Bøker av Simon Clarke

This book explores the transformation of employment relations, the rise of worker protest and the reform of trade union practice to ask how successfully the state-socialist trade unions have adapted to their new role of representing the rights and interests of workers.

Sociological explanations of racism tend to concentrate on the structures and dynamics of modern life that facilitate discrimination and hierarchies of inequality.

This original new book offers a comprehensive introduction to social theories and how they are applied to contemporary social problems. Exploring all the key ideas and thinkers, in addition to the most recent debates in the field, this book will be an engaging and lucid read for all those seeking to understand contemporary social theory today.

This book guides students as they explore how white identities are forged using both sociological and psycho-social ideas.*BR**BR*Whiteness has traditionally been seen as 'ethnically transparent' - the marker against which other ethnicities are measured. Only recently have scholars moved away from focusing on ethnic minorities and instead oriented their studies around the construction of white identities. *BR**BR*Including an excellent survey of the existing literature and original research from the UK, this book will be an invaluable guide for sociology students taking modules in race and ethnicity.

The authors provide a comprehensive historical background to primary school leadership not only in Cambodia, but in post-conflict environments more broadly: informing school leadership preparation, development and support, and facilitating understanding of the context in which school leaders work.

The authors provide a comprehensive historical background to primary school leadership not only in Cambodia, but in post-conflict environments more broadly: informing school leadership preparation, development and support, and facilitating understanding of the context in which school leaders work.

Drawing on aspects of discourse psychology, continental philosophy and anthropological and neuro-scientific understandings of the emotions, psycho-social studies has emerged as an embryonic new paradigm in the human sciences. This title offers an overview of the field of Psycho-Social research.

The Student's Book Premium Pack contains the Student's Book and webcode access to online components. The Online Workbook allows students to practise language online and on the move and see their progress. The Student's Resource Centre gives access to additional material such as audio, video, answer key, glossary, phrase banks and worksheets.

Back by popular demand, our Award book covers Units 1, 2, 5, 6, 7 and 8 so learners have relevant and specific content to complete the new Pearson BTEC Level 1/Level 2 First Award in Engineering. Provides all the underpinning knowledge and understanding needed at Level 2 to help learners prepare for the course. Activities in each unit provide support and guidance for learners, and can be used in the classroom or for independent work. The new BTEC Assessment Zone guides learners through the challenges of both internal and external assessment with grading tips and support for external assessment.

A tried-and-trusted Student Book covers all core units and a wide range of optional units ensuring that learners are supported, no matter which size of qualification they're doing.

Provides a comprehensive survey of the development of capitalism in Russia from the collapse of the Soviet economic system. This book includes the results of substantial research on the state of a range of Russian enterprises. It discusses the wider theoretical implications of the Russian experience for other transitional economies.