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Since the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989, elections without choice have been replaced by free and fair elections in Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, and Russia. This reference provides the basic information about elections in these new democracies.

Whether or not teachers are new to brain-compatible teaching, this reader-friendly revision offers creative and ready-to-use ideas for motivating, inspiring, and encouraging your students.

The authors cover an extensive range of methods for helping people, including videotaping, brief group counselling, expressive art, and information on helping the helpers.

This study examines a range of discourse analytical work in psychology from a feminist perspective. It constitutes a thorough critical evaluation of this approach for the feminist project of intellectual, social and political change.

'A beautifully written, intellectually challenging, and highly readable exploration of the mysteries of contemporary mass media and popular culture. Real does a masterful job of empowering his readers. Students will find this book fascinating, and in some cases terrifying' - Arthur Asa Berger, San Francisco State University

The Handbook of Visual Analysis is a rich methodological resource for students, academics, researchers and professionals interested in investigating the visual representation of socially significant issues.

An examination of the issues and ideas surrounding integration and eclecticism in a therapeutic context, and a detailed account of a range of approaches in use. Contributors introduce and explain the origins of integrative and eclectic processes. Ten distinctive approaches are then introduced.

Provides an integrative approach to understanding health psychology focused around social psychological principles. This title includes an overview of the multiple disciplines and perspectives that contribute to theory and research in health psychology and behavioural medicine: psychology, sociology, epidemiology, and public health.

Intends to bridge the gap between research and practice in counselling and psychotherapy by offering clinical examples of the practical relevance of research. This book includes contributions from British and American psychotherapy researchers, who describe their research programmes and explore how their findings can inform therapeutic practice.

'Drawing on the extensive writings that have grown up around, food, body image, nutrition theory and gender, she draws an altogether more voluptuous picture of the state of our relationship to our bodies' - Susie Orbach, Times Literary Supplement

This study locates Giddens' work in the framework of modern social theory and research traditions. Giddens' work is compared and contrasted with that of Habermas, Foucault, Bourdieu, Elias and Parsons, and with schools of thought such as feminism, Marxism, ethnomethodology and postmodernism.

The authors of this practical book highlight the range of approaches available to qualitative researchers by using a single data set which they analyze using a number of techniques. The book is ideal for the novice researcher seeking the best way to transform raw data into something useful.

`The 11 comprehensive and well-documented chapters provide critical insights toward understanding these complex domains and their contemporary roles.... This is a valuable resource for academics and professionals in advertising, media and communication, as well as for research on the cultural significance of advertising and popular culture' - Choice

Much has been missed by social researchers in their attempt to understand the human experience as a series of rational, cognitive choices. Human subjectivity in lived experience, both that of the subject and that of the researcher, is the topic of this volume, an important corrective to the detached stance of most previous social research.The contributors examine various aspects of the subject - the emotions, the gendered nature of experience, the body-mind relationship, perceptions of time, place and setting, understanding of the self - and explore how these elements provide a fuller understanding of the human condition.

Provides a wide-ranging and innovative rethinking of the study of Europe and social policy and offers new ways of analyzing European welfare and its future. This reader also addresses a range of other challenging and provoking issues which have been marginalized or ignored in the study of European social policy.

`As a whole, the book is a useful compilation of rigorous academics papers. The contributions by the editor have woven these into an organic whole, rather than being a conglomerate of uncorrelated works on a common theme' - K B S Sidhu, The Tribune

`The Social Construction of Europe is a wonderful tool for scholars and advanced students concened with European integration'' - Nationalism and Ethical PoliticsThis book is the first to systematically introduce and apply a social constructivist perspective to the study of European integration. Social constructivism is carefully located in terms of its philosophical and methodological origins. The wider debates and contribution of constructivist approaches to international relations are reviewed, and the insights that might then be afforded to European studies fully explored. Highlights include: new theoretical contributions to the debate by Ernst B. Haas, Andrew Moravcsik and Steve Smith; research on key aspects of European integration and EU governance applying a variety of constructivist approaches. The Social Construction of Europe provides new and important insights to a key area of contemporary study and research.

Discourse as Data uses a step-by-step approach to introduce the principal range of methods for discourse analysis, and offers the reader practical opportunities to try out analytic concepts on new data. The contributors come from across the social sciences - each an expert in a different core method in discourse analysis.

`A highly effective introduction to the range of approaches found in discourse analysis… a lively and intellectually stimulating Reader'' - David Silverman, Goldsmith College, University of LondonDiscourse Theory and Practice is much more than a collection of key classic articles and papers in the field of discourse analysis. The aim of the book is to introduce students to the major figures in the field, and to some of their writings which, combined with the interspersed editorial commentaries, should allow students to understand the key epistemological and methodological issues of discourse theory and practice. The Reader is organized into four coherent parts, namely: Foundations and Building Blocks; Social Interaction; Minds, Selves and Sense-Making; and Culture and Social Relations. Key readings include works by Stuart Hall, Jonathan Potter, David Silverman, Erving Goffman, Teun van Dijk, Derek Edwards and Michael Billig. Chapters introduce the student to each individual and their reading, contextualizing each in terms of their contribution to the field, theoretical standpoint and individual method of doing discourse analysis. The many didactic elements of the book make it ideal as an introduction to the study of discourse for all students of psychology, sociology, linguistics or cultural studies.This book is a course reader for The Open University course Discourse Analysis (D843).

Praise for the First Edition:`A clear and concise introduction to comparative social policy. It provides students with a framework in which to analyze the British welfare regime and to compare it with those developed and developing elsewhere'' - Hilary Graham, Professor of Applied Social Studies, University of WarwickThis extensively revised Second Edition, provides a critical introduction to British and comparative social policy. Drawing on the comparative analysis of welfare regimes, the book show how the welfare systems of individual countries can only be understood thorugh exploring the wider global context. The chapters highlight the richness, complexity and dynamics of welfare regimes in different countries, while ar the same time considering shared features and trends.Comparing Welfare States provides a unique way into analysis of the British welfare state through its wider international focus. In this extensively revised second edition, the British case is related to the experiences of the United States of America, Sweden, Germany and Ireland, and set in the context of policy issues within the European Union. Througout the authors problematize traditional notions of welfare, emphasizing variations in levels and forms of provision and in the ways in which different social groups experience welfare. Particular attention is paid to the interactions between family policies and issues of race and gender, and to the processes by which indivduals or groups are given or denied access to full welfare citizenship.This book is an invaluable text for students of British and comparative social and public policy, and to all of those interested in the study of European welfare states.Comparing Welfare States is a course book for the Open University course, Family Life and Social Policy (D311).

This fully revised and updated Second Edition of the bestselling text offers a comprehensive analysis of some of the most important developments in the study of crime.

This Second Edition of Controlling Crime provides an important evaluation of criminal justice in the United Kingdom during a period of rapid social change. Each chapter encourages historical, comparative and critical reflection on the organizational logics, powers, procedures and practices of the criminal justice system.

This text considers Bakhtin as a social theorist, discussing him as a major intellectual figure and relating his ideas to theoretical trends and developments. The book is organized around the four main themes of Bakhtin's work: dialogics, carnivals, conversations and ethics and everyday life.

Democracy is the most widely used way of organizing politics in the contemporary world. Comparative Democratic Politics brings together a team of renowned international scholars to provide a comprehensive review of theory and research in this essential area of comparative study. Four major themes covered are:· the contribution of comparative politics as a distinct field within political science to our understanding of democracy, democratic politics and democratic theory· what we can learn from a comparative analysis of the role, functioning and behaviour of the principal actors (electorate, parties and institutions) across nations · the relationship between politics and public policy formation and processes of democratic decision-making and corresponding policy-making capacity· how we measure contemporary democracy or democratic performance in both a procedural and material sense.Comparative Democratic Politics will be essential reading for all students and academics of political science and public policy.

This textbook presents an engaging discussion of social psychological research on groups, encouraging reflection and active learning in the student.

Provides a forum for scholars to generate a different theory, identify promising research directions, and present important insights to a wide audience of scholars in entrepreneurship. In order to study individuals as their businesses take shape, this book located and studied nascent entrepreneurs in the process of building their enterprises.

Written in nontechnical language, this popular and practical volume has been completely updated to bring readers the latest advice on major issues involved in longitudinal research. It covers: research design strategies; methods of data collection; how longitudinal and cross-sectional research compares in terms of consistency and accuracy of results.

Taking a broad perspective, the book reviews theory and research on loss and trauma as a result of the death of close friends and family, divorce, unemployment, homelessness, war and violence and genocide and discusses relevant therapy approaches for coping with major loss.