Social research yields knowledge which powerfully affects our daily lives. The 'facts' it generat...

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In this textbook, Derek Layder offers a better understanding of the links between theory and rese...

Written in a clear, accessible way, drawing on exciting up-to-date examples and providing a refle...

This book is intended for undergraduate courses in social theory for second and third year sociol...

Analyses where a person's views, attitudes, values come from and why they change?

In this textbook, Derek Layder offers a better understanding of the links between theory and rese...

'This is a robust text - challenging and provocative and one which students will benefit from rea...

'This is a robust text - challenging and provocative and one which students will benefit from rea...

Written in a clear, accessible way, drawing on exciting up-to-date examples and providing a refle...

With its unique modelling and mapping of social processes, investigative research offers an alter...

A central problem in contemporary social theory is that of providing an account of social interac...