Sociology and Social Policy
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A Modern Guide to Wellbeing Research
Edited by Beverley A. Searle, Jessica Pykett, Maria J. Alfaro-Simmonds
This insightful Modern Guide explores heterodox approaches to modern wellbeing research, with a specific focus on how wellbeing is understood and practised, exploring policies and actions which are taken to shape wellbeing. It evaluates ...eBook:Find out more$39.16
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How to Lead Academic Departments Successfully
Edited by Adam Lindgreen, Alan Irwin, Flemming Poulfelt, Thyra U. Thomsen
It is an old cliché that leading and managing academics is like herding cats. This book challenges this myth and presents a way to deal with the many challenges of academic leadership, from managing departments, research groups and teams...eBook:Find out more$45.56
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Handbook of Digital Inequality
Edited by Eszter Hargittai
This cutting-edge Handbook offers fresh perspectives on the key topics related to the unequal use of digital technologies. Considering the ways in which technologies are employed, variations in conditions under which people use digital m...eBook:Find out more$52.76
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How to be a Reflexive Researcher
Paul Hibbert
This stimulating and challenging book provides a guide to reflexivity and reflexive practice, explaining its relevance to research in management, organisation studies and the social sciences. Rooted in the latest research, case studies a...eBook:Find out more$27.96
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Nudged into Lockdown?
Ananish Chaudhuri
Utilizing extensive research in economics, psychology, political science, neuroscience and evolutionary theory, Ananish Chaudhuri provides a critical perspective on the role of cognitive biases in decision-making during the Covid-19 pand...eBook:Find out more$39.16
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A Research Agenda for Social Networks and Social Resilience
Edited by Emmanuel Lazega, Tom A.B. Snijders, Rafael P.M. Wittek
This cutting-edge Research Agenda demonstrates how social network analysis can be used to address problems of social resilience and advance knowledge and policy intervention in the face of the existential crises that threaten our contemp...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Handbook of Spatial Analysis in the Social Sciences
Edited by Sergio J. Rey, Rachel S. Franklin
Providing an authoritative assessment of the current landscape of spatial analysis in the social sciences, this cutting-edge Handbook covers the full range of standard and emerging methods across the social science domain areas in which ...eBook:Find out more$65.00
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Rethinking Economics as Social Theory
Richard E. Wagner
Taking an innovative look at the origins of economics, this forward-thinking book relocates economics from a materialistic general theory of rational action into an idealistic theory of social organization and individual action. Adding n...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Handbook on Tourism, Public Health and Wellbeing
Edited by Robin Nunkoo, Jun Wen, Metin Kozak
In a time of rapid change for travel-related health interventions, this timely Handbook offers critical insights into the interrelationship between tourism, public health, and the wellbeing of local communities and tourists. Written with...eBook:Find out more$65.00
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The Politics of the Public Encounter
Edited by Peter Hupe
On the ground floor of government, citizens interact with teachers, medical staff, police officers and other professionals in public service. It is during these encounters that laws, public policies and professional guidelines gain furth...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Research Handbook on Sport and COVID-19
Edited by Paul M. Pedersen
This timely Research Handbook examines sport-related research and analysis pertaining to how the sport industry has been impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic. Taking stock of the changes over the course of the pandemic, it also provides key...eBook:Find out more$65.00
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Research Handbook on Mental Health Policy
Edited by Christopher G. Hudson
This Research Handbook is an essential guide to the design and use of research in mental health policy from a global perspective. It focuses on public mental health, as well as quasi-public and private policies in nations with significan...eBook:Find out more$65.00