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A stimulating book for social scientists considering the issues involved when deciding upon their research design.
Whilst particularly useful as a companion to the sixth edition of Giddens's Sociology, the reader is designed for use independently or alongside other textbooks.
A stimulating book for social scientists considering the issues involved when deciding upon their research design.
Originally published in 1975, this was the first survey carried out in Britain which examined in detail the relationship between poverty and fertility.
What does it mean to say you're English, Scottish, British? Does it matter much to people? Has devolution and constitutional change made a difference to national identity? Does the future of the UK depend on whether or not people think they are British? Social and political scientists answer these questions vital to the future of the British state.
This book tells the story of the complete move in 1965/1966 of Alfred Bird and Sons Limited from central Birmingham to Banbury, in which a large proportion of the labour force was successfully transferred. Focusing on the relocation decision made by individual employees, the author also contributed to many varied areas of debate.
Investigates the concept of 'national identity' based on twenty years of empirical evidence.
This final book in The Affluent Worker series contains the findings and conclusions on the extent of working class embourgeoisment.
Occupational sociology monograph on social implications of advanced automation for labour relations and working class social structure, based on a comparison of capitalist industrial enterprises in the petroleum industry in France and UK - covers new forms of social conflict, social integration, changes in employees attitude to work environment, work organization, wage rates and management, and examines the level of workers participation in decision making, and trade union strategies. References and statistical tables.
This text integrates the description & analysis of social policy in Scotland since devolution in 1999. It has been designed to support the delivery of social policy & related courses in Scotland itself but also to appeal to students on social policy, politics, sociology, and regional studies courses.