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RESEARCH DESIGNS TO ASSESS ADVERTISING EFFECTIVENESS    LABORATORY EXPERIMENT    FIELD APPROACH    HYBRID APPROACHES 6.  MARKET EFFECTS OF ADVERTISING INTENSITY    CLASSIFICATION OF STUDIES    FINDINGS ABOUT ADVERTISING WEIGHT    FINDINGS ABOUT ADVERTISING ELASTICITY    FINDINGS ABOUT AD FREQUENCY 7.  ADVERTISING′S DYNAMIC AND CONTENT EFFECTS    FINDINGS FROM MARKET STUDIES ABOUT ADVERTISING CARRYOVER    FINDINGS ABOUT ADVERTISING WEARIN AND WEAROUT    FINDINGS ABOUT AD CONTENT 8.  ADVERTISING AS PERSUASION    ROUTES OF PERSUASION    LOW INVOLVEMENT OR PASSIVE PROCESSING    REPETITION IN PERSUASION 9. ARGUMENT IN ADVERTISING    HOW ARGUMENT PERSUADES    AGRUMENT STRATEGY 10.  EMOTION IN ADVERTISING    HOW DO EMOTIONS WORK?    WHEN DO EMOTIONS WORK?    METHODS OF AROUSING EMOTIONS    ROLE OF SPECIFIC EMOTIONS 11.  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In the unfolding of his theory, we find evidence that what, when, and how we do our work does make a critical difference in the developmental outcomes of young children and their families, especially those who are most vulnerable. As a result, we are honor bound to examine our own beliefs and practices in whatever field we find ourselves in the realm of human development work to ensure that our approaches respect and recognize the unlimited potential of all human beings and provide the resources and support that all families need to engage in healthy and productive lives. -- Evelyn Moore\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgements Dedication Foreword  - Richard M. Lerner Introduction  Section  I:  ON THE NATURE OF BIOECOLOGICAL THEORY AND RESEARCH Section  Introduction Article 1.  The Bioecological Theory of Human Development (2001) Article 2.  Social Ecology over Time and Space (1995)  Article 3.  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This work and the references you have chosen for us have helped me immensely during this time in my doctoral program, especially as I enter into the analysis phase. \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMaria T. Yelle, \u003cem\u003enursing doctoral candidate, University of Wisconsin-Madison \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNarrative Methods for the Human Sciences\u003c\/strong\u003e provides a lively overview of research based on constructing and interpreting narrative. Designed to improve research practice, itgives a detailed discussion of four analytic methods that students can adapt. Author Catherine Kohler Riessman explains how to conduct the four kinds of narrative analysis using model studies from sociology, anthropology, psychology, education and nursing. Throughout the book, she compares different approaches including thematic analysis, structural analysis, dialogic\/performance analysis, and visual narrative analysis. The book helps students confront specific issues in their research practice, including how to construct a transcript in an interview study; complexities of working with materials translated from another language; defining narrative segments; relating text and context; locating oneself as the researcher in a responsible way in an inquiry; and arguing for the credibility of the case-based approach. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBroad in scope, \u003cb\u003eNarrative Methods for the Human Sciences\u003c\/b\u003e also offers concrete guidance in individual chapters for students and established scholars wanting to join the narrative turn in social research. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eKey Features\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003eFocuses on four particular methods of narrative analysis: This text provides specific diverse exemplars of good narrative research, as practiced in several social science and human service disciplines. \u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003eOffers guidance for narrative interviewing: The author discusses the complexities between spoken language and any written transcript. 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Instead; each argument is carefully counter pointed by a caveat' - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNurturing Potential\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e`This is a handbook for teachers and LEAs with clearly headed sections, useful tables and list of resources and contacts. There are helpful suggestions for auditing emotional literacy in schools, deciding whether to  use off-the-shelf programmes, tailoring programmes to the school's own needs, and working with the wider community'  - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Psychology of Education Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Visionary and easy to read. This vision resides in the authors' convictions about the vital role schools can play in developing and widening the literacy of emotions... worth reading... opens up a picture of what can achieved in schools in the best interests of the children' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e- Young Minds Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e`Katherine Weare brings a good track record to this useful handbook.  The full list of contacts, sources of support and resources and the useful bibliography are clearly a product of her comprehensive knowledge of the field in UK and beyond.  They provide a solid platform for future researches' - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eJournal of In-Service Education\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEmotional literacy refers to our ability to understand and use information about our own and others' emotional states, with skill and competence. It is increasingly accepted in schools, and this book shows how it is central to mainstream education. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe author defines concepts and terms in ways that make sense to practitioners, outlines the scientific evidence behind the concept, explores ways in which schools can become more emotionally literate, and demonstrates the educational benefits. The book is a practical and up-to-date account of ways in which schools can use emotional literacy to realize their goals of school improvement and effectiveness, increased learning, more efficient management of teaching and learning and improved relationships. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eKatherine Weare\u003c\/b\u003e shows how emotional literacy can help address persistent educational problems, such as emotional and behavioural disturbance, school exclusion, and teacher stress and disaffection. Emotional literacy is relevant to mainstream education, is most effective when it permeates the whole school culture, ethos, relationships and management. It is as relevant for secondary as it is for primary students, and applies to teachers and parents as well as to students.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e`As someone with an interest in emotional literacy and in developing emotional literacy work in schools, I found this book an impressive resource. I would recommend it for those interested in this area, those working within schools on emotional literacy, and for school staff interested in developing their schools as emotionally literature organizations′ - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDebate  \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e′Visionary and easy to read.′ \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e- Young Minds Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhat is Emotional Literacy and Why is it Important to Schools? What Are We Aiming At? What Competences Are We Trying to Develop? In What Key Ways Can Schools Help Develop These Competences? Some Key Principles for Developing Emotional Literacy in Schools Emotional Literacy and Learning What Kind of Schools Promote Emotional Literacy? Profiling, Assessing and Evaluating Emotional Literacy Wider Support for the Emotionally Literate School    The Role of Local Education Authorities and Healthy School Approaches Overview    Key Steps in Becoming a More Emotionally Literate School Contacts for Developing Emotional Literacy and Emotional Well-Being in Schools","brand":"SAGE Publications Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48737182155095,"sku":"9780761940869","price":40.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780761940869.jpg?v=1723811033"},{"product_id":"contemporary-political-theory-9780761941842","title":"Contemporary Political Theory","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e`Colin Farrelly has gathered together in one volume several of the key texts that have shaped recent developments in political theory. 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This book will be a very useful resource for students of these debates from all backgrounds, as well as for the general reader who wants to hear the theoretical voices behind the disputes that shape the current political scene.   \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDr Catriona McKinnon, Lecturer in Political Philosophy, University of York. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePART ONE: EGALITARIAN-LIBERALISM Justice as Fairness - John Rawls The Maximin Principle - John c Harsanyi Primary Goods Reconsidered - Richard J Arneson Equality of What? - Alex Callinicos A Question for Egalitarians - John Kekes PART TWO: LIBERTARIANISM The Entitlement Theory of Justice - Robert Nozick How Liberty Upsets Patterns - Eric Mack On Rectification in Nozick′s Minimal State - Robert E Litan Justice as Mutual Advantage - David Gauthier A Critique of Justice as Reciprocity - Allen Buchanan PART THREE: COMMUNITARIANISM  The Procedural Republic and the Unencumbered Self - Michael J Sandel Liberal Individualism and Liberal Neutrality - Will Kymlicka Complex Equality - Michael Walzer PART FOUR: REPUBLICANISM  Freedom as Antipower - Philip Pettit The Republican Critique of Liberalism - Alan Patten Cosmopolitan Republicanism - James Bohman PART FIVE: FEMINISM  The Public\/Private Dichotomy - Susan Moller Okin The Ideal of Community and the Politics of Difference - Iris Marion Young Recognition or Redistribution - Nancy Fraser PART SIX: DELIBERATIVE DEMOCRACY The Deliberative Model - Iris Marion Young Deliberative Democracy Beyond Process - Amy Gutmann and Dennis Thompson Legitimacy and Economy in Deliberative Democracy - John S Dryzek PART SEVEN: MULTICULTURALISM The Politics of Recognition - Charles Taylor Equality of Difference - Bhikhu Parekh Liberalism and Multiculturalism - Chandran Kukathas","brand":"SAGE Publications Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48737182253399,"sku":"9780761941842","price":107.11,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780761941842.jpg?v=1791465970"},{"product_id":"doing-your-masters-dissertation-9780761942177","title":"Doing Your Masters Dissertation","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDoing Your Masters Dissertation\u003c\/strong\u003e is a practical and comprehensive guide to researching, preparing and writing a dissertation at Masters level. 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The problem of multiple strategies which interact with one another will be recognised by every practitioner but have not been described in this way before.\" Strategy as Practice\" represents an important contribution to higher education literature because it theorises decisions and strategies which are for the most part instinctive responses to external realities′\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e- Professor Michael Shattock was Registrar of the University of Warwick before taking up his Visiting Professorship at the Institute of Education, University of London, where he is Director of the MBA in Higher Education Management. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOverall, I found this book insightful and intriguing. As an interested\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eoutsider, I appreciated the aim of the activity-based framework and its key\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003econcepts. 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Responsive Evaluation    Issues as Conceptual Structure    Observations and Judgments    Perceptions    Combining Responsive and Standards-Based Evaluation    Experience as Knowledge    Organizing and Reporting    Procedures    What Goes Wrong 5. Data Gathering    Choosing Data Sources    Instrumentation    Recipient Responses    Staff and Management Responses    Stakeholder and Public Responses    Data Coding and Records Processing    Surveys    Observation Schedules    Interviewing    Histories and Artifacts 6. Analysis, Synthesis, and Meta-evaluation    Analysis    Synthesis    Experiential and Probative Inferences    Meta-evaluation    An Ethic of Continuous Self-Challenge 7.Clients, Stakeholders, Beneficiaries and Readers    Participatory Evaluation    Stakeholding    Utilization    Democratic Evaluation    Negotiation of a Contract    Writing Reports    Styles of Reporting    Representations of the Evaluand    Names and Labels    Cutting Edge    Offering Recommendations 8. Issues Needing Interpretation    Complexity    Program Standardization Program Fairness    Staff Development 9. Evidence-Based Evaluation    Is Evaluation Science?    Petite and Grand Generalizations    Policy Evaluation    Bias    Skepticism as a Commitment 10. 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Expanding upon a treatment manual that has been vetted in several studies for many clinical problems, and resting on rich conceptual foundations, it describes therapeutic skills that are essential to clinicians of all levels of experience.  It also provides insightful treatment guidelines, helpful tools, and extensive clinical examples that could only have emerged from the expertise and wisdom of accomplished researchers, practitioners, and trainers.  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A case study is like great art, to adapt Simons′ quote from MacDonald and Walker, in which ′content and intent emerge in form′.  As such, Simons has written a manual for creating great art in educational research′ - \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e Teacher Development \u003c\/b\u003e  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e′Practical and immensely helpful… With its highly readable style, it is well suited to the needs of research students. Throughout it addresses the practicalities at a level that connects immediately to thorny issues in relation to the quality of the data, the quality of the analysis: in short the quality of the research′\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e - Jane Payler, University of Winchester \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e′…unravelling the complexity of ′the case′…makes this kind of research very challenging. 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Stake, University of Illinois\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e′\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e′This book prompts readers and researchers to consider ways in which the robustness of their work can be improved.  It is the clarity with which this is achieved and the encouragement it provides to readers that are the real strengths of this book′ - \u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e Nurse Researcher \u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePART ONE: GETTING STARTED Evolution and Concept of Case Study Research Planning, Designing, Gaining Access Listen, Look, Document: Methods in Case Study Research PART TWO: IN THE FIELD Who Are They? Studying Others Who Are We? Studying Our ′Self ′ Whose Data Are They? Ethics in Case Study Research Mid-term Letter PART THREE: MAKING SENSE Begin at the Beginning: Analysis and Interpretation From Data to Story: Examples in Practice PART FOUR: TELLING THE STORY Start at Any Point: Reporting and Writing Dispelling Myths in Case Study Research","brand":"SAGE Publications Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48737184940375,"sku":"9780761964247","price":46.54,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780761964247.jpg?v=1791465975"},{"product_id":"visual-culture-9780761962489","title":"Visual Culture","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e`This collection of classic essays in the study of visual culture fills a major gap in this new and expanding intellectual field. Its major strength is its insistence on the importance of three central aspects of the study of visual culture: the sign, the institution and the viewing subject. It will provide readers, teachers and students with an essential text in visual and cultural studies' - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eJanet Wolff, University of Rochester \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVisual Culture provides an invaluable resource of over 30 key statements from a wide range of disciplines, including four editorial essays which place the readings in their historical and theoretical context. Although underpinned by a focus on contemporary cultural theory, this Reader puts the study of visual culture and the rhetoric of the image at centre stage. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDivided into three parts: Cultures of the Visual; Regulating Photographic Meaning; and Looking and Subjectivity, the Reader enables students to make hitherto \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e`\u003cb\u003eVisual Culture\u003c\/b\u003e offers readers incredible riches. It contains a number of important articles on theoretical matters involving the analysis and interpretation of images and their culture, social and political dimensions. As such, it is a major contribution to our understanding of visual culture′ - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eJournal of Communication\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"This collection of classic essays in the study of visual culture fills a major gap in this new and expanding intellectual field. Its major strength is its insistence on the importance of three central aspects of the study of visual culture: the sign, the institution and the viewing subject. It will provide readers, teachers and students with essential text in visual and cultural studies.\" \u003c\/p\u003e -- Janet Wolff\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhat is Visual Culture? - Jessica Evans and Stuart Hall PART ONE: CULTURES OF THE VISUAL Introduction - Jessica Evans A: Rhetorics of the Image The Natural Attitude - Norman Bryson Rhetoric of the Image - Roland Barthes Art, Common Sense and Photography - Victor Burgin Myth Today - Roland Barthes B: Techniques of the Visible Panopticism - Michel Foucault The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction - Walter Benjamin The Image-World - Susan Sontag Separation Perfected - Guy Debord The Bottom Line on Planet One - Dick Hebdige    Squaring up to The Face PART TWO: REGULATING PHOTOGRAPHIC MEANINGS Introduction - Jessica Evans C: Theorizing Photography On the Institutions of Photography - Simon Watney The Social Definition of Photography - Pierre Bourdieu Reading an Archive - Allan Sekula    Photography between Labour and Capital Photography′s Discursive Spaces - Rosalind Krauss D: Institutions and Practices in Photography The Museum′s Old, the Library′s New Subject - Douglas Crimp Living with Contradictions - Abigail Solomon-Godeau    Critical Practices in the Age of Supply-Side Aesthetics Evidence, Truth and Order and A Means of Surveillance - John Tagg Feeble Monsters - Jessica Evans    Making Up Disabled People Marketing Mass Photography - Don Slater PART THREE: LOOKING AND SUBJECTIVITY Introduction - Stuart Hall E: Theoretical Perspectives Ideology and Ideological State Apparatuses - Louis Althusser Fetishism - Sigmund Freud The Scoptophilic Instinct and Identification - Otto Fenichel The Subject - Kaja Silverman Fantasia - Elizabeth Cowie The Other Question - Homi K Bhabha    The Stereotype and Colonial Discourse F: Gendering the Gaze Visual Pleasure and Narrative Cinema - Laura Mulvey Desperately Seeking Difference - Jackie Stacey White Privilege and Looking Relations - Jane Gaines    Race and Gender in Feminist Film Theory Sexuality in the Field of Vision - Jacqueline Rose G: `Seeing′ Racial Difference The Fact of Blackness - Frantz Fanon Alexander von Humboldt and the Reinvention of America - Mary Louise Pratt Reading Racial Fetishism - Kobena Mercer    The Photographs of Robbert Mapplethorpe Dark Continents - Mary Ann Doane    Epistemologies of Racial and Sexual Difference in Psycholanalysis and the Cinema White - Richard Dyer","brand":"SAGE Publications Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48737184973143,"sku":"9780761962489","price":40.79,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780761962489.jpg?v=1723811037"},{"product_id":"the-foundations-of-social-research-9780761961062","title":"The Foundations of Social Research","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChoosing a research method can be bewildering. This book links methodology and theory with clarity and precision, showing students and researchers how to navigate the maze of conflicting terminology.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChoosing a research method can be bewildering. How can you be sure which methodology is appropriate, or whether your chosen combination of methods is consistent with the theoretical perspective you want to take? This book links methodology and theory with great clarity and precision, showing students and researchers how to navigate the maze of conflicting terminology.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction Positivism    The March of Science Constructionism    The Making of Meaning Interpretivism    For and against Culture Interpretivism    The Way of Hermeneutics Critical Inquiry    The Marxist Heritage Critical Inquiry    Contemporary Critics and Contemporary Critique Feminism    Re-Visioning the Man-Made World Postmodernism    Crisis of Confidence or Moment of Truth? Conclusion","brand":"SAGE Publications Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48737185038679,"sku":"9780761961062","price":38.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780761961062.jpg?v=1723811039"},{"product_id":"personcentred-therapy-today-9780761965619","title":"PersonCentred Therapy Today","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e`This is a book that is rooted in the origins of person-centred therapy but stands at the cutting edge of new ideas developing in this tradition. It will reinvigorate those of us already immersed in this tradition. It should convince newcomers of the vitality and potential of this approach to therapy' - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eTim Bond, University of Bristol\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e`This book is clearly a labour of love by two authors with unique abilities and unparalleled experience: readers will be educated, inspired and encouraged in their own dialogue with the person-centred approach'- \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eCharles J O'Leary, Denver, Colorado\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e`Mearns and Thorne have done Rogers proud in suggesting how person-centred theory and practice can, without losing its essence, evolve in new directions' - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eRichard Nelson-Jones, Director of the Humanistic Cognitive Institute, Chiang Mai\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePerson-Centred Therapy Today\u003c\/b\u003e represents a significant contribution to the development of t\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e`At the risk of being directive, I would say you should buy this book. It contains some of the most stimulating and refreshing ideas to have emerged in the person-centred literature since \u003cb\u003eOn Becoming a Person\u003c\/b\u003e ′- \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePerson-Centred Practice \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e`This book is a \"must have\" for all person-centred therapists and for trainers and therapistsin other approaches who are genuinely interested in wanting to understand more about person-centred therapy in the 21st century. It is a book to be proud of, and describes innovations in model that all person-centred therapists can feel proud to be associated with′ - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBritish Journal of Guidance \u0026amp; Counselling\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e`This is a book that is rooted in the origins of person-centred therapy but stands at the cutting edge of new ideas developing in this tradition. It will reinvigorate those of us already immersed in this tradition. It should convince newcomers of the vitality and potential of this approach to therapy′ - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eTim Bond, University of Bristol\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTowards an Inhuman Society? Is Therapy Losing Its Humanity? The ′Heart′ of Person-Centred Therapy    Spiritual and Existential? Person-Centred Therapy    Anti-Intellectual, Unmanly and Westernized? Revisiting the Core Conditions The Nature of ′Configurations′ within Self Person-Centred Therapy with ′Configurations′ of Self Person-Centred Therapy at the Difficult Edge    A Developmentally Based Model of Fragile and Dissociated Process Advancing Person-Centred Theory Supervision in Person-Centred Therapy Future Challenges    Dangers and Opportunities","brand":"SAGE Publications Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48737185169751,"sku":"9780761965619","price":47.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780761965619.jpg?v=1723811038"},{"product_id":"understanding-management-research-9780761969181","title":"Understanding Management Research","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'These sections represent the clearest rendition yet of these subjects, with difficult concepts introduced in a digestible form for the neophytic (or not so neophytic) researcher. Whilst in a book this size not every argument can be presented, there is ample extra material to be found to encourage further engagement At the end of each chapter, there is a very useful Further Reading section provided by the authors, which gives useful guidelines.  I believe to be an extremely useful text, which addresses what has until now been a significant gap in the market. This book will be my first choice in the future for introducing doctoral students of management-related subject to the philosophical underpinning they require for their studies. There is no other text which covers this area so clearly, so succinctly and in language that is readily accessible to a wide range of researcher back-grounds. I can enviSAGE this being a valuable source book to which researchers return again and again in or\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e′These sections represent the clearest rendition yet of these subjects, with difficult concepts introduced in a digestible form for the neophytic (or not so neophytic) researcher. Whilst in a book this size not every argument can be presented, there is ample extra material to be found to encourage further engagement… At the end of each chapter, there is a very useful Further Reading section provided by the authors, which gives useful guidelines.  I believe to be an extremely useful text, which addresses what has until now been a significant gap in the market. This book will be my first choice in the future for introducing doctoral students of management-related subject to the philosophical underpinning they require for their studies. There is no other text which covers this area so clearly, so succinctly and in language that is readily accessible to a wide range of researcher back-grounds. I can enviSAGE this being a valuable source book to which researchers return again and again in order to deepen their understanding as research projects progress; it certainly provoked some new questions for me. To conclude, an excellent buy′ - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eInternational Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction    The Importance of Epistemology in Management Research Positivist Epistemology    The Search for Foundations? Positivism    The Management Mainstream? Conventionalist Epistemology    The Socialization of Science? Postmodernist Epistemology    Relativism Unleashed Critical Theory and Management    The Return to Rationalism and the Promise of Progress Pragmatism and Critical Realism    Transcending Descartes′ Either\/Or? Conclusions    A More Reflexive Approach towards Management Research","brand":"SAGE Publications Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48737185235287,"sku":"9780761969181","price":999.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780761969181.jpg?v=1723811038"},{"product_id":"the-aftermath-of-feminism-9780761970620","title":"The Aftermath of Feminism","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this trenchant inquiry into the state of feminism, Angela McRobbie breaks open the politics of sexual equality and 'affirmative feminism' and sets down a new theory of gender power.  Challenging the most basic assumptions of the 'end' of feminism, this book argues that invidious forms of gender re-stabilisation are being re-established. Consumer and popular culture encroach on the terrain of so-called female freedom, appearing supportive of female success, yet tying women into new post-feminist neurotic dependencies. With a scathing critique of 'women's empowerment', McRobbie has developed a distinctive feminist analysis that she uses to examine socio-cultural phenomena embedded in contemporary women's lives: from fashion photography and the television 'make-over' genre to eating disorders, body anxiety and 'illegible rage'.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA turning point in feminist theory, \u003cb\u003eThe Aftermath of Feminism\u003c\/b\u003e will set a new agenda for gender studies and cultural studies.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMcRobbie has written a profound and profoundly disturbing analysis of the state of feminism in contemporary Britain. Weaving together analyses of culture, economics, politics and everyday life, this is a superb demonstration of why cultural studies matters, and of why McRobbie remains one of its most original and important contributors. This book will enlighten you, anger you, inspire you, and force you to ask new questions - I can′t ask for anything more from a book. -- Larry Grossberg\u003cbr\u003eMcRobbie has produced a landmark text. She argues for a form of feminism that is aware of the contemporary complexities of global media culture while still attentive to political questions of identity, engagement and justice. \u003cem\u003eThe Afternath of Feminism\u003c\/em\u003e is highly sophisticated and theoretically informed, yet also readable and inspiring. It is essential reading for anyone interested in contemporary cultural politics. -- Claire Colebrook\u003cbr\u003eAngela McRobbie has written a courageous and much-needed book, exploring the after-effects of the shift to neoliberalism in which young women today can appear to have everything they wanted, presented in an array of choice and empowerment. She interrogates its dark underbelly and exposes the huge losses for women that ensue. -- Sociology\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe inter-disciplinary nature of McRobbie′s account is one of its strengths, drawing as it does on psychoanalysis, feminist sociology and cultural studies to provide a powerful breadth of analysis… for a thought-provoking and articulate analysis of what is left for feminism - and what has been lost - this book is excellent.\u003c\/p\u003e -- Psychology of Women Review\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAngela McRobbie is one of the most prolific and inspiring feminist theorists in the wide field of cultural and media studies... the compilation of these essays in one volume brilliantly shows the consistency in McRobbie′s analysis of gender in widely different contemporary cultural products and discourses.\u003c\/p\u003e -- Liesbet van Zoonen\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eTo those feminists who assumed that women’s increased labor force participation and a handful of legal victories would, perhaps, engender a continuing commitment to socialist-feminist values, \u003cem\u003eThe Aftermath of Feminism\u003c\/em\u003e is a sobering wake-up call. McRobbie’s various references to films, television, magazines, and popular culture are not simply a stroll down a post-feminist lane; rather, these texts help illuminate the forms of gender power which help produce and reproduce women’s continued domination and subordination. The book is an assault on ′gender mainstreaming′, or the idea that, though feminism may have lost popularity as a public protest movement, it is alive and well ′behind the scenes′ in the ′practical world of women’s issues′.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRead the full review here.\u003c\/p\u003e -- International Journal of Communication\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePost Feminism and Popular Culture; Bridget Jones and the New Gender Regime   Feminism Undone? The Cultural Politics of Disarticulation  Top Girls? Young Women and the New Sexual Contract  Illegible Rage:  Post-Feminist Disorders. What Not to Wear; Post-Feminist Symbolic Violence  Conclusion; Inside and Outside the Feminist Academy","brand":"SAGE Publications Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48737185300823,"sku":"9780761970620","price":39.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780761970620.jpg?v=1723811038"},{"product_id":"formations-of-class-gender-9780761955122","title":"Formations of Class  Gender","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eExplanations of how identities are constructed are fundamental to contemporary debates in feminism and in cultural and social theory. \u003cstrong\u003eFormations of Class \u0026amp; Gender\u003c\/strong\u003e demonstrates why class should be featured more prominently in theoretical accounts of gender, identity and power. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBeverley Skeggs identifies the neglect of class, and shows how class and gender must be fused together to produce an accurate representation of power relations in modern society.The book questions how theoretical frameworks are generated for understanding how women live and produce themselves through social and cultural relations. It uses detailed ethnographic research to explain how 'real' women inhabit and occupy the social and cultural positions of class, femininity and sexuality.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs a critical examination of cultural representation - informed by recent feminist theory and the work of Pierre Bourdieu - the book is an articulate demonstration of how to translate theory into pr\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book is brilliant. \u003cem\u003eFormations of Class and Gender\u003c\/em\u003e is a sophisticated and passionately written account of the classed and gendered identities of a small group of working-class white women who live in the north-west of England. It is ethnography at its best, having been built on long-term, thoughtful engagements in the field. When Beverly Skeggs  met these women they were all students on a variety of ′caring′ courses at a further education college. More than eleven years later, the production of this text testifies to the quality of theoretical analysis which can be produced if only those who fund research or press for lists of publications were willing to acknowledge that leading edge work normally requires real time. The text is concerned with the production of cultural and social relations and is located within an analytical framework which draws on the work of Bourdieu... Overall the text is a robust piece of writing which I have already recommended as required reading to my research students. -- Gender and Education\u003cbr\u003eSkegg′s Bourdieu-influenced account of British cultures of class provides a useful empirical corrective to the more grandiose theorizing within recent cultural studies, underscoring not just the economic but the cultural and attitudinal gulf between working-class individuals and the left\/feminist intellectuals who claim to be their allies. For this reason alone, it should be required reading. -- International Journal of Cultural Studies\u003cbr\u003eIn a discipline that boasts a high division of labour, this book goes a long way in dismantling the futile divide between class theory and feminism. It is an articulate and impassioned ethnography, fuelled by an anger of inequality but also an anger at those who are reluctant to challenge it. At a time when sociologists seem less concerned with the tangible and more interested in the abstract, Skeggs shows how these can be used productively together; theory becomes a means to an end rather than an end in itself... This book really deserves to be read and taken seriously. It is a good example of responsible research which seeks to bring out the pains and humour of working- class life and the ways in which people negotiate their environments... But the greatest achievement of this book is that it gives a voice to a group of women in the hope that they can ′...no longer be ignored, made invisible, deconstructed to irrelevance, dismissed as part of a redundant concept, or pathologized as just another \"social problem\"′ (168). 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The many didactic elements of the book make it ideal as an introduction to the study of discourse for all students of psychology, sociology, linguistics or cultural studies.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book is a course reader for The Open University course\u003ci\u003e Discourse Analysis\u003c\/i\u003e (D843).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e`\u003c\/b\u003eA highly effective introduction to the range of approaches found in discourse analysis… a lively and intellectually stimulating Reader′ - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDavid Silverman, Goldsmith College, University of London\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePART ONE: FOUNDATIONS AND BUILDING BLOCKS Themes in Discourse Research - Margaret Wetherell    The Case of Diana From Saussure to Critical Sociolinguistics - Gunther Kress    The Turn towards a Social View of Language Wittgenstein and Austin - Jonathan Potter Goffman, Garfinkel and Conversation Analysis - John Heritage The Ethnography of Speaking - Kristine Fitch    Sapir-Whorf, Hymes and Moerman Language, Struggle and Voice - Janet Maybin    The Bakhtin\/Voloshinov Writings Foucault - Stuart Hall    Power, Knowledge and Discourse PART TWO: SOCIAL INTERACTION Editors′ Introduction - Simeon J Yates Footing - Erving Goffman Lecture One - Harvey Sacks    Rules of Conversational Sequence The Construction of `Delicate′ Objects in Counselling - David Silverman Interethnic Communication - John Gumperz The Relativity of Linguistic Strategies - Deborah Tannen    Rethinking Power and Solidarity in Gender and Dominance Just Say No? 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It will be a boon to all students conducting their projects in this area, and may well become a standard reference for staff teaching research methods to undergraduate and postgraduate students of business studies or organizational behaviour' -\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e Professor Neil Anderson, Goldsmiths College, University of London\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'This reasonably priced text would provide an invaluable starting point for those considering undertaking research in organisational settings' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e- Paula Roberts, Nurse Researcher\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book provides the reader with clear pointers for how to conduct organizational research appropriately, through planning and making informed and systematic research decisions, to understanding the ethical implications of applied organizational research, to implementing, reporting and presenting the findings to the highest possible standards. 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Finally, the book offers a clear, manageable procedure for preparing a presentation to an academic or an organizational audience.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eProviding practical guidance on all elements of the research process, this book will be essential reading to all undergraduate and postgraduate students, as well as researchers, in psychology, organizational studies and management disciplines.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e`This text provides a timely and comprehensive introduction to major research methods in the Organizational sciences. It will be a boon to all students conducting their projects in this area, and may well become a standard reference for staff teaching research methods to undergraduate and postgraduate students of business studies or organizational behaviour′ -\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e Professor Neil Anderson, Goldsmiths College, University of London \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e′This reasonably priced text would provide an invaluable starting point for those considering undertaking research in organisational settings′ \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e- Paula Roberts, Nurse Researcher\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction Applying Social Science to the Real World Starting Off the Research Process Obtaining and Using Access to an Organization Project Design Methods of Data Collection Sampling Considerations Assessing Performance in Organizations Data Analysis Reporting Research Findings","brand":"SAGE Publications Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48737186316631,"sku":"9780761971016","price":49.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780761971016.jpg?v=1723811039"},{"product_id":"introduction-to-politics-and-society-9780761971313","title":"Introduction to Politics and Society","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eIntroduction to Politics and Society \u003c\/b\u003ecomprehensively demonstrates how key theoretical and concepts in political science have foretold, rationalized and shaped politics in the contemporary world.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStudents will discover the meaning of `power', `authority', `coercion', `surveillance' and `legitimacy'. The ideas of Weber, Marx, Foucault, Bauman, Sennett, Habermas, Baudrillard and Giddens are explained with clarity and precision. Well-chosen examples, many from popular political culture illustrate the relevance of fundamental theoretical debates. This book also examines: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- The central tendencies in the movement from modern to post-modern society\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- The significance, strengths and weaknesses of `Third Way' politics\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- The decline of organized party politics\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- The development of new social movements\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDeveloped with an understanding of the requirements of students and lecturers, this book is an extraordinary resource for undergradua\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction    Reading the `Social′ and the `Political′ Power, Authority and the State Postmodern Politics Marxist and Elite Theories of Power Pluralism and Political Parties New Social Movements Globalization and Power War Voting Behaviour\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"SAGE Publications Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48737186414935,"sku":"9780761971313","price":32.24,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780761971313.jpg?v=1723811039"},{"product_id":"research-methods-for-clinical-and-health-psychology-9780761971917","title":"Research Methods for Clinical and Health","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e`If you are teaching postgraduate research methods courses, including those aimed at a mixture of psychologists and other health professionals, this book is worth considering as a core text'\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e- John Hegarty, THES\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis textbook offers an excellent introduction to the variety of research methods used within the fields of clinical and health psychology. The book provides a detailed, yet concise, explanation of both qualitative and quantitative approaches and draws upon case-study examples to illustrate how these can be used in a variety of health-care settings, with special relevance to clinical disorders, disease prevention and health promotion.  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKey features of the book include:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- A clear and concise narrative\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- Real-life case studies and examples drawn from clinical practice.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- Revision questions in each chapter\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- Boxes, diagrams and tables to highlight key points\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- Chapter outlines, summaries and a glossary of useful terms to help students and researchers with independent study and learning.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eResearch Methods for Clinical and Health Psychology\u003c\/b\u003e fulfils the demand for a textbook explaining how qualitative and quantitative methods can be used explicitly in a health psychology context. It will be invaluable reading for clinical and health psychology students, trainees and practitioners, as well as those in nursing, medical and other healthcare departments taking an advanced psychology option.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e′The books gives a detailed treatment of a range of important methods. It will strike a chord with applied psychologists in particular - but will also be of interest to healthcare professionals generally \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIf you are teaching postgraduate research methods courses, including those aimed at a mixture of psychologists and other health professionals, this book is worth considering as a core text′\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e- John Hegarty, THES\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e′Most texts on research methods focus either on qualitative approaches or on quantitative approaches. A unique feature of this book is that the editors and authors are experts on both qualitative and quantitative methods, and that these two approaches to research in clinical and health psychology are given equal weight. The philosophy that guides this book is that different methods have different advantages and are used for different purposes, but that the understanding of substantive research issues such as medication adherence can benefit from the use of multiple methods.  The methods are described in sufficient detail that readers can learn how to apply them without needing to consult other sources′\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e-Stephen Sutton, University of Cambridge\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction to Research Methods in Clinical and Health Psychology - Lucy Yardley and David F Marks Getting Started - Nichola Rumsey and David F Marks    The Practicalities of Doing Research Qualitative Data Collection - Sue Wilkinson, H[ac]el[gr]ene Joffe and Lucy Yardley    Interviews and Focus Groups Content and Thematic Analysis - H[ac]el[gr]ene Joffe and Lucy Yardley Qualitative Analysis of Experience - Kerry Chamberlain, Paul Camic and Lucy Yardley    Grounded Theory and Case Studies Qualitative Analysis of Talk and Text - Lucy Yardley and Michael Murray    Discourse and Narrative Analysis Observation and Action Research - Claire Ballinger, Lucy Yardley and Sheila Payne Questionnaires and Surveys - David F Marks Analysis of Questionnaire and Survey Data - David Clark-Carter and David F Marks Intervention Studies - David Clark-Carter and David F Marks    Design and Analysis Synthesising Evidence - David F Marks and Catherine Marie Sykes    Systematic Reviews, Meta-Analysis and Preference Analysis","brand":"SAGE Publications Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48737186775383,"sku":"9780761971917","price":44.09,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780761971917.jpg?v=1723811040"},{"product_id":"how-to-design-and-report-experiments-9780761973836","title":"How to Design and Report Experiments","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eHow to Design and Report Experiments\u003c\/b\u003e is the perfect textbook and guide to the often bewildering world of experimental design and statistics. It provides a complete map of the entire process beginning with how to get ideas about research, how to refine your research question and the actual design of the experiment, leading on to statistical procedure and assistance with writing up of results.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhile many books look at the fundamentals of doing successful experiments and include good coverage of statistical techniques, this book very importantly considers the process in chronological order with specific attention given to effective design in the context of likely methods needed and expected results. Without full assessment of these aspects, the experience and results may not end up being as positive as one might have hoped. Ample coverage is then also provided of statistical data analysis, a hazardous journey in itself, and the reporting of findings, with numerous examples and helpful tips of common downfalls throughout.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCombining light humour, empathy with solid practical guidance to ensure a positive experience overall, \u003cb\u003eHow to Design and Report Experiments\u003c\/b\u003e will be essential reading for students in psychology and those in cognate disciplines with an experimental focus or content in research methods courses.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book is highly recommended for Undergraduate and Postgraduate students and even trainee clinical psychologists who need a quick revision of statistical concepts and experimental designs.  My only regret was not purchasing this book during my early Undergraduate years, I have read and re-read countless books on the same phenomena, and despite the detail these books comprise of, they have never been able to impact on me the way this book has. Without sounding too much like a cliché’, if your only ever going to buy one statistical and research book, it has to be this one. Consider this the bible of all things statistically related! \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eM. L\u003cbr\u003ePsych Me Up!\u003c\/b\u003e  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eI strongly recommend this book. The all-important steps of defining the research question and choosing an appropriate method are clearly written by these experienced authors and by doing so provide a framework, which if followed, would avoid many of the common difficulties encountered by those in training. The book is a succinct, clear, and readable treatise on this extremely important area. 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Written in a clear and lively style, Steve Fineman's book, \u003cb\u003eUnderstanding Emotion at Work\u003c\/b\u003e, dispels this notion as he demonstrates how emotions infuse most practices in organizational life, including leading, decision making, organizational change, gender relations, stress, and downsizing.  Sprinkled with vivid examples, Fineman captures the positive benefits of emotions at work as well as the darker side of feelings and despair. Scholars, students and practitioners alike will glean important insights from the lens of emotion that Fineman brings to the subtleties of organizational life' - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLinda L Putnam, Texas A\u0026amp;M University\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e`Stephen Fineman has written a wise and engaging text about emotions and how they play out in and around organizations. He underscores, with a range of fine examples, thoughtful commentary and careful scholarship\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e`Most folks in organizations dichotomize reason and emotion, often treating emotion as an uncommon or marginal occurrence. Written in a clear and lively style, Steve Fineman′s book, \u003cb\u003eUnderstanding Emotion at Work\u003c\/b\u003e, dispels this notion as he demonstrates how emotions infuse most practices in organizational life, including leading, decision making, organizational change, gender relations, stress, and downsizing.  Sprinkled with vivid examples, Fineman captures the positive benefits of emotions at work as well as the darker side of feelings and despair. Scholars, students and practitioners alike will glean important insights from the lens of emotion that Fineman brings to the subtleties of organizational life′ - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLinda L Putnam, Texas A\u0026amp;M University \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e`Stephen Fineman has written a wise and engaging text about emotions and how they play out in and around organizations. He underscores, with a range of fine examples, thoughtful commentary and careful scholarship, the essential role of emotions in organizational life. He applies his lens to such issues as recruitment, leadership, decision making and change. He extends the reach of emotions into the virtual world of work and he makes apparent the heavy costs to people and their organizations of toxic emotions that stem from bullying,harassment and downsizing. A must-read in any curriculum dealing with the study of organization′ - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePeter Frost, Edgar F. Kaiser Professor of Organizational Behaviour, Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration, University of British Columbia, Canada  Author of Toxic Emotions at Work HBS Press 2003\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e`Going to work can be a great joy, a great pain, or a mixture of the two. This clearly written, engaging and authoritative book demonstrates the vital necessity of understanding how emotions permeate work organisations at every level and in every situation. No student of work and its organisation can afford to neglect this important area of study. And no writer on work and organisation is better placed to go to the heart of these matters than Stephen Fineman′ - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eProfessor Tony J Watson, Professor of Organisational and Managerial Behaviour, Nottingham Business School\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e`In this book, Professor Stephen Fineman has done more of what he does best writing eloquently and perceptively about emotions in organizations. In this case, he is writing directly for students, both undergraduates and postgraduates, and uses a wide range of disciplinary insights to show how emotions are inextricably embedded in organizational life. His book helps to launch students on a voyage of self-discovery to learn for themselves how emotions impact upon them and their colleagues. As someone who has long challenged the \"emotion-less\" view of emotion that characterizes much of the research on this phenomenon, he uses his considerable skills to convey the importance, richness and nuance of emotion. Nor does he shrink away from tackling the darker side of organizational emotional life challenging students to reflect on the agony, as well as the ecstasy, that passionate emotions can cause. This book is a valuable resource for teachers wanting to introduce students to organizations, and a fascinating and astute aid for students interested in learning about them - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eProfessor Cynthia Hardy, Department of Management, University of Melbourne\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e`Organizational life is shot through with emotions, spawning a growing interest in topics ranging from emotional intelligence to violence at work. Stephen Fineman provides a much-needed survey of these topics, capturing their sprawling breadth without sacrificing depth. 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