Follows the stories about good practice, to reflect on the lessons learned, and to feel uplifted by social work's potential for positive change and social justice. This book includes case examples from a wide range of service user groups, including people with mental health problems, disabilities, parenting difficulties, and those living in care.

In this book, George Ritzer, demonstrates the irrational consequences of the rational desire to consume and commodify.

Takes a look at normative violations that earn the violators a deviant identity in the eyes of the members of mainstream society.

The workings of advertising have always remained a bit of a mystery; until about 1960 virtually nothing of the effectiveness of advertising was known. This title concentrates solely on describing how advertising works. It makes the scholarship of an internationally renowned figure accessible to students taking beginning advertising courses.

Presented through exciting examples, with an emphasis on understanding rather than computation, the Second Edition provides a crystal clear introduction to the main statistical procedures used in the psychological and social sciences.

An introduction to self-reflexive practice, this book - a collage of different voices and perspectives - in underpinned by the idea of living your life as inquiry

Five Bodies offers an introduction to some of the most urgent contemporary concerns within the sociology of the body. This new edition has been substantially revised and updated to address today's issues of the body in modern life, community and politics.

The bestselling 'how to' guide for doing focus groups, and what readers need to do to get an expected outcome.