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  • The Cambridge Handbook of Social Representations

    Edited by Gordon Sammut, Eleni Andreouli, George Gaskell, Jaan Valsiner ...
    Series series Cambridge Handbooks in Psychology
    A social representations approach offers an empirical utility for addressing myriad social concerns such as social order, ecological sustainability, national identity, racism, religious communities, the public understanding of science, health and social marketing. The core aspects of social representations theory have been debated over many years and some still remain widely misunderstood. This ... Read more

    $63.99 USD

  • Genomics and Society

    Legal, Ethical and Social Dimensions

    Edited by George Gaskell, Martin W Bauer ...
    Series series The Earthscan Science in Society Series
    The impact of genomics on society has been the focus of debate and conflict across the world. Contrasting views of risks and benefits, trust in science and regulation, the understanding of science, media coverage and mobilization of the public by civil society groups all have been cited as drivers of public opinion. The long running controversy is a signal that the public's view cannot be ignored ... Read more

    $87.99 USD

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    Studying How Things Work

    by Robert E. Stake, PhD ...
    This book provides invaluable guidance for thinking through and planning a qualitative study. Rather than offering recipes for specific techniques, master storyteller Robert Stake stimulates readers to discover "how things work" in organizations, programs, communities, and other systems. Topics range from identifying a research question to selecting methods, gathering data, interpreting and ... Read more

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  • Five Ways of Doing Qualitative Analysis

    Phenomenological Psychology, Grounded Theory, Discourse Analysis, Narrative Research, and Intuitive

    by Frederick J. Wertz, PhD, Kathy Charmaz, PhD, Linda M. McMullen, PhD, Ruthellen Josselson, PhD, Rosemarie Anderson, PhD, Emalinda McSpadden, MA ...
    This unique text provides a broad introduction to qualitative analysis together with concrete demonstrations and comparisons of five major approaches. Leading scholars apply their respective analytic lenses to a narrative account and interview featuring "Teresa," a young opera singer who experienced a career-changing illness. The resulting analyses vividly exemplify what each approach looks like ... Read more

    $60.99 USD

  • Research Project Management: 25 Free Tools

    by Ruth Belling ...
    Do you need to manage a research project?This guide presents and partially reviews 25 online tools and resources, available at zero cost, to help researchers, evaluators, doctoral students and supervisors, research managers and administrators, with a range of activities and skills involved in managing research successfully.Includes tools and resources for:• Project planning• Goal-setting• Time ... Read more

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  • Negotiating Environment and Science

    An Insider's View of International Agreements, from Driftnets to the Space Station

    by Richard J. Smith ...
    In this thought-provoking new book, career U.S. State Department negotiator Richard J. Smith offers readers unprecedented access to the details about some of the most complex and politically charged international agreements of the late and immediate post Cold War era. During his nine years as Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary in the Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and ... Read more

    $36.99 USD

  • Statistics Using Stata

    An Integrative Approach

    by Sharon Lawner Weinberg, Sarah Knapp Abramowitz ...
    Building upon the success of the first edition, Statistics Using Stata uses the latest version of Stata to meet the needs of today's students. Engaging and accessible for students from a variety of mathematical backgrounds, this textbook integrates statistical concepts with the Stata (version 16) software package. It aligns Stata commands with examples based on real data, enabling students to ... Read more

    $65.99 USD

  • Risk, Uncertainty and Rational Action

    by Carlo C. Jaeger, Thomas Webler, Eugene A. Rosa, Ortwin Renn ...
    Series series Earthscan Risk in Society
    Risk as we now know it is a wholly new phenomenon, the by-product of our ever more complex and powerful technologies. In business, policy making, and in everyday life, it demands a new way of looking at technological and environmental uncertainty.In this definitive volume, four of the world's leading risk researchers present a fundamental critique of the prevailing approaches to understanding and ... Read more

    $70.99 USD

  • Happiness in Children

    Measurement, Correlates and Enhancement of Positive Subjective Well-Being

    by Mark D Holder ...
    Series series Behavioral Science and Psychology (R0)
    This briefs summarizes the research on positive well-being in children, with a particular focus on their happiness. It starts with a discussion of the constructs of positive psychology (i.e., well-being, happiness and life satisfaction), and then outlines the research that shows the importance of studying well-being. Next, it explores how researchers measure happiness and what these measures tell ... Read more

    $53.99 USD

  • Risk Management in Post-Trust Societies

    Edited by Ragnar E. Lofstedt ...
    Series series Earthscan Risk in Society
    A thought-provoking and invaluable book for anyone who cares about risk communication and management in the 21st centuryAnna Jung, Director General, European Food Information CouncilProfessor Ragnar Löfstedt has once again produced a most interesting book on risk management and trust, well-based on theory and built on empirical findingsMikael Karlsson, President, Swedish Society for Nature ... Read more

    $54.99 USD

  • Foresight in Action

    Developing Policy-Oriented Scenarios

    Edited by Marjolein van Asselt, Susan van 't Klooster ...
    Series series Earthscan Risk in Society
    Assessing the future is vital in informing public policy decisions. One of the most widespread approaches is the development of scenarios, which are alternative hypothetical futures. Research has indicated, however, that the reality of how professionals go about employing scenarios is often starkly at odds with the theory - a finding that has important ramifications for how the resulting images of ... Read more

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  • Uncertainty and Risk

    Multidisciplinary Perspectives

    Edited by Gabriele Bammer, Michael Smithson ...
    Series series Earthscan Risk in Society
    �This is a major, and deeply thoughtful, contribution to understanding uncertainty and risk. Our world and its unprecedented challenges need such ways of thinking! Much more than a set of contributions from different disciplines, this book leads you to explore your own way of perceiving your own area of work. An outstanding contribution that will stay on my shelves for many years.�Dr Neil T. M. ... Read more

    $60.99 USD