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Visual Culture: The Reader provides an invaluable resource of over 30 key statements from a wide range of disciplines. Although underpinned by a focus on contemporary cultural theory, this Reader puts the study of visual culture and the rhetoric of the image at centre stage.

Brings together the best work in the study of American voting behavior. This title includes election turnout, political sophistication, vote determinants, congressional and state elections, party identification, and historical perspectives.

A systematic overview of long-term change in British electoral politics. The contributors draw upon the tenth British Election Study - of the 1997 General Election - to analyze patterns of party competition, evaluate change, assess voting behaviour and examine the impact of left-right ideology.

Demonstrates ways in which evaluation can and should be an important dimension of social work practice. The book presents an assessment of both qualitative methodology and of the empirical practice movement, and the contributors have varied perspectives.

Presenting contrasting views of the relationship between the counsellor or therapist and the client, as held by practitioners from diverse theoretical orientations, this book clarifies and considers the elements of the counselling relationship which have most bearing on therapeutic practice. The strengths of each position are highlighted in terms of understanding, theory and skills.

Bringing together the work of leading academics in media and cultural studies, this book questions the ways in which emerging forms of political style relate not only to new conventions of celebrity and publicity but to ideas about representation, citizenship and the democratic process.

This book presents a series of examples of `best practice' in language and literacy education research at a time when literacy development and learning through language are key policy issues.

This Handbook deals with many aspects of public policy evaluation including methods, examples, studies, professionalism, perspectives, concepts, trends, substance, theory, applications, dispute resolution, interdisciplinary interaction and bibliographies. A rich variety of insights and alternative perspectives on systematic policy evaluation, as well as ideas and applications dealing with win-win policy evaluation are, brought together to create a unique resource in public policy evaluation.

This authoritative and comprehensive handbook of successful advertising practices addresses such aspects of the business as: agency operation, creativity, media planning, operations and speciality advertising.The distinguished contributors reflect a global mix of academic and professional backgrounds, and most chapters - complemented by a few adaptations of classic articles - have been specifically written for this volume. The result is a single `knowledge bank'' of theory and practice for advertising students and professionals.

Formerly a publication of The Brain StoreThis timely resource covers the latest brain and music research and provides practical strategies for incorporating the musical arts to support learning at all levels.

Helps students develop analytic skills for describing both what happens in the international political economy, and why policymakers make the choices they do. This title offers an overview of globalization that demonstrates the shortcomings of common macro-level models in the field, from realism to liberalism to hegemonic stability theory.

Outlines the specific practical and technical skills, strategies and knowledge counsellors must have in order to undertake time-limited counselling. Following an examination of the client's induction into counselling, this book describes the appropriate models for different clients and problems.

Provides an intergrating framework for understanding the nature of management learning as process and practice. The text includes an introduction to the subject's context and history, and discusses the values and purpose inherent in the practice and theory of management learning.

This innovative text offers an assessment of the role of management in the restructuring of social welfare in contemporary Britain.

Explores the experience of becoming and being a counsellor, and engaging in the therapeutic process. This book enters the internal, subjective world of counselling through its characters: students, counsellors, clients, supervisors and the author himself. It also provides personal development exercises.

This text seeks to provide answers to the questions: can mainstream therapeutic orientations co-exist in harmony?; are the frictions between them serious or unimportant?; is integrationism a myth or a new orientation in the making?; and can therpay continue being a pluralistic field?

Sociology has evolved greatly since its inception as an academic discipline. It has diverged into numerous strands often flowing in disparate directions. The SAGE Handbook of Sociology reflects upon the condition of sociology today and also looks to future developments in the discipline.

This book focuses on the significance of the body in contemporary feminist scholarship. The contributors offer a critical appraisal of the recent `body revival', drawing upon insights from contemporary feminist theories on gender and power to explore the subject. The book sets an agenda not only for research about the body but for an embodied perspective on the body as well.

This updated edition presents a comprehensive overview of the research and theoretical explanations of elder abuse, as well as practical guidance for professionals concerned with the abuse and mistreatment of elderly people.

An engaging, jargon-free writing style enhanced by cartoons, photos, and advertisements, the Second Edition also contains a comprehensive glossary and end-of-chapter summaries and a full set of references.

Cases in Organizational Behavior has been designed to develop an understanding of, and appreciation for, the various challenges, dilemmas, and constraints that decision makers face in real organizational settings.

Albert Ellis founded and has spent a lifetime practising and teaching rational emotive behaviour therapy. Using excerpts from Ellis' own writings to clarify the discussion, this book looks at the famous ABC analysis which enables people to understand and deal with their problems, and the key concepts of ego disturbance and discomfort disturbance.

Aims to provide an accessible but challenging introduction to Bourdieu's ideas. The issues developed include the sociology of culture, leisure and taste; the intrinsic reflexivity of social science; and the role of language in society and in social sciences.

Reduce your stress - develop the crucial ability to know what needs attention (and what doesn't).

Taking the high-school student's perspective, this book presents a range of engaging vignettes that offer insight into the realities of their every day world.

A series of teacher-friendly lessons designed to create a writers' workshop for pupils aged between seven and 13 years is contained in this step-by-step guide. The lessons range from introducing the terminology and methods of a writers' workshop to students to complex processes in creative and journalistic writing. Using the praise, questions and polish (PQP) strategies, each 10- to 15-minute lesson teaches a very specific writing skill.

The authors of this volume make an impassioned plea for dramatic changes in the content, processes and structures of school districts in the United States. Using examples to illustrate their controversial model, they provide a guide for the systematic planning of high-performance learning activities for an improved education system.

This readable book discusses the very practical management skills that school leaders must master. The authors tackle some of the most important functions school administrators must perform: building staff and community support, upgrading technology, selecting textbooks, keeping schools safe, operating a quality food service programme and applying sound budgeting techniques.

Aims to show academics and researchers how to persuade private business to sponsor research projects and programmes. It includes practical suggestions for locating an appropriate company, making the initial contact, negotiating a research grant and writing and reporting research results.

Although the growth of longitudinal data archives is one of the most dramatic developments in the behavioural sciences, there has been a barrier to the effective use of these files due to a lack of understanding of the relation between research questions and archival data - until now. The authors of this volume illustrate how to use the model-fitting process to select and fit the right data set to a particular research problem. Beginning with an introduction to the general issues in working with archival data, the book takes the reader through steps in the recasting of data and question, using substantive examples from the life course, such as temporal patterns of physical and emotional health as well as pathways to retirement.