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In Charge of Yourself: A Competence Approach to Personal Development

Business & Money

COLLINS, Michael

Green, George

Candy, Anita

Management & Leadership

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Introduction to British Politics: Analysing a Capitalist Democracy

Politics & Social Sciences

Saunders, Peter R.

Dearlove, John

Politics & Government

A Socialist Anatomy of Britain

Coates, David

Johnston, Gordon

The World Order: Socialist Perspectives

This textbook aims to give an introduction to the use of documentary sources in social research. It is designed to be a companion to courses in research methods in the social sciences and history and a reference text for those beginning research on documentary sources. The book begins with an overview of the nature of social research and the variety of methods which can be used. Scott identifies three types of evidence useful in such research - physical evidence, personal evidence and documentary evidence. He argues that the logic of research is common to each type of evidence, but that each involves specific methodological issues. An appraisal grid for the analysis of documents is presented, showing the criteria which must be used in evaluating documentary sources. In the following chapters these criteria are applied to the variety of documentary sources available to the social researcher: census data and official statistics; government publications; directories and yearbooks; personal diaries and letters.

A Matter of Record: Documentary Sources in Social Research

SCOTT, JOHN

Social Sciences

Networks of Corporate Power: A Comparative Analysis of Ten Countries

This introductory textbook in social policy argues for the centrality of race, gender and class in welfare theory and practice. The book describes and evaluates the major theoretical perspectives on welfare, as well as the different strands of feminism and work on racism which are relevant to social policy. The author develops a new analytical framework for the study of the welfare state which takes account of factors deriving from capitalism, patriarchy, racism and the international division of labour. This framework is then used to re-examine the major developments in the history of the welfare state in Britain, from the nineteenth century to the so-called crisis of the welfare state today. Fiona Williams draws out the implications of her approach for current debates about welfare policy and strategy.

Social Policy: A Critical Introduction : Issues of Race, Gender, and Class

Williams, Fiona

The work of E.P. Thompson as historian, socialist and peace activist has been enormously influential. Yet attempts to assess the impact of his work as a whole have been rare. This book evaluates the impact of his work, bringing together a range of authors who, in original essays, assess the main dimensions of Thompson's contribution.

E.P. Thompson: Critical Debates

Kaye, Harvey J.

History

The Ethnographic Imagination

In this book Paul Willis, a renowned sociologist and ethnographer, aims to renew and develop the ethnographic craft across the disciplines. Drawing from numerous examples of his own past and current work, he shows that ethnographic practice and the ethnographic imagination are vital to understanding the creativity and irreducibility of experience in all aspects of social and cultural practice.    Willis argues that ethnography plays a vital role in constituting 'sensuousness' in textual, methodological, and substantive ways, but it can do this only through the deployment of an associated theoretical imagination which cannot be found simply there in the field. He presents a bold and incisive ethnographically oriented view of the world, emphasizing the need for a deep-running social but also aesthetic sensibility. In doing so he brings new insights to the understanding of human action and its dialectical relation to social and symbolic structures. He makes original contributions to the understanding of the contemporary human uses of objects, artefacts and communicative forms, presenting a new analysis of commodity fetishism as central to consumption and to the wider social relations of contemporary societies. He also utilizes his perspective to further the understanding of the contemporary crisis in masculinity and to cast new light on various lived everyday cultures - at school, on the dole, on the street, in the Mall, in front of TV, in the dance club.    This book will be essential reading for all those involved in planning or contemplating ethnographic fieldwork and for those interested in the contributions it can make to the social sciences and humanities.

Willis, Paul E.

Nuclear winter: The evidence and the risks

<p>Book by Greene, Owen, Percival, Ian, Ridge, Irene</p>

Nuclear Winter: The Evidence and the Risks

Science & Math

Greene, Owen

Ridge, Irene

Percival, Ian

Biological Sciences

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