Research Books
Practice and research in social work: Postmodern feminist perspectives
Appraising key issues in the contested fields of postmodernism and feminism, this text focuses on applications in relation to practice, research and education in social work. 201 pages. (more)
Social Identity Processes Trends in Theory and Research:
This landmark work offers the reader a tour of the latest developments in Social Identity Theory. This book will be essential reading for advanced undergraduates and gradute students taking social... (more)
Categorization in Social Psychology:
This major new work looks at the study of categorization, especially in relation to cognitive and social psychology. 293 pages. (more)
The quality of qualitative research:
This text advises researchers and students how to go beyond traditional measures of reliability and validity to achieve quality research. The author sets out a series of standards by which to judge... (more)
Using qualitative methods in psychology:
A crucial addition to the libraries of teachers and researchers interested in psychological research methods, especially qualitative research methods. 237 pages. (more)
Mixing methods: Qualitative and quantitative research
Focuses on the key issue in the theory and methodology of the social and behavioural sciences: the mixing of different research methods within a single piece of research. The studies discussed cover... (more)
Qualitative evaluation
An excellent practical introduction to the strategies and methods of qualitative evaluation. 226 pages. (more)
Qualitative Health Psychology: Theories and Methods
Covers topics such as: the main theoretical perspectives underlying qualitative research, such as discourse analysis and narrative; the social context and embodiment of health and illness; practical... (more)
Computer analysis and qualitative methods
A comprehensive assessment of the use of computer-assisted qualitative data analysis, and its impact on qualitative research. This work analyses the growing popularity and legitimacy of qualitative... (more)
Behavioural and Mental Health Research: A Handbook of Skills and Methods
This textbook is a revised, updated and expanded version of a guide to research skills for psychologists, psychiatrists, nurses, social workers and graduates training in those disciplines. It... (more)
Writing up Qualitative Research: Third Edition
Offers time-tested suggestions on every aspect of the process from beginning to end. In this new edition, author Harry Wolcott continues to focus on the owriting sideo of qualitative research, while... (more)
Co-operative Inquiry: Research into the human condition
This book will encourage and support students, researchers and professionals in all walks of life who are looking for a way of doing research that makes participative forms of knowing and... (more)
Handbook of qualitative research methods for psychology & the social sciences
An important work in which a distinguished team of psychologists, sociologists and social anthropologists explain the principles, practice, and problems of using qualitative research methods in a... (more)
Working for a doctorate: A guide for the humanities and social sciences
New PhD students often find no framework for study, few deadlines and little peer support. This text addresses the problems of the research process, such as finance and time-management and offers... (more)
The Palgrave Handbook of Psychosocial Studies
Over the past decades, psychosocial studies has demonstrated its strengths and influence across diverse sites of theory and practice; it continues to grow as an area of transdisciplinary research... (more)
Collaborative Qualitative Research
Meeting a key need for qualitative researchers, this practical book presents tools for creating productive partnerships and managing each phase of a collaborative project. The authors provide... (more)
Narrating Estrangement: Autoethnographies of Writing Of(f) Family
The stories in Narrating Estrangement: Autoethnographies of Writing Of(f) Family demonstrate the pain, anguish, and even relief felt by those who contemplate estranging or who are estranged, whether... (more)
Psychological Statistics: The Basics
Psychological Statistics: The Basics walks the reader through the core logic of statistical inference and provides a solid grounding in the techniques necessary to understand modern statistical... (more)
Clinical Research in Psychoanalysis: Theoretical Basis and Experiences through Working Parties
This book offers different theoretical approaches about what clinical research is.
Clinical Research in Psychoanalysis is a unique contribution to the attempts to bridge the gap between... (more)
Indigenous Pathways into Social Research: Voices of a New Generation
A new generation of indigenous researchers is taking its place in the world of social research in increasing numbers. These scholars provide new insights into communities under the research gaze and... (more)
Coaching with Research in Mind
How can coaches maximise the effectiveness of their practice?
What can research tell us about how and why coaching 'works'?
How can we use the evidence base to enable others to reach their... (more)
Integrating Postmodern Therapy and Qualitative Research: Guiding Theory and Practice
This book gathers from postmodern theories of therapeutic research and practice to demonstrate how these approaches can be effectively integrated into methods of data collection and analysis. ... (more)
Mindful Ethnography: Mind, Heart and Activity for Transformative Social Research
Ethnography, with all its limitations, has as its strongest impulse the quest to see and understand "others" on their own terms and to step out of our own viewpoints in order to do so. Conjoining... (more)