Books published by SAGE Publications Inc

The award-winning Managing Diversity uses an interdisciplinary approach to provide students with an understanding of diversity from a global perspective.

There is no other source that provides in one place the wide range and depth of insight found in Vital Statistics on American Politics (VSAP), published since 1988. VSAP provides historical and statistical information on all aspects of American politics: Political parties Voter turnout Public opinion Campaign finance Media perspective and influence, congressional membership and voting patterns The presidency and executive branch Military policy and spending Supreme Court and federal court make-up and caseloads Foreign, social, and economic policyIn over 230 tables and figures, students and professional researchers will find chapters devoted to key subject areas such as elections and political parties, public opinion and voting, the media, the three branches of U.S. government, foreign, military, social and economic policy, and much more. This book provides a vivid and multifaceted portrait of the broad spectrum of United States politics and policies.Along with updated and new data content, this edition offers brand new data literacy lessons that take a "guide on the side" approach to teach data researchers how to wade through the sea of data and do the difficult work of grappling for the meaning of the data on their own. Lessons include understanding descriptive representation data, comparing data over time, noticing gaps in data, unpacking dichotomies of public opinion, and more.

This bestselling textbook provides an integrated approach to crisis communication that spans various disciplines as well as the entire crisis management process. This new edition includes new coverage of social media, social networking sites, and terrorist threats.

The SAGE Encyclopedia of Research Design is a three-volume work which maps out how one makes decisions about research design, interprets data, and draws valid inferences, undertakes research projects in an ethical manner, and evaluates experimental design strategies and results.

This volume of The ANNALS examines the contributions and limitations of scientific research on legacies of racial violence and suggests implications for policy, practice, and other forms of intervention aimed at redress.

The Washington Information Directory (WID) is a topically organized reference resource that lists contact information for federal agencies and nongovernmental organizations in the Washington metro area along with a brief paragraph describing what each organization does related to that topic. In addition, The Washington Information Directory pulls together 55 organization charts for federal agencies, congressional resources related to each chapter topic, hotline and contact information for various specific areas of interest (from Food Safety Resources to internships in Washington), and an extensive list of active congressional caucuses and contact details.

Qualitative and Mixed Methods Data Analysis Using Dedoose®: A Practical Approach for Research Across the Social Sciences provides both new and experienced researchers with a guided introduction to dealing with the methodological complexity of mixed methods and qualitative inquiry using Dedoose® software.

This book, from SAGE's Evaluation in Practice series, considers variants of experimental evaluation designs, including those that are not commonly used but could be with much greater frequency. It also includes instructions for how to set up such experiments within program processes to learn about the effects of improvement efforts.

The Political Speechwriter¿s Companion: A Guide for Writers and Speakers walks students through a systematic "LAWS" approach (language, anecdote, wit, and support) that politicians can use to persuade their audiences into taking action. Packed with annotated speeches from the most recent elections, technology tips, and interviews from speechwriting luminaries, this highly anticipated second edition offers the most practical advice and strategies for a career in political communication.

The only text in management and organisational behaviour to focus on public organisations, non-profit organisations, and school systems, this established text develops competency in critical management and leadership skills including communication, motivation, teamwork, group dynamics, and decision making.

A good story sets the stage for engaged learning. Nowhere is this more important than in foundational courses, such as Introductory Psychology or History of Psychology. John Hogan’s Twenty-Four Stories from Psychology captivates readers with the rich stories--the who, what, where, when, why and how--for many of the major theories and colorful characters who have shaped the development of Psychology as a field. The storytelling format and carefully developed pedagogical features—critical thinking and formative assessment questions at the end of each chapter—are sure to make this brief text a powerful tool for teaching and learning in psychology.

This book critically explores culturally-responsive approaches to evaluation across the Western/North American, indigenous communities and the international development contexts.

Strategic Training and Development translates theory and research into practical applications and best practices for improving employee knowledge, skills, and behaviors.

A workbook built for application, Doing Ethnographic Research prepares your students to become effective ethnographic researchers. With activities to practice and reinforce each step of the research process, this book serves as the perfect compliment to the text, Introduction to Ethnographic Research, also written by the same authors.

Evaluation for Health Policy and Health Care: A Contemporary Data-Driven Approach explores the best practices and applications for producing, synthesizing, visualizing, using, and disseminating health care evaluation research and reports.

The new edition of this award-winning volume reflects the latest events in the climate crisis, while providing balanced coverage of the key institutions, issues, laws, and policies in global environmental politics.

Identifying and answering the essential questions on action research, this text focuses on approaching and improving practice from an inquiry-oriented perspective across applied disciplines.

Published annually since 1972, the Historic Documents series has made primary source research easy by presenting excerpts from documents on the important events of each year for the United States and the World.  Each volume pairs 60 to 70 original background narratives with over 100 documents to chronicle the major events. Various records may include: ¿ official reports ¿ surveys ¿ speeches from leaders and opinion makers ¿ court cases ¿ legislation ¿ testimony ¿ and much more Historic Documents is renowned for the well-written and informative background, history, and context it provides for each document. Organized chronologically, each volume covers the same wide range of topics:  ¿ business ¿ the economy and labor ¿ energy, environment, science, technology, and transportation ¿ government and politics ¿ health and social services ¿ international affairs ¿ national security and terrorism ¿ rights and justice Each volume begins with an insightful essay that sets the year¿s events in context, and each document or group of documents include: ¿ a comprehensive introduction ¿ background information on the event ¿ full-source citations ¿ easy access to material ¿ detailed and thematic table of contents ¿ references to related coverage ¿ documents from the last ten editions of the series

This text meticulously and accessibly explains the National Election Studies data and analyzes its importance and impact, covering the most recent presidential and Congressional elections, voter turnout, and the social forces, party loyalties, and prominent issues that affect voting behavior.

The authors introduce students to research methods by illuminating the underlying assumptions of social science inquiry.

This Study Guide for introductory statistics courses in health and nursing departments is designed to accompany Salkind and Frey¿s Statistics for People Who (Think They) Hate Statistics, Seventh Edition. Extra exercises; activities; and true/false, multiple choice, and essay questions (with answers to all questions) feature health-specific content to help further student mastery of text concepts. Also included on the open-access study site at edge.sagepub.com/salkindfrey7e are SPSS datafiles containing survey data from health students, which are used for the exercises in the Study Guide. Data were generated for instruction purposes, and topics cover a range of health-related questions that are pertinent to health students, including the number of hours spent exercising per week, smoking status, number of hours slept per week, number of alcoholic beverages consumed per week, and sources of worry. The database includes 22 variables.

This Study Guide for introductory statistics courses in psychology departments is designed to accompany Neil J. Salkind and Bruce B. Frey¿s best-selling Statistics for People Who (Think They) Hate Statistics, Seventh Edition. Extra exercises; activities; and true/false, multiple choice, and essay questions (with answers to all questions) feature psychology-specific content to help further student mastery of text concepts. Two additional appendix items in this guide include: Practice with Real Data!, which outlines four experiments and provides students with the datasets to run the analyses, plus Writing Up Your Results ¿ Guidelines based on APA style.