Drawing together a wealth of research methods knowledge gained by trust researchers into one essential volume, this book provides an authoritative in-depth consideration of quantitative and qualitative methods for empirical study of trust in the social sciences. This second edition of the...

Empowering methodologies in organisational and social research / Emma Bell and Sunita Singh Sengupta -- Decolonising management knowledge and research: reflections on knowledge, processes and actors / Emanuela Girei and Loice Natukunda -- A decolonial feminist ethnography: empowerment, ethics...

The editors and contributors address issues of social justice and examine how people's struggles can inform public issues and in turn be transformed into social policy. Their writings are underpinned by a critical framework, and they are committed to addressing issues of inequality. As with...

pt. I. A spatially integrated social science approach -- pt. II. Setting up your research -- pt. III. Data sources, data collection and information generation -- pt. IV. Research tools and techniques and applications -- pt. V. Producing research output.

Understanding and managing risk and uncertainty is a central task in contemporary societies characterised by rapid social, technological and environmental change. This book presents research approaches used by scholars who all share a passion to gain new insights in how individuals,...

"This book introduces readers to the range of theories, approaches and techniques that we will need to understand this country in the twenty-first century.Part one, 'the big picture', looks at how different cultures gather knowledge, introducing readers to science, social science, Māori...