Society & Social Sciences

100 inspirational interactive whiteboard lessons for every year group - perfect for the busy or less confident interactive whiteboard user. * Essen...

100 inspirational interactive whiteboard lessons for every year group - perfect for the busy or less confident interactive whiteboard user. * Essen...

A comprehensive scheme for science, restructured to match QCA Science Scheme of Work. * Even better coverage of the Science curriculum, with the in...

A comprehensive scheme for science, restructured to match QCA Science Scheme of Work. The key features of the book include: even better coverage of...

A comprehensive scheme for science, restructured to match QCA Science Scheme of Work. The key features of the book include: even better coverage of...

These are best-selling resources to support teachers with the Renewed Literacy Framework with interactive activities on CD-ROM for interactive whit...

These are best-selling resources to support teachers with the Renewed Literacy Framework with interactive activities on CD-ROM for interactive whit...

Unlock the secrets of academic excellence with this insightful book, based on the author's groundbreaking thesis at Cambridge. Dive deep into a wor...

What sort of people are MPs and what is the job that they do? Are they, in spite of being 'celebrities in their own constituencies, well-known, res...

The post-Communist world has seen a dramatic revival of ethnicity and nationalism. The volume explores the contemporary sources, scope and intensit...

Middle East oil and Anglo-American special relations were among the most contentious issues during the Cold War. Oil is crucial to our understandin...

Dress [with] Sense is the perfect guide for fashion lovers of all ages keen to embrace a more ethical and environment-friendly approach to their wa...

What should you do when results don't match your expectations? How is it possible to make the best of existing evidence? Is it acceptable to adapt ...

This guide provides students with practical advice and ideas to help them work effectively with other people and get the most out of their group pr...

'Gracie tells the story of her struggle and eventual triumph as a way of encouraging us, of changing our society, of giving us all courage . . . Eq...

Linguistic, ethnic, and economic diversity is a major factor influencing how school reform ought to be accomplished at local, state, and government...

The European Union and European identity were until recently the objects of separate branches of scholarship and inquiry. With the entry of Central...

This book offers a scholarly yet accessible overview of the role of lobbying in American politics. It draws upon extant research as well as origina...

This is the first book to examine in detail the roles that the news media can play in an ongoing peace process. Gadi Wolfsfeld explains how the pre...

This book presents a study of co-offering relations among youths under twenty-one suspected of criminal offences in Stockholm during 1991-5. In tot...

This extensive survey of migration in the modern world begins in the sixteenth century with the establishment of European colonies overseas, and co...

Researchers in a growing number of fields - public policy, law, business, medicine, psychology, engineering, and others - are working to understand...

This book provides a powerful theoretical framework for understanding cross-national cultural differences. Focusing on France and America, it analy...

Joining Society asks precise questions: To what are the young socialized? Which skills, modes of thinking or action are required from them and what...

To date little is known about the everyday activities that make up the majority of people's learning lives. This book presents a critical approach ...

Human behavior is very flexible and ontogenetic potential adds to the scope of variability of developmental paths. Therefore, development in the li...

The present national reform agendas stress that rigorous content and high expectations be accessible to all students, including students from group...

This is the first book on the general history of US sociological research. It provides systematic archival, documentary, and interview data which q...

In the last twenty to thirty years, a new way to understand complex systems has emerged in the natural sciences - an approach often called non-line...

Public opinion has played a crucial role in the transitions from war to peace in Israel since the 1967 Six Day war. Security Threatened is the firs...

Eros and Polis examines how and why Greek theorists treated political passions as erotic. Because of the tiny size of ancient Greek cities, contemp...

This book, first published in 2000, reviews psychological research on practical intelligence and describes its importance in everyday life. The aut...

Contrasts are statistical procedures for asking focused questions of data. Compared to diffuse or omnibus questions, focused questions are characte...

Psychologists, sociologists, philosophers, historians - and even scientists themselves - have often tried to decipher the basis for creativity in s...

The goal of this book is to present and evaluate the concept of dynamic testing. Unlike 'static' tests such as the SAT or IQ tests, dynamic testing...

A striking but little recognized change in race relations during the past two decades has seen the declining levels of racial segregation in most o...

Edward Keene argues that the conventional idea of an 'anarchical society' of equal and independent sovereign states is an inadequate description of...

In the wake of 9/11 and hurricane Katrina, executives and policymakers are increasingly motivated to reduce the vulnerability of social and economi...

The American Congress provides the most insightful, up-to-date treatment of congressional politics available in an undergraduate text. Informed by ...

Our volume examines the potential for change during the life course and across generations. We address the possibilities for promoting healthy deve...

This book is about the practice of grade retention in elementary school, a particularly vexing problem in urban school systems, where upward of hal...

Political observers have long since struggled with understanding how new ideas are placed on the public agenda. In their studies, most social scien...

Why is feminist research carried out in international relations (IR)? What are the methodologies and methods that have been developed in order to c...

Why do labor unions resist economic restructuring and adjustment policies in some countries and in some economic sectors while they submit in other...

Using data sets consisting of cross-sectional surveys drawn from nationally representative samples of adolescents in the U.S. and official sources ...

This book responds to the absence of a comprehensive consideration of the implications of culture for children's peer relationships. Although resea...

China Since Tiananmen is the first book to look comprehensively at the intellectual and political trends in the decade since the Tiananmen Incident...

Francis Gilbert's new book tells parents the unvarnished truth about our education system, as only a teacher can. He explains that many schools are...