Peter Lyons – författare

Many otherwise strong doctoral students get stuck at the dissertation stage, but this trusty guide takes students from the early planning phase to finishing the final draft. It contains straightforward advice for each stage of the dissertation process: selecting a chair, completing the literature review, developing a hypothesis, selecting a study sample and appropriate measures, managing and analyzing both quantitative and qualitative data, establishing good writing habits, and overcoming obstacles to completing the dissertation on schedule. Practical guidelines, tips and strategies, and action steps checklists in each chapter make this a handy pocket guide for students as well as advisors seeking a comprehensive, unintimidating road map to the social work dissertation.

Advocacy: A Practical Guide is an invaluable reference for those who wish to learn essential advocacy skills as well as those seeking to make their advocacy more effective.  With a focus on civil advocacy and arbitration, the book provides guidance on a range of matters from undertaking case analysis and overcoming nerves to handling witnesses and making trial speeches. It does not claim to be prescriptive and say this is the only way. The book is intended to be easy to read and absorb and is designed to give the reader confidence and support. For this second edition, the text has been fully updated by Chris Taylor, and a new chapter has been included on online advocacy.