How do you conduct a small-scale research project? And how do you make it excellent?In this inspi...

With its unique modelling and mapping of social processes, Investigative Research offers an alter...

This book is intended for undergraduate courses in social theory for second and third year sociol...

With its unique modelling and mapping of social processes, Investigative Research offers an alter...

Social research yields knowledge which powerfully affects our daily lives. The 'facts' it generat...

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Written in a clear, accessible way, drawing on exciting up-to-date examples and providing a refle...

'This is a robust text - challenging and provocative and one which students will benefit from rea...

A central problem in contemporary social theory is that of providing an account of social interac...

'This is a robust text - challenging and provocative and one which students will benefit from rea...

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In this textbook, Derek Layder offers a better understanding of the links between theory and rese...