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  • Research Handbook on the Sociology of Ageing

    Edited by Liam Foster, Andreas Motel-Klingebiel, Baozhen M. Luo-Hermanson ...
    Series series Research Handbooks in Sociology series
    This comprehensive Research Handbook explores a wide range of issues, challenges, and critical debates associated with the sociology of ageing, incorporating international perspectives on the global social megatrend of ageing populations. Engaging with the theoretical foundations of research within the discipline, methodological advances, critical debates, and empirical findings, it considers the ... Read more

    $58.49 USD

  • Teaching Research Methods in Sociology

    Edited by Liam Foster, Will Mason, Kitty Nichols ...
    Series series Elgar Guides to Teaching
    Providing both theoretical and practical strategies for developing engaging and innovative approaches to teaching, expert instructors share their insights into teaching about important topics in the social research process, from developing research ideas to analysing data.Chapters set out clear, user-friendly examples providing educators with a toolkit of resources to engage their students. They ... Read more

    $35.99 USD

  • Late Working Life in Four European Countries

    Policy Perspectives

    Edited by Rachel Crossdale, Liam Foster, Alan Walker ...
    Late Working Life in Four European Countries sheds new light on the role of life course factors on circumstances in late working life, including the impact of exclusion and inequalities on opportunities to prolong employment.Focusing on Germany, Poland, Sweden and the UK, it distils the key findings from each country, delivering an up-to-date comparative analysis of the policies in the four ... Read more

    $90.19 USD

  • Beginning Statistics

    An Introduction for Social Scientists

    by Liam Foster, Julie Banton, Ian Diamond ...
    In the Second Edition of this bestselling textbook, the authors use real-world examples to introduce basic principles in statistics with no prior knowledge or experience assumed. With an emphasis on describing concepts, showing through example and illustrating points with graphs and displays, this book will provide readers with a step-by-step introduction to using statistics.Chapters address the ... Read more

    $70.19 USD

  • Death and Social Policy in Challenging Times

    Edited by Kate Woodthorpe, Liam Foster ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    The study of death has the capacity to bring together a range of policy areas. Yet death is often overlooked within policy debates in the UK and beyond, and within gerontology. Bringing together a range of scholars engaged in policy associated with death, this collection provides a holistic account of how death factors in social policy. Within this, issues covered include inheritance, palliative ... Read more

    $49.49 USD

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  • Challenges of Aging

    Pensions, Retirement and Generational Justice

    Edited by C. Torp ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    Population ageing is among the most important developments of our time. This book explores the profound challenges faced by an aging world. Leading experts from diverse disciplines describe the fundamental impact demographic aging has on pension systems, on the concepts of retirement and old age, and on the balance of generational justice. ... Read more

    $49.49 USD

  • Qualitative Research Practice

    A Guide for Social Science Students and Researchers

    Edited by Jane Ritchie, Jane Lewis, Carol McNaughton Nicholls, Rachel Ormston ...
    Why use qualitative methods? What kinds of questions can qualitative methods help you answer? How do you actually do rigorous and reflective qualitative research in the real world?Written by a team of leading researchers associated with NatCen Social Research (the National Centre for Social Research) this textbook leads students and researchers through the entire process of qualitative research ... Read more

    $80.99 USD

  • Care Technologies for Ageing Societies

    An International Comparison

    by James Wright, Tomoko Wakui, Meryl Lovarini, Kate O'Loughlin, Lindy Clemson, Andreas Hoff, Bill Pottharst, Arlene Astell, Janet Fast ...
    Series series Sustainable Care
    EPDF and EPUB available Open Access under CC-BY-NC-ND licence.Technology is quickly becoming an integral part of care systems across the world and is frequently cited in policy discourse as pivotal for solving the ‘crisis’ in care and delivering positive outcomes.Exploring the role of technology in Europe, Canada, Australia and Japan, this book examines how technology contributes effectively to ... Read more

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  • Qualitative Methods for Health Research

    by Judith Green, Nicki Thorogood ...
    Series series Introducing Qualitative Methods series
    Packed with practical advice and research quick tips, this book is the perfect companion to your health research project. It not only explains the theory of qualitative health research so you can interpret the studies of others, but also showcases how to approach, start, maintain, and disseminate your own research.It will help you:Understand the role of the researcherDevelop an effective research ... Read more

    $78.29 USD

  • The Palgrave Handbook of Family Policy

    Edited by Rense Nieuwenhuis, Wim Van Lancker ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    This open access handbook provides a multilevel view on family policies, combining insights on family policy outcomes at different levels of policymaking: supra-national organizations, national states, sub-national or regional levels, and finally smaller organizations and employers. At each of these levels, a multidisciplinary group of expert scholars assess policies and their implementation, such ... Read more

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  • Qualitative Social Research

    Contemporary Methods for the Digital Age

    by Vivienne Waller, Karen Farquharson, Deborah Dempsey ...
    Qualitative Social Research employs an accessible approach to present the multiple ways in which criticism enhances research practice. Packed full of relevant, ′real world′ examples, it showcases the strengths and pitfalls of each research method, integrating the philosophical groundings of qualitative research with thoughtful overviews of a range of commonly used methods.This book is ideal for ... Read more

    $71.99 USD

  • Financial, Staffing and Societal Sustainability of Dutch Health Care

    An Urgent Need for Clear Choices

    by Gijsbert Werner, Arthur van Riel, Mérove Gijsberts, Marianne de Visser ...
    Series series Research for Policy
    This open access book analyzes how sound choices can be made in Dutch health care policies, and shows why they are necessary, urgent, and even inevitable. Analyzing the current functioning and funding of the Dutch health care system, this book shows how three dimensions of sustainability – financial, staffing and societal – are under increasing pressure. This study explores priority setting in ... Read more

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