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In this unique text, Digby Tantam brings together the many different professional and theoretical perspectives of well-being, unpacking the complexities of each to help students understand what well-being means in their chosen field.

A student-friendly introduction to the broad field of leisure studies, encouraging students to engage in reflexive analysis of their own common sense understandings of contemporary leisure practices.

The New World of Police Accountability, 2e provides an original and comprehensive analysis of some of the most important developments in US policing over the past twenty years.

Organizations and Management in Cross-Cultural Context is a must-have resource for anyone working in an international business or studying HRM, Organizational Behaviour, Leadership and Management with a cross-cultural perspective.

Using case studies, O'Leary shows the importance of dissent and presents strategies for ways public servants can ethically engage in guerilla activity and ways managers can tap into the potentially insightful and creative ideas of dissenters.

This book encourages students to develop a firm understanding of international business and relate it to the present day.

A critical introduction to this increasingly popular subject from one of the most highly regarded authors in the field. The perfect balance between theory and practice.

Innovative yet practical, research-based yet readable, the book provides an overview of the basic principles of mediation in a variety of contexts to help you understand mediation and its role in today's society.

Now a revised new edition, this book is for students, researchers, marketers, planners, and policymakers who design and manage public and private agencies, conduct research studies, and prepare strategic plans and grant proposals.

Written by award-winning scholar Jonathan H Turner, this is a comprehensive, in-depth and detailed review of present-day theory in sociology.

Written by award-winning scholar Jonathan H Turner, this 936 page resource is a comprehensive, in-depth and detailed review of both classical and present-day theory in sociology.

This text provides readers with all they need to ensure that statistics are not difficult or dull

Offers readers both a conceptual and practical introduction to program evaluation and performance measurement for public and non-profit organizations.

This reassuring handbook walks new teachers through their first days and covers the latest tips on technology, differentiated instruction, and planning effective standards-based lessons.

This book focuses on the best possible communication strategies for anyone working with data.

This is the only book that pulls together the anthropological and sociological ethnography of education across formal and informal settings.

This concise text provides students with a manageable introduction to research design and techniques within the context of substantive criminology and criminal justice issues of interest

Introducing research methods as an integrated set of techniques to investigate social issues and concerns common to social work practice, this book connects research methods to evidence-based practice.

Provides a framework for leaders to harness the power of digital technologies in order to create school that are engaging and inspiring.

This popular textbook provides practical material for career-oriented students, introducing communication theory in a way that helps them understand its importance to careers in communication and business.

An updated new edition of James Neuliep's international bestseller. This undergraduate textbook provides a clear contextual model for examining communication within cultural, microcultural, environmental, sociorelational, and perceptual contexts.

Featuring definitions, theoretical debates, coverage of social development practice, and discussion of future challenges, this key new text introduces students to all aspects of Social Development studies

Combines journal articles with authored introductions to provide readers with a contemporary look at the study of corrections.

Domestic violence can affect all areas of social work. In this book, the authors draw on their extensive experience as practitioners and researchers in the field to show how social workers can intervene in everyday practice and facilitate change.

This experience-based, practical book demystifies the process of writing a thesis or dissertation, helping students prepare their scholarly work and takes them through the process one step at a time.

Provides the rationale, conceptual framework and practical tools needed to build and sustain management and organization integrity over time. Individual chapters are devoted to ethical planning, leadership and control.

Focuses on the modern aspects of the Criminal Justice, from 1900 to the present. This book offers students the advanced in historical scholarship that made relevant to their needs as future practitioners in the field.

Your Statistical Consultant is an authentic alternative resource for describing, explaining, and making recommendations regarding thorny or confusing statistical issues.

Understanding how society shapes the economy helps us answer many important questions. For example, how does advertising get people to buy things? How do people use their social connections to get jobs? This title presents sociological answers to questions like these.

Cross-Cultural Analysis is the sequel to Culture's Consequences, the classic work published by one of the most influential management thinkers in today's times, Geert Hofstede.