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Social Networks and Migration in Wartime Afghanistan (Hardcover): K Harpviken Social Networks and Migration in Wartime Afghanistan (Hardcover)
K Harpviken
R2,870 Discovery Miles 28 700 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Drawing on fieldwork in the Herat area, Afghanistan, this book addresses migration patterns throughout three decades of war. It launches a framework for understanding the role of social networks for peoples responses to war and disaster as well as mobilizing or maintaining material resources for security and gathering information.

Research in marketing (Hardcover): Atul Parvatiyar, Jagdish N Sheth Research in marketing (Hardcover)
Atul Parvatiyar, Jagdish N Sheth
R3,442 Discovery Miles 34 420 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This is the 13th volume in the series on "Research in Marketing."

Indigenous Research Ethics - Claiming Research Sovereignty Beyond Deficit and the Colonial Legacy (Hardcover): Lily George,... Indigenous Research Ethics - Claiming Research Sovereignty Beyond Deficit and the Colonial Legacy (Hardcover)
Lily George, Juan Tauri, Lindsey Te Ata o Tu MacDonald
R2,777 R2,573 Discovery Miles 25 730 Save R204 (7%) Ships in 9 - 17 working days

Given the extreme variety of research issues under investigation today and the multi-million-dollar industry surrounding research, it becomes extremely important that we ensure that research involving Indigenous peoples is ethically as well as methodologically relevant, according to the needs and desires of Indigenous peoples themselves. This distinctive volume presents Indigenous research as strong and self-determined with theories, ethics and methodologies arising from within unique cultural contexts. Yet the volume makes clear that challenges remain, such as working in mainstream institutions that may not regard the work of Indigenous researchers as legitimate 'science'. In addition, it explores a twenty-first-century challenge for Indigenous people researching with their own people, namely the ethical questions that must be addressed when dealing with Indigenous organisations and tribal corporations that have fought for - and won - power and money. The volume also analyses Indigenous/non-Indigenous research partnerships, outlining how they developed respectful and reciprocal relationships of benefit for all, and argues that these kinds of best practice research guidelines are of value to all research communities.

Health Care Issues and American Economic Growth - Conference : Papers (Hardcover): Gary D. Libecap, Philip J. Leaf, James R.... Health Care Issues and American Economic Growth - Conference : Papers (Hardcover)
Gary D. Libecap, Philip J. Leaf, James R. Greenley
R3,442 Discovery Miles 34 420 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This is the eighth volume in a series on research in community and mental health.

Method and Substance in Macrocomparative Analysis (Hardcover): L. Kenworthy, A. Hicks Method and Substance in Macrocomparative Analysis (Hardcover)
L. Kenworthy, A. Hicks
R1,564 Discovery Miles 15 640 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Macrocomparative researchers use a variety of methodological approaches. This book features analyses of a single substantive topic, comparative employment performance in affluent countries, using three of the most common macrocomparative techniques: pooled cross-section time-series regression, qualitative comparative analysis, and small-N analysis.

Mixed-Effects Regression Models in Linguistics (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2018): Dirk Speelman, Kris Heylen, Dirk Geeraerts Mixed-Effects Regression Models in Linguistics (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2018)
Dirk Speelman, Kris Heylen, Dirk Geeraerts
R3,611 Discovery Miles 36 110 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

When data consist of grouped observations or clusters, and there is a risk that measurements within the same group are not independent, group-specific random effects can be added to a regression model in order to account for such within-group associations. Regression models that contain such group-specific random effects are called mixed-effects regression models, or simply mixed models. Mixed models are a versatile tool that can handle both balanced and unbalanced datasets and that can also be applied when several layers of grouping are present in the data; these layers can either be nested or crossed. In linguistics, as in many other fields, the use of mixed models has gained ground rapidly over the last decade. This methodological evolution enables us to build more sophisticated and arguably more realistic models, but, due to its technical complexity, also introduces new challenges. This volume brings together a number of promising new evolutions in the use of mixed models in linguistics, but also addresses a number of common complications, misunderstandings, and pitfalls. Topics that are covered include the use of huge datasets, dealing with non-linear relations, issues of cross-validation, and issues of model selection and complex random structures. The volume features examples from various subfields in linguistics. The book also provides R code for a wide range of analyses.

Cultural Studies - A Research Annual (Hardcover): Norman K Denzin Cultural Studies - A Research Annual (Hardcover)
Norman K Denzin
R3,951 Discovery Miles 39 510 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Hardbound. Cultural Studies is an interdisciplinary series, drawing on contemporary scholarship in such fields as speech communication, education, anthropology, sociology, history, and English. Papers focus on the intersection of interpretive critical theory, qualitative inquiry, culture, media, history, biography and social structure. This international research publication creates a space for the study of those global cultural practices and cultural forms that shape the meanings of race, ethnicity, class, nationality, and gender in the contemporary world.

The Economics of Household Garbage and Recycling Behavior (Hardcover): Don Fullerton, Thomas C. Kinnaman The Economics of Household Garbage and Recycling Behavior (Hardcover)
Don Fullerton, Thomas C. Kinnaman
R3,181 Discovery Miles 31 810 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

The market for residential solid waste management and disposal has experienced dramatic changes over the past 20 years. This collection of outstanding published research examines these changes and thoroughly analyzes the strategies popularized by municipal governments over the past two decades. Kerbside recycling, unheard of in the 1970s, is currently available to 46% of Americans. Thousands of towns across the nation have also implemented user fees requiring households to pay a fee for every bag of garbage they generate. These policy shifts have attracted the attention of environmental economists interested in knowing the best strategy for managing solid waste. The editors, both long-time scholars of these trends, offer theoretical solutions for the optimal pricing of garbage and recycling collection. They provide original data collection and suggest appropriate econometric techniques that correct for statistical biases. A policy focus provides information relevant to municipal governments as well as researchers. This excellent volume will be useful for policymakers, students and scholars in environmental economics.

Analyzing Contemporary Fertility (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2020): Robert Schoen Analyzing Contemporary Fertility (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2020)
Robert Schoen
R3,156 Discovery Miles 31 560 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This edited volume offers state-of-the-art research on the dynamics of contemporary fertility by examining the implications of the economic and social forces that are driving the rapid change in fertility behavior, and the changing context, determinants, and measurement of contemporary human reproduction. The volume explores new theoretical avenues that seek to incorporate uncertainty, examine social contagion effects, and explain the rise in childlessness. Reproductive attitudes are re-examined in chapters that deal with models of parenthood and with the persistence of race-ethnic-nativity differences. A new and important subject of multi-partner fertility is also described by examining it in the context of total fertility and from the usually neglected perspective of men. The impact of divorce on fertility, the measurement of childlessness and the postponement of first births, developments in assortative mating and fertility, and current patterns of interracial fertility are also addressed in this volume. By combining up-to-date research spanning the entire field to illuminate contemporary developments, the book is a valuable source for demographers, sociologists, economists, and all those interested in understanding fertility in today's world.

International Comparative Research - Theory, Methods and Practice (Hardcover): Linda Hantrais International Comparative Research - Theory, Methods and Practice (Hardcover)
Linda Hantrais
R4,575 Discovery Miles 45 750 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This authoritative book examines the what, why and how of international comparative research. It offers a comprehensive topic-based overview of the theory and practice of comparative research and addresses the possible concerns of those both funding the research and using the findings. Drawing on illustrations from the extensive international literature as well as real-life comparative studies, the chapters guide readers through the many stages in the research process, from research design and data collection to the analysis and interpretation of findings. In a book that crosses national, societal, cultural and disciplinary boundaries, the author: * Pinpoints practical problems and directs readers to tried and tested solutions, including multiple method strategies. * Draws on examples of policy transfer to examine how comparative research can inform policy making * Provides guidance on the management of international research teams and projects. This resource is the ultimate reference tool for students, researchers and practitioners undertaking comparative research projects in international settings across the social sciences and humanities.

Higher Education: Handbook of Theory and Research (Hardcover, 2008 ed.): John C. Smart Higher Education: Handbook of Theory and Research (Hardcover, 2008 ed.)
John C. Smart
R4,589 Discovery Miles 45 890 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The Handbook series provides a compendium of thorough and integrative literature reviews on a diverse array of topics of interest to the higher education scholarly and policy communities. Each chapter provides a comprehensive review of research findings on a selected topic, critiques the research literature in terms of its conceptual and methodological rigor, and sets forth an agenda for future research intended to advance knowledge on the chosen topic.

Reflexivity in Criminological Research - Experiences with the Powerful and the Powerless (Hardcover): K. Lumsden Reflexivity in Criminological Research - Experiences with the Powerful and the Powerless (Hardcover)
K. Lumsden; Aaron Winter
R3,592 Discovery Miles 35 920 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This comprehensive collection contributes to, advances and consolidates discussions of the range of research methods in criminology through the presentation of diverse international case studies in which contributors reflect upon their experiences with powerless and powerful individuals or groups.

Applying Mind Genomics to Social Sciences (Hardcover): Howard Moskowitz, Arthur Kover, Petraq Papajorgji Applying Mind Genomics to Social Sciences (Hardcover)
Howard Moskowitz, Arthur Kover, Petraq Papajorgji
R5,784 Discovery Miles 57 840 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Mind genomics is the next level of apprehension of human behavior. It seeks to comprehend what drives consumers and people in general in their day-to-day decision making. It reaches out where surveys and focus groups are inadequate tools to help us better understand how people feel and how they will behave in a particular situation. While allowing for a more encapsulating method that works well with big data, mind genomics offers a more nuanced view of the complex societal and political reality. Applying Mind Genomics to Social Sciences presents an overview of mind genomics as applied to the food industry, commerce, business services, tourism, healthcare, and even legal service. Its focus, however, explores the new avenues of mind genomics in social and political sciences. The book offers a combination of rich data combined with a new methodological approach and fresh analytical insights, which helps us better grasp and understand the complex reality of society. Covering topics such as human thought, decision making, and cognitive science, this premier reference source is a dynamic resource for political scientists, sociologists, psychologists, business leaders, marketers, government officials, journalists, students and faculty of higher education, libraries, doctoral and postdoctoral candidates, researchers, and academicians.

Uncertainty and Quality in Science for Policy (Hardcover, 1990 ed.): S. O. Funtowicz, J.R Ravetz Uncertainty and Quality in Science for Policy (Hardcover, 1990 ed.)
S. O. Funtowicz, J.R Ravetz
R4,363 Discovery Miles 43 630 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This book explains the notational system NUSAP (Numeral, Unit, Spread, Assessment, Pedigree) and applies it to several examples from the environmental sciences. The authors are now making further extensions of NUSAP, including an algorithm for the propagation of quality-grades through models used in risk and safety studies. They are also developing the concept of Post-normal Science', in which quality assurance of information requires the participation of extended peer-communities' lying outside the traditional expertise.

Research in Organizational Behavior, Volume 17 - An Annual Series of Analytical Essays and Critital Reviews (Hardcover): Barry... Research in Organizational Behavior, Volume 17 - An Annual Series of Analytical Essays and Critital Reviews (Hardcover)
Barry Staw
R2,872 Discovery Miles 28 720 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This is the 17th volume in an annual series of reviews of research in organizational behaviour. This volume cover such topics as the development of a theory of timing, a framework for the integration of micro- and macro-organizational behaviour, and population-level learning.

Family Change - Practices, Policies, and Values (Hardcover): Fredrick Engelstad, Kalleberg Ragnvlad, Grete Brochman Family Change - Practices, Policies, and Values (Hardcover)
Fredrick Engelstad, Kalleberg Ragnvlad, Grete Brochman; Edited by Arnlaug Leira
R4,100 Discovery Miles 41 000 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

The yearbook Comparative Social Research aims at furthering the international orientation in the social sciences. Each volume is concentrated on a specific topic, mostly of substantive, but also of methodological character. As a rule, the articles present two or more cases for comparison, be they nations, regions, organizations, or social units at different points of time. The volumes embrace a broad set topics, such as comparative studies of universities as institutions for production and diffusion of knowledge; family policies; regional cultures; and institutional aspects of work and wage formation. Comparative Social Research seeks well-written articles that place the current or historical data in context, critically review the literature of comparative studies, or provide new theoretical or methodological insights. The series recognizes that comparative research is theoretically and methodologically interdisciplinary, and encourages and supports there trends. All papers will be subject to double-blind peer review.

Higher Education: Handbook of Theory and Research - Volume VII (Hardcover, 1991 ed.): J.C. Smart Higher Education: Handbook of Theory and Research - Volume VII (Hardcover, 1991 ed.)
J.C. Smart
R5,868 Discovery Miles 58 680 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The Handbook series provides a compendium of thorough and integrative literature reviews on a diverse array of topics of interest to the higher education scholarly and policy communities. Each chapter provides a comprehensive review of research findings on a selected topic, critiques the research literature in terms of its conceptual and methodological rigor, and sets forth an agenda for future research intended to advance knowledge on the chosen topic.

Creating Social Change Through Creativity - Anti-Oppressive Arts-Based Research Methodologies (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2018):... Creating Social Change Through Creativity - Anti-Oppressive Arts-Based Research Methodologies (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2018)
Moshoula Capous-Desyllas, Karen Morgaine
R4,715 Discovery Miles 47 150 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This book examines research using anti-oppressive, arts-based methods to promote social change in oppressed and marginalized communities. The contributors discuss literary techniques, performance, visual art, and new media in relation to the co-construction of knowledge and positionality, reflexivity, data representation, community building and engagement, and pedagogy. The contributors to this volume hail from a wide array of disciplines, including sociology, social work, community psychology, anthropology, performing arts, education, medicine, and public health.

Ceremony of Innocence - Tears, Power and Protest (Hardcover): Kay Carmichael Ceremony of Innocence - Tears, Power and Protest (Hardcover)
Kay Carmichael
R2,868 Discovery Miles 28 680 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

What use are tears? What is their purpose? In this book, the author argues that we underestimate the importance of this powerful means of communication. Tears are dismissed as a symbol of weakness when we should value them as a source of energy and creativity. In case histories, based on original research, she shows how, why, when and where human beings cry and the barriers placed in their way. By shaming people - particularly boy children and men - we also suppress human capacities to express tenderness and compassion for distress in ourselves and in others. Than can affect our health, our relationships and our capacity to protest against injustice.

Educational Research in the Age of Anthropocene (Hardcover): Vicente Reyes, Jennifer Charteris, Adele Nye, Sofia Mavropoulou Educational Research in the Age of Anthropocene (Hardcover)
Vicente Reyes, Jennifer Charteris, Adele Nye, Sofia Mavropoulou
R5,014 Discovery Miles 50 140 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The current geological age has had a profound effect on the relationship between society and nature, and it raises new issues for researchers. It is important for educational research to engage with the politics of knowledge production and address the ecological, economic, and political dynamics of the Anthropocene era. Educational Research in the Age of Anthropocene is a pivotal reference source that provides vital research on the impact of educational research paradigms through the dynamic interaction of human society and the environment. While highlighting topics such as human consciousness, complexity thinking, and queer theory, this publication explores the historical trends of theories, as well as the context in which educational models have been employed. This book is ideally designed for professors, academicians, advanced-level students, scholars, and educational researchers seeking current research on the contestability of educational research in contemporary environments.

Research in Social Problems and Public Policy (Hardcover): William R. Freudenburg, Ted I. K. Youn Research in Social Problems and Public Policy (Hardcover)
William R. Freudenburg, Ted I. K. Youn
R3,762 Discovery Miles 37 620 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Research in Social Problems and Public Policy (RSPPP) is a peer-reviewed series devoted to the sharpening and reshaping of scientific discourse involving the intersection of social problems and public policy. In particular, it is interested in the analysis of the potential failure of public institutions to fulfil their obligations to the broader society. Multidisciplinary in nature, Research in Social Problems and Public Policy presents important themes of: social/crime problems and their treatment; criminal justice; law and public policy; crime, deviance and social control; courts and diversion programs; therapeutic jurisprudence, restorative justice and alternative dispute resolution; law and society; substance use/abuse and treatment; health and society; and institutional interaction. The articles have a clear connection to the series' main focus, lying at the confluence of social problems and public policy. The series emphasises the need to consider the organisationally - and institutionally - specific features, competencies and decision-making practices of social problems, whilst also providing a useful mix of theoretical, methodological, substantive and public policy issues. Additionally, it aids the establishment of working networks of academics and practitioners from across the globe.

Religion and the Social Order (Hardcover): David G. Bromley Religion and the Social Order (Hardcover)
David G. Bromley; Volume editing by Dan A. Chekki
R3,369 Discovery Miles 33 690 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Religion and the Social Order

Autoethnography as a Lighthouse - Illuminating Race, Research, and the Politics of Schooling (Hardcover): Stephen D. Hancock,... Autoethnography as a Lighthouse - Illuminating Race, Research, and the Politics of Schooling (Hardcover)
Stephen D. Hancock, Ayana Allen, Chance W. Lewis
R2,763 Discovery Miles 27 630 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The purposes of this book are rooted in the move from invisibility to visibility and silence to voice. This work uses auto ethnography as an enterprise to break down traditional barriers that support the invisibility of diverse epistemologies (Altheide & Johnson,2011). The reality of invisibility and silence has plagued scholars of colour in their attempt to make known the cultural significance found in the planning and execution of research. As a result, this book purposes to support the visibility and voice of scholars of colour who conduct auto ethnographic research from a racial, gendered, and critical theoretical framework. This work further supports the research community as it examines and re-examines culturally indigenous epistemologies as a viable vehicle for rigorous and authentic inquiry (Dillard, 2000). The significance of this book can be grafted from its attention to new ways of thinking about doing research. While much of the previous scholarship on auto ethnography highlights the importance of personal narrative and voice, this book includes the latter but also examines the concept of race and culture as undisputable factors in the doing of research. Burdell & Swadener (1999) contends that auto ethnography should interrogate the subjective nature and question master narratives and empirical assumptions. Spry (2011) emphasizes auto ethnography as a moral discourse that foster intimate experiences grounded in historical processes. Authoethnographic research then, has the potential to provide a lens by which researchers can delve into research with a greater sense of personal experiences and critical understanding of the inquiry context.

Western Structures Meet Native Traditions - The Interfaces of Educational Cultures (HC) (Hardcover, New): Cheryl Woolsey Des... Western Structures Meet Native Traditions - The Interfaces of Educational Cultures (HC) (Hardcover, New)
Cheryl Woolsey Des Jarlais
R2,615 Discovery Miles 26 150 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

As Western educational practices have become global, the cultural aspects and the problems associated with them have become more apparent as they are contrasted with local ways of learning and knowing in the widely diverse societies around the world. The Western world has tended to assume that its concepts of progress and development should be universally welcomed, especially in countries that are struggling economically. Most cultures tend to feel a similar preference for their own world views. However, the West has had a history of not only ethnocentrism, but colonialism, in which it has forcibly attempted to reshape the cultures, societies, politics, and economics of conquered territories in its own likeness. Though some of the more overt, political colonialist practices have been abandoned, colonial ways of thinking, thinking about thinking, and training in how to think, are still practiced, and these in turn, through the education of each nation-state's children, affect every aspect of economics, politics, and social development in the global village that our world has become.It is critical to examine the basic assumptions of Western education in order to trace their effects on local ways of knowing in many areas which may not share these assumptions, and which may be threatened and destroyed by them as global interaction in politics, economics, and education increases. The argument that education is primarily a moral endeavor may have been forced into the background for a time by rationalism and secularism, but it is reappearing as an important consideration in education once again. The question remains, however; whose morality should be institutionalized by compulsory educational programs-that of the individual, the family, the professional, the elite, the state, or the nation? And if the rules of science are no longer the single authority in identifying truth and reality, who decides the authorities we should rely on?

Sociology of Oliver C. Cox - New Perspectives (Hardcover): Herbert Hunter Sociology of Oliver C. Cox - New Perspectives (Hardcover)
Herbert Hunter
R4,298 Discovery Miles 42 980 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This work presents original and critical papers on the life and sociological contributions of Oliver C. Cox. The unique features of this volume include an analysis of Cox's enigmatic career as a sociologist, his links with Marx, Weber and Mills, his contributions to world system theory, and his legacy with and exclusion from the Chicago School.

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