Suitable for those studying aging, especially for those attending courses in gerontology and related areas, this title deals with key contemporary themes, including population... Læs mere
This resource for beginning teachers of young children provides practical, sensitive, and diverse advice on getting children settled, mealtimes, toileting, and beginning and ending of sessions.
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Informed by new research and the author's own experience within mainstream and alternative journalism, this book addresses topics such as trust, the public interest, deception, news values, source relationships, crime reporting, regulation and the Hutton inquiry.
Discusses the art of writing for newspapers and magazine. This work introduces the major elements of non-fiction writing, in chapters organised by genre - profile writing,... Læs mere
Accessible, lively and rich with the latest research ideas this textbook introduces students to the core theories, approaches, and findings that are the necessary foundations for developing an understanding of evolutionary psychology
Going beyond the simple process of assessing needs to the implementation of solutions for resolving them, this sequel to the... Læs mere
Introduces the concept of expert systems development as a model for the acquisition, representation and validation of knowledge about relatively limited domains. Case studies derive from the authors' own development experiences in the social sciences.
Gives an indepth view of US prisons within the broader theoretical body of work referred to as the sociology of punishment.
In this essential new book, George Ritzer considers some of the main tendencies in contemporary social theory. Included here are his latest reflections on the uses and misuses of metatheory.
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Timely and engaging, this is the first book to really map out and develop the emerging field of the sociology of Europe.