Samhälle & politik

Content Analysis

av Klaus Krippendorff

Since the publication of the First Edition of Content Analysis: An Introduction to Its Methodology , the textual fabric in which contemporary society functions has undergone a radical transformation - namely, the ongoing information revolution. Tw...

Global Nuclear Disarmament

av Nik Hynek, Michal Smetana

This book examines the issue of nuclear disarmament in different strategic, political, and regional contexts. This volume seeks to provide a rich theoretical and practical insight to one of the major topics in the field of international security: ...

Nudge

av Richard H Thaler, Cass R Sunstein

NO.1 INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLERFrom Cass R. Sunstein and Richard H. Thaler, winner of the 2017 Nobel Prize in Economics, Nudge is the book that changed the way we think about decision-making. Nudge is about choices - how we make them and how we can ...

The Psychology of Criminal Conduct

av James Bonta, D A Andrews

The Psychology of Criminal Conduct, Sixth Edition, provides a psychological and evidence-informed perspective of criminal behavior that sets it apart from many criminological and mental health explanations of criminal behavior. Drawing upon the Ge...

Jane's Fighting Ships 2017-2018

av Commodore Stephen Saunders Rn

IHS Jane's Fighting Ships is the world's leading open-source maritime defense reference resource, delivering exhaustive profiles of naval platforms in development, in production and in service globally. IHS Jane's Fighting Ships provides comprehen...

Group Dynamics

av Donelson Forsyth

In the Fifth Edition of his best-selling text, Forsyth combines an emphasis on research, empirical studies supporting theoretical understanding of groups, and case studies to illustrate the application of concepts to actual groups, thus providing ...

Applying Person-Centred Care in Mental Health

av Wendy Hawksworth

In the environment of inpatient mental health units, a patient's actions are often understood through reference to their illness; if they disagree with staff they lack insight or are aggressive, if they seek independence they are uncooperative and...

Qualitative Research Practice

av Jane Ritchie

Why use qualitative methods? What kinds of questions can qualitative methods help you answer? How do you actually do rigorous and reflective qualitative research in the real world?   Written by a team of leading researchers associated wi...

What Happened

av Hillary Rodham Clinton

The Sunday Times Number One Bestseller `A compelling read' - Financial Times `A sporadically absorbing, pleasingly vengeful and often darkly funny account of one woman's bid for presidential history.' Sunday Times `Her new book is more gossipy, it...

Thinking About Social Problems

av Donileen R Loseke

The new second edition of this distinctive and widely adopted textbook brings into the classroom an overview of how images of social problems can shape not only public policy and social services, but also the ways in which we make sense of ourselv...

The Basics of American Politics

av Gary Wasserman

A lively, straight-forward approach to the basics of American Politics   Written to engage students, and kept short to provide a flexible foundation for instructors, The Basics of American Politics covers all the terms and topics a student wi...

Expanded Family Life Cycle, The: Pearson New International Edition

av Monica McGoldrick

This classic Family Therapy text continues to provide a new and more comprehensive way to think about human development and the life cycle, reflecting changes in society away from orientation toward the nuclear family, toward a more diverse and in...

European Economic Integration

av Frank McDonald

Assuming only an introductory knowledge of economics and with its comprehensive coverage of EU economic policies, European Economic Integration is ideally suited for all students taking courses on the economics of the EU as part of an Economics, B...

War and the State

av R Harrison Wagner

This book exposes the deep logical contradictions of Realist political thought and counters it with a new, more robust theory of war. "War and the State" dismantles the fundamental workings of Realism and exposes its intrinsic flaws. Whe...

Human Rights Monitoring Mechanisms of the Council of Europe

av Gauthier De Beco

The book studies the human rights monitoring mechanisms of the Council of Europe. It provides an in-depth examination of six such mechanisms: the Commissioner for Human Rights, the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or De...

Comparative Government and Politics

av Rod Hague, Martin Harrop, John McCormick

This is a thoroughly revised and updated tenth edition of the classic text in the field of comparative politics. Now co-authored by John McCormick, this comprehensive and lively text continues to introduce students to the key concepts, approaches ...

Introduction to Victimology: Contemporary Theory, Research, and Practice

av Bonnie S Fisher, Bradford W Reyns, John J Sloan

Representation

av Stuart Hall

Since 1997 Representation has been the go-to textbook for students learning the tools to question and critically analyze institutional and media texts and images. This long-awaited second edition: updates and refreshes the approaches to representa...

On Artillery

av Bruce I Gudmundsson

Gudmundsson tells the story of field artillery in the 20th century and its impact on the major conflicts of our time. Its purpose is to provide the reader--whether artilleryman or not--with hitherto unavailable insights on the role that artillery ...

European Contract Law

av Hein Ktz

This edition includes many updates and revisions to the first edition, especially in light of the changes to the French Code Civil. Furthermore, the book comprises a wealth of translated extracts of legislation, cases, and academic literature. Thi...

The EU Citizenship Directive

av Elspeth Guild

This book provides a comprehensive article by article commentary of the EU's Citizenship Directive. In doing so it offers readers a "one-stop" guide to a fundamental Union legislative act that governs the right of Union citizens and their family m...

Social Conflict

av Dean Pruitt

Useful at both the undergraduate and graduate levels, social conflict has been the standard-bearer for brief, sophisticated coverage of all the key research on social conflict and its resolution from a psychological perspective. Dealing with inter...

Surveillance Tradecraft

av Peter Jenkins

This new surveillance training book has been compiled as the ultimate guide and reference book for the surveillance operative. There is no other comparable book available in the world today in relation to covert surveillance training. This book wi...

Red Famine

av Anne Applebaum

The momentous new book from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Gulag and Iron Curtain. In 1932-33, nearly four million Ukrainians died of starvation, having been deliberately deprived of food. It is one of the most devastating episodes in the hi...

Fatherhood in the Nordic Welfare States

av Gudny Bjork Eydal, Tine Rostgaard

Fatherhood is in transition, as men try to balance being both active and involved fathers while meeting the demands of the workplace. This book explores these challenges in the context of cross-national policies. The contributors present the most ...

An Introduction to Design Science

av Paul Johannesson, Erik Perjons

This book is an introductory text on design science, intended to support both graduate students and researchers in structuring, undertaking and presenting design science work. It builds on established design science methods as well as recent work ...

The War on People Who Use Drugs

av Jay Levy

This book explores the outcomes of Sweden's aim to create a 'drug-free society' on the lived realities, health, and welfare of people who use drugs, and on the dynamics of Swedish drug use. Drawing on a wealth of empirical data, including extensiv...

EU Law Directions

av Nigel Foster

A considered balance of depth, detail, context, and critique, Directions books offer the most student-friendly guide to the subject; they empower students to evaluate the law, understand its practical application, and approach assessments with con...

Social Work Treatment

av Francis J Turner

Social Work Treatment remains the most popular and trusted compendium of theories available to social work students and practitioners. This treasure trove of practice knowledge equips professionals with a broad array of theoretical approaches, eac...

Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls

av Elena Favilli, Francesca Cavallo

THE SENSATIONAL NO.1 BESTSELLER'The real-life children's fairy tale book so inspiring adults are reading it' I newspaper'Absolutely beautiful - get one for yourself and one to inspire a woman in your life' Stylist'In an ideal world, not only would...