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  • The Public and the National Agenda

    How People Learn About Important Issues

    by Wayne Wanta ...
    Series series Routledge Communication Series
    Focusing on the agenda-setting function of the news media from an information processing standpoint, this volume examines how individuals expose themselves to news media content and how this content translates into issue salience. It utilizes the individual as the unit of measurement. Many agenda-setting studies have used the issue, rather than the individual, as the unit of measurement. By ... Read more

    $59.08 CAD

  • The Essentials of Sports Reporting and Writing

    by Scott Reinardy, Wayne Wanta ...
    In The Essentials of Sports Reporting and Writing, authors Scott Reinardy and Wayne Wanta employ their own professional experience as sports writers and editors to give students a useful and practical view of the sports writing profession. The text is divided into readily digestible sections, covering essential topics such as types of stories; background and preparation; interviewing; the ... Read more

    $145.99 CAD

  • International Media Communication in a Global Age

    Edited by Guy Golan, Thomas Johnson, Wayne Wanta ...
    Series series Routledge Communication Series
    This volume provides a comprehensive examination of key issues regarding global communication, focusing particularly on international news and strategic communication. It addresses those news factors that influence the newsworthiness of international events, providing a synthesis of both theoretical and practical studies that highlight the complicated nature of the international news selection ... Read more

    $116.79 CAD

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    Case Studies for Learning

    by Rick Csiernik, Rachel Birnbaum, Barbara Decker Pierce ...
    Research is as critical to social work practice as individual and group counseling skills, policy analysis, or community development. Using an approach similar to those adopted in direct practice courses, this book integrates research with social work practice and in so doing, promotes an understanding and appreciation of the research process to social work students.Sixteen case studies adapted ... Read more

    $23.99 CAD

  • Understanding the Social World

    Research Methods for the 21st Century

    by Russell K. Schutt ...
    The author is a proud sponsor of the 2020 SAGE Keith Roberts Teaching Innovations Award—enabling graduate students and early career faculty to attend the annual ASA pre-conference teaching and learning workshop.Understanding the Social World: Research Methods for the 21st Century is a concise and accessible introduction to the process and practice of social science research. Fast-paced and ... Read more

    $125.59 CAD

  • The Seductions of Quantification

    Measuring Human Rights, Gender Violence, and Sex Trafficking

    by Sally Engle Merry ...
    Series series Chicago Series in Law and Society
    We live in a world where seemingly everything can be measured. We rely on indicators to translate social phenomena into simple, quantified terms, which in turn can be used to guide individuals, organizations, and governments in establishing policy. Yet counting things requires finding a way to make them comparable. And in the process of translating the confusion of social life into neat categories ... Read more

    $25.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Applied Social Psychology

    Understanding and Managing Social Problems

    Edited by Linda Steg, Kees Keizer, Abraham P. Buunk, Talib Rothengatter ...
    Applied Social Psychology combines the science of social psychology with the practical application of solving social problems that exist in the real world. This exciting textbook provides a thorough explanation of how social psychologists can contribute to the understanding and management of different social problems. A highly prestigious team of contributors from across Europe and the United ... Read more

    $59.99 CAD

  • Track Two Diplomacy in Theory and Practice

    by Peter Jones ...
    Track Two diplomacy consists of informal dialogues among actors such as academics, religious leaders, retired senior officials, and NGO officials that can bring new ideas and new relationships to the official process of diplomacy.Sadly, those involved in official diplomacy often have little understanding of and appreciation for the complex and nuanced role that Track Two can play, or for its ... Read more

    $30.99 CAD

  • Researching Resilience

    Edited by Linda Liebenberg, Michael Ungar ...
    While categorization has always been one of the primary focuses of the social sciences, recent trends within these disciplines have tended to categorize various behaviours as disorders. Researching Resilience challenges this tendency to pathologize, and marks a profound shift in research methods from the study of disorder to the study of well-being.This collection assembles qualitative and ... Read more

    $36.99 CAD

  • Contemporary Chinese Politics

    New Sources, Methods, and Field Strategies

    Edited by Allen Carlson, Mary E. Gallagher, Kenneth Lieberthal, Melanie Manion ...
    Contemporary Chinese Politics: Sources, Methods, and Field Strategies considers how new and diverse sources and methods are changing the study of Chinese politics. Contributors spanning three generations in China studies place their distinct qualitative and quantitative methodological approaches in the framework of the discipline and point to challenges or opportunities (or both) of adapting new ... Read more

    $39.99 CAD

  • Practising Social Work Research

    Case Studies for Learning, Second Edition

    by Rick Csiernik, Rachel Birnbaum ...
    Research skills are as critical to social work practitioners as skills in individual and group counselling, policy analysis, and community development. Adopting strategies similar to those used in direct practice courses, this book integrates research with social work practice, and in so doing promotes an understanding and appreciation of the research process.This second edition of Practising ... Read more

    $34.99 CAD

  • Interview Research in Political Science

    Edited by Maria Elayna Mosley ...
    Interviews are a frequent and important part of empirical research in political science, but graduate programs rarely offer discipline-specific training in selecting interviewees, conducting interviews, and using the data thus collected. Interview Research in Political Science addresses this vital need, offering hard-won advice for both graduate students and faculty members. The contributors to ... Read more

    $31.99 CAD