Books published by SAGE Publications Inc

Examines the reasons why children ultimately leave home to live on their own and how the pattern has changed throughout the 20th century.

Discourses on fatherhood often focus on minimal changes in men's participation in family-life and in so doing mask significant changes some men have made. In contrast, Dienhart's qualitative study of 18 shared parenting couples explores men's and women's resourcefulness as they deliberately co-create alternatives to traditional parenting patterns.

Uses health psychology to compare health issues faced by people in developing and developed countries. This title brings mainstream health psychology concepts to bear on the problems of international health. It discusses international health statistics and social science research methods applied to health in developing countries.

Describing the principles and methods of ethnography used by nurse researchers, the authors demonstrate how to: conduct ethnographic research in health settings; analyze and interpret data collected from field work; make ethical decisions related to the role of being an ethnographer; and how to put ideas in writing.

The author of this volume skillfully demonstrates that a vital component to understanding crime is to be able to view it as more than a single activity. James W. Messerschmidt argues that crime operates subtly through a complex series of gender, race and class practices and these interwoven elements must be seen as part of all social existence, not viewed independently.

While there is an expanding literature of qualitative studies with children, there is relatively little that examines the actual fieldwork process with them. This book looks at fieldwork with children from a number of perspectives, and helps to address the needs of researchers working with children.

This volume presents a systematic approach to identifying and modifying client defence mechanisms in the counselling process.

This book offers a clear, well-documented view of troubled adoptive families. It focuses on adoptive families after the legal finalization of the adoption has taken place and is full of case examples, detailed case histories and presentations of various practice strategies.

Providing practical help to counsellors who may not have been exposed to many aspects of women's experiences of illness, this book draws extensively from the research literature and the author's own nursing experience to identify the common ground of women who have moved through the difficulties of illness to satisfactory outcomes.

This introduction to computer supported cooperative work provides an overview of latest innovations in computer support with a focus on employees' interaction with technology and the extent to which technology facilitates collaboration. The book examines the impact technology has on workers and the implications for employee selection, training, performance appraisal, and job design.

From the premise that knowledge is co-constructed by observer and observed, and both must be clearly visible in research reports, Conversation as Method explores a rich methodology evolving from people coming together to talk, listen and learn from one another.

Traces the replacement of social and political activism by the pursuit of personal, psychological change. This title identifies the movement as the "rhetoric of therapy", where a persuasive cultural discourse that applies concepts such as coping and adapting replaces active attempts to reform flawed systems of social and political power.

This work offers an extended discussion of key issues of career development for women, such as: how women make career choices; what difference cultural and economic background makes for a woman's career development; and how women's and men's career development patterns compare.

This is a comprehensive guidebook for earning a graduate degree in the United States without ever setting foot on a campus. Help and advice is given for every stage of the distance learning process.

Proposes a detailed model for the renewal and revitalization of local communities providing residents and community development organizations with a comprehensive guide on how to strengthen local assets and make and control the necessary social, political and economic plans for change.

What does it take to get into and through graduate school? What special challenges, opportunities and issues face an African-American graduate student? This book offers practical advice to help African-American students get the most of their graduate school experience.

Providing an account of major philosophical issues, this essential textbook bridges the gap between linguistics and the philosophy of language.

Developed by Education Northwest (formerly NWREL), this guide offers a data-driven model for implementing professional learning teams to strengthen teacher collaboration, improve instruction, and increase student achievement.

Through 14 case studies of exemplary teachers, Crawford showcases classroom management strategies that produced positive results in learning and behavior in adolescents.

With this new edition, Gormley and Balla revisit their four key perspectives: bounded rationality; principal-agent theory;interest group mobilization; and network theory, to help students develop an analytic framework for comprehensively evaluating bureaucratic performance.

Featuring a host of tips from the straightforward to the specialized, this guide covers all the ins and outs of sports reporting. Looking at 20 specific sports, this book will make sure that readers are prepared for nearly all sporting events.

Using a comparative approach to explore the U.S. political economy, this fully updated third edition provides readers with a comprehensive study of this important and timely area. New features of this edition include expanded coverage of ethics and a greater focus on China.

Unlike more traditional readers, Global Issues exposes students to a journalistic approach to controversial sociological topics, inviting them to consider and debate the real-world relevance of course concepts.