Description: Further DetailsTitle: Understanding Research for Social Policy and Social WorkCondition: NewSubtitle: Themes, Methods and ApproachesEAN: 9781847428158ISBN: 9781847428158Edition: Second EditionPublisher: Policy PressFormat: PaperbackRelease Date: 03/14/2012Description: It is vital for students, policy makers and practitioners engaged in social policy, social work and other related academic disciplines and fields of practice to understand the importance of research and how to interpret research evidence and findings. They also need to know how to effectively carry out and report good quality research of their own. This thoroughly revised and expanded second edition of the acclaimed international best-seller will enable readers to meet all these challenges. Comprehensive in scope, and written expertly by 80 leading contributors in an accessible and engaging style, this landmark book from The Policy Press' Understanding Welfare series includes dozens of new sections which highlight developments since the first edition. It also combines theoretical and applied discussions and case examples to provide the essential one-stop guide to research methods, approaches and debates. The book is essential reading for students and teachers of social policy, social work, public policy, criminology, nursing and health sciences, education and other applied social sciences; policy makers and practitioners who would like to improve their use of research evidence; and those who want to conduct high quality research of their own.Language: EnglishCountry/Region of Manufacture: GBItem Height: 240mmItem Length: 172mmContributor: Saul Becker (Edited by), Alan Bryman (Edited by), Harry Ferguson (Edited by)Genre: Society & CultureTopic: Social SciencesBook Series: Understanding Welfare: Social Issues, Policy and PracticeAuthor: Saul BeckerRelease Year: 2012 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Book Title: Understanding Research for Social Policy and Social Work
Title: Understanding Research for Social Policy and Social Work
Subtitle: Themes, Methods and Approaches
EAN: 9781847428158
ISBN: 9781847428158
Edition: Second Edition
Release Date: 03/14/2012
Release Year: 2012
Country/Region of Manufacture: GB
Contributor: Harry Ferguson (Edited by)
Genre: Society & Culture
Topic: Social Sciences
Number of Pages: 448 Pages
Publication Name: Understanding Research for Social Policy and Social Work : Themes, Methods and Approaches
Language: English
Publisher: Bristol University Press
Subject: Methodology, Public Policy / Social Services & Welfare, Public Policy / Social Policy, Research
Item Height: 0.9 in
Publication Year: 2012
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 26.4 Oz
Item Length: 9.5 in
Author: Alan Bryman
Subject Area: Political Science, Social Science
Series: Understanding Welfare: Social Issues, Policy and Practice Ser.
Item Width: 6.8 in
Format: Trade Paperback
