Books published by SAGE Publications Ltd

This Major Work brings together key papers on political extremism and radicalism, focussing predominantly upon extremism and radicalism within (liberal) democratic contexts, but also moving beyond this by including both (particularly historic) studies of the main extremist regimes and articles of the 20th century.

From creating a supportive learning environment, to philosophy for children, this text helps trainee primary teachers explore a range of philosophies and strategies to develop active learning in the primary classroom.

Designed to help students make the best start in their research career, this high practical step-by-step guide considers the ethical implications which arise at each stage of the research process and provides students with the tools they need to become confident, skilled researchers.

With over 25,000 copies sold since its first edition, this book provides an unrivalled introduction to the core concepts and basic techniques of transactional analysis (TA).

A long awaited fully revised and updated edition of Graeme Turner's popular exploration of celebrity studies.

In this lively book, the author gives a straightforward explanation of the essential knowledge needed to understand and go about doing research, and, more importantly, show how it can improve nursing practice.

In this lively book, the author gives a straightforward explanation of the essential knowledge needed to understand and go about doing research, and, more importantly, show how it can improve nursing practice.

Now 24 years old with over 40,000 copies sold worldwide, Petruska Clarkson's classic textbook offers the definitive introduction to the theory and practice of Gestalt. This fourth edition brings in the latest Gestalt theory, research and practice whilst preserving the author's lively and authoritative style.

Responding to the growing popularity of Mindfulness, this is the first cross-modality textbook on using mindfulness approaches in counselling & psychotherapy.

Social Work Research in Practice

Helping students to become familiar with various sampling techniques and how to make empirical and theoretical claims from the cases they choose, this text introduces widely used sampling methodologies and identifies key theoretical assumptions

Published in association with the journal, Progress in Human Geography, and edited and written by the biggest names in the field, the Handbook sets out what it is that human geography does in coming to know, assess and live the world.

This interdisciplinary 4-volume major work brings together the most significant papers from the body of literature on corporate sustainability, drawing from a wide range of research journals.

This timely and clear introduction to values and ethics in social work practice places an emphasis on advocacy and empowerment, and how the beginning social worker can start to apply these concepts. This will, in turn, help social work students develop their understanding by showing them how ethics can have positive impacts on the lives of vulnerable people.

Marion Dowling's much-loved book explores how to support young children's development, enabling each to develop as a unique person, in the context of current policy and the latest research.

With examples from existing primary and secondary settings, this book provides guidance on how to overcome challenges to developing School Direct courses and deliver an effective school-based teacher training programme.

With examples from existing primary and secondary settings, this book provides guidance on how to overcome challenges to developing School Direct courses and deliver an effective school-based teacher training programme.

The only student focused, applied primer for Geocomputation in the social sciences. With example code and data sets provided as add-ons, it enables readers to work through all the examples themselves. An accessible text, specifically designed for readers who are new to Geocomputation as an area of research.

The only student focused, applied primer for Geocomputation in the social sciences. With example code and data sets provided as add-ons, it enables readers to work through all the examples themselves. An accessible text, specifically designed for readers who are new to Geocomputation as an area of research.

An Invitation to Cultural Psychology looks at the everyday life worlds of human beings through the lens of a new synthetic perspective in cultural psychology - that of semiotic dynamics.

This Handbook provides a state of the art analysis of the discipline that addresses the history and development of human rights standards and its movements, mechanisms and institutions,.

With a wide range of contributions from highly respected researchers, this handbook examines historical, current and future research issues in play and learning scholarship, offering clarity and breadth in this dynamic and changing field.

This sophisticated and cutting-edge exploration of the state of critical social theory today relates the key concepts and theorists to major contemporary developments such as globalization, social conflict and neo-liberal capitalism.

An intelligent and engaging exploration of the continuing relevance of both classical and contemporary social theory in today's world.

This book helps business students through each step of the research process with detailed, friendly and engaging support.

Describes the development and intended use of the computational phantoms of the Reference Male and Reference Female. This title deals with the methods used for this process and the characteristics of the resulting computational phantoms.

In this report the Commission describes its framework for protection of the environment and how it should be applied within the Commission's system of protection.

'This is a really good text which will support students through their dissertation proposal and project. It covers statistics in a simple understandable way' - Mrs Pamela Williams, School of Human & Health Sciences, Huddersfield University

In this book, Celia Doyle and Charles Timms join forces to take your students step-by-step through the underlining theory, skills and practice of working with vulnerable children, using case examples to cover everything they need to know, from detailing the assessment process to positive interventions and family management approaches.