We live in a time of amazing new technologies--and an unparalleled level of surveillance. Virtually every aspect of human behavior is tracked millions of times a day through the technology that we all, often without giving it a thought...
Research
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Author:Polk, Thad A.Summary: - Author:Harman, SophieSummary:
Pushing the boundaries of how we do research, how we communicate research, and what counts as scholarship in world politics.
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Author:Woods, GeraldineSummary:You're sitting at your desk in a classroom or in an airless cubicle, wondering how many minutes are left in a seemingly endless day, when suddenly your teacher or supervisor lowers the boom: She wants a research paper, complete with...
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Author:Summary:This book brings together the theory and practice of anti-oppressive approaches to social science research. It is a work that will have a place in the classroom, as well as on the desks of researchers in agencies, governments, and...
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Author:Berg, BruceSummary: -
Author:Wengraf, TomSummary:Unique in its conceptual coherence and the level of practical detail, this book provides a comprehensive resource for those concerned with the practice of semi-structured interviewing, the most commonly used interview approach in social...
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Author:Summary:The Qualitative Research Approach is recently enjoying a revitalized interest within the social work profession. It is also being championed as a new option in fields such as nursing, education, and psychology. In social work, however,...
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Author:Carpenter, ChristineSummary: -
Author:Wolf, MaryanneSummary:A developmental psychologist evaluates the ways in which reading and writing have transformed the human brain, in an anecdotal study that reveals the significant changes in evolutionary brain physiology throughout history.
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Author:Farnsworth, John SeibertSummary:John Seibert Farnsworth he lets us peer over his shoulder as he takes his notes. Follow him to a series of field stations where he teams up with scientists, citizen scientists, rangers, stewards, and grad students engaged in long-term...
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Author:Stake, Robert E.Summary:This engaging text shows readers how to design, analyze, and report studies that balance common issues across the group of cases with the unique features and context of each case. Three actual case reports from a transnational early...
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Author:Doré, CatherineSummary:"Que se passe-t-il donc sur le campus de l'Université Laval? Pourquoi de jeunes amateurs de jeux vidéo meurent-ils l'un après l'autre dans des circonstances étranges et inexplicables? Vague de suicides? Meurtre...
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Author:McGrath, Susan, Young, Julie E.E., Abbasi-Shavazi, Mohammad Jalal, Banerjee, Paula, Bose, Pablo, Canefe, Nergis, Clark-Kazak, Christina, Dippo, Don, Giles, Wenona, Kneebone, Susan, Kraly, Ellen Percy, Landau, Loren B., Lunstrum, Elizabeth, Martin, Susan F., Millard, Michele, Molnar, Petra, Payne, William J., Samaddar, Ranabir, Sanchez-Mojica, Beatriz Eugenia, Simeon, James C., Singh, Lisa, Wheeler, Brittany LaurenSummary:In 2018, the United Nations High Commission for Refugees documented a record high 71.4 million displaced people around the world. As states struggle with the costs of providing protection to so many people and popular conceptions of...
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Author:Summary:This text is an essential guide to current research approaches in human geography, covering all aspects of undertaking a geography research project, from the selection of an appropriate topic through to the organisation and writing of...
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Author:Cussler, CliveSummary:Kurt Austin puts the NUMAA team on a case involving a hideous series of medical experiments, an extraordinarily ambitious Chinese criminal organization, and a secret new virus that threatens to set off a worldwide pandemic.
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Author:Summary:Knowings and Knots presents a range of interdisciplinary perspectives on the methodology of research-creation and asks how those who make knowledge think about and value it. Not just a method, but a site of ongoing contestation and...
- Author:Criado-Perez, CarolineSummary:
Caroline Criado Perez investigates the shocking root cause of gender inequality and research, diving into women's lives at home, the workplace, the public square, the doctor's office, and more.
- Author:Fiddler, Teri Redsky, Hay, TravisSummary:
Though First Nations communities in Canada have historically lacked access to clean water, affordable food, and equitable health care, they have never lacked access to well-funded scientists seeking to study them. Inventing the Thrifty...
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Author:Stanovich, Keith E.Summary:This title focuses on applying critical thinking techniques to standard concepts in psychology and teaches students to recognise and critically appraise pseudoscience.
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