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Suggests a new approach to describing both stability and change in social systems by linking the behavior of individuals to organizational behavior.

The Effect of Children on Parents thoughtfully explores the interactions by which parents and children change, develop, and sometimes affect each other negatively.

At a moment when acute disagreement among scholars over the appropriateness of qualitative and quantitative research methods threatens to undermine the validity and coherence of the social sciences

Professor Dey's persuasive, instructive, critical, engaging, and often humorous investigation places many elements of grounded theory under close scrutiny.

Dissertations and Theses from Start to Finish Drawing from their combined 50-plus years of conducting and supervising research, the authors successfully mentor graduate students by advising them, a

Written from the inside by a person who himself has ADD, with the wisdom gained through years of medical practice and research, Scattered Minds explodes the myth of ADD as a genetically based illne

Most writing on sociological method has been concerned with how accurate facts can be obtained and how theory can thereby be more rigorously tested.

The Qualitative Research Approach is recently enjoying a revitalized interest within the social work profession.

The three great historical philosophers most often associated with rationalism - Descartes, Spinoza and Leibniz - opened up ingeneous and breathtaking vistas upon the world.

Continuum's Reader's Guides are clear, concise and accessible introductions to classic works of philosophy.

"In this madcap journey, a bestselling journalist investigates psychopaths and the industry of doctors, scientists, and everyone else who studies them.