General Academic Texts

A new and comprehensive textbook introducing youth and youth work in the context of contemporary Irish society, focussing on issues and legislation relevant to young people and those involved in youth work.

Innovative new book presenting intercultural theories and themes in an accessible style, facilitating an exploration of the many challenging and contemporary issues in our society today.

Provides managers in both the service and manufacturing sectors with advice on how to collect, measure and use quality costs. This edition includes information on the role of quality costing within a TQM approach, as well as two new case studies on Girobank plc and ICL.

This student-focused textbook by Margaret D’Arcy provides a easy-to-understand and comprehensive guide for those who are either commencing their studies in financial accounting or trying to gain an appreciation of the basic concepts of accounting, including and emphasising the principles of double-entry bookkeeping.

A concise introduction to all key aspects of the Irish legal system. A concise introduction to all key aspects of the Irish legal system.

Journalism is a powerful agent of change: political, social and economic. This book compiles chapters by renowned field authors and charts this power across parts of the world as diverse as China, Latin America and Africa.

A practical, one-stop reference on the theory and applications of statistical data editing and imputation techniques Collected survey data are vulnerable to error. In particular, the data collection stage is a potential source of errors and missing values.

The new Fifth Edition of The SAGE Handbook of Qualitative Research has been significantly revised, and draws together a team of leading scholars to present the latest in the theory and practice of qualitative research.

Literacy? That's someone else's job, isn't it?