data sources are presented, and case studies are included.
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