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  • Doing Secondary Analysis

    by Angela Dale, Sara Arber, Michael Procter ...
    Series series Contemporary Social Research
    Originally published in 1988 Doing Secondary Analysis is a practical guide to the secondary analysis of large-scale survey data.At a time when funding for primary data collection was increasingly constrained, the secondary analysis of high-quality government surveys offered the social scientist an unrivalled opportunity. This volume provided a guide which moves through every stage of ‘doing ... Read more

    $73.99 USD

  • The New Dynamics of Ageing Volume 2

    by Jackie Reynolds, Michael Murray, Miriam Bernard, Anna Goulding, Andrew Newman, Lorna Warren, Alastair S Macdonald, Elizabeth Williams, Laura Brown, Tom Smith, Arlene J Astell, Janet Lord, Jan Oyebode, Wendy Martin, Christina Victor, Kate White, Randall Smith, Jane Seymour, Ailsa Cameron, Michael Calnan, Liz Lloyd, Miranda Davies, Mary Gilhooly, Mike Lewis, Ann Hockey, Judith Phillips, Ingrid Eyers, Susan Venn, Sara Arber ...
    Series series The New Dynamics of Ageing
    This volume and its companion, The new dynamics of ageing volume 1, provide comprehensive multi-disciplinary overviews of the very latest research on ageing. Together they report the outcomes of the most concerted investigation ever undertaken into both the influence shaping the changing nature of ageing and its consequences for individuals and society.This book concentrates on four major themes: ... Read more

    $44.09 USD

  • The Myth of Generational Conflict

    The Family and State in Ageing Societies

    Edited by Sara Arber, Claudine Attias-Donfut ...
    Series series Studies in European Sociology
    The ageing of Western societies has provoked extensive sociological debate, surrounding both the role of the state and whether it can afford the cost of an ageing population, and the role of the family, especially women, in supporting older people.In this important book, the authors examine how changes, such as cuts in welfare provision, migration, urbanization and individualisation influence ... Read more

    $65.99 USD

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    An Introduction to Quantitative Approaches

    by Mina Ishizu, Prof. Pat Hudson ...
    Fully updated and carefully revised, this new 2nd edition ofHistory by Numbers stands alone as the only textbook on quantitative methods suitable for students of history. Even the numerically challenged will find inspiration.Taking a problem-solving approach and using authentic historical data, it describes each method in turn, including its origin, purpose, usefulness and associated pitfalls. The ... Read more

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  • Social policy

    by Spicker, Paul ...
    Social Policy: Themes and approaches is a fully revised, updated and extended edition of a bestselling social policy textbook, extensively reworked and adapted to meet the needs of its international readership. The book lays out the architecture of social policy as a field of study, providing a sense of the scope, range and purpose of the subject while developing critical awareness of problems, ... Read more

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  • Doing Surveys Online

    by Vera Toepoel ...
    Vera Toepoel’s practical, how-to guide to doing surveys online takes you through the entire process of using surveys, from systematically recruiting respondents, to designing the internet survey, to processing the survey data and writing it up.This book helps students and researchers in identifying possible strategies to make the best use of online surveys, providing pro’s and con’s, and do’s and ... Read more

    $70.19 USD

  • The Dynamics of Marginalized Youth

    Not in Education, Employment, or Training Around the World

    Edited by Mark Levels, Christian Brzinsky-Fay, Craig Holmes, Janine Jongbloed, Hirofumi Taki ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in Labour Economics
    This book studies young people who are Not in Education, Employment, or Training (NEET); a prime concern among policymakers. Moving past common interpretations of NEETs as a homogeneous group, it asks why some youth become NEET, whereas other do not. The authors analyse diverse school-to-work patterns of young NEETs in five typical countries and investigate the role of individual characteristics, ... Read more

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  • Surveys In Social Research

    by David De Vaus, David De Vaus ...
    Series series Social Research Today
    David de Vaus' classic text Surveys in Social Research provides clear advice on how to plan, conduct and analyse social surveys. It emphasises the links between theory and research, the logic and interpretation of statistics and the practices of social research. This sixth edition has been completely revised and updated, and contains new examples, data and extensive lists of web resources.As well ... Read more

    $81.99 USD

  • Culture in Economics

    History, Methodological Reflections and Contemporary Applications

    by Sjoerd Beugelsdijk, Robbert Maseland ...
    Many economists now accept that informal institutions and culture play a crucial role in economic outcomes. Driven by the work of economists like Nobel laureates Douglass North and Gary Becker, there is an important body of work that invokes cultural and institutional factors to build a more comprehensive and realistic theory of economic behavior. This book provides a comprehensive overview of ... Read more

    $57.39 USD

  • Rethinking Economics

    An Introduction to Pluralist Economics

    Edited by J. Christopher Proctor ...
    Economics is a broad and diverse discipline, but most economics textbooks only cover one way of thinking about the economy. This book provides an accessible introduction to nine different approaches to economics: from feminist to ecological and Marxist to behavioural. Each chapter is written by a leading expert in the field described and is intended to stand on its own as well as providing an ... Read more

    $58.99 USD

  • Why We Need a New Welfare State

    Edited by Duncan Gallie, Anton Hemerijck, John Myles, Gøsta Esping-Andersen ...
    Leading scholars in the field examine the highly topical issue of the future of the welfare state in Europe. They argue that welfare states need to adjust, and examine which kind of welfare architecture will further Europe's stated goal of maximum social inclusion and justice. The volume concentrates on four principal social policy domains; the aged and transition to retirement; the welfare issues ... Read more

    $44.09 USD

  • Ageing

    by Christopher Phillipson ...
    Series series Key Concepts
    Ageing populations represent a key global challenge for the twenty-first century. Few areas of life will remain untouched by the accompanying changes to cultural, economic and social life. This book interrogates various understandings of ageing, and provides a critical assessment of attitudes and responses to the development of ageing societies, placing these in the context of a variety of ... Read more

    $22.00 USD