Routledge Key Guides
Research Methods: The Key Concepts
2nd Edition
By Michael Hammond, Jerry Wellington
September 29, 2020
This book provides an overview of ninety key concepts which often trouble those who are new to researching within the social sciences. It covers theories of knowledge, methodologies and methods. Each entry offers a definition of a concept, shows how researchers have used that concept in their ...
Communication, Cultural and Media Studies: The Key Concepts
5th Edition
By John Hartley
September 23, 2019
Now in its fifth edition, this pioneering volume of Routledge’s ‘Key Guides' series offers clear explanations of key concepts, showing where they came from, what they are used for and why they provoke discussion or disagreement. The new edition is extensively revised to keep pace with rapidly ...
Digital Learning: The Key Concepts
2nd Edition
By Frank Rennie, Keith Smyth
July 23, 2019
The new edition of Digital Learning: The Key Concepts is the perfect reference for anyone seeking to navigate the myriad of named concepts, approaches, issues and technologies associated with digital learning. Key terms are explained succinctly, making this book ideal to dip into for a quick answer...
Digital Journalism Studies: The Key Concepts
1st Edition
By Bob Franklin, Lily Canter
June 10, 2019
Digital Journalism Studies: The Key Concepts provides an authoritative, research-based "first stop-must read" guide to the study of digital journalism. This cutting-edge text offers a particular focus on developments in digital media technologies and their implications for all aspects of the ...
Key Thinkers on Development
2nd Edition
Edited
By David Simon
April 16, 2019
Since its publication in 2006 as Fifty Key Thinkers on Development, this invaluable reference has established itself as the leading biographical handbook in its field, providing a concise and accessible introduction to the lives and key contributions of development thinkers from across the ...
Latinx Studies: The Key Concepts
1st Edition
By Frederick Luis Aldama, Christopher González
December 12, 2018
Latinx Studies: The Key Concepts is an accessible guide to the central concepts and issues that inform Latinx Studies globally. It summarizes, explains, contextualizes, and assesses key critical concepts, perspectives, developments, and debates in Latinx Studies. At once comprehensive in coverage ...
Language, Media and Culture: The Key Concepts
1st Edition
By Martin Montgomery
August 14, 2018
Language, Media and Culture: The Key Concepts is an authoritative and indispensable guide to the essential terminology of the overlapping fields of Language, Media and Culture. Designed to give students and researchers ‘tools for thinking with’ in addressing major issues of communicative change in ...
Education Studies: The Key Concepts
1st Edition
Edited
By Dave Trotman, Helen Lees, Roger Willoughby
October 12, 2017
Written by educational specialists and including over fifty interdisciplinary entries, this essential compendium offers accessible, detailed definitions of the core concepts typically explored on undergraduate Education Studies courses. Its interactive design clarifies topics at an introductory, ...
Key Thinkers on the Environment
1st Edition
Edited
By Joy Palmer, David E. Cooper
September 19, 2017
Key Thinkers on the Environment is a unique guide to environmental thinking through the ages. Joy A. Palmer Cooper and David E. Cooper, themselves distinguished authors on environmental matters, have assembled a team of expert contributors to summarize and analyse the thinking of diverse and ...
Fifty-One Key Feminist Thinkers
1st Edition
Edited
By Lori Marso
July 22, 2016
The feminist thinkers in this collection are the designated "fifty-one key feminist thinkers," historical and contemporary, and also the authors of the entries. Collected here are fifty-one key thinkers and fifty-one authors, recognizing that women are fifty-one percent of the population. There are...
Neoliberalism: The Key Concepts
1st Edition
By Matthew Eagleton-Pierce
May 23, 2016
Neoliberalism: The Key Concepts provides a critical guide to a vocabulary that has become globally dominant over the past forty years. The language of neoliberalism both constructs and expresses a particular vision of economics, politics, and everyday life. Some find this vision to be appealing, ...
Musicology: The Key Concepts
2nd Edition
By David Beard, Kenneth Gloag
February 09, 2016
Now in an updated 2nd edition, Musicology: The Key Concepts is a handy A-Z reference guide to the terms and concepts associated with contemporary musicology. Drawing on critical theory with a focus on new musicology, this updated edition contains over 35 new entries including: Autobiography ...