Books written by Sophie Laws

  • Research for Development: A Practical Guide

    7.1.5 Common pitfalls Avoid false certainty about people's class: people who belong to a certain type of class may be difficult to define (such as the 'popular classes' in Latin America), and people do not necessarily feel part of the ...

  • Research for Development: A Practical Guide

    Participatory Poverty Assessments in the Developing World, 2nd edn. Washington, DC: International Monetary Fund and World Bank. Robinson, D. and Reed, V. (eds) (1998) The A to Z ofSocial Research jargon. London: Ashgate. Robson ...

  • Research for Development: A Practical Guide

    ... deal of media attention when it was launched, and it has been quoted repeatedly in Parliamentary debates on the subject. Legislation introduced which addressed some of the problems the research highlighted. (Cunningham et al, 1996).

  • Issues of Blood: The Politics of Menstruation

    ... 177, 182 social constructionism, 15–16, 28– 31, 210–11 Stanley, Liz, and Wise, Sue, 216, 219–20 Steinem, Gloria, 66 Stephens, W. A., 17 Sternbeck, Richard A., et al., 184 Stimson, Gerry and Webb, Barbara, 142 Strathern, Marilyn, 21, ...

  • Research for Development: A Practical Guide

    The book includes: an overview of different types of research in development work; practical steps to writing a brief and managing research; practical steps to evaluating and promoting research findings; step by step guides to getting ...

  • The Epistle of James

    Since its appearance nearly 35 years ago, Black's New Testament Commentary Series has been hailed by both scholars and pastors for its insightful interpretations and reliable commentary. Each book in...