Books published by SAGE Publications Inc

Explores when, why, and how race and ethnicity matter in U.S. politics

This is a detailed, step-by-step guide for students to practice formulating case conceptualizations and treatment plans using a variety of popular theoretical models. Each chapter focuses on a specific theoretical approach and includes client interviews and a sample case conceptualization followed by a treatment plan which will help students develop their plan in a guided, methodical way.

A core textbook on deviant behaviour and social control that covers the essential and major topics in a concise and readable manner, while presenting an overview of the sociological theories on deviance and societal response to deviant behaviour.

Provides a thorough introduction to the key traditional and contemporary theories of crime and how they affect policy

This Reader brings together pieces written by award-winning CQ Researcher journalists to look at 12 key issues in urban politics and policy-making.

This collection of non-partisan and thoroughly researched reports focuses on 12 hot-topic issues that impact the politics of race and ethnicity.

The new edition of this best-selling book offers a step-by-step guide to the classroom research process.

This handbook provides clear and concise guidance for research methods students faced with the many decisions involved in developing the most appropriate strategy to test a hypothesis.

In this unique text, Digby Tantam brings together the many different professional and theoretical perspectives of well-being, unpacking the complexities of each to help students understand what well-being means in their chosen field.

A student-friendly introduction to the broad field of leisure studies, encouraging students to engage in reflexive analysis of their own common sense understandings of contemporary leisure practices.

The New World of Police Accountability, 2e provides an original and comprehensive analysis of some of the most important developments in US policing over the past twenty years.

Organizations and Management in Cross-Cultural Context is a must-have resource for anyone working in an international business or studying HRM, Organizational Behaviour, Leadership and Management with a cross-cultural perspective.

Using case studies, O'Leary shows the importance of dissent and presents strategies for ways public servants can ethically engage in guerilla activity and ways managers can tap into the potentially insightful and creative ideas of dissenters.

This book encourages students to develop a firm understanding of international business and relate it to the present day.

A critical introduction to this increasingly popular subject from one of the most highly regarded authors in the field. The perfect balance between theory and practice.

Innovative yet practical, research-based yet readable, the book provides an overview of the basic principles of mediation in a variety of contexts to help you understand mediation and its role in today's society.

Now a revised new edition, this book is for students, researchers, marketers, planners, and policymakers who design and manage public and private agencies, conduct research studies, and prepare strategic plans and grant proposals.

Written by award-winning scholar Jonathan H Turner, this is a comprehensive, in-depth and detailed review of present-day theory in sociology.

Written by award-winning scholar Jonathan H Turner, this 936 page resource is a comprehensive, in-depth and detailed review of both classical and present-day theory in sociology.

Offers readers both a conceptual and practical introduction to program evaluation and performance measurement for public and non-profit organizations.

This reassuring handbook walks new teachers through their first days and covers the latest tips on technology, differentiated instruction, and planning effective standards-based lessons.

This book focuses on the best possible communication strategies for anyone working with data.

This is the only book that pulls together the anthropological and sociological ethnography of education across formal and informal settings.

This popular textbook provides practical material for career-oriented students, introducing communication theory in a way that helps them understand its importance to careers in communication and business.

An updated new edition of James Neuliep's international bestseller. This undergraduate textbook provides a clear contextual model for examining communication within cultural, microcultural, environmental, sociorelational, and perceptual contexts.

For elections classes focused on political behavior, Flanigan and Zingale examine election results and survey data to explore the characteristics, choices, and changes in the American electorate.

Explores conflicts among those with fundamentally different values, and how the way problems are framed in politics plays a central role in shaping how these values are translated into policies in the US

Domestic violence can affect all areas of social work. In this book, the authors draw on their extensive experience as practitioners and researchers in the field to show how social workers can intervene in everyday practice and facilitate change.

This experience-based, practical book demystifies the process of writing a thesis or dissertation, helping students prepare their scholarly work and takes them through the process one step at a time.

Provides the rationale, conceptual framework and practical tools needed to build and sustain management and organization integrity over time. Individual chapters are devoted to ethical planning, leadership and control.