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Student Workbook to accompany Research Methods and Statistics: An Integrated Approach

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Lovelace, A.

Lovelace

Furlong

Psychology & Counseling

Cengage Learning'

This book was written in response to the needs for a growing number of schools that are teaching an integrated research methods/statistics course. Basic Research Methods and Statistics has detailed, comprehensive and even-handed coverage of the fundamental issues in research design and data analysis, and is written in a conversational style that students can easily comprehend. The text is comprehensive in its coverage of basic and intermediate topics, however, the modular format allows professors to skip or rearrange the order of chapters without loss of continuity. Therefore, the text is appropriate for either a one-semester or two-semester course.

Basic Research Methods and Statistics: An Integrated Approach

Harcourt College

Considers whether traditional parameters understood as structuring the life chances and experiences of young people are still relevant. Argues that, although social structures such as class continue to shape life chances, these structures tend to become obscure as collectivist traditions weaken and individualist values intensify. Based on research conducted in the UK. For undergraduate courses on the sociology of youth and education, and for vocational courses on youth and community work. Distributed by Taylor &amp; Francis. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

Young People and Social Change: Individualization and Risk in Late Modernity (Sociology and Social Change)

Politics & Social Sciences

Social Sciences

Open University Pres

Young People And Social Change: New Perspectives (Sociology and Social Change)

Reviews of the first edition “Not only does the clarity of the authors’ writing make the book very accessible, but their argument is also illustrated throughout with a broad range of empirical material … undoubtedly a strong contribution to the study of both contemporary youth and ‘late-modern’ society.” Youth Justice “A very accessible, well-evidenced and important book … It succeeds in raising important questions in a new and powerful way.” Journal of Education and Work “the book will be very popular with students and with academics…..The clarity of the organization, expression and argument is particularly commendable. I have no doubt that Young People and Social Change will rightly find its way onto the recommended reading lists of many in the field.” Professor Robert MacDonald, University of Teesside  A welcome update to one of the most influential and authoritative books on young people in modern societies. With a fuller theoretical explanation and drawing on a comprehensive range of studies from Europe, North America, Australia and Japan, the second edition of Young People and Social Change is a valuable contribution to the field. The authors examine modern theoretical interpretations of social change in relation to young people and provide an overview of their experiences in a number of key contexts such as education, employment, the family, leisure, health, crime and politics.  Building on the success of the previous edition, the second edition offers an expanded theoretical approach and wider coverage of empirical data to take into account worldwide developments in the field. Drawing on a wealth of research evidence, the book highlights key differences between the experiences of young people in different countries in the developed world. Young People and Social Change offers a wide-ranging and up-to-date introductory text for students in sociology of youth, sociology of education, social stratification and related fields.

Young people and social change (Sociology and Social Change)

Open University Press

Study Guide to Accompany Microeconimics - 9th Canadian Edition

William, J

Lipsey Richard G. Grant, E. Kenneth

Reference

Addison-Wesley Educational Publishers, Incorporated

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Public policy textbooks need to give students a thorough explanation of the policy process, but why do so many relegate policy analysis to a single, final chapter—or not cover it at all? In the third edition of their innovative text, Kraft and Furlong take a decidedly different tack. They introduce and integrate an evaluative approach to policy throughout their text, encouraging critical and creative thinking on issues ranging from economic policy and the financial bailout to homeland security and natural disasters.
Public Policy starts with the basics and concisely reviews institutions, policy actors, and major theoretical models. The authors then discuss the nature of policy analysis and its practice, and show students how to employ evaluative criteria in six substantive policy areas. At its core, Public Policy guides students through policy alternatives, arming them with analytic tools for understanding how the motivations of policy actors—both within and outside of government—influence a complex, yet comprehensible, policy agenda. Professors will appreciate its authoritative, balanced approach, and its accessibility will engage students and keep them reading.
Important features for enhanced readability include: 
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Working with Sources and Steps to Analysis feature boxes that help students apply evaluative criteria; </li>
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Policy scenario chapter openers;</li>
<li>End-of-chapter discussion questions, suggested readings and websites, and keyword lists; </li>
<li>A wealth of tables, figures, charts, and photos; and </li>
<li>A helpful keyword glossary in the appendix.</li>
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In addition to updating throughout all chapters to account for recent events, issues, and policy debates through the end of the Bush presidency, the third edition includes expanded and new coverage of: 
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<li>the mortgage crisis, financial bailout, and ensuing recession;</li>
<li>the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq; </li>
<li>the use of private contractors for military support and operations; </li>
<li>homeland security and its implications for civil liberties; </li>
<li>national energy policy and high gasoline prices, including proposals for increased offshore drilling;</li>
<li>climate change issues and politics; </li>
<li>the government’s capacity to handle natural disasters, such as Hurricanes Katrina, Gustav, and Ike; and</li>
<li>immigration controversies, including construction of fencing along the U.S.-Mexican border.</li>
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Public Policy: Politics, Analysis, and Alternatives, 2nd Edition

Kraft, M.

Politics & Government

CQ Press

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