Books written by Chris Yuill

  • Sociology for Social Work: An Introduction
    Sociology for Social Work: An Introduction

    Weber: Class, Status and Party Another very influential sociological perspective on class has been that developed by Max Weber (1864–1920). Weber initially is pretty close to Marx in terms of defining the major division of class: the ...

  • Understanding the Sociology of Health: An Introduction
    Understanding the Sociology of Health: An Introduction

    Max Weber's classic theory of rationality and bureaucracy will be outlined, followed by Michel Foucault's views on the organisation of physical space and surveillance. How people subvert and manage to bend the rules will be examined ...

  • Understanding the Sociology of Health: An Introduction
    Understanding the Sociology of Health: An Introduction

    Graham, H. (1993) Hardship and Health in Women's Lives. New York: Wheatsheaf. Green, J. and Thorogood, N. (2014) Qualitative Methods for Health Research, 3rd edn. London: Sage. Griffiths, F., Bendelow, G., Green, E. and Palmer, ...

  • Understanding the Sociology of Health: An Introduction
    Understanding the Sociology of Health: An Introduction

    Festinger,A., Riecken, H.W. and Schachter, S. (1956) When Prophecy Fails.NewYork: Harper & Row. Field, D. (1992) 'Contemporary issues in relation to the elderly', in M. O'Donnell (ed.), New Introductory Reader in Sociology.

  • Sociology for Social Work: An Introduction
    Sociology for Social Work: An Introduction

    ... presents with unambiguous evidence' (Munro, 2005, p. 381).The same can be said in relation to the abuse and neglect ofvulnerable adults (Hothersall and Maas-Lowit, 2010).The protection of adults at risk of harm (Mantell and Scragg, ...

  • Music: The Definitive Visual History

    Why did jazz go Latin? And how did blues influence rock? Find out how music has shaped the world from prehistory to the present day. Classical or rock, everyone has their favourite music style, but how did your top choice come about?

  • Understanding the Sociology of Health: An Introduction
    Understanding the Sociology of Health: An Introduction

    Up-to-date with key policy and research, and including case studies and exercises to critically engage the reader, this book shows how sociology can answer complex questions about health and illness, such as why health inequalities exist.

  • Understanding the Sociology of Health: An Introduction
    Understanding the Sociology of Health: An Introduction

    Up-to-date with key policy and research, and including case studies and exercises to critically engage the reader, this book shows how sociology can answer complex questions about health and illness, such as why health inequalities exist.

  • Understanding Health: A Sociological Introduction
    Understanding Health: A Sociological Introduction

    This book clearly explains what sociology is and how it contributes to our understanding of health. Beginning with an overview of the discipline, the authors set out the different theoretical perspectives offered by sociology.

  • Understanding the Sociology of Health: An Introduction

    "Providing case studies and exercises to really get you thinking about the social aspects of health, this book shows how sociology provides the means to answer complex questions about health and illness, such as why health inequalities ...

  • Key Concepts in Health Studies
    Key Concepts in Health Studies

    Such a simple activity is now potentially exposed to all manner of risks, such as repetitive strain injury or pulled back muscles and a variety of health risks, for instance. These risks are now subject to intervention on a structural ...

  • Understanding the Sociology of Health: An Introduction
    Understanding the Sociology of Health: An Introduction

    Commentators such as Coward (1993) have emphasised the individualistic assessment of health underpinning many alternative practices. Such an approach can be contrasted with the social model of health, which draws our attention to the ...

  • Social Work: An Introduction
    Social Work: An Introduction

    Help your students make the best starts in their careers as a Social Worker. Covering everything they need to know in their first year and beyond, this very practical book will guide them through their degree and into practice.

  • How Politics Works: The Concepts Visually Explained

    Discover everything you need to know about political history and thought, and the inner workings of governments around the world with this unique graphic guide.

  • Social Work: An Introduction
    Social Work: An Introduction

    Mapped throughout to the most up-to-date professional standards, the book covers the full range of knowledge and skills students need to gain in the early stages of their social work course and as they prepare to go out on placement.

  • Understanding the Sociology of Health: An Introduction
    Understanding the Sociology of Health: An Introduction

    Praise for the First Edition: `The book is a great introduction… it gives the students a sound basis, gets them thinking and gives them the confidence to move on' - Sarah Nettleton, University of York `This book was a pleasure to read, ...

  • Understanding Health: A Sociological Introduction
    Understanding Health: A Sociological Introduction

    This book clearly explains what sociology is and how it contributes to our understanding of health. Beginning with an overview of the discipline, the authors set out the different theoretical perspectives offered by sociology.

  • Key Concepts in Health Studies
    Key Concepts in Health Studies

    ... Advancing Gender Research from the Nineteenth to the Twenty-First Centuries: Advances in Gender Research, Vol. 12. Lupton, D. (2006) Medicine as Culture. London: Sage. Macintyre, S. (1977) 'Childbirth: the myth of the Golden Age', World ...

  • Social Work: An Introduction
    Social Work: An Introduction

    ... social model. Begin by defining each andthen tryto identify which model is closest to the ethical basis of social ... Sensory Awareness and Social Work. Exeter: Learning Matters. Harris, J. and Roulstone, A. (2011) Disability, Policy ...

  • Essential Managers Management Handbook

    Download The Essential Manager's Management Handbook for quick reference when you're in need of guidance, or work through each section at your own pace to become the best manager you can be.