Books published by SAGE Publications Ltd

The editors of this four-volume set, with the aid of an international advisory board, bring together the seminal texts in the field to cover the scope of trust and social capital as a discipline, its historical development over the last 40 years and its spread across many countries.

A complete guide to effective social work with children and families in Scotland.

Now in its Second Edition, this straightforward book introduces students to research. Specific to social work, it is widely used on undergraduate programmes.

Deals with topical issues surrounding ethics in child research.

Deals with topical issues surrounding ethics in child research.

With a focus on practical strategies and closely referenced to OfSTED, this book provides essential guidance on how to translate the 'outstanding' criteria into practice. This book will help trainees make the difficult jump from 'good' to achieving a Grade 1 'outstanding' on their placements.

Top authors including West-Burnham, Fullan and Hargreaves contribute to this key book on leadership, which has special potential in the Irish market

Leading, global business school figures discuss the hottest debate in business education right now - the education business schools are providing and their contribution to modern society.

The book presents the key elements of rational emotive behaviour therapy (REBT), both theory and practice, accessibly and in as few words as possible - it is a primer on REBT for beginning counsellors or those who want a straightforward overview.

Encouraging readers to take a critical approach to empirical data, the authors provide an account that helps social science researchers to develop new and interesting theories.

This book provides practitioners and undergraduates with a greater understanding of the position of the researcher, how to facilitate research and the ways in which research underpins raising achievement and change in the workplace.

Helps demonstrate how to run Forest School sessions with a wide range of different age groups and in many different settings.

Ideas for great poetry teaching with children aged 5 to 14.

Providing everything a learning mentor needs, including printable worksheets to use with children, this is a must-have kit for all those working with children with a variety of issues.

This engaging and thoroughly comprehensive introduction to the content and process of counselling training will be an essential companion for new students throughout their study, whether on basic introductory or postgraduate diploma courses.

Includes a special report on the future of journalism and the challenges for free speech. This global analysis includes articles from young and older journalists about the way the media might and should evolve to bring the public the information they should know. It also includes an article on free expression by Australia's race commissioner.

This volume offers reflective yet practical guidance on carrying out critical management research as part of organization and management studies.

This book helps nursing students succeed in their final year and prepare for their first nursing role.

An introduction to performance management for social workers

Published in association with International Sociological Association (ISA), this edited work is a timely collection from an international set of authors.

The eagerly-awaited new edition of the ground-breaking Handbook of International Relations , edited by three of the leading scholars in the field.

Looking at both political and strategic aspects of nuclear weaponry, this exciting new book outlines how thinking about nuclear weapons has developed and considers how nuclear threats can continue to be managed in the future.

A cornerstone of this exciting, growing discipline, this text gives readers a clear introduction to key ideas and common complexities met when doing sensory research and provides plenty of real-world examples to show the method in action.

This is an in-depth yet practical guide for Masters students on conducting research interviews, from conceiving the interview, through to preparing, conducting and analysing the interview.

Fully updated with new crime statistics, case studies - including Jimmy Savile, the murder of Lee Rigby, and Wikileaks - and a student website, this bestselling text introduces students to this exciting area and encourages them to think critically about key issues

Drawing on contemporary research and case studies from the UK and internationally, this book examines the theory behind innovative teaching and learning and its practical application in primary schools.